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List of works by Erik Wapstra

A novel pattern of placental leucine transfer during mid to late gestation in a highly placentotrophic viviparous lizard

scientific article published in June 2012

Aggression, but not testosterone, is associated to oxidative status in a free-living vertebrate

Altitudinal divergence in maternal thermoregulatory behaviour may be driven by differences in selection on offspring survival in a viviparous lizard

article published in 2011

An experimental test of relatedness-based mate discrimination in a social lizard

article published in 2016

Are behavioral syndromes invariant? Spatiotemporal variation in shy/bold behavior in squid

article by David L. Sinn et al published 10 December 2009 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Are increased concentrations of maternal corticosterone adaptive to offspring? A test using a placentotrophic lizard

scientific article published in 2010

Are there benefits to being born asynchronously: an experimental test in a social lizard

scientific article published in 2007

Are there physiological constraints on maternal ability to adjust sex ratios in mammals?

Asynchronous Male and Female Gonadal Cycles and Plasma Steroid Concentrations in a Viviparous Lizard, Niveoscincus ocellatus (Scincidae), from Tasmania

scientific article published on 01 November 1997

Behavioural syndromes and structural and temporal consistency of behavioural traits in a social lizard

Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being.

scientific article published in March 2017

Can teacher collaboration overcome barriers to interdisciplinary learning in a disciplinary university? A case study using climate change

Chromosomics: Bridging the Gap between Genomes and Chromosomes

scientific article published on 20 August 2019

Climate and sex ratio variation in a viviparous lizard.

scientific article

Climate change, multiple paternity and offspring survival in lizards

scientific article

Climate effects on offspring sex ratio in a viviparous lizard

scientific article

Climate-driven population divergence in sex-determining systems

scientific article

Complex selection associated with Hox genes in a natural population of lizards

scientific article

Conservation of Sex-Linked Markers among Conspecific Populations of a Viviparous Skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus, Exhibiting Genetic and Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination.

scientific article

Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk

scientific article published on 20 April 2021

Consistent male-male paternity differences across female genotypes.

scientific article published on 25 February 2009

Consistent paternity skew through ontogeny in Peron's tree frog (Litoria peronii)

scientific article

Contrasting seasonal patterns of telomere dynamics in response to environmental conditions in the ectothermic sand lizard, Lacerta agilis

scientific article published on 13 January 2020

Corticosterone: a costly mediator of signal honesty in sand lizards

scientific article

Costly parasite resistance: a genotype-dependent handicap in sand lizards?

scientific article

Development of 13 microsatellite loci in the spotted snow skink Niveoscincus ocellatus (Squamata: Scincidae)

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Developmental Biology: Embryonic Movement Influences Sex Determination in a Turtle

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Differential sex allocation in sand lizards: bright males induce daughter production in a species with heteromorphic sex chromosomes

scientific article

Disentangling sex allocation in a viviparous reptile with temperature-dependent sex determination: a multifactorial approach.

scientific article

Disentangling the complexities of vertebrate sex allocation: a role for squamate reptiles?

scientific article published in 2007

Do gravid females become selfish? Female allocation of energy during gestation

scientific article published on 3 April 2012

Does Mate Guarding Prevent Rival Mating in Snow Skinks? A Test Using AFLP

Ectothermic telomeres: it's time they came in from the cold

scientific article published in March 2018

Effects of basking opportunity on birthing asynchrony in a viviparous lizard

Effects of long-term fox baiting on species composition and abundance in an Australian lizard community

article

Effects of male telomeres on probability of paternity in sand lizards

Effects of maternal basking and food quantity during gestation provide evidence for the selective advantage of matrotrophy in a viviparous lizard

scientific article

Effects of variation in maternal carotenoid intake during gestation on offspring innate immune response in a matrotrophic viviparous reptile

scientific article published in 2011

Embryonic gonadal and sexual organ development in a small viviparous skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus

scientific article published on January 2006

Energy expenditure of the spotted snow skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus, at two climatic extremes of its distribution range

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Evaluation of offspring size-number invariants in 12 species of lizard

scientific article published in January 2009

Evidence for placental transfer of maternal corticosterone in a viviparous lizard

article

Evolution of maternal effects: past and present

scientific article published in April 2009

Evolutionary ecology of telomeres: a review

scientific article

Examining the role of testosterone in mediating short-term aggressive responses to social stimuli in a lizard

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

Experimental manipulation suggests effect of polyandry but not mate familiarity on within-pair aggression in the social skink, Liopholis whitii

article published in 2017

Extreme plasticity in reproductive biology of an oviparous lizard

article by Mats Olsson et al published July 2018 in Ecology and Evolution

Family aggression in a social lizard

scientific article published on 14 June 2017

Family conflict and the evolution of sociality in reptiles

article published in 2009

Female aggression predicts mode of paternity acquisition in a social lizard

scientific article published on 4 March 2009

Geographic and taxonomic patterns of extinction risk in Australian squamates

Geographical differences in maternal basking behaviour and offspring growth rate in a climatically widespread viviparous reptile

scientific article

Gestational experience alters sex allocation in the subsequent generation

scientific article

Giving offspring a head start in life: field and experimental evidence for selection on maternal basking behaviour in lizards

scientific article published on 14 January 2010

Habitat saturation promotes delayed dispersal in a social reptile

scientific article published in 2017

Haldane rules: costs of outbreeding at production of daughters in sand lizards

scientific article published in 2004

In hot pursuit: fluctuating mating system and sexual selection in sand lizards

scientific article published on 5 November 2010

In utero exposure to the oestrogen mimic diethylstilbestrol disrupts gonadal development in a viviparous reptile

scientific article published on 10 April 2014

Interpopulational variation in costs of reproduction related to pregnancy in a viviparous lizard

scientific article published in 2012

Is fecundity the ultimate cause of female-biased size dimorphism in a dragon lizard?

article

Know thy enemy: Behavioural response of a native mammal (Rattus lutreolus velutinus) to predators of different coexistence histories

scientific article published in 2008

Late stage deferral of parturition in the viviparous lizard Niveoscincus ocellatus (Gray 1845): implications for offspring quality and survival

article by NATALIA ATKINS et al published 21 March 2007 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Low food availability during gestation enhances offspring post-natal growth, but reduces survival, in a viviparous lizard

scientific article published on 05 February 2019

MHC, health, color, and reproductive success in sand lizards

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Male and female effects on fertilization success and offspring viability in the Peron's tree frog, Litoria peronii

scientific article published in 2008

Males with high genetic similarity to females sire more offspring in sperm competition in Peron's tree frog Litoria peronii.

scientific article published in April 2008

Managing consequences of climate-driven species redistribution requires integration of ecology, conservation and social science

scientific article

Mate familiarity and social learning in a monogamous lizard

scientific article published on 08 May 2018

Maternal basking opportunity affects juvenile phenotype in a viviparous lizard

scientific article published in 2000

Maternal care in a social lizard: links between female aggression and offspring fitness

Maternal effects impact decision-making in a viviparous lizard

scientific article published in April 2018

Maternal effects obscure condition-dependent sex allocation in changing environments.

scientific article published on 3 April 2019

Mating system variation and morph fluctuations in a polymorphic lizard

scientific article

Multi-scale approach to understanding climate effects on offspring size at birth and date of birth in a reptile

scientific article

Net superoxide levels: steeper increase with activity in cooler female and hotter male lizards

scientific article published on March 2012

Offspring performance and the adaptive benefits of prolonged pregnancy: experimental tests in a viviparous lizard

article published in 2009

Offspring size-number strategies: experimental manipulation of offspring size in a viviparous lizard (Lacerta vivipara)

scientific article published in 2002

Offspring-driven local dispersal in female sand lizards (Lacerta agilis)

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Oxidative stress physiology in relation to life history traits of a free-living vertebrate: the spotted snow skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus

scientific article published on June 2011

Patterns in the distribution and abundance of sea anemones off Dumont d’Urville Station, Antarctica

Persistence and dispersal in a Southern Hemisphere glaciated landscape: the phylogeography of the spotted snow skink (Niveoscincus ocellatus) in Tasmania

scientific article

Placental and embryonic tissues exhibit aromatase activity in the viviparous lizard Niveoscincus metallicus

scientific article published on 13 March 2014

Plastic rates of development and the effect of thermal extremes on offspring fitness in a cold-climate viviparous lizard

article

Plasticity of thermoregulatory behaviour in response to the thermal environment by widespread and alpine reptile species

article by Amanda J. Caldwell et al published October 2017 in Animal Behaviour

Potential for thermal tolerance to mediate climate change effects on three members of a cool temperate lizard genus, Niveoscincus

scientific article published on 6 May 2015

Potentially adaptive effects of maternal nutrition during gestation on offspring phenotype of a viviparous reptile

scientific article published in December 2011

Promiscuity resolves constraints on social mate choice imposed by population viscosity

scientific article published in February 2014

Proximate determinants of telomere length in sand lizards (Lacerta agilis)

scientific article

Repeatable intra-individual variation in plasma testosterone concentration and its sex-specific link to aggression in a social lizard

scientific article published on 31 March 2010

Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction

scientific article published in 2021

Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) phenology in a warming world

scientific article published on 8 October 2015

Seasonal shifts along the oviparity-viviparity continuum in a cold-climate lizard population

scientific article published on 28 October 2017

Selection and constraints on offspring size-number trade-offs in sand lizards (Lacerta agilis).

scientific article published on 6 February 2016

Sex allocation and sex determination in squamate reptiles

scientific article published on 29 December 2009

Sex differences in sand lizard telomere inheritance: paternal epigenetic effects increases telomere heritability and offspring survival

scientific article

Sex reversal explains some, but not all, climate-mediated sex ratio variation within a viviparous reptile

scientific article published in 2022

Sexual differences in telomere selection in the wild

scientific article published on 12 April 2011

Size dimorphism in Rankinia [Tympanocryptis] diemensis (Family Agamidae): sex-specific patterns and geographic variation

Snow skinks (Niveoscincus ocellatus) do not shift their sex allocation patterns in response to mating history

Sperm competition and offspring viability at hybridization in Australian tree frogs, Litoria peronii and L. tyleri.

scientific article published on 2 September 2009

Tail loss and telomeres: consequences of large-scale tissue regeneration in a terrestrial ectotherm

scientific article published on 10 July 2019

Temperature and telomeres: thermal treatment influences telomere dynamics through a complex interplay of cellular processes in a cold-climate skink

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

Testing the quality of a carrier: a field experiment on lizard signalers

scientific article published on 19 December 2008

The diversity of population responses to environmental change.

scientific article

The evolution of sex ratios and sex-determining systems

scientific article published on 5 April 2007

The role of body size in competition and mate choice in an agamid with female-biased size dimorphism

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The role of size and aggression in intrasexual male competition in a social lizard species, Egernia whitii

article

Thermal biology of the spotted snow skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus, along an altitudinal gradient

scientific article published in 2018

UV-Deprived Coloration Reduces Success in Mate Acquisition in Male Sand Lizards (Lacerta agilis)

scientific article published on May 13, 2011

Variation in social organization influences the opportunity for sexual selection in a social lizard

scientific article published on 28 December 2010

Within-population variation in ejaculate characteristics in a prolonged breeder, Peron’s tree frog, Litoria peronii

scientific article published on 11 July 2008

Within-population variation in social strategies characterize the social and mating system of an Australian lizard,Egernia whitii

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Yolk contributes steroid to the multidimensional endocrine environment of embryos of Niveoscincus metallicus, a viviparous skink with a moderately complex placenta

scientific article published on 21 February 2014