2009

46. Wilson, RS, James, RS, Bywater, C, Seebacher, F. 2009. Costs and benefits of increased weapon size differ between sexes of the slender crayfish, Cherax dispar. Journal of Experimental Biology. 212: 853-858 [pdf]

45. Wilson, RS, Domenici, P. & Johnston. IA. 2009. Effect of environmental variation on unsteady swimming performance of fish. Accepted Book chapter in Environmental ecology and physiology of fish (in press)

2008

44. Bywater, C, Angilletta, MJ and Wilson RS. 2008. Weapon size is a reliable predictor of weapon strength and social dominance in females of the slender crayfish. Functional Ecology. 22:311-316. [pdf]

43. Angilletta, MJ, Wilson, RS, Niehaus, AC & Ribiero, P. 2008. The fast and the fractalous: tradeoffs between running speed and manoeuvrability in leaf-cutter ants. Functional Ecology 22:78-83 [pdf]

42. James, RS & RS Wilson. 2008. Explosive Jumping: Morphological and Physiological specialisations for extreme jumping in Australian Rocket Frogs. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81:176-185 [pdf]

2007

41. Seebacher, F & RS Wilson. 2007. Individual recognition in crayfish (Cherax dispar): the roles of strength and experience in deciding aggressive encounters. Biology Letters 3:471-474. [pdf] 

40. Wilson, RS, Hammill, E, Johnston IA. 2007. Competition moderates the benefits of thermal acclimation to reproductive performance in male eastern mosquitofish. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 274:1199-1204 [pdf]

39. Wilson, RS, Angilletta, MJ., James, RS, Navas, C & F. Seebacher.2007. Dishonest signals of strength in male slender crayfish (Cherax dispar) during agonistic interactions. The American Naturalist. 170:284-291 [pdf]

38. Angilletta, MJ, Wilson RS, Niehaus, AC, Ribeiro PL & CA Navas. 2007. Urban Physiology: city ants possess high heat tolerance. PLoS One. Online publication.

37. Van Uitregt, VO., RS Wilson & Franklin CE. 2007. Thermal sensitivity of UVb effects on embryonic and larval striped marsh frogs Limnodynastes peronii. Global Change Biology. 13: 2684-2697. [pdf]

36. Wilson RS, CHL Condon and IA Johnston. 2007. Consequences of thermal acclimation for the mating behaviour and swimming performance of female mosquitofish. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 362: 2131-2139. [pdf]

2006

35. Kraft P, RS Wilson, M Blows & CE Franklin. 2006. Substantial changes in the genetic basis of tadpole morphology of Rana lessonae in the absence of predators. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19:1813-1818.

34. Johnston IA and RS Wilson. 2006. Temperature-induced developmental plasticity in ectotherms. In Comparative Developmental Physiology (Ed. S.J. Warburton, W. W. Burggren, B. Pelster, C.L. Reiber, John Spicer) pp124-138, Oxford University Press: New York.

33. Carter, A. & RS Wilson. 2006. Improving sneaky-sex in a low oxygen environment: reproductive and physiological responses of male mosquito fish to chronic hypoxia. Journal of Experimental Biology. 209:4878-4884.

32. Seebacher, F. & RS Wilson. 2006. Fighting fit: Thermal plasticity of metabolic function and fighting success in the crayfish Cherax destructor. Functional Ecology 20: 1045-1053.

31. Niehaus, A., RS Wilson & CE Franklin. 2006. Short- and long-term consequences of thermal variation in the larval environment of anurans. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 686-692.

30. Condon, CHL and RS Wilson. 2006. Effect of thermal acclimation on female resistance to forced matings in the eastern mosquito fish. Animal Behaviour 72: 585-593

29. Angilletta, MJ, AF Bennett, H. Guderley, CA Navas, F Seebacher, and RS Wilson. 2006. Coadaptation: A Unifying principle in evolutionary thermal biology. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79:282-593.

2005

28. Wilson, RS. 2005. Temperature influences swimming and sneaky-mating performance of male mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki. Animal Behaviour 70:1387-1394.

27. Wilson, RS 2005 Consequences of Metamorphosis for the Locomotor Performance and Thermal Physiology of the Newt Triturus cristatus. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78:967-975.

26. Kraft, P, RS Wilson and CE Franklin. 2005. Phenotypic plasticity as a defence strategy in tadpoles of Limnodynastes peronii: Induction cues, costs and benefits. Austral Ecology 30:558-563

25. Wilson, RS, PG Kraft, R Van Damme. 2005. Predator-specific changes in morphology and swimming performance of anuran larvae. Functional Ecology 19:238-244.

 24. James, RS., Wilson, RS, de Carvalho, J, Kohlsdorf, T, Gomes, F, Navas, CA. 2005. Structural basis of individual variation in jump performance of the frog Hyla multilineata. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78:857-867

 23. Navas C, RS James and RS Wilson. 2005. Inter-individual variation in the muscle physiology of vertebrate ectotherms: consequences for behavioural and ecological performance in Ecology and Biomechanics:  A Mechanical Approach to the Ecology of Animals and Plants. (eds: A Herrel, T Speck & NP Rowe). Taylor & Francis publishing.

2004

22. Wilson, RS & IA Johnston. 2004. Combining studies of comparative physiology and behavioural ecology to test the benefits of thermal acclimation. International Congress Series 1275:201-208

21. Hammill, E., Wilson, RS, and IA Johnston. 2004. Sustained swimming performance and muscle structure are altered by thermal acclimation in male mosquitofish. Journal of Thermal Biology 29:251-257.

20. Navas, CA, Jared, C, Carvalho, JE, Chaui-Berlink, JG, Dal Pai Silva, M, Antoniazzi, M, James, RS, Wilson, RS and Kohlsdorf, T. 2004. Muscle morphological and physiological specialization for digging in the amphisbaenian Leposternon microcephalum (Squamata; Amphisbaenia) Journal of Experimental Biology 207:2433-2441.

19. Wilson, RS, James, RS, Kohlsdorf, T, and Cox, VM. 2004. Inter-individual variation in isolated muscle performance and fiber-type composition in the toad Bufo viridus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 174:453-459.

18. Kohlsdorf, T., James, RS, Carvalho, JE., Wilson, RS, Pae-Silva, MD and Navas, CA. 2004. Locomotor performance of closely related Tropidurus species: relationships with physiological parameters and ecological divergence. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 1183-1192.

17. James, RS, RS Wilson and G Askew. 2004. The effects of caffeine on power output during recovery from fatigue in isolated mouse EDL and soleus muscle. Journal of Applied Physiology 96:545-552

16. Wilson, RS and RS James. 2004. Constraints on muscular performance: trade-offs between power output and fatigue-resistance in skeletal muscle. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271: S222-S225.

2003

15. Angilleta, M, RS Wilson, C Navas and R S James. 2003. Evolution of Thermal Reaction Norms. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18:234-240. [pdf]

14. Franklin, CE, RS Wilson and W Davison. 2003. Burst swimming performance of 5 species of Antarctic fish at –1°C. Journal of Thermal Biology 28: 59-65.

2002

13. Van Damme, R, RS Wilson, B. Van Hooydonck and P. Aerts. 2002. Performance constraints in decathletes. Nature 415:755-756.

12. Wilson, RS, L. Kuchel, CE Franklin and W. Davison. 2002. Turning up the heat on subzero fish: thermal dependence of sustained swimming in an Antarctic notothenioid. Journal of Thermal Biology 27: 381-386.

11. Wilson, RS, RS James and R. Van Damme. 2002.Trade-offs between speed and endurance in the frog Xenopus laevis: a multi-level approach. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 1145-1152.

10. Wilson RS and CE Franklin. 2002. The detrimental acclimation hypothesis. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17: 408.

9. Wilson, RS and CE Franklin. 2002. Testing the Beneficial Acclimation Hypothesis. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17:66-70

2001

8. Wilson, RS. 2001. Geographic variation in thermal sensitivity of jumping performance in the frog Limnodynastes peronii. Journal of Experimental Biology. 204: 4227-4236.

7. Wilson, RS, Franklin, CE, Davison, W. & Kraft, P. 2001. Stenotherms at sub-zero temperatures: thermal dependence of swimming performance in Antarctic fish. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 171: 263-269.

2000

6. Wilson, RS & Franklin CE. 2000. Inability of adult Limnodynastes peronii (Amphibia : Anura) to thermally acclimate locomotor performance. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 127: 21-28.

5. Wilson, RS, James, RS & Johnston, IA. 2000. Thermal acclimation of locomotor performance in tadpoles and adults of the aquatic frog Xenopus laevis. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 170: 117-124.

4. Wilson, RS, Franklin, CE, James, RS & Johnston, IA. 2000. Allometric scaling relationships of jumping performance in the striped marsh frog Limnodynastes peronii. Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 1937-1946.

3. Wilson, RS & Franklin CE. 2000. Effect of ontogenetic increases in body size on burst swimming performance in tadpoles of the striped marsh frog, Limnodynastes peronii. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 73: 142-152.

1999

2. Wilson RS & Franklin CE. 1999. Thermal acclimation of locomotor performance in tadpoles of the frog Limnodynastes peronii. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 169: 445-451.

1998