Dominic Mccafferty
Senior Lecturer
Department of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medi
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
Biography
Dominic McCafferty is currently working as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine
Research Interest
My interest in ecology developed as a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh working on the biophysical ecology of the barn owl (Tyto alba) in SW Scotland. This was then followed by postdoctoral research with the British Antarctic Survey, spending several years on the Sub-Antarctic island of Bird Island (South Georgia) investigating seasonal changes in diving behaviour of female Antarctic fur seals. In 1999, I joined the University of Glasgow and since then have undertaken a range of studies on vertebrates with a particular interest in physiological ecology. My current research deals with cold adaptation, behavioural thermoregulation and stress-related temperature responses of birds and mammals. Much of this work involves the application of thermal imaging as a non-invasive technique of measuring body temperature and modelling metabolic heat production.
Publications
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McCafferty, D. J. (2016) Biological field stations in Scotland: valuing their past and supporting their future. Glasgow Naturalist, 26(3), pp. 1-2.
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Stewart, R. A., Clark, T. J., Shelton, J., Stringfellow, M., Scott, C., White, S. A. and McCafferty, D. J. (2017) Urban grasslands support threatened water voles. Journal of Urban Ecology, 3(1), jux007.
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Chaise, L. L., Paterson, W., Laske, T. G., Gallon, S. L., McCafferty, D. J., Théry, M., Ancel, A. and Gilbert, C. (2017) Implantation of subcutaneous heart rate data loggers in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina). Polar Biology,
