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
(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, 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
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, 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, 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, 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, pp. 157-167
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/156853810791069038
Contribution to Journal › Literature review (Published) -
The paradoxical frog Pseudis paradoxa: larval anatomical characteristics, including gonadal maturation
(10 pages)
In:
The Herpetological Journal , vol. 19, pp. 1-10
Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The paradoxical frog Pseudis paradoxa: larval habitat, growth and metamorphosis
(9 pages)
In:
The Herpetological Journal , vol. 19, pp. 11-19
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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
(4 pages)
In:
Bird Study, vol. 54, 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, 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, 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, pp. 245-255
Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)