Author: Wapstra, E (Associate Professor Erik Wapstra)

Number of items: 154

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]
Itonaga, K and Wapstra, E and Jones, SM, A novel pattern of placental leucine transfer during mid to late gestation in a highly placentotrophic viviparous lizard, Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 318, (4) pp. 308-315. ISSN 1552-5007 (2012) [Refereed Article]
Pharo, EJ and Davison, A and Warr, K and Nursey-Bray, M and Beswick, K and Wapstra, E and Jones, C, Can teacher collaboration overcome interdisciplinary barriers in a university structured around traditional disciplines? A case study using climate change, Teaching in Higher Education, 17, (5) pp. 497-507. ISSN 1356-2517 (2012) [Refereed Article]
Itonaga, K and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E, Do gravid females become selfish? Female allocation of energy during gestation, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 85, (3) pp. 231-242. ISSN 1522-2152 (2012) [Refereed Article]
Itonaga, K and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E, Effects of maternal basking and food quantity during gestation provide evidence for the selective advantage of matrotrophy in a viviparous lizard, PLoS-One, 7, (7) Article e41835. ISSN 1932-6203 (2012) [Refereed Article]
Itonaga, K and Edwards, A and Wapstra, E and Jones, SM, Interpopulational variation in costs of reproduction related to pregnancy in a viviparous lizard, Ethology Ecology and Evolution, 24, (4) pp. 367-376. ISSN 0394-9370 (2012) [Refereed Article]
Ballen, C and Healey, M and Wilson, M and Tobler, M and Wapstra, E and Olsson, M, Net superoxide levels: steeper increase with activity in cooler female and hotter male lizards, Journal of Experimental Biology, 215, (5) pp. 731-735. ISSN 0022-0949 (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]
Olsson, M and Schwartz, T and Wapstra, E and Uller, T and Ujvari, B and Madsen, T and Shine, R, Climate change, multiple paternity and offspring survival in lizards, Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, 65, (11) pp. 3323-3326. ISSN 0014-3820 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Schwartz, TS and Perrin, C and Wapstra, E and Uller, M and Olsson, M, Complex selection associated with Hox genes in a natural population of lizards, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24, (11) pp. 2520-2524. ISSN 1010-061X (2011) [Refereed Article]
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]
Itonaga, K and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E, Effects of variation in maternal carotenoid intake during gestation on offspring innate immune response in a matrotrophic viviparous reptile, Functional Ecology, 25, (6) pp. 1318-1326. ISSN 0269-8463 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Itonaga, K and Wapstra, E and Jones, SM, Evidence for placental transfer of maternal corticosterone in a viviparous lizard, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 160, (2) pp. 184-189. ISSN 1095-6433 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Wapstra, E and Schwartz, T and Madsen, T and Ujvari, B and Uller, T, In hot pursuit: Fluctuating mating system and sexual selection in sand lizards, Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, 65, (2) pp. 574-583. ISSN 0014-3820 (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]
Cadby, CD and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E, Potentially adaptive effects of maternal nutrition during gestation on offspring phenotype of a viviparous reptile, Journal of Experimental Biology, 214, (24) pp. 4234-4239. ISSN 0022-0949 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Pauliny, A and Wapstra, E and Uller, T and Schwartz, T and Blomqvist, D, Sex differences in sand lizard telomere inheritance: Paternal epigenetic effects increases telomere heritability and offspring survival, PLoS One, 6, (4) pp. e17473. ISSN 1932-6203 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Pauliny, A and Wapstra, E and Uller, T and Schwartz, T and Miller, E and Blomqvist, D, Sexual differences in telomere selection in the wild, Molecular Ecology, 20, (10) pp. 2085-2099. ISSN 0962-1083 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Andersson, S and Wapstra, E, UV-deprived coloration reduces success in mate acquisition in male sand lizards (Lacerta agilis), PLoS One, 6, (5) pp. e19360. ISSN 1932-6203 (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]
Sinn, DL and Moltschaniwskyj, NA and Wapstra, E and Dall, SRX, Are behavioral syndromes invariant? Spatiotemporal variation in shy/bold behaviour in squid, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64, (4) pp. 693-702. ISSN 0340-5443 (2010) [Refereed Article]
Cadby, CD and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E, Are increased concentrations of maternal corticosterone adaptive to offspring? A test using a placentotrophic lizard , Functional Ecology, 24, (2) pp. 409-416. ISSN 0269-8463 (2010) [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]
Olsson, M and Pauliny, A and Wapstra, E and Blomqvist, D, Proximate determinants of telomere length in sand lizards (Lacerta agilis), Biology Letters, 6, (5) pp. 651-653. ISSN 1744-9561 (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]
Wapstra, E and Warner, DA, Sex allocation and sex determination in squamate reptiles, Sexual Development, 4, (1-2) pp. 110-118. ISSN 1661-5425 (2010) [Refereed Article]
Sherman, CDH and Wapstra, E and Olsson, M, Sperm competition and offspring viability at hybridization in Australian tree frogs, Litoria peronii and L. tyleri, Heredity, 104, (2) pp. 141-147. ISSN 0018-067X (2010) [Refereed Article]
Wapstra, E and Uller, T and Sinn, DL and Olsson, M and Mazurek, KL and Joss, J and Shine, R, Climate effects on offspring sex ratio in a viviparous lizard, Journal of Animal Ecology, 78, (1) pp. 84-90. ISSN 0021-8790 (2009) [Refereed Article]
Sherman, CDH and Wapstra, E and Olsson, M, Consistent male-male paternity differences across female genotypes, Biology Letters, 5, (2) pp. 232-234. ISSN 1744-9561 (2009) [Refereed Article]
Sherman, CDH and Wapstra, E and Olsson, M, Consistent paternity skew through ontogeny in peron's tree frog (Litoria peronii), PLoS One, 4, (12) pp. 1-4. ISSN 1932-6203 (2009) [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]
Mousseau, TA and Uller, T and Wapstra, E and Badyaev, AV, Evolution of maternal effects: past and present, Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions. Biological Sciences, 364, (1520) pp. 1035-1038. ISSN 0962-8436 (2009) [Professional, Non 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]
Olsson, M and Healey, M and Wapstra, E and Uller, T, Testing the quality of a carrier: a field experiment on lizard signalers, Evolution, 63, (3) pp. 695-701. ISSN 0014-3820 (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]
McEvoy, J and Sinn, DL and Wapstra, E, Know thy enemy: Behavioural response of a native mammal (Rattus lutreolus velutinus) to predators of different coexistence histories, Austral Ecology , 33, (7) pp. 922-931. ISSN 1442-9985 (2008) [Refereed Article]
Sherman, C and Wapstra, E and Uller, T and Olsson, M, Male and female effects on fertilization success and offspring viability in the Peron's tree frog, Litoria peronii, Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere, 33, (3) pp. 348-352. ISSN 1442-9985 (2008) [Refereed Article]
Sherman, CDH and Wapstra, E and Uller, T and Olsson, M, Males with high genetic similarity to females sire more offspring in sperm competition in Peron's tree frog Litoria peronii, Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Series B - Biological Sciences, 275, (1637) pp. 971-978. ISSN 0962-8452 (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]
Olsson, M and Wapstra, E and Healey, M and Schwartz, T and Uller, T, Selection on space use in a polymorphic lizard, Evolutionary Ecology Research, 10, (4) pp. 621-627. ISSN 1522-0613 (2008) [Refereed Article]
Stuart-Smith, JF and Stuart-Smith, RD and Swain, R and Wapstra, E, Size dimorphism in Rankinia (Tympanocryptis) diemensis (Family Agamidae): sex-specific patterns and geographic variation, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 94, (4) pp. 699-709. ISSN 0024-4066 (2008) [Refereed Article]
Sherman, CDH and Uller, T and Wapstra, E and Olsson, M, Within-population variation in ejaculate characteristics in a prolonged breeder, Peron's tree frog, Litoria peronii, Naturwissenschaften, 95, (11) pp. 1055-1061. ISSN 0028-1042 (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]
Wapstra, E and Uller, T and Pen, I and Komdeur, J and Olsson, M and Shine, R, Disentangling the complexities of vertebrate sex allocation: a role for squamate reptiles?, Oikos, 116, (6) pp. 1051-1057. ISSN 0030-1299 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Stuart-Smith, JF and Swain, R and Stuart-Smith, RD and Wapstra, E, Is fecundity the ultimate cause of female-biased size dimorphism in a dragon lizard?*, Journal of Zoology, 273, (3) pp. 266-272. ISSN 0952-8369 (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]
Olsson, M and Healey, M and Wapstra, E and Schwartz, T and Lebas, N and Uller, T, Mating system variation and morph fluctuations in a polymorphic lizard, Molecular Ecology, 16, (24) pp. 5307-5315. ISSN 0962-1083 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Uller, T and Pen, I and Wapstra, E and Beukeboom, LW and Komdeur, J, The evolution of sex ratios and sex-determining systems, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 22, (6) pp. 292-297. ISSN 0169-5347 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Stuart-Smith, JF and Swain, R and Wapstra, E, The role of body size in competition and mate choice in an agamid with female-biased size dimorphism, Behaviour, 144, (9) pp. 1087-1102. ISSN 0005-7959 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Neaves, L and Wapstra, E and Birch, D and Girling, JE and Joss, JMP, Embryonic gonadal and sexual organ development in a small viviparous skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus, Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 305A, (1) pp. 74-82. ISSN 1548-8969 (2006) [Refereed Article]
Wapstra, E, A simple method to accurately measure small squamate offspring, Herpetological Review, 36, (2) pp. 138-139. ISSN 0018-084X (2005) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]
Olsson, M and Wapstra, E and Madsen, T and Ujvari, B and Rugfelt, C, Costly parasite resistance: a genotype-dependent handicap in sand lizards?, Biology Letters, 1, (3) pp. 375-377. ISSN 1744-9561 (2005) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Wapstra, E and Uller, T, Differential sex allocation in sand lizards: bright males induce daughter production in a species with heteromorphic sex chromosomes, Biology Letters, 1, (3) pp. 378-380. ISSN 1744-9561 (2005) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Ujvari, B and Wapstra, E and Madsen, T and Shine, R and Bensch, S, Does mate guarding prevent rival mating in snow skinks? A test using AFLP, Herpetologica, 61, (4) pp. 389-394. ISSN 0018-0831 (2005) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Wapstra, E and Swan, G and Snaith, E and Clarke, R and Madsen, T, Effects of long-term fox baiting on species composition and abundance in an Australian lizard community, Austral Ecology, 30, (8) pp. 907-913. ISSN 1442-9985 (2005) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Madsen, T and Wapstra, E and Silverin, B and Ujvari, B and Wittzell, H, MHC, health, color and reproductive success in sand lizards, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 58, (3) pp. 289-294. ISSN 0340-5443 (2005) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Madsen, T and Uller, T and Wapstra, E and Ujvari, B, The role of Haldane's rule in sex allocation, Evolution, 59, (1) pp. 221-225. ISSN 0014-3820 (2005) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Madsen, T and Ujvari, B and Wapstra, E, Fecundity and MHC affects ejaculation tactics and paternity bias in sand lizards, Evolution, 58, (4) pp. 906-909. ISSN 0014-3820 (2004) [Refereed Article]
Anderholm, S and Olsson, M and Wapstra, E and Ryberg, K, Fit and fat from enlarged badges: a field experiment on male sand lizards, Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Series B - Biological Sciences, 271, (Supplement 4) pp. S142-S144 . ISSN 0962-8452 (2004) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Ujvaroi, B and Madsen, T and Uller, T and Wapstra, E, Haldane rules: cost of outbreeding of production of daughters in sand lizards, Ecology Letters, 7, (10) pp. 924-928. ISSN 1461-023X (2004) [Refereed Article]
Wapstra, E and Olsson, M and Shine, R and Edwards, A and Swain, R and Joss, JMP, Maternal basking behaviour determines offspring sex in a viviparous reptile, Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Series B - Biological Sciences, 271, (Supplement 4) pp. S230-S232 . ISSN 0962-8452 (2004) [Refereed Article]
Ryberg, K and Olsson, M and Wapstra, E and Madsen, T and Anderholm, S and Ujvari, B, Offspring-driven local dispersal in female sand lizards (Lacerta agilis), Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 17, (6) pp. 1215-1220. ISSN 1010-061X (2004) [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]
Olsson, M and Madsen, T and Nordby, J and Wapstra, E and Ujvari, B and Wittsell, H, Major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in sand lizards, Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 270 pp. S254-S256. ISSN 0962-8452 (2003) [Refereed Article]
Edwards, A and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E, Multiennial reproduction in females of a viviparous, temperate-zone skink, Tiliqua nigrolutea, Herpetologica, 58, (4) pp. 407-414. ISSN 0018-0831 (2002) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Wapstra, E and Olofsson, C, Offspring size-number strategies: experimental manipulation of offspring size in viviparous lizard (Lacerta vivipara), Functional Ecology, 16 pp. 135-140. ISSN 0269-8463 (2002) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Shine, R and Wapstra, E and Ujvari, B and Madsen, T, Sexual dimorphism in lizard body shape: The role of sexual selection and fecundity selection, Evolution, 56, (7) pp. 1538-1542. ISSN 0014-3820 (2002) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Shine, R and Wapstra, E, Costs of reproduction in a lizard species: a comparison of observational and experimental data, Oikos, 93, (1) pp. 121-125. ISSN 0030-1299 (2001) [Refereed Article]
Wapstra, E and Swain, R, Geographic and annual variation in life-history traits in a temperate zone Australian skink, Journal of Herpetology, 35, (2) pp. 194-203. ISSN 0022-1511 (2001) [Refereed Article]
Wapstra, E and Swain, R and O'Reilly-Wapstra, JM, Geographic variation in age and size at maturity in a small Australian viviparous skink, Copeia, 2001, (3) pp. 646-655. ISSN 0045-8511 (2001) [Refereed Article]
Wapstra, E and O'Reilly-Wapstra, JM, Potential 'costs of reproduction' in a skink: Inter- and intrapopulational variation, Austral Ecology, 26, (2) pp. 179-186. ISSN 1442-9985 (2001) [Refereed Article]
Wapstra, E and Swain, R, Reproductive Correlates of Abdominal Fat Body Mass in Niveoscincus occellatus, a Skink with an Asynchronous Reproductive Cycle, Journal of Herpetology, 35, (3) pp. 403-409. ISSN 0022-1511 (2001) [Refereed Article]
Wapstra, E, Maternal basking opportunity affects juvenile phenotype in a viviparous lizard, Functional Ecology, 14 pp. 345-352. ISSN 0269-8463 (2000) [Refereed Article]
Olsson, M and Wapstra, E and Madsen, T and Silverin, B, Testosterone, ticks and travels: a test of the immunocompetence-handicap hypothesis in free-ranging male sand lizards, Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Series B - Biological Sciences, 267, (1459 ) pp. 2339-2343. ISSN 0962-8452 (2000) [Refereed Article]
Wapstra, E and Swain, R and Jones, SM and O'Reilly-Wapstra, JM, Geographic and annual variation in reproductive cycles in the Tasmanian spotted snow skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus (Squamata : Scincidae), Australian Journal of Zoology, 47, (6) pp. 539-550. ISSN 0004-959X (1999) [Refereed Article]
Jones, SM and Wapstra, E and Swain, R, Asynchronous male and female gonadal cycles and plasma steroid concentrations in a viviparous lizard, Niveoscincus ocellatus (Scincidae), from Tasmania, General and Comparative Endocrinology, 108, (2) pp. 271-281. ISSN 0016-6480 (1997) [Refereed Article]
Wapstra, E and Swain, R, Feeding ecology of the Tasmanian spotted skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus (Squamata : Scincidae), Australian Journal of Zoology, 44, (2) pp. 205-13. ISSN 0004-959X (1996) [Refereed Article]

Conference Publication

Itonaga, K and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E, Maternal carotenoid intake during gestation affects innate immune response of offspring in a matrotrophic viviparous reptile, ICCPB2011, 31 May - 5 June 2011, Nagoya Congress Center, Japan (2011) [Conference Extract]
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]
Warr, K and Pharo, EJ and Davison, AG and Booth, S and Nursey-Bray, MJ and Jones, Colin and Wapstra, E, A climate of interdisciplinarity: A teaching collaboration for enhancing interdisciplinary student learning about climate change, HERDSA 2010 program: Concurrent session four, 6-9 July 2010, Melbourne EJ (2010) [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 Sinn, DL and Wapstra, E, Does fine scale situational variation influence behavioural correlations? A case study in native rats, International Society for Behavioural Ecology (ISBE) Conference, 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]
Wapstra, E, Integrating explorations of maternal effects, climate effects and the evolution of sex determination in skinks, 2010, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University (2010) [Plenary Presentation]
Randall, J and Hobday, AJ and Wapstra, E, Migratory cues and phenological change in southernbluefin tuna, Australian National Network in Marine Science (ANNiMS) Postgraduate Conference, 21-22 July 2010, Townsville (2010) [Conference Extract]
Randall, J and Hobday, AJ and Wapstra, E, Phenological change in marine systems: migratory timing in southern bluefin tuna, Australian Society of Fish Biology (ASFB) Annual Conference and Symposium on Climate Change, 12-14 July 2010, Melbourne (2010) [Conference Extract]
Cadby, C and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E, Are inceased levels of maternal corticosterone adaptive for offspring spotted skink (Niveoscincus ocellatus)? , Annual meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologist, 2009, New Zealand (2009) [Conference Extract]
Cadby, C and Uller, T and O'Connor, K and Mazurek, K and Wapstra, E, Climate change and reptiles: predictions, observations and future challenges, Annual Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologist, 2009, Auckland, New Zealand (2009) [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]
Itonaga, K and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E, Maternal effects in a viviparous lizard with a complex placenta: how variation in maternal basking and food quantity during gestation affect offspring phenotype, Annual Meeting of The Herpetological Society of Japan, 2009, Japan (2009) [Conference Extract]
Itonaga, K and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E, Maternal effects in a viviparous lizard with a complex placenta: how variation in maternal basking and food quantity during gestation affect offspring phenotype, Annual Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologist, 2009, Auckland, New Zealand (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]
Harts, A and Feldmeyer, B and Pen, I and Uller, T and Wapstra, E, The evolution of temperature dependent sex determination in a viviparous lizard, Annual Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologist, 2009, Auckland, New Zealand (2009) [Conference Extract]
Wapstra, E, The power of time: what do long term ecological studies tell us about climate change?, Climate change symposia, 2010, INTECOL, Brisbane (2009) [Plenary Presentation]
Davison, A and Phara, E and Warr, K and Nurey-Bray, M and Jones, C and Booth, S and Wapstra, E, A climate of interdisciplinarity: A teaching collaboration for enhancing disciplinary student learning about climate change, Teaching Matters, 2008, Launceston (2008) [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]
Cadby, C and Jones, E and Wapstra, E, Climate change: what can maternal effects tell us? Maternal basking behaviour in the spotted skink (session: climate change: from genes to ecosystems), Annual Meeting of Society of Experimental Biology, July 2008, Marseille, France (2008) [Conference Extract]
Cadby, C and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E, The adaptive nature of maternal basking behaviour, 2nd Wollongong Workshop in Evolutionary Ecology: Evolution of parental effects: Conceptual issues and empirical patterns, January 2008, Wollongong, Australia (2008) [Conference Extract]
Wapstra, E, Too hot too handle? environmental effects, climate change, reproduction and offspring phenotypes in lizards, Society for Reproductive Biology and Endocrinological Society of Australia, 2008, Melbourne (2008) [Plenary Presentation]
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]
Uller, T and Wapstra, E, Climate effects on offspring sex ratios in a viviparous lizard, Australasian Evolution Society Meeting, June 2007, Australasian Evolution Society Meeting UNSW (2007) [Conference Extract]
Uller, R and Wapstra, E and Sinn, DL and Olsson, M and Joss, J and Shine, R, Climate-driven maternal effects on offspring sex ratio, Annual Meeting for the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, August, 2007, Lund, Sweden (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]
Edwards, A and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E and Richardson, AMM, Engaging students through authentic research experiences, UniService Science Symposium Proceedings: Science Teaching and Learning Research, September 27 & 28, 2007, University of Sydney, pp. 168-171. (2007) [Refereed Conference Paper]
Wapstra, E, Exploring sex allocation, sex determination and global warming in a squamate reptile, Department of Zoology, 2007, Goteborg University, Sweden (2007) [Plenary Presentation]
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]
Sherman, CDH and Wapstra, E and Olsson, M, Sperm competition and siring success in the Peron’s tree frog, International Evolution Meeting, June 2007, Christchurch, New Zealand (2007) [Conference Extract]
Cadby, C and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E, The consequences of environmental maternal effects on the spotted snow skink (Niveoscincus ocellatus) offspring, Australian Society of Herpetologists Annual Conference, December 2007, Albany WA, Australia (2007) [Conference Extract]
Wapstra, E, What happens when an empiricist talks to theoretical modellers? exploring long term datasets on sex allocation in a viviparous skink with TSD, Theoretical Ecology Department, April 2007, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (2007) [Plenary Presentation]
McEvoy, J and Wapstra, E and Sinn, DL, Behavioural types in a native rodent, Rattus lutreolus velutinus, Australian Society Animal Behaviour , April 2006, Australian Society Animal Behaviour, Macquarie Uni (2006) [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]
Olsson, M and Madsen, T and Wapstra, E and Ujvari, B, Reproductive strategies - MHC relatedness affects pre- and post-copulatory reproductive tactics in a lizard, 52nd NIBB Conference, Reproductive Strategies, Janury, 2006, 52nd NIBB Conference Reproductive Strategies Japan (2006) [Conference Extract]
Wapstra, E, Sex allocation in snow skinks: what patterns are there and how consistent are they?, Annual meeting, Society of Herpetologists, April 2006, Annual meeting Society of Herpetologists Melbourne (2006) [Conference Extract]
Wapstra, E, Sex allocation in squamates: does the story become clearer with more data?, 1st Evolution and Ecology meeting, April 2006, 1st Evolution & Ecology meeting, Uni of Wollongong (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]
Edwards, A and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E and Richardson, AMM and Talbot, SR, Zoology undergraduates 'Reach into Research' : Student volunteers Program, Teaching Matters, 5th annual meeting, November, 2006, Teaching Matters, 5th annual meeting, UTas (2006) [Conference Extract]
Jahn, M and Wapstra, E, Climatic effects on offspring from viviparous skinks, 30th Meeting Australian Society of Herpetologists, February 2005, Gold Coast, Australia (2005) [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]
Olsson, M and Uller, T and Wapstra, E, Differential sex allocation in a lizard: haldane rules, 4th Meeting Australasian Evolution Society, September 2005, 4th Meeting Australasian Evolution Society, Perth (2005) [Conference Extract]
Olsson, M and Uller, T and Wapstra, E, GSD and sex allocation in reptiles: an overlooked gold mine?, Proceedings of Fifth World Congress of Herpetology, June, 2005, Stellenbosch, South Africa (2005) [Conference Extract]
Wapstra, E and Uller, T, Sex allocation in squamates - the past, present and future, Proceedings of Fifth World Congress of Herpetology, June, 2005, South Africa (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]
Olsson, M and Madsen, T and Uller, T and Wapstra, E and Ujvari, B, The role of Haldane's rule in sex allocation, 10th International Behavioural Ecology Congress, July 2004, Jyvaskyla, Finland (2004) [Conference Extract]
Olsson, M and Madsen, T and Uller, T and Wapstra, E and Ujvari, B, The role of Haldane's rule in sex allocation, Joint meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution Socieity of Systematic Biologists and The American Society of Naturalists, June 2004, Fort Collins, Colorado (2004) [Conference Extract]
Neaves, L and Wapstra, E and Birch, D and Girling, JE and Joss, JMP, Embryo development in viviparous skinks and the timing of gonadal differentiation, 29th Meeting Australian Society of Herpetologists, December 2003, Northern Territory, Australia (2003) [Conference Extract]
Neaves, L and Wapstra, E and Birch, D and Girling, JE and Joss, JMP, Embryonic, gonadal and sexual organ development in the small viviparous skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus, 20th Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, December 2003, Hobart, Tasmania (2003) [Conference Extract]
Wapstra, E, Giving offspring a head start in life: selection on female basking behaviour, 29th Meeting Australian Society of Herpetologists, December 2003, Northern Territory, Australia (2003) [Conference Extract]
Neaves, L and Wapstra, E and Joss, J and Birch, D and Girling, JE, Gonad differentiation in viviparous snow skinks, Third International Symposium on Vertebrate Sex Determination, March 2003, Kona, Hawaii (2003) [Conference Extract]
Wapstra, E and Olsson, M and Shine, R and Edwards, A and Swain, R, Selection of offspring sex by a viviparous lizard: evidence for an adaptive explanation, Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination, 2003, Kona, Hawaii, USA (2003) [Conference Extract]
Wapstra, E, Mother knows best: facultative sex allocation in spotted snow skinks, 28th Meeting Australian Society of Herpetologists, 2002, Canberra, Australia (2002) [Conference Extract]
Olsson, M and Madsen, T and Wapstra, E and Silverin, B and Rutger, K, Sexual selection on MHC genes in testosterone-challenged male sand lizards, 9th Meeting of the International Society of Behavioural Ecology, July 2002, Quebec, Canada (2002) [Conference Extract]
Wapstra, E and Swain, R, Factors influencing growth rate in the spotted skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus, Abstracts of the Third World Congress of Herpetology, Prague, pp. 223. (1997) [Conference Extract]
Jones, SM and Swain, R and Wapstra, E, The Annual Cycle of Reproduction and Reproductive Steroids in Plasma of Niveoscincus ocellatus , a cool-climate viviparous skink, The Third Congress of the Asia & Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology, Sydney, Australia, pp. 112-113. (1996) [Conference Edited]

Contract Report, Consultant's Report

Wapstra, E, An assessment of fauna conservation values on the property of A and J Wark, van Morey Road, Margate, Hilder REal Estate Services (2001) [Consultants Report]
Wapstra, E and O'Reilly-Wapstra, JM, An assessment of fauna and flora conservation values prior to development of an 'artificial wetland' at Tioxide, Burnie, ICI (Tioxide) and Burnie Council (2001) [Consultants Report]
Wapstra, E and O'Reilly-Wapstra, JM, A zoological survey and assessment of the Bass Highway from Victoria Bridge to the junction of Winspears Road and adjacent Bishton Creek, Pitt and Sherry Consulting Engineers (2000) [Consultants Report]
Wapstra, E and Hopkins, K, Tioxide Burnie: A Biological Survey for ICI, Tioxide Burnie (2000) [Consultants Report]
Wapstra, E, An assessment of and recommendations for the rehabilitation of a contiminated site containing the green and gold frog (Litoria raniformis). , Threatened Species Unit, Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife and the Launceston Airport Authority (1999) [Consultants Report]

Thesis

Wapstra, E, Life history and reproductive variation in the spotted skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus (Gray 1845) (1998) [PhD]