Patrick Walsh
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 650 5520
- Email: Patrick.Walsh@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Room 2.2105, JCMB
- City
- Kings Buildings
- Post code
- EH9 3FD
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
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 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.
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Turning into frogs: asymmetry in forelimb emergence and escape direction in metamorphosing anurans : Lateralised forelimb emergence and turning
(13 pages)
In:
Laterality, pp. 1-13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2016.1235175
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Factors affecting the overwintering of tadpoles in a temperate amphibian
In:
Journal of Zoology, vol. 298, no. 3, pp. 183-190
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12296
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Image analysis of weaverbird nests reveals signature weave textures
In:
Royal Society Open Science, vol. 2, no. 6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150074
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Why do frog and toad forelimbs suddenly (but asynchronously) appear every time metamorphosis is near?
(7 pages)
In:
Functional Ecology, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 816-822
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12386
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Image analysis of weaverbird nests reveals signature weave patterns
Contribution to conference › Abstract (Published) -
Individuality in nest building: Do Southern Masked weaver (Ploceus velatus) males vary in their nest-building behaviour?
(6 pages)
In:
Behavioural Processes, vol. 88, no. 1, pp. 1-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2011.06.011
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Repeatability of nest morphology in African weaver birds
(3 pages)
In:
Biology letters, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 149-151
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0664
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Anuran life history plasticity: Variable practice in determining the end-point of larval development
(11 pages)
In:
Amphibia-Reptilia, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 157-167
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/156853810791069038
Contribution to journal › Literature review (Published) -
The paradoxical frog Pseudis paradoxa: larval habitat, growth and metamorphosis
(9 pages)
In:
The Herpetological Journal , vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 11-19
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
The paradoxical frog Pseudis paradoxa: larval anatomical characteristics, including gonadal maturation
(10 pages)
In:
The Herpetological Journal , vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 1-10
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Larval over-wintering: plasticity in the timing of life-history events in the common frog
(8 pages)
In:
Journal of Zoology, vol. 276, no. 4, pp. 394-401
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00503.x
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Predation-induced plasticity in metamorphic duration in Xenopus laevis
(7 pages)
In:
Functional Ecology, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 699-705
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01429.x
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Temperature-mediated morphology changes during metamorphic climax in the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis
(6 pages)
In:
Journal of Thermal Biology, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 244-249
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2008.02.002
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Nest building by birds
(3 pages)
In:
Current Biology, vol. 18, no. 7, pp. R271-R273
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.020
Contribution to journal › Editorial (Published) -
Plasticity of the duration of metamorphosis in the African clawed toad
(7 pages)
In:
Journal of Zoology, vol. 274, no. 2, pp. 143-149
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00367.x
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Asymmetric larval competition between two species of neotropical foam-nesting frogs: Leptodactylus fuscus and Engystomops pustulosus
(9 pages)
In:
Journal of Natural History, vol. 42, no. 31-32, pp. 2151-2159
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930802140178
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)
In:
Bird study, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 133-136
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00063650709461466
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Age structure and growth in two Tunisian populations of green water frogs Rana saharica: a skeletochronological approach
(4 pages)
In:
The Herpetological Journal , vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 54-57
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Intraspecific variation in the avoidance response of stream frog (Mannophryne trinitatis) tadpoles to fish and prawn predators
(10 pages)
In:
The Herpetological Journal , vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 337-346
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
The effects of shelter availability and substrate quality on behaviour and post-metamorphic growth in three species of anurans: Implications for captive breeding
(11 pages)
In:
The Herpetological Journal , vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 245-255
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)