Patrick Walsh | The University of Edinburgh

Tel: +44 (0)131 650 5520
Email: Patrick.Walsh@ed.ac.uk

Street: Room 2.2105, JCMB
City: Kings Buildings
Post code: EH9 3FD

Biography

Background

1998-2003 MSci with Honours Zoology, Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow

2003-2004 Research Assistant, Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow

2004-2007 PhD, Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow

2007-2010 Research Fellow, School of Psychology, University of St Andrews

2010-2012 Teaching Fellow, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh

2012-2016 Lecturer, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh

2016-Present Senior Lecturer, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh

2017-Present Director of Teaching, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh

Teaching & PhD supervision

Undergraduate teaching

Evolution in Action (second year) - Course organiser

Origin and Diversity of Life (first year)

Biology, Ecology and Environment (first year) - Course Organiser

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

Current PhD students supervised

Cammy Beyts 2017 - Present

Ashley Buchan (Co-supervisor) 2014 - Present

Past PhD students supervised

Thomas Godfrey (Co-supervisor) 2011 - 2017

Research

Research summary

A focus of my work is attempting to understand why animals do what they do, particularly in relation to animals' responses to ecological conditions. I am currently working in the field of animal behavioural syndromes, so called "animal personalities" using amphibians as a model systems. I have previous investigated, and remain interested, in understanding which factors play a role in the timing and duration of metamorphosis, including potential responses of British amphibians to a changing climate.

Publications

Turning into frogs: asymmetry in forelimb emergence and escape direction in metamorphosing anurans: Lateralised forelimb emergence and turning (13 pages) 26 Sep 2016 In: Laterality, pp. 1-13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2016.1235175
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
Factors affecting the overwintering of tadpoles in a temperate amphibian Mar 2016 In: Journal of Zoology, vol. 298, pp. 183–190
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12296
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Image analysis of weaverbird nests reveals signature weave textures 17 Jun 2015 In: Royal Society Open Science, vol. 2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150074
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Why do frog and toad forelimbs suddenly (but asynchronously) appear every time metamorphosis is near? (7 pages) 1 Jun 2015 In: Functional Ecology, vol. 29, pp. 816-822
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12386
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Image analysis of weaverbird nests reveals signature weave patterns 2015
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Abstract (Published)
Faecal avoidance and selective foraging: do wild mice have the luxury to avoid faeces? (8 pages) 30 Sep 2013 In: Animal Behaviour, vol. 86, pp. 559-566
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.06.011
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Individuality in nest building: Do Southern Masked weaver (Ploceus velatus) males vary in their nest-building behaviour? (6 pages) Sep 2011 In: Behavioural Processes, vol. 88, pp. 1-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2011.06.011
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Repeatability of nest morphology in African weaver birds (3 pages) 23 Apr 2010 In: Biology letters, vol. 6, pp. 149-151
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0664
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Anuran life history plasticity: Variable practice in determining the end-point of larval development (11 pages) 2010 In: Amphibia-Reptilia, vol. 31, pp. 157-167
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/156853810791069038
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Literature review (Published)
The paradoxical frog Pseudis paradoxa: larval anatomical characteristics, including gonadal maturation (10 pages) Jan 2009 In: The Herpetological Journal , vol. 19, pp. 1-10
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
The paradoxical frog Pseudis paradoxa: larval habitat, growth and metamorphosis (9 pages) Jan 2009 In: The Herpetological Journal , vol. 19, pp. 11-19
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Larval over-wintering: plasticity in the timing of life-history events in the common frog (8 pages) Dec 2008 In: Journal of Zoology, vol. 276, pp. 394-401
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00503.x
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Predation-induced plasticity in metamorphic duration in Xenopus laevis (7 pages) Aug 2008 In: Functional Ecology, vol. 22, pp. 699-705
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01429.x
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Temperature-mediated morphology changes during metamorphic climax in the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis (6 pages) May 2008 In: Journal of Thermal Biology, vol. 33, pp. 244-249
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2008.02.002
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Nest building by birds (3 pages) 8 Apr 2008 In: Current Biology, vol. 18, pp. R271-R273
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.020
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (Published)
Plasticity of the duration of metamorphosis in the African clawed toad (7 pages) Feb 2008 In: Journal of Zoology, vol. 274, pp. 143-149
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00367.x
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Asymmetric larval competition between two species of neotropical foam-nesting frogs: Leptodactylus fuscus and Engystomops pustulosus (9 pages) 2008 In: Journal of Natural History, vol. 42, pp. 2151-2159
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930802140178
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Factors influencing nocturnal egg-turning frequency in Meadow Pipits Anthus pratensis: Capsule Mean frequency of nocturnal egg-turning in Meadow Pipits is similar to that found in other passerines. Turning frequency changes during incubation, with time since the start of incubation exerting the strongest influence (4 pages) Mar 2007 In: Bird Study, vol. 54, pp. 133-136
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00063650709461466
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Age structure and growth in two Tunisian populations of green water frogs Rana saharica: a skeletochronological approach (4 pages) Jan 2007 In: The Herpetological Journal , vol. 17, pp. 54-57
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Intraspecific variation in the avoidance response of stream frog (Mannophryne trinitatis) tadpoles to fish and prawn predators (10 pages) Oct 2006 In: The Herpetological Journal , vol. 16, pp. 337-346
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)

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This article was published on 19 May, 2022