PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Publications
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73) Florence, L.; Tomlinson, S.; Freestone, M.; Morgan, J.W.; Wood, J.L. and Truong, C. (2025). A curated soil fungal dataset to advance fungal ecology and conservation research in Australia and Antarctica. Scientific Data 12: 353.
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72) Dalziell, E.L.; Tomlinson, S.; Merritt, D.J.; Lewandrowski, W.; Turner, S.R. and Withers, P.C. (2025). Metabolic rate of angiosperm seeds: effects of allometry, phylogeny and bioclimate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 292: 20242683.
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71) Tomlinson, S.; Lomolino, M.V.; Wood, J.R.; Anderson, A.; Perry, G.L.; Wilmshurst, J.M.; Austin, J.J. and Fordham, D.A. (2025). Was extinction of New Zealand's avian megafauna an unavoidable consequence of human arrival? Science of The Total Environment 964: 178471.
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70) Tomlinson, S. (2025). Guiding plant conservation using physiological tools: how mechanistic research can bridge disciplinary divides. Conservation Physiology 13: p.coae090.
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69) Tomlinson, S.; Lomolino, M.V.; Wood, J.R.; Anderson, A.; Brown, S.C.; Haythorne, S.; Perry, G.L.W.; Wilmshurst, J.; Austin, J.J. and Fordham, D.A. Ecological dynamics of moa extinctions reveal convergent refugia that today harbour flightless birds. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 8: 1472–1481.
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68) Anderson, N.; Tudor, E.P.; Turner, S.R.; Tomlinson, S. and Lewandrowski, W. (2024). Geographic variation in reproductive traits and germination-niche dynamics in conservation-dependant Banksia arborea populations restricted to Banded Ironstone Formations. Flora 316: 152526
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67) Tomlinson, S.; Lomolino, M.V.; Haythorne, S.; Anderson, A.; Austin, J.J.; Brown, S.C.; Perry, G.; Wilmshurst, J.; Wood, J.R. and Fordham, D.A. (2024). Reconstructing colonization dynamics to establish how human activities transformed island biodiversity. Scientific Reports 14: 5261.
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66) Elliott, C.P.; Tomlinson, S.; Lewandrowski, W.; Miller, B.P. (2024). Species distribution and habitat attributes guide translocation planning of a threatened short-range endemic plant. Global Ecology and Conservation 51: e02915.
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65) Lewandrowski, W.; Tudor, E.P.; Ajduk, H.; Tomlinson, S.; Stevens, J.C. (2024). Spatiotemporal variation in ecophysiological traits align with high resolution niche modelling in the short-range banded ironstone endemic Aluta quadrata. Conservation Physiology 12: coae030.
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64) Rajapakshe, R.P.V.G.S.W.; Tomlinson, S.; Tudor, E.P.; Turner, S.R.; Elliott, C.P.; Lewandrowski, W. (2024). Same, same, but different: dissimilarities in the hydrothermal germination performance of range-restricted endemics emerge despite microclimatic similarities. Conservation Physiology 12: coae009.
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63) Bradley, H.S.; Craig, M.D.; Tomlinson, S.; Cross, A.T.; Bamford, M.J. and Bateman, P.W. (2023). Ecological considerations when designing mitigation translocations: an Australian reptile case study. Animals 13: 2594
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62) Tudor, E.P.; Cross, A.T. and Tomlinson, S. (2023). Insect community reassembly in a spatiotemporally heterogenous restoration landscape. Landscape Ecology 38: 2763-2778
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61) Seebacher, F.; Narayan, E.; Rummer, J.L.; Tomlinson, S. and Cooke, S.J. (2023). How can physiology best contribute to conservation of wildlife in a warming world? Conservation Physiology 11: p.coad038
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60) Tudor, E.P.; Lewandrowski, W. and Tomlinson, S. (2023). Integrating animal physiology into the adaptive management of restored landscapes. Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-023-01800-5
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59) Tomlinson, S.; Lomolino, M.V.; Woinarski, J.C.Z.; Murphy, B.P.; Reed, E.; Johnson, C.N.; Legge, S.; Helgen, K.M.; Brown, S.C. and Fordham, D.A. (2022). Reconstructing mechanisms of extinctions to guide mammal conservation biogeography. Journal of Biogeography. http://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14616
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58) Cross, S.L.; Tomlinson, S.; Craig, M.D. and Bateman, P.W. (2022) Build it and some may come: early-stage habitat restoration may initially favour herbivore return. Pacific Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1071/PC22001
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57) Bradley, H.S.; Craig, M.D.; Bamford, M.; Cross, A.T.; Tomlinson, S. and Bateman, P.W. (2022). Predators in a mining landscape: threats to a behaviourally unique, endangered lizard. Austral Ecology. 47: 1077-1090
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56) Bradley, H.S.; Craig, M.D.; Cross, A.T.; Tomlinson, S.; Bamford, M. and Bateman, P.W. (2022). Revealing microhabitat requirements of an endangered specialist lizard with LiDAR. Scientific Reports. 12: 1-10
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55) Rajapakshe, S.; Cross, A.; Turner, S. and Tomlinson, S. (2022). Understanding the interplay of temperature and moisture on the germination niche to improve management of threatened species impacted by mining Restoration Ecology. e13708.
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54) Warrant, E.J., Whitehouse, M.E.A., Green, K.P., Wallace, J.R.A., Caley, P., Tomlinson, S. and Umbers, K., 2021. Agrotis infusa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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53) Tomlinson, S.; Tudor, E.P.; Turner, S.R.; Cross, S.; Riviera, F.; Stevens, J.; Valliere, J.; Lewandrowski, W. (2021). Leveraging the value of conservation physiology for ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology. e13616
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52) Turner, S.R.; Dixon, K.; Just, M.; Newton, V.; Pedrini, S.; Riviera, F.; Stevens, J.; Tomlinson, S.; Cross, A.T. (2021). Restoration seedbanks for more effective mined land restoration. Restoration Ecology. e13667
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51) Prendergast, K.; Menz, M.H.M.; Tomlinson, S.; Dixon, K.W.; Bateman, P.W. (2021). Urban native vegetation remnants support more diverse native bee communities than residential gardens in Australia’s southwest biodiversity hotspot. Biological Conservation. 265: 109408
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50) Valliere, J.M.; Alvarez, J.A.; Cross, A.T.; Lewandrowski, W.; Riviera, F.; Stevens, J.C.; Tomlinson, S.; Tudor, E.P.; Wong, W.S.; Yong, J.W.H.; Veneklaas, E.J. (2021). Restoration ecophysiology: An ecophysiological approach to improve strategies and outcomes for restoration of severely disturbed landscapes. Restoration Ecology. e13571
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49) Cross, S.L.; Bradley, H.S.; Tudor, E.P.; Craig, M.D.; Tomlinson, S.; Bamford, M.J.; Bateman, P.W.; Cross, A.T. (2021). A life of mine approach to fauna monitoring is critical for recovering functional ecosystems to restored landscapes. Restoration Ecology. e13540
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48) Lomolino, M.V.; Tomlinson, S.; Wood, J.; Wilmshurst, J.; Fordham, D.A. (2021). Geographic and ecological segregation in an extinct guild of flightless birds: New Zealand’s moa. Frontiers of Biogeography. 13: e53416
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47) Adam, A.S.; Garcia, R.A.; Galaiduk, R.; Tomlinson, S.; Radford, B.; Thomas, L.; Richards, Z.T. (2021). Diminishing potential for tropical reefs to function as coral diversity strongholds under climate change conditions. Diversity and Distributions. 27: 2245-2261
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46) Tomlinson, S.; Smit, F; Bateman, P.W. (2021) The ecology of a translocated population of a medium-sized marsupial in an urban vegetation remnant. Pacific Conservation Biology. 28: 184-191
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45) Freestone, M.W.; Swarts, N.D.; Reiter, R.; Tomlinson, S.; Sussmilch, F.C.; Wright, M.M.; Holmes, G.D.; Phillips, R.D.; Linde, C.C. (2021) Continental scale distribution and diversity of Ceratobasidium orchid mycorrhizal fungi in Australia. Annals of Botany. 128: 329-343
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44) Cross, S.L.; Cross, A.T.; Tomlinson, S.; Clark-Ioannou, S.M.; Nevill, P.G. and Bateman, P.W. (2021) Mitigation and management plans should consider all anthropogenic disturbances to fauna. Global Ecology and Conservation. 26: e01500
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43) Cooke, S.; Bergman, J.; Madliger, C.; Cramp, R.; Beardall, J.; Burness, G.; Clark, T.; Dantzer, B.; de la Barrera, E.; Fangue, N.; Franklin, C.; Fuller, A.; Hawkes, L.; Hultine, K.; Hunt, K.; Love, O.; MacMillan, H.; Mandelman, J.; Mark, F.; Martin, L.; Newman, A.; Nicotra, A.; Raby, G.; Robinson, S.; Ropert-Coudert, Y.; Rummer, J.; Seebacher, F.; Todgham, A.; Tomlinson, S. and Chown, S. (2021) One hundred research questions in conservation physiology for generating actionable evidence to inform conservation policy and practice. Conservation Physiology. 9: coab009
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42) Tomlinson, S. (2021) Where and when to look: conservation physiology can optimize monitoring surveys Conservation Physiology. 9: coab005
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41) Bradley, H.S.; Tomlinson, S.; Craig, M.D.; Cross, A.T. and Bateman, P.W. (2020). Mitigation translocation as a management tool. Conservation Biology. 36: p.e13667
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40) Cross, S.L.; Tomlinson, S.; Craig, M.D. and Bateman, P.W. (2020) Using monitors to monitor ecological restoration: presence may not indicate persistence. Austral Ecology. 45: 921-932
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39) Scaccabarozzi, D.; Dixon, K.; Tomlinson, S.; Milne, L.; Bohman, B.; Phillips, R. and Cozzolino, S. (2020). Pea plants in the southwestern Australia biodiversity hotspot: pronounced differences in potential pollinators between co-occurring species. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
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38) Rajapakshe, S.; Tomlinson, S.; Cross, A. and Turner, S. (2020). Hydrothermal responses of seeds from four sympatric Mediterranean tree species from south west Western Australia. Conservation Physiology
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37) Tomlinson, S. (2020). The construction of small-scale, quasi-mechanistic spatial models of insect pollinator energetics in habitat restoration: The management potential of beetle pollination in Western Australia. Diversity and Distributions
36) White, L.; Catterall, C.; Tomlinson, S. and Taffs, K. (2020). Rare or overlooked? The distribution of Hairy Jointgrass (Arthraxon hispidus, Poaceae) in North Coast NSW, Australia, and implications for threatened species conservation. Journal for Nature Conservation
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35) Tomlinson, S.; Lewandrowski, W.; Elliott, C.P; Miller, B.P. and Turner, S.R. (2019). High resolution distribution modelling of a threatened short-range endemic plant informed by edaphic factors. Ecology and Evolution
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34) Cross, S.L.; Craig, M.D.; Tomlinson, S. and Bateman, P.W. (2019) I don’t like crickets, I love them; Invertebrates are an important prey source for varanid lizards. Journal of Zoology London.
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33) Phillips, R.D.; Böhman, B., Brown, G.R.; Tomlinson, S. and Peakall, R. (2019). A specialised pollination system using nectar-seeking thynnine wasps in Caladenia nobilis (Orchidaceae). Plant Biology.
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32) Cross, S.L.; Tomlinson, S.; Craig, M.D.; and Bateman, P.W. (2019). The Time Local Convex Hull (T-LoCoH) method as a tool for predicting responses of fauna to habitat change: a case study using the perentie (Varanus giganteus: Reptilia: Varanidae). Australian Journal of Zoology.
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31) Tomlinson, S. (2019). Starvation and stress and no place to call home: the role of stress responses in wildlife conservation. Conservation Physiology
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30) Tomlinson, S. (2019). The mathematics of thermal sub-optimality: Nonlinear regression approaches to thermal performance in reptile metabolic rates. Journal of Thermal Biology 81: 49-58.
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29) Cross, S.L., Tomlinson, S., Craig, M.D., Dixon, K.W. and Bateman, P.W. (2019). The use of fauna in assessments of mine site restoration success: a global review. Pacific Conservation Biology
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28) Saatkamp, A., Cochrane, A., Commander, L., Guja, L., Jimenez-Alfaro, B., Larson, J., Nicotra, A., Poschlod, P., Silveira, F.A.O., Cross, A., Dalziell, E., Dickie, J., Erickson, T., Fidelis, A., Fuchs, A., Golos, P., Hope, M., Lewandrowski, W., Merritt, D., Miller, B., Miller, R., Offord, C., Ooi, M., Satyanti, A., Sommerville, K., Tangney, R., Tomlinson, S., Turner, S., and Walck, J. (2019). A research agenda for seed-trait functional ecology. New Phytologist 221: 1764-1775.
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27) Tomlinson, S. (2018). Some seriously fishy research puts holes in movement barriers. Conservation Physiology 6: p.coy017.
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26) Tomlinson, S.; Rummer, J.L; Hultine, K.W.; Cooke, S.J. (2018). Crossing boundaries in conservation physiology: Invited editorial. Conservation Physiology. 6: coy015.
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25) Tomlinson, S.; Dalziell, E.L.; Lewandrowski, W.; Merrit, D.J.; Dixon, K.W. and Withers, P.C. (2018). Real-time measurement of metabolic rates in a fluorescence-based closed-system respirometer. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221: p.jeb172874.
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24) Tarszisz, E.; Tomlinson, S.; Harrison, M.E.; Morrough-Bernard, H.C. and Munn, A.J. (2018). An ecophysiologically-informed model of seed dispersal by orangutans: linking animal movement with gut passage across time and space. Conservation Physiology. 6: coy015
23) Tarszisz, E.; Harrison, M.E.; Tomlinson, S.; Morrough-Bernard, H.C. and Munn, A.J. (2017). Gardeners of the forest? The influence of seed handling and ingestion by orangutans on germination success. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 123: 125-134.
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22) Dalziell, E.L. and Tomlinson, S. (2017). Reduced metabolic rate indicates declining viability in seed accessions: an experimental proof-of-concept. Conservation Physiology 5: cox058.
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21) Tomlinson, S., Webber, B.; Bradshaw, S.D.; Dixon, K.W. and Renton, M. (2017). Incorporating biophysical ecology into high-resolution ecological restoration targets: thermo-energetic habitat suitability models of Hymenopteran pollinators. Restoration Ecology 26: 338-347.
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20) Tomlinson, S. (2017). Down the rabbit hole: How complex do eco-physiological models need to be? Conservation Physiology cox015.
19) Tomlinson, S.; Dixon, K.W.; Didham, R.K. and Bradshaw, S.D. (2017).
Landscape context alters cost of living in honeybee metabolism and feeding. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20162676.
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18) Nevill, P.G.; Tomlinson, S.; Elliott, C.P.; Espeland, E.K.; Dixon, K.W. and Merritt,
D.J. (2016). Seed production areas for the global restoration challenge. Ecology and Evolution 6: 7490-7497.
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17. Ayton, S.; Tomlinson, S.; Phillips, R.D.; Dixon, K.D. and Withers, P.C. (2016). Phenophysiological variation of a bee that regulates hive humidity, but not hive temperature. Journal of Experimental Biology 219: 1552-1562
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16. Tomlinson, S. (2016) Novel approaches to the calculation and comparison of thermoregulatory parameters: Nonlinear regression of metabolic rate and evaporative water loss in Australian rodents. Journal of Thermal Biology 57: 54–65
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15. Tomlinson, S. and Menz, M.H.M. (2015) Does metabolic rate and evaporative water loss reflect differences in migratory strategy in sexually dimorphic hoverflies? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 190: 61-67.
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14. Tomlinson, S., Bradshaw, S.D.; Didham, R.K. and Dixon, K.W. (2015). Physiological plasticity of metabolic rates in invasive and endemic Australian bee species. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 8: 835-844.
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13. Tomlinson, S. and Phillips, R.D. (2015) Sexual dimorphism in temperature dependent metabolic rate and EWL in thynnine wasps. Journal of Insect Physiology 78: 62–68
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12. Tomlinson, S.; Arnall, S.; Bradshaw, S.D.; Maloney, S.K.; Munn, A.; Didham, R.K. and Dixon, K.W. (2014). Applications and implications of ecological energetics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 29: 280-290
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11. Tomlinson, S.; Withers, P.C. and Maloney, S.K. (2014). Huddling Behaviour and Energetics of Sminthopsis spp. (Marsupialia, Dasyruidae) in Response to Environmental Challenge. Physiology and Behavior 128: 9-15
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10. Nevill, P.; Bradbury, D.; Williams, A.; Tomlinson, S. and Krauss, S. (2014). Genetic and palaeo-climatic evidence for widespread persistence of the coastal tree species Eucalyptus gomphocephala (Myrtaceae) during the Last Glacial Maximum. Annals of Botany 113: 55–67
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9. Tomlinson, S.; Mathialagan, P.D. and Maloney, S.K. (2013). Special K: Testing the potassium link between radioactive rubidium (86Rb) turnover and metabolic rate. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 1040-1045.
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8. Tomlinson, S.; Maloney, S.K.; Withers, P.C.; Voigt, C.G. and Cruz-Neto, A.P. (2013). From doubly labelled water to half-life; validating radio-isotopic rubidium turnover to measure metabolism in small vertebrates. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 4: 619–628
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7. Tomlinson, S.; Withers, P.C. and Maloney, S.K. (2012) Comparative thermoregulatory physiology of two dunnarts, Sminthopsis macroura and Sminthopsis ooldea (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 60: 54–63
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6. Mason, L.D.; Tomlinson, S.; Withers, P.C. and Main, B.Y. (2012) Thermal and hygric physiology of Australian burrowing mygalomorph spiders (Aganippe spp.). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 183: 71-82.
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5. Tomlinson, S.; Withers, P.C. and Maloney, S.K. (2012) Flexibility in thermoregulatory physiology of two dunnarts, Sminthopsis macroura and Sminthopsis ooldea (Marsupialia; Dasyuridae). Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 2236-2246.
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4. Tomlinson, S. and Phillips, R.D. (2012) Metabolic rate, evaporative water loss and field activity in response to temperature in an ichneumonid wasp. Journal of Zoology 287: 81–90.
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3. Tomlinson, S. and Withers, P.C. (2009) Biogeographical effects on body mass of native Australian and introduced mice, Pseudomys hermannsburgensis and Mus domesticus: an inquiry into Bergmann’s Rule. Australian Journal of Zoology 56: 423–430.
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2. Tomlinson, S.; Withers, P.C. and Cooper, C. (2007). Hypothermia versus torpor in response to cold stress in the native Australian mouse Pseudomys hermannsburgensis and the introduced house mouse Mus musculus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 148: 645-650.
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1. Bradshaw, S.D.; Phillips, R.D.; Tomlinson, S.; Holley, B.J.; Jennings, S. and Bradshaw, F.J. (2007). Ecology of the Honey possum, Tarsipes rostratus, in Scott National Park, Western Australia. Australian Mammalogy 29: 25-38.
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4) Tomlinson, S.; Fordham, D.A (2024). Hypothetical conservation scenarios for sustainable moa harvesting. 10.6084/m9.figshare.26035960
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3) Tomlinson, S.; Lomolino, M.V.; Wood, J.; Anderson, A.; Brown, S.C.; Haythorne, S.; Perry, G.; Wilmshurst, J.; Austin, J.; Fordham, D.A (2024). Ecological dynamics of moa extinctions reveal convergent refugia that today harbor flightless birds – Supplementary Data. https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3273867/v1
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2) Tomlinson, S.; Brown, S.C.; Lomolino, M.V.; Woinarski, J.C.Z; Murphy, B.P.; Reed, E.; Johnson, C.N.; Legge, S.; Helgen, K.M. and Fordham, D.A. (2022). Reconstructing Mechanisms of Extinctions: The Construction of a Spatially-explicit Population Model of the Decline of Australia’s Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) in Response to Predation by Introduced Cats (Felis catus). https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16713874
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1) Tomlinson, S.; Haythorne, S.; Brown, S.C.; Lomolino, M.V.; Anderson, A.; Austin, J.; Perry, G.; Wilmshurst, J.; Wood, J. and Fordham, D. (2022). A Process-explicit Model for the Simulation of Polynesian Colonisation of New Zealand. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19234902.v1
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2023: Conservation Physiology Online Research Talk: A Comparative Approach to Thermal Biology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eclt5HI7dY0
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2023: University of Canterbury, Invited Lecture on Conservation Physiology: Crossing boundaries, collaboration and conservation physiology
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2023: University of Western Australia, Invited Lecture Postgraduate Lecture Series: Unravelling the extinction dynamics of New Zealand avian megafauna
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2023: Curtin University, Invited Lecture Bentley Ag & Bio Seminar Series: Unravelling the extinction dynamics of New Zealand avian megafauna
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2021: University of Otago Invited Lecture on Ecology: Conservation physiology sensu lato: It’s all about relationships.
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2017: Deakin University Invited Lecture in Animal Biology: Conservation physiology in a changing world.
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2016: Curtin University Invited Lecture in Rare Species Conservation: Comparative physiology, ecological energetics and conservation biology.
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2015: Trinity College Dublin Invited Lecture in in Spatial Ecology: Comparative physiology, ecological energetics and conservation biology.
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2015: Combined Biological Sciences Meeting (CBSM), Perth 2015. Future-proofing ecological restoration: an exploration of the spatial energetics of insect pollination.
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