Andrew Wood
E Fellow
Biography
Current role
Andy Wood is an Emeritus Fellow working with the Ecosystems team. He is a Chartered Information Technology Professional.
Previous positions
- 2009 – 2023. Marine Predator Ecologist – British Antarctic Survey.
- 2003 – 2009. Senior Systems Consultant – British Antarctic Survey.
- 1989 – 2003. Database Administrator – British Antarctic Survey.
- 1984 – 1989. Off-shore Biological Programme Database Manager – British Antarctic Survey.
Research interests
My research interests are in the ecology and conservation of seabirds, and the application of data science and information technology in support of this.
Xavier, J.C., Croxall, J. P., Trathan, P. N. & Wood, A. G. (2003). Feeding strategies and diets of breeding grey-headed and wandering albatrosses at South Georgia. Mar. Biol. 143: 221-232.
Hamer, K.C., Phillips, R.A., Hill, J.K.,Wanless, S. and Wood, A.G. (2001). Contrasting foraging strategies of gannets Morus bassanus at two North Atlantic colonies: foraging trip duration and foraging area fidelity. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 224: 283-290.
Xavier, J. C., Wood, A. G., Croxall, J. P. and Rodhouse, P. G. (2001). New estimates of cephalopod prey stocks based on predator diet – implications for South Atlantic fisheries. ICES CM 2001/K:37
Berrow, S.D., Wood, A.G. and Prince, P.A. (2000). Foraging location and range of White-chinned Petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis breeding in the South Atlantic. J. Avian Biol. 31: 303-311.
Croxall, J.P., Prince, P.A., Trathan, P.N. and Wood, A.G. (1996). Distribution and movements of South Georgia black-browed albatrosses: implications for Falkland Islands populations. Warrah 9: 7-9.
Arnould, J.P.Y., Briggs, D.R., Croxall, J.P., Prince, P.A. and Wood, A.G. (1996). The foraging behaviour and energetics of wandering albatrosses brooding chicks. Antarctic Science 8: 229-236.
Ward, P., A. Atkinson, A.W.A. Murray, A.G. Wood, R. Williams, S.A. Poulet. (1994). The summer zooplankton community at South Georgia: biomass, vertical migration and grazing. Polar Biology 9: 45-52.
Prince, P.A., P. Rothery, J.P. Croxall and A.G. Wood. (1994). Population dynamics of Black-browed and Grey-headed Alabtrosses Diomeda melanophris and D. chrysostoma at Bird Island, South Georgia. Ibis 136: 50-71.
Prince, P.A., A.G. Wood, T. Barton and J.P. Croxall. (1992). Satellite tracking of wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) in the South Atlantic. Antarctic Science 4: 31-36.
Ward, P., Atkinson, A., Peck, J.M., and Wood, A.G. (1990). Euphausiid life cycles and distribution around South Georgia. Antarctic Science 2: 43-52.
Wood, A.G. (1988). Discriminant and graphical analyses of Norwegian Knot biometrics: the sex and race problem revisited. Wader Study Group Bull. 52: 9-11.
Ward, P. and Wood, A.G. (1988). The distribution of the Euchaetidae (Copepoda: Calanoida) around South Georgia. Polar Biology 9: 45-52.
Wood, A.G. (1987). Discriminating the sex of Sanderling Calidris alba: some results and their implications. Bird Study 34: 200-204.
Wood, A.G. (1986). Diurnal and nocturnal territoriality in the Grey Plover at Teesmouth, as revealed by radio telemetry. J. Field Ornithol. 57: 213-221.
Wood, A.G. (1984). Time and energy budgets of the Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) at Teesmouth. Ph.D. thesis, University of Durham.
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2023
Forcada, Jaume ORCID record for Jaume Forcada, Hoffman, Joseph I. ORCID record for Joseph I. Hoffman, Gimenez, Olivier, Staniland, Iain J., Bucktrout, Pete, Wood, Andrew G.. (2023) Ninety years of change, from commercial extinction to recovery, range expansion and decline for Antarctic fur seals at South Georgia. Global Change Biology, 29. 21 pp. 10.1111/gcb.16947
Kennedy, Amy S., Carroll, Emma L., Zerbini, Alexandre N., Baker, C. Scott, Bassoi, Manuela, Beretta, Nazarena A., Buss, Danielle L. ORCID record for Danielle L. Buss, Calderan, Susannah, Cheeseman, Ted, Collins, Martin A. ORCID record for Martin A. Collins, Costa-Urrutia, Paula, Ensor, Paul, Groch, Karina, Leaper, Russell, Olson, Paula, Passadore, Cecilia, Riet-Sapriza, Federico G., Vermeulen, Els, Vilches, Florencia, Wood, Andrew G., Jackson, Jennifer A. ORCID record for Jennifer A. Jackson. (2023) Photo-identification and satellite telemetry connect southern right whales from South Georgia Island (Islas Georgias del Sur) with multiple feeding and calving grounds in the southwest Atlantic. Marine Mammal Science. 19 pp. 10.1111/mms.13089
2022
Carneiro, Ana P.B., Clark, Bethany L., Pearmain, Elizabeth J. ORCID record for Elizabeth J. Pearmain, Clavelle, Tyler, Wood, Andrew G., Phillips, Richard A.. (2022) Fine-scale associations between wandering albatrosses and fisheries in the southwest Atlantic Ocean. Biological Conservation, 276. 10 pp. 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109796
Carneiro, A.P.B., Dias, M.P., Oppel, S., Pearmain, E.J., Clark, B.L., Wood, A.G., Clavelle, T., Phillips, R.A.. (2022) Integrating immersion with GPS data improves behavioural classification for wandering albatrosses and shows scavenging behind fishing vessels mirrors natural foraging. Animal Conservation, 25. 627-637. 10.1111/acv.12768
Frankish, Caitlin K. ORCID record for Caitlin K. Frankish, Manica, Andrea, Clay, Thomas A., Wood, Andrew G., Phillips, Richard A.. (2022) Ontogeny of movement patterns and habitat selection in juvenile albatrosses. Oikos, 2022. 12 pp. 10.1111/oik.09057
2021
Dunn, M.J. ORCID record for M.J. Dunn, Adlard, S., Taylor, A.P., Wood, A.G., Trathan, P.N. ORCID record for P.N. Trathan, Ratcliffe, N. ORCID record for N. Ratcliffe. (2021) Un-crewed aerial vehicle population survey of three sympatrically breeding seabird species at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. Polar Biology, 44. 717-727. 10.1007/s00300-021-02831-6
Ratcliffe, Norman ORCID record for Norman Ratcliffe, Deagle, Bruce, Love, Kieran, Polanowski, Andrea, Fielding, Sophie ORCID record for Sophie Fielding, Wood, Andrew G., Hill, Simeon ORCID record for Simeon Hill, Grant, Susie ORCID record for Susie Grant, Belchier, Mark, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming, Hall, Jonathan. (2021) Changes in prey fields increase the potential for spatial overlap between gentoo penguins and a krill fishery within a marine protected area. Diversity and Distributions, 27. 552-563. 10.1111/ddi.13216
2020
Calderan, Susannah V., Black, Andy, Branch, Trevor A., Collins, Martin A. ORCID record for Martin A. Collins, Kelly, Natalie, Leaper, Russell, Lurock, Sarah, Miller, Brian S., Moore, Michael, Olson, Paula A., Širović, Ana, Wood, Andrew G., Jackson, Jennifer A. ORCID record for Jennifer A. Jackson. (2020) South Georgia blue whales five decades after the end of whaling. Endangered Species Research, 43. 15 pp. 10.3354/esr01077
Phillips, Richard A., Wood, Andy W.. (2020) Variation in live-capture rates of albatrosses and petrels in fisheries, post-release survival and implications for management. Biological Conservation, 257. 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108641
2019
Clay, Thomas A. ORCID record for Thomas A. Clay, Small, Cleo, Tuck, Geoffrey N., Pardo, Deborah, Carneiro, Ana P.B., Wood, Andy G., Croxall, John P., Crossin, Glenn T., Phillips, Richard A.. (2019) A comprehensive large-scale assessment of fisheries bycatch risk to threatened seabird populations. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56. 1882-1893. 10.1111/1365-2664.13407
Gianuca, Dimas, Votier, Stephen C., Pardo, Deborah, Wood, Andrew G., Sherley, Richard B., Ireland, Louise ORCID record for Louise Ireland, Choquet, Remi, Pradel, Roger, Townley, Stuart, Forcada, Jaume ORCID record for Jaume Forcada, Tuck, Geoffrey N., Phillips, Richard A.. (2019) Sex-specific effects of fisheries and climate on the demography of sexually dimorphic seabirds. Journal of Animal Ecology, 88. 1366-1378. 10.1111/1365-2656.13009
2018
Keogan, Katharine, Daunt, Francis, Wanless, Sarah, Phillips, Richard A., Walling, Craig A., Agnew, Philippa, Ainley, David G., Anker-Nilssen, Tycho, Ballard, Grant, Barrett, Robert T., Barton, Kerry J., Bech, Claus, Becker, Peter, Berglund, Per-Arvid, Bollache, Loïc, Bond, Alexander L., Bouwhuis, Sandra, Bradley, Russell W., Burr, Zofia M., Camphuysen, Kees, Catry, Paulo, Chiaradia, Andre, Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe, Cuthbert, Richard, Dehnhard, Nina, Descamps, Sébastien, Diamond, Tony, Divoky, George, Drummond, Hugh, Dugger, Katie M., Dunn, Michael J. ORCID record for Michael J. Dunn, Emmerson, Louise, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Fort, Jérôme, Fraser, William, Genovart, Meritxell, Gilg, Olivier, González-Solís, Jacob, Granadeiro, José Pedro, Grémillet, David, Hansen, Jannik, Hanssen, Sveinn A., Harris, Mike, Hedd, April, Hinke, Jefferson, Igual, José Manuel, Jahncke, Jaime, Jones, Ian, Kappes, Peter J., Lang, Johannes, Langset, Magdalene, Lescroël, Amélie, Lorentsen, Svein-Håkon, Lyver, Phil O’B., Mallory, Mark, Moe, Børge, Montevecchi, William A., Monticelli, David, Mostello, Carolyn, Newell, Mark, Nicholson, Lisa, Nisbet, Ian, Olsson, Olof, Oro, Daniel, Pattison, Vivian, Poisbleau, Maud, Pyk, Tanya, Quintana, Flavio, Ramos, Jaime A., Ramos, Raül, Reiertsen, Tone Kirstin, Rodríguez, Cristina, Ryan, Peter, Sanz-Aguilar, Ana, Schmidt, Niels M., Shannon, Paula, Sittler, Benoit, Southwell, Colin, Surman, Christopher, Svagelj, Walter S., Trivelpiece, Wayne, Warzybok, Pete, Watanuki, Yutaka, Weimerskirch, Henri, Wilson, Peter R., Wood, Andrew G., Phillimore, Albert B., Lewis, Sue. (2018) Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds. Nature Climate Change, 8. 313-318. 10.1038/s41558-018-0115-z
2017
Pardo, Deborah, Forcada, Jaume ORCID record for Jaume Forcada, Wood, Andrew G., Tuck, Geoff N., Ireland, Louise ORCID record for Louise Ireland, Pradel, Roger, Croxall, John P., Phillips, Richard A.. (2017) Additive effects of climate and fisheries drive ongoing declines in multiple albatross species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114. E10829-E10837. 10.1073/pnas.1618819114
Froy, Hannah, Lewis, Sue, Nussey, Daniel H., Wood, Andrew G., Phillips, Richard A.. (2017) Contrasting drivers of reproductive ageing in albatrosses. Journal of Animal Ecology, 86. 1022-1032. 10.1111/1365-2656.12712
2016
Jiménez, S., Domingo, A., Brazeiro, A., Defeo, O., Wood, A. G., Froy, H., Xavier, J. C. ORCID record for J. C. Xavier, Phillips, R. A.. (2016) Sex-related variation in the vulnerability of wandering albatrosses to pelagic longline fleets. Animal Conservation, 19. 281-295. doi:10.1111/acv.12245
Mourocq, Emeline, Bize, Pierre, Bouwhuis, Sandra, Bradley, Russell, Charmantier, Anne, de la Cruz, Carlos, Drobniak, Szymon M., Espie, Richard H. M., Herényi, Márton, Hötker, Hermann, Krüger, Oliver, Marzluff, John, Møller, Anders P., Nakagawa, Shinichi, Phillips, Richard A., Radford, Andrew N., Roulin, Alexandre, Török, János, Valencia, Juliana, van de Pol, Martijn, Warkentin, Ian G., Winney, Isabel S., Wood, Andrew G., Griesser, Michael. (2016) Life span and reproductive cost explain interspecific variation in the optimal onset of reproduction. Evolution, 70. 296-313. doi:10.1111/evo.12853
2014
Abadi, Fitsum, Barbraud, Christophe, Besson, Dominique, Bried, Joël, Crochet, Pierre-André, Delord, Karine, Forcada, Jaume ORCID record for Jaume Forcada, Grosbois, Vladimir, Phillips, Richard A., Sagar, Paul, Thompson, Paul, Waugh, Susan, Weimerskirch, Henri, Wood, Andrew G., Gimenez, Olivier. (2014) Importance of accounting for phylogenetic dependence in multi-species mark–recapture studies. Ecological Modelling, 273. 236-241. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.11.017
2013
Froy, Hannah, Phillips, Richard A., Wood, Andrew G., Nussey, Daniel H., Lewis, Sue. (2013) Age-related variation in reproductive traits in the wandering albatross: evidence for terminal improvement following senescence. Ecology Letters, 16. 642-649. doi:10.1111/ele.12092
2012
Richardson, Jessica, Wood, Andrew G., Neil, Alison, Nowacek, Doug, Moore, Michael. (2012) Changes in distribution, relative abundance, and species composition of large whales around South Georgia from opportunistic sightings: 1992 to 2011. Endangered Species Research, 19. 149-156. doi:10.3354/esr00471
Lewis, Sue, Nussey, Daniel H., Wood, Andrew G., Croxall, John P., Phillips, Richard A.. (2012) Intrinsic determinants of a population trend in timing of breeding in the wandering albatross. Oikos, 121. 2061-2071. 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20293.x
- CONSEC
- Spatial Segregation of Seabirds at South Georgia
- Black-browed Albatross Juvenile Tracking
- Bycatch risk of wandering albatrosses from radar detection
- Grey-headed Albatross Juvenile Tracking
- Higher Predators – Long-Term Science
- Biodiversity at BAS Cambridge
- White-chinned Petrel Tracking
- Long term monitoring of plastics
2010
Bird Island Diary — October 2010
Blog 31 October, 2010
2021
Drones ‘effective method’ for counting seabirds
News 5 March, 2021
Penguins benefit from extended maritime zone
News 15 January, 2021
2019
Fishing hotspots show where sub-Antarctic seabirds at risk
News 22 May, 2019
2018
Bird Island Penguin weighbridge
Facility
Signy Southern giant petrel time lapse camera (x1)
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Signy penguin time lapse camera (x1)
Facility
Signy penguin time lapse cameras (x3)
Facility
Warming oceans could put seabirds out of sync with prey
News 4 April, 2018
2017
Albatrosses in decline from fishing and environmental change
News 20 November, 2017
2015
Bird Island Research Station
Facility