First Name
Gary
Last Name
Burness
Email
garyburness@trentu.ca
Phone
705-748-1011 ext. 7288
Location
Life and Health Sciences Complex C252
Campus
Peterborough
Job Title
Professor
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My research is at the interface of physiology, ecology and evolution. I use a combination of field-work and laboratory studies to understand how energetic trade-offs influence reproductive fitness. I am particularly interested in the links among an animal’s metabolic rate, life-history strategy, and response to environmental stress.
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*Indicates undergraduate co-author
Burness, G., *Moher, D., *Ben-Ezra, N., *Kelly, R.J., Hasselquist, D. & E.H. Chin. (2018). Maternal immunization increases nestling energy expenditure, immune function, and fledging success in a passerine bird. Biology Open 7: bio028803.
*Ben-Ezra, N. & G. Burness. (2017). Constant and cycling incubation temperatures have long-term effects on the morphology and metabolic rate of Japanese quail. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 90: 96-105.
*Hogle, N.C. & G. Burness. (2014). Sex-specific environmental sensitivity is transient in nestling Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Journal of Ornithology 155:91-100.
Burness, G., *Huard, J.R., *Malcolm, E., & G.J. Tattersall. (2013). Post-hatch heat warms adult beaks: Irreversible physiological plasticity in Japanese quail. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, B. 280: (1767).
*Kelly R.J., Murphy, T.G., Tarvin, K.A. & G. Burness. (2012) Carotenoid-based ornamentation of female and male American goldfinches (Spinus tristis) show sex-specific correlations with immune function and metabolic rate. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 84: 348-363
Burness, G., *Moher, D., *Ben-Ezra, N., *Kelly, R.J., Hasselquist, D. & E.H. Chin. (2018). Maternal immunization increases nestling energy expenditure, immune function, and fledging success in a passerine bird. Biology Open 7: bio028803.
*Ben-Ezra, N. & G. Burness. (2017). Constant and cycling incubation temperatures have long-term effects on the morphology and metabolic rate of Japanese quail. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 90: 96-105.
*Hogle, N.C. & G. Burness. (2014). Sex-specific environmental sensitivity is transient in nestling Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Journal of Ornithology 155:91-100.
Burness, G., *Huard, J.R., *Malcolm, E., & G.J. Tattersall. (2013). Post-hatch heat warms adult beaks: Irreversible physiological plasticity in Japanese quail. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, B. 280: (1767).
*Kelly R.J., Murphy, T.G., Tarvin, K.A. & G. Burness. (2012) Carotenoid-based ornamentation of female and male American goldfinches (Spinus tristis) show sex-specific correlations with immune function and metabolic rate. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 84: 348-363
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