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Ecology researcher, author, editor, educator and biostatistician with 25+ years global experience
Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Technical Writing,
Copywriting,
General Proofreading & Editing
Research
User Research,
Scientific and Technical Research,
Systematic Literature Review,
Secondary Data Collection
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI
Statistical Analysis,
Data Processing,
Data Insights
Product Development
Recipe Development
Work Experience
Biologist/Research Scientist
Freelancer/Independent
January 2022 - Present
Academic Advisor
University of Battambang, Cambodia
June 2020 - May 2025
Research Professor
University of Battambang, Cambodia
October 2018 - December 2021
Editor in Chief, Aquatic Invasions
REABIC
November 2015 - November 2018
Research Fellow
University of Hong Kong
November 2015 - November 2017
Associate Editor
REABIC
October 2012 - October 2015
Visiting Researcher
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
March 2014 - May 2014
Consultant Ecologist
Freelancer/Independent
June 2013 - August 2013
Early stage researcher, Marie Curie Fellow
University of Girona, Spain
June 2011 - May 2013
Claude Leon Postdoctoral Fellow
Rhodes University, South Africa
January 2010 - June 2011
Postdoctoral Researcher
Rhodes University
March 2008 - December 2009
Postdoctoral Researcher
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
March 2008 - December 2009
Consultant Ecologist
GroundTruth Consulting, South Africa
September 2008 - October 2008
Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellow
Rhodes University, South Africa
February 2006 - February 2008
Consultant Ecologist, Gwynedd, North Wales
Freelancer/Independent
March 2001 - September 2001
Director
Borneo Tropical Adventures
November 1998 - August 1999
Ecology surveyor
Coral Cays Conservation, Belize
October 1997 - December 1997
Ecology surveyor
Coral Cays Conservation, Philippines
October 1995 - December 1995
Education
PhD, Ecology
University of St Andrews
November 2002 - December 2005
MSc Ecology
University of Wales, Bangor
September 1999 - September 2000
BSc Honours
Open University, UK
February 1995 - November 1998
Certifications
- Certification details not provided.
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Elliot Gould, Hannah Fraser, Timothy Parker, Shinichi Nakagawa, Simon C. Griffith, Peter Vesk, Fiona Fidler, Daniel G. Hamilton, Jessica Abbott, Jessica K. Abbott, et al. (2025). Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology . BMC Biology.
Kit Magellan, Olaf LF Weyl, Anthony Booth (2021). Preference for Artificial Refugia over Natural Refugia in an Endangered Fish . Diversity.
Nikki Forrester (2021). What makes us tick: lab leaders describe their research philosophies . Nature.
Lorenzo Vilizzi, Gordon H. Copp, Jeffrey E. Hill, Boris Adamovich, Luke Aislabie, Daniel Akin, Abbas J. Al-Faisal, David Almeida, M.N. Amal Azmai, Rigers Bakiu, et al. (2021). A global-scale screening of non-native aquatic organisms to identify potentially invasive species under current and future climate conditions . Science of The Total Environment.
Kit Magellan, Emili García-Berthou (2021). Prioritizing Sex Recognition Over Learned Species Recognition: Hierarchical Mate Recognition in an Invasive Fish . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
Kit Magellan, Amaël Borzée, Jos Kielgast, Sally Wren, Ariadne Angulo, Shu Chen, Kevin R. Messenger, Candace M. Hansen-Hendrikx, Anne Baker, Marcileida M. Dos Santos, et al. (2021). Using the 2020 global pandemic as a springboard to highlight the need for amphibian conservation in eastern Asia . Biological Conservation.
Kit Magellan, Amaël Borzée, Jeffrey McNeely, Jennifer R.B. Miller, Lindsay Porter, Trishna Dutta, Krishnakumar P. Kadinjappalli, Sandeep Sharma, Ghazala Shahabuddin, Fikty Aprilinayati, et al. (2020). COVID-19 Highlights the Need for More Effective Wildlife Trade Legislation . Trends in Ecology & Evolution.
Kit Magellan, Jame Schaefer, Robert Sluka, Shekhar Kolipaka, Oscar Gonzalez, Akmal Arif Mohd Razali, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Chantal Elkin (2020). The Efficacy of Using SCB Guidelines to Facilitate Conservation Science-Faith Collaboration: Experiences in the Field . Frontiers in Environmental Science.
Kit Magellan (2020). Behavioural crypsis in a South African galaxiid fish induced by predatory and non‐predatory heterospecifics . Journal of Fish Biology.
Kit Magellan, Anthony J. Booth, Olaf L. F. Weyl (2020). Innate responses to conspecific and heterospecific alarm cues in the endangered eastern cape redfin Pseudobarbus afer . Journal of Fish Biology.
Kit Magellan (2019). Prayer animal release: An understudied pathway for introduction of invasive aquatic species . Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management.
Kit Magellan, Ryan J Wasserman, Jaimie T. A. Dick, Rebecca J. Welch, Tatenda Dalu (2019). Site and species selection for religious release of non‐native fauna . Conservation Biology.
Kit Magellan (2019). Behaviour and Aquatic Invasions in the 21st Century: Progress, Trends and Future Research . Aquatic Invasions.
Kit Magellan (2019). Temperature effects on exploratory behaviour and learning ability of invasive mosquitofish . Aquatic Invasions.
Rouis, S.O., Rouis, A.O., Dumont, H.J., Magellan, K., Arab, A.(2016). Dynamics and effects of Ligula intestinalis (L.) infection in the native fish Barbus callensis Valenciennes, 1842 in Algeria . Acta Parasitologica. 61. (2). p. 307-318.
Magellan, K., García-Berthou, E.(2016). Experimental evidence for the use of artificial refugia to mitigate the impacts of invasive Gambusia holbrooki on an endangered fish . Biological Invasions. 18. (3). p. 873-882.
Lucy, F.E., Roy, H., Simpson, A., Carlton, J.T., Hanson, J.M., Magellan, K., Campbell, M.L., Costello, M.J., Pagad, S., Hewitt, C.L., et al.(2016). INVASIVESNET towards an international association for open knowledge on invasive alien species . Management of Biological Invasions. 7. (2). p. 131-139.
Ãlafsdóttir, G.Ã., Magellan, K.(2016). Interactions between boldness, foraging performance and behavioural plasticity across social contexts . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 70. (11). p. 1879-1889.
Barral-Fraga, L., Morin, S., Rovira, M.D.M., Urrea, G., Magellan, K., Guasch, H.(2016). Short-term arsenic exposure reduces diatom cell size in biofilm communities . Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23. (5). p. 4257-4270.
Magellan, K.(2016). Amphibious adaptations in a newly recognized amphibious fish: Terrestrial locomotion and the influences of body size and temperature . Austral Ecology. 41. (4). p. 452-460.
Magellan, K., García-Berthou, E.(2015). Influences of size and sex on invasive species aggression and native species vulnerability: a case for modern regression techniques . Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 25. (3). p. 537-549.
Magellan, K.(2015). Voluntary emergence and water detection in a newly recognized amphibious fish . Journal of Fish Biology. 86. (6). p. 1839-1844.
Kit Magellan, Emili García-Berthou, David Almeida, Lluís Benejam, Frederic Bae, Frederic Casals, Roberto Casals (2014). Ecological impact of inland fish introduced to the Iberian Peninsula . Ecosistemas.
Magellan, K., Barral-Fraga, L., Rovira, M., Srean, P., Urrea, G., García-Berthou, E., Guasch, H.(2014). Behavioural and physical effects of arsenic exposure in fish are aggravated by aquatic algae . Aquatic Toxicology. 156. p. 116-124.
Ólafsdóttir, G.A., Andreou, A., Magellan, K., Kristjánsson, B.K.(2014). Divergence in social foraging among morphs of the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113. (1). p. 194-203.
Magellan, K., Pinchuck, S., Swartz, E.R.(2014). Short and long-term strategies to facilitate aerial exposure in a galaxiid . Journal of Fish Biology. 84. (3). p. 748-758.
Magellan, K., Swartz, E.R.(2013). Crypsis in a heterogeneous environment:)Relationships between changeable polymorphic colour patterns and behaviour in a galaxiid fish . Freshwater Biology. 58. (4). p. 793-799.
Carmona-Catot, G., Magellan, K., García-Berthou, E.(2013). Temperature-Specific Competition between Invasive Mosquitofish and an Endangered Cyprinodontid Fish . PLoS ONE. 8. (1).
Kaiser, H., Orford, R., Thornycroft, R., Naylor, M., Field, R., Sheppard, J., Magellan, K.(2013). The effects of competitor density on aggressive behaviour and resource defence in a Poeciliid fish . Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 29. (6). p. 1264-1268.
Magellan, K., Johnson, A., Williamson, L., Richardson, M., Watt, W., Kaiser, H.(2012). Alteration of tank dimensions reduces male aggression in the swordtail . Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 28. (1). p. 91-94.
Chakona, A., Swartz, E.R., Magellan, K.(2011). Aerial exposure tolerance of a newly discovered galaxiid . Journal of Fish Biology. 78. (3). p. 912-922.
Magellan, K., Richardson, T., Filmalter, J.D., Forget, F., Midgley, C., Kaiser, H.(2011). Competitor density influences resource defence in a Poeciliid fish . Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 27. (3). p. 912-915.
Timmer, R., Magellan, K.(2011). The effects of light intensity and color on aggressive interactions in the dusky kob, Argyrosomus Japonicus . Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh. 63. (1).
Magellan, K., Kaiser, H.(2010). The function of aggression in the swordtail, Xiphophorus helleri: Resource defence . Journal of Ethology. 28. (2). p. 239-244.
Magellan, K., Kaiser, H.(2010). Male aggression and mating opportunity in a poeciliid fish . African Zoology. 45. (1). p. 18-23.
Magellan, K., Magurran, A.E.(2009). The effect of social environment during ontogeny on life history expression in the guppy Poecilia reticulata . Journal of Fish Biology. 74. (10). p. 2329-2337.
Magellan, K., Magurran, A.E.(2007). Behavioural profiles: individual consistency in male mating behaviour under varying sex ratios . Animal Behaviour. 74. (5). p. 1545-1550.
Magellan, K., Magurran, A.E.(2007). Mate choice, sexual coercion and gene flow in guppy populations . Journal of Fish Biology. 71. (6). p. 1864-1872.
Magellan, K., Magurran, A.E.(2006). Habitat use mediates the conflict of interest between the sexes . Animal Behaviour. 72. (1). p. 75-81.
Magellan, K., Pettersson, L.B., Magurran, A.E.(2005). Quantifying male attractiveness and mating behaviour through phenotypic size manipulation in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 58. (4). p. 366-374.
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