Queen Mary University of London
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
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Expertise: Animal welfare; animal behaviour and cognition; vocal communication.
Research on goats, cattle, deer.
List of publications: https://sites.google.com/site/alanmcelligott/publications
Facility: Study site with 130 goats.
Priority: animal welfare, vocal communication research - goats and cattle.
e.g. Briefer E, McElligott AG (2011) Indicators of age, body size and sex in goat kid calls revealed using the source-filter theory. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 133, 175-185.
Briefer E, McElligott AG (2012) Social effects on vocal ontogeny in an ungulate, the goat (Capra hircus). Animal Behaviour 83, 991-1000.
Animal Behaviour 83, 991-1000.