Dr Danielle Hinchcliffe (Gilroy)
School of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Science
Email: D.L.Hinchcliffe@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 2043
ORCID
I am interested in exploring how populations respond to environmental challenges. By using a suite of physiological and behavioural tools, I seek to better understand how individual responses and then scale this up to different hierarchical levels with meaningful applications to conservation management. I have worked with many species, and both wild and captive animal populations, but have a preference (/love!) for working with avian model study systems. I am currently collaborating with various conservation organisations and bird observatories to work with a number of passerine species, resident and migratory, to tackle some big evolutionary questions.
Other interests/projects are centred around the use of conservation technologies to benefit wildlife. This includes drones, camera traps, bioacoustics and virtual fieldwork exploration. As the MSc Wildlife Conservation Programme Leader, and a Senior Teaching Fellow of the HEA, I am especially keen to develop pedagogic research in this area and welcome you to get in touch if you would like to work together.
Current PGR students:
• Bethany Shackleton, LJMU (PhD, co-supervisor): Bioacoustic monitoring of birds - PI Dr Luiza Figureido-Passos.
• Richard Young, LJMU (PhD, co-supervisor): Monitoring reintroduction of beaver effects - PI Dr Lucia Galvez-Bravo.
• Hugh Richards, LJMU (PhD, co-supervisor): How do ecological systems respond to climate change? - PI Dr Rob Fitt.
Former PGR students:
• Fok Tsz Ting, University of Salford (PhD, external advisor): Comparison of UK and Hong Kong attitudes of and education from Zoos.
• Gregory Lee, University of Salford (MPhil; secondary supervisor): Investigating patterns of avian and lepidopteran migration at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory.
Languages
French
Spanish - Latin American
Degrees
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, PhD
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, MBiol Sci (Hons)
Certifications
Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, United Kingdom, Full Member (MCIEEM)
Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom, Senior Teaching Fellow (SFHEA)
Academic appointments
Programme Leader for MSc Wildlife Conservation, Liverpool John Moores University, 2024 - present
Associate Editor for Ecological Solutions and Evidence, British Ecological Society, 2024 - present
Lecturer of Conservation Biology and Ecology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2022 - present
Honourary Lecturer of Conservation Biology and Ecology, University of Salford, 2022 - present
Teaching Fellow, University of Salford, 2019 - 2022
Senior Scientist, Operation Wallacea, 2015 - 2017
Postgraduate training
Postdoctoral Research Associate, United Kingdom, University of Manchester, 2017 - 2019
Journal article
Ndzi E, Hinchcliffe D, Neilson D. 2025. The Impact of Legal Policies and Workplace Culture on Breastfeeding in the UK Health Sector International Journal of Law and Society, 8 :25-36 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Harvey Sky N, Britnell J, Antwis R, Kartzinel T, Rubenstein D, Toye P, Karani B, Njeru R, Hinchcliffe D, Gaymer J, Mutisya S, Shultz S. 2024. Linking diet switching to reproductive performance across populations of two critically endangered mammalian herbivores. Communications Biology, 7 :333 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Hinchcliffe DL, Lea JMD, Palme R, Shultz S. 2021. Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites as Biomarkers in Equids: Assay Choice Matters Journal of Wildlife Management, 85 :1175-1186 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Sasso T, Cox CL, Gilroy DL. 2020. Social Behavior in Nototriton brodiei in the Cloud Forest of Cusuco National Park, Honduras South American Journal of Herpetology, 17 :29-32 DOI Publisher Url
Gilroy DL, Phillips KP, Richardson DS, van Oosterhout C. 2017. Toll-like receptor variation in the bottlenecked population of the Seychelles warbler: computer simulations see the ‘ghost of selection past’ and quantify the ‘drift debt’ Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30 :1276-1287 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Gilroy DL, van Oosterhout C, Komdeur J, Richardson DS. 2017. Toll-like receptor variation in the bottlenecked population of the endangered Seychelles warbler Animal Conservation, 20 :235-250 DOI Publisher Url
Hammers M, Komdeur J, Kingma SA, Hutchings K, Fairfield EA, Gilroy DL, Richardson DS. 2016. Age-specific haemosporidian infection dynamics and survival in Seychelles warblers Scientific Reports, 6 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Fairfield EA, Hutchings K, Gilroy DL, Kingma SA, Burke T, Komdeur J, Richardson DS. 2016. The impact of conservation-driven translocations on blood parasite prevalence in the Seychelles warbler Scientific Reports, 6 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Gilroy D, van Oosterhout C, Komdeur J, Richardson DS. 2016. Avian β-defensin variation in bottlenecked populations: the Seychelles warbler and other congeners Conservation Genetics, 17 :661-674 DOI Publisher Url
Hinchcliffe DL, Young RJ, Teixeira CP. Callout analysis in relation to wild birds in a tropical city: implications for urban species management Urban Ecosystems, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Other
Harvey Sky N, Britnell J, Antwis R, Kartzinel T, Rubenstein D, Toye P, Karani B, Njeru R, Hinchcliffe D, Gaymer J, Mutisya S, Shultz S. 2024. Erratum: Author Correction: Linking diet switching to reproductive performance across populations of two critically endangered mammalian herbivores (Communications biology (2024) 7 1 (333)) Communications biology, 7 :503 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Chapters
Green SEW, Salazar RD, Gilbert G, Buxton AS, Gilroy DL, Oberdorff T, Harrington LA. 2019. Freshwater Vertebrates: An overview of survey design and key methodological considerations Freshwater Ecology and Conservation: Approaches and Techniques :208-239 DOI Publisher Url
Membership of professional bodies:
Associate Editor, British Ecological Society.
Engagement Committee Member, British Ornithological Union.
Full Member, Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management.
Other Professional Activity:
MSc Wildlife Conservation Programme Leader.
Fellowships:
Senior Teaching Fellow, Higher Education Academy.