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Alan McElligott
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
2,990 Points

Contributions by role

Author 640
Reviewer 15
Editor 2,335

Contributions by subject area

Animal Behavior
Zoology
Agricultural Science
Ethical Issues
Science Policy
Pediatrics
Psychiatry and Psychology
Ecology
Marine Biology
Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Natural Resource Management
Statistics
Veterinary Medicine
Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Environmental Impacts
Anatomy and Physiology
Genetics
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Computational Science
Population Biology
Evolutionary Studies

Alan G McElligott

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Dr. Alan McElligott is an Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong. He received his BSc from University College Cork, PhD from University College Dublin, and postdoctoral training at the University of Zurich. After serving as faculty member at the University of Nottingham, Queen Mary University of London and the University of Roehampton, he joined City University of Hong Kong in 2020. Dr. McElligott's main research areas include animal behaviour and cognition, animal welfare, and vocal communication.

Agricultural Science Animal Behavior Veterinary Medicine Zoology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

City University of Hong Kong
Queen Mary University of London

Work details

Associate Professor of Animal Behaviour and Welfare

City University of Hong Kong
October 2020
Infectious Diseases and Public Health

Identities

@AMCELL

Websites

  • McElligott research group
  • ResearcherID
  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 8
  • Edited 16
January 14, 2025
Do goats recognise humans cross-modally?
Marianne A. Mason, Stuart Semple, Harry H. Marshall, Alan G. McElligott
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18786 PubMed 39830959
March 28, 2024
The behavior and welfare of neglected species: some examples from fish and mammals
Syed S. U. H. Bukhari, Rebecca S. V. Parkes, Lynne U. Sneddon, Alan G. McElligott
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17149 PubMed 38560452
August 8, 2023
Recognition of emotion and pain by owners benefits the welfare of donkeys in a challenging working environment
Syed S.U.H. Bukhari, Alan G. McElligott, Sarah M. Rosanowski, Rebecca S.V. Parkes
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15747 PubMed 37576503
December 19, 2022
Are children and dogs best friends? A scoping review to explore the positive and negative effects of child-dog interactions
Claire S. E. Giraudet, Kai Liu, Alan G. McElligott, Mia Cobb
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14532 PubMed 36570006
December 19, 2017
Underrepresentation of women in the senior levels of Brazilian science
Jaroslava V. Valentova, Emma Otta, Maria Luisa Silva, Alan G. McElligott
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4000 PubMed 29302384
March 9, 2017
Human head orientation and eye visibility as indicators of attention for goats (Capra hircus)
Christian Nawroth, Alan G. McElligott
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3073 PubMed 28289568
October 13, 2016
Judgement bias in goats (Capra hircus): investigating the effects of human grooming
Luigi Baciadonna, Christian Nawroth, Alan G. McElligott
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2485 PubMed 27761311
September 24, 2013
Goats favour personal over social information in an experimental foraging task
Luigi Baciadonna, Alan G. McElligott, Elodie F. Briefer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.172 PubMed 24109556

Academic Editor on

March 13, 2025
Giants in the landscape: status, genetic diversity, habitat suitability and conservation implications for a fragmented Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) population in Cambodia
Pablo Sinovas, Chelsea Smith, Sophorn Keath, Nasak Chantha, Jennifer Kaden, Saveng Ith, Alex Ball
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18932 PubMed 40093415
September 30, 2024
Continuing challenges of elephant captivity: the captive environment, health issues, and welfare implications
Catherine Doyle, Heather Rally, Lester O’Brien, Mackenzie Tennison, Lori Marino, Bob Jacobs
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18161
February 15, 2024
Catcalls: exotic cats discriminate the voices of familiar caregivers
Taylor Crews, Jennifer Vonk, Molly McGuire
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16904 PubMed 38371372
November 15, 2023
VGGish-based detection of biological sound components and their spatio-temporal variations in a subtropical forest in eastern China
Mei Wang, Jinjuan Mei, Kevin FA Darras, Fanglin Liu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16462 PubMed 38025750
September 25, 2023
Habitat suitability of four threatened Himalayan species: Asiatic black bear, common leopard, musk deer, and snow leopard
Rajesh Malla, Saroj Panthi, Hari Adhikari, Shiva Pariyar, Rishi Baral, Rukmagat Subedi, Bishnu Prasad Adhikari, Mahesh Poudel, Nischal Sedhai, Megharaj Poudel
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16085 PubMed 37780372
August 8, 2023
Bighorn sheep associations: understanding tradeoffs of sociality and implications for disease transmission
Marie I. Tosa, Mark J. Biel, Tabitha A. Graves
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15625 PubMed 37576510
June 26, 2023
Multi-Object Tracking in Heterogeneous environments (MOTHe) for animal video recordings
Akanksha Rathore, Ananth Sharma, Shaan Shah, Nitika Sharma, Colin Torney, Vishwesha Guttal
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15573 PubMed 37397020
June 1, 2023
Integrating robotics into wildlife conservation: testing improvements to predator deterrents through movement
Stewart W. Breck, Jeffrey T. Schultz, David Prause, Cameron Krebs, Anthony J. Giordano, Byron Boots
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15491 PubMed 37283902
March 28, 2023
Sex impacts pain behaviour but not emotional reactivity of lambs following ring tail docking
Danila Marini, Jessica E. Monk, Dana L.M. Campbell, Caroline Lee, Sue Belson, Alison Small
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15092 PubMed 37009150
January 25, 2023
Facilitation of a free-roaming apex predator in working lands: evaluating factors that influence leopard spatial dynamics and prey availability in a South African biodiversity hotspot
Eugene Greyling, Jessica Comley, Michael I. Cherry, Alison J. Leslie, Lana Müller
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14575 PubMed 36718440
January 18, 2023
Biologging as an important tool to uncover behaviors of cryptic species: an analysis of giant armadillos (Priodontes maximus)
Joshua A. Cullen, Nina Attias, Arnaud L.J. Desbiez, Denis Valle
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14726 PubMed 36691484
November 25, 2022
Trends and biases in African large carnivore population assessments: identifying priorities and opportunities from a systematic review of two decades of research
Paolo Strampelli, Liz AD Campbell, Philipp Henschel, Samantha K. Nicholson, David W. Macdonald, Amy J. Dickman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14354 PubMed 36452072
October 7, 2022
Changes in whistle parameters of two common bottlenose dolphin ecotypes as a result of the physical presence of the research vessel
Simone Antichi, Jorge Urbán R., Sergio Martínez-Aguilar, Lorena Viloria-Gómora
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14074 PubMed 36225904
August 30, 2022
Prior experience of captivity affects behavioural responses to ‘novel’ environments
Edward Kluen, Katja Rönkä, Rose Thorogood
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13905 PubMed 36061744
August 16, 2022
Social calls in humpback whale mother-calf groups off Sainte Marie breeding ground (Madagascar, Indian Ocean)
Anjara Saloma, Maevatiana N. Ratsimbazafindranahaka, Mathilde Martin, Aristide Andrianarimisa, Chloé Huetz, Olivier Adam, Isabelle Charrier
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13785 PubMed 35990903
February 17, 2022
Characterizing the suckling behavior by video and 3D-accelerometry in humpback whale calves on a breeding ground
Maevatiana N. Ratsimbazafindranahaka, Chloé Huetz, Aristide Andrianarimisa, Joy S. Reidenberg, Anjara Saloma, Olivier Adam, Isabelle Charrier
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12945 PubMed 35194528