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Anderson, S.J., Braby, M.F. 2009. Invertebrate diversity associated with tropical mistletoe in a suburban landscape from northern Australia. Northern Territory Naturalist 21: 2-23.

Gardner, J.L., Heinsohn, R., Joseph, L. 2009. Shifting latitudinal clines in avian body size correlate with global warming in Australian passerines. Proc. R. Soc. B 276: 3845-3852.

Gordon, D.M. 2009. The potential of bacteriocin-producing probiotics and associated caveats. Future Microbiology 4(8): 941-943.

Külheim, C., Yeoh, S.H., Maintz, J., Foley, W.J., Moran, G.F. 2009. Comparative SNP diversity among four Eucalyptus species for genes from secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways. BMC Genomics 10: 452.

Moore, D.J., Halliday, D.C.T., Rowell, D.M., Robinson, A.J., Keogh, J.S. 2009. Positive Darwinian selection results in resistance to cardioactive toxins in true toads (Anura: Bufonidae). Biology Letters 5: 513-516.

Phillips, M.J., Bennett, T.H., Lee, M.S.Y. 2009. Molecules, morphology, and ecology indicate a recent, amphibious ancestry for echidnas. PNAS 106(40): 17089-17094.


Barnett, R., Shapiro, B., Barnes, I., Ho, S.Y.W., Burger, J., Yamaguchi, N., Higham, T.F.G., Wheeler, H.T., Rosendahl, W., Sher, A.V., Sotnikova, M., Kuznetsova, T., Baryshnikov, G.F., Martin, L.D., Harington, C.R., Burns, J.A., Cooper, A. 2009. Phylogeography of lions (Panthera leo ssp.) reveals three distinct taxa and a late Pleistocene reduction in genetic diversity. Molecular Ecology 18: 1668-1677.

Braby, M.F. 2009. The life history and biology of Euploea alcathoe enastri Fenner (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from northeastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Entomologist 36(2): 51-62.

Bromham, L. 2009. Putting the 'bio' into bioinformatics. Biology Letters 5: 391-393.

Bromham, L. 2009. Why do species vary in their rate of molecular evolution? Biology Letters 5: 401-404.

Calcott, B. 2009. Lineage Explanations: Explaining How Biological Mechanisms Change. Brit. J. Phil. Sci. 60: 51-78.

Christenson, J.K., Gordon, D.M. 2009. Evolution of colicin BM plasmids: the loss of the colicin B activity gene. Microbiology 155: 1645-1655.

Cockburn, A., Dalziell, A.H., Blackmore, C.J., Double, M.C., Kokko, H., Osmond, H.L., Beck, N.R., Head, M.L., Wells, K. 2009. Superb fairy-wren males aggregate into hidden leks to solicit extragroup fertilizations before dawn. Behavioral Ecology 20: 501-510.

Cooney, S.J.N., Olsen, P.D., Garnett, S.T. 2009. Ecology of the coprophagous moth Trisyntopa neossophila Edwards (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). Australian Journal of Entomology 48: 97-101.

Crisp, M.D., Arroyo, M.T.K., Cook, L.G., Gandolfo, M.A., Jordan, G.J., McGlone, M.S., Weston, P.H., Westoby, M., Wilf, P., Linder, H.P. 2009. Phylogenetic biome conservatism on a global scale. Nature 458: 754-756.

Crisp, M.D., Cook, L.G. 2009. Explosive radiation or cryptic mass extinction? Interpreting signatures in molecular phylogenies. Evolution 63(9): 2257-2265.

Cunningham, R., Olsen, P. 2009. A statistical methodology for tracking long-term change in reporting rates of birds from volunteer-collected presence-absence data. Biodiversity and Conservation 18: 1305-1327.

DeGabriel, J.L., Moore, B.D., Foley, W.J., Johnson, C.N. 2009. The effects of plant defensive chemistry on nutrient availability predict reproductive success in a mammal. Ecology 90(3): 711-719.

Detto, T., Backwell, P.R.Y. 2009. The fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi uses ultraviolet cues in mate choice but not aggressive interactions. Animal Behaviour 78: 407-411.

Detto, T., Backwell, P.R.Y. 2009. Social monogamy in a fiddler crab, Uca capricornis. Journal of Crustacean Biology 29(3): 283-289.

Doody, J.S., Green, B., Rhind, D., Castellano, C.M., Sims, R., Robinson, T. 2009. Population-level declines in Australian predators caused by an invasive species. Animal Conservation 12: 46-53.

Ebert, D., Hayes, C., Peakall, R. 2009. Chloroplast simple sequence repeat markers for evolutionary studies in the sexually deceptive orchid genus Chiloglottis. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 784-789.

Ebert, D., Peakall, R. 2009. Chloroplast simple sequence repeats (cpSSRs): technical resources and recommendations for expanding cpSSR discovery and applications to a wide array of plant species. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 673-690.

Ebert, D., Peakall, R. 2009. A new set of universal de novo sequencing primers for extensive coverage of noncoding chloroplast DNA: new opportunities for phylogenetic studies and cpSSR discovery. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 777-783.

Endicott, P., Ho, S.Y.W., Metspalu, M., Stringer, C. 2009. Evaluating the mitochondrial timescale of human evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24(9): 515-521.

Felton, A.M., Felton, A., Lindenmayer, D.B., Foley, W.J. 2009. Nutritional goals of wild primates. Functional Ecology 23: 70-78.

Felton, A.M., Felton, A., Raubenheimer, D., Simpson, S.J., Foley, W.J., Wood, J.T., Wallis, I.R., Lindenmayer, D.B. 2009. Protein content of diets dictates the daily energy intake of a free-ranging primate. Behavioral Ecology 20: 685-690.

Franke, S., Ibarra, F., Schulz, C.M., Twele, R., Poldy, J., Barrow, R.A., Peakall, P., Schiestl, F.P., Francke, W. 2009. The discovery of 2,5-dialkylcyclohexan-1,3-diones as a new class of natural products. PNAS 106(22): 8877-8882.

Hall, M.L., Peters, A. 2009. Do male paternity guards ensure female fidelity in a duetting fairy-wren? Behavioral Ecology 20:222-228.

Harrison, M.T., Edwards, E.J., Farquhar, G.D., Nicotra, A.B., Evans, J.R. 2009. Nitrogen in cell walls of sclerophyllous leaves accounts for little of the variation in photosynthetic nitrogen-use efficiency. Plant, Cell and Environment 32: 259-270.

Henery, M.L., Stone, C., Foley, W.J. 2009. Differential defoliation of Eucalyptus grandis arises from indiscriminant oviposition and differential larval survival. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 11: 107-114.

Ho, S. 2009. An examination of phylogenetic models of substitution rate variation among lineages. Biology Letters 5: 421-424.

Ho, S.Y.W., Phillips, M.J. 2009. Accountiing for Calibration Uncertainty in Phylogenetic Estimation of Evolutionary Divergence Times. Systematic Biology 58(3): 367-380.

Howard, C., Gilmore, S., Robertson, J., Peakall, R. 2009. A Cannabis sativa STR Genotype Database for Australian Seizures: Forensic Applications and Limitations. Journal of Forensic Sciences 54(3): 556-563.

Imansyah, M.J., Jessop, T.S., Sumner, J., Purwandana, D., Ariefiandy, A., Seno, A. 2009. Distribution, seasonal use, and predation of incubation mounds of Orange-footed Scrubfowl on Komodo Island, Indonesia. Journal of Field Ornithology 80(2): 119-126.

Jamieson, I.G., Taylor, S.S., Tracy, L.N., Kokko, H., Armstrong, D.P. 2009. Why some species of birds do not avoid inbreeding: insights from New Zealand robins and saddlebacks. Behavioral Ecology 20: 575-584.

Jones, C.S., Bakker, F.T., Schlichting, C.D., Nicotra, A.B. 2009. Leaf shape evolution in the South African genus Pelargonium L' Hér. (Geraniaceae). Evolution 63-2: 479-497.

Joseph, L., Adcock, G.J., Linde, C., Omland, K.E., Heinsohn, R., Chesser, R.T., Roshier, D. 2009. A tangled tale of two teal: population history of the grey Anas gracilis and chestnut teal A. castanea of Australia. Journal of Avian Biology 40: 430-439.

Kearns, A.M., Joseph, L., Edwards, S.V., Double, M.C. 2009. Inferring the phylogeography and evolutionary history of the splendid fairy-wren Malurus splendens from mitochondrial DNA and spectrophotometry. Journal of Avian Biology 40: 7-17.

Kelly, C.D., Jennions, M.D. 2009. Sexually dimorphic immune response in the harem polygynous Wellington tree weta Hemideina crassidens . Physiological Entomology 34: 174-179.

Kinnear, M., Smith, L.M.A., Maurer, G., Backwell, P.R.Y., Linde, C.C. 2009. Polymorphic microsatellite loci for paternity analysis in the fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi. Journal of Crustacean Biology 29(2): 273-274.

Korsten, M., Ho, S.Y.W., Davison, J., Pahn, B., Vulla, E., Roht, M., Tumanov, I.L., Kojola, I., Andersone-Lilley, Z., Ozolins, J., Pilot, M., Mertzanis, Y., Giannakopoulos, A., Vorobiev, A.A., Markov, N.I., Saveljev, A.P., Lyapunova, E.A., Abramov, A.V., Mannil, P., Valdmann, H., Pazetnov, S.V., Pazetnov, V.S., Rokov, A.M., Saarma, U. 2009. Sudden expansion of a single brown bear maternal lineage across northern continental Eurasia after the last ice age: a general demographic model for mammals? Molecular Ecology 18: 1963-1979.

Koumoundouros, T., Sumner, J., Clemann, N., Stuart-Fox, D. 2009. Current genetic isolation and fragmentation contrasts with historical connectivity in an alpine lizard (Cyclodomorphus praealtus) threatened by climate change. Biological Conservation 142: 992-1002.

Lailvaux, S.P., Reaney, L.T., Backwell, P.R.Y. 2009. Dishonest signalling of fighting ability and multiple performance traits in the fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi. Functional Ecology 23: 359-366.

Lambkin, C.L., Trueman, J.W.H., Yeates, D.K., Holston, K.C., Webb, D.W., Hauser, M., Metz, M.A., Hill, H.N., Skevington, J.H., Yang, L., Irwin, M.E., Wiegmann, B.M. 2009. Supertrees and the Tree of Life: generating a metaphylogeny for a diverse invertebrate family (Insecta: Diptera: Therevidae) using constraint trees and the parsimony ratchet to overcome low taxon overlap. Invertebrate Systematics 23: 171-191.

Langmore, N.E., Kilner, R.M. 2009. Why do Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo Chalcites basalis eggs mimic those of their hosts? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 1127-1131.

Langmore, N.E., Stevens, M., Maurer, G., Kilner, R.M. 2009. Are dark cuckoo egss cryptic in host nests? Animal Behaviour 78: 461-468.

Linde. C.C., Zala, M., McDonald, B.A. 2009. Molecular evidence for recent founder populations and human-mediated migration in the barley scald pathogen Rhynchosporium secalis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51: 454-464.

Magrath, M.J.L., Santema, P., Bouwman, K.M., Brinkhuizen, D.M., Griffith, S.C., Langmore, N.E. 2009. Seasonal decline in reproductive performance varies with colony size in the fairy martin, Petrochelidon ariel. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 661-672.

Magrath, R.D., Pitcher, B.J., Gardner, J.L. 2009. Recognition of other species' aerial alarm calls: speaking the same language or learning another? Proc. R. Soc. B 276: 769-774.

Magrath, R.D., Pitcher, B.J., Gardner, J.L. 2009. An avian eavesdropping network: alarm signal reliability and heterospecific response. Behavioral Ecology 20: 745-752.

Maurer, G., Blomberg, S. 2009. Does testis size in cuckoos vary with paternal care? The Auk 126(1): 24-30.

Moritz, C., Hoskin, C.J., MacKenzie, J.B., Phillips, B.L., Tonione, M., Silva, N., VanDerWal, J., Williams, S.E., Graham, C.H. 2009. Identification and dynamics of a cryptic suture zone in tropical rainforest. Proc. R. Soc. B 276: 1235-1244.

Murai, M., Backwell, P.R.Y., Jennions, M.D. 2009. The cost of reliable signaling: experimental evidence for predictable variation among males in a cost-benefit trade-off between sexually selected traits. Evolution 63(9): 2363-2371.

Phillips, M.J. 2009. Branch-length estimation bias misleads molecular dating for a vertebrate mitochondrial phylogeny. Gene 441: 132-140.

Phillips, M.J. 2009. Mammalian and avian survival across the Cretaceous- Tertiary boundary. New Zealand Science Review 66(1): 34-38.

Phillips, R.D., Faast, R., Bower, C.C., Brown, G.R., Peakall, R. 2009. Implications of pollination by food and sexual deception for pollinator specificity, fruit set, population genetics and conservation of Caladenia (Orchidaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 57: 287-306.

Pratt, R.C., Gibb, G.C., Morgan-Richards, M., Phillips, M.J., Hendy, M.D., Penny, D. 2009. Toward Resolving Deep Neoaves Phylogeny: Data, Signal Enhancement, and Priors. Molecular Biology and Evolution 26(2): 313-326.

Rambaut, A., Ho, S.Y.W., Drummond, A.J., Shapiro, B. 2009. Accommodating the Effect of Ancient DNA Damage on Inferences of Demographic Histories. Molecular Biology and Evolution 26(2): 245-248.

Santema, P., Griffith, S.C., Langmore, N.E., Komdeur, J., Magrath, M.J.L. 2009. Does foraging efficiency vary with colony size in the fairy martin Petrochelidon ariel? Journal of Avian Biology 40: 57-66.

Shearman, P.L., Ash, J., Mackey, B., Bryan, J.E., Lokes, B. 2009. Forest Conversion and Degradation in Papua New Guinea 1972-2002. Biotropica 41(3): 379-390.

Singh, I.P., Sidana, J., Bansal, P., Foley, W.J. 2009. Phloroglucinol compounds of therapeutic interest: global patent and technology status. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents 19(6): 847-866.

Torriani, S.F.F., Linde, C.C., McDonald, B.A. 2009. Sequence conservation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and lack of G143A Qol resistance allele in a global sample of Rhynchosporium secalis. Australasian Plant Pathology 38: 202-207.

Whiting, M.J., Webb, J.K., Keogh, J.S. 2009. Flat lizard female mimics use sexual deception in visual but not chemical signals. Proc. R. Soc. B 276: 1585-1591.

Wilkins, C.F., Orthia, L.A., Crisp, M.D. 2009. A new species of Pultenaea (Mirbelieae: Fabaceae) from Kundip, Western Australia. Nuytsia 19(1): 191-196.

Willerslev, E., Gilbert, M.T.P., Binladen, J., Ho, S.Y.W., Campos, P.F., Ratan, A., Tomsho, L.P., da Fonseca R.R., Sher, A., Kuznetsova, T.V., Nowak-Kemp, M., Roth, T.L., Miller, W., Schuster, S.C. 2009. Analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes from extinct and extant rhinoceroses reveals lack of phylogenetic resolution. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 95.

Yasukawa, K., Cockburn, A. 2009. Antipredator vigilance in cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus). The Auk 126(1): 147-154.

Zaffarano, P.L., McDonald, B.A., Linde, C.C. 2009. Phylogeographical analyses reveal global migration patterns of the barley scald pathogen Rhynchosporium secalis. Molecular Ecology 18: 279-293.

Zajitschek, F., Hunt, J., Jennions, M.D., Hall, M.D., Brooks, R.C. 2009. Effects of juvenile and adult diet on ageing and reproductive effort of male and female black field crickets, Teleogryllus commodus . Functional Ecology 23: 602-611.