Acoustic developmental programming and heat adaption. Support of the “Ramón y Cajal” research programme 2019
Programación acústica del desarollo y adaptación al calor. Ayudas Ramón y Cajal 2019
Principal investigator
Mylene M. Mariette
Financial institution
AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION
Fecha de inicio
Fecha de fin
Code
RYC2019-028066-I
Department
Ecology and Evolution
Brief description
I am a Behavioural Ecologist, working on the evolution of heat adaptation strategies, developmental plasticity and acoustic communication, and their implications for species persistence under global change. Recently, my work has focused on how prenatal sounds can shape developmental trajectories in animals and on heat adaptation strategies in birds.
My recent work has revealed that avian parents can program the development of their offspring for high temperatures, via prenatal acoustic communication. This led to the establishment of a new field of research coined Acoustic Developmental Programming on how sound information shapes development across taxa. During my Ramón y Cajal Fellowship (Jul2021- Jul2026), at the Estación Biológica de Doñana, I will, together with students and collaborators, continue to expend this line of research, including on the sensory, physiological and epigenetic underpinnings of this phenomena, and its ecological consequences. I also plan on continuing to work more broadly on the developmental effects of sound, vibration and noise (including from anthropogenic sources), and on heat adaptation in birds, including through developmental programming.
My recent work has revealed that avian parents can program the development of their offspring for high temperatures, via prenatal acoustic communication. This led to the establishment of a new field of research coined Acoustic Developmental Programming on how sound information shapes development across taxa. During my Ramón y Cajal Fellowship (Jul2021- Jul2026), at the Estación Biológica de Doñana, I will, together with students and collaborators, continue to expend this line of research, including on the sensory, physiological and epigenetic underpinnings of this phenomena, and its ecological consequences. I also plan on continuing to work more broadly on the developmental effects of sound, vibration and noise (including from anthropogenic sources), and on heat adaptation in birds, including through developmental programming.