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Alcock, J., Simmons, L.W. and Beveridge, M. Seasonal change in offspring sex and size in Dawson's burrowing bees (Amegilla dawsoni)(Hymenoptera: Anthophorini), Ecological Entomology, 30: pp 247-254 (2005)

Armstrong, K.N., Storey, A.W. and Davies, P.M. Effects of catchment clearing and sedimentation on macroinvertebrate communities of cobble habitats in freshwater streams of south Western Australia, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 88: pp 1-11 (2005)

Armstrong, K.N. A description and discussion of the penile morphology of Rhinonicteris aurantius (Gray, 1845)(Microchiroptera: Hipposideridae), Australian Mammalogy, 27:2, pp 161-167 (2005)

Arrese, C.A., Oddy, A.Y., Runham, P.B., Hart, N.S., Shand, J., Hunt, D.M. and Beazley, L.D. Cone topography and spectral sensitivity in two potentially trichromatic marsupials, the quokka (Setonix brachyurus) and quenda (Isoodon obesulus), Proceedings of the Royal Society, 272: pp 791-796 (2005)

Aubret, F., Bonnet, X., Shine, R. and Maumelat, S. Energy expenditure for parental care may be trivial for brooding pythons, Python regius, Animal Behaviour, 69: pp 1043-1053 (2005)

Aubret, F., Bonnet, X. and Maumelat, S. Tail Loss, Body Condition and Swimming Performances in Tiger Snakes, Notechis ater Occidentalis, Journal of Experimental Zoology, 303A: pp 894-903 (2005)

Aubret, F., Bonnet, X., Shine, R. and Maumelat, S. Why do female ball pythons (Python regius) coil so tightly around their eggs?, Evolutionary Ecology Research, 7: pp 743-758 (2005)

Aubret, F., Bonnet, X., Shine, R. and Maumelat, S. Swimming and pregnancy in Tiger snakes, Notechis scutatus, Amphibia-Reptilia, 26: pp 396-400 (2005)

Aubret, F., Bonnet, X., Pearson, D. and Shine, R. How can blind tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) forage successfully?, Australian Journal of Zoology, 53: pp 283-288 (2005)

Aubret, F. and Bonnet, X. Influence of Body Reserves and Eye Opacity on Foraging Behaviours of tiger snakes, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology, 303A: pp 1075-1084 (2005)

Bailey, W.J. and Nuhardiyati, M. Copulation, the dynamics of sperm transfer and female refractoriness in the leafhopper Balclutha incisa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), Physiological Entomology, 30: pp 343-352 (2005)

Bancroft, W.J., Garkaklis, M.J. and Roberts, J.D. Burrow building in seabird colonies: a soil-forming process in inland ecosystems, Pedobiologia, 49: pp 149-165 (2005)

Bancroft, W.J., Roberts, J.D. and Garkaklis, M.J. Burrowing seabirds drive diversity and structural complexity, and increased productivity in insular-vegetation communities, Australian Journal of Botany, 53: pp 231-241 (2005)

Beveridge, M. and Simmons, L.W. Microsatellite loci for the Australian field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus and their cross-utility in Teleogryllus commodus, Molecular Ecology, 5: pp 733-735 (2005)

Bonnet, X., Aubret, F., Lourdais, O., Ladyman, M.T., Bradshaw, S.D. and Maumelat, S. Do 'Quiet' Places Make Animals Placid? Island vs. Mainland Tiger Snakes, Ethology, 111: pp 573-592 (2005)

Cao, Y., Hawkins, C.P. and Storey, A.W. A method for measuring the comparability of different sampling methods used in biological surveys: implications for data integration and synthesis, Freshwater Biology, 50: pp 1105-1115 (2005)

Cartledge, V., Withers, P.C., Thompson, G.G. and Mcmaster, K.A. Water relations of the burrowing sandhill frog, Arenophryne rotunda (Myobatrachidae), Journal of Comparative Physiology B: biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology, 175: (2005)

Clemente, C., Mcmaster, K.A., Fox, E.J.S., Meldrum, L., Main, B.Y. and Stewart, T.C. Visual Acuity of the sheet-web building spider Badumna Insignis (Araneae, Desidae), The Journal of Arachnology, 33: pp 726-734 (2005)

Cooper, C.E. and Withers, P.C. Physiological significance of the microclimate in night refuges of the numbat Myrmecobius Fasciatus, Australian Mammalogy, 27:2, pp 169-174 (2005)

Cooper, N.K., Withers, P.C. and Stewart, T.C. Description of sternal glands in Western Australian Sminthopsis and Ningaui (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), Royal Society of Western Australia, 88: pp 45-49 (2005)

Craig, M.D. and Roberts, J.D. The short-term impacts of logging on the jarrah forest avifauna in south-west Western Australia: implications for the design and analysis of logging experiments, Biological Conservation, 124: pp 177-188 (2005)

Davis, R.A. and Roberts, J.D. Population genetic structure of the western spotted frog, Heleioporus albopunctatus (Anura: Myobatrachidae), in a fragmented landscape in south-western Australia, Australian Journal of Zoology, 53: pp 167-175 (2005)

Davis, R.A. and Roberts, J.D. Embryonic Survival and Egg Numbers in Small and Large Populations of the Frog Heleiporus albopunctatus in Western Australia, Journal of Herpetology, 39:1, pp 133-138 (2005)

Dziminski, M.A. and Alford, R.A. Patterns and fitness consequences of intraclutch variation in egg provisioning in tropical Australian frogs, Oecologia, 146: pp 98-109 (2005)

Emlen, D.J., Hunt, J. and Simmons, L.W. Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism and Male Dimorphism in the Expression of Beetle Horns: Phylogenetic Evidence for Modularity, Evolutionary Lability, and Constraint, The American Naturalist, 166: pp s42-s68 (2005)

Garcia, F.G. and Simmons, L.W. The evolution of polyandry: intrinsic sire effects contribute to embryo viability, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18: pp 1097-1103 (2005)

Garcia, F.G. and Simmons, L.W. Sperm Viability Matters in Insect Sperm Competition, Current Biology, 15: pp 271-275 (2005)

Garcia, F.G., Nunez, Y., Ponz, F., Roldan, E.R.S. and Gomendio, M. Paternity analysis in the golden egg bug using AFLPs: do the males preferentially accept their true genetic offspring?, Ecological Entomology, 30: pp 444-455 (2005)

Hillman, S.S., Withers, P.C., Hedrick, M.S. and Drewes, R.C. Functional Roles for the Compartmentalization of the Subcutaneous Lymphatic Sacs in Anuran Amphibians, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 78:4, pp 515-523 (2005)

House, C.M. and Simmons, L.W. The evolution of male genitalia: patterns of genetic variation and covariation in the genital sclerites of the dung bettle Onthophagus taurus, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18: pp 1281-1292 (2005)

House, C.M. and Simmons, L.W. Relative influence of male and female genital morphology on paternity in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus, Behavioral Ecology, 16: pp 889-897 (2005)

Iemmolo, M., Simmons, L.W. and Matson, P. The rapid detection of cytotoxicity using a modified human sperm survival assay, Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 22:4, pp 177-180 (2005)

Johnson, M.S. and Black, W.R. Effects of a larval stage on isolation of populations of the trochid Austrocochlea constricta in tidal ponds, Marine Biology, 147: pp 189-195 (2005)

Kilgallon, S.J. and Simmons, L.W. Image content influences men's semen quality, Biology Letters, 1: pp 253-255 (2005)

Klinger, J., Creasy, R.F.H., Gao, L., Ramakrishnan, M.N., Nair, M., Calix, A.S., Spafford jacob, H., Edwards, O.R. and Singh, K.B. Aphid Reisistance in Medicago truncatula Involves Antixenosis and Phloem-Specific, Inducible Antibiosis, and Mapps to a Single Locus Flanked by NBS-LRR Resistance Gene Analogs, Plant Physiology, 137: pp 1445-1455 (2005)

Kuchling, G. Bifid Tail Regeneration in a Turtle, Emydura sp. (Testudines: Chelidae), Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 4:4, pp 935-939 (2005)

Lai, C.M., Dunlop, S.A., May, L.A., Gorbatov, M., Brankov, M., Shen, W.Y., Binz, N., Lai, Y.K., Graham, C.E., Barry, C.J., Constable, I.J., Beazley, L.D. and Rakoczy, E.P. Generation of transgenic mice with mild and severe retinal neovascularisation, British Journal of Opthalmology, 89: pp 911-916 (2005)

Malecki, I.A., Horbanczuk, J.O., Reed, C.E. and Martin, G.B. The ostrich (Struthio camelus) blastoderm and embryo development following storage of eggs at various temperatures, British Poultry Science, 46:6, pp 652-660 (2005)

Mann, G.E., Mann, S.J., Blache, D.P.Y. and Webb, R. Metabolic variables and plasma leptin concentrations in dairy cows exhibiting reproductive cycle abnormalities identified through milk progesterone monitoring during the post partum period, Animal Reproduction Science, 88: pp 191-202 (2005)

Mayes, P.J., Bradshaw, S.D. and Bradshaw, F.J. Successfully Determining the Sex of Adult Varanus mertensi (Reptilia: Varanidae) Using a Combination of Both Hemipenile Eversion and the Ratio of Androgens:Estradiol in Plasma, New York Academy of Sciences. Annals, 1040: pp 402-405 (2005)

Mayes, P.J., Thompson, G.G. and Withers, P.C. Diet and foraging behaviour of the semi-aquatic Varanus mertensi (Reptilia: Varanidae), Wildlife Research, 32: pp 67-74 (2005)

McDougall, S., Blache, D.P.Y. and Rhodes, F.M. Factors affecting conception and expression of oestrus in anoestrous cows treated with progesterone and oestradiol benzoate, Animal Reproduction Science, 88: pp 203-214 (2005)

Mcilwain, J.L. Monitoring the arrival of puerulus stage, spiny lobster (Panulirus cygnus) to juvenile habitat at Ningaloo Reef, Australia, Bulletin of Marine Science, 77:2, pp 297-303 (2005)

Nuhardiyati, M. and Bailey, W.J. Biology and natural enemies of the leafhopper Balclutha incisa (Matsumura) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in south-western Australia, Australian Journal of Entomology, 44: pp 104-109 (2005)

Nuhardiyati, M. and Bailey, W.J. Calling and Duetting Behavior in the Leafhopper Balclutha incisa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae): Opportunity for Female Choice?, Journal of Insect Behavior, 18:2, pp 259-280 (2005)

Paini, D.R., Williams, M.R. and Roberts, J.D. No short-term impact of honey bees on the reproductive success of an Australian native bee, Apidologie, 36: pp 613-621 (2005)

Paini, D.R. and Roberts, J.D. Commercial honey bees (Apis mellifera) reduce the fecundity of an Australian native bee (Hylaeus alcyoneus), Biological Conservation, 123: pp 103-112 (2005)

Rhodes, G.I., Simmons, L.W. and Peters, M.C. Attractiveness and sexual behavior: Does attractiveness enhance mating success?, Evolution and Human Behavior, 26: pp 186-201 (2005)

Robins, A., Chen, P.B., Beazley, L.D. and Dunlop, S.A. Lateralized predatory responses in the ornate dragon lizard (Ctenophorus ornatus), NeuroReport, 16:8, pp 849-852 (2005)

Rodger, J., Symonds, A.C., Springbett, J., Shen, W.Y., Bartlett, C.A., Rakoczy, P.E., Beazley, L.D. and Dunlop, S.A. Eph/ephrin expression in the adult rat visual system following localized retinal lesions: localized and transneuronal up-regulation in the retina and superior colliculus, European Journal of Neuroscience, 22: pp 1840-1852 (2005)

Rodger, J., Goto, H., Cui, Q., Chen, P.B. and Harvey, A.R. Camp regulates axon outgrowth and guidance during optic nerve regeneration in goldfish, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 30:3, pp 452-464 (2005)

Ryder, J.J., Webberley, K.M., Boots, M. and Knell, R.J. Measuring the transmission dynamics of a sexually transmitted disease, National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings, 102:42, pp 15140-15143 (2005)

Simmons, L.W. The Evolution of Polyandry: Sperm Competition, Sperm Selection and Offspring Viability, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 36: pp 125-46 (2005)

Simmons, L.W. and Roberts, B. Bacterial Immunity Traded for Sperm Viability in Male Crickets, Science, 309: p 2031 (2005)

Simmons, L.W., Zuk, M. and Rotenberry, J.T. Immune function reflected in calling song characteristics in a natural population of the cricket Teleogryllus commodus, Animal Behaviour, 69: pp 1235-1241 (2005)

Smith, D.M., Williams, I.H., Williams, K.C., Barclay, M.C. and Venables, W.N. Oxidation of medium-chain and long-chain fatty acids by polka dot grouper Cromileptes altivelis, Aquaculture Nutrition, 11: pp 41-48 (2005)

Sumner, P., Arrese, C.A. and Partridge, J.C. The ecology of visual pigment tuning in an Australian marsupial: the honey possum Tarsipes rostratus, The Journal of Experimental Biology, 208: pp 1803-1815 (2005)

Tang, D. and Izawa, K. Biacanthus pleuronichthydis (Yamaguti, 1939) gen. n., comb. n. (Copepoda: Taeniacanthidae), an ectoparasite of flatfishes from Japanese waters, Zootaxa, 1071: pp 47-60 (2005)

Tang, D. and Kalman, J.E. A new caligiform copepod (siphonostomatoida: dissonidae) parasitic on seriola hippos from Western Australian waters, with new records and morphological vaiation for dissonus nudiventris and dissonus similis, and an updated key to the species of dissonus, Journal of Parasitology, 9:2, pp 427-437 (2005)

Tang, D. and Johnston, M.D. Caudacanthus, a New Genus for Caudacanthus narcini (Pillai 1963) comb. nov. (Poecilostomatoida: Taeniacanthidae), a Parasitic Copepod of Batoid Fishes (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Indo-West Pacific, Zoological Studies, 44:3, pp 337-346 (2005)

Tang, D. and Ho, J.S. Resurrection of Acanthocanthopsis Heegaard, 1945 (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida, Chondracanthidae), Parasitic on Tetraodontiform Fishes, Crustaceana, 78:7, pp 809-818 (2005)

Taylor, A.L., Rodger, J., Stirling, R.V., Beazley, L.D. and Dunlop, S.A. The balance of NMDA- and AMPA/kainate receptor-mediated activity in normal adult goldfish and during optic nerve regeneration, Experimental Neurology, 195:2, pp 391-399 (2005)

Thompson, G.G., Withers, P.C., Mcmaster, K.A. and Cartledge, V. Burrows of desert-adapted frogs, Neobatrachus aquilonius and Notaden nichollsi, Royal Society of Western Australia, 88: pp 17-23 (2005)

Thompson, G.G. and Withers, P.C. The relationship between size-free body shape and choice of retreat for Western Australian Ctenophorus (Agamidae) dragon lizards, Amphibia-Reptilia, 26: pp 65-72 (2005)

Thompson, G.G. and Withers, P.C. Size-free shape differences between male and female Western Australian dragon lizards (Agamidae), Amphibia-Reptilia, 26: pp 55-63 (2005)

Thompson, G.G. and Withers, P.C. Shape of Western Australian dragon lizards (Agamidae), Amphibia-Reptilia, 26: pp 73-85 (2005)

Thompson, S.A., Withers, P.C., Thompson, G.G. and Robinson, S. Range extension for the Perentie, Varanus giganteus (Squamata: Varanidae), Royal Society of Western Australia, 88: pp 41-43 (2005)

Thompson, S.A., Thompson, G.G. and Withers, P.C. Capture rates of small vertebrates decrease as the pit-trapping effort increases at Ora Banda, Royal Society of Western Australia, 88: pp 37-39 (2005)

Thompson, S.A., Thompson, G.G. and Withers, P.C. Influence of pit-trap type on the interpretation of fauna diversity, Wildlife Research, 32: pp 131-137 (2005)

Vinoles Gil, C., Forsberg, M., Martin, G.B., Cajarville, C., Repetto, J. and Meikle, A. Short-term nutritional supplementation of ewes in low body condition affects follicle development due to an increase in glucose and metabolic hormones, Reproduction, pp 1741-7899 online (2005)

Watson, D., Daume, S., Prince, J.E., Beazley, L.D. and Knott, B. The influence of culture conditions on the growth and biochemical composition of an algal feed for juvenile greenlip abalone (Haliotis laevigata), Molluscan Research, 25:1, pp 1-8 (2005)

Weeks, S.C., Sanderson, T.F., Reed, S.K., Zofkova, M., Knott, B., Balaraman, U., Pereira, G., Senyo, D.M. and Hoeh, W.R. Ancient androdioecy in the freshwater crustacean Eulimnadia, Royal Society of London Proceedings. Biological Sciences (2005)

Whalan, S., Johnson, M.S., Harvey, E. and Battershill, C. Mode of reproduction, recruitment, and genetic subdivision in the brooding sponge Haliclona sp, Marine Biology, 146: pp 425-433 (2005)

Wiese, S.C., Pethick, D.W., Milton, J.T., Davidson, R.H., McIntyre, B.L. and D'Souza, D.N. Effect of teeth eruption on growth performance and meat quality of sheep, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 45: pp 509-515 (2005)

Word, J.M. and Hillman, S.S. Osmotically absorbed water preferentially enters the cutaneous capillaries of the pelvic patch in the Toad Bufo marinus, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 78:1, pp 40-47 (2005)

Zhang, S., Blache, D.P.Y., Blackberry, M.A. and Martin, G.B. Body reserves affect the reproductive endocrine responses to an acute change in nutrition in mature male sheep, Animal Reproduction Science, 88: pp 257-269 (2005)

Zhang, S., Blache, D.P.Y., Vercoe, P.E., Adam, C.L., Blackberry, M.A., Findlay, P.A., Eidne, K.A. and Martin, G.B. Expression of orexin receptors in the brain and peripheral tissues of the male sheep, Regulatory Peptides, 124: pp 81-87 (2005)

Conference Publications

Ali, A., Williams, I.H., Martin, G.B. and Sipsas, S. Hydrolysis of lupin pectin by pectinases for broilers, 17th Annual Australian Poultry Science Symposium, Australia, Australian Poultry Science Symposium, pp 219-222 (2005)

Giles, J.C., Davis, J.A., McCauley, R. and Kuchling, G. The Ambient Sound Field in Three Freshwater Environments, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society, Australia, Australian Acoustical Society, pp 383-389 (2005)

Malecki, I.A. and Martin, G.B. Spermopvl increases in emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) and ostrich (Struthio camulus) pairs, WPSA Working Group 6 (Reproduction) 2005 Meeting, United Kingdom, Science and Technology Letters, 16: p 188 (2005)

Malecki, I.A. and Martin, G.B. Fertility in Ratites, 3rd International Ratite Science Symposium, Spain, Proceedings of the 3rd Internation Ratite Science Symposium & XII World Ostrich Congress, 1: pp 45-51 (2005)

Malecki, I.A., Reed, C.E. and Martin, G.B. Membrane integrity and fertilising ability of emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) spermatozoa following storage in vitro at 4 and 20 degrees C for up to 48 hours, WPSA Working Group 6 (Reproduction): 2005 Meeting, United Kingdom, Science and Technology Letters, 16: p 190 (2005)

Malecki, I.A., Reed, C.E. and Martin, G.B. Hypo-osmotic swelling test for measuring integrity of the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) sperm membrane, Incubation and Fertility Research Group Meeting: Abstracts, United Kingdom, Science and Technology Letters, 16: p 189 (2005)

Revell, D.K. and Williams, I.H. Plasma glycerol is not a lipostatic signal to reduce feed intake in pigs, Proceedings of the Tenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association (Inc), Australia, Australasian Pig Science Association Inc (2005)