Dr Andrew King

Associate Professor

Biosciences

+44 (0) 1792 606991

a.j.king@swansea.ac.uk

Basic Welsh Speaker

Academic Office - 136
First Floor
Wallace Building
Singleton Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6870-9767

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About

Andrew uses a question-oriented approach to address a range of issues in ecology and evolution, specialising in the study of animal social behaviour, and with strong applied themes.

He is Head of SHOALgroup and member of the Behavioural Ecology and Evolution Research Theme in the Department of Biosciences. Andrew has previously held Fellowships (NERC, AXA) at Universities in the UK and has been awarded visiting and honorary positions in Europe and Africa. He is an experienced Journal Editor.

Andrew is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and recipient of the University’s University Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award. He has held various leadership roles related to Post-Graduate Research (PGR) student monitoring, progression, and compliance, and has created acclaimed PGR programmes at Masters and PhD Level. Andrew is the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Co-Lead.

Andrew is an award-winning presenter and Plenary and Keynote speaker. He regularly communicates his science in Print, Online, on TV and Radio, and delivers bespoke workshops and seminars providing an evolutionary perspective on leadership and teamwork.

Areas Of Expertise

Animal behaviour
Behavioural ecology
Collective behaviour
Socioecology

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Andrew delivers teaching activities at undergraduate level in animal behaviour and evolution and is regularly invited to lecture for undergraduate and doctoral training programmes worldwide.

Research Award Highlights

Publications

Research Highlights

Bousquet, C., Sueur, C., King, A., & O'Bryan, L. (2024). Individual and ecological heterogeneity promote complex communication in social vertebrate group decisions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 379(1905)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0204, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66493
Occhiuto, F., Vázquez-Diosdado, J., King, A., & Kaler, J. (2023). Evidence of personality-dependent plasticity in dairy calf movement behaviours derived from automated data collection. Scientific Reports, 13(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44957-z, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44957-z
Fehlmann, G., O'Riain, M., Kerr, C., Hailes, S., Holton, M., Hopkins, P., & King, A. (2023). Using behavioral studies to adapt management decisions and reduce negative interactions between humans and baboons in Cape Town, South Africa. Conservation Science and Practice
https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12948, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12948
Bracken, A., Christensen, C., O'Riain, M., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2023). Postpartum cessation of urban space use by a female baboon living at the edge of the City of Cape Town. Ecology and Evolution, 13(5)
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9963, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9963
Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M., Fehlmann, G., Holton, M., Hopkins, P., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2023). Quantifying allo-grooming in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) using tri-axial acceleration data and machine learning. Royal Society Open Science, 10(4)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221103, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221103

All Research

Journal Articles

Bracken, A., Christensen, C., O'Riain, M., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2024). Intrinsic and extrinsic factors combine to affect baboon movements across natural and urban environments. Animal Behaviour, 215, 97-109.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.07.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67159
Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M., Heistermann, M., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2024). More allogrooming is followed by higher physiological stress in wild female baboons. Biology Letters, 20(8)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0163, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66927
Bousquet, C., Sueur, C., King, A., & O'Bryan, L. (2024). Individual and ecological heterogeneity promote complex communication in social vertebrate group decisions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 379(1905)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0204, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66493
Occhiuto, F., Vázquez-Diosdado, J., King, A., & Kaler, J. (2023). Evidence of personality-dependent plasticity in dairy calf movement behaviours derived from automated data collection. Scientific Reports, 13(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44957-z, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44957-z
Morgan, A., Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2023). Effects of accelerometry-derived physical activity energy expenditure on urinary C-peptide levels in a wild primate (Papio ursinus). Hormones and Behavior, 152, 105355
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105355, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105355
Fehlmann, G., O'Riain, M., Kerr, C., Hailes, S., Holton, M., Hopkins, P., & King, A. (2023). Using behavioral studies to adapt management decisions and reduce negative interactions between humans and baboons in Cape Town, South Africa. Conservation Science and Practice
https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12948, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12948
Bracken, A., Christensen, C., O'Riain, M., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2023). Postpartum cessation of urban space use by a female baboon living at the edge of the City of Cape Town. Ecology and Evolution, 13(5)
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9963, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9963
Papadopoulou, M., Fuertbauer, I., O'Bryan, L., Garnier, S., Georgopoulou, D., Bracken, A., Christensen, C., & King, A. (2023). Dynamics of collective motion across time and species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378(1874)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0068, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62702
Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M., Fehlmann, G., Holton, M., Hopkins, P., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2023). Quantifying allo-grooming in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) using tri-axial acceleration data and machine learning. Royal Society Open Science, 10(4)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221103, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221103
King, A., Portugal, S., Strömbom, D., Mann, R., Carrillo, J., Kalise, D., Croon, G., Barnett, H., Scerri, P., Groß, R., Chadwick, D., & Papadopoulou, M. (2023). Biologically inspired herding of animal groups by robots. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(2)
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.14049, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62182
Jarvis, D., Pope, E., Duteil, M., Furtbauer, I., Brown, R., Davis, R., & King, A. (2022). Elevated CO does not alter behavioural lateralization in free‐swimming juvenile European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax ) tested in groups. Journal of Fish Biology, 101(5), 1361-1365.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15180, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15180
King, A. & Marshall, H. (2022). Optimal foraging. Current Biology, 32(12), R680-R683.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.072, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.072
Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M., Heistermann, M., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2022). Simultaneous investigation of urinary and faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations reveals short- versus long-term drivers of HPA-axis activity in a wild primate (Papio ursinus). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 318, 113985
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.113985, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59275
Georgopoulou, D., King, A., Brown, R., & Fuertbauer, I. (2022). Emergence and repeatability of leadership and coordinated motion in fish shoals. Behavioral Ecology, 33(1), 47-54.
https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab108, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57907
Bracken, A., Christensen, C., O'Riain, M., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2022). Flexible group cohesion and coordination, but robust leader–follower roles, in a wild social primate using urban space. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(1967)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2141, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59276
Collet, J., Pettorelli, N., Baniel, A., Carter, A., Huchard, E., King, A., Lee, A., Marshall, H., & Cowlishaw, G. (2022). Immigrant males’ knowledge influences baboon troop movements to reduce home range overlap and mating competition. Behavioral Ecology, 33(2)
https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab145, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59155
Bracken, A., Christensen, C., O’Riain, M., Fehlmann, G., Holton, M., Hopkins, P., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2021). Socioecology Explains Individual Variation in Urban Space Use in Response to Management in Cape Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus). International Journal of Primatology, 43, 1159-1176.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00247-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59107
McCann, R., Bracken, A., Christensen, C., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2021). The Relationship Between GPS Sampling Interval and Estimated Daily Travel Distances in Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus). International Journal of Primatology, 42, 589-599.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00220-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56993
Marsden, K., Lush, L., Holmberg, J., Harris, I., Whelan, M., Webb, S., King, A., Wilson, R., Jones, D., Charteris, A., Cardenas, L., & Chadwick, D. (2021). Quantifying the frequency and volume of urine deposition by grazing sheep using tri-axial accelerometers. Animal, 15(6), 100234
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2021.100234, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57034
Bailey, J., King, A., Codling, E., Short, A., Johns, G., & Fuertbauer, I. (2021). “Micropersonality” traits and their implications for behavioral and movement ecology research. Ecology and Evolution, 11(7), 3264-3273.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7275, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56351
Sankey, D., O'Bryan, L., Garnier, S., Cowlishaw, G., Hopkins, P., Holton, M., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2021). Consensus of travel direction is achieved by simple copying, not voting, in free-ranging goats. Royal Society Open Science, 8(2), 201128
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201128, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56075
Fehlmann, G., O'riain, M., Fuertbauer, I., & King, A. (2020). Behavioral Causes, Ecological Consequences, and Management Challenges Associated with Wildlife Foraging in Human-Modified Landscapes. BioScience, 71(1)
https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa129, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55862
Fuertbauer, I., Christensen, C., Bracken, A., O'Riain, M., Heistermann, M., & King, A. (2020). Energetics at the urban edge: Environmental and individual predictors of urinary C-peptide levels in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus). Hormones and Behavior, 126, 104846
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104846, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55127
Marsden, K., Lush, L., Holmberg, J., Whelan, M., King, A., Wilson, R., Charteris, A., Cardenas, L., Jones, D., & Chadwick, D. (2020). Sheep urination frequency, volume, N excretion and chemical composition: Implications for subsequent agricultural N losses. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 302, 107073
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.107073, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55613
Zhang, J., King, A., Fuertbauer, I., Wang, Y., He, Y., Zhang, Z., Wan, D., & Yin, J. (2020). Facilitative effects of social partners on Java sparrow activity. Animal Behaviour, 161, 33-38.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.12.017, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.12.017
Jolles, J., King, A., & Killen, S. (2020). The Role of Individual Heterogeneity in Collective Animal Behaviour. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 35(3), 278-291.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.11.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53244
Tuci, E., Trianni, V., King, A., & Garnier, S. (2019). Editorial: Novel Technological and Methodological Tools for the Understanding of Collective Behaviors. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 6
https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2019.00139, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53263
O, C., Fürtbauer, I., King, A., Valenzuela-Galván, D., & Fuertbauer, I. (2019). A resident-nepotistic-tolerant dominance style in wild white-nosed coatis (Nasua narica)?. Behaviour, 1-42.
https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003547, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49688
O'Bryan, L., Abaid, N., Nakayama, S., Dey, T., King, A., Cowlishaw, G., Rubenstein, D., & Garnier, S. (2019). Contact Calls Facilitate Group Contraction in Free-Ranging Goats (Capra aegagrus hircus). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7
https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00073, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49708
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2019.00073/full
Williams, H., King, A., Duriez, O., Borger, L., & Shepard, E. (2018). Social eavesdropping allows for a more risky gliding strategy by thermal-soaring birds. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 15(148), 20180578
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0578, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44831
Lush, L., Wilson, R., Holton, M., Hopkins, P., Marsden, K., Chadwick, D., & King, A. (2018). Classification of sheep urination events using accelerometers to aid improved measurements of livestock contributions to nitrous oxide emissions. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 150, 170-177.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2018.04.018, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39589
King, A., Fehlmann, G., Biro, D., Ward, A., Fürtbauer, I., & Fuertbauer, I. (2018). Re-wilding Collective Behaviour: An Ecological Perspective. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 33(5), 347-357.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2018.03.004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39376
Ramos-Fernandez, G., King, A., Beehner, J., Bergman, T., Crofoot, M., Di Fiore, A., Lehmann, J., Schaffner, C., Snyder-Mackler, N., Zuberbühler, K., Aureli, F., & Boyer, D. (2018). Quantifying uncertainty due to fission–fusion dynamics as a component of social complexity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1879), 20180532
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0532, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40644
Strömbom, D. & King, A. (2018). Robot Collection and Transport of Objects: A Biomimetic Process. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 5
https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2018.00048, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40279
Fehlmann, G., O'Riain, M., Kerr-Smith, C., King, A., & King, A. (2017). Adaptive space use by baboons (Papio ursinus) in response to management interventions in a human-changed landscape. Animal Conservation, 20(1), 101-109.
https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12293, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29216
Fehlmann, G., O’Riain, M., Kerr-Smith, C., Hailes, S., Luckman, A., Shepard, E., & King, A. (2017). Extreme behavioural shifts by baboons exploiting risky, resource-rich, human-modified environments. Scientific Reports, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14871-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa36674
Walker, R., King, A., McNutt, J., & Jordan, N. (2017). Sneeze to leave: African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) use variable quorum thresholds facilitated by sneezes in collective decisions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1862), 20170347
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0347, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35440
Fehlmann, G., O’Riain, M., Hopkins, P., O’Sullivan, J., Holton, M., Shepard, E., & King, A. (2017). Identification of behaviours from accelerometer data in a wild social primate. Animal Biotelemetry, 5(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-017-0121-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32730
Hansen, M., Ward, A., Fürtbauer, I., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2016). Environmental quality determines finder-joiner dynamics in socially foraging three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70(6), 889-899.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-016-2111-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27146
Duteil, M., Pope, E., Pérez-Escudero, A., de Polavieja, G., Fürtbauer, I., Brown, M., King, A., Pope, E., Brown, R., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2016). European sea bass show behavioural resilience to near-future ocean acidification. Royal Society Open Science, 3(11), 160656
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160656, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30902
Fehlmann, G. & King, A. (2016). Bio-logging. Current Biology, 26(18), R830-R831.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.033, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31170
Nahdi, A., Garcia De Leaniz, C., & King, A. (2016). Spatio-Temporal Variation in Length-Weight Relationships and Condition of the Ribbonfish Trichiurus lepturus (Linnaeus, 1758): Implications for Fisheries Management. PLOS ONE, 11(8), e0161989
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161989, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29680
AL Nahdi, A., Garcia De Leaniz, C., & King, A. (2016). Two distinct hyperostosis shapes in ribbonfish, Trichiurus lepturus (Linnaeus 1758). Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, 36(3), 132-136.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29681
Fürtbauer, I., King, A., Heistermann, M., King, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2015). Visible implant elastomer (VIE) tagging and simulated predation risk elicit similar physiological stress responses in three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. Journal of Fish Biology, 86(5), 1644-1649.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12662, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20564
Johnson, C., Piel, A., Forman, D., Stewart, F., King, A., & Forman, D. (2015). The ecological determinants of baboon troop movements at local and continental scales. Movement Ecology, 3(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-015-0040-y, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22319
King, A., Myatt, J., Fürtbauer, I., Oesch, N., Dunbar, R., Sumner, S., Usherwood, J., Hailes, S., Brown, M., Brown, R., & Fuertbauer, I. (2015). Social density processes regulate the functioning and performance of foraging human teams. Scientific Reports, 5, 18260
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep18260, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa25129
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep18260
King, A., Williams, L., & Mettke-Hofmann, C. (2015). The effects of social conformity on Gouldian finch personality. Animal Behaviour, 99, 25-31.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.10.016, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19654
Mamuneas, D., Spence, A., Manica, A., King, A., & King, A. (2015). Bolder stickleback fish make faster decisions, but they are not less accurate. Behavioral Ecology, 26(1), 91-96.
https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru160, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18455
Fuertbauer, I., Pond, A., Heistermann, M., & King, A. (2015). Personality, plasticity and predation: linking endocrine and behavioural reaction norms in stickleback fish. Functional Ecology, 29(7), 931-940.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12400, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12400
Strombom, D., Mann, R., Wilson, A., Hailes, S., Morton, A., Sumpter, D., King, A., & King, A. (2014). Solving the shepherding problem: heuristics for herding autonomous, interacting agents. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 11(100), 20140719-20140719.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0719, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18314
Wilson, R., Richards, R., Hartnell, A., King, A., Piasecka, J., Gaihre, Y., & Butt, T. (2014). A New Approach to Quantify Semiochemical Effects on Insects Based on Energy Landscapes. PLoS ONE, 9(8), e106276
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106276, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18313
King, A., Fürtbauer, I., Mamuneas, D., James, C., Manica, A., & Fuertbauer, I. (2013). Sex-Differences and Temporal Consistency in Stickleback Fish Boldness. PLoS ONE, 8(12), e81116
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081116, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16985
Jolles, J., King, A., Manica, A., & Thornton, A. (2013). Heterogeneous structure in mixed-species corvid flocks in flight. Animal Behaviour, 85(4), 743-750.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.01.015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16984
Huchard, E., Charpentier, M., Marshall, H., King, A., Knapp, L., Cowlishaw, G., & King, A. (2013). Paternal effects on access to resources in a promiscuous primate society. Behavioral Ecology, 24(1), 229-236.
https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ars158, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16983
King, A., Wilson, A., Wilshin, S., Lowe, J., Haddadi, H., Hailes, S., & Morton, A. (2012). Selfish-herd behaviour of sheep under threat. Current Biology, 22(14), R561-R562.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.008, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13504
King, A., Cheng, L., Starke, S., Myatt, J., & King, A. (2012). Is the true 'wisdom of the crowd' to copy successful individuals?. Biology Letters, 8(2), 197-200.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0795, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13513
Williams, L., King, A., & Mettke-Hofmann, C. (2012). Colourful characters: head colour reflects personality in a social bird, the Gouldian finch, Erythrura gouldiae. Animal Behaviour, 84(1), 159-165.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.04.025, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13514
Clark, F., Fitzpatrick, M., Hartley, A., King, A., Lee, T., Routh, A., Walker, S., & George, K. (2012). Relationship between behavior, adrenal activity, and environment in zoo-housed western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Zoo Biology, 31(3), 306-321.
https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20396, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13515
Hobbs-Chell, H., King, A., Sharratt, H., Haddadi, H., Rudiger, S., Hailes, S., Morton, A., & Wilson, A. (2012). Data-loggers carried on a harness do not adversely affect sheep locomotion. Research in Veterinary Science, 93(1), 549-552.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.06.007, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13516
King, A. & Sumpter, D. (2012). Murmurations. Current Biology, 22(4), R112-R114.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.11.033, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13517
Benavides, J., Huchard, E., Pettorelli, N., King, A., Brown, M., Archer, C., Appleton, C., Raymond, M., & Cowlishaw, G. (2012). From parasite encounter to infection: Multiple-scale drivers of parasite richness in a wild social primate population. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 147(1), 52-63.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.21627, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13518
King, A., Sueur, C., Huchard, E., & Cowlishaw, G. (2011). A rule-of-thumb based on social affiliation explains collective movements in desert baboons. Animal Behaviour, 82(6), 1337-1345.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.09.017, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13507
Kaplan, B., O’Riain, M., Eeden, R., & King, A. (2011). A Low-Cost Manipulation of Food Resources Reduces Spatial Overlap Between Baboons (Papio ursinus) and Humans in Conflict. International Journal of Primatology, 32(6), 1397-1412.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-011-9541-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13519
King, A. & Sueur, C. (2011). Where Next? Group Coordination and Collective Decision Making by Primates. International Journal of Primatology, 32(6), 1245-1267.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-011-9526-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13521
Pyritz, L., King, A., Sueur, C., & Fichtel, C. (2011). Reaching a Consensus: Terminology and Concepts Used in Coordination and Decision-Making Research. International Journal of Primatology, 32(6), 1268-1278.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-011-9524-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13520
Sumner, S. & King, A. (2011). Actions speak louder than words in socially foraging human groups. Communicative and Integrative Biology, 4(6), 755-757.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17959
https://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/cib/article/17701/
Sueur, C., King, A., Conradt, L., Kerth, G., Lusseau, D., Mettke-Hofmann, C., Schaffner, C., Williams, L., Zinner, D., & Aureli, F. (2011). Collective decision-making and fission-fusion dynamics: a conceptual framework. Oikos, 120(11), 1608-1617.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19685.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13522
King, A., Clark, F., & Cowlishaw, G. (2011). The dining etiquette of desert baboons: the roles of social bonds, kinship, and dominance in co-feeding networks. American Journal of Primatology, 73(8), 768-774.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20918, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13524
Sueur, C., Jacobs, A., Amblard, F., Petit, O., & King, A. (2011). How can social network analysis improve the study of primate behavior?. American Journal of Primatology, 73(8), 703-719.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20915, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13533
Haddadi, H., King, A., Wills, A., Fay, D., Lowe, J., Morton, A., Hailes, S., & Wilson, A. (2011). Determining association networks in social animals: choosing spatial–temporal criteria and sampling rates. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65(8), 1659-1668.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-011-1193-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13509
King, A., Narraway, C., Hodgson, L., Weatherill, A., Sommer, V., Sumner, S., & King, A. (2011). Performance of human groups in social foraging: the role of communication in consensus decision making. Biology Letters, 7(2), 237-240.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0808, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13511
Katsikopoulos, K. & King, A. (2010). Swarm Intelligence in Animal Groups: When Can a Collective Out-Perform an Expert?. PLoS ONE, 5(11), e15505
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015505, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13532
King, A. (2010). Follow me! I’m a leader if you do; I’m a failed initiator if you don’t?. Behavioural Processes, 84(3), 671-674.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2010.03.006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13526
King, A., Isaac, N., Cowlishaw, G., & King, A. (2009). Ecological, social, and reproductive factors shape producer-scrounger dynamics in baboons. Behavioral Ecology, 20(5), 1039-1049.
https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arp095, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13527
Huchard, E., Benavides, J., Setchell, J., Charpentier, M., Alvergne, A., King, A., Knapp, L., Cowlishaw, G., & Raymond, M. (2009). Studying shape in sexual signals: the case of primate sexual swellings. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 63(8), 1231-1242.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-009-0748-z, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13528
King, A. & Cowlishaw, G. (2009). Leaders, followers, and group decision-making. Communicative and Integrative Biology, 2(2), 147-150.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17958
https://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/cib/article/7562/
King, A. & Cowlishaw, G. (2009). All together now: behavioural synchrony in baboons. Animal Behaviour, 78(6), 1381-1387.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.09.009, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13529
King, A., Cowlishaw, G., & King, A. (2009). Foraging opportunities drive interspecific associations between rock kestrels and desert baboons. Journal of Zoology, 277(2), 111-118.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00504.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13530
King, A., Johnson, D., & Vugt, M. (2009). The Origins and Evolution of Leadership. Current Biology, 19(19), R911-R916.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2009.07.027, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13512
King, A., Douglas, C., Huchard, E., Isaac, N., & Cowlishaw, G. (2008). Dominance and Affiliation Mediate Despotism in a Social Primate. Current Biology, 18(23), 1833-1838.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.10.048, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13505
King, A., Cowlishaw, G., & King, A. (2007). When to use social information: the advantage of large group size in individual decision making. Biology Letters, 3(2), 137-139.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0017, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13531
Fuertbauer, I., Shergold, C., Christensen, C., Bracken, A., Heistermann, M., Papadopoulou, M., O’Riain, M., & King, A. (n.d.) Linking energy availability, movement, and sociality in a wild primate (Papio ursinus). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0466, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67598

Book Chapters

Rafiq, K., Pitcher, B., Cornelsen, K., Hansen, K., King, A., Appleby, R., Abrahms, B., & Jordan, N. (2021). Animal-borne technologies in wildlife research and conservation. In Serge A. Wich; Alex K. Piel (Ed.), Conservation Technology (pp. 105-128). Oxford University Press
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198850243.003.0006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198850243.003.0006
Couzin, I., King, A., & Choe, J. (2019). Group Movement. Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (pp. 775-783). Elsevier
https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-809633-8.01260-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31877
King, A., Fürtbauer, I., & Fuertbauer, I. (2017). Collective Decision Making. The International Encyclopedia of Primatology -5).
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0047, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33182
King, A., Fürtbauer, I., & Fuertbauer, I. (2017). Social Networks. The International Encyclopedia of Primatology -7).
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0181, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33183
King, A. & et al, . (2017). Exploitative Strategies: Consequences for Individual Behavior, Social Structure, and Design of Institutions. Investors and Exploiters in Ecology and Economics: Principles and Applications MIT Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33681
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/investors-and-exploiters-ecology-and-economics
Sueur, C., King, A., Pelé, M., & Petit, O. (2013). Fast and Accurate Decisions as a Result of Scale-Free Network Properties in Two Primate Species. Proceedings of the European Conference on Complex Systems 2012 (pp. 579-584).
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00395-5_71, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16982
Stevens, J. & King, A. (2012). The lives of others: Social rationality in animals. In: Simple heuristics in a social world Oxford University Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17953
http://global.oup.com/academic/product/simple-heuristics-in-a-social-world-9780195388435;jsessionid=9232B4245C87FA4903DD04760FB7CBCF?cc=gb&lang=en&
Couzin, I., King, A., & King, A. (2010). Group Movement. Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (pp. 25-32). Academic Press
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00124-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17954
Clark, F. & King, A. (2008). A Critical Review of Zoo-based Olfactory Enrichment. Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11 (pp. 391-398). Springer
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73945-8_37, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17955

Supervision

Autonomous drone technology for ecology and conservation. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Miguel Lurgi Rivera
Collective animal behaviour and artificial swarm systems (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Miguel Lurgi Rivera
Intra- and inter-specific cortisol coregulation (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Ines Fuertbauer
Testing comparative predictions of primate natal coat function hypotheses using continuous coat conspicuousness quantification (awarded 2023)

MRes

Other supervisor: Dr William Allen

Taught Modules

BIO108 Evolution and Genetics

¿Nothing in Biology makes sense except in the light of evolution¿ was the title of a 1973 essay by the evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky. The module links fundamental understanding of molecular biology and genetics to a broader appreciation of evolution and how it shapes the natural world around us.
BIO114 Animal Diversity and Behaviour

This 20 credit module is divided into two sections and broadly introduces students to the diversity of animal groups, and the study of animal behaviour. The first half of lectures will consider the taxonomy and physiology of organisms within the animal kingdom, and will provide students with a broad understanding of all animal life, from single celled protozoa through to megafauna such as the blue whale and concluding with human evolution. The second half of lectures will consider the evolutionary pressures that drive animal behaviour and give rise to the behavioural adaptations witnessed across the animal kingdom today, from foraging and learning, to anti-predatory mechanisms and migration. During this module, students will develop their understanding of animal classification, interrelationships and evolution, and will gain valuable practical experience of animal biology. A sister module, BIO114C, will provide the same content but delivered via the medium of Welsh.

Public Engagements

Andrew has delivered >50 invited scientific talks worldwide. He is an enthusiastic communicator to audiences across TV, Radio, and Online, and is an innovative and engaging speaker at Science Festivals and Education Events.

He acts as a consultant to Government Organisations related to conservation conflicts, and delivers bespoke workshops and seminars providing an evolutionary perspective on leadership and teamwork to the corporate sector.

To find out if Andrew is available to speak at your event or for press work, please send an inquiry by email

Links to selected talks and press stories:

• TEDx Talk "simple, selfish, and hung-over"
• New York Times - wild dog research
• Time Magazine - sheepdog research
• The Economist - human teams research
• Scientific American - leadership research
• The Conversation - robot herding research
• IOL - human-baboon conflict research

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Supervision

Autonomous drone technology for ecology and conservation. (current)

Collective animal behaviour and artificial swarm systems (current)

Intra- and inter-specific cortisol coregulation (awarded 2023)

Testing comparative predictions of primate natal coat function hypotheses using continuous coat conspicuousness quantification (awarded 2023)

Taught Modules

BIO108 Evolution and Genetics

BIO114 Animal Diversity and Behaviour

Public Engagements