Outputs (15)

D4.3 Systematic review and framework for testing unmanned aircraft systems noise impact on humans and wildlife (2025)
Report

This report documents systematic reviews of research evidence on the effects of exposure to sound from Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) on humans and wildlife (specifically birds).

The reviews have been undertaken according to methodologies based o... Read More about D4.3 Systematic review and framework for testing unmanned aircraft systems noise impact on humans and wildlife.

Kin recognition for incest avoidance in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis (2024)
Journal Article
Leedale, A. E., Vullioud, P., Seager, D., Zöttl, M., Glauser, G., & Clutton-Brock, T. (2024). Kin recognition for incest avoidance in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291(2033), Article 20241138. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1138

Across taxa, breeding among close relatives is usually avoided because it incurs fitness costs to offspring. Incest is often averted through the dispersal of either sex from the natal area to breed. In some philopatric species, association among rela... Read More about Kin recognition for incest avoidance in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis.

Evidence for inbreeding depression in captive Damaraland mole-rats. (2024)
Journal Article
Seager, D., Leedale, A. E., Thorley, J. B., Vullioud, P., Zöttl, M., & Clutton-Brock, T. (2024). Evidence for inbreeding depression in captive Damaraland mole-rats. Biology Letters, 20(10), 20240407. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0407

Mating between closely related individuals can result in a reduction in offspring fitness, known as inbreeding depression. Here, we investigate whether breeding with close relatives affects the reproductive output of parents and the development of th... Read More about Evidence for inbreeding depression in captive Damaraland mole-rats..

The Evolution of Kin Discrimination Across the Tree of Life (2024)
Journal Article

Kin discrimination, the differential treatment of conspecifics based on kinship, occurs across the tree of life, from animals to plants to fungi to bacteria. When kin and nonkin interact, the ability to identify kin enables individuals to increase th... Read More about The Evolution of Kin Discrimination Across the Tree of Life.

Impacts of anthropogenic sounds on bird call activities: A case study in Aachen, Germany (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Since the definition of the Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EC, various tools, reports, and action plans have
been developed to assess and improve the sonic environment according to human perception and well-being. Few methodologies and report... Read More about Impacts of anthropogenic sounds on bird call activities: A case study in Aachen, Germany.

An experimental assessment of detection dog ability to locate great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at distance and through soil (2023)
Journal Article
Jayne Glover, N., Elizabeth Wilson, L., Leedale, A., & Jehle, R. (2023). An experimental assessment of detection dog ability to locate great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at distance and through soil. PloS one, 18(6), e0285084. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285084

Detection dogs are increasingly used to locate cryptic wildlife species, but their use for amphibians is still rather underexplored. In the present paper we focus on the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus), a European species which is experiencin... Read More about An experimental assessment of detection dog ability to locate great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at distance and through soil.

An experimental assessment of detection dog ability to locate great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at distance and through soil (2023)
Journal Article
Glover Id, N. J., Wilson, L. E., Leedale ld, A., & Jehle Id, R. (2023). An experimental assessment of detection dog ability to locate great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at distance and through soil. PLoS ONE, 18, Article e0285084. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.+pone.0285084

Detection dogs are increasingly used to locate cryptic wildlife species, but their use for amphibians is still rather underexplored. In the present paper we focus on the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus), a European species which is experiencin... Read More about An experimental assessment of detection dog ability to locate great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at distance and through soil.

Coordination of care by breeders and helpers in the cooperatively breeding long-tailed tit (2022)
Journal Article
Halliwell, C., Beckerman, A., Germain, M., Patrick, S., Leedale, A., & Hatchwell, B. (2022). Coordination of care by breeders and helpers in the cooperatively breeding long-tailed tit. Behavioral Ecology, 33(4), 844-858. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac048

In species with biparental and cooperative brood care, multiple carers cooperate by contributing costly investments to raise a shared brood. However, shared benefits and individual costs also give rise to conflict among carers conflict among carers o... Read More about Coordination of care by breeders and helpers in the cooperatively breeding long-tailed tit.

Odour-based social recognition in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis (2021)
Journal Article
Leedale, A., Thorley, J., & Clutton-Brock, T. (2021). Odour-based social recognition in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis. Animal Behaviour, 179, 83-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.06.019

The ability to discriminate between conspecifics functions in mate choice, kin-selected cooperation and territory defence. In mammals, olfaction plays a key role in such social interactions. Olfactory cues may be particularly important for subterrane... Read More about Odour-based social recognition in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis.

Cost, risk, and avoidance of inbreeding in a cooperatively breeding bird (2020)
Journal Article

Inbreeding is often avoided in natural populations by passive processes such as sex-biased dispersal. But, in many social animals, opposite-sexed adult relatives are spatially clustered, generating a risk of incest and hence selection for active inbr... Read More about Cost, risk, and avoidance of inbreeding in a cooperatively breeding bird.