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Details for Dr Tim Fawcett
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Tim Fawcett |
| Job title | Honorary Research Associate |
| Department | School of Biological Sciences University of Bristol |
| Personal web page | http://www.bristol.ac.uk/biology/research/behaviour/mad/ |
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| Qualifications | B.Sc.(Bristol), Ph.D.(Cantab.) |
| Professional details | |
| Membership of professional bodies | Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE) |
| Keywords | mate choice decision making sex ratios null flexible behaviour learning behavioural ecology |
| Areas of expertise | I am a biologist studying the evolution of animal behaviour, using a combination of theory and simple experiments on birds and humans. My current research centres on four main topics: 1. Decision making: How is behaviour constrained by the evolved mechanisms underlying it? 2. Mate choice: How do animals choose mates in an uncertain environment? 3. Aggression: How do animals resolve conflicts in an uncertain environment? 4. Sex ratios: What is the interplay between sexual selection and sex allocation? For more details see www.timwfawcett.com |
| Media experience | I worked at BBC Wildlife Magazine on a part-time basis for 1 year, and have contributed several articles to the magazine. I have also written for The Conversation. |