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Ecological Adaptation and Conservation Biology Group —— Selected Publications
  • Ye, Y.-Z., Ma, L., Sun, B.-J., Li, T., Wang, Y., Shine, R., Du, W.-G. 2019. The embryos of turtles can influence their own sexual destinies. Current Biology 29: 2597-2603.
  • Sun, B.J., Li, S.R., Ma, L., Williams, C.M., Wang, Y., Hao, X., Du, W.G. 2018. Phenology and the physiological niche are co-adapted in a desert dwelling lizard. Functional Ecology. 32: 2520-2530.
  • Ma, L., Buckley, L.B., Huey, R.B., Du, W.G. 2018. A global test of the cold-climate hypothesis for the evolution of viviparity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27: 679-689. 
  • Li, S.R. Hao, X., Wang, Y., Sun, B.J. Bi, J. H., Zhang, Y.P., Janzen, F.J. Du, W.G. 2018. Female lizards choose warm, moist nests that improve embryonic survivorship and offspring fitness. Functional Ecology. 32: 416-423.
  • Wang, Y., Li, S.R., Zeng, Z.G, Liang, L. & Du, W.G. 2017. Maternal food availability affects offspring performance and survival in a viviparous lizard. Functional Ecology, 2017, 31:1950-1956.
  • Sun B. J., Li T, Mu Y, McGlashan J. K, Georges A, Shine R, Du W. G. Thyroid hormone modulates offspring sex ratio in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination. 2016. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 283, 20161206.
  • Du, W. G. and Shine, R. 2015. The behavioral and physiological strategies of bird and reptile embryos in response to unpredictable variation in nest temperature. Biological Reviews, 90:19-30.
  • Li, T., Zhao, B. Zhou, Y.K. Hu, R. and Du, W. G. 2014. Thermoregulatory behavior is widespread in the embryos of reptiles and birds. American Naturalist, 183:445-451.
  • Gao, J., Zhang W., Dang W., Mu, Yi., Gao, Y., Sun, B. J., Du, W.G. 2014. Heat shock protein expression enhances heat tolerance of reptile embryos. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281: 20141135.
  • Du, W. G., Zhao, B. Chen, Y. and Shine, R. 2011. Behavioral thermoregulation by turtle embryos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108:9513-9515.
  • Du, W. G., Ji, X., Shine, R. 2005. Does body-volume constrain reproductive output in lizards? Biology Letters 1: 98-100.
  • Du, W. G. 2006. Phenotypic plasticity in reproductive traits induced by food availability in a lacertid lizard, Takydromus septentrionalis. Oikos 112: 363-369.
  • Du, W. G., Radder. R. S., Sun B., Shine, R. 2009. Determinants of incubation period: do reptilian embryos hatch after a fixed total number of heartbeats? Journal of Experimental Biology 212:1302-1306.
  • Webb, J. K. Du W. G. Pike D. A. Shine R. 2009. Chemical cues from both dangerous and non-dangerous snakes elicit antipredator behaviours from a nocturnal lizard. Animal Behavior 77:1471-1478.
  • Du, W. G., Shine, R. and Elphick, M. 2010. Thermal regimes during incubation do not affect mean selected temperatures of hatchling lizards (Bassianaduperreyi, Scincidae). Journal of Thermal Biology 35: 47-51.
  • Du,W. G. Lü, D. 2010. An experimental test of body-volume constraint on female reproductive output. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 313A:123-128.
  • Du, W. G., Thompson, M. and Shine R. 2010. Facultative cardiac responses to regional hypoxia in lizard embryos. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, A 156:491-494.
  • Du, W. G., Ji, X., Zhang, Y. P., Lin Z. H., Xu, X. F. 2010. Geographic variation in offspring size of a widespread lizard (Takydromusseptentrionalis): importance of maternal investment. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 101:59-67.
  • Du, W. G., Warner, D. A., Langkilde, T., Robbins, T. and Shine, R. 2010. The physiological basis of geographic variation in rates of embryonic development within a widespread lizard species. American Naturalist, 176: 522-528.
  • Du, W. G. and Shine R. 2010.Why do the eggs of lizards (Bassianaduperreyi, Scincidae) hatch sooner if incubated at fluctuating rather than constant temperatures? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 101: 642-650.
  • Du, W. G., Ye, H. Zhao, B. Warner, D. A. and Shine, R. 2010. Thermal acclimation of heart rates in reptilian embryos. PLoS ONE, 5(12): e15308.
  • Shen, J.W., Pike, D. A. and Du, W.G., 2010. Movements and habitat use of translocatedbig-headed turtles (Platysternonmegacephalum) in southern china. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 9: 145-161.
  • Sun, B. J., Du, W. G., Shu, L., Chen, Y., Wang, Y. 2011.The influence of thermal environment and food availability on testosterone and gonadal recrudescence in male Chinese skinks [Plestiodon (Eumeces) chinensis]. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 170: 449-454.
  • Du, W. G., Zhao, B. Chen, Y. and Shine, R. 2011. Behavioral thermoregulation by turtle embryos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108:9513-9515.
  • Du, W. G., Ye, H., Zhao, B. Pizzatto, L., Ji, X. and Shine, R. 2011. Patterns of interspecific variation in the heart rates of embryonic reptiles. PloS ONE 6(12): e29027.
  • Pike, D. A., Andrews, R. M., Du, W. G. 2012. Eggshell morphology and gekkotan life-history evolution. Evolutionary Ecology, 26: 847-861.
  • Du, W. G., Warner, D. A., Langkilde, T., Robbins, T. and Shine, R. 2012. The roles of pre- and post-hatching growth rates in generating a latitudinal cline of body size in the eastern fence lizard (Sceloporusundulatus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 106: 202-209.
  • Zhao, B., Chen, Y., Wang, Y., Ding, P., and Du, W. G. 2013. Does the hydric environment affect the incubation of small rigid-shelled turtle eggs? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, A 164: 66-70.
  • Sun, B. J., Li, S. R., Xu, X. F., Zhao, W. G., Luo, L. G., Ji, X. Du, W. G. 2013. Different mechanisms lead to convergence of reproductive strategies in two lacertid lizards (Takydromuswolteri and Eremiasargus). Oecologia,172:645-652.
  • Zhao, B., Li, T., Shine, R., and Du, W. G. 2013. Turtle embryos move to optimal thermal environments within the egg. Biology Letters, 9: 20130337.
  • Du, W. G., Tu M. C., Radder, R. S. and Shine, R. 2013. Can reptile embryos influence their own rates of heating and cooling? PLoS One.8(6): e67095.
  • Yan, W.-B., Z.-G. Zeng, D. Pan, T.-J. Wang, Q. Zhang, Y.-N. Fu, X.-M. Lin and Y.-L. Song. 2013. Scale-dependent habitat selection by reintroduced Eld’s deer (Cervus eldi) in a human-dominated landscape. Wildlife Research, 40: 217–227.
  • Zeng, Z.-G., J.-M. Zhao, B.-J. Sun. 2013. Life history variation among geographically close populations of the toad-headed lizard (Phrynocephalus przewalskii): Exploring environmental and physiological associations. Acta Oecologica, 51: 28–33.
  • Du, W. G., Robbins, T., Warner, D. A., Langkilde, T. and Shine, R. 2014. Latitudinal and seasonal variation in reproductive effort of the eastern fence lizard (Sceloporusundulatus). Integrative Zoology, 9: 360–371
  • Li, T., Zhao, B. Zhou, Y.K. Hu, R. and Du, W. G. 2014. Thermoregulatory behavior is widespread in the embryos of reptiles and birds. American Naturalist, 183:445-451.
  • Sun, B.J., Wang, T.T. Pike, D.A. Liang, L. and Du, W.G. 2014. Increased oxygen availability during embryonic development enhances learning ability in hatchling lizards, Eremiasargus (Lacertidae). Frontiers in Zoology, 11:21.
  • Pan D., Song Y.-L., Zeng Z.-G., Bravery B.D. 2014. Habitat Selection by Eld’s Deer following Relocation to a Patchy Landscape. PLoS ONE 9(3): e91158.
  • Gao, J., Zhang W., Dang W., Mu, Yi., Gao, Y., Sun, B. J., Du, W.G. 2014. Heat shock protein expression enhances heat tolerance of reptile embryos. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281: 20141135.
  • Ma, L., Sun, B.J., Li, S.R., Sha, W. Du, W.G. 2014 Maternal thermal environment induces plastic responses in the reproductive life history of oviparous lizards. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 87: 677-683.
  • Zeng, Z. G. Bi, J. H., Li, S. L., Chen, S. Y., Pike, D. A., Gao, Y. and Du, W.G. 2014. Effects of habitat alteration on lizard community and food web structure in a desert steppe ecosystem. Biological Conservation, 179: 86-92.
  • Sun, B.J., Tang, W. Q., Zeng, Z. G. and Du, W.G. 2014. The seasonal acclimatisation of locomotion in a terrestrial reptile, Plestiodon chinensis (Scincidae). Asian Herpetological Research, 2014, 5(3): 197–203.
  • Zhao, B. Chen, Y. Lu, H.L. Zeng, Z.G., and Du, W. G. 2015. Latitudinal differences in temperature effects on the embryonic development and hatchling phenotypes of the Asian yellow pond turtle, Mauremys mutica. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 114: 35-43.
  • Du, W. G. and Shine, R. 2015. The behavioral and physiological strategies of bird and reptile embryos in response to unpredictable variation in nest temperature. Biological Reviews, 90:19-30.
  • Liang, L., Sun, B.J., Ma, L., and Du, W. G. 2015. Oxygen-dependent heat tolerance and developmental plasticity in turtle embryos. Journal of Comparative Physiology B .185:257-263.
  • Sun, B. J., Li T., Gao, J., Ma, L., Du, W. G. 2015. High incubation temperatures enhance mitochondrial energy metabolism in reptile embryos. Scientific Reports 5: 8861.