Doctor Christopher Turbill
LECTURER IN ANIMAL SCIENCE,
Dean's Unit - School of Sciences and Health
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD University of New England
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Dean's Unit - School of Sciences and Health
Contact
| Email: | C.Turbill@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 1456 |
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| Location: | L3.G.06 Hawkesbury |
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Publications
Chapters in Books
- Stawski, C., Turbill, C. and Geiser, F. (2008), 'Prolonged torpor use during winter by a free-ranging bat from sub-tropical Australia', Hypometabolism in Animals: Hibernation, Torpor and Cryobiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal 9780620414821.
- Geiser, F., Drury, R., Kortner, G., Turbill, C., Pavey, C. and Brigham, R. (2004), 'Passive re-warming from torpor in mammals and birds: energetic, ecological and evolutionary implications', Life in the Cold. Evolution, Adaptation and Application, University of Alaska .
Journal Articles
- Turbill, C. (2012), 'High survival during hibernation affects onset and timing of reproduction', Oecologia, 12.
- Turbill, C., Ruf, T., Mang, T. and Arnold, W. (2011), 'Regulation of heart rate and rumen temperature in red deer: effects of season and food intake', The Journal of Experimental Biology, 8.
- Turbill, C. and Ruf, T. (2010), 'Senescence is more important in the natural lives of long- than short-lived mammal species', PLoS One, .
- Smith, S., Turbill, C. and Suchentrunk, F. (2010), 'Introducing mother's curse: low male fertility associated with an imported mtDNA haplotype in a captive colony of brown hares', Molecular Ecology, 12.
- Turbill, C. (2009), 'Temperature effects on metabolic rate and torpor in southern forest bats, Vespadelus regulus', Australian Journal of Zoology, 3.
- Geiser, F. and Turbill, C. (2009), 'Hibernation and daily torpor minimize mammalian extinctions', Naturwissenschaften, 6.
- Stawski, C., Turbill, C. and Geiser, F. (2009), 'Hibernation by a free-ranging subtropical bat (Nyctophilus bifax)', Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 9.
- Turbill, C., Kortner, G. and Geiser, F. (2008), 'Timing of the daily temperature cycle affects the critical arousal temperature and energy expenditure of lesser long-eared bats', The Journal of Experimental Biology, 8.
- Turbill, C. (2008), 'Winter activity of Australian tree-roosting bats: influence of temperature and climatic patterns', Journal of Zoology, 6.
- Turbill, C. and Geiser, F. (2008), 'Hibernation by tree-roosting bats', Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 9.
- Turbill, C. (2006), 'Thermoregulatory behaviour of tree-roosting chocolate wattled bats (Chalinolobus morio) during summer and winter', Journal of Mammalogy, 6.
- Turbill, C. and Ellis, M. (2006), 'Distribution and abundance of the south-eastern form of the greater long-eared bat, Nyctophilus timoriensis', Australian Mammalogy, 6.
- Turbill, C. (2006), 'Roosting and thermoregulatory behaviour of male Gould's long-eared bats, Nyctophilus gouldi: energetic benefits of thermally unstable tree roosts', Australian Journal of Zoology, 4.
- Turbill, C. and Geiser, F. (2006), 'Thermal physiology of pregnant and lactating female and male long-eared bats, Nyctophilus geoffroyi and N. gouldi', Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 8.
- Willis, C., Turbill, C. and Geiser, F. (2005), 'Torpor and thermal energetics in a tiny Australian Vespertilionid, the little forest bat (Vespadelus vulturnus)', Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 8.
- Turbill, C., Kortner, G. and Geiser, F. (2003), 'Natural use of heterothermy by a small tree-roosting bat during summer', Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 9.
- Turbill, C., Law, B. and Geiser, F. (2003), 'Summer torpor in a free-ranging bat from sub-tropical Australia', Journal of Thermal Biology, 4.
Research
Current Projects
| Title: | Oxidative stress as a physiological constraint on the pace of life histories |
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| Years: | 2012-07-01 - 2015-06-30 |
| ID: | P00020659 |
| UWS Researchers: | Christopher Turbill |
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| Title: | Energetic consequences of antipredator behaviour in small mammal prey |
| Years: | 2012-07-01 - 2015-06-30 |
| ID: | P00021016 |
| UWS Researchers: | Christopher Turbill |
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Supervision
Current Supervision
| Title: | Can Water Exclusion Limit the Ecological Impacts of Cane Toads? |
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| Title: | A Dingo for the Modern Age? |
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