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Overview

Robert Black is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Social Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these areas, their work delves into subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Demography, Gender Studies, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

Their body of work includes studies related to various main topics such as Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy, Family Dynamics and Relationships, Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences, Global Maternal and Child Health, Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Child Nutrition and Water Access, as well as Turtle Biology and Conservation.

Recent scientific publications authored or co-authored by Robert Black include:

  • An age-dependent ovulatory strategy explains the evolution of dizygotic twinning in humans (2020), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Effective multi-sectoral approach for rapid reduction in maternal and neonatal mortality: the exceptional case of Bangladesh (2024), published in BMJ Global Health
  • Longevity Estimates of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata) in Iowa (2024), published in Chelonian Conservation and Biology
  • Persistence of giants: population dynamics of the limpet Scutellastra laticostata on rocky shores in Western Australia (2020), published in Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Seasonal Variation in Birth Rates: Physiology versus Family Planning (2024), published in Archives of Sexual Behavior

Robert Black frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Wade N. Hazel, Joseph L. Tomkins, Aniqa Tasnim Hossain, Elizabeth Hazel, and Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman. These collaborations contribute to a diverse range of research topics and publication outputs.

Their research is found in various notable publication venues, including:

  • BMJ Global Health
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Chelonian Conservation and Biology
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior

Best Publications

  • An experimentalist's challenge: when artifacts of intervention interact with treatments

    C.H. Peterson;Robert Black

  • PATTERN BENEATH THE CHAOS: THE EFFECT OF RECRUITMENT ON GENETIC PATCHINESS IN AN INTERTIDAL LIMPET.

    Michael S. Johnson;Robert Black

  • Chaotic genetic patchiness in an intertidal limpet, Siphonaria sp.

    M. S. Johnson;R. Black

  • Resource depletion by active suspension feeders on tidal fiats: Influence of local density and tidal elevation1

    Charles H. Peterson;R. Black

  • The Wahlund effect and the geographical scale of variation in the intertidal limpet Siphonaria sp.

    M. S. Johnson;R. Black

  • Effects of recruitment on genetic patchiness in the urchin Echinometra mathaei in Western Australia

    R. J. Watts;M. S. Johnson;R. Black

  • Cycles of gametogenesis and planulation in the coral Pocillopora damicornis

    J. A. Stoddart;R. Black

  • Asexual viviparity and population genetics of Actinia tenebrosa

    R. Black;M. S. Johnson

  • The Effects of Grazing by the Limpet, Acmaea Insessa, on the Kelp, Egregia Laevigata, in the Intertidal Zone

    Robert Black

  • Some biological interactions affecting intertidal populations of the kelp Egregia laevigata

    R. Black;R. Black

  • DENSITY-DEPENDENT MORTALITY CAUSED BY PHYSICAL STRESS INTERACTING WITH BIOTIC HISTORY

    Charles H. Peterson;Robert Black

  • ISLANDS INCREASE GENETIC SUBDIVISION AND DISRUPT PATTERNS OF CONNECTIVITY OF INTERTIDAL SNAILS IN A COMPLEX ARCHIPELAGO

    Michael S. Johnson;Robert Black

  • The functional significance of the relative size of Aristotle's lantern in the sea urchin Echinometramathaei (de Blainville)

    Robert Black;Chris Codd;Darcy Hebbert;Sue Vink

  • Relative size of Aristotle's lantern in Echinometra mathaei occuring at different densities

    R. Black;M. S. Johnson;J. T. Trendall

  • Implications of inorganic/organic interconversion on fluxes of arsenic in marine food webs.

    W. R. Penrose;H. B. S. Conacher;R. Black;J. C. Meranger

  • Changes in Species Composition of Floras on Islets Near Perth, Western Australia

    Ian Abbott;Robert Black

  • Cycles of gametogenesis and plantation in the coral Pocillopora damicornis

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  • Preliminary evidence for progressive sestonic food depletion in incoming tide over a broad tidal sand flat

    Charles H. Peterson;Robert Black

  • Experimental tests of the advantages and disadvantages of high density for two coexisting cockles in a southern ocean lagoon

    Charles H. Peterson;R. Black

  • Neighbourhood size and the importance of barriers to gene flow in an intertidal snail

    Michael S Johnson;Robert Black

  • Genetic subdivision of the intertidal snail Bembicium vittatum (Gastropoda : Littorinidae) varies with habitat in the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia

    M S Johnson;R Black

  • Limited Arsenic Dispersion in Sea Water, Sediments, and Biota Near a Continuous Source

    William R. Penrose;Robert Black;Michael J. Hayward

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael S. Johnson
Michael S. Johnson University of Western Australia
Charles H. Peterson
Charles H. Peterson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Linda S. Adair
Linda S. Adair University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stuart E. Bunn
Stuart E. Bunn Griffith University
Joseph L. Tomkins
Joseph L. Tomkins University of Western Australia
Barry M. Popkin
Barry M. Popkin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John S. Akin
John S. Akin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert Eric Scheibling
Robert Eric Scheibling Dalhousie University
Alan J. Lymbery
Alan J. Lymbery Murdoch University
Ian Abbott
Ian Abbott University of Western Australia

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