Publications 2010-2013

Brown G., Ujvari B., Madsen T. and Shine R. 2013. Invader impact clarifies the roles of top-down and bottom-up effects of tropical snake populations. Func. Ecol. 27:351–361

Griffith, O. W., Belov, K., Ujvari, B., Thompson, M. 2013.  Placental lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene expression in a placentotrophic lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii.  JEZ Part B: Mol. Dev. Evol. 7: 465-470.

Ujvari B., Mun H., Conigrave A.D., Bray A., Osterkamp J., Halling P. and Madsen T. 2013. Isolation breeds naivety: island living robs Australian varanid lizards of toad-toxin immunity via four-base-pair mutation. Evolution 67: 289-294.

Ujvari B., Oakwood M. and Madsen T. 2013. Queensland northern quolls are not immune to cane toad toxin. Wild. Res. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR13011.

Ujvari B., Pearse A-M., Piddington L., Peck S., Taylor R., Pyecroft S., Madsen T., Papenfuss A.T. and Belov K. 2013. Evolution of a contagious cancer: epigenetic variation in Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD). Proc. R. Soc. B. 2013 280 1750 20121720; doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.1720.

Lane, A., Cheng, Y., Wright, B., Hamede, R., Levan, L. Jones, M., Ujvari, B., Belov, K. 2012.  New insights into the role of MHC diversity in Devil Facial Tumour Disease.  PlosOne, 7 (6): 1-9.

Lo, N., Li, B., Ujvari, B. 2012.  DNA methylation in the termite Coptotermes lacteus. Insect. Soc. 59: 257-261.

Ujvari B., Pearse A-M., Taylor R., Pyecroft S., Flanagan C., Gombert S., Papenfuss A.T., Madsen T. and Belov K. 2012. Telomere dynamics and homeostasis in a transmissible cancer. PLoS ONE 7: e44085.

van der Kraan, L. E., Wong, E. S. W., Lo, N., Ujvari, B., Belov, K. 2012.  Identification of natural killer cell receptor genes in the genome of the marsupial Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii).  Immunogenetics, 65: 25-35.

Luiselli L., Capizzi D., Rugiero L., Madsen T., Pacini N. and Capula M. 2011. Long-term population dynamics (1985-2004) in a Mediterranean aquatic snake Natrix tesselata. Ecol. Res. 26: 745-753.

Madsen T. 2011. Body condition and head size in snakes. Amphibia-Reptilia 32: 565-567.

Madsen T. 2011. Cost of multiple matings in female adders (Vipera berus). Evolution 65:1823-1825.

Madsen T. and Ujvari B. 2011. The demise of a population of adders (Vipera berus) in Smygehuk Sweden. Herp. Conserv. 6: 80-82.

Olsson M., Schwartz T., Wapstra E., Uller T., Ujvari B., Madsen T. and Shine R. 2011. Climate change multiple paternity and offspring survival in lizards. Evolution 65: 3323-3326.

Ujvari B. and Madsen T. 2011. Do natural antibodies compensate for humoral immunosenescence in tropical pythons? Func. Ecol. 25: 813-817.

Ujvari B., Li, B., Evans T. A., King, A. Kitade, O., Lo, N. 2011.  A microsatellite-based test of the Reticulitermes speratus genetic caste determination model in Coptotermes lacteus.  Insect. Soc. 58:365–370.

Ujvari B., Shine R and Madsen T. 2011. How well do predators adjust to climate mediated shifts in prey distribution? A study on Australian water pythons. Ecology 92: 777-783.

Ujvari B., Shine R. and Madsen T. 2011. Detecting the impact of invasive species on native fauna: cane toads (Bufo marinus) frillneck lizards (Chlamydosaurus kingii) and the importance of spatial replication. Austral Ecol. 36: 126-130.

Ujvari B., Shine R., Luiselli L. and Madsen T. 2011. Climate-induced reaction norms for life-history traits in pythons. Ecology 92: 1858-1864.

Ujvari, B. & Belov, K. 2011.  Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) markers in conservation biology.  Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011, 12, 5168-5186; doi:10.3390/ijms12085168.

Loman J. and Madsen T. 2010. Sex ratio of breeding common toads (Bufo bufo) – influence of survival and temporary emigration. Amphibia-Reptilia 31: 509-524.

Olsson M., Wapstra E., Schwartz T., Madsen T., Ujvari B. and Uller T. 2010. In hot pursuit: fluctuating mating system and sexual selection in sand lizards. Evolution 65: 574-583.

Ujvari B., Andersson S., Brown G., Shine R. and Madsen T. 2010. Climate-driven impacts of prey abundance on the population structure of a tropical predator. Oikos 119: 188-196.