Research output per year
Research output per year
Overview
Profile summary
Associate Head of School Recruitment, Marketing and Outreach
Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour & Welfare
Professional memberships
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (member)
Supervised research degrees
Tyler Christian (2025 - current) PhD University of Plymouth. Reimagining Farmland Bird Biodiversity Surveys: Acoustic Monitoring and Citizen Science for Biodiversity Assessment
Sarah Atkinson (2019-current) PhD University of Plymouth (part-time). Factors affecting reproductive success of stone curlew
Sarah Kappel - (2018-2023) PhD University of Plymouth. Towards the Validation of Novel Cognitive and Physiological Indicators of Affective State
in Horses (Equus caballus)
in Horses (Equus caballus)
Ann Fitchett - (2002 - 2006 ) PhD University Of Nottingham. Dominance and stress in mice
Deborah Benham - (2001 - 2005) PhD University of Nottingham. Tourism and Animal Welfare : Sea Otters in Monterey bay
Tabitha Luddem - (1999- 2003) PhD - University of Nottingham. Mate choice in cordon-bleu finches
Teaching interests
I teach on a number of modules across all stages of our undergraduate degrees. Mainly to students on BSc Zoology and BSc Ecology & Conservation. I also supervise Dissertation Project students and Placement students.
Modules:
Animal Behaviour (BIOL205): Module lead
Advanced Skills in Analyzing Behavior (BIOL323)
Comparative Zoology (BIOL232)
Zoology Field Trip (BIOL230)
Behaviour & Ecology Field Trip (BIOL136)
Ecology & Biodiversity (BIOL132)
Additional information
University of Plymouth
Feb 2024 - Present: Associate Head of School for Recruitment, Marketing and Outreach
Dec 2015 – Jan 2021: Associate Head of School for Recruitment, Marketing, Admissions Tutor
Sept 2010 – Present: Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour & Welfare
Aug 2006 – Sept 2010: Lecturer in Animal Behaviour & Welfare
Jan 2004 – July 2006: Research Adviser, Research & Innovation
Previous Employment
2001: Awarded Postgraduate Certificate of Academic Practice (University of Nottingham)
1998 - 2004: Lecturer in Animal Behaviour (University of Nottingham)
1995 - 1998: University of Leiden (Marie Curie Sklodowska Fellowship)
1992 - 1995: Postdoc - University of Oxford, and later Institute of Zoology, London.
Research interests:
In general I work on animal communication. Recent publications have focused on using vocalization to understand bird welfare and biodiversity; and also how environmental factors affect bird song.
Additional information
Qualifications:
1988 -1992: DPhil Zoology (University of Oxford)
1984 - 1987: BSc Psychology/Zoology 1st class (joint Hons), University of Bristol
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare
Herborn, K. A., Wilson, B., Collins, S. A., Mitchell, M. A., McElligott, A. G. & Asher, L., 21 Jan 2026, In: Biology Letters. 22, 1, 20250534.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Looking out for danger: Theoretical and empirical issues in translating human attention bias tasks to assess animal affective states
Kappel, S., Collins, S., Mendl, M. & Fureix, C., 1 Feb 2025, In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 169, 20 p., 105980.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Do I sound anxious? Emotional arousal is linked to changes in vocalisations in domestic chicks (Gallus gallus dom.)
Collins, S. A., Herborn, K., Sufka, K. J., Asher, L. & Brilot, B., Aug 2024, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 277, 106359.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impacts of fire and prospects for recovery in a tropical peat forest ecosystem
Harrison, M., Deere, N., Imron, M., Nasir, D., Adul, Asti, H., Soler, J., Boyd, N., Cheyne, S., Collins, S., D'Arcy, L., Erb, W., Green, H., Healy, W., Hendri, Holly, B., Houlihan, P., Husson, S., Iwan & Jeffers, K. & 16 others, , 15 Apr 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 17, 10 p., e2307216121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Measuring affect-related attention bias to emotionally valenced visual stimuli in horses
Kappel, S., Oca, M. A. R. M. D., Collins, S., Herborn, K., Mendl, M. & Fureix, C., 29 May 2024, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 275, 106303.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Demographics and song repertoire sizes of cirl bunting populations
Collins, S. (Creator), ZENODO, 2 Jan 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8383716, https://zenodo.org/records/8383716
Dataset
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Data for: Nest material preferences in wild hazel dormice Muscardinus avellanarius: Testing predictions from optimal foraging theory
Collins, S. A. (Creator), Lane, S. M. (Creator), Ishibashi, M. (Creator), Hamston, T. (Creator) & Plymouth, U. O. (Contributor), ZENODO, 2 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.rxwdbrvdc, https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.rxwdbrvdc
Dataset