Professor Richard Holland

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Contact info

Room: 531 Brambell

Email: r.holland@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0)1248 382344

Web: Bangor Animal Navigation Group  Google Scholar Researchgate

Director of research, School of Natural Sciences

My research and teaching interests fall broadly in the area of animal behaviour and sensory biology. I am the course co-ordinator for the Zoology with Animal Behaviour degree (C3D3) and teach on several animal behaviour focused modules, as well as ornithology. My research questions focus the cognitive processes and sensory mechanisms by which animals navigate and migrate. While my principle focus is at the level of the whole organism I also incorporate aspects of neurobiology, molecular biology, and physics to identify the  environmental cues, sensory pathways and mechanisms used by animals to decide how, when and where to move. My work also operates in a comparative framework as I compare and contrast across species, taxa, age class, spatial scale and sensory mechanisms to reveal how natural selection has acted to shape navigation behaviour in different animal groups.

Biography:

2020-current, Professor in Animal Behaviour

2017-2020, Senior Lecturer, Bangor University

2016-2017, Lecturer, Bangor University

2011-2016, Lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast

2009-2010, Research scientist, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

2006-2008, Marie Curie Outgoing International fellow, Princeton University and University of Leeds

2002-2005, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Leeds

1999-2002, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Nebraska

1994-1998, DPhil, Oxford University

1990-1993, BSc (Hons), University of Nottingham

Research Area:

Animal Physiology, Behaviour and Conservation

  1. Evidence for repeated independent evolution of migration in the largest family of bats

    Bisson, I. A., Safi, K. & Holland, R., 21 Hyd 2009, Yn: PLoS ONE. 4, 10

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    The effect of observing trained conspecifics on the performance and motivation of goldfish, Carassius auratus, in a spatial task

    Blane, J. C. & Holland, R. A., Ebr 2024, Yn: Behavioural Processes. 217, 105021.

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  3. Tracking clock-shifted homing pigeons from familiar release sites

    Bonadona, F., Holland, R., Dall'Antonia, L., Guilford, T. & Benvenuti, S., Ion 2000, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 203, 2, t. 207-212 6 t.

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  4. Further evidence for visual landmark involvement in the pigeon's familiar area map

    Burt, T., Holland, R. & Guilford, T., Meh 1997, Yn: Animal Behaviour. 53, t. 1203-1209 7 t.

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    Migratory Eurasian reed warblers can use magnetic declination to solve the longitude problem

    Chernetsov, N., Pakhomov, A., Kobylkov, D., Kishkinev, D., Holland, R. & Mouritsen, H., 11 Medi 2017, Yn: Current Biology. 27, 17, t. 2647-2651

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    A functional role of the sky’s polarization pattern for orientation in the greater mouse-eared bat

    Greif, S., Borissov, I., Yovel, Y. & Holland, R., 2014, Yn: Nature Communications. 5, 4488.

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    Repeated training of homing pigeons reveals age dependent idiosyncrasy and visual landmark use.

    Griffiths, C., Schiffner, I., Price, E., Charnell-Hughes, M., Kishkinev, D. & Holland, R., Gorff 2021, Yn: Animal Behaviour. 177, t. 159-170

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    Is There Visual Lateralisation of the Sun Compass in Homing Pigeons?

    Griffiths, C., Holland, R. & Gagliardo, A., 5 Mai 2020, Yn: Symmetry. 12, 5, 740.

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    Homing pigeons use olfactory cues for navigation in England

    Guilford, T., Gagliardo, A., Chappell, J., Bonadonna, F., De Perera, T. B. & Holland, R., 1998, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 201, 6, t. 895-900 6 t.

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  10. Migratory navigation in birds: new opportunities in an era of fast-developing tracking technology

    Guilford, T., Akesson, S., Gagliardo, A., Holland, R. A., Mouritsen, H., Muheim, R., Wiltschko, R., Wiltschko, W. & Bingman, V. P., Tach 2011, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 214, 22, t. 3705-3712 8 t.

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  11. Bats use magnetite to detect the earth's magnetic field

    Holland, R., Kirschvink, J. L., Doak, T. G. & Wikelski, M., 27 Chwef 2008, Yn: PLoS ONE. 3, 2

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  12. True navigation in birds: from quantum physics to global migration

    Holland, R., Mai 2014, Yn: Journal of Zoology. 293, 1, t. 1-15

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  13. Studying the migratory behavior of individual bats: Current techniques and future directions

    Holland, R. & Wikelski, M., 15 Rhag 2009, Yn: Journal of Mammalogy. 90, 6, t. 1324-1329 6 t.

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  14. Echolocation signal structure in the Megachiropteran bat Rousettus aegyptiacus Geoffroy 1810

    Holland, R., Waters, D. A. & Rayner, J. M. V., Rhag 2004, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 207, 25, t. 4361-4369 9 t.

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  15. The Secret Life of Oilbirds: New Insights into the Movement Ecology of a Unique Avian Frugivore

    Holland, R., Wikelski, M., Kummeth, F. & Bosque, C., 2009, Yn: PLoS ONE. 4, 12, e8264.

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  16. A nocturnal mammal, the greater mouse-eared bat, calibrates a magnetic compass by the sun

    Holland, R., Borissov, I. & Siemers, B. M., 13 Ebr 2010, Yn: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 107, 15, t. 6941-6945 5 t.

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    Orientation and Navigation in Bats

    Holland, R., 2010, Encyclopedia of Animal Behaviour. Academic Press, Cyfrol 2. t. 177-185 9 t.

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  18. Differential effects of magnetic pulses on the orientation of naturally migrating birds

    Holland, R., 6 Tach 2010, Yn: Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 7, 52, t. 1617-1625 9 t.

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  19. How and why do insects migrate?

    Holland, R., Wikelski, M. & Wilcove, D. S., 11 Awst 2006, Yn: Science. 313, 5788, t. 794-796 3 t.

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  20. A magnetic pulse does not affect homing pigeon navigation: a GPS tracking experiment

    Holland, R., Filannino, C. & Gagliardo, A., 29 Mai 2013, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 216, 12, t. 2192-2200 9 t.

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  21. The role of visual landmarks in the avian familiar area map - Commentary

    Holland, R., Meh 2003, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 206, 11, t. 1773-1778 6 t.

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  22. Where the Wild things Go

    Holland, R., Thorup, K. & Wikelski, M., 2007, Yn: Biologist. 54, t. 2-7 6 t.

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  23. Echolocation signals and pinnae movement in the fruitbat Rousettus aegyptiacus

    Holland, R. & Waters, D. A., 2005, Yn: Acta Chiropterologica. 7, 1, t. 83-90 8 t.

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    Nature’s GPS: how animals use the natural world to perform extraordinary feats of navigation

    Holland, R., 30 Rhag 2021, The Conversation.

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  25. Testing the role of sensory systems in the migratory heading of a songbird

    Holland, R., Thorup, K., Gagliardo, A., Bisson, I. A., Knecht, E., Mizrahi, D. & Wikelski, M., 15 Rhag 2009, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 212, 24, t. 4065-4071 7 t.

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  26. Navigation: Bat orientation using Earth's magnetic field

    Holland, R., Thorup, K., Vonhof, M. J., Cochran, W. W. & Wikelski, M., 7 Rhag 2006, Yn: Nature. 444, 7120, t. 702 1 t.

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  27. Emergence time and foraging activity in Pallas' mastiff bat, Molossus molossus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in relation to sunset/sunrise and phase of the moon

    Holland, R. A., Meyer, C. F. J., Kalko, E. K. V., Kays, R. & Wikelski, M., Rhag 2011, Yn: Acta Chiropterologica. 13, 2, t. 399-404 6 t.

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  28. Blind as a bat? The sensory basis of orientation and navigation at night

    Holland, R., 2008, In the neurobiology of Umwelt: how animals perceive the world. Springer, t. 125-139

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  29. Sensory systems and spatial memory in the fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus

    Holland, R., Winter, P. & Waters, D. A., Awst 2005, Yn: Ethology. 111, 8, t. 715-725 11 t.

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  30. Short distance phase shifts revisited: tracking clock-shifted homing pigeons (Rock Dove Columba livia) close to the loft

    Holland, R., Bonadonna, F., Dall'antonia, L., Benvenuti, S., De Perera, T. B. & Guilford, T., Ion 2000, Yn: Ibis. 142, 1, t. 111-118 8 t.

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  31. A strong magnetic pulse affects the precision of departure direction of naturally migrating adult but not juvenile birds

    Holland, R. A. & Helm, B., 6 Ebr 2013, Yn: Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 10, 81, 20121047.

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  32. Orientation and navigation in bats: known unknowns or unknown unknowns?

    Holland, R., Maw 2007, Yn: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61, 5, t. 653-660 8 t.

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  33. The effect of familiarity on echolocation in the megachiropteran bat Rousettus aegyptiacus

    Holland, R. & Waters, D. A., 1 Medi 2007, Yn: Behaviour. 144, 9, t. 1053-1064 12 t.

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    Satellite tracking of red-listed nominate lesser black-backed gulls (Larus f. fuscus): habitat specialisation in foraging movements raises novel conservation needs

    Juvaste, R., Arriero, E., Gagliardo, A., Holland, R., Huttunen, M. J., Mueller, I., Thorup, K., Wikelski, M., Penttinen, M-L., Hannila, J. & Wistbacka, R., Ebr 2017, Yn: Global Ecology and Conservation. 10, t. 220-230

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    Plasticity varies with boldness in a weakly-electric fish

    Kareklas, K., Arnott, G., Elwood, R. W. & Holland, R., 6 Meh 2016, Yn: Frontiers in Zoology. 13, 22

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    Grouping promotes risk-taking in unfamiliar settings

    Kareklas, K., Elwood, R. W. & Holland, R. A., 1 Maw 2018, Yn: Behavioural Processes. 148, t. 41-45

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    Relationships between personality and lateralisation of sensory inputs

    Kareklas, K., Elwood, R. W., Arnott, G. & Holland, R., Gorff 2018, Yn: Animal Behaviour. 141, t. 127-135

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    Fish learn collectively, but groups with differing personalities are slower to decide 1 and more likely to split

    Kareklas, K., Elwood, R. W. & Holland, R., 2018, Yn: Biology Open. 2018, 7, bio033613.

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    Personality effects on spatial learning: comparisons between visual conditions in a weakly-electric fish

    Kareklas, K., Elwood, R. W. & Holland, R., 2017, Yn: Ethology.

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    A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology

    Karwinkel, T., Peter, A., Holland, R., Thorup, K., Bairlein, F. & Schmaljohann, H., 17 Ebr 2024, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Biological Reviews.

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    Navigation by extrapolation of geomagnetic cues in a migratory songbird

    Kishkinev, D., Packmor, F., Thomas, Z., Hans, W., Mouritsen, H., Chernetsov, N. & Holland, R., 12 Ebr 2021, Yn: Current Biology. 31, 7, t. 1563-1569

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    Anosmic migrating songbirds demonstrate a compensatory response following long-distance translocation: a radio-tracking study

    Kishkinev, D., Anashina, A., Ishchenko, I. & Holland, R. A., Ion 2020, Yn: Journal of Ornithology. 161, 1, t. 47-57

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  43. Polarized skylight does not calibrate the compass system of a migratory bat

    Lindecke, O., Voigt, C. C., Petersons, G. & Holland, R., 16 Medi 2015, Yn: Biology Letters. 11, 9, t. 1-4

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    Experienced migratory bats integrate the sun's position at dusk for navigation at night

    Lindecke, O., Elksne, A., Holland, R. A., Petersons, G. & Voigt, C. C., 22 Ebr 2019, Yn: Current Biology. 29, t. 1369-1373

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    Orientation and flight behaviour identify the Soprano pipistrelle as a migratory bat species at the Baltic Sea coast

    Lindecke, O., Elksne, A., Holland, R., Petersons, G. & Voigt, C. C., 1 Mai 2019, Yn: Journal of Zoology. 308, 1, t. 56-65

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    Corneal sensitivity is required for orientation in free-flying migratory bats

    Lindecke, O., Holland, R., Petersons, G. & Voigt, C. C., 5 Mai 2021, Yn: Communications Biology. 4, 1, 522.

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  47. Place versus response learning in fish: a comparison between species

    McAroe, C. L., Craig, C. M. & Holland, R., Ion 2016, Yn: Animal Cognition. 19, 1, t. 153-161

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    Shoaling promotes place over response learning but does not facilitate individual learning of that strategy in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    McAroe, C. L., Craig, C. M. & Holland, R., 2017, Yn: BMC Zoology. 2, 10

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    A comparison of machine-learning assisted optical and thermal camera systems for beehive activity counting

    Morton Williams, S., Bariselli, S., Palego, C., Holland, R. & Cross, P., 1 Rhag 2022, Yn: Smart Agricultural Technology. 2, 100038.

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    A magnet attached to the forehead disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory songbird

    Packmor, F., Kishkinev, D., Bittermann, F., Kofler, B., Machowetz, C., Zechmeister, T., Zawadzki, L., Guilford, T. & Holland, R., Tach 2021, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 224, 22, 10 t., 243337.

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