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Dr Julian Caley

Adjunct Associate Professor

Dr Julian Caley

Research Group Leader and Principal Research Scientist, Australian Institute of Marine Science (2002-Present)

Australian Research Fellow (1997 - 2002)

ARC Postdoctoral Fellow, JCU (1994 - 96)

NSERC and Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. British Columbia (1992-93).

MSc Guelph, PhD Sydney. GAICD

Research Interests

  • Community and Population Ecology

  • Evolution and Evolutionary ecology

Recent and Current Projects Include

  • Growth rate evolution

  • Evolution of mimicry

  • Habitat Specialization and Fragmentation

  • Evolution of Species' Borders

  • Evolution of Stress Resistance

  • Rarity in Coral Reef Fishes

  • Life-history Evolution

Selected Publications

Schwarzkopf, L., Blows, M. W., and Caley, M. J. 1999. Life-history consequences of divergent selection on egg size in Drosophila melanogaster. American Naturalist 154:333-340.

Munday, P. L., Jones, G. P., and Caley, M. J. 2001. Interspecific competition in a guild of coral-dwelling fishes. Ecology 82:2177-2189.

Caley, M. J., Shine, R. and Schwarzkopf, L. 2001. Does total reproductive effort evolve independently of offspring size? Evolution 55:1245-1248

Caley, M. J., Buckley, K. A. and Jones, G. P. 2001. Separating ecological effects of habitat fragmentation, degradation and loss on coral commensals. Ecology 82:3435-3448.

Jones G. P. Caley, M. J., and Munday, P. L. 2002. Rarity in communities of coral reef fishes. In Sale P. F. (ed.) Coral Reef Fishes: dynamics and diversity in a complex ecosystem pp. 81-102.

Caley, M. J. and Schluter, D. 2003. Predation favors mimicry in a reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 270:667-672.

Caley, M. J. and Munday, P. L. 2003. Growth trades off with habitat specialization in coral-dwelling gobies. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. (Suppl.), 270:S175-177.

Caley, M. J. and Schwarzkopf. L. 2004. Complex growth rate evolution in a geographically widespread species. Evolution 58:862-869.

Contact Details

Dr Julian Caley

Phone: +61 7 4753 4148

Email: J.Caley@aims.gov.au

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