Alan McElligott
@amcell.bsky.social
Associate Prof, Animal Behaviour & Welfare-Hong Kong https://www.alanmcelligott.co.uk/ Animal behaviour, cognition, welfare; research ethics & integrity; environment; science; higher education; Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) advocate. 🌈🇮🇪 he/him 🐂 🐃🐐🐥 🦆
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Alan McElligott
@amcell.bsky.social
· Dec 2
New from us. 2025. Adaptive behavioural strategies to seasonal challenges by a semiurban feral ungulate. (Water buffalo) Led by @debottam1991.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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2026. Space‐use by feral cattle and horses shapes vegetation structure in a trophic rewilding area. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Space‐use by feral cattle and horses shapes vegetation structure in a trophic rewilding area
Feral cattle (Bos taurus) and horses (Equus ferus caballus) are commonly introduced to European rewilding areas to halt vegetation succession and to conserve light-demanding species. Yet, we still do...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:24 AM
2026. Space‐use by feral cattle and horses shapes vegetation structure in a trophic rewilding area. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Alan McElligott
2026. Emotion in Farmed Animals: Ethical Challenges for Animal Welfare. www.routledge.com/Emotion-in-F...
Emotion in Farmed Animals: Ethical Challenges for Animal Welfare
The emergence of scientific data confirming the capacity of nonhuman animals to feel what is happening to them and experience positive and negative emotions has created an uncomfortable moral dilemma ...
www.routledge.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:19 AM
2026. Emotion in Farmed Animals: Ethical Challenges for Animal Welfare. www.routledge.com/Emotion-in-F...
Reposted by Alan McElligott
Goats can play a role in multi-pronged restoration of buckthorn-invaded woodlands phys.org/news/2026-02...
Goats can play a role in multi-pronged restoration of buckthorn-invaded woodlands
Goats are increasingly being used in efforts to manage invasive common buckthorn in Midwestern woodlands. New research demonstrates when and how they are best used.
phys.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Goats can play a role in multi-pronged restoration of buckthorn-invaded woodlands phys.org/news/2026-02...
Reposted by Alan McElligott
Americans are asking too much of their dogs phys.org/news/2026-02...
Americans are asking too much of their dogs
Americans love dogs. Nearly half of U.S. households have one, and practically all owners see pets as part of the family—51% say pets belong "as much as a human member." The pet industry keeps generati...
phys.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Americans are asking too much of their dogs phys.org/news/2026-02...
Reposted by Alan McElligott
The North American wild mountain sheep could face extinction unless habitat gets protection phys.org/news/2026-02...
The North American wild mountain sheep could face extinction unless habitat gets protection, say experts
The charismatic, robust, and impressive North American mountain sheep is losing its habitat to industrial mining, the changing climate, and human activity. And unless action is taken to protect this p...
phys.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM
The North American wild mountain sheep could face extinction unless habitat gets protection phys.org/news/2026-02...
Reposted by Alan McElligott
Wildlife Provisioning Selects for Higher Pathogen Virulence in Hosts with Incomplete Immunity www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... "eco-evolutionary dynamics of a wildlife pathogen under provisioning.... Mycoplasma gallisepticum (bacteria).... higher virulence in provisioned house finches."
Wildlife Provisioning Selects for Higher Pathogen Virulence in Hosts with Incomplete Immunity | The American Naturalist: Vol 207, No 2
Abstract Humans provide massive inputs of food to wildlife, with profound ecological and evolutionary consequences. By potentially altering wildlife host immunity, density, and behavior, provisioning ...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
February 10, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Wildlife Provisioning Selects for Higher Pathogen Virulence in Hosts with Incomplete Immunity www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... "eco-evolutionary dynamics of a wildlife pathogen under provisioning.... Mycoplasma gallisepticum (bacteria).... higher virulence in provisioned house finches."
2016. Rewilding with large herbivores: Direct effects and edge effects of grazing refuges on plant and invertebrate communities. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Rewilding with large herbivores: Direct effects and edge effects of grazing refuges on plant and invertebrate communities
Natural grazing refuges can contribute significantly to plant and animal diversity in grazed ecosystems, particularly when herbivore densities are hig…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:57 AM
2016. Rewilding with large herbivores: Direct effects and edge effects of grazing refuges on plant and invertebrate communities. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
2011. Is Wildlife Going to the Dogs? Impacts of Feral and Free-roaming Dogs on Wildlife Populations url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... [Mongolian ungulates]
Is Wildlife Going to the Dogs? Impacts of Feral and Free-roaming Dogs on Wildlife Populations
Abstract. In human-populated landscapes, dogs (Canis familiaris ) are often the most abundant terrestrial carnivore. However, dogs can significantly disrup
academic.oup.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:43 AM
2011. Is Wildlife Going to the Dogs? Impacts of Feral and Free-roaming Dogs on Wildlife Populations url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... [Mongolian ungulates]
Wildlife Provisioning Selects for Higher Pathogen Virulence in Hosts with Incomplete Immunity www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... "eco-evolutionary dynamics of a wildlife pathogen under provisioning.... Mycoplasma gallisepticum (bacteria).... higher virulence in provisioned house finches."
Wildlife Provisioning Selects for Higher Pathogen Virulence in Hosts with Incomplete Immunity | The American Naturalist: Vol 207, No 2
Abstract Humans provide massive inputs of food to wildlife, with profound ecological and evolutionary consequences. By potentially altering wildlife host immunity, density, and behavior, provisioning ...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
February 10, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Wildlife Provisioning Selects for Higher Pathogen Virulence in Hosts with Incomplete Immunity www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... "eco-evolutionary dynamics of a wildlife pathogen under provisioning.... Mycoplasma gallisepticum (bacteria).... higher virulence in provisioned house finches."
5 versus 1 is not a great look for a Gender Ratio in 2026. #DEI
I hope to see some of you in Bielefeld for this upcoming workshop on measuring and modeling plasticity. ECRs in and around Germany with a penchant for statistics should consider applying while spots remain available!
February 10, 2026 at 6:51 AM
5 versus 1 is not a great look for a Gender Ratio in 2026. #DEI
The North American wild mountain sheep could face extinction unless habitat gets protection phys.org/news/2026-02...
The North American wild mountain sheep could face extinction unless habitat gets protection, say experts
The charismatic, robust, and impressive North American mountain sheep is losing its habitat to industrial mining, the changing climate, and human activity. And unless action is taken to protect this p...
phys.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM
The North American wild mountain sheep could face extinction unless habitat gets protection phys.org/news/2026-02...
Americans are asking too much of their dogs phys.org/news/2026-02...
Americans are asking too much of their dogs
Americans love dogs. Nearly half of U.S. households have one, and practically all owners see pets as part of the family—51% say pets belong "as much as a human member." The pet industry keeps generati...
phys.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Americans are asking too much of their dogs phys.org/news/2026-02...
Goats can play a role in multi-pronged restoration of buckthorn-invaded woodlands phys.org/news/2026-02...
Goats can play a role in multi-pronged restoration of buckthorn-invaded woodlands
Goats are increasingly being used in efforts to manage invasive common buckthorn in Midwestern woodlands. New research demonstrates when and how they are best used.
phys.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Goats can play a role in multi-pronged restoration of buckthorn-invaded woodlands phys.org/news/2026-02...
2026. Emotion in Farmed Animals: Ethical Challenges for Animal Welfare. www.routledge.com/Emotion-in-F...
Emotion in Farmed Animals: Ethical Challenges for Animal Welfare
The emergence of scientific data confirming the capacity of nonhuman animals to feel what is happening to them and experience positive and negative emotions has created an uncomfortable moral dilemma ...
www.routledge.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:19 AM
2026. Emotion in Farmed Animals: Ethical Challenges for Animal Welfare. www.routledge.com/Emotion-in-F...
Reposted by Alan McElligott
Looking to make your science accessible and meaningful? Need help developing science education & outreach materials or ideas?
Well then do we have the resource for you! The ABS Communications Committee developed this excellent repository of resources, so check it out!
tinyurl.com/4evx8wyx
Well then do we have the resource for you! The ABS Communications Committee developed this excellent repository of resources, so check it out!
tinyurl.com/4evx8wyx
February 4, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Looking to make your science accessible and meaningful? Need help developing science education & outreach materials or ideas?
Well then do we have the resource for you! The ABS Communications Committee developed this excellent repository of resources, so check it out!
tinyurl.com/4evx8wyx
Well then do we have the resource for you! The ABS Communications Committee developed this excellent repository of resources, so check it out!
tinyurl.com/4evx8wyx
Reposted by Alan McElligott
Are you an early career ABS member with diverse lived experiences that also studies sex &/or reproduction? Do you want to be interviewed for the "I Came For Science" podcast by fellow ABS member Laura Sirot? I bet you do!
(Contact info on their webpage)
www.icameforscience.org
(Contact info on their webpage)
www.icameforscience.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Are you an early career ABS member with diverse lived experiences that also studies sex &/or reproduction? Do you want to be interviewed for the "I Came For Science" podcast by fellow ABS member Laura Sirot? I bet you do!
(Contact info on their webpage)
www.icameforscience.org
(Contact info on their webpage)
www.icameforscience.org
Reposted by Alan McElligott
📢Join us in Dublin on March 27, 2026 for the ABOARD project capstone event: "Responsible Research Assessment & Open Research: Why they matter and how we can make them happen!"
📅 March 27, 2026
📍Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
🔗More details & registration: www.ucc.ie/en/aboard-pr...
📅 March 27, 2026
📍Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
🔗More details & registration: www.ucc.ie/en/aboard-pr...
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 PM
📢Join us in Dublin on March 27, 2026 for the ABOARD project capstone event: "Responsible Research Assessment & Open Research: Why they matter and how we can make them happen!"
📅 March 27, 2026
📍Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
🔗More details & registration: www.ucc.ie/en/aboard-pr...
📅 March 27, 2026
📍Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
🔗More details & registration: www.ucc.ie/en/aboard-pr...
2026. Space‐use by feral cattle and horses shapes vegetation structure in a trophic rewilding area. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Space‐use by feral cattle and horses shapes vegetation structure in a trophic rewilding area
Feral cattle (Bos taurus) and horses (Equus ferus caballus) are commonly introduced to European rewilding areas to halt vegetation succession and to conserve light-demanding species. Yet, we still do...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:24 AM
2026. Space‐use by feral cattle and horses shapes vegetation structure in a trophic rewilding area. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Alan McElligott
very problematic research published by #mdpi: "Heart Rate Variability Spectral Analysis for Monitoring Autonomic Activation in a Donkey Involved in Animal-Assisted Therapy: A Single Subject Design During Animal-Assisted Therapy Sessions" #ResearchEthics #HumanEthics pubpeer.com/publications...
PubPeer - Heart Rate Variability Spectral Analysis for Monitoring the...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Heart Rate Variability Spectral Analysis for Monitoring the Emotional Level in a Donkey Involved in Animal-Assisted Therapy: A Single Subject Design Duri...
pubpeer.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:16 AM
very problematic research published by #mdpi: "Heart Rate Variability Spectral Analysis for Monitoring Autonomic Activation in a Donkey Involved in Animal-Assisted Therapy: A Single Subject Design During Animal-Assisted Therapy Sessions" #ResearchEthics #HumanEthics pubpeer.com/publications...
Reposted by Alan McElligott
A HK university student who triggered a high-profile academic integrity scandal after casting doubt on the origins of a secondary student's award-winning app has been arrested on suspicion of doxxing. In full: buff.ly/KH11TII
HK university student nabbed for alleged doxxing after app scandal whistleblowing
A HK university student who triggered a high-profile academic integrity scandal after casting doubt on the origins of a secondary student's award-winning app has been arrested on suspicion of doxxing.
buff.ly
February 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A HK university student who triggered a high-profile academic integrity scandal after casting doubt on the origins of a secondary student's award-winning app has been arrested on suspicion of doxxing. In full: buff.ly/KH11TII
Reposted by Alan McElligott
Huipil, traditional garment created by Ingenous Maya women from the small towns of the Guatemalan highlands, who formed their own union to stop large fashion corporations stealing their designs. #WomensArt
February 5, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Huipil, traditional garment created by Ingenous Maya women from the small towns of the Guatemalan highlands, who formed their own union to stop large fashion corporations stealing their designs. #WomensArt
Reposted by Alan McElligott
Native American Acoma pottery, vase, by ceramics artist Paula Estevan #WomensArt
February 5, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Native American Acoma pottery, vase, by ceramics artist Paula Estevan #WomensArt
Reposted by Alan McElligott
Christi Belcourt, contemporary Métis visual artist known for her paintings which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art #WomensArt
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Christi Belcourt, contemporary Métis visual artist known for her paintings which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art #WomensArt
Reposted by Alan McElligott
‘Spring Ritual’ Embroidery by Turkish textile artist Irem Yazici #womensart
February 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
‘Spring Ritual’ Embroidery by Turkish textile artist Irem Yazici #womensart