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Peer-Reviewed Publications (*student co-author, †citizen scientist)
52. Van Dyke, J.U., M.B. Thompson, D.S. Bower, A.S. Bower, M.J. Connell, D.T. McKnight, S. Clarke, G. Ortac, O. Cirocco, and R.-J. Spencer. 2024. 1 Million Turtles: empowering communities save Australian freshwater turtles. Australian Zoologist. In Press.
51. Petrov, K., S. Sutcliffe, H. Truscott, C. Kutay, C.C. Eisemberg, R.-J. Spencer, I. Lawler, D.S Bower, J.U. Van Dyke, and A. Georges. 2023. Turtles in trouble. Conservation ecology and priorities for Australian freshwater turtles. Austral Ecology. 48(8): 1603-1656.
50. Bower, D.S., D.T. McKnight, K. Sullivan, S.L. Macdonald, A. Georges, S. Clulow, R. Mathwin, M.J. Connell, H.V. Nelson, A. Santoro, B. Nordstrom, J.U. Van Dyke, R.A. Kidman, L.M. Streeting, M.L. Dillon, R.-J. Spencer, M.B. Thompson, and E.J. Nordberg. 2023. Opportunities for research and conservation of freshwater turtles in Australia. Austral Ecology. 48(8): 1483-1491.
49. Van Dyke, J.U., L.M. McPhan, K. Howard, †T. Hamilton, †L. Ross, R.J. Watts. 2023. Effects of wetland connectivity on overwintering and movement behaviours of Australian freshwater turtles. Austral Ecology. 48(8): 1681-1699,
48. *Terry, R., K.A. Robert, *A. Simms, †G. Stockfeld, and J.U. Van Dyke. 2023. Ineffectiveness of plastic mesh for protecting artificial freshwater turtle nests from red fox (Vulpes vulpes) predation. Austral Ecology. 48(8): 1547-1558.
47. *Skalkos, Z.M.G., J.U. Van Dyke, and C.M. Whittington. 2023. Distinguishing between embryonic provisioning strategies in teleost fishes using a threshold value for parentotrophy. Biomolecules. 13(1): 166.
46. Whittington, C.M., J.U. Van Dyke, S.Q.T. Liang, S.V. Edwards, R. Shine, M.B. Thompson, and C.E. Grueber. 2022. Understanding the evolution of viviparity using intraspecific variation in reproductive mode and transitional forms of pregnancy. Biological Reviews. 97(3): 1179-1192.
45. *Buddle, A.L., J.U. Van Dyke, M.B. Thompson, C.A. Simpfendorfer, C.R. Murphy, M.L. Day, and C.M. Whittington. 2022. Structure and permeability of the egg capsule of the placental Australian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 192(2): 263-273.
44. Foster, C.S.P., J.U. Van Dyke, M.B. Thompson, N.M.A. Smith, C.A. Simpfendorfer, C.R. Murphy, and C.M. Whittington. 2022. Different genes are recruited during convergent evolution of pregnancy and the placenta. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(4): msac077.
43. Dudley, J.S., *P. Hannaford, S.N. Dowland, L.A. Lindsay, M.B. Thompson, C.R. Murphy, J.U. Van Dyke, and C.M. Whittington. 2021. Structural changes to the brood pouch of male pregnant seahorses (Hippocampus abdominalis) facilitate exchange between father and embryos. Placenta. 114: 115-123.
42. Van Dyke, J.U., M.B. Thompson, C.P. Burridge, M.A. Castelli, S. Clulow, *D.S.B. Dissanayake, C.M. Dong, J.S. Doody, D.L. Edwards, T. Ezaz, C.R. Friesen, M.G. Gardner, A. Georges, M. Higgie, P.L. Hill, C.E. Holleley, D. Hoops, C.J. Hoskin, *D.L. Merry, J.L. Riley, E. Wapstra, G.M. While, *S.L. Whiteley, M.J. Whiting, *S.M. Zozaya, C.M. Whittington. 2021. Australian lizards are outstanding models for reproductive biology research. Australian Journal of Zoology. 68(4): 168-199.
41. Chapple, D.G., U. Roll, M. Böhm, R. Aguilar, A.P. Amey, C.C. Austin, M. Baling, A.J. Barley, M.F. Bates, A.M. Bauer, D.G. Blackburn, P. Bowles, R.M. Brown, S.R. Chandramouli, L. Chirio, H. Cogger, G.R. Colli, W. Conradie, P.J. Couper, M.A. Cowan, M.D. Craig, I. Das, A. Datta-Roy, C.R. Dickman, R.J. Ellis, A.L. Fenner, S. Ford, S.R. Ganesh, M.G. Gardner, P. Geissler, G.R. Gillespie, F. Glaw, M.J. Greenlees, O.W. Griffith, L.L. Grismer, M.L. Haines, D.J. Harris, S.B. Hedges, R.A. Hitchmough, C.J. Hoskin, M.N. Hutchinson, I. Ineich, J. Janssen, G.R. Johnston, B.R. Karin, J.S. Keogh, F. Kraus, M. LeBreton, P. Lymberakis, R. Masroor, P.J. McDonald, S. Mecke, J. Melville, S. Melzer, D.R. Michael, A. Miralles, N.J. Mitchell, N.J. Nelson, T.Q. Nguyen, C. de Campos Nogueira, H. Ota, P. Pafilis, O.S.G. Pauwels, A. Perera, D. Pincheira-Donoso, R.N. Reed, M.A. Ribeiro-Júnior, J.L. Riley, S. Rocha, P.L. Rutherford, R.A. Sadlier, B. Shacham, G.M. Shea, R. Shine, A. Slavenko, A. Stow, J. Sumner, O.J.S. Tallowin, R. Teale, O. Torres-Carvajal, J.-F. Trape, P. Uetz, K.D.B. Ukuwela, L. Valentine, J.U. Van Dyke, D. van Winkel, R. Vasconcelos, M. Vences, P. Wagner, E. Wapstra, G.M. While, M.J. Whiting, C.M. Whittington, S. Wilson, T. Ziegler, R. Tingley, and S. Meiri. 2021. Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk. Biological Conservation. 257: 109101.
40. *Buddle, A.L., J.U. Van Dyke, M.B. Thompson, C.A. Simpfendorfer, C.R. Murphy, S.N. Dowland, and C.M. Whittington. 2021. Structure of the paraplacenta and the yolk sac placenta of the viviparous Australian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori. Placenta. 108:11-22.
39. *Santori, C., R.J. Keith, C.M. Whittington, M.B. Thompson, J.U. Van Dyke, and R.J. Spencer. 2021. Changes in participant behaviour and attitudes are associated with knowledge and skills gained by using a turtle conservation citizen science app. People and Nature. 3:66-76.
38. *Santori, C., R.J. Spencer, M.B. Thompson, C.M. Whittington, and J.U. Van Dyke. 2021. Hatchling short-necked turtles (Emydura macquarii) select aquatic vegetation habitats, but not after one month in captivity. Aquatic Ecology. 55:85-96.
37. *D.C. Lettoof, J.U. Van Dyke, and M.M. Gagnon. 2021. Evidence and patterns of maternal transfer of metals and trace elements in Western tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus occidentalis)–a pilot study. Austral Ecology. 46: 337-341.
36. *Petrov, K., R.J. Spencer, N. Malkiewicz, J. Lewis, C. Keitel, and J.U. Van Dyke. 2020. Prey-switching does not protect a generalist turtle from bioenergetic consequences when its preferred food is scarce. BMC Ecology. 20:1-12.
35. *Santori, C., R.J. Spencer, M.B. Thompson, C.M. Whittington, T.H. Burd, S.B. Currie, T.J. Finter, and J.U. Van Dyke. 2020. Scavenging by threatened turtles regulates freshwater ecosystem health during fish kills. Scientific Reports. 10:1-7.
34. *Skalkos, Z.M.G., J.U. Van Dyke, and C.M. Whittington. 2020. Paternal nutrient provisioning during male pregnancy in the seahorse Hippocampus abdominalis. Journal of Comparative Physiology, B. 190:547-556.
33. Stanford, C.B., J.B. Iverson, A.G.J. Rhodin, P. Paul van Dijk, R.A. Mittermeier, G. Kuchling, K.H. Berry, A. Bertolero, K.A. Bjorndal, T.E.G. Blanck, K.A. Buhlmann, R.L. Burke, J.D. Congdon, T. Diagne, T. Edwards, C.C. Eisemberg, J.R. Ennen, G. Forero-Medina, M. Frankel, U. Fritz, N. Gallego-García, A. Georges, J.W. Gibbons, S. Gong, E.V. Goode, H.T. Shi, H. Hoang, M.D. Hofmeyr, B.D. Horne, R. Hudson, J.O. Juvik, R.A. Kiester, P. Koval, M. Le, P.V. Lindeman, J.E. Lovich, L. Luiselli, T.E.M. McCormack, G.A. Meyer, V.P. Páez, K. Platt, S.G. Platt, P.C.H. Pritchard, H.R. Quinn, W.M. Roosenburg, J.A. Seminoff, H.B. Shaffer, R. Spencer, J.U. Van Dyke, R.C. Vogt, and A.D. Walde. 2020. Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble. Current Biology. 30:R721-R735.
32. *Santori, C., M.B. Thompson, J.U. Van Dyke, C.M. Whittington, and R.J. Spencer. 2020. Smartphone citizen science for turtles: identifying motives, usage patterns and reasons why citizens stop participating. Australian Zoologist. 40:438-448.
31. Foster, C.P., M.B. Thompson, J.U. Van Dyke, M.C. Brandley, and C.M. Whittington. 2020. Emergence of an evolutionary innovation: gene expression differences associated with the transition between oviparity and viviparity. Molecular Ecology. 29: 1315-1327.
30. *Buddle, A.L., N.M. Otway, J.U. Van Dyke, M.B. Thompson, C.R. Murphy, S.N. Dowland, C.A. Simpfendorfer, M.T. Ellis, and C.M. Whittington. 2020. Structural changes to the uterus of the dwarf ornate wobbegong shark (Orectolobus ornatus) during pregnancy. Journal of Morphology. 281:428-437.
30. Van Dyke, J.U., R.J. Spencer, M.B. Thompson, B. Chessman, *K. Howard, and A. Georges. 2019. Conservation implications of turtle declines in Australia’s Murray River system. Scientific Reports. 9: 1-12.
29. *Buddle, A., J.U. Van Dyke, M.B. Thompson, C. Simpfendorfer, and C. Whittington. 2019. Evolution of placentotrophy: using viviparous sharks as a model to understand vertebrate placental evolution. Marine & Freshwater Research. 70(7): 908-924.
28. Van Dyke, J.U. and O.W. Griffith. 2018. Mechanisms of reproductive allocation as drivers of developmental plasticity in reptiles. Journal of Experimental Zoology A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology. 326(6-7): 275-286.
27. *Petrov, K. *H. Stricker, J.U. Van Dyke, †G. Stockfeld, P. West, and R.J. Spencer. 2018. Nesting habitat of the broad-shelled turtle (Chelodina expansa). Australian Journal of Zoology. 66(1): 67-76.
26. *Santori, C., R.J. Spencer, J.U. Van Dyke, and M.B. Thompson. 2018. Road mortality of the eastern long-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis) along the Murray River, Australia: and assessment using citizen science. Australian Journal of Zoology. 66(1): 41-49.
25. *Petrov, K., *H. Stricker, J.U. Van Dyke, G. Stockfeld, P. West, R.J. Spencer. 2018. Nesting habitat of the broad-shelled turtle (Chelodina expansa). Australian Journal of Zoology. 66(1): 4-14.
24. Van Dyke, J.U., B.O. Ferronato, and R.J. Spencer. Current conservation status of Australian freshwater turtles. Australian Journal of Zoology. 66(1): 1-3.
23. Spencer, R.J., J.U. Van Dyke, *K. Petrov, B. Ferronato, F. Mcdougall, M. Austin, C. Keitel, and A. Georges. 2018. Profiling a possible rapid extinction event in a long-lived species. Biological Conservation. 221: 190-197.
22. Spencer, R.J., J.U. Van Dyke, and M.B. Thompson. 2017. Critically evaluating best management practices for preventing freshwater turtle extinctions. Conservation Biology. 31(6): 1340-1349.
21. Beaupre, S.J., J. Agugliaro, J.U. Van Dyke, and F. Zaidan III. 2017. Annual energy budgets of the Timber Rattlesnake: advancements, refinements, and open questions. Pp 96-107 in Biology of the Rattlesnakes, Vol. 2. eds. M.J. Dreslik, W.K. Hayes, S.J. Beaupre, and S.P. Mackessy. ECO Herpetological Publishing and Distribution, Rodeo, NM.
20. *McGlashan, J.K., M.B. Thompson, J.U. Van Dyke, and R.-J. Spencer. 2017. Thyroid hormones reduce incubation period without developmental or metabolic costs in Murray River short-necked turtles (Emydura macquarii). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 90(1): 34-46.
19. Van Dyke, J.U., *C.M. Bodinof Jachowski, D.A. Steen, B.P. Jackson, and W.A. Hopkins. 2017. Spatial differences in trace element bioaccumulation in turtles exposed to a partially remediated coal fly-ash spill. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 36(1): 201-211.
18. Spencer, R.-J., J.U. Van Dyke, and M.B. Thompson. 2016. The ‘Ethological Trap’: Functional and numerical responses of highly efficient invasive predators driving prey extinctions. Ecological Applications. 26(7): 1969-1983.
17. *Dormer, J., J.M. Old, J.U. Van Dyke, and R.-J. Spencer. 2016. Incubation temperature affects development order of morphological features and staging criteria in turtle embryos. Journal of Zoology. 299(4): 284-294.
16. Van Dyke, J.U., L.A. Lindsay, C.R. Murphy, and M.B. Thompson. 2015. Carbonic anhydrase II is found in the placenta of a viviparous, matrotrophic lizard and likely facilitates embryo-maternal CO2 transport. Journal of Experimental Zoology B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 324(7): 636-646.
15. *Griffith, O.W., D.G. Blackburn, M.C. Brandley, J.U. Van Dyke, C.M. Whittington, and M.B. Thompson. 2015. Ancestral state reconstructions require biological evidence to test evolutionary hypotheses: A case study examining the evolution of reproductive mode in squamate reptiles. Journal of Experimental Zoology B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 324(6): 493-503.
14. Steen, D.A., J.U. Van Dyke, B.P. Jackson, and W.A. Hopkins. 2015. Reproduction and hatchling performance in freshwater turtles associated with a remediated coal fly-ash spill. Environmental Research. 138: 38-48.
13. Van Dyke, J.U. 2014. Cues for reproduction in squamate reptiles. Pp 109-143 in Lizard Phylogeny and Reproductive Biology. Eds J.L. Rheubert, D.S. Siegel, and S.E. Trauth. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
12. Van Dyke, J.U., D.A. Steen, B.P. Jackson, and W.A. Hopkins. 2014. Maternal transfer and embryonic assimilation of trace elements in freshwater turtles after remediation of a coal fly-ash spill. Environmental Pollution. 194: 38-49.
11. Van Dyke, J.U., *O.W. Griffith, and M.B. Thompson. 2014. High food abundance permits the evolution of placentotrophy: evidence from a placental lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii. The American Naturalist. 184(2): 198-210.
10. Steen, D.A., *B.C. Hopkins, J.U. Van Dyke, and W.A. Hopkins. 2014. Prevalence of ingested fish hooks in freshwater turtles from five rivers in the southeastern United States. PLoS One. 9(3): e91368.
9. Van Dyke, J.U., M.C. Brandley, and M.B. Thompson. 2014. The evolution of viviparity: molecular and genomic data from squamate reptiles advance understanding of live birth in amniotes. Reproduction. 147(1): R15-R26.
8. Van Dyke, J.U., M.L. Beck, B.P. Jackson, and W.A. Hopkins. 2013. Interspecific differences in egg production affect egg trace element concentrations after a coal fly-ash spill. Environmental Science and Technology. 47(23): 13763-13771.
7. Van Dyke, J.U., W.A. Hopkins, and B.P. Jackson. 2013. Influence of relative trophic position and carbon source on selenium bioaccumulation in turtles from a coal fly-ash spill site. Environmental Pollution. 182: 45-52.
6. *Griffith, O.W., J.U. Van Dyke, and M.B. Thompson. 2013. No implantation in an extrauterine pregnancy of a placentotrophic reptile. Placenta. 34(6): 510-511.
5. Van Dyke, J.U., S.J. Beaupre, and D.L. Kreider. 2012. Snakes allocate amino acids acquired during vitellogenesis to offspring: are capital and income breeding consequences of variable foraging success? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 106: 390-404.
4. Van Dyke, J.U. and S.J. Beaupre. 2012. Stable isotope tracer reveals that viviparous snakes transport amino acids to offspring during gestation. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 215(5): 760-765.
3. Van Dyke, J.U. and S.J. Beaupre. 2011. Bioenergetic components of reproductive effort in viviparous snakes: Costs of vitellogenesis exceed costs of pregnancy. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, A. 160: 504-515.
2. Van Dyke, J.U., M.V., Plummer, and S.J. Beaupre. 2011. Residual yolk energetics and postnatal shell growth in smooth softshell turtles, Apalone mutica. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, A. 158: 37-46.
1. Van Dyke, J.U. and M.S. Grace. 2010. The role of thermal contrast in infrared-based defensive targeting by the copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix. Animal Behaviour. 79: 993-999.
Peer Reviewed Natural History Notes (*student coathor, †citizen scientist)
6. Manning, G.J., J.U. Van Dyke, and †B. Birchfield. 2007. Geographic distribution. Hyla cinerea. Franklin Co., AR. Herpetological Review. 38(4): 475.
5. Van Dyke, J.U., G.J. Manning, and †B. Birchfield. 2007. Geographic distribution. Hyla cinerea. Crawford Co., AR. Herpetological Review. 38(4): 475.
4. Van Dyke, J.U. and M.S. Grace. 2005. Natural History Note: Defensive behavior of Elaphe guttata guttata. Herpetological Review. 36(2): 194.
3. Grace, M.S. and J.U. Van Dyke. 2004. Geographic distribution. Ramphotyphlops braminus. Brevard Co., FL. Herpetological Review. 35(3): 293-294.
2. Van Dyke, J.U. 2004. Geographic distribution. Seminatrix pygaea. Okeechobee Co., FL. Herpetological Review. 35(1):84.
1. Van Dyke, J.U. 2004. Geographic distribution. Hemidactylus mabouia. Brevard Co., FL. Herpetological Review. 35(1):82.