
Professor Andy Radford
M.A. (Cantab), M.Sc.(Oxon.), Ph.D.(Cantab.)
Expertise
My research group study social behaviour and communication - how vocalisations are used to mediate cooperation and conflict - and the impacts of human disturbances on wildlife.
Current positions
Professor of Behavioural Ecology
School of Biological Sciences
Contact
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Research interests
My research group currently pursue two main themes. The first of these concerns the behaviour and vocalisations of social animals. Using a combination of observational data, sound recordings and a variety of experimental manipulations, we work on several different bird, mammal, fish and invertebrate study systems in captivity and around the world (South Africa, Australia, Panama, Trinidad), including the Dwarf Mongoose Research Project which we established in 2011. Specific current research interests include:
- Consequences of out-group conflict
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Sentinel behaviour and vigilance patterns
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Alarm-call use and development
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Decision-making and information use
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Behavioural stress
The second major topic concerns the potential impact of anthropogenic noise. Using a combination of laboratory and field experiments (in Scotland, France, French Polynesia, Malawi and Australia), we are considering how this global pollutant affects the behaviour, physiology and development of a variety of fish and invertebrate species, as well as the dwarf mongooses.
For further details, see our research site.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Strategic intergroup behaviour (Yoonjung Yi)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/06/2024 to 31/05/2027
Mongoose market forces
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/07/2023 to 30/06/2026
Preparing for War
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/10/2022 to 30/09/2025
Preparing for War
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/10/2022 to 30/09/2025
Impacts of anthropogenic noise on reproduction and survival
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/11/2016 to 31/10/2019
Thesis supervisions
Vocal communication and the facilitation of social behaviour in the southern pied babbler (Turdoides bicolor)
Supervisors
Context-Dependent Contributions to Cooperative Behaviours
Supervisors
Consequences of within- and between-group conflict in dwarf mongooses
Supervisors
The adaptive value of males in simple eusocial insect societies
Supervisors
Social drivers of signature whistle complexity in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)
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The effects of variation in anthropogenic noise on anti-predator behaviours in dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula)
Supervisors
Impacts of motorboat noise on the parental-care behaviours of two species of coral-reef damselfish (Pomacentridae).
Supervisors
Investigating the impacts of anthropogenic noise on fish behaviour
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A changing world
Supervisors
Variation in alloparental care in dwarf mongooses
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2024Empowering student agency in assessment and feedback in Biological Sciences.
Artificial light increases nighttime prevalence of predatory fishes, altering community composition on coral reefs
Global Change Biology
Context-dependent multimodal behaviour in a coral reef fish
Royal Society Open Science
Exposure to calls before hatching affects the post-hatching behaviour of domestic chickens.
Royal Society Open Science
Investigating the impact of anthropogenic noise on the decision-making of dwarf mongoose offspring
Royal Society Open Science