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. 2023
  2. Overlap not Gap: conceptualising natural language and its co-existence with non-human communication and cognition using Prototype Theory.

    Amphaeris, J. (Awdur), Tenbrink, T. (Goruchwylydd) & Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd), 20 Medi 2023

    Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth

  3. Exploring novel techniques to quantify habitat use, diet, and ecological effects of deer, with a focus on fallow deer (Dama dama) in the Elwy Valley, North Wales

    Gresham, A. (Awdur), Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd), Healey, J. (Goruchwylydd), Eichhorn, M. (Goruchwylydd) & Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd), 11 Awst 2023

    Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth

  4. Mind the Monkeys: Road Ecology of the Zanzibar Red Colobus

    Skinner, H. (Awdur), Georgiev, A. (Goruchwylydd), Healey, J. (Goruchwylydd), Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd) & Davenport, T. R. B. (Goruchwylydd), 7 Meh 2023

    Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Graddau Meistr trwy Ymchwil

  5. Activity Overlap and Risk of Mycobacterium bovis Transmission Between Wild European Mammals

    Justus, W. (Awdur), Valle, S. (Goruchwylydd) & Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd), 6 Maw 2023

    Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Graddau Meistr trwy Ymchwil

  6. Assessing landscape-scale patterns of activity and habitat-use by fallow deer (Dama dama) in the Elwy Valley region of North Wales, UK

    Barton, O. (Awdur), Healey, J. (Goruchwylydd), Cordes, L. (Goruchwylydd) & Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd), 6 Maw 2023

    Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth

  7. 2022
  8. A long-term temporal comparison of ecological predictors on relative elephant presence within a forested environment

    Keeble, D. (Awdur), Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd), Georgiev, A. (Goruchwylydd), Chapman, C. (Goruchwylydd) & Sarkar, D. (Goruchwylydd), 22 Tach 2022

    Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Graddau Meistr trwy Ymchwil

  9. Detection of an invasive, semi-aquatic mammal: development of an environmental DNA assay and comparison to a conventional method

    Pugh, B. (Awdur), Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd) & Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd), 24 Hyd 2022

    Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Graddau Meistr trwy Ymchwil

  10. 2021
  11. Interspecific Differences in Treefrog Response to Artificial Light at Night and Spectral Manipulation

    Harcourt, A. (Awdur), Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd), 26 Mai 2021

    Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Graddau Meistr trwy Ymchwil

  12. Rensch’s Rule and the Drivers of Sexual Dimorphism in Ungulates

    Roylance-Casson, E. (Awdur), Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd), 9 Maw 2021

    Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Graddau Meistr trwy Ymchwil

  13. Road noise alters foraging duration and vigilance behaviour of three common tit species

    Chapman, J. (Awdur), Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd), 2 Chwef 2021

    Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Graddau Meistr trwy Ymchwil

  14. 2020
  15. Sexual Dimorphism in the Common Hippopotamus

    Sadler, P. (Awdur), Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd), 1 Hyd 2020

    Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Graddau Meistr trwy Ymchwil

  16. Have stripe patterns influenced the social behaviour and cohesion of the plains zebra (Equus quagga)?

    Smith, D. (Awdur), Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd) & Hayward, M. (Goruchwylydd), 24 Awst 2020

    Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Graddau Meistr trwy Ymchwil

  17. Zebra stripes, the ectoparasite hypothesis: using behavioural measures to determine ectoparasitic burdens in plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.

    Connock, W. (Awdur), Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd) & Hayward, M. W. (Goruchwylydd), 20 Ebr 2020

    Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Graddau Meistr trwy Ymchwil

  18. The Origin of Zebra Stripes: Does Striping Provide a Fecundity Advantage?

    Evetts, J. (Awdur), Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd) & Hayward, M. (Goruchwylydd), 4 Maw 2020

    Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Graddau Meistr trwy Ymchwil

  19. 2018