Dr Natalie Pilakouta
PhD, AFHEA
Lecturer
- About
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Zoology Building Room 308
Tillydrone Avenue
Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ
Biography
2019– Lecturer, University of Aberdeen
2016–2019 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Glasgow
2013–2016 PhD, University of Edinbugrh
2010–2012 MSc, Yale University
2006–2010 BSc, State University of New York at Brockport
- Research
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Research Overview
I am an evolutionary biologist interested in how environmental change alters animal behaviour and whether animal behaviour can aid or hinder adaptation to environmental change. My research integrates behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology, ecophysiology, and developmental biology. Some major themes in my work are reproductive behaviour (mating and parental care), social interactions, and phenotypic plasticity.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Course coordinator:
ZO4539 Advanced Behavioural EcologyCourse contributor:
BI1009 Frontiers in Biological Sciences
BI2510 Principles of Animal Physiology
BI3810 Field Skills in Animal Behaviour
BI4016 SBS Honours Project - Publications
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Female mating preferences for outbred versus inbred males are conditional upon the female's own inbreeding status
Animal Behaviour, vol. 123, pp. 369-374Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.11.023
Maternal effects alter the severity of inbreeding depression in the offspring
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 283, no. 1838, 20161023Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3461760
Effects of prior contest experience and contest outcome on female reproductive decisions and offspring fitness
The American Naturalist, vol. 188, no. 3, pp. 319-328Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.fq22f
- [ONLINE] http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/687392
- [ONLINE] Deposit in Edinburgh Uni repository
Sibling competition does not exacerbate inbreeding depression in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 704-710Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIf you eat, I eat: resolution of sexual conflict over consumption from a shared resource
Animal Behaviour, vol. 111, pp. 175-180Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.10.016
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State-dependent cooperation in burying beetles: Parents adjust their contribution towards care based on both their own and their partner's size
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 28, no. 11, pp. 1965-1974Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12712
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Parental care buffers against inbreeding depression in burying beetles
PNAS, vol. 112, no. 26, pp. 8031-8035Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1500658112
Predator exposure leads to a short-term reversal in female mate preferences in the green swordtail, Xiphophorus helleri
Behavioral Ecology, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 306-312Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/art120
