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Scientific Papers in Refereed Journals 2012-
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732. Shine, R. 2012. Invasive species as drivers of evolutionary change: cane toads in tropical Australia. Evolutionary Applications 5:107-116.
733. Beckmann, C., and R. Shine. 2012. Are Australia’s ground-nesting birds at risk from the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina)? Emu: in press.
734. Somaweera, R., and R. Shine. 2012. Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) transport their hatchlings to water. Journal of Herpetology: in press.
735. Somaweera, R., and R. Shine. 2012. The (non) impact of invasive cane toads on freshwater crocodiles at Lake Argyle in tropical Australia. Animal Conservation 15:152-163.
736. Crossland, M. R., and R. Shine. 2012. Embryonic exposure to conspecific chemicals suppresses cane toad growth and survival. Biology Letters 8:226-229.
737. Dubey, S., and R. Shine. 2012. Are reptile and amphibian species younger in the Northern Hemisphere than the Southern Hemisphere? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25:220-226.
738. Shine, R., and R. T. Mason. 2012. An airborne sex pheromone in snakes. Biology Letters 8:183-185.
739. Price-Rees, S. J., G. P. Brown, and R. Shine. 2012. Interacting impacts of invasive plants and invasive toads on native lizards. American Naturalist 179:413-422.
740. Yang, D., E. Gonzalez-Bernal, M. Greenlees, and R. Shine. 2012. Interactions between native and invasive gecko lizards in tropical Australia. Austral Ecology: in press.
741. Llewellyn, D., M. B. Thompson, B. L. Phillips, G. P. Brown, and R. Shine. 2012. Reduced investment in immune function in invasion-front populations of the cane toad (Rhinella marina) in Australia. Biological Invasions 14:999-1008.
742. Pike, D., J. K. Webb, and R. Shine. 2012. Hot mothers, cool eggs: nest-site selection by egg-guarding spiders accommodates conflicting thermal optima. Functional Ecology 26:469-475.
743. Beckmann, C., and R. Shine. 2012. Do drivers intentionally target wildlife on roads? Austral Ecology: in press.
744. Du, W-G., D. A. Warner, T. Langkilde, T. R. Robbins, and R. Shine. 2012. The roles of pre-hatching and post-hatching growth rates in generating a latitudinal cline of adult body size in the eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 106:202-209.
745. Natusch, D. J. N., and R. Shine. 2012. Measuring body lengths of preserved snakes. Herpetological Review 43:34-35.
746. Amiel, J. J., and R. Shine. 2012. Hotter nests produce smarter young lizards. Biology Letters: in press.
747. Shine, R., and R. M. Mason. 2012. Familiarity with a female does not affect a male's courtship intensity in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). Current Zoology: in press.
748. Shine, R., T. Langkilde, and R. T. Mason. 2012. Facultative pheromonal mimicry in snakes: "she-males" attract courtship only when it is useful. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 66:691-695.
749. Brischoux, F., R. Tingley, R. Shine, and H.B. Lillywhite. 2012. Salinity influences the distribution of marine snakes: Implications for evolutionary transitions to marine life. Ecography: in press.
750. Kelehear, C., G. P. Brown, and R. Shine. 2012. Rapid evolution of parasite life-history traits on an expanding range-edge. Ecology Letters 15:329-337.
751. Llewelyn, J., K. Bell, L. Schwarzkopf, R. A. Alford, and R. Shine. 2012. Ontogenetic shifts in a prey’s chemical defence influence feeding responses of a snake predator. Oecologia: in press.
752. Shine, R. 2012. Manipulative mothers and selective forces: the interplay between reproduction and thermoregulation in reptiles. Herpetologica: in press.
753. Tingley, R., M. J. Greenlees, and R. Shine. 2012. Hydric balance and locomotor performance of an anuran (Rhinella marina) invading the Australian arid zone. Oikos: in press.
754. Pizzatto, L., and R. Shine. 2012. Lungworm infection modifies cardiac response to exercise in cane toads. Journal of Zoology: in press.
755. Shine, R. 2012. Sex at the snake den: lust, deception and conflict in the mating system of red-sided gartersnakes. Advances in the Study of Behaviour (invited contribution): in press.
756. Stahlschmidt, Z., R. Shine, and D. DeNardo. 2012. The consequences of alternative parental care tactics in free-ranging pythons (Liasis fuscus) in tropical Australia. Functional Ecology: in press.
757. Stahlschmidt, Z., R. Shine, and D. DeNardo. 2012. Temporal and spatial complexity of maternal thermoregulation in tropical pythons. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85:219-230.
758. Brischoux, F., R.Tingley, R. Shine, and H. B. Lillywhite. 2012. Salinity influences the distribution of marine snakes: Implications for evolutionary transitions to marine life. Ecography: in press.
759. Lukoschek, V., and R. Shine. 2012. Sea snakes rarely venture far from home. Ecology and Evolution: in press.
760. Somaweera, R., and R. Shine. 2012. Nest-site selection by crocodiles at a rocky site in the Australian tropics: making the best of a bad lot. Austral Ecology: in press.
761. Elzer, A. L., D. A. Pike, J. K. Webb, K. Hammill, R. A. Bradstock, and R. Shine. 2012. Forest-fire regimes affect thermoregulatory opportunities for terrestrial ectotherms. Austral Ecology: in press.
762. Kelehear, C., G. P. Brown, and R. Shine. 2012. Size and sex matter: infection dynamics of an invading parasite (the pentastome Raillietiella frenatus) in an invading host (the cane toad Rhinella marina). Parasitology: in press.
763. Croak, B. M., D. A. Pike, J. K. Webb, and R. Shine. 2012. Habitat selection in a rocky landscape: experimentally decoupling the influence of retreat-site attributes from that of landscape features. PLoS ONE: in press.
764. Brischoux, F., V. Rolland, X. Bonnet, M. Caillaud, and R. Shine. 2012. Snakes at sea: effects of oceanic salinity on body condition in sea snakes. Integrative and Comparative Biology: in press.
765. Kelehear, C., E. Cabrera-Guzman, and R. Shine. 2012. Inadvertent consequences of community-based efforts to control invasive species. Conservation Letters: in press.
766. Pizzatto, L., and R. Shine. 2012. Typhoid Mary in the frogpond: can we use native frogs to disseminate a lungworm biocontrol for invasive cane toads? Animal Conservation: in press subject to revision.
767. Cabrera-Guzman, E., M. R. Crossland, and R. Shine. 2012. Predation on the eggs and larvae of invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina) by native aquatic invertebrates in tropical Australia. Biological Conservation: in press.
768. Croak, B. M., S. Dubey, D. A. Pike, J. K. Webb, and R. Shine. 2012. Phylogeography and dispersal in a rock-dwelling gecko (Oedura lesueurii), and its potential implications for conservation of an endangered snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides). BMC Evolutionary Biology: in press subject to revision.