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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert T. Mason is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work covers a range of topics primarily related to animal behavior and reproduction, amphibian and reptile biology, and wildlife ecology and conservation. Additional areas of study include physiological and biochemical adaptations, bat biology and ecology studies, parallel computing and optimization techniques, and experimental learning in engineering.

Recent publications by Robert T. Mason include:

  • Student Learning Using MongoDB Sharding on a Cluster of Ubuntu Raspberry Pi 4B Servers, 2022, Informing Science and IT Education Conference

Other notable papers in related research fields co-authored with other scientists include:

  • Postcopulatory sexual selection as a driver of sex- and population-specific kidney mass in garter snakes?, 2021, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Increased offspring size and reduced gestation length in an ectothermic vertebrate under a worst-case climate change scenario, 2024, Journal of Thermal Biology
  • Dehydrated males are less likely to dive into the mating pool, 2021, Behavioral Ecology
  • Functionalised polymeric materials in the efficient synthesis of 2-substituted η3-butadienyl molybdenum complexes, 2023, Polyhedron

Frequent coauthors in their body of work include:

  • David Hubert
  • Ehren J. Bentz
  • Christopher R. Friesen
  • Emily J. Uhrig
  • William K Masters

Publications by Robert T. Mason and collaborators often appear in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Thermal Biology
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Informing Science and IT Education Conference
  • Behavioral Ecology

In recognition of contributions to science, Robert T. Mason was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Social behavior and pheromonal communication in reptiles

    Robert T. Mason;M. Rockwell Parker

  • Sex pheromones in snakes

    Robert T. Mason;Henry M. Fales;Tappey H. Jones;Lewis K. Pannell

  • Why did the snake cross the road? Effects of roads on movement and location of mates by garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis)

    Richard Shine;Michael Lemaster;Michael Wall;Tracy Langkilde

  • Behavioural and hormonal responses to capture stress in the male red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

    Ignacio T. Moore;Michael P. Lemaster;Robert T. Mason

  • Bumpus in the snake den: effects of sex, size, and body condition on mortality of red-sided garter snakes.

    R. Shine;M. P. LeMaster;I. T. Moore;M. M. Olsson

  • Relationships between Annual Cycles of Testosterone, Corticosterone, and Body Condition in Male Red‐Spotted Garter Snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus

    Ignacio T. Moore;Jennifer P. Lerner;Darren T. Lerner;Robert T. Mason

  • Hormonal independence of courtship behavior in the male garter snake

    David P Crews;Brian Camazine;Maireanne Diamond;Robert Mason

  • Chastity belts in gartersnakes: the functional significance of mating plugs

    R. Shine;M. M. Olsson;R. T. Mason

  • Plasma steroid hormone levels of female red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis: Relationship to mating and gestation

    Joan M. Whittier;Robert T. Mason;David P Crews

  • Effects of sex, body size, temperature, and location on the antipredator tactics of free-ranging gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis, Colubridae)

    Richard Shine;Mats M. Olsson;Michael P. Lemaster;Ignacio T. Moore

  • Female mimicry in garter snakes

    Robert T. Mason;David P Crews

  • Why do male snakes have longer tails than females

    R. Shine;M. M. Olsson;I. T. Moore;M. P. LeMaster

  • Body size enhances mating success in male garter snakes.

    R. Shine;M.M. Olsson;I.T. Moore;M.P. Lemaster

  • Pick on someone your own size: ontogenetic shifts in mate choice by male garter snakes result in size-assortative mating

    R. Shine;D. O'connor;M.P. Lemaster;R.T. Mason

  • Chemical ecology of the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

    Robert T. Mason

  • Variation in a Female Sexual Attractiveness Pheromone Controls Male Mate Choice in Garter Snakes

    Michael P. LeMaster;Robert T. Mason

  • Sex recognition in the leopard gecko,Eublepharis macularius (Sauria: Gekkonidae) Possible mediation by skin-derived semiochemicals

    Robert T. Mason;William H. N. Gutzke

  • Environmental and seasonal adaptations of the adrenocortical and gonadal responses to capture stress in two populations of the male garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis.

    Ignacio TomÁs Moore;Ignacio TomÁs Moore;Michael John Greene;Robert Thomas Mason

  • Movements, Mating, and Dispersal of Red-Sided Gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) from a Communal Den in Manitoba

    R. Shine;M. J. Elphick;P. S. Harlow;I. T. Moore

  • Chemosensory cues allow courting male garter snakes to assess body length and body condition of potential mates

    R. Shine;B. Phillips;H. Waye;M. LeMaster

  • REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATING MECHANISMS BETWEEN TWO SYMPATRIC SIBLING SPECIES OF SEA SNAKES

    Richard Shine;Robert N. Reed;Sohan Shetty;Michael Lemaster

  • Chemical signals in vertebrates 10

    Robert Thomas Mason;Michael P LeMaster;Dietland Müller-Schwarze

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University
Tracy Langkilde
Tracy Langkilde Pennsylvania State University
Ignacio T. Moore
Ignacio T. Moore Virginia Tech
David Crews
David Crews The University of Texas at Austin
Mats Olsson
Mats Olsson University of Gothenburg
Henry M. Fales
Henry M. Fales National Institutes of Health
Lewis K. Pannell
Lewis K. Pannell National Institutes of Health
Ben L. Phillips
Ben L. Phillips University of Melbourne
Don A. Dillman
Don A. Dillman Washington State University
Jonathan K. Webb
Jonathan K. Webb University of Technology Sydney

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