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  • 2008 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

Robert W. Elwood is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields including neuroscience, environmental science, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work extends into multiple subfields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, social psychology, ecology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and genetics.

The research topics covered by Robert W. Elwood include:

  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Cephalopods and marine biology
  • Crustacean biology and ecology
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Human-animal interaction studies
  • Animal and plant science education
  • Insect utilization and effects

They have published regularly in a number of academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Animals
  • Animal Cognition
  • Animal Sentience
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert W. Elwood are:

  • "The welfare and ethics of research involving wild animals: A primer," 2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Humane Slaughter of Edible Decapod Crustaceans," 2021, Animals
  • "Why Protect Decapod Crustaceans Used as Models in Biomedical Research and in Ecotoxicology? Ethical and Legislative Considerations," 2021, Animals
  • "Pros and cons of a framework for evaluating potential pain in decapods," 2022, Animal Sentience
  • "Hermit crabs, shells, and sentience," 2022, Animal Cognition

Robert W. Elwood has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Regular co-authors include Annamaria Passantino, Stuart Barr, P. Coluccio, Carl D. Soulsbury, and Helen Gray.

In recognition of contributions to their field, Robert W. Elwood was awarded membership in the Royal Irish Academy in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Assessment of fighting ability in animal contests

    Gareth Arnott;Robert W. Elwood

  • Defining and assessing animal pain

    Lynne U. Sneddon;Robert W. Elwood;Shelley A. Adamo;Matthew C. Leach

  • THE TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER GAMMARUS SPP. (CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA): PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES CONCERNING THE FUNCTIONAL FEEDING GROUP CONCEPT

    Calum Macneil;Jaimie T. A. Dick;Robert W. Elwood

  • Information gathering and decision making about resource value in animal contests

    Gareth Arnott;Robert W. Elwood

  • Behavioural trait assessment as a release criterion: boldness predicts early death in a reintroduction programme of captive-bred swift fox ( Vulpes velox )

    S. Bremner-Harrison;Paulo Prodohl;Robert Elwood

  • The mismeasure of animal contests

    P.W Taylor;R.W Elwood

  • The dynamics of predation on Gammarus spp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

    Calum Macneil;Jaimie T. A. Dick;Robert W. Elwood

  • Pain and stress in crustaceans

    Robert W. Elwood;Stuart Barr;Lynsey Patterson

  • Paternal and maternal behaviour in the Mongolian gerbil

    Robert Elwood

  • Assessments and Decisions: A study of information gathering by hermit crabs

    R. W. Elwood;S. J. Neil

  • Current problems in the study of infanticidal behaviour of rodents: a review.

    J.B. Labov;U.W. Huck;Robert Elwood;R.J. Brooks

  • Use of energy reserves in fighting hermit crabs

    Mark Briffa;Robert W. Elwood

  • CHANGES IN THE RESPONSES OF MALE AND FEMALE GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS) TOWARDS TEST PUPS DURING THE PREGNANCY OF THE FEMALE

    Robert Elwood

  • Temporal organization of ultrasonic vocalizations in infant mice.

    Robert W. Elwood;Fergus Keeling

  • Shell Wars: Assessment Strategies and the Timing of Decisions in Hermit Crab Shell Fights

    Barbara M. Dowds;Robert W. Elwood

  • The influence of litter size and parental behaviour on the development of Mongolian gerbil pups

    Robert Elwood;D.M. Broom

  • Pain experience in hermit crabs

    Robert W. Elwood;Mirjam Appel

  • Replacement of the indigenous amphipod Gammarus duebeni celticus by the introduced G. pulex: differential cannibalism and mutual predation.

    Jaimie T. A. Dick;Ian Montgomery;Robert W. Elwood

  • Probing motivational state during agonistic encounters in animals

    Robert Elwood;K.E. Wood;M.B. Gallagher;J.T.A. Dick

  • Nociception or pain in a decapod crustacean

    Stuart Barr;Peter R. Laming;Jaimie T.A. Dick;Robert W. Elwood

  • SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM AND REPRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT BY FEMALE SPIDERS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.

    John Prenter;Robert W. Elwood;W. Ian Montgomery

  • Active brood care in an amphipod: influences of embryonic development, temperature and oxygen

    Jaimie T.A Dick;Sarah E Faloon;Robert W Elwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaimie T. A. Dick
Jaimie T. A. Dick Queen's University Belfast
Gareth Arnott
Gareth Arnott Queen's University Belfast
Calum MacNeil
Calum MacNeil Queen's University Belfast
W. Ian Montgomery
W. Ian Montgomery Queen's University Belfast
Lisa M. Collins
Lisa M. Collins University of Surrey
Michael Scantlebury
Michael Scantlebury Queen's University Belfast
Alison M. Dunn
Alison M. Dunn University of Leeds
Ian L. Boyd
Ian L. Boyd University of St Andrews
Robbie A. McDonald
Robbie A. McDonald University of Exeter
Donald M. Broom
Donald M. Broom University of Cambridge

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