Publications (Peer-reviewed)
Deacon, A.E.*, Fraser, D.* and Farrell, A.D. (2023) Resistance from a resident heterospecific affects establishment success of a globally invasive freshwater fish Freshwater Biology. 68 (3): 425-436 * joint first authors
Other Publications
Deacon, A.E. (2023) The guppy (Poecilia reticulata) CABI Compendium
Deacon, A.E. (2017) The Fascinating Frogs of Tobago's Main Ridge Reserve. Tobago Newsday. 9 Feb.
Deacon, A.E. (2017) The Magnificent Birdlife of the Main Ridge Reserve. Tobago Newsday. 2 Feb.
Deacon, A. E., Farrell, A. D. and Fraser, D. F. (2015). Observation of a semi-aquatic spider attack: an overlooked fish predator in a well-studied ecosystem? Living World: Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. p62-64 (peer-reviewed Nature Note)
Deacon, A.E., Naranjit, A, and Higgins, E.F. (2014) An encounter with a large school of dolphins off the coast of Charlotteville, Tobago. Living World: Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club. p51-52. (peer-reviewed Nature Note).
Peer review
I have reviewed manuscripts for the following journals: Animal Behaviour, Animal Biology, Animal Conservation, Aqua – Journal of Ichthyology, Aquatic Invasions, Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, Biocontrol, Bioinvasions Records, Biological Invasions, Biology Letters, Biology Open, Bioscience, Cybium, Ecology and Evolution, Environmental Biology of Fishes, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Journal of Fish Biology, Hydrobiologia, Living World: Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club, Neotropical Ichthyology, Oikos, PLOS ONE, Philosophical Transactions B., Proceedings of the Royal Society,B. Scientific Reports.
Editorial responsibilities
I am a Consulting Editor for Animal Behaviour (2024-present)
I am an Associate Editor for Aquatic Invasions and Bioinvasions Records (2016-present).
I am currently co-Editor in Chief for the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club' peer-reviewed, open access, natural history journal, Living World (2016-present). I was formerly Editor of the Club's Quarterly Bulletin, The Field Naturalist (2013-2018).
I am an Associate Editor for Aquatic Invasions and Bioinvasions Records (2016-present).
I am currently co-Editor in Chief for the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club' peer-reviewed, open access, natural history journal, Living World (2016-present). I was formerly Editor of the Club's Quarterly Bulletin, The Field Naturalist (2013-2018).
Professional Affiliations
I am a member of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (since 2007), the FSBI (since 2007), the British Ecological Society (since 2016), the Society for Conservation Biology (since 2018), INVASIVESNET (since 2018) and the Caribaea Initiative (since 2019)