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25
Citations
1975
World Ranking
2982
National Ranking
230

Overview

Michael Scantlebury is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several scientific disciplines, primarily focusing on topics related to biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, environmental science, and immunology and microbiology.

Their work covers a range of subfields including genetics, ecology, and virology. Throughout their career, they have contributed to studies on:

  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Rabies epidemiology and control

Michael Scantlebury has published in the venue Animal Biotelemetry, where they have contributed at least one paper:

  • Seasonal habitat selection and ranging of domestic cats (Felis catus) in rural and urban environments, 2024, Animal Biotelemetry

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Carolyn E. Dunford
  • Sophie L. Loca
  • Nikki J. Marks

Best Publications

  • Using Local Cuisines when Promoting Small Caribbean Island Destinations

    Fevzi Okumus;Gerald Kock;Michael M. G. Scantlebury;Bendegul Okumus

  • Identification of animal movement patterns using tri-axial magnetometry

    Hannah J. Williams;Mark D. Holton;Emily L. C. Shepard;Nicola Largey

  • Huddling in groups leads to daily energy savings in free‐living African Four‐Striped Grass Mice, Rhabdomys pumilio

    Michael Scantlebury;N.C. Bennett;J.R. Speakman;N. Pillay

  • Body mass and sex-biased parasitism in wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus

    A. Harrison;M. Scantlebury;W. I. Montgomery

  • Testosterone levels in dominant sociable males are lower than in solitary roamers: physiological differences between three male reproductive tactics in a sociably flexible mammal.

    Carsten Schradin;Michael Scantlebury;Neville Pillay;Barbara König

  • Energetics reveals physiologically distinct castes in a eusocial mammal

    Michael Scantlebury;J.R. Speakman;M.K. Oosthuizen;T.J. Roper

  • Energetic costs of parasitism in the Cape ground squirrel Xerus inauris.

    Michael Scantlebury;J.M. Waterman;M. Hillegass;J.R. Speakman

  • Tri-axial accelerometers quantify behaviour in the Eurasian badger ( Meles meles ): towards an automated interpretation of field data

    David W McClune;Nikki J Marks;Rory P Wilson;Jonathan Dr Houghton

  • The energetics of lactation in cooperatively breeding meerkats Suricata suricatta.

    Michael Scantlebury;A.F. Russell;G.M. McIlrath;J.R. Speakman;J.R. Speakman

  • Cheetahs, Acinonyx jubatus, balance turn capacity with pace when chasing prey

    John W. Wilson;Michael G. L. Mills;Rory P. Wilson;Gerrit Peters

  • Interspecific visitation of cattle and badgers to fomites: A transmission risk for bovine tuberculosis?

    Emma L Campbell;Andrew W Byrne;Fraser D Menzies;Kathryn R McBride

  • Optimal body size and energy expenditure during winter: Why are voles smaller in declining populations?

    Torbjørn Ergon;John R. Speakman;Michael Scantlebury;Rachel Cavanagh

  • The energetics of huddling in two species of mole-rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)

    Juan Kotze;Nigel C. Bennett;Michael Scantlebury

  • Body temperature daily rhythm adaptations in African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana)

    A.A. Kinahan;R. Inge-Moller;Philip W. Bateman;A. Kotze

  • Effects of life-history traits on parasite load in grey squirrels

    Michael Scantlebury;M. Maher McWilliams;Nicola Marks;J.T.A. Dick

  • Resource partitioning of sympatric small mammals in an African forest-grassland vegetation mosaic

    Craig T. Symes;John W. Wilson;Stephan M. Woodborne;Stephan M. Woodborne;Zara S. Shaikh

  • Alternative reproductive tactics in male Cape ground squirrels Xerus inauris

    Michael Scantlebury;J.M. Waterman;N.C. Bennett

  • Energetics of lactation in domestic dog (Canis familiaris) breeds of two sizes

    Michael Scantlebury;Michael Scantlebury;Richard Butterwick;John R. Speakman

  • Squirrelpox Virus: Assessing Prevalence, Transmission and Environmental Degradation

    Lisa M. Collins;Neil D. Warnock;David G. Tosh;Colin McInnes

  • Burrow architecture and digging activity in the Cape dune mole rat

    H.G. Thomas;P.W. Bateman;S.C. Le Comber;N.C. Bennett

  • Risk of disease from wildlife reservoirs: Badgers, cattle, and bovine tuberculosis

    Michael Scantlebury;M.R. Hutchings;D.J. Allcroft;S. Harris

  • The costs of bearing arms and armour in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus

    S. Doake;Michael Scantlebury;Robert Elwood

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Speakman
John R. Speakman University of Aberdeen
Nigel C. Bennett
Nigel C. Bennett University of Pretoria
Philip W. Bateman
Philip W. Bateman Curtin University
Rory P. Wilson
Rory P. Wilson Swansea University
Carsten Schradin
Carsten Schradin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Neville Pillay
Neville Pillay University of the Witwatersrand
Jaimie T. A. Dick
Jaimie T. A. Dick Queen's University Belfast
Michael R. Hutchings
Michael R. Hutchings Scotland's Rural College
Robert W. Elwood
Robert W. Elwood Queen's University Belfast
Tim H. Clutton-Brock
Tim H. Clutton-Brock University of Cambridge

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