Overview
Dr Charles Bishop has links with the Animal Physiology, Behaviour and Conservation Group. Primary interests include the morphological and physiological adaptations that underlie inter- and intra-specific differences in animal locomotor abilities and in the energetic costs involved in different behaviours, especially vertebrate flight performance and migration. Techniques include the use of miniature electronic data loggers to monitor the heart rate and body motions of animals during free-ranging locomotion, and the modelling of cardiovascular variables with respect to adaptive and allometric variation. Recent model systems combining heart rate and acceleration data include the migratory physiology of bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) in Central Asia (http://barheadedgoose.bangor.ac.uk/), and the flight abilities of homing pigeons (Columba livia). Heart rate has also been measured in free-ranging fish and reptile species. The use of GPS satellite tags is also a vital part of understanding flight capabilities and studies have been undertaken on turtles, wandering albatrosses, king penguins, Manx shearwaters, Shags, razorbills, pigeons as well as migratory geese.
Additional Contact Information
Position: Reader in Zoology (Avian)
Email: c.bishop@bangor.ac.uk
Location: Brambell, 4th floor, Room 533
Phone: 2315
Publications
2025
- E-pub ahead of printAdjustable wind selectivity in shearwaters implies knowledge of the foraging landscape
Harris, S., Bishop, C. M., Bond, S., Fernandes, P. G., Guilford, T., Lewin, P. J., Padget, O., Robins, P., Schneider, W., Waggitt, J., Wilmes, S.-B. & Cordes, L., 14 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Current Biology.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- PublishedExploring the relationship between flapping behaviour and accelerometer signal during ascending flight, and a new approach to calibration
Van Walsum, T. A., Perna, A., Bishop, C. M., Murn, C. P., Collins, P. M., Wilson, R. P. & Halsey, L. G., Jan 2020, In: IBIS (International Journal of Avian Science). 162, 1, p. 13-26
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
- PublishedTackling the Tibetan Plateau in a down suit: Insights into thermoregulation by bar-headed geese during migration
Parr, N., Bishop, C. M., Batbayar, N., Butler, P. J., Chua, B., Milsom, W. K., Scott, G. R. & Hawkes, L. A., Oct 2019, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 222, 19, jeb203695.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
- PublishedThe composition of captive ruffed lemur (Varecia spp.) diets in UK zoological collections, with reference to the problems of obesity and iron storage disease
Caravaggi, A., Plowman, A., Wright, D. J. & Bishop, C. M., 30 Apr 2018, In: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research. 6, 2, p. 41-49
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWhat can seabirds tell us about the tide?
Cooper, M., Bishop, C. M., Lewis, M., Bowers, D., Bolton, M., Owen, E. & Dodd, S., 29 Nov 2018, In: Ocean Science. 14, 6, p. 1483-1490 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2017
- PublishedDo Bar-Headed Geese Train for High Altitude Flights?
Hawkes, L. A., Batbayar, N., Butler, P. J., Chua, B., Frappell, P. B., Meir, J. U., Milsom, W. K., Natsagdorj, T., Parr, N., Scott, G. R., Takekawa, J. Y., WikeIski, M., Witt, M. J. & Bishop, C. M., 4 Jul 2017, In: Integrative and Comparative Biology. 57, 2, p. 240-251
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedValidating accelerometry estimates of energy expenditure across behaviours using heart rate data in a free-living seabird
Hicks, O., Burthe, S., Daunt, F., Butler, A., Bishop, C. M. & Green, J. A., 17 May 2017, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 220, p. 1875-1881
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
- PublishedFrigate birds track atmospheric conditions over months-long transoceanic flights
Weimerskirch, H., Bishop, C., Jeanniard-du-Dot, T., Prudor, A. & Sachs, G., 31 Jul 2016, In: Science. 353, 6294, p. 74-78
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2015
- PublishedAge-Related Variation in Foraging Behaviour in the Wandering Albatross at South Georgia: No Evidence for Senescence
Froy, H., Lewis, S., Catry, P., Bishop, C. M., Forster, I. P., Fukuda, A., Higuchi, H., Phalan, B., Xavier, J. C., Nussey, D. H. & Phillips, R. A., 9 Jan 2015, In: PLoS ONE. 10, 9
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedHow Bar-Headed Geese Fly Over the Himalayas
Scott, G. R., Hawkes, L. A., Frappell, P. B., Butler, P. J., Bishop, C. M. & Milsom, W. K., 1 Mar 2015, In: Physiology. 30, 2, p. 107-115
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedStable Isotopes Suggest Low Site Fidelity in Bar-headed Geese (Anser indicus) in Mongolia: Implications for Disease Transmission
Bridge, E. S., Kelly, J. F., Xiao, X. M., Batbayar, N., Natsagdorj, T., Hill, N. J., Takekawa, J. Y., Hawkes, L. A., Bishop, C. M., Butler, P. J. & Newman, S. H., 1 Jun 2015, In: Waterbirds. 38, 2, p. 123-132
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe roller coaster flight strategy of bar-headed geese conserves energy during Himalayan migrations
Bishop, C. M., Spivey, R. J., Hawkes, L. A., Batbayar, N., Chua, B., Frappell, P. B., Milsom, W. K., Natsagdorj, T., Newman, S. H., Scott, G. R., Takekawa, J. Y., Wikelski, M. & Butler, P. J., 16 Jan 2015, In: Science. 347, 6219, p. 250-254
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
- PublishedAn implantable instrument for studying the long-term flight biology of migratory birds
Spivey, R. J. & Bishop, C. M., 2 Jan 2014, In: Review of Scientific Instruments. 85, 1, p. -
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedAnalysing the intermittent flapping flight of a Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, and its sporadic use of a wave-meandering wing-sailing flight strategy
Spivey, R. J., Stansfield, S. & Bishop, C. M., 24 Apr 2014, In: Progress in Oceanography. 125, p. 62-73
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMaximum Running Speed of Captive Bar-Headed Geese Is Unaffected by Severe Hypoxia
Hawkes, L. A., Butler, P. J., Frappell, P. B., Meir, J. U., Milsom, W. K., Scott, G. R. & Bishop, C. M., 7 Apr 2014, In: PLoS ONE. 9, 4, p. e94015
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2013
- PublishedIntegration of exercise response and allometric scaling in endotherms
Bishop, C. M. & Spivey, R. J., 21 Apr 2013, In: Journal of Theoretical Biology. 323, p. 11-19
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedInterpretation of body-mounted accelerometry in flying animals and estimation of biomechanical power
Spivey, R. J., Spiver, R. J. & Bishop, C. M., 24 Jul 2013, In: Journal of the Royal Society: Interface. 10, 87, p. 20130404
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe paradox of extreme high-altitude migration in bar-headed geese Anser indicus
Hawkes, L. A., Balachandran, S., Batbayar, N., Butler, P. J., Chua, B., Douglas, D. C., Frappell, P. B., Hou, Y., Milsom, W. K., Newman, S. H., Prosser, D. J., Sathiyaselvam, P., Scott, G. R., Takekawa, J. Y., Natsagdorj, T., Wikelski, M., Witt, M. J., Yan, B. & Bishop, C. M., 18 Mar 2013, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 280, p. 1750
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2012
- PublishedEco-Virological Approach for Assessing the Role of Wild Birds in the Spread of Avian Influenza H5N1 along the Central Asian Flyway
Newman, S. H., Hill, N. J., Spragens, K. A., Janies, D., Voronkin, I. O., Prosser, D. J., Yan, B., Lei, F., Batbayar, N., Natsagdorj, T., Bishop, C. M., Butler, P. J., Wikelski, M., Balachandran, S., Mundkur, T., Douglas, T. C. & Takekawa, J. Y., 7 Feb 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 2, p. e30636
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2011
- PublishedThe trans-Himalayan flights of bar-headed geese (Anser indicus)
Hawkes, L. A., Balachandran, S., Nyambayar, B., Butler, P. J., Frappell, P. B., Milsom, W. K., Tseveenmyadag, N., Newman, S., Scott, G. R., Sathiyaselvam, P., Takekawa, J. T., Wikelski, M. & Bishop, C. M., 7 Jun 2011, In: PNAS. 108, 23, p. 9516-9519
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedVariations in Eastern bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) feeding practices in UK zoological collections.
Wright, D. J., Omed, H. M., Bishop, C. M. & Fidgett, A. L., 1 Mar 2011, In: Zoo Biology. 30, 2, p. 149-164
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2010
- PublishedHelping effort increases with relatedness in bell miners, but 'unrelated' helpers of both sexes still provide substantial care.
Wright, J., McDonald, P. G., Marvelde, L. T., Kazem, A. J. & Bishop, C. M., 7 Feb 2010, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 277, 1680, p. 437-445
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedInter-annual variability in the home range of breeding turtles: Implications for current and future conservation management.
Schofield, G., Hobson, V. J., Lilley, M. K., Katselidis, K. A., Bishop, C. M., Brown, P. & Hays, G. C., 1 Mar 2010, In: Biological Conservation. 143, 3, p. 722-730
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2009
- PublishedMicrohabitat selection by sea turtles in a dynamic thermal marine environment.
Schofield, G., Bishop, C. M., Katselidis, K. A., Dimopoulos, P., Pantis, J. D. & Hays, G. C., 1 Jan 2009, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 78, 1, p. 14-21
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2008
- PublishedHibernation in an Antarctic Fish: On Ice for Winter
Campbell, H. A., Fraser, K. P., Bishop, C. M., Peck, L. S. & Egginton, S., 5 Mar 2008, In: PLoS ONE. 3, 3, p. e1743
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLinear tracks and restricted temperature ranges characterise penguin foraging pathways.
Trathan, P. N., Bishop, C. M., Maclean, G., Brown, P., Fleming, A. & Collins, M. A., 28 Oct 2008, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 370, p. 285-294
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2007
- PublishedLife in the fast lane: The free-ranging activity, heart rate and metabolism of an Antarctic fish tracked in temperate waters.
Campbell, H. A., Fraser, K. P., Peck, L. S., Bishop, C. M. & Egginton, S., 28 Sept 2007, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 349, 1, p. 142-151
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNovel GPS tags reveal fine-scale foraging movements of marine predators over extended time periods.
Bishop, C., Trathan, P., MacLean, G. & Brown, P., 1 Apr 2007, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 146, 4, p. S86
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNovel GPS tracking of sea turtles as a tool for conservation management
Schofield, G., Bishop, C. M., MacLean, G., Brown, P., Baker, M., Katselidis, K. A., Dimopoulos, P., Pantis, J. D. & Hays, G. C., 24 Aug 2007, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 347, 1-2, p. 58-68
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2006
- PublishedEvidence for a respiratory component, similar to mammalian respiratory sinus arrhythmia, in the heart rate variability signal from the rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus terrificus.
Campbell, H. A., Leite, C. A., Wang, T., Skals, M., Abe, A. S., Egginton, S., Rantin, F. T., Bishop, C. M. & Taylor, E. W., 15 Jul 2006, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 209, 14, p. 2628-2636
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTwo wings good, two legs bad: The heart rate and oxygen consumption relationships of flying birds.
Bishop, C., Garland, J. & Davies, A., 1 Apr 2006, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 143, 4, p. S81
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2005
- PublishedCirculatory variables and the flight performance of birds
Bishop, C. M., 1 May 2005, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 208, 9, p. 1695-1708
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRecording long-term heart rate in Paranotothenia angustata using an electronic datalogger
Campbell, H. A., Bishop, C. M., Davies, D. A. & Egginton, S., 1 Oct 2005, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 67, 4, p. 1150-1156
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe affect of additional body mass on the heart rate of pigeons during short homing flights.
Bishop, C., Garland, J. & Davies, A., 1 Jul 2005, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 141, 3, p. S103-S104
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2004
- PublishedThe effect of impaired thyroid function during development on the mechanical properties of avian bone.
Bonser, R. H., Deaton, K. E., Bishop, C. M. & Butler, P. J., 1 Aug 2004, In: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A - Comparative Experimental Biology. 301A, 8, p. 636-641
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2002
- PublishedHeart rate and the rate of oxygen consumption of flying and walking barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) and bar-headed geese (Anser indicus).
Ward, S., Bishop, C. M., Woakes, A. J. & Butler, P. J., 1 Nov 2002, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 205, 21, p. 3347-3356
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe energetics of barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) flying in captive and wild conditions
Bishop, C. M., Ward, S., Woakes, A. J. & Butler, P. J., 1 Oct 2002, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 133, 2, p. 225-237
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2000
- PublishedTissue-specific regulation of thyroid hormone receptor mRNA isoforms and target gene proteins in domestic ducks
Bishop, C. M., McCabe, C. J., Gittoes, N. J., Butler, P. J. & Franklyn, J. A., 1 Jun 2000, In: Journal of Endocrinology. 165, 3, p. 607-615
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
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01/03/2022 – 11/04/2025 (Active)
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Bird Flight Energetics - from tissues to free-flight
01/10/2017 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)
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Limits To Sustainable Avian Flight Perf
01/07/2008 – 01/08/2024 (Finished)
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The Evolution Of Altruism As A Display
01/04/2004 – 15/04/2008 (Finished)
Other Information
Offices held
- Senior Tutor SBS
- Disability Contact SBS
- Final year UG Exams Officer SBS
Committees:
- SBS Research Committee
- SBS Board of Studies
Groups:
- SBS Academic Staff
- SBS Teaching Staff