Publications

Smith, K.F., Stefaniak, L., Saito, Y., Gemmill, C.E.C., Cary, S.C., Fidler A.E. (2012). Increased inter-colony fusion rates are associated with reduced COI haplotype diversity in an invasive colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum. PLoS ONE (in press).

Fidler A.E., Holland, P.T., Reschly, E.J., Ekins, S., Krasowski, M.D. (2012). Activation of a tunicate (Ciona intestinalis) xenobiotic receptor orthologue by both natural toxins and synthetic toxicants. Toxicon 59, 365–372.

Kirs, M., Harwood, V.J., Fidler A.E., Gillespie P.A., Fyfe W.A. Blackwood A.D., Cornelisen, C.D. (2011). Source tracking faecal contamination in an urbanised and rural waterway in the Nelson-Tasman region, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45, 43-58.

Ismar S.M.H., Igic B., Chong N.L., Bair K., Ortiz-Catedral L., Fidler A.E., Hauber M.E. (2011). Morphology, coloration and visual sensitivity of red-tailed tropicbirds Phaeton rubricauda breeding on the Kermadec Islands. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 38, 29-42.

Marske, K.A., R.A.B. Leschen, Buckley, T.R. (2011). Reconciling phylogeography and ecological niche models for New Zealand beetles: Looking beyond glacial refugia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59: 89-102.

Evans, J., Gasparini, C., G I Holwell, Ramnarine, I.W., Pitcher, T.E. & Pilastro, A (2011). Intraspecific evidence from guppies for correlated patterns of male and female genital trait diversification. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2453.

Bradler, S. and Buckley, T.R. (2011). Stick insect on unsafe ground: Does a fossil from the Early Eocene of France really link Mesozoic taxa to the extant crown group of Phasmatodea?. Systematic Entomology, 36: 218-222.

MacKay, J.W.B., Murphy, E.C., Anderson, S H, Russell, J.C., Hauber, M.E. & Clout, M.N. (2011). A successful mouse eradication explained by site-specific population data. Pages 198-203 in "Island invasives: Eradication and management" (eds C.R. Veitch, M.N. Clout & D.R. Towns). IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Gland, Switzerland.

Gaskett AC (2011). Orchid pollination by sexual deception: pollinator perspectives. Biological Reviews. 33-75. 2011.

Buckley, T.R., S. James, J. Allwood, S. Bartlam. R. Howitt, and D. Prada. (2011). Phylogenetic analysis of New Zealand earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) reveals ancient clades and cryptic taxonomic diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 58: 85-96.

S D Wright, H A Ross, D J Keeling, P McBride, L N Gillman (2011). Thermal Energy and the Rate of Genetic Evolution in Marine Fishes. Evolutionary Ecology, Volume 25, Number 2, 525-530, DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9416-z .
http://www.springerlink.com.ezproxy.auckland.ac.nz/content/04715lx7055411j4/

M E Herberstein, J M Schneider, A M Harmer, Gaskett AC, K Robinson, K Shaddick, D Soetkamp, P D Wilson, S Pekar, M A Elgar (2011). Sperm storage and copulation duration in a sexually cannibalistic spider. Journal of Ethology 29: 1. 9-15.

Hyun, J.K., Accurso, C., Hijnen, M., Schult, P., Pettikiriarachchi, Mitra, A. K. and Coulibaly, F. (2011). Membrane remodelling by the double-barrel scaffolding protein of poxvirus. PLoS Pathogens. 7(9): e1002239.

Sutherland, J., Lindstrom, S. C., Nelson, W. A., Brodie, J., Lynch, M. D. J., Hwang, M. S., Choi, H.-G., et al (2011). A new look at an ancient order: generic revision of the Bangiales (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology, 47: 1131–1151. doi: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01052.x.

Schweikert, K., Sutherland, J., Hurd, C., & Burritt, D (2011). UV-B radiation induces changes in polyamine metabolism in the red seaweed Porphyra cinnamomea. Plant Growth Regulation, 65: 389–399.

Smith, K.F., Cahill, P.L., Fidler A.E. (2010). First record of the solitary ascidian Ciona savignyi Herdman, 1882 in the Southern Hemisphere. Aquatic Invasions 5: 363 – 368. doi: 10.3391/ai.2010.5.4.05.

C M Postlethwaite, M M Walker (2010). A geometric model for initial orientation errors in pigeon navigation. Journal of Theoretical Biology 269, 273-279, 2011.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.10.036

P J de Lange, R D Smissen, S J Wagstaff, D J Keeling, B G Murray and H R Toelken (2010). A molecular phylogeny and infrageneric classification for Kunzea (Myrtaceae) inferred from rDNA ITS and ETS sequences. Australian Systematic Botany, 23, 309-319, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/2e6ewhw

G I Holwell and M E Herberstein (2010). Chirally Dimorphic Male Genitalia in Praying Mantids (Ciulfina: Liturgusidae). Journal of Morphology 271:1176-1184, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/2dgqrqn

E C Winnebeck, C D Millar, G R Warman (2010). Why does insect RNA look degraded?. Journal of Insect Science: Vol. 10 Article 159, (21 September 2010).
http://www.insectscience.org/10.159/

Fidler A.E. (2010). Personality-associated genetic variation in birds and its possible significance for avian evolution, conservation and welfare. Chapter 13 in ‘From Genes to Animal Behavior’, Inoue-Murayama M. et al. (eds.). Primatology Monographs. pp 275 – 294. Springer Verlag (DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-53892-9_13 / ISBN: 978-4-431-53891-2).

Mark Hauber (2010). Publications: Publish like a pro. Kendall Powell Nature 467, 873-875, October, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/27sfcpw

L Ranjard, M G Anderson, M J Rayner, R B Payne, I McLean, J V Briskie, H A Ross, D H Brunton, S M N Wooley, M E Hauber (2010). Bioacoustic distances between the begging calls of brood parasites and their host species: a comparison of metrics and techniques. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (Methods), DOI 10.1007/s00265-010-1065-2, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/37efuur

K Richardson, J G Ewen, D P Armstrong, M E Hauber (2010). Sex-specific shifts in natal dispersal dynamics during establishment of a reintroduced hihi population. Behaviour (2010) Special Issue on Dispersal and Sociality.
http://tinyurl.com/2b5fsp8

L Huynen, B J Gill, C D Millar and D M Lambert (2010). Ancient DNA reveals extreme egg morphology and nesting behavior in New Zealand’s extinct moa. PNAS Early Edition doi/10.1073/pnas 0914096107, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/2bzw8kj

P O’B Lyver, C J MacLeod, G Ballard, B J Karl, K J Barton, J Adams, D G Ainley, P R Wilson (2010). Intra-seasonal variation in foraging behaviour among Adélie penguins (Pygocelis adeliae) breeding at Cape Hallett, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biol DOI 10.1007/s00300-010-0858-0, 2010.
http://www.prbo.org/refs/files/12064_Lyver2010.pdf

Sewell, M.A. (2010). “What’s in our soap”. Petra Bagust -TV3 Video Clip – Tuesday, 17th August, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/2c5v6sz

K M Dugger, D G Ainley, P O’B Lyver, K Barton and G Ballard (2010). Survival differences and the effect of environmental instability of breeding dispersal in an Adélie penguin meta-population. PNAS Early Edition doi/10.1073/pnas.1000623107.
http://tinyurl.com/2gytpkf

Buckley, T.R., K. Marske, and D. Attanayake (2010). Phylogeography and ecological niche modelling of the New Zealand stick insect Clitarchus hookeri (White) support survival in multiple coastal refugia. Journal of Biogeography, 37: 682–695.

G Ballard, K M Dugger, N Nur, D G Ainley (2010). Foraging strategies of Adélie penguins: adjusting body condition to cope with environmental variability. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 405: 287-302, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/2ugdz9x

Allwood, J., D.M. Gleeson, G. Mayer, S. Daniels, J. Beggs and Buckley, T.R. (2010). Support for vicariant origins of the New Zealand Onychophora. Journal of Biogeography, 37: 669–681.

M E Hauber and M Zuk (2010). Social influences on communication signals: from honesty to exploitation. Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution ed. Tamás Székely, Allen J. Moore and Jan Komdeur. Published by Cambridge University Press. © Cambridge University Press 2010..
http://tinyurl.com/2baqjj9

B Igic, N Leuschner, K A Parker, S M H Ismar, B J Gill, T G Lovegrove, C D Millar, M E Hauber (2010). Size dimorphism and avian-perceived sexual dichromatism in a New Zealand endemic, the whitehead (Mohoua albicilla). . Journal of Morphology; Volume 271, Number 6, June 2010).
http://tinyurl.com/27xoyl9

Gaskett AC & Herberstein ME (2010). Colour mimicry and sexual deception by Tongue orchids (Cryptostylis). Naturwissenschaften 97(1): 97-102.

Buckley, T.R., D. Attanayake, J.A.A. Nylander, and S. Bradler (2010). The phylogenetic placement and biogeographical origins of the New Zealand stick insects (Phasmatodea). Systematic Entomology, 35: 207–225.

M E Hauber and M Zuk (2010). Social influences on communication signals: from honesty to exploitation . Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution ed. Tamás Székely, Allen J. Moore and Jan Komdeur. Published by Cambridge University Press. © Cambridge University Press 2010..
http://tinyurl.com/2baqjj9

K L Barry, G I Holwell, M E Herberstein (2010). Multimodal mate assessment by male praying mantids in a sexually cannibalistic mating system. Animal Behaviour 79, 1165-1172, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/2dxxxqn

D L M Campbell and M E Hauber (2010). Behavioural correlates of female zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) responses to multimodal species recognition cues. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 22: 1-15, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/y8ng7nd

M J Rayner, C J F Carraher, M N Clout, M E Hauber (2010). Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals genetic structure in two New Zealand Cook’s petrel (Pterodroma cookii) populations . Conservation Genetics DOI 10.1007/s10592-010-0072-1, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/ydcp4w4

C Waters, B G Murray, G Melville, D Coates, A Young and J Virgona (2010). Polyploidy and possible implications for the evolutionary history of some Australian Danthonieae. Australian Journal of Botany, 58, 23-34, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/yftrta4

Buckley, T.R., and S. Bradler (2010). Tepakiphasma ngatikuri, a new genus and species of stick insect (Phasmatodea) from the Far North of New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist, 33: 118-126.

J L Ortiz-Catedral, B Kurenbach, M Massaro, K McInnes, D H Brunton, M E Hauber, D P Martin, A Varsani (2010). A new isolate of beak and feather disease virus from endemic wild red-fronted parakeets (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) in New Zealand . Archives of Virology DOI 10.1007/s00705-010-0607-2, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/ybvro2d

S M H Ismar, C Hunter, K Lay, T Ward-Smith, P R Wilson, M E Hauber (2010). A virgin flight across the Tasman Sea? Satellite tracking of post-fledging movement in the Australasian Gannet Morus serrator. Journal of Ornithology (Online First). DOI 10.1007/s10336-010-0504-1, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/yfneh43

K M Dugger, D G Ainley, P O’B Lyver, K Barton and G Ballard (2010). Survival differences and the effect of environmental instability of breeding dispersal in an Adélie penguin meta-population. PNAS Early Edition doi/10.1073/pnas.1000623107, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/2gytpkf

Broom, J., Nelson, W. A., Farr, T. J., Phillips, L. E., & Clayton, M (2010). Relationships of the Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) flora of the Falkland Islands: a molecular survey using rbcL and nSSU sequence data. Australian Systematic Botany, 23: 27–37. doi: 10.1071/SB09033.

Nelson, W. A., & Broom, J. (2010). The identity of Porphyra columbina (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) originally described from the New Zealand subantarctic islands. Australian Systematic Botany, 23: 16–26. doi: 10.1071/SB09032.

Smith, K., Acosta, H., & Broom, J. (2010). Identification of non-indigenous marine macroalgae from New Zealand aquaria outlets. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44: 29-37. doi: 10.1080/00288331003641679.

Kikuchi, N., Arai, S., Yoshida, G., Shin, J.-A., Broom, J., Nelson, W. A., & Miyata, M (2010). Porphyra migitae sp. nov. (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from Japan. Phycologia, 49: 345–354. doi: 10.2216/09-82.1.

D L M Campbell, M E Hauber (2009). Conspecific-only experience during development reduces the strength of heterospecific song discrimination in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata): a test of the optimal acceptance threshold hypothesis . Journal of Ornithology (Published on-line 30 October 2009) DOI 10.1007/s10336-009-0446-3 .
http://tinyurl.com/yebvgn4

P Cassey, R L Boulton, J G Ewen and M E Hauber (2009). Reduced clutch-size is correlated with increased nest predation in exotic Turdus thrushes. Emu - Austral Ornithology 109: 294-299, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yczm5ao

S M H Ismar, C Daniel, B M Stephenson, M E Hauber (2009). Mate replacement entails a fitness cost for a socially monogamous seabird. Naturwissenschaften, DOI 10.1007/s00114-009-0618-6, published online: 17 November, 2009 .
http://tinyurl.com/yhqx5jo

Steffi Ismar’s divorce paper on gannets was also highlighted by the New Zealand Herald and Radio NZ:

NZ Herald, Tuesday Nov 24, 2009
Gannets 'divorce', study suggests
http://tinyurl.com/ykj2bep

Radio New Zealand, Tuesday Nov 24, 200918:27
Gannet divorce rate similar to humans. They were once thought to mate for life - but new research suggests Australasian gannets have a divorce rate similar to humans. (duration: 3′03″)
http://tinyurl.com/yh3bfqj

L Ortiz-Catedral, S M H Ismar, K Baird, J G Ewen, M E Hauber, D H Brunton (2009). No evidence of Campylobacter, Salmonella and Yersinia in free-living populations of the red-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 36: 379-383, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yz4jfrk

T E Steeves, R N Holdaway, M L Hale, E McLay, I A W McAllan, M Christian, M E Hauber and M Bunce (2009). Merging ancient and modern DNA: extinct seabird taxon rediscovered in the North Tasman Sea. Biology Letters published online 12 August, 2009 doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0478.
http://tinyurl.com/l2jcrz

"Extinct" Booby Exposed - Found "Masked," Using Alias 
National Geographic News, August 11, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/ldm9gc

D L M Campbell, M E Hauber (2009). The Disassociation of Visual and Acoustic Conspecific Cues Decreases Discrimination by Female Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 123, No. 3, 310-315, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/ntl95s

M G Anderson, H A Ross, D H Brunton and M E Hauber (2009). Begging call matching between a specialist brood parasite and its host: a comparative approach to detect coevolution. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 98, 208-216, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/nhxh99

L Ortiz-Catedral, K McInnes, M E Hauber and D H Brunton (2009). First report of beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) in wild Red-fronted Parakeets (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) in New Zealand . Emu, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 109, 244-247, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/ly6x4b

Marske, K.A., R.A.B. Leschen, G.M. Barker, and Buckley, T.R. (2009). Phylogeography and ecological niche modeling implicate coastal refugia and trans-alpine dispersal of a New Zealand fungus beetle. Molecular Ecology, 18: 5126–5142.

Steiger S.S., Fidler A.E., Kempenaers B. (2009). Evidence for increases in olfactory receptor gene repertoire sizes in two nocturnal bird species with well-developed olfactory ability. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9, 117.

Fidler A.E., Schiöth H.B., Fredriksson R. (2009). Sequence polymorphism in a marine bivalve (Perna canaliculus) orphan G protein-coupled receptor gene: preliminary description and possible implications. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 43, 953-964.

Buckley, T.R., K. Marske, and D. Attanayake (2009). Identifying glacial refugia in a geographic parthenogen using palaeoclimate modeling and phylogeography: the New Zealand stick insect Argosarchus horridus (White). Molecular Ecology, 18: 4650-4663.

Buckley, T.R., D. Attanayake, and S. Bradler (2009). Extreme convergence in stick insect evolution: phylogenetic placement of the Lord Howe Island tree lobster. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 276: 1055-1062.

Farr, T. J., Broom, J., Hart, D., Neill, K., & Nelson, W (2009). Common coralline algae of northern New Zealand - an identification guide. NIWA Information Series Number 70.
http://www.niwa.co.nz/our-science/aquatic-biodiversity-and-biosecurity/tools/marine-guides

Gaskett AC, Winnick CG & Herberstein ME (2008). Orchid sexual deceit provokes ejaculation. American Naturalist 171(6): E206-E212.

Fidler A.E., Lawrence, S.B. and McNatty, K.P. (2008). An hypothesis to explain the linkage between kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) breeding and the mast fruiting of their food trees. Wildlife Research 35, 1-7.

Mueller, J.C., Steiger, S., Fidler A.E. and Kempenaers, B. (2008). Biogenic Trace Amine-Associated Receptors (TAARS) are encoded in avian genomes: evidence and possible implications.. Journal of Heredity 99, 174-176.

Steiger, SS, Fidler A.E., and Kempenaers, B (2008). Detection of olfactory receptor transcripts in bird testes. Journal of Heredity 99, 624-628.

Steiger, SS, Fidler A.E., Valcu, M, and Kempenaers, B (2008). Avian olfactory receptor gene repertoires: evidence for a well-developed sense of smell in birds?. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 275, 2309-2317.

G I Holwell, Barry K, and Herberstein M.E (2007). Mate location, antennal morphology and ecology in praying mantids. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 91: 307-313.

Gaskett AC (2007). Spider sex pheromones: emission, reception, function & structures. Biological Reviews 82: 27-48.

Fidler A.E., van Oers, K., Drent, P.J., Kuhn, S., Mueller, J.C. and Kempenaers, B. (2007). DRD4 gene polymorphisms are associated with personality variation in a passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 274, 1685 – 1691.

Johnsen, A., Fidler A.E., Kuhn, S., Carter, K.L., Hoffmann, A., Barr, I.R., Biard, C., Charmantier, A, Eens, M., Korsten, P., Siitari, H., Tomiuk, J. and Kempenaers, B. (2007). Avian Clock gene polymorphism: evidence for a latitudinal cline in allele frequencies. Molecular Ecology 16, 4867 - 4880.

Webb, S.C., Fidler A.E. and Renault, T. (2007). Primers for PCR-based detection of ostreid herpes virus-1 (OsHV-1): application in a survey of New Zealand molluscs. Aquaculture 272, 126 – 139.

Gaskett AC, Conti E & Schiestl FP (2005). Variation in floral odour & heterostyly in two species of Primula. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31(5): 1223-1228.

Herberstein ME, Gaskett AC, Schneider JM, Vella NGF, Elgar MA (2005). Limits to male copulation frequency: Sexual cannibalism & sterility in St Andrews Cross spiders (Araneae, Araneidae). Ethology 111: 1050-1061.

Gaskett AC, Downes B, Herberstein ME & Elgar MA (2005). Changes in male mate choice in a sexually cannibalistic orb-web spider (Araneae: Araneidae). Behaviour. 141: 1197-1210.