List of works - Ricky Spencer

A novel hypothesis for the adaptive maintenance of environmental sex determination in a turtle.

scientific article published in August 2014

Changes in participant behaviour and attitudes are associated with knowledge and skills gained by using a turtle conservation citizen science app

scientific article published in 2021

Climate and predation dominate juvenile and adult recruitment in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination.

scientific article published on October 2010

Clustering of related individuals in a population of the Australian lizard, Egernia frerei

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

Conservation implications of turtle declines in Australia's Murray River system

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Counterintuitive density-dependent growth in a long-lived vertebrate after removal of nest predators.

scientific article published in December 2006

Critically evaluating best management practices for preventing freshwater turtle extinctions.

scientific article published on 20 March 2017

Embryonic communication in the nest: metabolic responses of reptilian embryos to developmental rates of siblings.

scientific article published on 30 November 2011

Environmentally induced phenotypic plasticity explains hatching synchrony in the freshwater turtle Chrysemys picta

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Hatching behavior in turtles.

scientific article published on 9 June 2011

Hatching behavior of eastern long-necked turtles (Chelodina longicollis): The influence of asynchronous environments on embryonic heart rate and phenotype

scientific article published on 26 June 2015

Hatchling short-necked turtles (Emydura macquarii) select aquatic vegetation habitats, but not after one month in captivity

scientific article published in 2021

Metabolic circadian rhythms in embryonic turtles.

scientific article

Optimal clutch size and male incubation investment in the male-only incubating emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

scientific article published in 2021

The diet and digestive energetics of an Australian short-necked turtle, Emydura macquarii.

scientific article published in December 1998

The ethological trap: functional and numerical responses of highly efficient invasive predators driving prey extinctions

scientific article published on 20 September 2016

Thyroid Hormones Reduce Incubation Period without Developmental or Metabolic Costs in Murray River Short-Necked Turtles (Emydura macquarii).

scientific article

List of works by Ricky Spencer

A novel hypothesis for the adaptive maintenance of environmental sex determination in a turtle.

Changes in participant behaviour and attitudes are associated with knowledge and skills gained by using a turtle conservation citizen science app

Climate and predation dominate juvenile and adult recruitment in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination.

Clustering of related individuals in a population of the Australian lizard, Egernia frerei

Conservation implications of turtle declines in Australia's Murray River system

Counterintuitive density-dependent growth in a long-lived vertebrate after removal of nest predators.

Critically evaluating best management practices for preventing freshwater turtle extinctions.

Embryonic communication in the nest: metabolic responses of reptilian embryos to developmental rates of siblings.

Environmentally induced phenotypic plasticity explains hatching synchrony in the freshwater turtle Chrysemys picta

Hatching behavior in turtles.

Hatching behavior of eastern long-necked turtles (Chelodina longicollis): The influence of asynchronous environments on embryonic heart rate and phenotype

Hatchling short-necked turtles (Emydura macquarii) select aquatic vegetation habitats, but not after one month in captivity

Metabolic circadian rhythms in embryonic turtles.

Optimal clutch size and male incubation investment in the male-only incubating emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

The diet and digestive energetics of an Australian short-necked turtle, Emydura macquarii.

The ethological trap: functional and numerical responses of highly efficient invasive predators driving prey extinctions

Thyroid Hormones Reduce Incubation Period without Developmental or Metabolic Costs in Murray River Short-Necked Turtles (Emydura macquarii).