By Associate Professor Lisa Schwanz

Journal articles

Hodgson MJ; Schwanz LE, 2024, 'Best of both worlds: Acclimation to fluctuating environments confers advantages and minimizes costs of constant environments', Functional Ecology, 38, pp. 724 - 738, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14522

Crowther C; Bonser SP; Schwanz LE, 2024, 'Plasticity and the adaptive evolution of switchlike reaction norms under environmental change', Evolution Letters, 8, pp. 64 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrad035

Pottier P; Noble DWA; Seebacher F; Wu NC; Burke S; Lagisz M; Schwanz LE; Drobniak SM; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'New horizons for comparative studies and meta-analyses', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.12.004

Wild KH; Roe JH; Schwanz L; Rodgers E; Dissanayake DSB; Georges A; Sarre SD; Noble DWA, 2023, 'Metabolic consequences of sex reversal in two lizard species: a test of the like-genotype and like-phenotype hypotheses', Journal of Experimental Biology, 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245657

Flores-Moreno H; Dalrymple RL; Cornwell WK; Popovic G; Nakagawa S; Atkinson J; Cooke J; Laffan SW; Bonser SP; Schwanz LE; Crean AJ; Eldridge DJ; Garratt M; Brooks RC; Vergés A; Poore AGB; Cohen DR; Clark GF; Sen Gupta A; Reich PB; Cornelissen JHC; Craine JM; Hemmings FA; Kattge J; Niinemets Ü; Peñuelas J; Moles AT, 2023, 'Is Australia weird? A cross-continental comparison of biological, geological and climatological features', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1073842

Pottier P; Burke S; Zhang RY; Noble DWA; Schwanz LE; Drobniak SM; Nakagawa S, 2022, 'Developmental plasticity in thermal tolerance: Ontogenetic variation, persistence, and future directions', Ecology Letters, 25, pp. 2245 - 2268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.14083

Raynal RS; Schwanz LE; Riley JL; Umbers KDL, 2022, 'Genetic and environmental drivers of colour and pattern in the Australian jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus)', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 35, pp. 1229 - 1239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14066

Wild KH; Roe JH; Schwanz L; Georges A; Sarre SD, 2022, 'Evolutionary stability inferred for a free ranging lizard with sex-reversal (vol 31, pg 2281, 2022)', MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 31, pp. 3266 - 3266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16480

Wild KH; Roe JH; Schwanz L; Georges A; Sarre S, 2022, 'Evolutionary stability inferred for a free ranging lizard with sex-reversal', Molecular Ecology, 31, pp. 2281 - 2292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16404

Schwanz LE; Gunderson A; Iglesias-Carrasco M; Johnson MA; Kong JD; Riley J; Wu NC, 2022, 'Best practices for building and curating databases for comparative analyses', Journal of Experimental Biology, 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243295

Raynal RS; Noble DWA; Riley JL; Senior AM; Warner DA; While GM; Schwanz LE, 2022, 'Impact of fluctuating developmental temperatures on phenotypic traits in reptiles: a meta-analysis', Journal of Experimental Biology, 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243369

Noble DWA; Senior AM; Uller T; Schwanz LE, 2021, 'Heightened among-individual variation in life history but not morphology is related to developmental temperature in reptiles', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 34, pp. 1793 - 1802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13938

Schwanz LE; Georges A, 2021, 'Sexual Development and the Environment: Conclusions from 40 Years of Theory', Sexual Development, 15, pp. 7 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000515221

Whiteley SL; Georges A; Weisbecker V; Schwanz LE; Holleley CE, 2021, 'Ovotestes suggest cryptic genetic influence in a reptile model for temperature-dependent sex determination', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2819

Schwanz LE; Crawford-Ash J; Gale T, 2020, 'Context dependence of transgenerational plasticity: the influence of parental temperature depends on offspring environment and sex', Oecologia, 194, pp. 391 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04783-w

Liu G; Cain K; Schwanz L, 2020, 'Maternal Temperature, Corticosterone, and Body Condition as Mediators of Maternal Effects in Jacky Dragons (Amphibolurus muricatus)', Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ, 93, pp. 434 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/711955

Schwanz LE; Georges A; Holleley CE; Sarre SD, 2020, 'Climate change, sex reversal and lability of sex-determining systems', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33, pp. 270 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13587

Hodgson MJ; Schwanz LE, 2019, 'Drop it like it's hot: Interpopulation variation in thermal phenotypes shows counter-gradient pattern', Journal of Thermal Biology, 83, pp. 178 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2019.05.016

Schwanz LE; Hodgson MJ; May A, 2018, 'Costs of thermoregulation in variable thermal environments in the jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus)', Journal of Zoology, 305, pp. 267 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12559

Noble DWA; Stenhouse V; Riley JL; Warner DA; While GM; Du WG; Uller T; Schwanz LE, 2018, 'Data Descriptor: A comprehensive database of thermal developmental plasticity in reptiles', Scientific Data, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.138

So CKJ; Schwanz LE, 2018, 'Thermal plasticity due to parental and early-life environments in the jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus)', Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 329, pp. 308 - 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.2197

While GM; Noble DWA; Uller T; Warner DA; Riley JL; Du WG; Schwanz LE, 2018, 'Patterns of developmental plasticity in response to incubation temperature in reptiles', Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 329, pp. 162 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.2181

Merkling T; Nakagawa S; Lagisz M; Schwanz LE, 2018, 'Maternal Testosterone and Offspring Sex-Ratio in Birds and Mammals: A Meta-Analysis', Evolutionary Biology, 45, pp. 96 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11692-017-9432-9

Noble DWA; Stenhouse V; Schwanz LE, 2018, 'Developmental temperatures and phenotypic plasticity in reptiles: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Biological Reviews, 93, pp. 72 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12333

Lehtonen J; Schwanz LE, 2018, 'Mate limitation and sex ratio evolution', Royal Society Open Science, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171135

Hooper AK; Lehtonen J; Schwanz LE; Bonduriansky R, 2018, 'Sexual competition and the evolution of condition-dependent ageing', Evolution Letters, 2, pp. 37 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/evl3.36

McDonald S; Schwanz LE, 2018, 'Thermal parental effects on offspring behaviour and their fitness consequences', Animal Behaviour, 135, pp. 45 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.11.007

Schwanz LE, 2016, 'Parental thermal environment alters offspring sex ratio and fitness in an oviparous lizard', Journal of Experimental Biology, 219, pp. 2349 - 2357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.139972

Boyle M; Schwanz L; Hone J; Georges A, 2016, 'Dispersal and climate warming determine range shift in model reptile populations', Ecological Modelling, 328, pp. 34 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.02.011

Schwanz LE; Sherwin WB; Ognenovska K; Lacey EA, 2016, 'Paternity and male mating strategies of a ground squirrel (Ictidomys parvidens) with an extended mating season', Journal of Mammalogy, 97, pp. 576 - 588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv204

Schwanz LE; Robert KA, 2016, 'Costs of rearing the wrong sex: Cross-fostering to manipulate offspring sex in tammar wallabies', PLoS ONE, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146011

Schwanz LE; Cordero GA; Charnov EL; Janzen FJ, 2016, 'Sex-specific survival to maturity and the evolution of environmental sex determination', Evolution, 70, pp. 329 - 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.12856

Tan WC; Schwanz LE, 2015, 'Thermoregulation across thermal environments in a nocturnal gecko', Journal of Zoology, 296, pp. 208 - 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12235

Halstead JE; Schwanz LE, 2015, 'Impacts of thermal limitation on thermoregulatory behaviour and reproductive success in a lizard', Australian Journal of Zoology, 63, pp. 225 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO15012

Schwanz LE, 2015, 'The Evolution of Sex Determination. By Leo W. Beukeboom and Nicolas Perrin. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $89.95. xvi + 222 p. + 2 pl.; ill.; taxonomic, author, and subject indexes. ISBN: 978-0-19-965714-8. 2014.', The Quarterly Review of Biology, 90, pp. 333 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/682619

Boyle M; Hone J; Schwanz LE; Georges A, 2014, 'Under what conditions do climate-driven sex ratios enhance versus diminish population persistence?', Ecology and Evolution, 4, pp. 4522 - 4533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1316

Harts AMF; Schwanz LE; Kokko H, 2014, 'Demography can favour female-advantageous alleles', Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0005

Boyle M; Schwanz LE; Hone J; Georges A, 2014, 'How do climate-linked sex ratios and dispersal limit range boundaries?', BMC Ecology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-14-19

Esquerré D; Keogh JS; Schwanz LE, 2014, 'Direct effects of incubation temperature on morphology, thermoregulatory behaviour and locomotor performance in jacky dragons (Amphibolurus muricatus)', Journal of Thermal Biology, 43, pp. 33 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.04.007

Schwanz LE; Robert KA, 2014, 'Proximate and ultimate explanations of mammalian sex allocation in a marsupial model', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 68, pp. 1085 - 1096, http://dx.doi.org/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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001779

Schwanz LE; Ezaz T; Gruber B; Georges A, 2013, 'Novel evolutionary pathways of sex-determining mechanisms', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26, pp. 2544 - 2557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12258

Schwanz LE, 2013, 'Revealing the links between climate and demography for reptiles with environmental sex determination', Animal Conservation, 16, pp. 495 - 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12081

Robert KA; Schwanz LE, 2013, 'Monitoring the health status of free-ranging tammar wallabies using hematology, serum biochemistry, and parasite loads', Journal of Wildlife Management, 77, pp. 1232 - 1243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.561

Kahn AT; Schwanz LE; Kokko H, 2013, 'Paternity Protection Can Provide A Kick-Start For The Evolution Of Male-Only Parental Care', Evolution, 67, pp. 2207 - 2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.12103

Booksmythe I; Schwanz LE; Kokko H, 2013, 'The complex interplay of sex allocation and sexual selection', Evolution, 67, pp. 673 - 678, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.12003

Schwanz LE, 2013, 'Revealing the links between climate and demography for reptiles with environmental sex determination', Animal Conservation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12081

Schwanz LE; Robert KA, 2012, 'Reproductive ecology of wild tammar wallabies in natural and developed habitats on Garden Island, Western Australia', Australian Journal of Zoology, 60, pp. 111 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO12024

Schwanz LE; Previtali MA; Gomes-Solecki M; Brisson D; Ostfeld RS, 2012, 'Immunochallenge reduces risk sensitivity during foraging in white-footed mice', Animal Behaviour, 83, pp. 155 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.10.020

Schwanz LE; Voordouw MJ; Brisson D; Ostfeld RS, 2011, 'Borrelia burgdorferi has minimal impact on the lyme disease reservoir host peromyscus leucopus', Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 11, pp. 117 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2009.0215

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