Dr Graeme Shannon

Lecturer in Zoology (Behaviour) / Director of Impact and Engagement

Contact info

Location: 304 Environment Centre Wales

Tel: 01248 382318

Website: www.wildliferesearch.co.uk

 

My research and teaching centres on the fields of animal behaviour, ecology and conservation, with particular focus on the effects of human activities on wildlife, animal cognition and the behavioural ecology of large herbivores. I have studied African elephants over the past two decades, addressing questions on foraging and movement ecology as well as investigating the detailed social and ecological knowledge of elephant family groups and the role of the matriarch. The research that I have conducted on elephant cognition has involved extensive use of acoustic playbacks, whereby animal vocalisations are broadcast to study the responses of elephants to social and ecological threats. More recently, I have applied these playback techniques to understand the effects of anthropogenic noise - a growing source of environmental disturbance - on animal behavior and wildlife ecology. I am also interested in the role that large herbivores play in ecosystem function and structure in natural and human altered habitats. This has led to the development of a project exploring fallow deer behaviour and habitat utilisation in the Elwy Valley, North Wales.

  1. Erthygl › Ymchwil › Heb ei adolygu gan gymheiriaid
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    Conservation behavior in action: a comment on Harding et al

    Shannon, G., Rhag 2019, Yn: Behavioral Ecology. 30, 6, t. 1513-1514 2 t.

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    A framework to assess evolutionary responses to anthropogenic light and sound

    Swaddle, J. P., Francis, C., Barber, J., Cooper, C., Kyba, C., Dominoni, D., Shannon, G., Aschehoug, E., Goodwin, S., Kawahara, A., Luther, D., Spoelstra, K., Voss, M. & Longcore, T., 1 Medi 2015, Yn: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 30, 9, t. 550-560

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    A multifaceted framework to establish the presence of meaning in non-human communication

    Amphaeris, J., Blumstein, D., Shannon, G., Tenbrink, T. & Kershenbaum, A., 20 Meh 2023, Yn: Biological Reviews. 98, 6, t. 1887-1909 23 t.

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    A review of bovine tuberculosis transmission risk in European wildlife communities

    Justus, W., Valle, S., Barton, O., Gresham, A. & Shannon, G., 1 Maw 2024, Yn: Mammal Review. 54, 3, t. 325-340 16 t.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  7. A synthesis of two decades of research documenting the effects of noise on wildlife

    Shannon, G., McKenna, M. F., Angeloni, L. M., Crooks, K., Fristrup, K. M., Brown, E., Warner, K. A., Nelson, M. D., White, C., Briggs, J., McFarland, S. & Wittemyer, G., 4 Hyd 2016, Yn: Biological Reviews. 91, 4, t. 982 1005 t.

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    Alarm call modification by prairie dogs in the presence of juveniles

    Wilson-Henjum, G., Job, J., McKenna, M. F., Shannon, G. & Wittemyer, G., Mai 2019, Yn: Ethology. 37, 2, t. 167-174 8 t.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  9. Behavioral responses associated with a human-mediated predator shelter

    Shannon, G., Cordes, L. S., Angeloni, L., Hardy, A. & Crooks, K., 9 Ebr 2014, Yn: PLoS ONE. 9, 4, e94630.

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    Capturing red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) on camera: A cost-effective approach for monitoring relative abundance and habitat preference

    Shannon, G., Valle, S. & Shuttleworth, C., 3 Hyd 2023, Yn: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 10, e10536.

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    Characterizing anthropogenic noise to improve understanding and management of impacts to wildlife

    McKenna, M. F., Shannon, G. & Fristrup, K., 28 Tach 2016, Yn: Endangered Species Research. 31, t. 279-291 13 t.

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    Contrasting selection pressure on body and weapon size in a polygynous megaherbivore

    Shannon, G., Sadler, P., Smith, J., Roylance-Casson, E. & Cordes, L., 31 Hyd 2021, Yn: Biology Letters. 17, 10

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    Elephants can determine ethnicity, gender, and age from acoustic cues in human voices

    Shannon, G. W., McComb, K., Shannon, G., Sayialel, K. N. & Moss, C., 10 Maw 2014, Yn: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111, 14, t. 5433-5438

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    Horizontal viewsheds of large herbivores as a function of woodland structure

    Gresham, A., Healey, J., Eichhorn, M., Barton, O., Smith, A. & Shannon, G., 9 Tach 2023, Yn: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 11

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    How chronic anthropogenic noise can affect wildlife communities

    Kok, A. C. M., Berkhout, B. W., Carlson, N. V., Evans, N. P., Khan, N., Potvin, D. A., Radford, A. N., Sebire, M., Sabet, S. S., Shannon, G. & Wascher, C. A., 5 Ebr 2023, Yn: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11

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    Inequalities in noise will affect urban wildlife

    Nelson-Olivieri, J. R., Layden, T. J., Antunez, E., Khalighifar, A., Lasky, M., Laverty, T. M., Sanchez, K. A., Shannon, G., Starr, S., Verahrami, A. K. & Bombaci, S. P., 20 Tach 2023, Yn: Nature Ecology and Evolution.

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    Overlap not Gap: Understanding the Relationship between Animal Communication and Language with Prototype Theory

    Amphaeris, J., Shannon, G. & Tenbrink, T., Meh 2022, Yn: Lingua. 272, 103332.

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    Predicting the spatial expansion of an animal population with presence-only data

    Barton, O., Healey, J., Cordes, L., Davies, A. & Shannon, G., Tach 2023, Yn: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 11, t. e10778 e10778.

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  19. Rangeland dynamics: investigating vegetation composition and structure of urban and exurban prairie dog habitat

    Hopson, R., Meiman, P. & Shannon, G., 29 Ion 2015, Yn: PeerJ. 3

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  20. Recommended survey designs for occupancy modelling using motion-activated cameras: insights from empirical wildlife data

    Shannon, G., Lewis, J. S. & Gerber, B. D., 28 Awst 2014, Yn: PeerJ. 2, e532.

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    Road noise causes earlier predator detection and flight response in a free-ranging mammal

    Shannon, G. W., Crooks, K. R., Wittemyer, G., Fristrup, K. M. & Angeloni, L. M., 7 Ebr 2016, Yn: Behavioral Ecology. 27, 5, t. 1370-1375

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    Road traffic noise modifies behaviour of a keystone species

    Shannon, G. W., Shannon, G., Angeloni, L. M., Wittmeyer, G., Fristrup, K. M. & Crooks, K. R., 7 Gorff 2014, Yn: Animal Behaviour. 94, t. 135-141

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    Seasonal range fidelity of a megaherbivore in response to environmental change

    Burton-Roberts, R., Cordes, L., Slotow, R., Vanak, A. T., Thaker, M., Govender, N. & Shannon, G., 22 Rhag 2022, Yn: Scientific Reports.

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    Sleeping Eurasian oystercatchers adjust their vigilance in response to the behaviour of neighbours, human disturbance and environmental conditions

    McBlain, M., Jones, K. & Shannon, G., Hyd 2020, Yn: Journal of Zoology. 312, 2, t. 75-84 10 t.

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    Social Disruption Impairs Predatory Threat Assessment in African Elephants

    Shannon, G., Cordes, L., Slotow, R., Moss, C. & McComb, K., 17 Chwef 2022, Yn: Animals. 12, 4

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    The effects of population management on wild ungulates: A systematic map of evidence for UK species

    Barton, O., Gresham, A., Healey, J., Cordes, L. & Shannon, G., 10 Meh 2022, Yn: PLoS ONE. 17, 6, 26 t., e0267385.

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    Vocal characteristics of prairie dog alarm calls across an urban noise gradient

    Shannon, G., McKenna, M. F., Wilson-Henjum, G., Angeloni, L., Crooks, K. & Wittemyer, G., Maw 2020, Yn: Behavioral Ecology. 31, 2, t. 393-400

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    Ecological Consequences of Ecotourism for Wildlife Populations and Communities

    Shannon, G., Larson, C. L., Reed, S. E., Krooks, K. R. & Angeloni, L. M., 21 Awst 2017, Ecotourism’s Promise and Peril. Blumstein, D. T., Geoffrey, B., Samia, D. S. M. & Bessa, E. (gol.). Springer International Publishing

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    Best Practices Toward Sustainable Ecotourism

    Shannon, G., 27 Mai 2017, Ecotourism’s Promise and Peril. Germany: Springer International Publishing, t. 153-178 26 t.

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    Cognitive Linguistics Support for the Evolution of Language from Animal Cognition

    Amphaeris, J., Shannon, G. & Tenbrink, T., Gorff 2021.

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    Curious Kids: why do elephants have tusks?

    Shannon, G., 15 Maw 2021, The Conversation.

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    Early trauma affects an elephant’s ability to assess threat from lions – new research

    Shannon, G., 18 Chwef 2022, The Conversation.

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    How noise pollution is changing animal behaviour

    Shannon, G., 17 Rhag 2015, The Conversation.

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    Noisy humans make birds sleep with one eye open – but lockdown offered a reprieve

    Shannon, G., 25 Meh 2020, The Conversation.

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    Underwater noise is a threat to marine life: Conversation article

    Shannon, G., 17 Ion 2023, The Conversation.

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    We used 60-year-old notebooks to find out why male hippos have bigger tusks than females

    Shannon, G., 8 Hyd 2021, The Conversation.

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    What prairie dogs tell us about the effects of noise pollution

    Shannon, G., 14 Ebr 2016, The Conversation.

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    White-tailed deer found to be huge reservoir of coronavirus infection

    Shannon, G., Gresham, A. & Barton, O., 8 Tach 2021, The Conversation.

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    The last giants: the rise and fall of the african elephant

    Wood, L., Shannon, G. (Cyfrannwr) & Bates, L. (Cyfrannwr), 2 Ebr 2020, Hodder & Stoughton. 260 t.

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