 Listen here: 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 […]
Published in: Biological Conservation Authors: Doug Armstrong (1), Christie Le Coeur (2), Joanne M. Thorne (1), Julia Panfylova (1), Tim G. Lovegrove (3), Peter G.H. Frost (4) and John G. Ewen (5) (1) Wildlife Ecology Group, Massey University, PB 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand (2) Centre d’Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, Sorbonne Universités, MNHN, CNRS, UPMC, Paris, France (3) Auckland […]
Published in: Ecohealth Authors: Antonia Eleanor Dalziel (1,2), Anthony W. Sainsbury (1), Kate McInnes (3), Richard Jakob-Hoff (4), and John G. Ewen (1) (1) Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London UK (2) Royal Veterinary College, London, UK (3) Department of Conservation, Conservation House – Whare Kaupapa Atawhai, Wellington, New Zealand (4) New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine, Auckland, New Zealand Abstract: Conservation translocations are increasingly used […]
Published in: Behavioral Ecology Authors: Kirsty J. MacLeod1, Patricia Brekke2, Wenfei Tong1,3, John G. Ewen2 and Rose Thorogood1 1. Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street CB2 3EJ, Cambridge, UK, 2. Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK and 3. Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812 USA Abstract: If environmental or maternal factors favor […]
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Please join us in a short history of hihi conservation and the central role that Tiritiri Matangi island has played in the return of hihi to parts of their former range. Our story focusses on these most colourful and charismatic of New Zealand’s endemic birds. We share their history, some of their extreme behaviours and […]
Published in:Â Animal Conservation Date published:Â July 2016 Authors:Â K. M. Richardson (1,2), J. G. Ewen (2), P. Brekke (2), L. R. Doerr (3), K. A. Parker (4,5) Â & D. P. Armstrong (1) 1 Wildlife Ecology Group, Te Kura Matauranga o nga Taonga a Papatuanuku, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand 2 Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of […]
Published in: Animal Behaviour Date published: July 2016 Authors: Kirsty J. MacLeoda, Patricia Brekkeb, John G. Ewenb, Rose Thorogooda a Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K. b Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, U.K. Abstract Size hierarchies are often seen when nestlings hatch asynchronously over a period of days. Shorter hatch periods are common across passerines, […]
Radio interview with Graeme Hill available from Radio Live New Zealand at: http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Environews—Hihi-Stitchbirds/tabid/506/articleID/118152/Default.aspx John Ewen from the Zoological Society of London is interviewed by Graeme about his work on hihi and hihi conservation. In this interview John and Graeme chat about the challenges facing hihi, some of their colourful behaviours and their […]
Published in: Animal Conservation  Date published: February 2016  Authors: Kate M. Richardson1,2 and John G. Ewen2 Wildlife Ecology Group, Te Kura MÄtauranga o ngÄ Taonga Ä Papatuanuku, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK  Abstract Understanding the factors driving […]
Published in: Biological Conservation Date published: September 2015 Authors: David L.P. Correia1,2, Aliénor L. M. Chauvenet1, J. Marcus Rowcliffe1, and John G. Ewen1 Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK  Abstract In order to […]
