"Feeding the forest (animals): Tree toxins in a hotter world"

Dr. Foley is Emeritus Professor in the Research School of Biology at the Australian National University where he dedicated his career to investigating the interactions between plants and animals with a very wide focus including animal ecology and physiology, chemical ecology, remote sensing and population & molecular genetics. He studies different herbivor groups from Australian marsupials to African primates, the toxicity of their diet and how climate change is affecting plant defence.​​​​​​​