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Kevin Arbuckle
Swansea University, University of Liverpool, University of Glasgow
Research areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics · Amphibian and Reptile Biology · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
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Employment
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Swansea University Associate Professor (Reader) in Evolution and Herpetology2022 - Present
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Swansea University Senior Lecturer in Biosciences (Evolutionary Biology)2020 - 2022
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Swansea University Lecturer in Biosciences (Evolutionary Biology)2016 - 2020
Education
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Swansea University PGCert Teaching in Higher Education2017 - 2019
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University of Liverpool PhD (Evolutionary Biology)2012 - 2015
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University of Glasgow MSci Zoology2004 - 2010
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Publications (73)
- A double narrative: stories underpin fearful community attitudes toward snakes but offer a mechanism to reduce human-to-snake conflict Save
- Origin and Evolution of Venom in Squamate Reptiles Save
- Indirect evidence for diet and prey handling behaviour in Brosset’s lizard-fingered gecko Saurodactylus brosseti Save
- The Evolution of Masturbation in Birds Save
- Evolutionary correlates and consequences of sociality in feliform carnivorans Save
- Anthropogenic Environments Are Associated with High Body Surface Temperatures in an Equatorial Mammal, the Banded Mongoose Save
- A Community Engagement Approach to Snakebite Prevention in Rural Uganda: Exploring Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Save
- High Ambient Temperatures Are Associated With Reduced Foraging Capacity in an Equatorial Mammal, the Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo) Save
- Flowing Round the World: Water Snakes (Natricidae) Show Habitat-Related Adaptive Radiation After Dispersal to the New World Save
- Low socioeconomic status is an under‐recognised source of challenges in academia Save
- Volatile odours reflect breeding status but not social group membership in captive Damaraland mole-rats Save
- Reproduction is driven by seasonal environmental variation in an equatorial mammal, the banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) Save
- Enclosure design can improve captive husbandry of Pterinochilus murinus (Theraphosidae) by influencing defensive behaviour Save
- Not so fast: Two observations concerning slow worm Anguis fragilis antipredator behaviour Save
- Predictors of animal sponsorship to support zoo‐based conservation activities Save
- The neoteny goldilocks zone: The evolution of neoteny in Ambystoma Save
- Lack of intergenerational reproductive conflict, rather than lack of inclusive fitness benefits, explains absence of post-reproductive lifespan in long-finned pilot whales Save
- Small increases in ambient temperature reduce offspring body mass in an equatorial mammal Save
- Negative allometry of orb web size in spiders and the implications for the evolution of giant webs Save
- The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences Save