Professor Michael Hansell

Honorary Senior Research Fellow (School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine)
Honorary Research Fellow (Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Division)

R321 Level 3, FBLS - Ecology and Evolutionary, Graham Kerr Building

Research interests

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2019

Hansell, M. (2019) Animal architecture. In: Choe, J. C. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior [2nd ed.]. Elsevier, pp. 1-16. ISBN 9780128132524 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.90728-3)

2017

Malzer, I. and Hansell, M. (2017) Nest timing, nest site selection and nest structure in a high latitude population of Bearded Reedlings Panurus biarmicus. Bird Study, 64(1), pp. 51-61. (doi: 10.1080/00063657.2016.1271771)

2014

Hansell, M. H., Ruxton, G. D. and Ennos, A. R. (2014) Collected and self-secreted building materials and their contributions to compression and tension structures. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 112(3), pp. 625-639. (doi: 10.1111/bij.12288)

2013

Russell, D. G.D., Hansell, M. and Reilly, M. (2013) Bird nests in museum collections: a rich resource for research. Avian Biology Research, 6(2), pp. 178-182. (doi: 10.3184/175815513X13613786679359)

Walsh, P. T., Hansell, M., Borello, W. D. and Healy, S. D. (2013) Are elaborate bird nests built using simple rules? Avian Biology Research, 6(2), pp. 157-162. (doi: 10.3184/175815513X13629302805186)

Hansell, M.H. and Ruxton, G.D. (2013) Exploring the dichotomy between animals building using self-secreted materials and using materials collected from the environment. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 108(3), pp. 688-701. (doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02035.x)

2011

Hansell, M.H. (2011) Houses made by protists. Current Biology, 21(13), R485-R487. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.050)

Walsh, P.T., Hansell, M.H., Borello, W.D. and Healy, S.D. (2011) Individuality in nest building: Do Southern Masked weaver (Ploceus velatus) males vary in their nest-building behaviour? Behavioural Processes, 88(1), pp. 1-6. (doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.06.011)

2010

Walsh, P.T., Hansell, M.H., Borello, W.D. and Healy, S.D. (2010) Repeatability of nest morphology in African weaver birds. Biology Letters, 6(2), pp. 149-151. (doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0664) (PMID:19846449) (PMCID:PMC2865054)

Ruxton, G.D. and Hansell, M.H. (2010) Fishing with a bait or lure: A brief review of the cognitive issues. Ethology, 117(1), pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01848.x)

2009

Ruxton, G.D. and Hansell, M.H. (2009) Why are pitfall traps so rare in the natural world? Evolutionary Ecology, 23(2), pp. 181-186. (doi: 10.1007/s10682-007-9218-0)

2008

Healy, S., Walsh, P. and Hansell, M.H. (2008) Nest building by birds. Current Biology, 18(7), R271-R273. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.020)

Hansell, M. and Ruxton, G. D. (2008) Setting tool use within the context of animal construction behaviour. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 23(2), pp. 73-78. (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.10.006)

Hansell, M. (2008) Built By Animals: The Natural History of Animal Architecture. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780199205561

2007

Hansell, M. (2007) What is a puma? In: Grafen, A. and Ridley, M. (eds.) Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 32-41. ISBN 9780199214662

Stewart, F., Pruetz, J. and Hansell, M. (2007) Do chimpanzees build comfortable nests? American Journal of Primatology, 69, pp. 930-939. (doi: 10.1002/ajp.20432)

Walsh, P., Evans, D., Hansell, M. and Ruxton, G. (2007) Factors influencing nocturnal egg-turning frequency in Meadow Pipits Anthus pratensis. Bird Study, 54, pp. 133-136.

2005

Hansell, M. (2005) Animal Architecture. Series: Oxford animal biology series. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780198507529

2004

Hilton, G., Hansell, M., Ruxton, G., Reid, J. and Monaghan, P. (2004) Using artificial nests to test importance of nesting material and nest shelter for incubation energetics. Auk, 121, pp. 777-787.

2002

Hansell, M. (2002) Disassembly required. Natural History, 111(4), p. 96.

Hansell, M. and Ruxton, G. (2002) An experimental study of the availability of feathers for avian nest building. Journal of Avian Biology, 33, pp. 319-321.

Hansell, M.H. and Deeming, D.C. (2002) Location, structure and function of incubation sites. In: Deeming, D.C. (ed.) Avian Incubation: Behaviour, Environment, and Evolution. Series: Oxford ornithology series (13). Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 8-27. ISBN 9780198508106

Heath, M. and Hansell, M. (2002) Weaving techniques in two species of Icteridae, the Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) and Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus). In: Hayes, F. E. and Temple, S. A. (eds.) Studies in Trinidad and Tobago Ornithology Honoring Richard Ffrench. Series: Occasional Papers of the Department of Life Sciences University of the West Indies (11). University of the West Indies, Department of Life Sciences, pp. 144-154. ISBN 9789766201678

2001

Cole, M., Hansell, M. and Seath, C. (2001) A quantitative study of the physical properties of nest paper in three species of Vespine wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Insectes Sociaux, 48, pp. 33-39.

Ruxton, G., Lee, J. and Hansell, M. (2001) Wasps enter and leave their nest at regular intervals. Insectes Sociaux, 48, pp. 363-365.

2000

Stevens, D. J., Hansell, M. H. and Monaghan, P. (2000) Developmental trade-offs and life histories: strategic allocation of resources in caddis flies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 267(1452), pp. 1511-1515. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1172)

Hansell, M. (2000) Bird Nests and Construction Behaviour. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 9780521460385

Johnstone, A. H., Bahar, M. and Hansell, M. H. (2000) Structural communication grids: a valuable assessment and diagnostic tool for science teachers. Journal of Biological Education, 34(2), pp. 87-89. (doi: 10.1080/00219266.2000.9655691)

1999

Stevens, D. J., Hansell, M. H., Freeland, J. A. and Monaghan, P. (1999) Developmental trade-offs in caddis flies: increased investment in larval defence alters adult resource allocation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 266(1423), pp. 1049-1054. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0742) (PMCID:PMC1689943)

Bahar, M., Johnstone, A. H. and Hansell, M. H. (1999) Revisiting learning difficulties in biology. Journal of Biological Education, 33(2), pp. 84-86. (doi: 10.1080/00219266.1999.9655648)

Sutcliffe, R. G., Cogdell, B., Hansell, M. H. and McAteer, E. (1999) Active learning in a large first year biology class: a collaborative resource‐based study project on AIDS in science and society. Innovations in Education and Training International, 36(1), pp. 53-64. (doi: 10.1080/1355800990360108)

1996

Hansell, M. H. (1996) The function of lichen flakes and white spider cocoons on the outer surface of birds' nests. Journal of Natural History, 30(2), pp. 303-311. (doi: 10.1080/00222939600771181)

Hansell, M. H. (1996) Wasps make nests: nests make conditions. In: Turillazzi, S. and Wes-Eberhard, M. J. (eds.) Natural History and Evolution of Paper-Wasps. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 272-289. ISBN 9780198549475

1995

Hansell, M. H. (1995) The demand for feathers as building material by woodland nesting birds. Bird Study, 42(3), pp. 240-245. (doi: 10.1080/00063659509477173)

Khidas, K. and Hansell, M. H. (1995) Burrowing behaviour and burrow architecture in Apodemus sylvaticus (Rodentia). Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde, pp. 246-250.

1993

Francescato, E., Turillazzi, S. and Hansell, M. H. (1993) Glandular apparatus associated with the gastral tergal tegument in males of Stenogaster concinna and Anischnogaster laticeps (Hymenoptera: Stenogastrinae). Insectes Sociaux, 40(3), pp. 313-317. (doi: 10.1007/BF01242367)

Hansell, M. H. (1993) The ecological impact of animal nests and burrows. Functional Ecology, 7(1), pp. 5-12. (doi: 10.2307/2389861)

1992

Storer, N. P. and Hansell, M. H. (1992) Specialization in the choice and use of spider silk in the nest of the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) (Aves, Fringillidae). Journal of Natural History, 26(6), pp. 1421-1430. (doi: 10.1080/00222939200770801)

1991

Hansell, M. H. and Turillazzi, S. (1991) A new stenogastrine nest from Papua New Guinea probably belonging to the genus Stenogaster Guerin 1831 (Hymenoptera Vespidae). Tropical Zoology, 4(1), pp. 81-87. (doi: 10.1080/03946975.1991.10539477)

Macnab, W., Hansell, M. H. and Johnstone, A. H. (1991) Cognitive style and analytical ability and their relationship to competence in the biological sciences. Journal of Biological Education, 25(2), pp. 135-139. (doi: 10.1080/00219266.1991.9655192)

Turillazzi, S. and Hansell, M. H. (1991) Biology and social behaviour of three species of Anischnogaster (Vespidae, Stenogastrinae) in Papua New Guinea. Insectes Sociaux, 38(4), pp. 423-437. (doi: 10.1007/BF01241876)

1989

Rutnagur, R. S., Burns, M. D. and Hansell, M. H. (1989) A simple electronic timing device for triggering time-lapse cameras and its use in the instantaneous time sampling of rookery attendance. Animal Behaviour, 38(5), pp. 899-900. (doi: 10.1016/S0003-3472(89)80122-8)

Hansell, M. H. (1989) The nests of social insects. Recherche, 20(206), pp. 14-22.

Hansell, M. H. (1989) Wasp papier-mache. Natural History, 8, p. 52.

1987

Hansell, M. (1987) Elements of eusociality in colonies of Eustenogaster calyptodoma (Sakagami & Yoshikawa) (Stenogastrinae, Vespidae). Animal Behaviour, 35(1), pp. 131-141. (doi: 10.1016/S0003-3472(87)80218-X)

Rowlands, M. L. J. and Hansell, M. H. (1987) Case design, construction and ontogeny of building inGlyphotaelius pelluciduscaddisfly larvae. Journal of Zoology, 211(2), pp. 329-356. (doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1987.tb01538.x)

Hansell, M. H. (1987) What’s so special about using tools? New Scientist, 113(1542), pp. 54-56.

Hansell, M. (1987) Nest building as a facilitating and limiting factor in the evolution of eusociality in the Hymenoptera. In: Harvey, P. H. and Partridge, L. (eds.) Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 155-181. ISBN 9780198542308

1986

Hansell, M. (1986) Colony biology of the Stenogastrine wasp Holischnogaster-gracilipes hymenoptera on Mount Kinabalu Borneo. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 122(1460), pp. 31-36.

Hansell, M. (1986) The nest of Holischnogaster-gracilipes van der Vecht hymenoptera vespidae stenogastrinae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 122(1468), pp. 185-188.

Monaghan, P., Metcalfe, N. B. and Hansell, M. H. (1986) The influence of food availability and competition on the use of a feeding site by Herring GullsLarus argentatus. Bird Study, 33(2), pp. 87-90. (doi: 10.1080/00063658609476901)

1984

Hansell, M. (1984) How to build a social-life. New Scientist, 102(1412), pp. 16-18.

1983

Hansell, M. H. (1983) Social-behavior and colony size in the wasp Parischnogaster-mellyi (saussure), Stenogastrinae (hymenoptera, vespidae). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Series C: Biological and medical sciences, 86(2), pp. 167-178.

1982

Hansell, M. H. (1982) Brood development in the subsocial wasp Parischnogaster mellyi (Saussure) (Stenogastrinae, Hymenoptera). Insectes Sociaux, 29(1), pp. 3-14. (doi: 10.1007/BF02224523)

Hansell, M. H. (1982) Colony membership in the wasp Parischnogaster striatula (Stenogastrinae). Animal Behaviour, 30(4), pp. 1258-1259. (doi: 10.1016/S0003-3472(82)80223-6)

1981

Hansell, M. H. (1981) Nest construction in the subsocial wasp Parischnogaster mellyi (Saussure) Stenogastrinae (Hymnoptera). Insectes Sociaux, 28(2), pp. 208-216. (doi: 10.1007/BF02223706)

Orr, L. and Hansell, M. (1981) Effect of asymmetric contact stimulation on subsequent righting direction in the ophiuroid Ophiocomina nigra (Echinodermata). Animal Behaviour, 29(2), pp. 634-635. (doi: 10.1016/S0003-3472(81)80133-9)

1974

Hansell, M. H. (1974) Regulation of building unit size in the house building of the caddis larva Lepidostoma hirtum. Animal Behaviour, 22(1), pp. 133-143. (doi: 10.1016/S0003-3472(74)80062-X)

1973

Hansell, M. (1973) Improvement and termination of house building in the caddis larva Lepidostoma hirtum curtis. Behaviour, 46(1), pp. 141-153. (doi: 10.1163/156853973X00210)

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