Nicola Nelson, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 

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Year Citation  Score
2023 Lamar SK, Frank HK, La Flamme A, Gartrell B, Ormsby D, Nelson N. The effects of annual cycle, source population, and body condition on leukocyte profile and immune challenge in a basal reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part a, Ecological and Integrative Physiology. PMID 37921244 DOI: 10.1002/jez.2761  0.762
2023 Lamar SK, Nelson NJ, Ormsby DK. Characterization of sperm and implications for male fertility in the last of the Rhynchocephalians. Conservation Physiology. 11: coad071. PMID 37663926 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coad071  0.784
2022 Lamar SK, Altobelli JT, Nelson NJ, Ormsby DK. Investigating the link between morphological characteristics and diet in an island population of omnivorous reptiles (Sphenodon punctatus). Biology Open. 11. PMID 36239241 DOI: 10.1242/bio.059393  0.67
2021 Lamar SK, Nelson NJ, Moore JA, Taylor HR, Keall SN, Ormsby DK. Initial collection, characterization, and storage of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) sperm offers insight into their unique reproductive system. Plos One. 16: e0253628. PMID 34237077 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253628  0.755
2018 Nelson NJ, Keall SN, Refsnider JM, Carter AL. Behavioral variation in nesting phenology may offset sex-ratio bias in tuatara. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part a, Ecological and Integrative Physiology. PMID 29939491 DOI: 10.1002/jez.2196  0.726
2018 Taylor H, Nelson N, Ramstad K. The first recorded interaction between two species separated for centuries suggests they were ecological competitors New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 43. DOI: 10.20417/Nzjecol.43.11  0.312
2018 Stenhouse V, Carter AL, Chapple DG, Hare KM, Hartley S, Nelson NJ. Modelled incubation conditions indicate wider potential distributions based on thermal requirements for an oviparous lizard Journal of Biogeography. 45: 1872-1883. DOI: 10.1111/JBI.13363  0.35
2015 Anderson L, Nelson N, Cree A. Glucocorticoids in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus): Some influential factors, and applications in conservation management. General and Comparative Endocrinology. PMID 26673869 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2015.12.001  0.367
2015 Corkery I, Bell BD, Nelson NJ. Is the breeding behaviour of nesting seabirds influenced by the presence of a predatory reptile - The tuatara? Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 45: 21-30. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2014.999690  0.39
2015 Towns DR, Miller KA, Nelson NJ, Chapple DG. Can translocations to islands reduce extinction risk for reptiles? Case studies from New Zealand Biological Conservation. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.04.024  0.503
2014 Searle KR, Barber J, Stubbins F, Labuschagne K, Carpenter S, Butler A, Denison E, Sanders C, Mellor PS, Wilson A, Nelson N, Gubbins S, Purse BV. Environmental drivers of Culicoides phenology: how important is species-specific variation when determining disease policy? Plos One. 9: e111876. PMID 25386940 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111876  0.315
2014 Grayson KL, Mitchell NJ, Monks JM, Keall SN, Wilson JN, Nelson NJ. Sex ratio bias and extinction risk in an isolated population of Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Plos One. 9: e94214. PMID 24714691 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0094214  0.377
2014 Anderson L, Cree A, Towns D, Nelson N. Modulation of corticosterone secretion in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus): Evidence of a dampened stress response in gravid females. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 201: 45-52. PMID 24713446 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2014.03.035  0.4
2014 Taylor HR, Nelson NJ, Ramstad KM. Chick Timer™ software proves an accurate disturbance minimising tool for monitoring hatching success in little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii) New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 41: 139-146. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2014.886600  0.379
2014 Romijn RL, Nelson NJ, Monks JM. Forest geckos (Mokopirirakau Southern North Island) display diurno-nocturnal activity and are not reliant on retreats New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 41: 103-113. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2013.860041  0.345
2013 Refsnider JM, Daugherty CH, Godfrey SS, Keall SN, Moore JA, Nelson NJ. Patterns of nesting migrations in the Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), A colonially nesting Island reptile Herpetologica. 69: 282-290. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-00088  0.758
2012 Miller KA, Miller HC, Moore JA, Mitchell NJ, Cree A, Allendorf FW, Sarre SD, Keall SN, Nelson NJ. Securing the demographic and genetic future of tuatara through assisted colonization. Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society For Conservation Biology. 26: 790-8. PMID 22827440 DOI: 10.1111/J.1523-1739.2012.01902.X  0.599
2011 Miller KA, Towns DR, Allendorf FW, Ritchie PA, Nelson NJ. Genetic structure and individual performance following a recent founding event in a small lizard Conservation Genetics. 12: 461-473. DOI: 10.1007/S10592-010-0154-0  0.376
2010 Godfrey SS, Moore JA, Nelson NJ, Bull CM. Social network structure and parasite infection patterns in a territorial reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). International Journal For Parasitology. 40: 1575-85. PMID 20637210 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijpara.2010.06.002  0.544
2010 Godfrey SS, Moore JA, Nelson NJ, Bull CM. Unravelling causality from correlations: revealing the impacts of endemic ectoparasites on a protected species (tuatara). Parasitology. 137: 275-86. PMID 19835646 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009991314  0.562
2010 Moore JA, Grant T, Brown D, Keall SN, Nelson NJ. Mark-recapture accurately estimates census for tuatara, a burrowing reptile Journal of Wildlife Management. 74: 897-901. DOI: 10.2193/2008-587  0.584
2010 Refsnider JM, Daugherty CH, Keall SN, Nelson NJ. Nest-site choice and fidelity in tuatara on Stephens Island, New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 280: 396-402. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00676.x  0.632
2010 Mitchell NJ, Allendorf FW, Keall SN, Daugherty CH, Nelson NJ. Demographic effects of temperature-dependent sex determination: Will tuatara survive global warming? Global Change Biology. 16: 60-72. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2486.2009.01964.X  0.379
2010 Herrel A, Moore JA, Bredeweg EM, Nelson NJ. Sexual dimorphism, body size, bite force and male mating success in tuatara Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100: 287-292. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8312.2010.01433.X  0.609
2010 Miller KA, Hare KM, Nelson NJ. Do alternate escape tactics provide a means of compensation for impaired performance ability? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 99: 241-249. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01364.x  0.308
2009 Miller KA, Nelson NJ, Smith HG, Moore JA. How do reproductive skew and founder group size affect genetic diversity in reintroduced populations? Molecular Ecology. 18: 3792-802. PMID 19732338 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2009.04315.X  0.622
2009 Miller HC, Moore JA, Nelson NJ, Daugherty CH. Influence of major histocompatibility complex genotype on mating success in a free-ranging reptile population. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 276: 1695-704. PMID 19324833 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2008.1840  0.729
2009 Woo KL, Hunt M, Harper D, Nelson NJ, Daugherty CH, Bell BD. Discrimination of flicker frequency rates in the reptile tuatara (Sphenodon ). Die Naturwissenschaften. 96: 415-9. PMID 19089401 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0491-8  0.591
2009 Moore JA, Daugherty CH, Nelson NJ. Large male advantage: Phenotypic and genetic correlates of territoriality in tuatara Journal of Herpetology. 43: 570-578. DOI: 10.1670/08-290.1  0.658
2009 Refsnider JM, Keall SN, Daugherty CH, Nelson NJ. Does nest-guarding in female tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) reduce nest destruction by conspecific females? Journal of Herpetology. 43: 294-299. DOI: 10.1670/08-120R1.1  0.688
2009 Miller KA, Chapple DG, Towns DR, Ritchie PA, Nelson NJ. Assessing genetic diversity for conservation management: A case study of a threatened reptile Animal Conservation. 12: 163-171. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00236.x  0.484
2009 Moore JA, Daugherty CH, Godfrey SS, Nelson NJ. Seasonal monogamy and multiple paternity in a wild population of a territorial reptile (tuatara) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 98: 161-170. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8312.2009.01271.X  0.671
2008 Moore JA, Miller HC, Daugherty CH, Nelson NJ. Fine-scale genetic structure of a long-lived reptile reflects recent habitat modification. Molecular Ecology. 17: 4630-41. PMID 19140986 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2008.03951.X  0.699
2008 Godfrey SS, Bull CM, Nelson NJ. Seasonal and spatial dynamics of ectoparasite infestation of a threatened reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 22: 374-85. PMID 19120965 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2915.2008.00751.X  0.315
2008 Moore JA, Nelson NJ, Keall SN, Daugherty CH. Implications of social dominance and multiple paternity for the genetic diversity of a captive-bred reptile population (tuatara) Conservation Genetics. 9: 1243-1251. DOI: 10.1007/S10592-007-9452-6  0.649
2007 Gartrell BD, Youl JM, King CM, Bolotovski I, McDonald WL, Nelson NJ. Failure to detect Salmonella species in a population of wild tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). New Zealand Veterinary Journal. 55: 134-6. PMID 17534416 DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2007.36756  0.36
2007 Ramstad KM, Nelson NJ, Paine G, Beech D, Paul A, Paul P, Allendorf FW, Daugherty CH. Species and cultural conservation in New Zealand: maori traditional ecological knowledge of tuatara. Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society For Conservation Biology. 21: 455-64. PMID 17391195 DOI: 10.1111/J.1523-1739.2006.00620.X  0.575
2007 Moore JA, Hoare JM, Daugherty CH, Nelson NJ. Waiting reveals waning weight: Monitoring over 54 years shows a decline in body condition of a long-lived reptile (tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus) Biological Conservation. 135: 181-188. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2006.10.029  0.588
2006 Mitchell NJ, Nelson NJ, Cree A, Pledger S, Keall SN, Daugherty CH. Support for a rare pattern of temperature-dependent sex determination in archaic reptiles: evidence from two species of tuatara (Sphenodon). Frontiers in Zoology. 3: 9. PMID 16808840 DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-3-9  0.638
2006 Hoare JM, Pledger S, Keall SN, Nelson NJ, Mitchell NJ, Daugherty CH. Conservation implications of a long-term decline in body condition of the Brothers Island tuatara (Sphenodon guntheri) Animal Conservation. 9: 456-462. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00061.x  0.405
2005 Burnham DK, Keall SN, Nelson NJ, Daugherty CH. T cell function in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 28: 213-22. PMID 15857660 DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2005.01.005  0.502
2004 Nelson NJ, Thompson MB, Pledger S, Keall SN, Daugherty CH. Do TSD, sex ratios, and nest characteristics influence the vulnerability of tuatara to global warming? International Congress Series. 1275: 250-257. DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.08.093  0.348
2002 Nelson NJ, Keall SN, Brown D, Daugherty CH. Establishing a new wild population of tuatara (Sphenodon guntheri) Conservation Biology. 16: 887-894. DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.00381.x  0.303
2002 Nelson NJ, Keall SN, Pledger S, Daugherty CH. Male-biased sex ratio in a small tuatara population Journal of Biogeography. 29: 633-640. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00712.x  0.363
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