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

 

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. New avenues my lab is exploring include the impact of artificial light and electromagnetic noise on navigation and spatial cognition, and the impact of antimicrobial resistant bacteria on bird behaviour.

Biography:

2021-2024, Director of Research, School of Natural Sciences

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

Zoology

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  2. 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.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  3. The bird GPS - long-range navigation in migrants

    Thorup, K. & Holland, R., 15 Tach 2009, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 212, 22, t. 3597-3604 8 t.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  4. 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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    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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. True navigation in migrating gulls requires intact olfactory nerves

    Wikelski, M., Arriero, E., Gagliardo, A., Holland, R. A., Huttunen, M. J., Juvaste, R., Mueller, I., Tertitski, G., Thorup, K., Wild, M., Alanko, M., Bairlein, F., Cherenkov, A., Cameron, A., Flatz, R., Hannila, J., Hueppop, O., Kangasniemi, M., Kranstauber, B., Penttinen, M-L., Safi, K., Semashko, V., Schmid, H. & Wistbacka, R., 24 Tach 2015, Yn: Scientific Reports. 5, 17061.

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  9. Understanding the migratory orientation program of birds: extending laboratory studies to study free flying migrants in a natural setting

    Thorup, K., Holland, R., Tottrup, A. & Wikelski, M., 2010, Yn: Integrative and Comparative Biology. 50, 3, t. 315-322 8 t.

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  10. Where the Wild things Go

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

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  12. 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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