Philip is a German wildlife biologist. He studied zoology, marin sciences and computer sciences at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel and obtained his Ph.D. on the Australian Platypus from the University of Tasmania. He is also best friend with the Little Blue Penguin.
… Philip Bethge @ Research Gate
Publications
Bethge P, Munks S, Otley H, Nicol S (2009) Activity Patterns and Sharing Of Time and Space of Platypuses, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, in a Subalpine Tasmanian Lake. Journal of Mammalogy, 90(6): 1350-1356 (PDF) (Video) (News Release)
Bethge P, Munks S, Otley H, Nicol S (2004) Platypus Burrow Temperatures at a Subalpine Tasmanian Lake. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 125: 273-276 (PDF)
Bethge P, Munks S, Otley H, Nicol S (2003) Diving behaviour, dive cycles and aerobic dive limit in the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 136/4: 799-809 (PDF)
Bethge P (2002) Energetics and foraging behaviour of the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Ph.D. Thesis University of Tasmania (PDF)
Bethge P, Munks S, Nicol S (2001) Energetics of foraging and locomotion in the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 171/6: 497-506 (PDF)
Bethge P, Munks S, Nicol S, Otley H (2000). The use of data-loggers to determine behavioural activity in the platypus. In: Munks S, Nicol S (eds) Current research on the platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus in Tasmania: Abstracts from the 1999 ‘Tasmanian Platypus Workshop’. Australian Mammalogy (PDF)
Bethge P, Nicol S, Munks S (2000). Platypus energetics: What is the cost of a dinner by candlelight? In: Munks S, Nicol S (eds) Current research on the platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus in Tasmania: Abstracts from the 1999 ‘Tasmanian Platypus Workshop’. Australian Mammalogy (PDF)
Munks SA, Otley HM, Bethge P, Jackson J (2000). Reproduction, diet and daily energy expenditure of the platypus in a sub-alpine Tasmanian lake. In: Munks S, Nicol S (eds) Current research on the platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus in Tasmania: Abstracts from the 1999 ‘Tasmanian Platypus Workshop’. Australian Mammalogy (PDF)
Bethge, P., S.C. Nicol, B. Culik, R. Wilson (1997) Diving behaviour and energetics in breeding Little Penguins Eudyptula minor. Journal of Zoology London 242: 483-502 (PDF) (TV-Report)
Awards & Prizes
“Annette Barthelt”-award for marine science for work on the Little Penguin (1995)
Scholarship holder of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (Hochschulsonderprogramm III), University of Tasmania Overseas Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Placed on the University of Tasmania’s Dean’s Commendation Award 2002 for an “outstanding Doctoral theses” on the platypus (PDF)
Conferences
21st International Ornithological Congress, Vienna, Austria, August 1994
ANZSCPB, 15th Annual Meeting, Perth, December 1998
Tasmanian Platypus Meeting, Hobart, Tasmania, Mai 1999
Australian Mammal Society Conference 1999, Hawkesbury NSW, July 1999