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. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    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., Mar 2020, In: Behavioral Ecology. 31, 2, p. 393-400

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    When the wild things are: Defining mammalian diel activity and plasticity

    Devarajan, K., Fidino, M., Farris, Z. J., Adalsteinsson, S. A., Andrade-Ponce, G., Angstmann, J. L., Anthonysamy, W., Aquino, J., Asefa, A., Avila, B., Bailey, L. L., de Sousa Barbosa, L. M., de Frias Barreto, M., Barton, O., Bates, C. E., Beltrão, M. G., Bird, T., Biro, E. G., Bisi, F., Bohórquez, D., Boyce, M., Brashares, J. S., Bullington, G., Burns, P., Burr, J., Butler, A. R., Calhoun, K. L., Cao, T. T., Casado, N., Cepeda-Duque, J. C., Cepek, J. D., Chiarello, A. G., Collins, M., Cordeiro-Estrela, P., Costa, S., Cremonesi, G., Cristescu, B., Cruz, P., de Albuquerque, A. C. F., De Angelo, C., de Campos, C. B., de Sena, L. M. M., Di Bitetti, M., de Matos Dias, D., Diefenbach, D., Doherty, T. S., Dos Santos, T. P., Duarte, G. T., Eppley, T. M., Erb, J., Esteves, C. F., Evans, B., Falcão, M. L. M., Fernandes-Ferreira, H., Fieberg, J. R., de Souza Filho, L. C. F., Fisher, J., Fortin, M.-J., Gale, G. A., Gallo, T., Ganoe, L. S., Garcia-Anleu, R., Gaynor, K. M., Gelmi-Candusso, T. A., Gichuru, P. N., Gomez, Q., Green, A. M., Guimarães, L. N., Haight, J. D., Harris, L. R., Hawn, Z. D., Heiman, J., Hoang, H. Q., Huebner, S., Iannarilli, F., Iezzi, M. E., Ivan, J. S., Jaspers, K. J., Jordan, M. J., Kamilar, J., Kane, M., Karimi, M. H., Kelly, M., Kohl, M. T., Kuvlesky, W. P., Ladle, A., Larson, R. N., Le, Q. T., Le, D., Le, V. S., Lehrer, E. W., Lendrum, P. E., Lewis, J., Link, A., Lizcano, D. J., Lombardi, J. V., Long, R., López-Tello, E., Lugarini, C., Lugo, D., MacKay, P., Madadi, M., Magalhães, R. A., Magle, S. B., Maia, L. H. R. D., Mandujano, S., Marchenkova, T., Marinho, P. H., Marker, L., Pardo, J. M., Martinoli, A., Massara, R. L., Masseloux, J., Matiukhina, D., Mayer, A., Mazariegos, L., McClung, M. R., McInturff, A., McPhail, D., Mertl, A., Middaugh, C. R., Miller, D., Mills, D., Miquelle, D., Miritis, V., Moll, R. J., Molnár, P., Montgomery, R. A., Morelli, T. L., Mortelliti, A., Mueller, R. I., Mukhacheva, A. S., Mullen, K., Murphy, A., Nepomuceno, V., Ngoprasert, D., Nguyen, A., Van Nguyen, T., Nguyen, V. T., Quang, H. A. N., Nipko, R., Nobre, A. C. C., Northrup, J., Owen, M., Paglia, A. P., Palmer, M. S., Palomo-Munoz, G., Pardo, L. E., Parks, C., de Oliveira Paschoal, A. M., Patterson, B., Paviolo, A., Pejchar, L., Pendergast, M. E., Perotto-Baldivieso, H. L., Petrov, T., Poisson, M. K. P., Polli, D. J., Pourmirzai, M., Reebin, A., Remine, K. R., Rich, L., Richardson, C. S., Robino, F., Rocha, D. G., Rocha, F. L., Rodrigues, F. H. G., Rohnke, A. T., Ryan, T. J., Salsbury, C. M., Sander, H. A., da Cruz Santos-Cavalcante, N. M., Sekercioglu, C. H., Seryodkin, I., Setiawan, D. H., Shadloo, S., Shahhosseini, M., Shannon, G., Shier, C. J., Smith, G. B., Snyder, T., Sollmann, R., Sparks, K. L., Sribuarod, K., St Clair, C. C., Stankowich, T., Steinmetz, R., Stevenson, C. J., Sunarto Sunarto, Surasinghe, T. D., Sutyrina, S. V., Swaisgood, R. R., Taktehrani, A., Thapa, K., Thorton, M., Tilker, A., Tobler, M. W., Tran, V. B., Tucker, J., Van Horn, R. C., Vargas-Soto, J. S., Velásquez-C, K. L., Venter, J., Venticinque, E. M., Verschueren, S., Wampole, E., Watchorn, D. J., Wearn, O. R., Weiss, K. C. B., Welschen, A., Widodo, F. A., Williamson, J., Wilting, A., Wittemyer, G., Zavaleta, A., Zellmer, A. J. & Gerber, B. D., 28 Feb 2025, In: Science Advances. 11, 9, p. eado3843

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Chapter › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  5. Published

    Ecological Consequences of Ecotourism for Wildlife Populations and Communities

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

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  6. Chapter › Research › Peer-reviewed
  7. Published

    Best Practices Toward Sustainable Ecotourism

    Shannon, G., 27 May 2017, Ecotourism’s Promise and Peril. Germany: Springer International Publishing, p. 153-178 26 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  8. Paper › Research › Peer-reviewed
  9. Published

    Cognitive Linguistics Support for the Evolution of Language from Animal Cognition

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  10. Article › Research
  11. Published

    Curious Kids: why do elephants have tusks?

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

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  12. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  13. Published

    How noise pollution is changing animal behaviour

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

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  14. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  15. Published

    Underwater noise is a threat to marine life: Conversation article

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

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  16. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  17. Published

    What prairie dogs tell us about the effects of noise pollution

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

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  18. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  19. Book › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  20. Published

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

    Wood, L., Shannon, G. (Contributor) & Bates, L. (Contributor), 2 Apr 2020, Hodder & Stoughton. 260 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  21. Commissioned report › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  22. Published
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