Harry Marshall

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I am a behavioural and evolutionary ecologist interested in understanding the ecology and evolution of social animals, and using this knowledge to inform their conservation and management.  Specifically my interests include exploring how:

• the costs and benefits of sociality vary between group members
• individuals difference in behaviour, health and fitness and develop and are maintained
• these individual differences affect group- and population level patterns
• this information can inform human society in fields such as wildlife conservation, evolutionary medicine and teamwork.

My research uses data collected from wild social animals such as banded mongooses, chacma baboons and short-finned pilot whales.  It uses a mixture of direct observation, field experiments and laboratory analysis of samples collected in the field - particularly stable isotope analysis and currently comes under four broad areas:

• Evolutionary ecology of cooperation
• Social forgaing in a changing environment
• Guinea worm disease and baboons
• Pilot whale behaviour and conservation