Chadwick, Elizabeth - Cardiff University

个人简介

Small Bodied NewtAfter a degree in Biology at Cardiff University (1997), I returned to Cardiff to undertake a PhD at the Llysdinam field centre with Dr F Slater (1998-2003). The study focused on the breeding phenology and winter behaviour of common British amphibians, looking at temporal and spatial variation in phenology, and assessing how changes in climate might influence behaviour and body condition. Following a short post-doctoral position in 2003 conducting a scoping study for research in the Cape Verde islands, I took over as head of the Cardiff University Otter Project in 2004. While using the otter as the study species, this has enabled me to develop a diverse range of inter-related research projects. These both further our understanding of this elusive European protected species, and use it as a model organism to investigate key ecological principles and processes.

研究领域

My research focuses on freshwater aquatic systems, particularly the Eurasian otter and British amphibians. I head the Cardiff University Otter Project (CUOP), a research and monitoring project run collaboratively with the Environment Agency. Using the otter as a model species, we address fundamental questions about freshwater systems and population biology. For example, molecular genetic analysis is used to explore the influence of landscape on population connectivity, and to allow epidemiological modelling of recently introduced biliary parasites; stable isotope analysis is applied to investigate nutrient cycling, and volatile analysis of gland material is used to investigate scent communication. Research in amphibian ecology focuses particularly on phenology and climate change, and the effect of environmental cues on behaviour.

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Sherrard-Smith, E.et al. 2016. Distribution and molecular phylogeny of biliary trematodes (Opisthorchiidae) infecting native Lutra lutra and alien Neovison vison across Europe. Parasitology International 65(2), pp. 163-170. (10.1016/j.parint.2015.11.007) pdf Rizzoli, A.et al. 2015. Understanding West Nile virus ecology in Europe: Culex pipiens host feeding preference in a hotspot of virus emergence. Parasites & Vectors 8, article number: 213. (10.1186/s13071-015-0831-4) Marcantonio, M.et al. 2015. Identifying the environmental conditions favouring West Nile Virus outbreaks in Europe. Plos One 10(3), article number: e0121158. (10.1371/journal.pone.0121158) pdf Kean, E., Chadwick, E. A. and Muller, C. T. 2015. Scent signals individual identity and country of origin in otters. Mammalian Biology 80(2), pp. 99-105. (10.1016/j.mambio.2014.12.004) Sherrard-Smith, E., Chadwick, E. A. and Cable, J. 2015. The impact of introduced hosts on parasite transmission: opisthorchiid infections in American mink (Neovison vison). Biological Invasions 17(1), pp. 115-122. (10.1007/s10530-014-0709-y) pdf Sherrard-Smith, E.et al. 2015. Spatial and seasonal factors are key determinants in the aggregation of helminths in their definitive hosts: Pseudamphistomum truncatum in otters (Lutra lutra). International Journal for Parasitology 45(1), pp. 75-83. (10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.09.004) pdf Pountney, A.et al. 2015. High liver content of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) in otters (Lutra lutra) from England and Wales. Chemosphere 118, pp. 81-86. (10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.051) Muller, C.et al. 2014. Scents and scentsivity - what scents (may) spell out and ways to read it. Flavour , pp. 11-11. Rosà, R.et al. 2014. Early warning of West Nile virus mosquito vector: climate and land use models successfully explain phenology and abundance of Culex pipiens mosquitoes in North-Western Italy. Parasites & Vectors 7, article number: 269. (10.1186/1756-3305-7-269) pdf Stanton, D.et al. 2014. Contrasting genetic structure of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) across a latitudinal divide. Journal of Mammalogy 95(4), pp. 814-823. (10.1644/13-MAMM-A-201)