Dr Terence O’Dwyer

Lecturer
35.124B
+61 2 4298 1913
terryo@uow.edu.au

Research Interests

Physiological Ecology
Avian Olfaction
Mhc and scent mediated mate choice in birds
Seabird conservation

Representative Publications

T. W. O’Dwyer and G. A. Nevitt (2009) Individual odor recognition in Procellariiform chicks: a potential role for the Mhc. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1170: 442-445

T. W. O’Dwyer, A. L. Ackerman and G. A. Nevitt (2008) Examining the development of individual recognition in a burrow-nesting procellariiform, the Leach’s storm petrel. The Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 337-340

T. W. O’Dwyer, W. A. Buttemer and D. M. Priddel (2007) Differential rates of offspring provisioning in Gould’s petrels: are better feeders better breeders? Australian Journal of Zoology 55: 155-160

T. W. O’Dwyer, W. A. Buttemer, D. M. Priddel and J. A. Downing. (2006) Prolactin, body condition, and the cost of good parenting: an interyear study in a long-lived seabird, Gould’s petrel Pterodroma leucoptera. Functional Ecology 20: 806-811

T. W. O’Dwyer, W. A. Buttemer and D. M. Priddel (2006) Investigator disturbance does not influence chick growth or survivorship in the threatened Gould’s Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera. Ibis 148: 368-372

Future Topics for Students

Examining the influence of Mhc associated odours on mate choice in petrels
Evaluating the role of olfaction in Australian avian species
Investigating the importance of Mhc diversity on growth and survivorship of petrel chicks

Abbreviated CV

Employment

2009 to Present - Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong
2008 - ARC International Fellow, University of Wollongong
2006 to 2008 - Postdoctoral Scholar, Section of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behaviour, University of California, Davis, USA
2005 to 2006 - Research Associate, University of Wollongong