Nicola J. Nelson

Victoria University of Wellington — New Zealand

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(63), Species Distribution and Climate Change(37), Amphibian and Reptile Biology(33), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(28), Avian ecology and behavior(20)

Publications143 total

NZ’s native lizards are at risk from land development – future policy must ensure better protection
2025Open Access
Victims of ignorance: Gaps in the protection of endemic lizards during land use activities in Aotearoa | New Zealand
New Zealand Journal of Ecology·2025Open Access
Differences in Establishment of Host and Parasite After One Decade Among Four Simultaneous Translocations of a Long‐Lived Reptile
Austral Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Storm surge impacts on a coastal lizard community: a case study on how climate change may affect endemic species
New Zealand Journal of Ecology·2025Open Access
Season, Body Condition and Developmental Stage Influence the Gut Microbiota of the Sole Living Rhynchocephalian Reptile (<i>Sphenodon punctatus</i>)
Ecology and Evolution·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Short‐term responses of terrestrial skinks to habitat enhancement in a pest‐invaded landscape on mainland New Zealand
New Zealand Journal of Zoology·2025
Benchmarking 16S rRNA Gene‐Based Approaches to Bacterial Taxonomy Assignment Based on Amplicon Sequencing With Illumina and Oxford Nanopore
International Journal of Microbiology·2025Open Access
Limited gut bacterial response of tuatara (<i>Sphenodon punctatus</i>) to dietary manipulation and captivity
FEMS Microbiology Ecology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Immune stress and diet influence reproductive fitness in male tuatara (<i>Sphenodon punctatus</i>)
Current Zoology·2024Open Access
Novel mating behaviours in male tuatara (<i>Sphenodon punctatus</i>) expand our understanding of reptile courtship
Austral Ecology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Gut microbiome of the sole surviving member of reptile order Rhynchocephalia reveals biogeographic variation, influence of host body condition and a substantial core microbiota in tuatara across New Zealand
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 13 citedOpen Access
The effects of annual cycle, source population, and body condition on leukocyte profile and immune challenge in a basal reptile, the tuatara (<i>Sphenodon punctatus</i>)
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
<scp>16S rRNA</scp> gene‐based meta‐analysis of the reptile gut microbiota reveals environmental effects, host influences and a limited core microbiota
Molecular Ecology·2023· 34 citedOpen Access
Conservation of skinks in New Zealand cities
Urban Ecosystems·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Characterization of sperm and implications for male fertility in the last of the Rhynchocephalians
Conservation Physiology·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Tuatara are returning to the mainland – but feeding the hungry reptiles could be more difficult than expected
2022
Investigating the link between morphological characteristics and diet in an island population of omnivorous reptiles (<i>Sphenodon punctatus</i>)
Biology Open·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity
Science·2022· 101 citedOpen Access
Thermal and physical characteristics of the nesting habitat of New Zealand’s only endemic oviparous lizard
New Zealand Journal of Ecology·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Tuatara are ancient, slow and endangered. But their super speedy sperm could boost conservation efforts
2021
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Frequent Co-authors

Charles H. Daugherty(19), Susan N. Keall(14), Jennifer A. Moore(11), Nicola J. Mitchell(8), Shirley Pledger(7), Hilary Miller(5), Stephanie S. Godfrey(5), Joanne M. Monks(4), Fred W. Allendorf(4), C. Michael Bull(4), Thomas R. Buckley(3), Richard D. Newcomb(3), Kimberly A. Miller(3), Alison Cree(3), Joanne M. Hoare(3), Michael B. Thompson(3), David G. Chapple(3), David R. Towns(3), Brett D. Gartrell(3), Michael Kearney(2)