Melanie J. Elphick

Macquarie University — Australia

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(17), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(13), Species Distribution and Climate Change(8), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(5), Turtle Biology and Conservation(5)

Publications21 total

When, Where, and Why Has Research Been Conducted on Snakes?
Journal of Herpetology·2023· 2 cited
No evidence for cold-adapted life-history traits in cool-climate populations of invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina)
PLoS ONE·2022Open Access
Potential targets for selection during the evolution of viviparity in cold-climate reptiles
Oecologia·2016· 5 cited
Effects of intense wildfires on the nesting ecology of oviparous montane lizards
Austral Ecology·2016· 11 cited
The behavioural consequences of sex reversal in dragons
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2016· 42 citedOpen Access
Cues for communal egg-laying in lizards (<i>Bassiana duperreyi</i>, Scincidae)
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society·2013· 9 citedOpen Access
An observation of raised tail-wag behaviour in a skink
Herpetofauna·2012Open Access
Thermal regimes during incubation do not affect mean selected temperatures of hatchling lizards (Bassiana duperreyi, Scincidae)
Journal of Thermal Biology·2009· 14 cited
Nesting lizards (<i>Bassiana duperreyi</i>) compensate partly, but not completely, for climate change
Ecology·2009· 179 cited
Courtship and copulation in the Southern Water Skink, Eulamprus heatwolei
Herpetofauna·2006Open Access
Sunny side up: lethally high, not low, nest temperatures may prevent oviparous reptiles from reproducing at high elevations
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society·2003· 61 cited
SOME LIKE IT HOT: EFFECTS OF FOREST CLEARING ON NEST TEMPERATURES OF MONTANE REPTILES
Ecology·2002· 65 cited
Some like It Hot: Effects of Forest Clearing on Nest Temperatures of Montane Reptiles
Ecology·2002· 5 cited
The effect of short-term weather fluctuations on temperatures inside lizard nests, and on the phenotypic traits of hatchling lizards
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society·2001· 87 citedOpen Access
Sex differences in optimal incubation temperatures in a scincid lizard species
Oecologia·1999· 50 cited
Longterm effects of incubation temperatures on the morphology and locomotor performance of hatchling lizards (Bassiana duperreyi, Scincidae)
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society·1998· 222 citedOpen Access
The Influence of Natural Incubation Environments on the Phenotypic Traits of Hatchling Lizards
Ecology·1997· 17 cited
THE INFLUENCE OF NATURAL INCUBATION ENVIRONMENTS ON THE PHENOTYPIC TRAITS OF HATCHLING LIZARDS
Ecology·1997· 214 cited
The Influence of Nest Temperatures and Maternal Brooding on Hatchling Phenotypes in Water Pythons
Ecology·1997· 9 cited
THE INFLUENCE OF NEST TEMPERATURES AND MATERNAL BROODING ON HATCHLING PHENOTYPES IN WATER PYTHONS
Ecology·1997· 161 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Richard Shine(21), Peter S. Harlow(5), Elizabeth G. Barrott(3), Thomas Madsen(2), Rory S. Telemeco(1), Hong Li(1), Clare E. Holleley(1), Arthur Georges(1), Wei‐Guo Du(1), Gregory P. Brown(1), David A. Pike(1), Chalene N. Bezzina(1), Li Hong(1), Jai Thomas(1), Uditha Wijethunga(1), Matthew Greenlees(1), Rajkumar S. Radder(1)