Author: While, GM (Dr Geoff While)

Number of items: 45

Journal Article

McEvoy, J and While, GM and Sinn, DL and Wapstra, E, The role of size and aggression in intrasexual male competition in a social lizard species, Egernia whitii, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology pp. 1-12. ISSN 0340-5443 (In Press) [Refereed Article]
Rago, A and While, GM and Uller, T, Introduction pathway and climate trump ecology and life history as predictors of establishment success in alien frogs and toads, Ecology and Evolution, 2, (7) pp. 1437-1445. ISSN 2045-7758 (2012) [Refereed Article]
Isaksson, C and While, GM and McEvoy, J and van de Commenacker, J and Olsson, M and Groothuis, TGG and Komdeur, J and Wapstra, E, Aggression, but not testosterone, is associated to oxidative status in a free-living vertebrate, Behaviour: An International Journal of Behaviourial Biology, 148, (5-6) pp. 713-731. ISSN 0005-7959 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Uller, T and While, GM and Cadby, CD and Harts, A and O'Connor, K and Pen, P and Wapstra, E, Altitudinal divergence in maternal thermoregulatory behaviour may be driven by differences in selection on offspring survival in a viviparous lizard, Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, 65, (8) pp. 2313-2324. ISSN 0014-3820 (2011) [Refereed Article]
While, GM, Comment on 'Intrasexual competition among females: evidence for sexual selection' by Kimberly Rosvall, Behavioral Ecology, 22, (6) pp. 1141. ISSN 1045-2249 (2011) [Letter or Note in Journal]
Worth, JRP and Burridge, CP and While, GM and Wapstra, E, Development of 13 microsatellite loci in the spotted snow skink Niveoscincus ocellatus (Squamata: Scincidae) , Conservation Genetic Resources, 3, (2) pp. 287-290. ISSN 1877-7252 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Isaksson, C and While, GM and Olsson, M and Komdeur, J and Wapstra, E, Oxidative stress physiology in relation to life history traits of a free-living vertebrate: the spotted snow skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus, Integrative Zoology, 6, (2) pp. 140-149. ISSN 1749-4869 (2011) [Refereed Article]
While, GM and Uller, T and Wapstra, E, Variation in social organization influences the opportunity for sexual selection in a social lizard , Molecular Ecology, 20, (4) pp. 844-852. ISSN 0962-1083 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Pen, I and Uller, T and Feldmeyer, B and Harts, A and While, GM and Wapstra, E, Climate-driven population divergence in sex-determining systems, Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science, 468, (7322) pp. 436-439. ISSN 0028-0836 (2010) [Refereed Article]
Wapstra, E and Uller, T and While, GM and Olsson, M and Shine, R, Giving offspring a head start in life: field and experimental evidence for selection on maternal basking behaviour in lizards, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23, (3) pp. 651-657. ISSN 1010-061X (2010) [Refereed Article]
Cadby, CD and While, GM and Hobday, AJ and Uller, T and Wapstra, E, Multi-scale approach to understanding climate effects on offspring at birth and date of birth in a reptile, Integrative Zoology, 5, (2) pp. 164-175. ISSN 1749-4869 (2010) [Refereed Article]
While, GM and Isaksson, C and McEvoy, J and Sinn, DL and Komdeur, J and Wapstra, E and Groothuis, TGG, Repeatable intra-individual variation in plasma testosterone concentration and its sex-specific link to aggression in a social lizard , Hormones and Behavior, 58, (2) pp. 208-213. ISSN 0018-506X (2010) [Refereed Article]
While, GM and Wapstra, E, Effects of basking opportunity on birthing asynchrony in a viviparous lizard, Animal Behaviour, 77, (6) pp. 1465-1470. ISSN 0003-3472 (2009) [Refereed Article]
Uller, T and While, GM and Wapstra, E and Warner, DA and Goodman, BA and Schwarzkopf, L and Langkilde, T and Doughty, P and Radder, RS and Rohr, DH and Bull, CM and Shine, R and Olsson, M, Evaluation of offspring size-number invariants in 12 species of lizard, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22, (1) pp. 143-151. ISSN 1010-061X (2009) [Refereed Article]
While, GM and Uller, T and Wapstra, E, Family conflicts and the evolution of sociality in reptiles, Behavioral Ecology, 20, (2) pp. 245-250. ISSN 1045-2249 (2009) [Refereed Article]
While, GM and Sinn, DL and Wapstra, E, Female aggression predicts mode of paternity acquisition in a social lizard, Proceedings of The Royal Society. Biological Sciences, 276, (1664) pp. 2021-2029. ISSN 0962-8452 (2009) [Refereed Article]
While, GM and Uller, T and McEvoy, J and Wapstra, E, Long-lasting effects of among- but not within-litter timing in a viviparous lizard, Evolutionary Ecology Research, 11, (8) pp. 1259-1270. ISSN 1522-0613 (2009) [Refereed Article]
While, GM and Uller, T and Wapstra, E, Offspring performance and the adaptive benefits of prolonged pregnancy: experimental tests in a viviparous lizard, Functional Biology, 23, (4) pp. 818-825. ISSN 0269-8463 (2009) [Refereed Article]
While, GM and Wapstra, E, Snow skinks (Niveoscincus ocellatus) do not shift their sex allocation patterns in response to mating history, Behaviour: An International Journal of Behaviourial Biology, 146, (10) pp. 1405-1422. ISSN 0005-7959 (2009) [Refereed Article]
While, GM and Uller, T and Wapstra, E, Within-population variation in social strategies characterize the social and mating system of an Australian lizard, Egernia whitii , Austral Ecology, 34, (8) pp. 938-949. ISSN 1442-9985 (2009) [Refereed Article]
While, GM and Wapstra, E, Are there benefits to being born asynchronously: an experimental test in a social lizard, Behavioral Ecology, 19, (1) pp. 208-216. ISSN 1045-2249 (2008) [Refereed Article]
Sinn, DL and While, GM and Wapstra, E, Maternal care in a social lizard: links between female aggression and offspring fitness, Animal Behaviour, 76, (4) pp. 1249-1257. ISSN 0003-3472 (2008) [Refereed Article]
While, GM and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E, Birthing asynchrony is not a consequence of asynchronous offspring development in a non-avian vertebrate, the Australian skink Egernia whitii, Functional Ecology, 21, (3) pp. 513-519. ISSN 0269-8463 (2007) [Refereed Article]
While, GM and McArthur, C, Distance from cover affects artificial food-patch depletion by macropod herbivores, Wildlife Research, 33, (7) pp. 565-570. ISSN 1035-3712 (2006) [Refereed Article]
While, GM and McArthur, C, Foraging in a risky environment: a comparison of Bennett's wallabies Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) and red-bellied pademelons Thylogale billiardierii (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in open habitats, Austral Ecology, 30, (7) pp. 756-764. ISSN 1442-9985 (2005) [Refereed Article]

Conference Publication

While, GM and Wapstra, E and Uller, T, The causes and consequences of social organization in a reptile, British Herpetological Symposium, May 2011, Bangor, Wales (2011) [Conference Extract]
Wapstra, E and Uller, T and While, GM and Cadby, C, Aggression and the evolutionary ecology of social systems, International Society of Behavioural Ecology (ISBE) conference, September 2010, Perth (2010) [Conference Extract]
While, GM and Uller, T and Sinn, DL and Wapstra, E, Aggression and the evolutionary ecology of social systems, International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, 2010, Japan (2010) [Conference Extract]
Pen, I and Uller, T and Feldmeyer, B and Harts, A and While, GM and Wapstra, E, Climate driven population divergence in sex determining systems, International Society of Behavioural Ecology (ISBE), September, 2010, Perth (2010) [Conference Extract]
McEvoy, J and While, GM and Sinn, DL and Wapstra, E, Five Axes of Personality in a free-living lizard population, International Society of Behavioural Ecology (ISBE) conference, September 2010, Perth (2010) [Conference Extract]
While, GM and Sinn, DL and Wapstra, E, Conspecific aggression and its influence on key social strategies in a social lizard, Annual Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, 2009, Auckland, New Zealand (2009) [Conference Extract]
Wapstra, E and Uller, T and While, GM and Cadby, C and Feldmeyer, B and Harts, A and Pen, I, Different sex determination mechanisms between two populations of a viviparous skink: observations and potential explanations, Fifth International symposium on the biology of vertebrate sex determination, 2009, Kona Hawaii (2009) [Conference Extract]
Wapstra, E and Cadby, C and While, GM and Uller, T, The effects of climate variation on phenological and life history traits in spotted snow skinks (Niveoscincus ocellatus) across its climatic range, Annual Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologist, 2009, Auckland, New Zealand (2009) [Conference Extract]
While, GM and Wapstra, E, Birthing asynchrony in reptiles: a little explored maternal effect, 2nd Wollongong Workshop in Evolutionary Ecology: Evolution of parental effects: Conceptual issues and empirical patterns, January 2008, Wollongong, Australia (2008) [Conference Extract]
Wapstra, E and Cadby, C and While, GM and Sinn, DL and Uller, T, Climate effects in birth dates and offspring sex ratios in two natural populations of a viviparous skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus, International Evolution Meeting, June 2007, International Evolution Meeting, New Zealand (2007) [Conference Extract]
While, GM and Wapstra, E, Effects of temperature on birth spread in a viviparous lizard (Egernia whitii): consequences for offspring phenotype and fitness, Australian Society of Herpetologists Annual Conference, December 2007, Albany WA, Australia (2007) [Conference Extract]
While, GM and Sinn, DL and Wapstra, E, Linking variation in behaviour to variation in fitness : social agressing, teritory size and mating system in a social lizard, 4th Australasian Evolution Society Meeting, June 2007, 4th Australasian Evolution Society Meeting, UNSW (2007) [Conference Extract]
While, GM and Sinn, DL and Wapstra, E, Linking variation in behaviour to variation in fitness: social aggression, territory size, and mating system in a social lizard, International Evolution Meeting, June 2007, International Evolution Meeting, New Zealand (2007) [Conference Extract]
While, GM and Wapstra, E, Do female Niveoscincus ocellatus alter sex allocation based on mating experience?, 1st Evolution and Ecology meeting, April 2006, 1st Evolution & Ecology meeting, Uni of Wollongong (2006) [Conference Extract]
While, GM and Wapstra, E, Hatching asynchrony in birds: what can reptiles tell us?, International Evolution Meeting, June 2006, International Evolution Meeting, New York, USA (2006) [Conference Extract]
While, GM and Wapstra, E, Hatching asynchrony in reptiles - a potential link to the evolution of sociality, Animal Behaviour meeting, August 2006, Animal Behaviour meeting, Salt Lake City, USA (2006) [Conference Extract]
While, GM and Wapstra, E, What can reptiles tell us about hatching processes in birds?, Annual Meeting, Society of Herpetologists, April, 2006, Annual Meeting, Society of Herpetologists, Melb (2006) [Conference Extract]
While, GM and Wapstra, E, Determinants of home range size and overlap in a social lizard (Egernia whittii), 30th Meeting Australian Society of Herpetologists, February 2005, Gold Coast, Australia (2005) [Conference Extract]
While, GM and Wapstra, E, Social and genetic architecture in a social lizard, Proceedings of Fifth World Congress of Herpetology , June 2005, Stellenbosch, South Africa (2005) [Conference Extract]

Thesis

While, GM, The Causes and Consequences of Social Structuring in Egernia whitii; Implications for Understanding the Evolution of Sociality (2009) [PhD]