Doctor Christopher Turbill
LECTURER IN ANIMAL SCIENCE,
Dean's Unit - School of Science and Health
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD University of New England
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Dean's Unit - School of Science and Health
Contact
| Email: | C.Turbill@uws.edu.au |
|---|---|
| Extension: | 1456 |
| Mobile: | |
| Location: | L3.G.06 Hawkesbury |
| Website: |
PLEASE NOTE: obtaining information from this Directory must be for the legitimate purposes of doing business with and within the University of Western Sydney (UWS), and must not be used for unsolicited bulk e-mailing (spamming) or similar purposes.
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Turbill, C. (2012), 'Survival, aging, and life-history tactics in mammalian hibernators', Living in a Seasonal World: Thermoregulatory and Metabolic Adaptations, Springer 9783642286773.
- Turbill, C. (2012), 'Torpor use and body mass gain during pre-hibernation in late-born juvenile garden dormice exposed to food shortage', Living in a Seasonal World: Thermoregulatory and Metabolic Adaptations, Springer 9783642286773.
- 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. (2013), 'Seasonal variation in telomere length of a hibernating rodent', Biology Letters, .
- Turbill, C. (2012), 'High survival during hibernation affects onset and timing of reproduction', Oecologia, 12.
- Turbill, C. (2012), 'Daily torpor is associated with telomere length change over winter in Djungarian hamsters', Biology Letters, 4.
- 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. (2011), 'Hibernation is associated with increased survival and the evolution of slow life histories among mammals', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 9.
- 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 |
|---|---|
| Years: | 2012-03-30 - 2015-03-30 |
| ID: | P00020659 |
| UWS Researchers: | Christopher Turbill |
| Funding: |
|
| Title: | Energetic consequences of antipredator behaviour in small mammal prey |
| Years: | 2012-07-01 - 2015-06-30 |
| ID: | P00021016 |
| UWS Researchers: | Christopher Turbill |
| Funding: |
|
Supervision
Current Supervision
| Title: | Can Water Exclusion Limit the Ecological Impacts of Cane Toads? |
|---|---|
| Field of Research: | |
| Title: | A Dingo for the Modern Age? |
| Field of Research: |
