Lectureship in Ecology, University College Cork, 2012-2017
Lectureship in Biology at Pembroke College, Oxford, 2006-2012
Departmental Lectureship in Behavioural Mechanisms, University of Oxford, 2006-2012
PDRA, The evolution of personality, University of Oxford, 2004-2006
Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship, Predator-prey interactions, University of Oxford, 2001-2004
DPhil, University of Oxford, "The behavioral ecology of red-breasted geese and their nesting association with birds of prey", 1996-2000
Research Officer, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, UK, 1990-1996
MSc, Biological Computation, University of York, 1989-1990
Senior reserve warden, Rockabill, Irish Wildbird Conservancy, 1989
BSc.Hons. Zoology, University College Dublin, 1984-1988
Research funding: Grant capture to date totals ca. €5 million.
Graduate students and postdocs: I have supervised 14m PhD students and 2 MRes students. My research group has contained 9 postdocs and numerous research assistants.
Research led teaching and mentoring: Most years I supervise about 6 final year research projects on a range of topics in applied and theoretical ecology. I designed and lecture exclusively on two modules concerned directly with research (Research Skills and Frontiers in Biology) and regularly use my own material to highlight fundamental topics in all of my modules. I set up the BEES seminar series which is now in its third year and which doubles up as a fourth year module. I also set up the BEES Research Club which runs regularly and acts as a forum for young researchers to discuss current topics in biology.
2 AE6005 Quantitative Ecological Surveying - Lecturer
3 AE6020 Birds: Survey Methods and Interpretation - Lecturer
4 BL3001 Literature reviews - Lecturer
5 BL4001 Final year research projects - Lecturer
6 BL4004 Frontiers in Biology Seminar Series - Coordinator
7 BL4005 Research skills in biology - Coordinator
8 BL6012 Marine Megafauna - Lecturer
9 BL6017 MSc Marine projects - Coordinator
10 Ev1002 The Environment - Coordinator
11 ZY2000 Vertebrate Biology - Lecturer
12 ZY3015 Advanced vertebrate biology - Lecturer
13 ZY4012 Population biology of birds - Coordinator
Current PhD Students
2015-2018: Gavin Arneill, Developing and assessing a monitoring strategy for breeding Puffins, Manx Shearwaters and Storm Petrels in Ireland (co-supervisor Dr Mark Jessopp).
2014-2018: Esther Kettel, A comparison of rural and urban behaviours in the peregrine falcon (cosupervisor with Dr Louise Gentle as main supervisor at the University of Nottingham Trent).
2012-2016: Will O'Shea, the evolutionary ecology of cognition and personality across a heterogeneous Landscape. (co-supervisor Prof. J. O'Halloran).
2014-2018: Dario Fernandez-Bellon, The Ecology of the Dipper (co-supervisor with Prof. J. O'Halloran as main supervisor).
2013-2018: Helen Boland (Birdwatch Ireland), the ecology of disturbance shorebird in Dublin Bay (co-supervisor with Prof. J. O'Halloran).
2013-2018: Chris Honan, The foraging ecology of a top marine predator, the Great Black-backed Gull, in the context of anthropogenic factors (cosupervisor with Dr J. Reynolds as main supervisor at the University of Birminghan).
Current MSc (by research) Students
2014-2016: Saskia Wischnewski, Developing a tool to predict the impact of oil spills on seabirds (cosupervisor Dr Mark Jessopp, MaREI).
2015-2017: Advertised, Using GIS to predict the distribution of seabirds (cosupervisor Dr Mark Jessopp, MaREI).
Biography
Professor in Zoology, University College Cork, 2016-presentLectureship in Ecology, University College Cork, 2012-2017
Lectureship in Biology at Pembroke College, Oxford, 2006-2012
Departmental Lectureship in Behavioural Mechanisms, University of Oxford, 2006-2012
PDRA, The evolution of personality, University of Oxford, 2004-2006
Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship, Predator-prey interactions, University of Oxford, 2001-2004
DPhil, University of Oxford, "The behavioral ecology of red-breasted geese and their nesting association with birds of prey", 1996-2000
Research Officer, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, UK, 1990-1996
MSc, Biological Computation, University of York, 1989-1990
Senior reserve warden, Rockabill, Irish Wildbird Conservancy, 1989
BSc.Hons. Zoology, University College Dublin, 1984-1988
Research Interests
My interests span a broad range of topics in ecology, evolution and ornithology. Mostly I have worked on birds, across a range of different environments, including marine, coastal, wetland, woodland and agricultural. My current focus is on the following four general areas:- The evolutionary ecology of cognitive ability and personality: My initial interest in this field arose when based at the Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford, where I used the long term study population of great tits at Wytham Wood to study individual variation in animal personality and cognitive ability. I set up a similar system among woodland fragments along the Bandon Valley, Co. Cork, to continue this work at a landscape level. This research is highly interdisciplinary because it examines proximate (genetic, physiological, environmental) and evolutionary causes of individual variation.
- Seabird ecology and natural resource management: Perched on the edge of the North East Atlantic, Ireland hosts some of the most important seabird populations in Europe and the world, and is under statutory obligation to ensure their protection. Nevertheless the population ecology and general ecology of most of these populations is either largely unknown or very poorly understood. My research currently involves predicting the impact of oilspills and renewable energy on seabirds, using a combination of GIS, mathematical modelling, and biotracking techniques, and by refining population estimates.
- Biodiversity in agricultural and forestry landscapes: In the past I have studied the impact of agriculture on avian behaviour and populations in the UK. The predicted increase in the Irish agricultural sector over the next 20 years is likely to have a major impact on biodiversity, an issue I am increasingly keen to investigate.
- Predator-prey interactions and group living: I have a long standing interest in predator-prey interactions and the evolution of group living behaviour.
Research funding: Grant capture to date totals ca. €5 million.
Graduate students and postdocs: I have supervised 14m PhD students and 2 MRes students. My research group has contained 9 postdocs and numerous research assistants.
Research led teaching and mentoring: Most years I supervise about 6 final year research projects on a range of topics in applied and theoretical ecology. I designed and lecture exclusively on two modules concerned directly with research (Research Skills and Frontiers in Biology) and regularly use my own material to highlight fundamental topics in all of my modules. I set up the BEES seminar series which is now in its third year and which doubles up as a fourth year module. I also set up the BEES Research Club which runs regularly and acts as a forum for young researchers to discuss current topics in biology.
Research Grants
| Project | Funding Body | Start Date | End Date | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The evolutionary ecology of cognition in a heterogeneus environment | European Commission | 01-MAR-15 | 28-FEB-20 | €1,993,189.00 | |
| HEACOVID19 | 01-MAR-23 | 31-OCT-23 | €8,222.00 | ||
| Collective Intelligence in Small Passerines Across a Heterogeneous Landscape | Irish Research Council | 01-OCT-16 | 31-DEC-20 | €90,084.00 | |
| UCC Woodcock Survey Support. | National Parks & Wildlife Services (NPWS) | 22-NOV-19 | 30-JUN-20 | €15,000.00 | |
| Censusing storm petrels in the South West of Ireland | National Parks & Wildlife Services (NPWS) | 15-JUL-18 | 31-DEC-19 | €28,254.00 | |
| HEACOVID19 | 01-DEC-20 | 30-SEP-21 | €19,416.00 | ||
| Developing and assessing a monitoring strategy for burrow nesting seabirds in Ireland. | National Parks & Wildlife Services (NPWS) | 01-DEC-14 | 30-SEP-18 | €113,910.00 | |
| DRivers of Variation in the Microbiome of the Wild Great Tit, Parus Major. | Irish Research Council | 01-JAN-21 | 30-JUN-23 | €55,000.00 | |
| Foraging Distributions and Vocal Behaviour of Two Understudies Marine Indicator Spieces. | Irish Research Council | 01-OCT-17 | 07-APR-18 | €91,770.00 | |
| Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust | Foreign Research Institute | 04-JAN-17 | 30-JUN-23 | €16,000.00 | |
| The evolutionary ecology of cognition across a heterogeneous landscape. | European Union | 01-MAR-15 | 31-DEC-20 | €1,993,189.00 | |
| Plasticity and Negotiation in Parental Care Across Heterogeneous Enviroments. | Irish Research Council | 13-FEB-17 | 31-DEC-17 | €2,480.00 | |
| Modelling the impacts of fossil and renewable energy industries on internationally protected seabird populations around Ireland. | Irish Research Council | 01-OCT-15 | 30-SEP-17 | €91,790.00 | |
| Research Contract for Badger Research Programme-Population Estimates of Badgers Meles in the Context of BCG Vaccination. | Department of Agriculture Fisheries & Forestry (DAFF) | 01-SEP-17 | 30-NOV-21 | €353,368.00 | |
| Movement and foraging ecology of the world's smallest seabird, the European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus), in the context of marine spatial planning. | Irish Research Council | 01-SEP-21 | 31-AUG-25 | €110,000.00 | |
| The Ecology of a Cryptic Gamebird: Habitat Use, Mortality and Hunting Sustainability. | Irish Research Council | 04-JAN-17 | 30-NOV-17 | €27,750.00 | |
| The Ecology and Conservation Biology of Ireland's Most Important Gamebird: The Cryptic Eurasian Woodcock | Irish Research Council | 01-MAR-19 | 30-JUN-23 | €103,583.00 | |
| ERC Support Programme | Science Foundation of Ireland | 01-APR-15 | 31-MAR-20 | €223,132.00 | |
| Developing and assessing a monitoring strategy for burrow nesting seabirds in Ireland | 01-MAR-15 | 01-MAR-18 | €113,910.00 | ||
| Passerine studies in Cork | UCC Strategic Research Fund | 06-JUN-12 | 06-JUN-13 | €10,000.00 | |
| The adaptive significance of associative learning | Other: Not Listed | 01-JAN-10 | 01-JUN-12 | €80,000.00 | |
| The evolutionary ecology of cognitive variation. | Other: Not Listed | 01-JAN-10 | 31-DEC-10 | €60,000.00 | |
| The provision of Research Services in connection with the Petroleum Infrastructure Programme Group 4. | Industry | 01-OCT-13 | 30-JUN-19 | €229,697.00 | |
| Forestry and birds | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food (DAFF) | 01-DEC-13 | 30-DEC-15 | €184,000.00 | |
| The evolutionary ecology of individual variation in cognitive performance. | European Union | 01-MAY-13 | 30-APR-17 | €100,000.00 | |
| Developing an automated system for associative learning tasks. | 01-OCT-10 | €6,600.00 |
Contract Researchers
| Researcher Name | Project | Role | Funding Body | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will O'Shea | The evolutionary ecology of personality and cognitive ability | Postgraduate Researcher | Other: Not Listed | |
| Esther Kettel | A comparison of rural and urban behaviours in the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus):based in Nottingham Trent University with Dr Louise Gentle as main supervisor | Postgraduate Researcher | Other: Not Listed | |
| Saskia Wischnewski | Developing a tool to predict the effects of oilspills on seabirds | Postgraduate Researcher | Other: Not Listed | |
| Dario Fernandez-Bellon | The Ecology of dippers in southern Ireland in relation to environmental and landscape changes | Postgraduate Researcher | Other: Not Listed | |
| Dr Julie Morand-Ferron | The evolutionary ecology of cognitive variation | Postgraduate Researcher | Other: Not Listed | |
| Dr Julie Morand-Ferron | NSERC fellowship | Postgraduate Researcher | Other: Not Listed | |
| Barry O'Mahoney | Various | Research Assistant | Other: Not Listed | |
| Dr Ella Cole | The adaptive significance of associative learning | Postgraduate Researcher | Leverhulme Trust | |
| Ilse Corkery | ADAPT | Postdoctoral Researcher | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food (DAFF) |
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2021) | 'Cognition and covariance in the producer-scrounger game' Reichert, Michael S.; Morand-Ferron, Julie; Kulahci, Ipek G.; Firth, Josh A.; Davidson, Gabrielle L.; Crofts, Sam J.; Quinn, John L. (2021) 'Cognition and covariance in the producer-scrounger game'. Journal of Animal Ecology, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'A time-lagged association between the gut microbiome, nestling weight and nestling survival in wild great tits' Davidson G.L.;Somers S.E.;Wiley N.;Johnson C.N.;Reichert M.S.;Ross R.P.;Stanton C.;Quinn J.L. (2021) 'A time-lagged association between the gut microbiome, nestling weight and nestling survival in wild great tits'. Journal of Animal Ecology, [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Heterogeneous selection on exploration behavior within and among West European populations of a passerine bird' Mouchet, Alexia; Cole, Ella F.; Matthysen, Erik; Nicolaus, Marion; Quinn, John L.; Roth, Allison M.; Tinbergen, Joost M.; van Oers, Kees; van Overveld, Thijs; Dingemanse, Niels J. (2021) 'Heterogeneous selection on exploration behavior within and among West European populations of a passerine bird'. Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, 118 (28):1-6 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'No Evidence for Cross-Contextual Consistency in Spatial Cognition or Behavioral Flexibility in a Passerine' Troisi, Camille A.; Cooke, Amy C.; Davidson, Gabrielle L.; de la Hera, Iván; Reichert, Michael S.; Quinn, John L. (2021) 'No Evidence for Cross-Contextual Consistency in Spatial Cognition or Behavioral Flexibility in a Passerine'. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 8 (3):446-461 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'Diet induces parallel changes to the gut microbiota and problem solving performance in a wild bird' Davidson, GL;Wiley, N;Cooke, AC;Johnson, CN;Fouhy, F;Reichert, MS;de la Hera, I;Crane, JMS;Kulahci, IG;Ross, RP;Stanton, C;Quinn, JL (2020) 'Diet induces parallel changes to the gut microbiota and problem solving performance in a wild bird'. Scientific Reports, 10 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'The effectiveness of regulatory signs in controlling human behaviour and Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) disturbance during breeding: an experimental test' Allbrook, DL;Quinn, JL (2020) 'The effectiveness of regulatory signs in controlling human behaviour and Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) disturbance during breeding: an experimental test'. Journal For Nature Conservation, 58 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'Changes in forest cover result in a shift in bird community composition' Corkery, I;Irwin, S;Quinn, JL;Keating, U;Lusby, J;O'Halloran, J (2020) 'Changes in forest cover result in a shift in bird community composition'. Journal of Zoology, [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: The SPI-Birds data hub' Culina A.;Adriaensen F.;Bailey L.D.;Burgess M.D.;Charmantier A.;Cole E.F.;Eeva T.;Matthysen E.;Nater C.R.;Sheldon B.C.;Sæther B.E.;Vriend S.J.G.;Zajkova Z.;Adamík P.;Aplin L.M.;Angulo E.;Artemyev A.;Barba E.;Barišic S.;Belda E.;Bilgin C.C.;Bleu J.;Both C.;Bouwhuis S.;Branston C.J.;Broggi J.;Burke T.;Bushuev A.;Camacho C.;Campobello D.;Canal D.;Cantarero A.;Caro S.P.;Cauchoix M.;Chaine A.;Cichon M.;Cikovic D.;Cusimano C.A.;Deimel C.;Dhondt A.A.;Dingemanse N.J.;Doligez B.;Dominoni D.M.;Doutrelant C.;Drobniak S.M.;Dubiec A.;Eens M.;Einar Erikstad K.;Espín S.;Farine D.R.;Figuerola J.;Kavak Gülbeyaz P.;Grégoire A.;Hartley I.R.;Hau M.;Hegyi G.;Hille S.;Hinde C.A.;Holtmann B.;Ilyina T.;Isaksson C.;Iserbyt A.;Ivankina E.;Kania W.;Kempenaers B.;Kerimov A.;Komdeur J.;Korsten P.;Král M.;Krist M.;Lambrechts M.;Lara C.E.;Leivits A.;Liker A.;Lodjak J.;Mägi M.;Mainwaring M.C.;Mänd R.;Massa B.;Massemin S.;Martínez-Padilla J.;Mazgajski T.D.;Mennerat A.;Moreno J.;Mouchet A.;Nakagawa S.;Nilsson J.Å.;Nilsson J.F.;Cláudia Norte A.;van Oers K.;Orell M.;Potti J.;Quinn J.L.;Réale D.;Kristin Reiertsen T.;Rosivall B.;Russell A.F.;Rytkönen S.;Sánchez-Virosta P.;Santos E.S.A. (2020) 'Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: The SPI-Birds data hub'. Journal of Animal Ecology, [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'Multiple factors affect discrimination learning performance, but not between-individual variation, in wild mixed-species flocks of birds' Reichert, MS;Crofts, SJ;Davidson, GL;Firth, JA;Kulahci, IG;Quinn, JL (2020) 'Multiple factors affect discrimination learning performance, but not between-individual variation, in wild mixed-species flocks of birds'. Royal Society Open Science, 7 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'Spatio-Temporal patterns of foraging behaviour in a wide-ranging seabird reveal the role of primary productivity in locating prey' Kane A.;Pirotta E.;Wischnewski S.;Critchley E.J.;Bennison A.;Jessopp M.;Quinn J.L. (2020) 'Spatio-Temporal patterns of foraging behaviour in a wide-ranging seabird reveal the role of primary productivity in locating prey'. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 646 :175-188 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'Breeding performance of an apex predator, the peregrine falcon, across urban and rural landscapes' Kettel, EF;Gentle, LK;Yarnell, RW;Quinn, JL (2019) 'Breeding performance of an apex predator, the peregrine falcon, across urban and rural landscapes'. Urban Ecosystems, 22 :117-125 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'Acoustic activity across a seabird colony reflects patterns of within-colony flight rather than nest density' Arneill, Gavin E.; Critchley, Emma Jane; Wischnewski, Saskia; Jessopp, Mark J.; Quinn, John L. (2019) 'Acoustic activity across a seabird colony reflects patterns of within-colony flight rather than nest density'. IBIS, 0 (0) [DOI] [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'Assessing the effectiveness of foraging radius models for seabird distributions using biotelemetry and survey data' Critchley, E.J.; Grecian, W.J.; Bennison, A.; Kane, A.; Wischnewski, S.; Cañadas, A.; Tierney, D.; Quinn, J.L.; Jessopp, M.J. (2019) 'Assessing the effectiveness of foraging radius models for seabird distributions using biotelemetry and survey data'. Ecography, [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'Tidal drift removes the need for area-restricted search in foraging Atlantic puffins' Bennison A.;Quinn J.;Debney A.;Jessopp M. (2019) 'Tidal drift removes the need for area-restricted search in foraging Atlantic puffins'. Biology Letters, 15 (7) [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'Assessing the effectiveness of foraging radius models for seabird distributions using biotelemetry and survey data' Critchley, EJ;Grecian, WJ;Bennison, A;Kane, A;Wischnewski, S;Canadas, A;Tierney, D;Quinn, JL;Jessopp, MJ (2019) 'Assessing the effectiveness of foraging radius models for seabird distributions using biotelemetry and survey data'. Ecography, [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'Microbiota and the social brain' E Sherwin, SR Bordenstein, JL Quinn, TG Dinan, JF Cryan (2019) 'Microbiota and the social brain'. 366 [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'Variation in foraging strategies over a large spatial scale reduces parent-offspring conflict in Manx shearwaters' Wischnewski, S;Arneill, GE;Bennison, AW;Dillane, E;Poupart, TA;Hinde, CA;Jessopp, MJ;Quinn, JL (2019) 'Variation in foraging strategies over a large spatial scale reduces parent-offspring conflict in Manx shearwaters'. Animal Behaviour, 151 :165-176 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'Sampling strategies for species with high breeding-site fidelity: A case study in burrow-nesting seabirds' Arneill G.;Perrins C.;Wood M.;Murphy D.;Pisani L.;Jessopp M.;Quinn J. (2019) 'Sampling strategies for species with high breeding-site fidelity: A case study in burrow-nesting seabirds'. Plos One, 14 (8) [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'Breeding phenology, provisioning behaviour, and unusual patterns of life history variation across an anthropogenic heterogeneous landscape' O'Shea, W;O'Halloran, J;Quinn, JL (2018) 'Breeding phenology, provisioning behaviour, and unusual patterns of life history variation across an anthropogenic heterogeneous landscape'. Oecologia, 188 :953-964 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'Repeatable aversion across threat types is linked with life history traits but is dependent on how aversion is measured' Davidson, G; Reichert, MS; Crane, JS; O’Shea, W; Quinn, JL (2018) 'Repeatable aversion across threat types is linked with life history traits but is dependent on how aversion is measured'. Royal Society Open Science, 5 [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'Personality shapes pair bonding in a wild bird social system' Firth, JA;Cole, EF;Ioannou, CC;Quinn, JL;Aplin, LM;Culina, A;McMahon, K;Sheldon, BC (2018) 'Personality shapes pair bonding in a wild bird social system'. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2 :1696-1699 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'The gut microbiome as a driver of individual variation in cognition and functional behaviour' Davidson, GL;Cooke, AC;Johnson, CN;Quinn, JL (2018) 'The gut microbiome as a driver of individual variation in cognition and functional behaviour'. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society Of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 373 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'Marine protected areas show low overlap with projected distributions of seabird populations in Britain and Ireland' Critchley, EJ;Grecian, WJ;Kane, A;Jessopp, MJ;Quinn, JL (2018) 'Marine protected areas show low overlap with projected distributions of seabird populations in Britain and Ireland'. Biological Conservation, 224 :309-317 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'A high-density SNP chip for genotyping great tit (Parus major) populations and its application to studying the genetic architecture of exploration behaviour' Kim, JM;Santure, AW;Barton, HJ;Quinn, JL;Cole, EF;Visser, ME;Sheldon, BC;Groenen, MAM;van Oers, K;Slate, J (2018) 'A high-density SNP chip for genotyping great tit (Parus major) populations and its application to studying the genetic architecture of exploration behaviour'. Molecular Ecology Resources, 18 :877-891 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Implications of afforestation for bird communities: the importance of preceding land-use type' Graham, CT; Wilson, MW; Gittings, T; Kelly, TC; Irwin, S; Quinn, JL; O’Halloran, J (2017) 'Implications of afforestation for bird communities: the importance of preceding land-use type'. Biodiversity and Conservation, 26 (13):3051-3071 [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Current ornithological research in Ireland: seventh Ornithological Research Conference, UCC, November 2017' O'Halloran, J; Kelly, TC; Quinn, JL; Irwin, S; Fernández-Bellon, D; Caravaggi, A; Smiddy, P (2017) 'Current ornithological research in Ireland: seventh Ornithological Research Conference, UCC, November 2017'. Irish Birds, 10 :598-638 [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Personality-dependent differences in problem-solving performance in a social context reflect foraging strategies' Zandberg, L;Quinn, JL;Naguib, M;van Oers, K (2017) 'Personality-dependent differences in problem-solving performance in a social context reflect foraging strategies'. Behavioural processes, 134 :95-102 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Individual foraging preferences are linked to innovativeness and personality in the great tit' Serrano-Davies, E;O'Shea, W;Quinn, JL (2017) 'Individual foraging preferences are linked to innovativeness and personality in the great tit'. Behavioral Ecology And Sociobiology, 71 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Do personality and innovativeness influence competitive ability? An experimental test in the great tit' O'Shea, W; Serrano-Davies, E; Quinn, JL (2017) 'Do personality and innovativeness influence competitive ability? An experimental test in the great tit'. Behavioral Ecology, 28 (6):1435-1444 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Cognition in contests: mechanisms, ecology, and evolution' Reichert, Michael S.; Quinn, John L. (2017) 'Cognition in contests: mechanisms, ecology, and evolution'. Trends In Ecology and Evolution, 32 (10):773-785 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Breeding ecology and habitat selection of Merlin Falco columbarius in forested landscapes' Lusby, J;Corkery, I;McGuiness, S;Fernandez-Bellon, D;Toal, L;Norriss, D;Breen, D;O'Donaill, A;Clarke, D;Irwin, S;Quinn, JL;O'Halloran, J (2017) 'Breeding ecology and habitat selection of Merlin Falco columbarius in forested landscapes'. Bird Study, 64 :445-454 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Breeding ecology and habitat selection of Merlin Falco columbarius in forested landscapes' Lusby, J; Corkery, I; McGuiness, S; Fernández-Bellon, D; Toal, L; Norriss, D; Breen, D; O’Donaill, A; Clarke, D; Irwin, S; Quinn, JL; O’Halloran, J (2017) 'Breeding ecology and habitat selection of Merlin Falco columbarius in forested landscapes'. Bird Study, 64 (4):445-454 [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Studying the evolutionary ecology of cognition in the wild: a review of practical and conceptual challenges' Morand-Ferron, J; Cole, EF; Quinn, JL (2016) 'Studying the evolutionary ecology of cognition in the wild: a review of practical and conceptual challenges'. Biological Reviews, 91 (2):367-389 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Environmental and genetic determinants of innovativeness in a natural population of birds' Quinn JL;Cole EF;Reed TE;Morand-Ferron J; (2016) 'Environmental and genetic determinants of innovativeness in a natural population of birds'. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society Of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 371 (1690) [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Taking the Operant Paradigm into the Field: Associative Learning in Wild Great Tits' Morand-Ferron, J,Hamblin, S,Cole, EF,Aplin, LM,Quinn, JL (2015) 'Taking the Operant Paradigm into the Field: Associative Learning in Wild Great Tits'. Plos One, 10 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Biometrics of Red-breasted Geese Branta ruficollis' Mitchell, C; Cranswick, P; Kharatinov, S; Mitev, D; Quinn, JL; Rozenfield, S; Swann, B; Vangluwe, D (2015) 'Biometrics of Red-breasted Geese Branta ruficollis'. Wildfowl Journal, 65 :154-166 [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Cognitive Ability Influences Reproductive Life History Variation in the Wild' Cole, EF;Morand-Ferron, J;Hinks, AE;Quinn, JL (2012) 'Cognitive Ability Influences Reproductive Life History Variation in the Wild'. Current Biology, 22 (19):1808-1812 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Animal personality meets community ecology: founder species aggression and the dynamics of spider communities' Quinn, JL (2015) 'Animal personality meets community ecology: founder species aggression and the dynamics of spider communities'. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84 :1457-1460 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Replicated analysis of the genetic architecture of quantitative traits in two wild great tit populations' Santure, AW,Poissant, J,De Cauwer, I,van Oers, K,Robinson, MR,Quinn, JL,Groenen, MAM,Visser, ME,Sheldon, BC,Slate, J (2015) 'Replicated analysis of the genetic architecture of quantitative traits in two wild great tit populations'. Molecular ecology, 24 (24):6148-6162 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'The evolution of cognition in natural populations' Morand-Ferron, J; Quinn, JL. (2015) 'The evolution of cognition in natural populations'. Trends In Cognitive Sciences, 19 (5):235-237 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Implications of afforestation for bird communities: the importance of preceding land-use type' Graham, C. T., Wilson, M.W., Gittings, T., Kelly, T.C., Irwin, S., Quinn, J.L. & O'Halloran, J (2015) 'Implications of afforestation for bird communities: the importance of preceding land-use type'. Biodiversity and Conservation, (13) [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2014) | 'Large-scale movements in European badgers: has the tail of the movement kernel been underestimated?' Byrne, A.; Quinn, J.L.; O'Keeffe, J.; Green, S.; Sleeman, P.D.; Martin, S. W.; Davenport, J. (2014) 'Large-scale movements in European badgers: has the tail of the movement kernel been underestimated?'. Journal of Animal Ecology, 83 (4):991-1001 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2014) | 'Shy birds play it safe: personality in captivity predicts risk responsiveness during reproduction in the wild' Cole, E.F. and Quinn, J.L. (2014) 'Shy birds play it safe: personality in captivity predicts risk responsiveness during reproduction in the wild'. Biology Letters, 10 (5) [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2014) | 'Personality and basal metabolic rate in a wild bird population' Bouwhuis, S,Quinn, JL,Sheldon, BC,Verhulst, S (2014) 'Personality and basal metabolic rate in a wild bird population'. Oikos, 123 (1):56-62 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2014) | 'Studying micro-evolutionary processes in cognitive traits: a comment on Rowe and Healy' Quinn, J.L., Cole, E.F. & Morand-Ferron (2014) 'Studying micro-evolutionary processes in cognitive traits: a comment on Rowe and Healy'. Behavioral Ecology, 25 (6):1297-1298 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Contrasting risks from different predators change the overall nonlethal effects of predation risk' Cresswell, W,Quinn, JL (2013) 'Contrasting risks from different predators change the overall nonlethal effects of predation risk'. Behavioral Ecology, 24 (4):871-876 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Haplotype structure, adaptive history and associations with exploratory behaviour of the DRD4 gene region in four great tit (Parus major) populations' Mueller J.C., Korsten P., Hermannstaedter C., Feulner T., Dingemanse N.J., Matthysen E., van Oers K., Overveld T., Patrick S.C., Quinn J.L., Riemenschneider M., Tinbergen J.M., Kempenaers B. (2013) 'Haplotype structure, adaptive history and associations with exploratory behaviour of the DRD4 gene region in four great tit (Parus major) populations'. Molecular Ecology, 22 (10):2797-2809 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Cognitive Ability Influences Reproductive Life History Variation in the Wild' Cole, EF,Morand-Ferron, J,Hinks, AE,Quinn, JL (2012) 'Cognitive Ability Influences Reproductive Life History Variation in the Wild'. Current Biology, 22 (19):1808-1812 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Personality predicts responsiveness to the risks of starvation and predation' Quinn, J.L., Bates, J., Cole, E.F., Payne, R. & Cresswell, (2012) 'Personality predicts responsiveness to the risks of starvation and predation'. Proceedings of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 279 (1735):1919-1926 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Variation in personality and behavioural plasticity across four populations of the great tit Parus major' Dingemanse, N.J., Bouwman, K., Van Overveld, T., Patrick, S.C., Matthysen, E., van de Pol, M., Quinn, J.L. (2012) 'Variation in personality and behavioural plasticity across four populations of the great tit Parus major'. Journal of Animal Ecology, 81 :116-126 [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Personality and innovativeness explain individual variation in competitive ability in the wild' Cole, E.F. and Quinn, J.L. (2012) 'Personality and innovativeness explain individual variation in competitive ability in the wild'. Proceedings of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 279 :1168-1175 [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Local prey vulnerability increases with multiple attacks by a predator' Quinn, J.L. and Cresswell, W. (2012) 'Local prey vulnerability increases with multiple attacks by a predator'. Oikos, 121 :1328-1334 [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Promiscuity, paternity trade-offs and personality in the great tit' Patrick, S.C, Chapman, J.R., Dugdale, H., Quinn, J.L. and Sheldon, B.C. (2012) 'Promiscuity, paternity trade-offs and personality in the great tit'. Proceedings of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 279 :1724-1730 [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'The Distribution of Colonial Waterbirds in relation to a Ugandan Rice Scheme' Nachuha, S., and Quinn, J.L. (2012) 'The Distribution of Colonial Waterbirds in relation to a Ugandan Rice Scheme'. Waterbirds, 35 :590-598 [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Predicting the optimal prey group size from predator hunting behaviour' Cresswell, W. and Quinn, J.L. (2011) 'Predicting the optimal prey group size from predator hunting behaviour'. Journal of Animal Ecology, [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Personality and parasites: sex-dependent associations between avian malaria infection and multiple behavioural traits' Dunn, J.C. and Cole, E.F. and Quinn, J.L. (2011) 'Personality and parasites: sex-dependent associations between avian malaria infection and multiple behavioural traits'. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, :1-13 [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Larger groups of passerines are more efficient problem solvers in the wild' Morand-Ferron, J. and Quinn, J.L. (2011) 'Larger groups of passerines are more efficient problem solvers in the wild'. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108 (38):15898-15903 [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Scale and state dependence of the relationship between personality and dispersal in a great tit population' Quinn, J.L. and Cole, E.F. and Patrick, S.C. and Sheldon, B.C. (2011) 'Scale and state dependence of the relationship between personality and dispersal in a great tit population'. Journal of Animal Ecology, [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Who are the innovators? A field experiment with 2 passerine species' Morand-Ferron, J. and Cole, E.F. and Rawles, J.E.C. and Quinn, J.L. (2011) 'Who are the innovators? A field experiment with 2 passerine species'. Behavioral Ecology, 22 (6):1241-1248 [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Individual variation in spontaneous problem-solving performance among wild great tits' Cole, E.F. and Cram, D.L. and Quinn, J.L. (2011) 'Individual variation in spontaneous problem-solving performance among wild great tits'. Animal Behaviour, 81 :491-498 [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'Attack frequency, attack success and choice of prey group size for two predators with contrasting hunting strategies' Cresswell, W. and Quinn, J.L. (2010) 'Attack frequency, attack success and choice of prey group size for two predators with contrasting hunting strategies'. Animal Behaviour, 80 (4):643-648 [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'Association between DRD4 gene polymorphism and personality variation in great tits: a test across four wild populations' Korsten, P. and Mueller, J.C. and HERMANNSTAeDTER, C. and Bouwman, K.M. and Dingemanse, N.J. and Drent, P.J. and Liedvogel, M. and Matthysen, E. and van OERS, K. and van Overveld, T. and others (2010) 'Association between DRD4 gene polymorphism and personality variation in great tits: a test across four wild populations'. Molecular ecology, 19 (4):832-843 [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'Predator-hunting success and prey vulnerability: quantifying the spatial scale over which lethal and non-lethal effects of predation occur' Cresswell, W. and Lind, J. and Quinn, J.L. (2010) 'Predator-hunting success and prey vulnerability: quantifying the spatial scale over which lethal and non-lethal effects of predation occur'. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79 (3):556-562 [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'Heterogeneous selection on a heritable temperament trait in a variable environment' Quinn, J.L. and Patrick, S.C. and Bouwhuis, S. and Wilkin, T.A. and Sheldon, B.C. (2009) 'Heterogeneous selection on a heritable temperament trait in a variable environment'. Journal of Animal Ecology, 78 (6):1203-1215 [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'Very short delays prior to escape from potential predators may function efficiently as adaptive risk-assessment periods' Cresswell, W. and Butler, S. and Whittingham, MJ and Quinn, JL (2009) 'Very short delays prior to escape from potential predators may function efficiently as adaptive risk-assessment periods'. Behaviour, 146 (6):795-813 [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Protective nesting associations in birds' QUINN, J.L. and UETA, M. (2008) 'Protective nesting associations in birds'. Ibis, 150 :146-167 [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Birds as predators and as prey' QUINN, J.L. and REYNOLDS, S.J. and BRADBURY, R.B. (2008) 'Birds as predators and as prey'. IBIS, 150 :1-8 [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'Ringing or colour-banding does not increase predation mortality in redshanksTringa totanus' Cresswell, W. and Lind, J. and L Quinn, J. and Minderman, J. and Philip Whitfield, D. (2007) 'Ringing or colour-banding does not increase predation mortality in redshanksTringa totanus'. Journal of Avian Biology, 38 (3):309-316 [Details] | |
| (2006) | 'Noise, predation risk compensation and vigilance in the chaffinch Fringilla coelebs' L Quinn, J. and J Whittingham, M. and J Butler, S. and Cresswell, W. (2006) 'Noise, predation risk compensation and vigilance in the chaffinch Fringilla coelebs'. Journal of Avian Biology, 37 (6):601-608 [Details] | |
| (2006) | 'Testing domains of danger in the selfish herd: sparrowhawks target widely spaced redshanks in flocks' Quinn, J.L. and Cresswell, W. (2006) 'Testing domains of danger in the selfish herd: sparrowhawks target widely spaced redshanks in flocks'. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273 (1600) [Details] | |
| (2006) | 'Time in captivity, individual differences and foraging behaviour in wild-caught chaffinches' Butler, SJ and Whittingham, MJ and Quinn, JL and Cresswell, W. (2006) 'Time in captivity, individual differences and foraging behaviour in wild-caught chaffinches'. Behaviour, 143 (4):535-548 [Details] | |
| (2006) | 'Data depth, data completeness, and their influence on quantitative genetic estimation in two contrasting bird populations' Quinn, JL and Charmantier, A. and Garant, D. and Sheldon, BC (2006) 'Data depth, data completeness, and their influence on quantitative genetic estimation in two contrasting bird populations'. Journal of evolutionary biology, 19 (3):994-1002 [Details] | |
| (2005) | 'Quantifying the interaction between food density and habitat structure in determining patch selection' Butler, SJ and Whittingham, MJ and Quinn, JL and Cresswell, W. (2005) 'Quantifying the interaction between food density and habitat structure in determining patch selection'. Animal behaviour, 69 (2):337-343 [Details] | |
| (2005) | 'Personality, anti-predation behaviour and behavioural plasticity in the chaffinch Fringilla coelebs' Quinn, J.L. and Cresswell, W. (2005) 'Personality, anti-predation behaviour and behavioural plasticity in the chaffinch Fringilla coelebs'. Behaviour, 142, 9 (10):1377-1402 [Details] | |
| (2005) | 'Escape response delays in wintering redshank, Tringa totanus, flocks: perceptual limits and economic decisions' Quinn, J.L. and Cresswell, W. (2005) 'Escape response delays in wintering redshank, Tringa totanus, flocks: perceptual limits and economic decisions'. Animal behaviour, 69 (6):1285-1292 [Details] | |
| (2004) | 'The effect of limited visibility on vigilance behaviour and speed of predator detection: implications for the conservation of granivorous passerines' Whittingham, MJ and Butler, SJ and Quinn, JL and Cresswell, W. (2004) 'The effect of limited visibility on vigilance behaviour and speed of predator detection: implications for the conservation of granivorous passerines'. Oikos, 106 (2):377-385 [Details] | |
| (2004) | 'Predator hunting behaviour and prey vulnerability' Quinn, JL and Cresswell, W. (2004) 'Predator hunting behaviour and prey vulnerability'. Journal of Animal Ecology, 73 (1):143-154 [Details] | |
| (2004) | 'Cresswell, W., Lind, J., Kaby, U., Quinn, JL \& Jakobsson, S. 2003. Does an opportunistic predator preferentially attack nonvigilant prey? Animal Behaviour, 66, 643-648' Cresswell, W. and Lind, J. and Kaby, U. and Quinn, JL and Jakobsson, S. (2004) 'Cresswell, W., Lind, J., Kaby, U., Quinn, JL \& Jakobsson, S. 2003. Does an opportunistic predator preferentially attack nonvigilant prey? Animal Behaviour, 66, 643-648'. Animal Behaviour, 67 (1):187-187 [Details] | |
| (2004) | 'Faced with a choice, predators select the most vulnerable group: implications for both predators and prey for monitoring relative vulnerability' Cresswell, W. and Quinn, JL (2004) 'Faced with a choice, predators select the most vulnerable group: implications for both predators and prey for monitoring relative vulnerability'. Oikos, 104 :71-76 [Details] | |
| (2004) | 'Faced with a choice, sparrowhawks more often attack the more vulnerable prey group' Cresswell, W. and Quinn, JL (2004) 'Faced with a choice, sparrowhawks more often attack the more vulnerable prey group'. Oikos, 104 (1):71-76 [Details] | |
| (2003) | 'Good foragers can also be good at detecting predators' Cresswell, W. and Quinn, JL and Whittingham, MJ and Butler, S. (2003) 'Good foragers can also be good at detecting predators'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 270 (1519) [Details] | |
| (2003) | 'Multiple effects of weather on the starvation and predation risk trade-off in choice of feeding location in Redshanks' Yasu\'e (2003) 'Multiple effects of weather on the starvation and predation risk trade-off in choice of feeding location in Redshanks'. Functional Ecology, 17 (6):727-736 [Details] | |
| (2003) | 'Constrained by available raptor hosts and islands: density-dependent reproductive success in red-breasted geese' Prop, J. and Quinn, J.L. (2003) 'Constrained by available raptor hosts and islands: density-dependent reproductive success in red-breasted geese'. Oikos, 102 (3):571-580 [Details] | |
| (2003) | 'Does an opportunistic predator preferentially attack nonvigilant prey?' Cresswell, W. and Lind, J. and Kaby, U. and Quinn, JL and Jakobsson, S. (2003) 'Does an opportunistic predator preferentially attack nonvigilant prey?'. Animal behaviour, 66 (4):643-648 [Details] | |
| (2003) | 'Predator protection or similar habitat selection in red-breasted goose nesting associations: extremes along a continuum' Quinn, J.L. and Prop, J. and Kokorev, Y. and Black, J.M. (2003) 'Predator protection or similar habitat selection in red-breasted goose nesting associations: extremes along a continuum'. Animal Behaviour, 65 (2):297-307 [Details] | |
| (2002) | 'Trading-off risks from predators and from aggressive hosts' Quinn, J.L. and Kokorev, Y. (2002) 'Trading-off risks from predators and from aggressive hosts'. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, :455-460 [Details] | |
| (2002) | 'The trade-off between individual foraging and predation risk by granivorous birds feeding in different micro-habitats' Whittingham, M.J. and Butler, S.J. and Cresswell, W. and Quinn, J. (2002) 'The trade-off between individual foraging and predation risk by granivorous birds feeding in different micro-habitats'. Abstract Volume of the 23rd International Ornithological Congress, [Details] | |
| (2002) | 'A different developmental pattern of the seabird tick Amblyomma loculosum when lizards are present' Ramos, JA and Bowler, J. and Davis, L. and Venis, S. and Quinn, J. and Middleton, C. (2002) 'A different developmental pattern of the seabird tick Amblyomma loculosum when lizards are present'. Acarologia, 42 (3):215-222 [Details] | |
| (2001) | 'Activity patterns and effect of ticks on growth and survival of tropical Roseate Tern nestlings' Ramos, J.A. and Bowler, J. and Davis, L. and Venis, S. and Quinn, J. and Middleton, C. (2001) 'Activity patterns and effect of ticks on growth and survival of tropical Roseate Tern nestlings'. The Auk, 118 (3):709-716 [Details] | |
| (2000) | 'Direct and indirect estimates of Peregrine Falcon population size in northern Eurasia' Quinn, JL and Kokorev, Y. (2000) 'Direct and indirect estimates of Peregrine Falcon population size in northern Eurasia'. The Auk, 117 (2):455-464 [Details] | |
| (2000) | 'Saker Falco cherrug and Peregrine Falco peregrinus falcons in Asia; determining migration routes and trapping pressure' Eastham, CP and Quinn, JL and Fox, NC (2000) 'Saker Falco cherrug and Peregrine Falco peregrinus falcons in Asia; determining migration routes and trapping pressure'. Raptors at risk. World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls, Berlin, Germany and Hancock House, London, United Kingdom, :247-258 [Details] | |
| (1999) | 'A westward extension to the known breeding range of Sabine's Gull Larus sabini in Siberia' Quinn, JL and Kokorev, Y. (1999) 'A westward extension to the known breeding range of Sabine's Gull Larus sabini in Siberia'. BULLETIN-BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS CLUB, 119 :206-208 [Details] | |
| (1997) | 'The effects of hunting Peregrines Falco peregrinus on the foraging behaviour and efficiency of the Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus' QUINN, J.L. (1997) 'The effects of hunting Peregrines Falco peregrinus on the foraging behaviour and efficiency of the Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus'. Ibis, 139 (1):170-173 [Details] | |
| (1997) | 'Scaup Aythya marila numbers and the Cockle Cardium edule fishery on the Solway Firth: are they related?' Quinn, J. and Still, L. and Kirby, JS and Carrier, MC and Lambdon, P. (1997) 'Scaup Aythya marila numbers and the Cockle Cardium edule fishery on the Solway Firth: are they related?'. WILDFOWL-SLIMBRIDGE-, :187-194 [Details] | |
| (1997) | 'The importance and distribution of waterfowl on the inner Solway Firth' Quinn, JL and Still, L. and Carrier, MF and Kirby, JS (1997) 'The importance and distribution of waterfowl on the inner Solway Firth'. The Solway and Cumbrian coasts, 2 [Details] | |
| (1993) | 'Oystercatchers feeding on grasslands and sandflats in Dublin Bay' Quinn, JL and Kirby, JS (1993) 'Oystercatchers feeding on grasslands and sandflats in Dublin Bay'. Irish birds, 5 [Details] | |
| (1991) | 'Waterfowl populations in NW England' Quinn, JL and Kirby, JS (1991) 'Waterfowl populations in NW England'. Britain’s Birds in, 92 :114-119 [Details] |
Journal Volume Edited
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2008) | Birds as predators and as prey. Special issue of Ibis. Quinn, J.L., Bradbury, R. Reynolds, S.J. (2008) Birds as predators and as prey. Special issue of Ibis. Journal Volume Edited [Details] |
Thesis/Dissertation
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2000) | The timing of nesting in red-breasted geese and their nesting association with birds of prey. Quinn, J.L. (2000) The timing of nesting in red-breasted geese and their nesting association with birds of prey. Thesis/Dissertation [Details] |
Professional Activities
Honours and Awards
| Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | ERC Consolidator Grant | EU Commission | |
| 2001 | Leverhulme Trust Fellowship | Leverhulme Trust | |
| 1997 | Award for Academic Promise | Wolfson College, Oxford. | |
| 2013 | Huxley Award Commendation for my PhD student, Ella Cole | Zoological Society London | |
| 2000 | Best poster presentation | Edward Grey Institute, Oxford | |
| 2008 | Keynote speaker | Irish Ornithology Conference | |
| 2013 | Invited speaker | Nordic Evolutionary Psychology Meeting, Tartu | |
| 2011 | Keynote Speaker | SEBDEM | |
| 2014 | Plenary Speaker at Presidents Symposium for the American Association of Animal Behaviour, Princeton | AAAB | |
| 2012 | Most cited papers in Journal of Animal Ecology | British Ecological Society | |
| 2012 | Plenary Speaker at Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour | ASAB | |
| 2014 | Behavioural Ecology Virtual Issue | International Society for Behavioral Ecology | |
| 2011 | Most cited papers in Journal of Animal Ecology | British Ecological Society |
Professional Associations
| Association | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour | Member, referee | / | |
| British Ornithologist's Union | Associate Editor, Ibis | / |
Committees
| Committee | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| School of BEES Research Committee | Member | 2013 / 2017 | |
| Research Council for Biosciences and Environment Academy of Finland | Grant review panel member | 2013 / 2015 | |
| UCC Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee | Representative for School of BEES | 2014 / 2017 | |
| European Ornithologists Union, Scientific Programme Committee | committee member | 2013 / 2018 | |
| Innishannon Tidy Towns Committee | Ecology and wildlife advisor | 2014 / 2020 | |
| UCC Biological Safety Committee | committee member | 2014 / 2017 | |
| British Ornithologist's Union, Meetings Committee | Committee member | 2003 / 2008 |
Education
| Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | University College Dublin | BSC | Zoology | |
| 1990 | University of York | MSc | Biological Computation | |
| 2001 | University of Oxford | PhD | Zoology |
Employment
| Employer | Position | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Zoology, University of Oxford | Postdoctoral Researcher | 01-SEP-04 / 31-AUG-06 | |
| British Ornithologist's Union | Editorial Assistant, Ibis | 01-SEP-00 / 01-SEP-01 | |
| UCC | Lecturer in Ecology | 22-JAN-12 / | |
| The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust | Project Officer, Senior Project Officer, Senior Research Officer | 31-AUG-90 / 31-AUG-96 | |
| Department of Zoology, University of Oxford | Departmental Lecturer in Behavioural Mechanisms | 01-OCT-06 / 21-JAN-12 | |
| Pembroke College, Oxford | Stipendiary Lecturer in Animal Biology | 01-OCT-06 / 21-JAN-12 | |
| Irish Wildbird Conservancy | Senior Reserve Warden | 01-APR-89 / 31-AUG-89 | |
| Department of Zoology, University of Oxford | Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow | 01-SEP-01 / 31-AUG-03 |
Outreach Activities
Journal Activities
| Journal | Role | To / From | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology Letters | Referee | - | |
| Journal Of Animal Ecology | Editorship | 01-JAN-08 - 14-OCT-14 | |
| Proceedings Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences | Referee | - | |
| American Association For The Advancement Of Science | Referee | - | |
| Bird Study | Member of Editorial Board | 01-JAN-13 - 01-JAN-18 | |
| Animal Behaviour | Referee | - | |
| Current Biology | Referee | - | |
| Nature | Referee | - | |
| Ibis | Editorship | 01-JAN-05 - 14-OCT-14 | |
| Journal Of Applied Ecology | Referee | - | |
| Behavioral Ecology | Referee | - | |
| Journal Of Ethology | Referee | - | |
| Journal Of Evolutionary Biology | Referee | - |
Other Activities
| Description | |
|---|---|
Ireland and the European Research Council: As an ERC grant holder, I was invited to a special one day meeting at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin, 17/11/14. | |
Conferences, SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS Invited 2015 Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) meeting (invited plenary). President’s Symposium at the Animal Behavior Society, Princeton, August 2014 (invited speaker). Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, ZSL, London, December 2012 (invited plenary). 2nd Nordic Evolutionary meeting in Tartu, Estonia, September 2013 (invited speaker). University College Dublin, November 2012 (seminar). Trinity College Dublin, January 2013 (seminar). SEBDEM conference, University of Turku, Finland, April 2011 (Keynote speaker). Irish Ornithology Conference, University College Cork, 2008 (Keynote speaker). UFAW conference in Bristol, University of Bristol (Plenary speaker). University of Bath, March 2009 (seminar). University of Newcastle, May 2009 (seminar). European Conference for Behavioural Biology, Dijon, 2008 (Invited speaker). Personalities in natural populations workshop, Heteren, Netherlands, October 2007 (Invited speaker). Personalities in natural populations workshop, Seeweisen, Germany, October 2008 (Invited speaker). International Ornithological Congress, Hamburg, 2006. (Invited speaker). European Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Groningen, Aug 2004 (invited proceedings paper). University of Durham, October 2007 (seminar). University of Bristol, October 2007 (seminar). University of Glasgow, February 2006 (seminar). ABRG, Oxford, 25 November 2004 (seminar). Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, January 2004 (seminar). RSPB Research Department, The Lodge, Sandy 2003 (seminar). Irish Raptor Study Group Conference, Dublin, 2001 (keynote speaker). Contributed (and attended; excludes other conferences not attended but coauthor) International Ornithological Congress, Tokyo, Japan, August 2014 (speaker on one talk and joint speaker on another talk). European Ornithologists Union, UEA, UK, August 2013 (symposium organiser and talk). International Society for Behavioural Ecology, Lund, August 2012 (talk). First joint congress on Evolutionary Biology, Ottawa, July 2012 (co-author). Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, St Andrews, 2011 (co-author & poster) International Society for Behavioural Ecology, Cornell, 2010 (co-author). British Ornithologists Union, Leicester, 2012 (talk & organiser). European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Kracow, August 2005 (poster). International Goose Study Group Conference, Belgium 2003 ‘Food quantity and quality: determinants of habitat/diet selection and foraging success in red-breasted geese’ (with Jouke Prop). British Ecological Society, 2002: Paper ‘Managing individual risk of predation’ (with Will Cresswell). EGI Conference, 2001: Poster ‘Nesting association between red-breasted geese and raptors’. North American Arctic Goose Conference, Quebec, 2000: Poster “Density dependence and the ideal free distribution in red-breasted geese” (with Jouke Prop). North American Arctic Goose Conference, Quebec, 2000: Paper ‘Nesting association between red-breasted geese and raptors’ (with J. Prop, J. Black & Y. Kokorev). EGI Conference, 1999: Paper ‘Nesting association between red-breasted geese and raptors’. ASAB student conference, University of Glasgow, Easter 1999: Poster “Nesting association between red-breasted geese and raptors”. World Working Group on Birds of Prey, Johannesburg 1999: Paper ‘The recovery of the peregrine falcon on the Taymyr Peninsula’ (with J. Prop, J. Black & Y. Kokorev). World Working Group on Birds of Prey, Johannesburg 1999: Paper ‘Satellite Telemetry in Saker and Peregrine Falcons’ (with C. Eastham & N. Fox). International Goose Study Group Conference, Bulgaria, 1999, Paper ‘Nesting association between red-breasted geese and raptors’. International Goose Study Group Conference, Bulgaria, 1999, Paper Food limitation in red-breasted geese’ (with Jouke Prop). International Goose Study Group Conference, UK, 1996: Paper ‘Red-breasted goose ecology’. | |
Research priorities to attain the targets of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020. Attended, on invitation, the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy, Dublin Castle, 15-17 May, 2013. | |
FINANCING NATURA 2000: More and better opportunities from EU funding 2014-2020? Participated in a meeting at the EU Parliament Office, Dublin, 12 December 2013. | |
PhD examinership 2013 University of Exeter, Dr Jess Isden - Individual variation in cognitive ability 2013 University College Cork, Rosyln Anderson - Grazing and grassland ecology 2011 University College Cork, Barry O'Donoghue - Hen Harrier Ecology 2010 University of Glasgow, Dr Katherine Herborn - Personality in blue tits 2010 University of Exeter in Cornwall, Dr Ross Dwyer - Shorebird ecology 2009 University of St Andrews, Dr Alex Sansom - Predator-prey interactions 2004 University of Oxford, Dr Chris Butler - Invasive species: ring-necked parakeet | |
EARLY GRANTS 1) 2010: John Fell Fund, PI with co-PI Dr Julie Morand-Ferron. £6,600. Developing an automated system for associative learning tasks. 2) 2009-2011: Co-applicant on NSERC Canadian Fellowship with Dr Julie Morand-Ferron. £60,000. 3) 2007: Royal Society Research Grant, PI, £15,000. The evolutionary ecology of problem solving ability. 4) 2007: BBSRC graduate training award for 4-year DPhil studentship, Principle Supervisor £65,000. The adaptive significance of problem solving. 5) 2001: 3-year Leverhulme Trust Fellowship, £100,000. I helped to write the application that led to my Leverhulme fellowship with Dr. Cresswell as the PI. 6) 1996-2000, National Avian Research Centre (UAE), ca. £55,000. Co-applicant with Prof. J.M. Black (PI) on a series of small grants to fund my DPhil on the ecology of red-breasted geese and their nesting association with raptors. 7) 1997-1999, PSTERIC (Peter Scott Trust for Education, Research and Conservation), £9,000. PI on three small grants to study the ecology of red-breasted geese for my DPhil. | |
Travel grants 1) 2009: ASAB workshop organiser’s grant, £5,000, Joint Principle Investigator with Dr Hanne Lovelie, University of Oxford. 2) 2008: Lead fund-raiser (with Dr J. Reynolds University of Birmingham and Dr R. Bradbury, RSPB) for BOU ‘Birds as predators and as prey’ conference proceedings, £9,000 from DEFRA, SNH, CCW, Natural England and RSPB. 3) 2008: Grant awarded to attend and present a paper at a workshop on the personality at the Max Planck Institute, Seeweisen, Germany (ca. £400). 4) 2007: Grant awarded to attend and present a paper at a workshop on personality at the Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, NL (ca. £400). 5) 2006: Royal Society Travel Grant, £1,000. To attend an international conference in Dijon at which I co-organised one of the main sessions on animal personalities. 6) 2000: Competitive Conference Travel Award, £500, to attend the North American Arctic Goose conference in Quebec. 7) 1999: Conference Travel Grant, £1,000 from National Avian Research Centre (UAE), to attend World Working Group on Birds of Prey Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa. |
Teaching Activities
Teaching Interests
1 AE3013 Practical field ecology (Algarve) - Lecturer2 AE6005 Quantitative Ecological Surveying - Lecturer
3 AE6020 Birds: Survey Methods and Interpretation - Lecturer
4 BL3001 Literature reviews - Lecturer
5 BL4001 Final year research projects - Lecturer
6 BL4004 Frontiers in Biology Seminar Series - Coordinator
7 BL4005 Research skills in biology - Coordinator
8 BL6012 Marine Megafauna - Lecturer
9 BL6017 MSc Marine projects - Coordinator
10 Ev1002 The Environment - Coordinator
11 ZY2000 Vertebrate Biology - Lecturer
12 ZY3015 Advanced vertebrate biology - Lecturer
13 ZY4012 Population biology of birds - Coordinator
Current PhD Students
2015-2018: Gavin Arneill, Developing and assessing a monitoring strategy for breeding Puffins, Manx Shearwaters and Storm Petrels in Ireland (co-supervisor Dr Mark Jessopp).
2014-2018: Esther Kettel, A comparison of rural and urban behaviours in the peregrine falcon (cosupervisor with Dr Louise Gentle as main supervisor at the University of Nottingham Trent).
2012-2016: Will O'Shea, the evolutionary ecology of cognition and personality across a heterogeneous Landscape. (co-supervisor Prof. J. O'Halloran).
2014-2018: Dario Fernandez-Bellon, The Ecology of the Dipper (co-supervisor with Prof. J. O'Halloran as main supervisor).
2013-2018: Helen Boland (Birdwatch Ireland), the ecology of disturbance shorebird in Dublin Bay (co-supervisor with Prof. J. O'Halloran).
2013-2018: Chris Honan, The foraging ecology of a top marine predator, the Great Black-backed Gull, in the context of anthropogenic factors (cosupervisor with Dr J. Reynolds as main supervisor at the University of Birminghan).
Current MSc (by research) Students
2014-2016: Saskia Wischnewski, Developing a tool to predict the impact of oil spills on seabirds (cosupervisor Dr Mark Jessopp, MaREI).
2015-2017: Advertised, Using GIS to predict the distribution of seabirds (cosupervisor Dr Mark Jessopp, MaREI).
Recent Postgraduates
| Graduation Year | Student Name | Institution | Degree Type | Thesis Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Ella Cole | University of Oxford | PHD | Personality and cognitive variation in a wild population of the great tit (Parus major) | |
| 2006 | Sarah Nachua | University of Oxford | PHD | Sarah Nachuha, 2002-2006: Main supervisor (with Prof. Ben Sheldon). “The spatial ecology of wetland birds on rice paddies in Uganda and conflicts with agriculture |
Current Postgraduate Students
| Student | Degree Type | |
|---|---|---|
| Wilkinson Darren | Doctoral Degree | |
| O Neill James Bamford | Doctoral Degree | |
| Darby Jamie | Doctoral Degree |
Research Information
Internal Collaborators
| Name | Institute | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Mark Jessopp | MaREI, UCC | IRELAND | |
| Prof. John O'Halloran | UCC | IRELAND | |
| Paddy Sleeman | UCC | IRELAND |
External Collaborators
| Name | Organisation / Institute | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Will Cresswell | St Andrews | UNITED KINGDOM | |
| Prof. Ben Sheldon | University of Oxford | UNITED KINGDOM | |
| Dr Julie Morand-Ferron | University of Ottawa | CANADA |
Contact details
- John Quinn
- J.Quinn@ucc.ie
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- Professor in Zoology
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