Andy Allan
@andyallan.bsky.social
Behavioural ecologist | research on fear ecology and personality traits | Asst Prof and LeverhulmeTrust ECF, Durham University | wannabe writer | baboon enthusiast
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We're Laura and @andyallan.bsky.social - we study predator-prey interactions, personality and how individuality may shape animal ecosystem roles. We work together in ZA but I'm also a movement ecologist with @uniexecec.bsky.social now creating a system for tracking mongoose in real-time in Uganda
August 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We're Laura and @andyallan.bsky.social - we study predator-prey interactions, personality and how individuality may shape animal ecosystem roles. We work together in ZA but I'm also a movement ecologist with @uniexecec.bsky.social now creating a system for tracking mongoose in real-time in Uganda
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It's helpful when the samango monkeys check on our camera traps. Theyre little good friends
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August 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It's helpful when the samango monkeys check on our camera traps. Theyre little good friends
from @andyallan.bsky.social
from @andyallan.bsky.social
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Wild (non-political) story about how a couple of orcas fucked around and triggered a trophic cascade. I’m fascinated by these sorts of tales, in which *individual* animals, not just wildlife populations, prove powerful enough to alter ecosystems.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Awe-inspiring and harrowing’: how two orcas with a taste for liver decimated the great white shark capital of the world
A decade ago, up to 1,000 of the apex predators lived in one South African bay. Now they have gone, fleeing from killer whales. But the gap they have left creates problems for other species
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Wild (non-political) story about how a couple of orcas fucked around and triggered a trophic cascade. I’m fascinated by these sorts of tales, in which *individual* animals, not just wildlife populations, prove powerful enough to alter ecosystems.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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ESF is hiring a fellow to be an illustrator at one of their field biological stations. It's a beautiful misty secluded place in the Adirondack mountains. I miss ESF so much that I just did some fieldwork nearby. Apply!!!
December 31, 2024 at 9:03 AM
ESF is hiring a fellow to be an illustrator at one of their field biological stations. It's a beautiful misty secluded place in the Adirondack mountains. I miss ESF so much that I just did some fieldwork nearby. Apply!!!
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Talk 4 by Russell A.Hill discussed the impacts of habituation & tolerance of human observers during behavioural data collection. Many historical research with primates and with other animals (suricates, vulture guineafowl) used habituation. But what are the consequences ? #ASABwinter2024
December 12, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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Wow! Amazing opportunity here for South Africa based 🇿🇦 researchers to develop their quantitative skills! 🤩💻
Two workshops:
• An intro to stats in R
• Applied hierarchical modelling
The course is FREE! These opportunities rarely come about in 🇿🇦, so share widely & sign up!
#conservationscience 🌍
Two workshops:
• An intro to stats in R
• Applied hierarchical modelling
The course is FREE! These opportunities rarely come about in 🇿🇦, so share widely & sign up!
#conservationscience 🌍
December 10, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Wow! Amazing opportunity here for South Africa based 🇿🇦 researchers to develop their quantitative skills! 🤩💻
Two workshops:
• An intro to stats in R
• Applied hierarchical modelling
The course is FREE! These opportunities rarely come about in 🇿🇦, so share widely & sign up!
#conservationscience 🌍
Two workshops:
• An intro to stats in R
• Applied hierarchical modelling
The course is FREE! These opportunities rarely come about in 🇿🇦, so share widely & sign up!
#conservationscience 🌍
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High above the forests the baboons scale the cliffs up to their sleep site on top of Mt. Lajuma with @andyallan.bsky.social following and me videoing from a nearby cliff.
December 4, 2024 at 1:05 PM
High above the forests the baboons scale the cliffs up to their sleep site on top of Mt. Lajuma with @andyallan.bsky.social following and me videoing from a nearby cliff.
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A new study found that reducing world cattle production by a mere 13% and rewilding select pastures could lock away the equivalent to 3 years' worth of global carbon emissions.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/11/trad...
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/11/trad...
Trading cows for forests in a few wealthy countries could deliver huge climate benefits
A new study found that reducing world cattle production by a mere 13% and rewinding select pastures could lock away the equivalent to 3 years' worth of global carbon emissions.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
November 24, 2024 at 5:07 PM
A new study found that reducing world cattle production by a mere 13% and rewilding select pastures could lock away the equivalent to 3 years' worth of global carbon emissions.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/11/trad...
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/11/trad...
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Compared to chicken, pork, or beef (KG/protein), soy uses far less land:
🐓 3x less than chicken,
🐖 9x less than pork, &
🥩 32x less than beef
Compared to dairy, soy milk uses:
🌎 1/10th of the land,
💨1/3rd of the GHGs, &
💦1/20th of the freshwater.
New by me:
www.plantbaseddata.org/post/the-eco...
🐓 3x less than chicken,
🐖 9x less than pork, &
🥩 32x less than beef
Compared to dairy, soy milk uses:
🌎 1/10th of the land,
💨1/3rd of the GHGs, &
💦1/20th of the freshwater.
New by me:
www.plantbaseddata.org/post/the-eco...
The Eco Story of Soy: Environmental Impact and Solutions
In this exploration, we dive into the heart of soy's environmental narrative, where we confront questions of sustainability, weigh its global impacts, and showcase what the research shows on whether i...
www.plantbaseddata.org
December 7, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Compared to chicken, pork, or beef (KG/protein), soy uses far less land:
🐓 3x less than chicken,
🐖 9x less than pork, &
🥩 32x less than beef
Compared to dairy, soy milk uses:
🌎 1/10th of the land,
💨1/3rd of the GHGs, &
💦1/20th of the freshwater.
New by me:
www.plantbaseddata.org/post/the-eco...
🐓 3x less than chicken,
🐖 9x less than pork, &
🥩 32x less than beef
Compared to dairy, soy milk uses:
🌎 1/10th of the land,
💨1/3rd of the GHGs, &
💦1/20th of the freshwater.
New by me:
www.plantbaseddata.org/post/the-eco...
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“reform us, change our purposes, put nature recovery and nature and climate front and centre. Make sure we really are inclusive.”
Bold leadership from Dartmoor and Northumberland #NationalPark - warning they are in “critical care” and facing “closed signs”.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bold leadership from Dartmoor and Northumberland #NationalPark - warning they are in “critical care” and facing “closed signs”.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England’s national parks facing financial peril due to budget cuts, say CEOs
Leaders warn cost savings will lead to mass redundancies and that spaces could become ‘paper parks’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:21 PM
“reform us, change our purposes, put nature recovery and nature and climate front and centre. Make sure we really are inclusive.”
Bold leadership from Dartmoor and Northumberland #NationalPark - warning they are in “critical care” and facing “closed signs”.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bold leadership from Dartmoor and Northumberland #NationalPark - warning they are in “critical care” and facing “closed signs”.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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@andyallan.bsky.social and I published this in TREE tinyurl.com/bdfe4zf5 on linking predator behavioral traits to their ecosystem roles and responses to environmental change
Keystone individuals – linking predator traits to community ecology
Individual behavioral plasticity enables animals to adjust to different scenarios.
Yet, personality traits limit this flexibility, leading to consistent interindividual
differences in behavior. These ...
tinyurl.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:50 PM
@andyallan.bsky.social and I published this in TREE tinyurl.com/bdfe4zf5 on linking predator behavioral traits to their ecosystem roles and responses to environmental change