Kate Buchanan Explained

Honorific Prefix:Professor
Katherine Louise Buchanan
Nationality:Australian
Fields:behavioural ecology, ornithology
Alma Mater:University of Glasgow
Thesis Title:Song and sexual selection in the sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Thesis Url:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.543263
Thesis Year:1997[1]
Doctoral Advisor:Clive Catchpole
Known For:Research on developmental stress in songbirds

Katherine Louise "Kate" Buchanan is an avian behavioural ecologist currently working in Deakin University's School of Life and Environment Sciences. Her research focuses on investigating how sexual selection has shaped the evolution of complex songs in birds and ultimately how this is reflected in the evolution of the brain itself.

Education and appointments

Kate Buchanan gained a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from the University of Glasgow in 1989 and a Doctor of Philosophy from Royal Holloway, University of London in 1997, working with Professor Clive Catchpole. After studying for two postdoctoral degrees at the University of Stirling, she was awarded a Personal Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 at Cardiff University. She was a lecturer at Cardiff University from 2003 to early 2008.[2]

In early 2008, Buchanan took a position at Deakin University, Australia, at the Geelong campus, where she works within the Centre for Integrative Ecology.[3] She was awarded an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship in 2014.[4] Buchanan is currently editor-in-chief of BirdLife Australia's scientific ornithology journal Emu.[5]

Scientific work

She is most well known for her work on early development in songbirds and the effects of early developmental stress on the song system[6] and genetic and environmental control of sexual signals.[7] However, she has interests in the interactions between early development and control of the stress related behaviour and physiology[8] and whether immunocompetence can mediate the costs of sexual traits.[9] Her work has demonstrated the effects of the exposure of wild birds to endocrine disrupters in terms of both behaviour and physiology.[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Katherine L. Buchanan (1997) Song and sexual selection in the sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) PhD thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London.
  2. Web site: AsPr Kate Buchanan. Staff profile. Deakin University. 12 December 2015.
  3. Web site: . About. Centre for Integrative Ecology. Deakin University. 12 December 2015.
  4. Web site: . Assoc Prof Kate Buchanan has been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship Award. Centre for Integrative Ecology. 23 July 2014. Deakin University. 12 December 2015.
  5. Web site: Associate Professor Kate Buchanan. About the Editorial Team. CSIRO Publishing. 12 December 2015.
  6. Buchanan. Katherine L.. Leitner. Stefan. Spencer. Karen A.. Goldsmith. Arthur R.. Catchpole. Clive K.. Developmental Stress Selectively Affects the Song Control Nucleus HVC in the Zebra Finch. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 2004. 271. 1555. 2381–2386. 4142813. 10.1098/rspb.2004.2874. 15556891. 1691866.
  7. Woodgate. Joseph L.. Buchanan. Katherine L.. Bennett. Andrew T.D.. Catchpole. Clive K.. Brighton. Roswitha. Leitner. Stefan. Environmental and genetic control of brain and song structure in the zebra finch. Evolution. 2013. 68. 1. 230–240. 10.1111/evo.12261. 24102614. free.
  8. Careau. Vincent. Buttemer. William A.. Buchanan. Katherine L.. Developmental stress can uncouple relationships between physiology and behaviour. Biology Letters. 2014. 10. 12. 20140834. 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0834. 25519754. 4298193.
  9. Robers. M. L.. Buchanan. K. L.. Evans. M. R.. Testing the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis: a review of the evidence. Animal Behaviour. 2004. 68. 2. 227–239. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.05.001. 9549459.
  10. Markman. Shai. Guschina. Irina. Barnsley. Sara. Buchanan. Katherine. Pascoe. David. Müller. Carsten. Endocrine disrupting chemicals accumulate in earthworms exposed to sewage effluent. Chemosphere. 2007. 70. 1. 119–125. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.06.045. 17675209. 2007Chmsp..70..119M.
  11. Markman. Shai. Leitner. Stefan. Catchpole. Clive. Barnsley. Sara. Müller. Carsten. Pascoe. David. Buchanan. Katherine. Pollutants Increase Song Complexity and the Volume of the Brain Area HVC in a Songbird. PLOS ONE. 27 February 2008. 3. 2. 10.1371/journal.pone.0001674. e1674. 18301751. 2244705. 2008PLoSO...3.1674M. free.

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