Frances Duncan
Professor
School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Biography
Francis Duncan is currently working as professor and the Head of School Animal, Plant and Enviromental Sciences at University of Witwatersrand. Her research focuses on the mechanisms used by insects to cope with extreme environments, mainly deserts.
Research Interest
Her research Entomology, Invertebrate Physiology, Ecophysiology, Social Insects, Insect Behavior.
Publications
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BOUWER G, NARDINI L & DUNCAN FD (2009) Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae that survive sublethal doses of nucleopolyhedrovirus exhibit high metabolic rates. Journal of Insect Physiology 55: 369-374.
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DUNCAN FD, FORSTER T & HETZ SK (2010) Pump out the volume – the effect of tracheal and subelytral pressure pulses on convective gas exchange in a dung beetle, Circellium bacchus (Fabricus). Journal of Insect Physiology 56: 551-558.
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KAMBULE IN, HANRAHAN SA & DUNCAN FD (2011) Metabolic rate in diapause and non-diapause brown locust eggs correlated with embryonic development. Physiological Entomology 36: 299-306.
