Associate ProfessorPeter Biro
Associate Professor In Behavioural Ecology
Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences
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- Associate Professor In Behavioural EcologyFaculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences
- +61 3 522 72426 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Research interests
* animal behavior, physiology, population ecology, statistics
My research is currently exploring linkages between animal physiology,
behaviour, life-history, and natural and human-caused selection in fish and
other organisms.
In particular, I want to know what promotes the existence (& maintenance) of
consistent individual differences in behavior, often termed 'personality' or
'temperament', and what this means for predator-prey interactions, and for
practical issues such as sampling bias and the effects of human harvesting of
animal populations.
* animal behavior, physiology, population ecology, statistics
My research is currently exploring linkages between animal physiology,
behaviour, life-history, and natural and human-caused selection in fish and
other organisms.
In particular, I want to know what promotes the existence (& maintenance) of
consistent individual differences in behavior, often termed 'personality' or
'temperament', and what this means for predator-prey interactions, and for
practical issues such as sampling bias and the effects of human harvesting of
animal populations.
GRANTS
- GRANTSTUDENT APPLICATION: Threats, nesting site selection, life history and breeding ecology of the Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)30 May 2025 - 20 Dec 2025People funded by this grant:
- Biro P,
- Borrel CGCAM,
- Beckmann C
- GRANTSTUDENT APPLICATION: Investment trade-offs in the Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)14 Aug 2024 - 19 May 2026People funded by this grant:
- Biro P,
- Thompson JA
- GRANTSTUDENT APPLICATION: Investment trade-offs in the Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa) during nest building5 Jun 2024 - 30 Jun 2025People funded by this grant:
- Biro P,
- Thompson JA
- GRANTSTUDENT APPLICATION: Cooperation, coordination and communication within the family in avian species1 Oct 2023 - 19 May 2026People funded by this grant:
- Biro P,
- Borrel CGCAM
- GRANTSTUDENT APPLICATION - Threats, nesting site selection, life history and breeding ecology of the Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)11 Jul 2023 - 28 Feb 2024People funded by this grant:
- Biro P,
- Borrel CGCAM
- GRANTSTUDENT APPLICATION: Life history and breeding ecology of the Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Biro P,
- Borrel CGCAM
- FELLOWSHIPLinkages between productivity and consistent behavioural traits in fish: implications for harvesting, climate impacts, and selective breeding for aquaculture1 Aug 2011 - 31 Dec 2013People funded by this grant:
- Peter Biro
- GRANTCan consistent individual differences in metabolic rate explain animal personality? Implications for fish and aquaculture in a warming climate24 May 2011 - 31 Dec 2013People funded by this grant:
- Peter Biro