WI - Cormorant Research Group Researchers' directory updated on 28-11-2002

General information

Name Dr. Richard Bevan
Organisation School of Biology, University of Newcastle
Mail address King George VI Building University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
Email r.m.bevan@ncl.ac.uk
Web http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biol
Telephone 44+191+222+8934
Fax 44+191+222+5228

Expertise

Interested in cormorants as
Amateur
X Professional
Species of specific expertise / interest
X Shag (P. aristotelis)
X P. atriceps
X other (Aythya ducks)
Fields of interests
X Breeding ecology
X Conservation & Management
X Food and Feeding
X Habitat Management
X Movements & Migration
X Population dynamics
X Winter ecology

Current activity

1 Diving behaviour of shags P.aristotelis
2 Temporal changes in spatial use by shags P.aristotelis
3 Foraging behaviour of fish-eating birds in tidal rivers including cormorants

Literature

1 Bevan et al. 1997. J. exp. Biol., 200:661-675
2 Hughes et al. 1999. Feeding behaviour of fish-eating birds in Great Britain. DETR
3 Bevan et al. 1995. J. Physiol., 483:193-194