Dr Kelly Robinson

Associate Lecturer in Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology

Researcher profile

Email

kjr33@st-andrews.ac.uk

Selected publications

• Bottlenose dolphin calves have multi-year elevations of plasma oxytocin compared to all other age classes

  Robinson, K. J., Ternes, K., Hazon, N., Wells, R. & Janik, V. M., 15 Jan 2020, In : General and Comparative Endocrinology. 286, 113323.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Baby seals: ?love hormone? research reveals swift weight gain in pups

  Robinson, K. J., 25 Oct 2019, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication ? Article

• High oxytocin infants gain more mass with no additional maternal energetic costs in wild grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)

  Robinson, K. J., Hazon, N., Twiss, S. & Pomeroy, P., Dec 2019, In : Psychoneuroendocrinology. 110, 7 p., 104423.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Investigating decadal changes in persistent organic pollutants in Scottish grey seal pups

  Robinson, K. J., Hall, A. J., Scholl, G., Debier, C., Thomé, J-P., Eppe, G., Adam, C. & Bennett, K. A., 6 Sep 2019, In : Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 29, S1, p. 86-100 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Social creatures: model animal systems for studying the neuroendocrine mechanisms of social behaviour

  Robinson, K. J., Bosch, O. J., Levkowitz, G., Busch, K. E., Jarman, A. & Ludwig, M., 28 Nov 2019, In : Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 31, 12, p. 1-12 12 p., e12807.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Review article

• Persistent organic pollutant burden, experimental POP exposure, and tissue properties affect metabolic profiles of blubber from gray seal pups

  Robinson, K. J., Hall, A. J., Debier, C., Eppe, G., Thomé, J. P. & Bennett, K. A., 20 Nov 2018, In : Environmental Science and Technology. 52, 22, p. 13523-13534

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Individual size, sex and rearing environment impact on aggression in newly weaned seals

  Robinson, K. J., Pomeroy, P. P., Hazon, N., Moss, S. & Twiss, S. D., Apr 2017, In : Marine Mammal Science. 33, 2, p. 621-629 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Positive social behaviours are induced and retained after oxytocin manipulations mimicking endogenous concentrations in a wild mammal

  Robinson, K. J., Twiss, S. D., Hazon, N., Moss, S. & Pomeroy, P., 31 May 2017, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284, 1855, 8 p., 20170554.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Reproductive behaviour

  Pomeroy, P., Twiss, S. & Robinson, K. J., 1 Nov 2017, Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. 3 ed. Academic Press, 36

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Using blubber explants to investigate adipose function in grey seals: glycolytic, lipolytic and gene expression responses to glucose and hydrocortisone

  Bennett, K. A., Robinson, K. J., Moss, S. E. W., Millward, S. & Hall, A. J., 10 Aug 2017, In : Scientific Reports. 7, 11 p., 7731.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

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