René Quispe

Grados

Doctor rerum naturalium - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München - Max Planck Institut fur Ornithologie, Seewiesen, Alemania.

Médico Veterinario - Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Licenciado en Medicina Veterinario - Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile


Área de interés

Endocrinología comparativa, eco-fisiología, comportamiento animal, y biodiversidad.
Comparative endocrinology, eco-physiology, animal behavior, and biodiversity

Postdoc Project


-Physiology of molt and fasting in Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti)


Publicaciones

Quispe, R., Protazio, J.M.B., Gahr, M. (2017). Seasonal singing of a songbird living near the equator correlates with minimal changes in day length. Scientific Reports 7, 9140 .

Quispe, R.; Sebe, F.; da Silva, M.L.; Gahr, M.(2016). Dawn-song onset coincides with increased HVC androgen receptor expression but is decoupled from high circulating testosterone in an equatorial songbird. Physiology and Behavior 156, 1-7 .

Quispe, R.; Trappschuh, M.; Gahr, M.; Goymann, W.(2015). Towards more physiological manipulations of hormones in field studies: Comparing the release dynamics of three kinds of testosterone implants, silastic tubing, time-release pellets and beeswax. General and Comparative Endocrinology 212, 100-105 .

Quispe, R., Villavicencio, C.P.; Addis, E., Wingfield, J.C.; Vasquez, R.A.(2014). Seasonal variations of basal cortisol and high stress response to captivity in Octodon degus, a mammalian model species. General and Comparative Endocrinology 197, 65-72 .

Ebensperger, L. A.; Sobrero, R.; Quirici, V.; Castro, R. A.; Ortiz Tolhuysen, L.; Vargas, F.; Burger, J. R.; Quispe, R.; Villavicencio, C. P.; Vasquez, R. A. et al.(2012). Ecological drivers of group living in two populations of the communally rearing rodent, Octodon degus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66 (2), pp. 261-274.

Villavicencio, C. P.; Marquez, I. N.; Quispe, R.; Vásquez, R. A.(2009). Familiarity and kinship influence kin discrimination in Octodon degus. Animal Behaviour 78, 377-384.

Quispe, R.; Villavicencio, C. P.; Cortes, A.; Vasquez, R. A.(2009). Inter-population variation in hoarding behaviour in degus, Octodon degus. Ethology 115, 465-474