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Bob B. M. Wong

Bob B. M. Wong

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
11833
World Ranking
3270
National Ranking
256

Overview

Bob B. M. Wong is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has contributed extensively to environmental science and related disciplines. Their research spans multiple main fields of study, including Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist has focused on several subfields, prominently:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Pollution
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Wong's work covers a range of main topics, reflecting their diverse interests within biology and environmental science:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Publications by Wong appear frequently in a set of specialized academic venues:

  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Wong are:

  • The Role of Behavioral Ecotoxicology in Environmental Protection, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Frontiers in quantifying wildlife behavioural responses to chemical pollution, 2022, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Psychoactive pollution suppresses individual differences in fish behaviour, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Long-Term Pharmaceutical Contamination and Temperature Stress Disrupt Fish Behavior, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Reproduction in a polluted world: implications for wildlife, 2020, Reproduction

Frequent collaborators in Wong's research include:

  • Jake M. Martin
  • Jack A. Brand
  • Michael G. Bertram
  • Hung Tan
  • David G. Chapple

Best Publications

  • Behavioral responses to changing environments

    Bob B.M. Wong;Ulrika Candolin

  • Behavioural responses of wildlife to urban environments

    Hélène Lowry;Alan Lill;Bob B. M. Wong

  • How is female mate choice affected by male competition

    Bob Bern Ming Wong;Ulrika Candolin

  • Can behavioral and personality traits influence the success of unintentional species introductions

    David G. Chapple;Sarah M. Simmonds;Bob B.M. Wong

  • Direct and indirect effects of chemical contaminants on the behaviour, ecology and evolution of wildlife

    Minna Mari Saaristo;Tomas Brodin;Sigal Balshine;Michael Grant Bertram

  • Carotenoid-based signals in behavioural ecology : a review

    P.A. Svensson;B.B.M. Wong

  • Alteration of the chemical environment disrupts communication in a freshwater fish.

    Heidi S Fisher;Bob Bern Ming Wong;Gil G Rosenthal;Gil G Rosenthal

  • Parallel evolution of angiosperm colour signals: common evolutionary pressures linked to hymenopteran vision

    Adrian G. Dyer;Adrian G. Dyer;Skye Boyd-Gerny;Stephen McLoughlin;Marcello G. P. Rosa

  • The role of behavioral ecotoxicology in environmental protection

    Alex T. Ford;Marlene Ågerstrand;Bryan W. Brooks;Bryan W. Brooks;Joel Allen

  • Behavioural Responses to a Changing World: Mechanisms and Consequences

    Ulrika Candolin;Bob B.M. Wong

  • Shades of red: Bird-pollinated flowers target the specific colour discrimination abilities of avian vision

    Mani Shrestha;Adrian Geoffrey Dyer;Adrian Geoffrey Dyer;S Boyd-Gerny;Bob B M Wong

  • Communication in troubled waters: responses of fish communication systems to changing environments

    Inke van der Sluijs;Suzanne M. Gray;Maria Clara P. Amorim;Iain Barber

  • Penis size interacts with body shape and height to influence male attractiveness

    Brian S. Mautz;Bob B. M. Wong;Richard A. Peters;Michael D. Jennions

  • Frontiers in quantifying wildlife behavioural responses to chemical pollution

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  • The psychoactive pollutant fluoxetine compromises antipredator behaviour in fish.

    Jake M. Martin;Minna Saaristo;Minna Saaristo;Michael G. Bertram;Phoebe J. Lewis

  • Environmental deterioration compromises socially enforced signals of male quality in three-spined sticklebacks

    Bob B. M. Wong;Ulrika Candolin;Kai Lindström

  • Costs influence male mate choice in a freshwater fish.

    Bob B. M. Wong;Michael D. Jennions

  • Spatial variation in egg size and egg number reflects trade-offs and bet-hedging in a freshwater fish

    John Reginald Morrongiello;John Reginald Morrongiello;John Reginald Morrongiello;Nicholas Restall Bond;Nicholas Restall Bond;Nicholas Restall Bond;David Crook;David Crook;David Crook;Bob B M Wong

  • It's a trap: sampling bias due to animal personality is not always inevitable

    Marcus Michelangeli;Bob B M Wong;David Gregory Chapple

  • Species recognition by male swordtails via chemical cues

    Bob Bern Ming Wong;Heidi S Fisher;Gil G Rosenthal

  • Female disdain for swords in a swordtail fish

    Bob Bern Ming Wong;Gil G Rosenthal

  • FIELD GUIDE TO THE FRESHWATER FISHES OF AUSTRALIA

    Bob B. M. Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Chapple
David G. Chapple Monash University
Kai Lindström
Kai Lindström Åbo Akademi University
Ulrika Candolin
Ulrika Candolin University of Helsinki
Tomas Brodin
Tomas Brodin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
David A. Crook
David A. Crook Charles Darwin University
Nick Bond
Nick Bond La Trobe University
Adrian G. Dyer
Adrian G. Dyer RMIT University
Gil G. Rosenthal
Gil G. Rosenthal University of Padua
Michael D. Jennions
Michael D. Jennions Australian National University
Bryan W. Brooks
Bryan W. Brooks Baylor University

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