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Rebecca Rimbach
University of Münster
Department of Behavioural Biology
School of Animal, Plant & Enviornmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
My research is primarily focused on ecophysiology, behavioral ecology and endocrinology. Each individual is unique in the way it interacts with and responds to changes in its environment, and I aim to understand if individualized physiological phenotypes occur, how they adapt to natural and anthropogenic changes in their environment and how inter-individual variation in physiological and behavioral traits influences individual health, survival and fitness. I combine an ecophysiology approach with experimental and observational data, and with state-of-the-art technology. My work to date has covered a range of species and environments, including tropical rainforests, semi-deserts and cities. I plan to conduct projects that untangle how constraints imposed by the environment, such as variation in climatic variables and food availability, and human-induced rapid environmental changes, together with among-individual variation in behavior, physiology and health shape life-history characteristics and ultimately fitness and survival.
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