Dr. Hazel Nichols

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsEcology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions,Sensory and Behavioural Biology,Animal Biochemistry and Physiology
KeywordsMammalian biology, Sociality, Genomics, Evolution, Scent communication

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityLiverpool
InstitutionLiverpool John Moores University
InstituteSchool of Natural Sciences and Psycholgy

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Joseph HoffmanFakultät für Biologie, Abteilung für Verhaltensforschung, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2018

Programme(s)

2018Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2025Hazel J Nichols, Barbara A Caspers, Kevin Arbuckle, Nigel C Bennett, Joseph I Hoffman: Volatile odours reflect breeding status but not social group membership in captive Damaraland mole-rats. In: Animal Behaviour, 222, 2025, 123015
2023Monil Khera, Kevin Arbuckle, Francis Mwanguhya, Solomon Kyabulima, Kenneth Mwesige, Robert Businge, Jonathan D. Blount, Michael A. Cant and Hazel J. Nichols: Small increases in ambient temperature reduce offspring body mass in an equatorial mammal. In: Biology Letters, 19, 2023, 20230328
2021Hazel J. Nichols, Kevin Arbuckle, Jennifer L. Sanderson, Emma I. K. Vitikainen, Harry H. Marshall, Faye J. Thompson, Michael A. Cant, David A. Wells: A double pedigree reveals genetic but not cultural inheritance of cooperative personalities in wild banded mongooses. In: Ecology Letters, 24, 2021, 1966-1975
2021Monil Khera, Kevin Arbuckle, Joseph I. Hoffman, Jennifer L. Sanderson, Michael A. Cant & Hazel J. Nichols Cooperatively breeding banded mongooses do not avoid inbreeding through familiarity-based kin recognition. In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75, 2021, 135
2021David A Wells Michael A Cant Faye J Thompson Harry H Marshall Emma I K Vitikainen Joseph I Hoffman Hazel J Nichols Extra-group paternity varies with proxies of relatedness in a social mammal with high inbreeding risk . In: Behavioral Ecology, 32, 2021, 94–104
2021Nadine Schubert Hazel J Nichols Jamie C Winternitz: How can the MHC mediate social odor via the microbiota community? A deep dive into mechanisms . In: Behavioral Ecology, 32, 2021, 359–373
2021Lilith J. Zecherle, Hazel J. Nichols, Shirli Bar-David, Richard P. Brown, Helen Hipperson, Gavin J. Horsburgh, Alan R. Templeton: Subspecies hybridization as a potential conservation tool in species reintroductions. In: Evolutionary Applications, 14, 2021, 1216-1224
2021H. J. Nichols, B. Fuchs, A. J. Paijmans, G. Lewis, C. A. Bonin, M. E. Goebel, J. I. Hoffman: Where are the beachmasters? Unexpectedly weak polygyny among southern elephant seals on a South Shetland Island. In: Journal of Zoology, 316, 2021, 104-117
2020David A. Wells, Michael A. Cant, Joseph I. Hoffman, Hazel J. Nichols: Inbreeding depresses altruism in a cooperative society. In: Ecology Letters, 23, 2020, 1460-1467
2020L.J. Zecherle, S. Bar-David, H.J. Nichols, A.R. Templeton, H. Hipperson, G.J. Horsburgh, R.P. Brown: Landscape resistance affects individual habitat selection but not genetic relatedness in a reintroduced desert ungulate. In: Biological Conservation, 252, 2020, 108845
2020Nichols, Hazel J and Arbuckle, Kevin and Fullard, Karen and Amos, William: Why don’t long-finned pilot whales have a widespread postreproductive lifespan? Insights from genetic data. In: Behavioral Ecology, 31, 2020, 508--518