Post:	Lecturer in Ecology
Location:	JMS Building 5B3
Email:	D.A.Hill@sussex.ac.uk
Telephone numbers
Internal:	7343
UK:	(01273) 877343
International:	+44 1273 877343

Biography

BSc (Reading) PhD (Cambridge)

Degree Convenor:
Ecology and Conservation degree programme

 

Research

Main areas: - Ecology and conservation of insectivorous bats in woodland habitats. - Vocal communication in bats We are engaged in the development and application of new techniques for surveying bats in woodlands. A major application is to assess the effects of logging, conifer plantations and other forestry management on habitat-use by bats. Main research sites are in south east England and various parts of Japan. For more information see my Home Page

Teaching

Course Organiser:
Conservation in Practice
Biodiversity Conservation
Wildlife and Habitat Conservation

Teaching

Conservation in Practice
Biodiversity Conservation
Wildlife and Habitat Conservation
Methods in Ecology and Conservation
Conservation Field Course
MSc Biodiversity Survey

Publications

Lucas, P.W.; Constantino, P.J; Chalk, J.; Ziscovici, C.; Wright, B.W.; Fragaszy, D.M.; Hill, D.A.; Lee, J.J.W, Chai, H.; Darvell, B.W.; Lee, P.K.D. and Yuen, T.D.B, (in press). Indentation as a technique to assess the mechanical properties of fallback foods. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Durrant, C.J.; Beebee, T.J.C., Greenaway, F. & Hill, D.A. (2008). Evidence of recent population bottlenecks and inbreeding in British populations of Bechstein's bat, Myotis bechsteinii. Conservation Genetics, 10:489-496.

Hill, D.A. & Greenaway, F. (2008). Conservation of bats in British woodlands. British Wildlife, 19(3): 161-169.

Hill, D.A. & Greenaway, F. (2005). Effectiveness of an acoustic lure for surveying bats in British woodlands. Mammal Review, 35(1): 116-122.

Fukui, D.; Maeda, K.; Hill, D.A.; Matsumura, S. & Agetsuma, N. (2005). Geographical variation in the cranial and external characters of the little tube-nosed bat, Murina silvatica in Japanese archipelago. Acta Theriologica, 50 (3): 309-322.

Fukui, D.; Agetsuma, N. & Hill, D.A. (2004). Acoustic identification of eight species of bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) inhabiting forests of southern Hokkaido, Japan: Potential for conservation monitoring. Zoological Science, 21: 947-955.

Agetsuma N., Sugiura, H., Hill D.A. Agetsuma-Yanagihara Y., Tanaka T. (2003). Population density and group composition of Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon yakushimae) in evergreen broad-leaved forest of Yakushima, southern Japan. Ecological Research. 18 (5): 475-483.

Aiba, S; Hill, D.A. & Agetsuma, N. (2001). Comparison between old-growth stands and secondary stands regenerating after clear-felling in warm-temperate forests of Yakushima, southern Japan. Forest Ecology and Management, 140 (2-3): 163-175.

Hill, D.A. (1999). Effects of provisioning on the social behaviour of Japanese and rhesus macaques: implications for socioecology. Primates, 40(1): 187-198.

Suzuki, S.; Hill, D.A. & Sprague, D.S. (1998). Intertroop transfer and dominance rank structure of nonnatal male Japanese macaques in Yakushima, Japan. International Journal of Primatology, 19 (4): 703-722.

Yamagiwa, J. & Hill, D.A. (1998). Intraspecific variation in the social organization of Japanese macaques: past and present scope of field studies in natural habitats.Primates, 39: 257-273.

Hill, D.A. (1997). Seasonal variation in feeding behavior and diet of wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui) in lowland forest of Yakushima. American Journal of Primatology, 43 (4): 305-322.

Hill, D.A. & Lucas, P.W. (1996). Toughness and fiber content of major leaf foods of wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui) in Yakushima. American Journal of Primatology, 38: 221-231.