Angela Sibbald
Current research interests
Effects of personality on group dynamics and foraging behaviour of sheep in heterogeneous environments.
Bibliography
Angela's highlighted publications
- Sibbald, A.M.; Hooper, R.J.; McLeod, J.E.; Gordon, I.J., (2011) Responses of red deer (Cervus elaphus) to regular disturbance by hill walkers., European Journal of Wildlife Research. Published online
Angela's most recent publications
- Jayakody, S.; Sibbald, A.M.; Mayes, R.W.; Hooper, R.J.; Gordon, I.J.; Lambin, X., (In press) Effects of human disturbance on the diet composition of wild red deer Cervus elaphus., European Journal of Wildlife Research.
- Sibbald, A.M.; Erhard, H.W.; McLeod, J.E.; Hooper, R.J., (In press) Individual personality and the spatial distribution of grazing animals: an example with sheep., Behavioural Processes.
- Michelena, P.; Jeanson, R.; Deneubourg, J-L.; Sibbald, A.M., (2010) Personality and collective decision-making in foraging herbivores., Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 277, 1093-1099.
- Pillot, M.H.; Gautrais, J.; Gouello,J.; Michelena, P.; Sibbald, A.M.; Bon, R., (2010) Moving together: Incidental leaders and naive followers., Behavioural Processes, 83, 235-241.
- Michelena, P.; Sibbald, A.M.; Erhard, H.W.; McLeod, J. E., (2009) Effects of group size and personality on social foraging: the distribution of sheep across patches., Behavioural Ecology, 20, 145-162.
- Jayakody, S.; Sibbald, A.M.; Lambin, X.; Gordon, I.J., (2008) Red deer (Cervus elaphus) vigilance behaviour differs according to human disturbance type and habitat., Wildlife Biology, 14, 81-91.
- Oom, S.P.; Sibbald, A.M.; Hester, A.J.; Miller, D.R.; Legg, C.J., (2008) Impacts of sheep grazing a complex vegetation mosaic: relating behaviour to vegetation change., Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 124, 219-228.
- Sibbald, A.M.; Oom, S.P.; Hooper, R.J.; Anderson, R., (2008) Effects of social behaviour on the spatial distribution of sheep grazing a complex vegetation mosaic., Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 115, 149-159.
- Gautrais, J.; Michelena, P.; Sibbald, A.; Deneubourg, J-L., (2007) Allelomimetic synchronisation in merino sheep., Animal Behaviour, 74, 1443-1454.
- Sibbald, A.M.; Erhard, H.W.; Hooper, R.J.; Dumont, B.; Boissy, A., (2006) A test for measuring individual variation in how far grazing animals will move away from a social group to feed., Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 98, 89-99.
- Dumont B., Boissy A., Achard C., Erhard H.W. and Sibbald A.M., (2005) Consistency of animal order in spontaneous group movements allows the measurement of leadership in a group of grazing heifers., Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 95, 55-66.
- Sibbald, A.M.; Elston, D.A.; Smith, D.J.F.; Erhard, H.W., (2005) A method for assessing the relative sociability of individuals within groups: an example with grazing sheep., Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 91, 57-73.
- Sibbald, A.M. and Hooper, R.J., (2004) Sociability and the willingness of individual sheep to move away from their companions in order to graze., Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 86, 51-62.
- Sibbald, A.M.; Hooper, R.J., (2003) Trade-offs between social behaviour and foraging by sheep in heterogeneous pastures., Behavioural Processes, 61, 1-12.
- Sibbald, A.M., (2001) Using GPS to track wild red deer stags., Deer (Journal of the British Deer Society), 11, 524-529.
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