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Publications

2018-
  • While, G.M., D.W.A. Noble, T. Uller, D.A. Warner, J.L. Riley, W.-G. Du, and L.E. Schwanz. Patterns of developmental plasticity in response to incubation temperature in reptiles. Journal of Experimental Zoology in press.
 
  • Noble, D.W.A., V. Stenhouse, J.E. Riley, D.W. Warner, G.M. While, W.-G. Du, T. Uller, and L.E. Schwanz. A comprehensive database of thermal developmental plasticity in reptiles. Scientific Data in press.
 
  • Schwanz, L.E., M.J. Hodgson, and A. May. 2018. Costs of thermoregulation in variable thermal environments in the jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus). Journal of Zoology in press.
 
  • Hooper, A., J. Lehtonen, L.E. Schwanz, R. Bonduriansky. 2018. Sexual competition and the evolution of condition-dependent ageing.  Evolution Letters 2:37-48.
 
  • Lehtonen, J., and L.E. Schwanz. 2018. Mate limitation and sex ratio evolution. Royal Society Open Science 5:171135.
 
  • Merkling, T., S. Nakagawa, M. Lagisz, and L.E. Schwanz. 2018. Maternal testosterone and offspring sex-ratio in birds and mammals: a meta-analysis. Evolutionary Biology 45:96-104.
 
  • McDonald, S.A., L.E. Schwanz. 2018. Thermal parental effects on offspring behaviour and their fitness consequences. Animal Behaviour 135:45-55.
 
  • Noble, D.W.A., V. Stenhouse, L.E. Schwanz. 2018. Developmental temperatures and phenotypic plasticity in reptiles: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Biological Reviews 93:72-97. doi 10.1111/brv.12333

2016-17

  • Schwanz, L.E. 2016. Parental thermal environment alters offspring sex ratio and fitness in an oviparous lizard. Journal of Experimental Biology 219: 2349-2357. doi: 10.1242/jeb.139972

  • Boyle , M., L.E. Schwanz, J. Hone, and A. Georges. 2016. Dispersal and climate warming determine range shift in model reptile populations. Ecological Modelling 328:34-43. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.02.011
 
  • Schwanz, L.E., G.A. Cordero, E.L. Charnov, F.J. Janzen. 2016. Sex-specific survival to maturity and the evolution of environmental sex determination. Evolution 70:329–341.
 
  • Schwanz, L.E., K.A. Robert. 2016. Costs of rearing the wrong sex: cross-fostering to manipulate offspring sex in tammar wallabies. PLoS ONE 11: e0146011.
 
  • Schwanz, L.E., W.B. Sherwin, K. Ognenovska, E.A. Lacey. 2016. Paternity and male mating strategies in a ground squirrel (Ictidomys parvidens) with an extended mating season. Journal of Mammalogy 97 (2): 576-588. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv204

2014-2015

  • Halstead, J.E., L.E. Schwanz. 2015. Impacts of thermal limitation on thermoregulatory behaviour and reproductive success in a lizard. Australian Journal of Zoology 63:225-232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO15012
 
  • Schwanz, L.E. 2015. Review: The Evolution of Sex Determination by Leo W. Beukeboom and Nicolas Perrin. Quarterly Review of Biology 90:333-334.
 
  • Tan, W.C., L.E. Schwanz. 2015. Thermoregulation across thermal environments in a nocturnal gecko. Journal of Zoology 296:208-216.
 
  • Boyle, M. , J. Hone, L.E. Schwanz, and A. Georges. 2014. Under what conditions do climate-driven sex ratios enhance versus diminish population persistence?  Ecology and Evolution 4: 4522-4533.
 
  • Harts, A.M.F., L.E. Schwanz, and H. Kokko. 2014. Demography can favour female-advantageous alleles. Proceedings B 281 (1790).
 
  • Boyle , M., L.E. Schwanz, J. Hone, and A. Georges. 2014. How do climate-linked sex ratios and dispersal limit range boundaries in reptiles? BMC Ecology 14:19.
        See BBC Nature's coverage of this paper and Lisa's blog at BMC Ecology about the research

  • Esquerré, D., J.S. Keogh and L.E. Schwanz. 2014. The influence of incubation temperature on morphological, physiological and behavioural traits in jacky dragons (Amphibolurus muricatus). Journal of Thermal Biology 43:33-39 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.04.007

  • Schwanz, L.E., K.A. Robert. 2014. Proximate and ultimate explanations of mammalian sex allocation in a marsupial model. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68:1085-1096. doi: 10.1007/s00265-014-1720-0
 
  • Roche, DG, Lanfear, R, Binning, SA, Haff, TM, Schwanz, LE, Cain, KE, Kokko, H, Jennions, MD, Kruuk, LEB. 2014. Troubleshooting public data archiving: suggestions to increase participation. PLoS Biology 12(1): e1001779. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001779

2012-2013

  • Schwanz, L.E. 2013. Untangling the links between climate and demography for reptiles with environmental sex determination. Animal Conservation 16:495-497. DOI: 10.1111/acv.12081
 
  • Schwanz, L.E., T. Ezaz, B. Gruber, A. Georges. 2013. Novel evolutionary transitions between sex-determining mechanisms. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26:2544-2557. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12258
 
  • Kahn, A., L.E. Schwanz, and H. Kokko. 2013. Paternity protection can provide a kick-start for the evolution of male-only parental care. Evolution 67:2207-2217. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12103
 
  • Robert, K.A., and L.E. Schwanz. 2013. Monitoring the health status of free-ranging Tammar wallabies using haematology, serum biochemistry and parasite loads. Journal of Wildlife Management 77:1232-1243.
 
  • Booksmythe, I., L.E. Schwanz, and H. Kokko. 2013. The complex interplay of sex allocation and sexual selection. Evolution 67:673-678. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12003.
 
  • Schwanz, L.E. and K.A. Robert. 2012. Reproductive ecology of wild tammar wallabies in natural and developed habitats on Garden Island, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 60:111-119.
         Popular press in Science Network Western Australia

  • Schwanz, L.E., A. Previtali, M. Gomes-Solecki, D. Brisson, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2012. Immunochallenge reduces risk sensitivity during foraging in white-footed mice. Animal Behaviour 83:155-161.

2010-2011

  • Schwanz, L.E. , M.J. Voordouw, D. Brisson, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2011. Borrelia burgdorferi has minimal impact on the Lyme disease reservoir host Peromyscus leucopus. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 11:117-124. doi:10.1089/vbz.2009.0215
 
  • Schwanz, L.E., S. McGaugh, D. Warner, R. Di-Terlizzi, and A. Bronikowski. 2011. State-dependent physiological maintenance in a long-lived ectotherm, the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta). Journal of Experimental Biology 214:88-97.
    Featured in “Inside JEB”, Short-listed (1 of 8) for JEB Outstanding Paper Prize


  • Schwanz, L E. , D. Brisson, M. Gomes-Solecki, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2011. Linking disease and community ecology through behavioural indicators: immunochallenge of white-footed mice and its ecological impacts. Journal of Animal Ecology 80:204-214. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01745.x
 
  • Robert, K.A., and L.E. Schwanz. 2011. Emerging sex allocation research in mammals: marsupials and the pouch advantage. Mammal Review 41(1):1-22.
 
  • Schwanz, L.E. , R.-J. Spencer, R.M. Bowden, and F.J. Janzen. 2010. Climate and predation dominate early life-stages and adult recruitment in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination: insight from a long-term study. Ecology 91:3016-3026.
 
  • Schwanz, L.E. , F.J. Janzen, and S.R. Proulx. 2010. Sex allocation based on relative and absolute condition. Evolution 64:1331-1345. doi 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00916.x
 
  • Robert, K.A., L.E. Schwanz, and H. R. Mills. 2010. Offspring sex varies with maternal investment ability: empirical demonstration based on cross-fostering. Biology Letters 6:242-245. doi 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0774.
    Popular press coverage in ABC Science and Science Alert


  • McGaugh, S., L.E. Schwanz, R.M. Bowden, J.E. Gonzalez, and F.J. Janzen. 2010. Inheritance of nesting behaviour across natural environmental variation in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277:1219-1226. doi 10.1098/rspb.2009.1883.


2008-2009

  • Schwanz, L.E., R.M. Bowden, R.-J. Spencer, and F.J. Janzen. 2009. Nesting ecology and offspring recruitment in a long-lived turtle. Ecology 90:1709. Archives E090-119

  • Schwanz, L.E., and F.J. Janzen. 2008. Climate change and temperature-dependent sex determination: can plasticity in maternal nesting behavior prevent extreme sex ratios? Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81: 826-834.
    Top 5 Downloads from PBZ, month of December 2008


  • Schwanz, L.E., and S.R. Proulx. 2008. Mutual information reveals variation in temperature-dependent sex determination in response to environmental fluctuation, lifespan and selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275:2441-2448.

  • Schwanz, L.E. 2008. Persistent effects of maternal parasitic infection on offspring fitness: implications for adaptive reproductive strategies when parasitized. Functional Ecology 22:691-698.
    Popular press coverage in New Scientist, Iowa State Daily, Science Daily. Featured in Faculty of 1000.


  • Schwanz, L.E. 2008. Chronic parasitic infection alters reproductive output in deer mice. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62:1351-1358.

2003-2006

  • Schwanz, L.E., J.G. Bragg, and E.L. Charnov. 2006. Maternal condition and facultative sex ratios in populations with overlapping generations. American Naturalist 168(4):521-530.

  • Schwanz, L.E. 2006. Schistosome infection in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus): impacts on host physiology, behavior, and energetics. Journal of Experimental Biology 209:5029-5037.

  • Schwanz, L.E. 2006. Annual cycle of activity, reproduction, and body mass in Mexican ground squirrels (Spermophilus mexicanus). Journal of Mammalogy 87(6):1086-1095.
 
  • Schwanz, L.E., and E.A. Lacey. 2003. Olfactory discrimination of gender by colonial tuco-tucos (Ctenomys sociabilis). Mammalian Biology 68 (1): 53-60.
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