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76. Uller, T. and Olsson, M. 2003. Prenatal exposure to testosterone increases ectoparasite susceptibility in the common lizard, Lacerta vivipara. Proceedings of the Royal Society B., 270: 1867-1870. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2451
75. Olsson, M., Madsen, T., Nordby, J., Wapstra, E., Ujvari, B. and Wittzell, H. 2003. Major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in sand lizards. Biology Letters, 270: 254-256. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2003.0079
74. Uller, T., Olsson, M. and Madsen, T. 2003. Family and population effects on disease resistance in a reptile. Heredity, 91: 112-116.
73. Olsson, M. and Uller, T. 2003. Thermal environment, survival, and local adaptation in the common frog, Rana temporaria. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 5: 431-437.
72. Shine, R. and Olsson, M. 2003. When to be born? Prolonged pregnancy or incubation enhances locomotor performance in neonatal lizards Scincidae. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 16: 823-832.
71. Uller, T. and Olsson, M. 2003. Prenatal sex ratio influences sexual dimorphism in a reptile. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 295A: 183-187. doi: 10.1002/jez.a.10220
70. Uller, T. and Olsson, M. 2003. Life in the land of the midnight sun: are northern lizards adapted to longer days? Oikos, 101: 317-322. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3547982
69. Olsson, M. and Shine, R. 2003. Female-biased natal dispersal in an alpine lizard, Niveoscincus microlepidotus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 79: 277-283.
68. Olsson, M. and Shine, R. 2003. Growth to death in lizards. Evolution, 56, (9): 1867-1870. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3094747

2002

67. Olsson, M., Shine, R., Wapstra, E., Ujvari, B. and Madsen, T. 2002. Sexual dimorphism in lizard body shape: the roles of sexual selection and fecundity selection. Evolution, 56, (7): 1538-1542. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3061623
66. Uller, T. and Olsson, M. 2002. Variation in heritability of tadpole growth: an experimental analysis. Heredity, 88: 480-484.
65. Olsson, M. and Uller, T. 2002. Developmental stability and genetic architecture: a comparison within and across thermal regimes in tadpoles. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 15: 625-633.
64. Olsson, M. 2001. No female mate choice in Mallee dragon lizards, Ctenophorus fordi. Evolutionary Ecology, 15: 129-141.
63. Olsson, M., Wapstra, E. and Olofsson, C. 2002. Offspring size-number strategies: experimental manipulation of offspring size in a viviparous lizard Lacerta vivipara. Functional Ecology, 16: 135-140.
62. Ujvari, B., Madsen, T., Kotenko, T., Olsson, M., Shine, R. and Wittzell, H. 2002. Low genetic diversity threatens imminent extinction for the Hungarian meadow viper, Vipera ursinii rakosiensis. Biological Conservation, 105: 127-130. CCC: s0006-3207(01)00176-8

2001

61. Olsson, M. 2001. 'Voyeurism' prolongs copulation in the dragon lizard, Ctenophorus fordi. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 50, (4): 378-381. doi: 10.1007/s002650100373
60. Olsson, M. and Madsen, T. 2001. Between-year variation in determinants of offspring survival, Lacerta agilis. Functional Ecology, 15: 443-450. http://www.jstor.org/stable/826664
59. Ståhlberg, F., Olsson, M. and Uller, T. 2001. Population divergence of developmental thermal optima in the Common Frog, Rana temporaria. [b||Journal of Evolutionary Biology]], 14, (5): 755-762.
58. Olsson, M. and Madsen, T. 2001. ‘Promiscuity’ in sand lizards and adder snakes: causes and consequences. Journal of Heredity, 92, (2): 190-197.
57. Shine, R., LeMaster, M. P., Moore, I. T. M, Olsson, M. and Mason, R. T. 2001. Bumpus in the snake den: effects of sex, size and body condition on mortality in red-sided garter snakes. Evolution, 55, (3): 598-604. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2640519
56. Olsson, M. and Shine, R. 2001. Facultative sex allocation in snow skink lizards, Niveoscincus microlepidotus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 14, (1): 120-128.
55. Olsson, M. and Shine, R. 2000. Ownership determines the outcome of male-male contests in the scincid lizard, Niveoscincus microlepidotus. Behavioural Ecology, 11, (6): 587-590.
54. Olsson, M and Shine, R. 2001. Costs of reproduction in a lizard: a comparison of observational and experimental data. Oikos, 93: 121-125. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3547215

2000

53. Shine, R., Harlow, P. S., Elphick, M. J., Olsson, M. and Mason, R. T. 2000. Conflicts between courtship and thermoregulation: the thermal ecology of amorous male garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, Colubridae. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 73, (4): 508-516. CCC: 1522-2152/2000/7304-9966
52. Olsson, M., Wapstra, E., Madsen, T. and Silverin, B. 2000. Testosterone, Ticks, and Travels: a test of the immunocompetence-handicap hypothesis in free-ranging lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society B., 267: 1-5. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1289
51. Shine, R., Olsson, M., Mason, R., LeMaster, M. and Moore, T. 2000. Body size enhances mating success in male garter snakes. Animal Behaviour, 59, (3): F4-F11. doi: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1338
50. Shine, R., Olsson, M. and Mason, R. T. 2000. Chastity belts in garter snakes: the functional significance of mating plugs. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 70, (3): 377-390. doi: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0427
49. Olsson, M., Shine, R. and Ba’k-Olsson, E. 2000. Lizards as a plant’s ‘hired help’: letting pollinators in and seeds out. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 71, (2): 191-202. doi: 10.1006/bijl.2000.0442
48. Shine, R., Olsson, M., Mason, R. T., Moore, I. T. and LeMaster, M. P. 2000. Are snakes right-handed? Asymmetry in hemipenis size and usage in garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis. [[b|Behavioral Ecology]], 11, (4): 411-415.
47. Madsen, T., Shine R., Olsson, M. and Wittzell, H. 1999. Restoration of an inbred adder population. Nature, 402: 34-35.
46. Madsen, T., Olsson, M, Wittzell, H., Stille, B., Gullberg, A., Shine, R., Andersson, S. and Tegelström, H. 2000. Population size and genetic diversity in sand lizards, Lacerta agilis and adders, Vipera berus. Biological Conservation, 94: 257-262. doi: s0006-3207(99)00127-5
45. Shine, R., [b||Olsson]], M., Moore, I. T., LeMaster, M. P. and Mason, R. T. 1999. Why do males have longer tails than females? Proceedings of the Royal Society B., 266: 2147-2151. doi: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0901
44. Shine, R., Olsson, M., LeMaster, M., Moore, I. T. and Mason, R. T. 2000. Effects of sex, body size, temperature, and location on antipredator tactics in free-ranging garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis, Colubridae. Behavioral Ecology, 11, (3): 239-240.
43. Olsson, M., Shine, R. and Ba’k-Olsson, E. 2000. Locomotor impairment of gravid lizards: is the burden physical or physiological? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 13: 263-268.

Photo: Western boundary. Copyright: M. Tobler.