Human and conservation impact on animal behaviour

Researching and understanding how human impact can affect behaviour at an individual level
Hands of a fisherman in yellow overalls pulling fishing net from the sea 
We study aspects of animal behaviour which can answer questions that are important to the in-situ conservation of species, particularly those affected by human impacts. Understanding behaviour at the individual level i.e., how animals are affected by, evaluate and cope with environmental disturbance, can help us to predict how populations will respond to climate or anthropogenic impacts in the wild.
Dr Katherine Herborn explores trade-offs between acute stress, often caused by human impact, and other behaviours in a range of wild animals.
Professor Mark Briffa investigates whether we can we detect signals of human impacts on the environment in animal behaviour, mainly in coastal invertebrates.
Dr Sarah Collins uses animal communication to explore how human activity affects populations of birds. She also has done research using animal behaviour theory to determine what resources are important for an animal conservation in both estuary birds and dormice.
Dr Alexander Wilson investigates how human-induced rapid environmental change (tourism, harvest, pollution) affects population conservation, and the use of animal tracking technologies and electronic sensory tags in ecology and conservation.
Dr Svenja Tidau investigates the impacts of artificial light at night on coastal organisms, their development, reproduction, behaviour and interactions, and previously conducted a project showing that anthropogenic noise interferes with natural cues and signals used in individual and group behaviour. In marine organisms.