Author: Atkins, N (Dr Natalia Atkins)

Number of items: 8

Journal Article

Atkins, N and Swain, R and Jones, SM, Are babies better in autumn or spring? The consequences of extending gestation in a biennially reproducing viviparous lizard, Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 307A, (7) pp. 397-405. ISSN 1932-5223 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Atkins, N and Swain, R and Wapstra, E and Jones, SM, Late stage deferral of parturition in the viviparous lizard Niveoscincus ocellatus (Gray 1845): implications for offspring quality and survival, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 90, (4) pp. 735-746. ISSN 0024-4066 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Atkins, N and Swain, R and Jones, SM, Does date of birth or a capacity for facultative placentotrophy influence offspring quality in a viviparous skink, Niveoscincus microlepidotus?, Australian Journal of Zoology, 54, (5) pp. 369-374. ISSN 0004-959X (2006) [Refereed Article]
Atkins, N and Jones, SM and Guillette Jr, LJ, Timing of parturition in two species of viviparous lizard: influences of b-adrenergic stimulation and temperature upon uterine responses to arginine vasotocin (AVT), Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 176, (8) pp. 783-792. ISSN 0174-1578 (2006) [Refereed Article]
Atkins, N and Wapstra, E, Successful treatment of a mite infestation in gravid spotted snow skinks (Niveoscincus ocellatus), Herpetofauna - Sydney, 34, (2) pp. 66-69. ISSN 0725-1424 (2004) [Refereed Article]
Atkins, N and Jones, SM and Edwards, A, Fecal Testosterone Concentrations May Not Be Useful for Monitoring Reproductive Status in Male Blue-Tongued Lizards (Tiliqua nigrolutea: Scincidae), Journal of Herpetology, 36, (1) pp. 106-109. ISSN 0022-1511 (2002) [Refereed Article]

Conference Publication

Atkins, N and Edwards, A and Jones, SM, Fecal testosterone concentrations may not be useful for monitoring reproductive cycles in blue-tongued lizards, Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, 16th annual meeting, 1999, University of New England, Armidale, Australia (1999) [Conference Extract]

Thesis

Atkins, N, Parental effects in two species of viviparous lizards: Niveoscincus microlepidotus and N. ocellatus (2007) [PhD]