Published in: Animal Behaviour Authors:Â Victoria R. Franks, John G. Ewen, Mhairi McCready, J. Marcus Rowcliffe, Donal Smith and Rose Thorogood Abstract: Animal sociality arises from the cumulative effects of both individual social decisions and environmental factors. While juveniles’ social interactions with parents prior to independence shape later life sociality, in most bird and mammal species […]
Published in:Â Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B Authors: Kate M. Richardson, Elizabeth H. Parlato, Leila K. Walker, Kevin A. Parker, John G. Ewen and Doug P. Armstrong Abstract: There is growing recognition that variation in animal personality traits can influence survival and reproduction rates, and consequently may be important for wildlife […]
Published in: Conservation Science and Practice Authors: Julia Panfylova, John G Ewen and Doug Armstrong Abstract: Structured decisionâ€making (SDM) has become popular in natural resource management but has been underused in reintroduction programs. We illustrate how conservation managers can use SDM to guide management decisions after initial reintroduction, when data are still limited and uncertainty […]
Video interview available from Reuters at: https://uk.mobile.reuters.com/video/2019/03/04/eavesdropping-technology-helps-protect-e?videoId=521809144&videoChannel=4000 Eavesdropping’ technology and artificial intelligence has helped scientists listen in on an endangered bird population in a remote part of New Zealand. Ella Wilks-Haper reports.
Published in: Evolutionary Applications Authors: Pierre de Villemereuil, Alexis Rutschmann, John Ewen, Anna Santure & Patricia Brekke Abstract: Many bird species have been observed shifting their laying date to earlier in the year in response to climate change. However, the vast majority of these studies were performed on nonâ€threatened species, less impacted by reduced genetic […]
Published in: Current Biology Authors: Pierre de Villemereuil, Alexis Rutschmann, Kate Lee, John Ewen, Patricia Brekke & Anna Santure Abstract: Threatened species face numerous threats, including future challenges triggered by global change. A possible way to cope with these challenges is through adaptive evolution, which requires adaptive potential. Adaptive potential is defined as the genetic […]
Published in: Methods in Ecology and Evolution Authors: Oliver C. Metcalf; John G. Ewen; Mhairi McCready; Emma M. Williams and J. Marcus Rowcliffe Abstract: Conservation translocations are an important tool in wildlife management, but monitoring of translocations has traditionally suffered from a lack of techniques for effective postâ€release monitoring. Increasing understanding of postâ€release movements is vital in improving the success of […]
5th February 2019 The hihi team pioneer new method of monitoring hihi reintroductions by listening in on bird ‘conversations’ Remote recording devices used to ‘eavesdrop’ on a reintroduced population of one of New Zealand’s rarest birds have been heralded as a breakthrough for conservation. Scientists from ZSL, Imperial College London and conservationists from the Rotokare […]
Listen here:Â BBC Radio 4 – Start the Week Amol Rajan discusses the uneasy interaction between the animal kingdom and humans. The anthropologist Alice Roberts looks back to the moment hunter-gatherers changed their relationship with other species and began to tame them, paving the way for our civilisation. Gaia Vince visits the Pacific Coast of Costa […]
Marsden Fund Success! What is the optimal level of complexity to consider when predicting population dynamics? The conventional wisdom is to keep models as simple as possible. However, the recent explosion of research on individual variation in animal personalities and life history traits is increasing our capacity to generate complex individual-based models of population dynamics. […]
