Publications
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Book Chapters
Webb JK. 2023. Ecology and conservation of the endangered broad-headed snake Hoplocephalus bungaroides in Morton National Park, Australia. In Strategies for Conservation Success in Herpetology. Edited by Susan C. Walls and Katherine M. O’Donnell. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Herpetological Conservation Series, Vol. 4.
Nimmo D, Jolly C, Catullo R, Greenlees M, Melville J, Michael D, Mulder E, Webb JK. 2022. The impacts of the 2019-20 wildfires on Australia’s terrestrial squamate reptiles. In Australia's Megafires. Edited by Libby Rumpff, Sarah Legge, Stephen van Leeuwen, Brendan Wintle, and John Woinarski.
Webb JK. 2020. Training animals in captivity or the wild, so they can return to the wild. Pages 289-308 in Zoo Animal Learning and Training. First Edition. Edited by Vicky A. Melfi, Nicole R. Dorey, and Samantha J. Ward. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK.
Webb JK, Harlow PS, Pike DA. 2015. Australian reptiles and their conservation. pp 354-381 in Austral Ark: The State of Wildlife in Australia and New Zealand. (Eds A Stow, N Maclean & GI Holwell). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Nimmo D, Jolly C, Catullo R, Greenlees M, Melville J, Michael D, Mulder E, Webb JK. 2022. The impacts of the 2019-20 wildfires on Australia’s terrestrial squamate reptiles. In Australia's Megafires. Edited by Libby Rumpff, Sarah Legge, Stephen van Leeuwen, Brendan Wintle, and John Woinarski.
Webb JK. 2020. Training animals in captivity or the wild, so they can return to the wild. Pages 289-308 in Zoo Animal Learning and Training. First Edition. Edited by Vicky A. Melfi, Nicole R. Dorey, and Samantha J. Ward. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK.
Webb JK, Harlow PS, Pike DA. 2015. Australian reptiles and their conservation. pp 354-381 in Austral Ark: The State of Wildlife in Australia and New Zealand. (Eds A Stow, N Maclean & GI Holwell). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Journal Publications
2023 Papers
Drew-Smythe J, Davila Y, McLean C, Hingee M, Murray M, Webb JK, Krix D, Murray BR, 2023. Community perceptions of ecosystem services and disservices linked to urban tree plantings Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 82 (2023) 127870.
Murray BR, Hawthorne T, Curran TJ, Krix DW, Wallace MI, Young K, Murray ML, Morley E, Huber-Smith N, Webb JK. 2023. Shoot flammability patterns among plant species of the wildland-urban interface in the fire-prone Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. International Journal of Wildland Fire https://doi.org/10.1071/WF22192.
2022 Papers
158. Abayarathna T, Webb JK. 2022. Consequences of oviposition site choice for geckos in changing environments. Biology 11(9):1281 DOI:10.3390/biology11091281
157. Price OF, Mikac K, Wilson N, Roberts B, Critescu RH, Gallagher R, Mallee J, Donatiou P, Webb JK, Keith DA, Letnic M, Mackenzie BDW. 2022. Short-term impacts of the 2019–20 fire season on biodiversity in eastern Australia. Austral Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/aec.13247
2021 Papers
156. Jolly, C., B. von Takach, and J. K. Webb. 2021. Slow life history leaves endangered snake vulnerable to illegal poaching. Scientific Reports 11 , 1–11.
155. Jolly C, Smart A, Moreen J, Webb JK, Gillespie G, Phillips B. 2021. Trophic cascade driven by behavioural fine-tuning as naïve prey rapidly adjust to a novel predator. Ecology 102 (7):e03363. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3363.
154. Indigo N, et al. 2021. Effects of learning and adaptation on population viability. Conservation Biology 35(4):1245-1255
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13691
153. Lapwong Y, Dejtaradol A, Webb JK. 2021. Plasticity in thermal hardening of the invasive Asian house gecko. Evolutionary Ecology 35, 631–641.
152. Webb JK, Jolly CM, Hinds M, Adams C, Cuartas-Villa S, Lapwong Y, Letnic M. 2021. Effects of the 2019-20 wildfires on a population of endangered broad-headed snakes Hoplocephalus bungaroides. Austral Ecology https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aec.13118
151. Honey R, Murray BM, McLean C, Webb JK. 2021. Insulated nest boxes provide thermal refuges for wildlife in urban bushland during summer heatwaves. Journal of Urban Ecology, 2021, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juab032.
150. Honey R, Murray BM, McLean C, Webb JK. 2021. Choice of monitoring method can influence estimates of usage of artificial hollows by vertebrate fauna. Australian Journal of Zoology, https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO21012.
149. Abayarathna T, Webb JK. 2021. Do incubation temperatures affect the thermal preferences of hatchling velvet geckos? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.727602
148. Cuartas-Villa S and Webb JK. 2021. Nest site selection in a southern and northern population of the velvet gecko (Amalosia lesueurii). Journal of Thermal Biology 102.103121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103121
2020 Papers
147. Feit B, Dempster T, Jessop T, Webb J, Letnic M. 2020. A trophic cascade initiated by an invasive vertebrate alters the structure of native reptile communities. Global Change Biology 26:2829–2840.
146. Dayananda B, Webb JK. 2020. Thermophilic response to feeding in adult female velvet geckos. Current Zoology 2020:1-2, doi:10.1093/cz/zoaa02.
145. Lapwong V, Dejtaradol A, Webb JK. 2020. Shifts in thermal preference of introduced Asian House Geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus) in temperate regions of southeastern Australia. Journal of Thermal Biology 91 (2020) 102625.
144. Dayananda B, Jeffree R, Webb JK. 2020. Body temperature and time of day both affect nocturnal lizard performance: An experimental investigation. Journal of Thermal Biology 93 (2020) 102728.
143. Abayarathna T, Webb JK. 2020. Effects of incubation temperatures on learning abilities of hatchling velvet geckos. Animal Cognition, 10.1007/s10071-020-01365-4.
142. Murray BR, Colin Brown C, Megan L. Murray ML, Krix DW, Martin LJ, Hawthorne T, Wallace MI, Potvin SA, Webb JK. 2020. A functional approach to identify low-flammability plant species for green firebreaks. Fire, 3:9 doi:10.3390/fire3020009.
141. Jolly CJ, Webb JK, Gillespie GR, Phillips BL. 2020. Training fails to elicit behavioral change in a marsupial suffering evolutionary loss of antipredator behaviors. Journal of Mammalogy https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa060.
140. Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2020. Life history and ecology of the elegant snake-eyed skink Cryptoblepharus pulcher in southeastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 67(1) 51-58 https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO19047
139. Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2020. Life history of the coppertail skink, Ctenotus taeniolatus, in southeastern Australia. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 15(2):409–415.
2019 Papers
138. Indigo N, Smith J, Webb JK, Phillips BL. 2019. Bangers and cash: Baiting efficiency in a heterogeneous population. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 43(4):669–677. DOI: 10.1002/wsb.1012
137. Abayarathna T, Murray BR, Webb JK. 2019. Higher incubation temperatures produce long-lasting upward shifts in cold tolerance, but not heat tolerance, of hatchling geckos. Biology Open 8, bio042564. doi:10.1242/bio.042564
2018 Papers
136. Kelly E, Phillips B, Webb JK. 2018. Taste overshadows less salient cues to elicit food aversion in endangered marsupial. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 209:83-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2018.09.003
135. Jessop TS, Webb J, Dempster T, Feit B, Letnic M. 2018. Interactions between corticosterone phenotype, environmental stressor pervasiveness and irruptive movement-related survival in the cane toad. The Journal of Experimental Biology 221, jeb187930. doi:10.1242/jeb.187930
134. Jolly CJ, Webb JK & Phillips BL. 2018. The perils of paradise: an endangered species conserved on an island loses antipredator behaviours within 13 generations. Biology Letters 14:20180222 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0222
133. Jolly C J, Kelly E, Gillespie GR, Phillips B, Webb JK. 2018. Out of the frying pan: Reintroduction of toad-smart northern quolls to southern Kakadu National Park. Austral Ecology 43:139-149. doi:10.1111/aec.12551
132. Llewelyn J, Choyce NC, Phillips BL, Webb JK, Pearson DJ, Schwarzkopf L, Shine R. 2018. Behavioural responses of an Australian colubrid snake (Dendrelaphis punctulatus) to a novel toxic prey item (the Cane Toad Rhinella marina). Biological Invasions 20:2507–2516. doi:10.1007/s10530-018-1716-1
131. Feit B, Gordon CE, Webb JK, Jessop TS, Laffan SW, Dempster T, Letnic M. 2018. Invasive cane toads might initiate cascades of direct and indirect effects in a terrestrial ecosystem. Biological Invasions 20:1833–1847. doi:10.1007/s10530-018-1665-8
130. Indigo N, Smith J, Webb JK, Phillips B. 2018. Not such silly sausages: Evidence suggests northern quolls exhibit aversion to toads after training with toad sausages. Austral Ecology 43:592-601. doi:10.1111/aec.12595
129. Cremona T, Crowther M, Webb JK. 2018. High mortality and small population size prevents population recovery of a reintroduced mesopredator. Animal Conservation 20:555–563. doi:10.1111/acv.12358
2017 Papers
128. Dayananda B, Webb JK. 2017. Incubation under climate warming affects learning ability and survival in hatchling lizards. Biology Letters 13: 20170002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0002
127. Burnard D, Huston WM, Webb JK, Jelocnik M, Reiss A, Gillett A, Fitzgibbon S, Carver S, Carrucan J, Flanagan C, Timms P, Polkinghorne A. 2017. Molecular evidence of Chlamydia pecorum and arthropod-associated Chlamydiae in an expanded range of marsupials. Scientific Reports 7:12844
126. Dayananda B, Ibargüengoytía N, Whiting MJ, Webb JK. 2017. Effects of pregnancy on body temperatures and locomotor performance of velvet geckos. Journal of Thermal Biology 65:64–68.
125. Dayananda B, Penfold S, Webb JK. 2017. The effects of incubation temperatures on locomotor performance, growth and survival in hatchling geckos. Journal of Zoology 303:46-53.
124. Tingley R, et al. 2017. New weapons in the toad toolkit: A review of methods to control and mitigate the biodiversity impacts of invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina). Quarterly Review of Biology 92:123-149.
123. Cremona T, Spencer P, Shine R, Webb JK. 2017. Avoiding the last supper: parentage analysis shows multi-generational survival of a re-introduced ‘toad-smart’ lineage. Conservation Genetics 18:1475–1480.
122. Dayananda B, Murray BR, Webb JK. 2017. Hotter nests produce hatchling lizards with lower thermal tolerance. Journal of Experimental Biology 220:2159-2165.
121. Cremona T, Crowther M, Webb JK. 2017. High mortality and small population size prevents population recovery of a reintroduced mesopredator. Animal Conservation 6:555-563.
120. Austin C, Tuft K, Ramp D, Cremona T, Webb JK. 2017. Bait preference for remote camera trap studies of the endangered northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus). Australian Mammalogy 39:72–77.
119. Penfold S, Dayananda B, Webb JK. 2017. Chemical cues influence retreat-site selection by flat rock spiders.Behaviour 154:149–161.
2016 Papers
118. Ward-Fear G, Thomas J, Webb JK, Pearson DJ, Shine R. 2016. Eliciting conditioned taste aversion in lizards: Live toxic prey are more effective than scent and taste cues alone. Current Zoology 12:112–120.
117. Dayananda B, Gray S, Pike DA, Webb JK. 2016. Communal nesting under climate change: fitness consequences of higher incubation temperatures for a nocturnal lizard. Global Change Biology 22:2405–2414.
2015 Papers
116. Cremona T, Mella VSA, Webb JK, Crowther MS. 2015. Do individual differences in behavior influence wild rodents more than predation risk? Journal of Mammalogy 142:1337-1343.
115. Webb JK, Scott M, Whiting MJ, Shine R. 2015. Territoriality in a snake. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69:1657-1661.
114. Ziembicki, MR; Woinarski, JCZ; Webb, JK; Vanderduys, E; Tuft, K; Smith, J; Ritchie, EG; Reardon, TB; Radford, IJ; Preece, N; Perry, J; Murphy, BP; McGregor, H; Legge, S; Leahy, L; Lawes, MJ; Kanowski, J; Johnson, CN; James, A; Griffiths, AD; Gillespie, G; Frank, ASK; Fisher, A; Burbidge, AA. 2015. Stemming the tide: progress towards resolving the causes of decline and implementing management responses for the disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia. Therya 6:169-225.
113. Rees JD, Webb JK, Crowther MS, Letnic M. 2015. Ravens are a key threat to beach-nesting birds. Australian Field Ornithology 32:100-107.
112. Letnic, M, Webb JK, Jessop TS, Dempster T. 2015. Restricting access to invasion hubs enables sustained control of an invasive vertebrate. Journal of Applied Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12390
111. Mowat EJ, Webb JK, Crowther MS. 2015. Fire-mediated niche-separation between two sympatric small mammal species. Austral Ecology 40: 50-59.
110. Rees JD, Webb JK, Crowther MS, Letnic M. 2015. Carrion subsidies provided by fishermen increase predation of beach-nesting bird nests by facultative scavengers. Animal Conservation 18: 44-49.doi:10.1111/acv.12133
2014 Papers
109. Jessop TS, Dempster T, Letnic M, Webb JK. 2014. Interplay among nocturnal activity, melatonin, corticosterone and performance in the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marinus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 206:43-50
108. Cabrera-Guzmán E, Crossland MR, Pearson DJ, Webb JK, Shine R. 2014. Predation on invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina) by native Australian rodents. Journal of Pest Science, DOI: 10.1007/s10340-014-0586-2. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10340-014-0586-2
107. Cremona T, Crowther MS, Webb JK. 2014. Variation of prey responses to cues from a mesopredator and an apex predator. Austral Ecology 39: 749-754. doi:10.1111/aec.12138
106. Webb JK, Jessop TJ, Letnic M, Dempster TD. 2014. Behavioural flexibility allows an invasive vertebrate to survive in an arid environment. Biology Letters 10:20131014. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.1014
105. Letic M, Webb JK, Jessop T, Florance D, Dempster TD. 2014. Artificial water points facilitate the spread of an invasive vertebrate in arid Australia. Journal of Applied Ecology 51:795-798. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12232
2013 Papers
104. Pearson DJ, Webb JK, Greenless MJ, Phillips BL, Bedford GA, Brown GP, Thomas J, Shine R. 2013. Behavioural responses of reptile predators to invasive cane toads in tropical Australia. Austral Ecology 39:448-454.
103. Jessop TJ, Letnic M, Webb JK, Dempster T. 2013. Adrenocortical stress responses influence an invasive vertebrate’s fitness in an extreme environment. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1444
102. Scott ML, Whiting MJ, Webb JK, Shine R. 2013. Chemosensory discrimination of social cues mediates space use in snakes, Cryptophis nigrescens (Elapidae). Animal Behaviour 85:1493-1500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.04.003
101. Croak BM, Crowther MS, Webb JK, Shine R. 2013. Movements and habitat use of an endangered snake, Hoplocephalus bungaroides (Elapidae): Implications for conservation. PLoS One 8:e61711.
100. Croak BM, Webb JK, Shine R. 2013. The benefits of habitat restoration for rock-dwelling velvet geckos Oedura lesueurii. Journal of Applied Ecology 50:432-439.
99. Kämper W, Webb JK, Crowther MS, Greenlees MJ, Shine R. 2013.Behaviour and survivorship of a dasyurid predator (Antechinus flavipes) in response to encounters with the toxic and invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina). Australian Mammalogy 35:136-143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM12025
98. Price-Rees, S., Webb JK, Shine R. 2013. Reducing the impact of a toxic invader by inducing taste-aversion in an imperilled native reptile predator. Animal Conservation 16:386-394. doi:10.1111/acv.12004
97. Elzer AL, Pike DA, Webb JK, Hammill K, Bradstock RA, Shine R. 2013. Forest-fire regimes affect thermoregulatory opportunities for terrestrial ectotherms. Austral Ecology 38:190-198.
96. Somaweera R, Webb JK, Dempster T, Letnic M, Shine R. 2013. Why does vulnerability to toxic invasive cane toads vary among populations of Australian freshwater crocodiles? Animal Conservation 16:85-86.95.
2012 Papers
95. Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine. 2012. Reply to comment on ‘chainsawing for conservation: ecologically informed tree removal for habitat management’. Ecological Management and Restoration 13:e12-e13. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2012.00666.x
94. Shine R, Webb JK, Lane A, Mason RT. 2012. Familiarity with a female does not affect a male's courtship intensity in garter snakes Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. Current Zoology 58: 805 - 811.
93. Croak BM, Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2012. Habitat selection in a rocky landscape: experimentally decoupling the influence of retreat site attributes from that of landscape features. PLoS One 7:e37982.
92. Dubey S, Croak B, Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2012. Phylogeography and dispersal in the velvet gecko (Oedura lesueurii), and potential implications for conservation of an endangered snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides). BMC Evolutionary Biology 12:67. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-67
91. Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2012. Hot mothers, cool eggs: nest-site selection by egg-guarding spiders accommodates conflicting thermal optima. Functional Ecology 26:469-475.
90. Kovacs EK, Crowther MS, Webb JK, Dickman CR. 2012. Population and behavioural responses of native prey to alien predation. Oecologia 168:947-957.
2011 Papers
89. Somaweera R, Brown GP, Webb JK, Shine R. 2011. Determinants of habitat selection by hatchling Australian freshwater crocodiles. PLoS One 6(12): e28533. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028533
88. Kelehear C, Webb JK, Hagman M, Shine R. 2011. Interactions between infective helminth larvae and their anuran host. Herpetologica 67:378-385.
87. Webb JK, Pearson D, Shine R. 2011. A small dasyurid predator (Sminthopsis virginiae) rapidly learns to avoid a toxic invader. Wildlife Research 38:726-731.
86. Price-Rees SJ, Webb JK, Shine R. 2011. School for skinks: Can conditioned taste aversion enable bluetongue lizards (Tiliqua scincoides) to avoid toxic cane toads (Rhinella marina) as prey? Ethology 117: 749-757.
85. Dubey S, Sumner J, Pike DA, Keogh JS, Webb JK, Shine R. 2011. Genetic connectivity among populations of an endangered snake species from southeastern Australia (Hoplocephalus bungaroides, Elapidae). Ecology and Evolution 1:218-227.
84. Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2011. Chainsawing for conservation: ecologically informed tree removal for habitat management. Ecological Management and Restoration 12:110-118.
83. Somaweera R, Webb JK, Brown GP, Shine R. 2011. Hatchling Australian freshwater crocodiles rapidly learn to avoid toxic invasive cane toads. Behaviour 148:501-517.
82. Pike DA, Webb JK, Andrews RM. 2011. Social and thermal cues influence nest-site selection in a nocturnal gecko, Oedura lesueurii. Ethology 117:796-801.
81. Somaweera R, Webb JK, Shine R. 2011. It’s a dog-eat-croc world: dingo predation on the nests of freshwater crocodiles in northern Australia. Ecological Research 26:957-967.
80. Florance D, Webb JK, Dempster T, Kearney MR, Worthing A, Letnic M. 2011. Excluding access to invasion hubs can contain the spread of an invasive vertebrate. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 278:2900-2908.
79. Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2011. Removing forest canopy cover restores a reptile assemblage. Ecological Applications 21:274-280.
2010 Papers
78. Webb JK, Pike DA, Du WG, Shine R. 2010. Generalization of predator recognition: velvet geckos display anti-predator behaviours in response to chemicals from non-dangerous elapid snakes. Current Zoology 56:337-342.
77. O’Donnell S, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Conditioned taste aversion enhances the survival of an endangered predator imperiled by a toxic invader. Journal of Applied Ecology 47:558-565.
76. Pike DA, Croak BM, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Subtle - but easily reversible - anthropogenic disturbance seriously degrades habitat quality for rock-dwelling reptiles. Animal Conservation 13:411-418.
75. Llewelyn J, Webb JK, Schwarzkopf L, Alford R, Shine R. 2010. Behavioural responses of carnivorous marsupials (Planigale maculata) to toxic invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus). Austral Ecology 35:560-567.
74. Webb JK, Pike DA, Shine R. 2010. Olfactory recognition of predators by nocturnal lizards: safety outweighs thermal benefits. Behavioural Ecology 21:72-77.
73. Penman TD, Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Predicting the impact of climate change on Australia’s most endangered snake, Hoplocephalus bungaroides. Diversity and Distributions 16:109-118.
72. Pike DP, Croak B, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Context-dependent avoidance of predatory centipedes by nocturnal geckos (Oedura lesueurii). Behaviour 147:397-412.
71. Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Nesting in a thermally challenging environment: nest-site selection in a rock-dwelling gecko, Oedura lesueurii (Reptilia:Geckonidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99:250-259.
70. Llewelyn J, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Flexible defense: context-dependent antipredator responses of two species of Australian elapid snakes. Herpetological Monographs 66:1-11.
69. Du WG, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Heat, sight and scent: multiple cues influence foraging site selection by an ambush-foraging snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides, Elapidae). Current Zoology 55:266-271.
68. Sumner J, Webb JK, Keogh JS, Shine R. 2010. Molecular and morphological assessment of Australia’s most endangered snake, Hoplocephalus bungaroides, reveals two evolutionarily significant units for conservation. Conservation Genetics 11:747-758.
67. Croak BM, Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Using artificial rocks to restore non-renewable shelter sites in anthropogenically degraded systems: colonization and use by fauna. Restoration Ecology 18: 428-438.
2009 Papers
66. Webb JK, Du WG, Pike DA, Shine R. 2009. Chemical cues from both dangerous and non-dangerous snakes elicit antipredator behaviours from a nocturnal lizard. Animal Behaviour 77:1471-1478.
65. Kelehear C, Webb JK, Shine R. 2009 Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala infection in Bufo marinus: lung nematodes reduce viability of metamorph cane toads. Parasitology 136:919-927.
64. Pringle RM, Syfert M, Webb JK, Shine R. 2009. Quantifying historical changes in habitat availability for endangered species: used of pixel- and object-based remote sensing. Journal of Applied Ecology 46:544-553.
63. Whiting MJ, Webb JK, Keogh SK. 2009. Flat lizard female mimics use sexual deception in visual but not chemical signals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 276:1585-1591.
62. Webb JK, Pringle RM, Shine R. 2009. Intraguild predation, thermoregulation, and microhabitat selection by snakes. Behavioural Ecology 20:271-277.
2008 Papers
61. Croak BM, Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2008. Three-dimensional crevice structure affects retreat site selection by reptiles. Animal Behaviour 76:1875-1884.
60. Letnic M, Webb JK, Shine R. 2008. Invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus) cause mass mortality of freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) in tropical Australia. Biological Conservation 141:1773-1782.
59. Webb JK, Shine R. 2008. Differential effects of an intense wildfire on survival of sympatric snakes. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1394-1398.
58. Webb JK, Pike D, Shine R. 2008. Population ecology of the velvet gecko, Oedura lesueurii in southern Australia: implications for the persistence of an endangered snake. Austral Ecology 33:839-847.
57. Schultz TJ, Webb JK, Christian KA. 2008. The physiological cost of pregnancy in a live-bearing snake. Copeia 2008:637-642.
56. Webb JK, Brown GP, Child T, Greenless MJ, Phillips BL, Shine R. 2008. A native dasyurid predator (common planigale, Planigale maculata) rapidly learns to avoid toxic cane toads. Austral Ecology 33:821-839.
2007 Papers
55. Greenlees MJ, Brown GP, Webb JK, Phillips BL, Shine R. 2007. Do invasive cane toads (Chaunus marinus) compete with Australian frogs (Cyclorana australis)? Austral Ecology 32:900-907.
54. Christian KA, Webb JK, Schultz TJ, Green BW. 2007. Effects of seasonal variation in prey abundance on field metabolism, water flux and activity of a tropical ambush foraging snake. Journal of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 80:522-523.
53. Keogh JS, Webb JK, Shine R. 2007. Fine-scale spatial genetic and long-term mark-recapture data demonstrate male-biased dispersal in a snake. Biology Letters 3:33-35.
52. Phillips B, Brown GP, Greenlees M, Webb JK, Shine R. 2007. Rapid expansion of the cane toad (Bufo marinus) invasion front in tropical Australia. Austral Ecology 32:169-176.
51. Shine R, Branch WR, Webb JK, Harlow PS, Shine T, Keogh JS. 2007. Ecology of cobras (Aspidelaps, Hemachatus, and Naja; Elapidae) from southern Africa. Journal of Zoology 272:183-193.
2006 Papers
50. Brown GP, Phillips BL, Webb JK, Shine R. 2006. Toad on the road: use of roads as dispersal corridors by cane toads (Bufo marinus) at an invasion front in tropical Australia. Biological Conservation 133:88-94.
49. Webb JK, Whiting MJ. 2006. Habitat disturbance, not predation, is all that is required to influence habitat choice in juvenile snakes: a rejoinder to Lill. Austral Ecology 31:905-906.
48. Greenlees MJ, Brown GP, Webb JK, Phillips BL, Shine R. 2006. Effects of an invasive anuran (the cane toad, Bufo marinus) on the invertebrate fauna of a tropical Australian floodplain. Animal Conservation 9:431-438.
47. Phillips BL, Brown GP, Webb JK, Shine R. 2006. Runaway toads: an invasive species evolves speed and thus spreads more rapidly through Australia. Nature 439:803.
46. Webb JK, Shine R, Christian KA. 2006. The adaptive significance of reptilian viviparity in the tropics: testing the "maternal manipulation" hypothesis. Evolution 60:115-122.
45. Kelehear C, Webb JK. 2006. Effects of tail autotomy on anti-predator behaviour and locomotor performance in a nocturnal gecko. Copeia 2006:803-809.
44. Shine R, Branch WR, Harlow PS, Webb JK, Shine T. 2006. Biology of burrowing asps (Actractaspididae) from Southern Africa. Copeia 2006:103-115.
43. Shine R, Branch WR, Webb JK, Shine T. 2006. Sexual dimorphism, reproductive biology and dietary habits of psammophiine snakes (Colubridae) from Southern Africa. Copeia 2006:650-664.
42. Llewelyn J, Shine R, Webb JK. 2006. Time of testing affects locomotor performance in nocturnal versus diurnal snakes. Journal of Thermal Biology 31:268-273.
41. Webb JK. 2006. Effects of tail autotomy on survival, growth and territory occupation in free-ranging juvenile geckos (Oedura lesueurii). Austral Ecology 31:432-440.
40. Shine, R., Webb JK, Lane A, Mason RT. 2006. Flexible mate choice: a male snake's preference for larger females is modified by the sizes of females that he encounters. Animal Behaviour 71:203-209.
39. Webb JK, Whiting MJ. 2006. Does an ecosystem engineer (superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae) influence habitat selection by sympatric snakes? Austral Ecology 31:58-67.
2005 and Older Publications
38. Shine R, Webb JK, Lane A, Mason RT. 2005. Mate-location tactics in garter snakes: effects of rival males, interrupted trails, and non-pheromonal cues. Functional Ecology 19:1017-1024.
37. Webb JK, Pringle RM, Shine R. 2005. Canopy removal restores habitat quality for an endangered snake in a fire suppressed landscape. Copeia 2005:893-899.
36. Webb JK, Whiting MJ. 2005. Why don’t small snakes bask? Juvenile broad-headed snakes trade thermal benefits for safety. Oikos 110:515-522.
35. Llewelyn J, Shine R, Webb JK. 2005. Thermal regimes and diel activity patterns of four species of small elapid snakes from southeastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 53:1-8.
34. Greenless M, Webb JK, Shine R. 2005. Led by the blind: bandy-bandy snakes Vermicella annulata (Elapidae) follow blindsnake chemical trails. Copeia 2005:184-187.
33. Webb JK, Shine R, Christian KA. 2005. Does intraspecific niche partitioning in a native predator influence its response to an invasion by a toxic prey species? Austral Ecology 30: 201-209.
32. Stapley J, Hayes CM, Webb JK, Keogh JS. 2005. Novel microsatellite loci identified from the Australian eastern small-eyed snake (Elapidae: Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens) and cross species amplification in the related genus Suta. Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 54-56.
31. Webb JK, Pringle RM, Shine R. 2004. How do nocturnal snakes select diurnal retreat sites? Copeia 2004: 919–925.
30. Webb JK. 2004. Pregnancy decreases swimming performance of female northern death adders (Acanthophis praelongus). Copeia 2004: 357-363.
29. Christian KA, Webb JK, Schultz T. 2003. Energetics of blue-tongue lizards (Tiliqua scincoides) in a seasonal tropical environment. Oecologia 136: 515-523.
28. Webb JK, Brook BW, Shine R. 2003. Does foraging mode influence life history traits? A comparative study of growth, maturation and survival of two species of sympatric snakes from southeastern Australia. Austral Ecology 28:601-610.
27. Pringle RM, Webb JK, Shine R. 2003. Canopy structure, microclimate, and habitat selection by a nocturnal snake, Hoplocephalus bungaroides. Ecology 84:2668-2679.
26. Webb JK, Brook BW, Shine R. 2002. What makes a species’ vulnerable to extinction? Comparative life history traits of two sympatric snakes. Ecological Research 17:59-67.
25. Webb JK, Brook BW, Shine R. 2002. Reptile collectors threaten Australia’s most endangered snake, the broad-headed snake Hoplocephalus bungaroides. Oryx 36:170-181.
24. Webb JK, Christian KA, Fisher P. 2002. Fast growth and early maturation in a viviparous ambush foraging elapid snake from tropical Australia. Journal of Herpetology 36:505-509.
23. Webb JK, Brown GP, Shine R. 2001. Body size, locomotor speed and antipredator behaviour in a tropical snake (Tropidonophis mairii, Colubridae): the influence of incubation environments and genetic factors. Functional Ecology 15:561-568.
22. Webb JK, Shine R, Branch WR. 2001. Dietary habits and reproductive biology of typhlopid snakes from southern Africa. Journal of Herpetology 35:558-567.
21. Scott IAW, Hayes C, Keogh JS, Webb JK. 2001. Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite markers from the Australian tiger snakes (Elapidae: Notechis) and amplification in the closely related genus Hoplocephalus. Molecular Ecology Notes 1:117-120.
20. Webb JK, Shine R. 2000. Paving the way for habitat restoration: can artificial rocks restore degraded habitats for endangered reptiles? Biological Conservation 92:93-99.
19. Webb JK, Shine R, Branch WR, Harlow PS. 2000. Life underground: food habits and reproductive biology of two amphisbaenian species (Monopeltis anchietae and Zygaspis quadrifrons) from Southern Africa. Journal of Herpetology 34:510-516.
18. Webb JK, Shine R, Branch WR, Harlow PS. 2000. Life history strategies in basal snakes: natural history of two races of the African threadsnake, Leptotyphlops scutifrons (Serpentes, Leptoyphlopidae). Journal of Zoology (London) 250:321-327.
17. Webb JK, Shine R. 1998. Ecological characteristics of a threatened snake species, Hoplocephalus bungaroides (Serpentes, Elapidae). Animal Conservation 1:185-193.
16. Webb JK, Shine R. 1998. Thermoregulation by a nocturnal elapid snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides) in south-eastern Australia. Physiological Zoology 71:680-692.
15. Webb JK, Shine R. 1998. Using thermal ecology to predict retreat-site selection by an endangered snake species. Biological Conservation 86:233-242.
14. Shine R, Branch WR, Harlow PS, Webb JK. 1998. Reproductive biology and food habits of horned adders, Bitis caudalis (Viperidae) from South Africa. Copeia 1998:391-401.
13. Shine R, Webb JK, Fitzgerald M, Sumner J. 1998. The impact of bush-rock removal on an endangered snake species, Hoplocephalus bungaroides. Wildlife Research 25:285-295.
12. Webb JK, Shine R. 1997. A field study of spatial ecology and movements of a threatened snake species, Hoplocephalus bungaroides. Biological Conservation 82:203-217.
11. Webb JK, Shine R. 1997. Out on a limb: conservation implications of tree-hollow use by a threatened snake species (Hoplocephalus bungaroides: Serpentes, Elapidae). Biological Conservation 81:21-33.
10. Branch WR, Shine R, Harlow PS, Webb JK. 1997. Sexual dimorphism, diet and aspects of reproduction of the western keeled snake, Pythonodipsas carinata (Serpentes: Colubridae). African Journal of Herpetology 46:89-97.
9. Webb JK. 1996. Observation of three dingoes killing a large lace monitor (Varanus varius). Australian Mammalogy 19:55-56.
8. Shine R, Haagner GV, Branch WR, Harlow PS, Webb JK. 1996. Natural history of the African shieldnose snake Aspidelaps scutatus (Serpentes, Elapidae). Journal of Herpetology 30:361-366.
7. Shine R, Harlow PS, Branch WR, Webb JK. 1996. Life on the lowest branch: sexual dimorphism, diet and reproductive biology of an African twig snake Thelotornis capensis (Serpentes: Colubridae). Copeia 1996:290-299.
6. Shine R, Branch WR, Harlow PS, Webb JK. 1996. Sexual dimorphism, reproductive biology and food habits of two species of African filesnakes (Mehelya, Colubridae). Journal of Zoology (London) 240:327-340.
5. Webb JK, Shine R. 1994. Feeding habits and reproductive biology of Australian pygopodid lizards of the genus Aprasia. Copeia 1994:390-398.
4. Webb JK, Shine R. 1993. Dietary habits of Australian blindsnakes. Copeia 1993:762-770.
3. Webb JK, Shine R. 1993. Prey-size selection, gape limitation and predator vulnerability in Australian blindsnakes. Animal Behaviour 45: 1117-1126.
2. Webb JK, Shine R. 1992. To find an ant: trail-following in Australian blindsnakes (Typhlopidae). Animal Behaviour 43:941-948.
1. Shine R, Webb JK. 1990. Natural history of Australian typhlopid snakes. Journal of Herpetology 24:357-363.
2023 Papers
Drew-Smythe J, Davila Y, McLean C, Hingee M, Murray M, Webb JK, Krix D, Murray BR, 2023. Community perceptions of ecosystem services and disservices linked to urban tree plantings Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 82 (2023) 127870.
Murray BR, Hawthorne T, Curran TJ, Krix DW, Wallace MI, Young K, Murray ML, Morley E, Huber-Smith N, Webb JK. 2023. Shoot flammability patterns among plant species of the wildland-urban interface in the fire-prone Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. International Journal of Wildland Fire https://doi.org/10.1071/WF22192.
2022 Papers
158. Abayarathna T, Webb JK. 2022. Consequences of oviposition site choice for geckos in changing environments. Biology 11(9):1281 DOI:10.3390/biology11091281
157. Price OF, Mikac K, Wilson N, Roberts B, Critescu RH, Gallagher R, Mallee J, Donatiou P, Webb JK, Keith DA, Letnic M, Mackenzie BDW. 2022. Short-term impacts of the 2019–20 fire season on biodiversity in eastern Australia. Austral Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/aec.13247
2021 Papers
156. Jolly, C., B. von Takach, and J. K. Webb. 2021. Slow life history leaves endangered snake vulnerable to illegal poaching. Scientific Reports 11 , 1–11.
155. Jolly C, Smart A, Moreen J, Webb JK, Gillespie G, Phillips B. 2021. Trophic cascade driven by behavioural fine-tuning as naïve prey rapidly adjust to a novel predator. Ecology 102 (7):e03363. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3363.
154. Indigo N, et al. 2021. Effects of learning and adaptation on population viability. Conservation Biology 35(4):1245-1255
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13691
153. Lapwong Y, Dejtaradol A, Webb JK. 2021. Plasticity in thermal hardening of the invasive Asian house gecko. Evolutionary Ecology 35, 631–641.
152. Webb JK, Jolly CM, Hinds M, Adams C, Cuartas-Villa S, Lapwong Y, Letnic M. 2021. Effects of the 2019-20 wildfires on a population of endangered broad-headed snakes Hoplocephalus bungaroides. Austral Ecology https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aec.13118
151. Honey R, Murray BM, McLean C, Webb JK. 2021. Insulated nest boxes provide thermal refuges for wildlife in urban bushland during summer heatwaves. Journal of Urban Ecology, 2021, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juab032.
150. Honey R, Murray BM, McLean C, Webb JK. 2021. Choice of monitoring method can influence estimates of usage of artificial hollows by vertebrate fauna. Australian Journal of Zoology, https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO21012.
149. Abayarathna T, Webb JK. 2021. Do incubation temperatures affect the thermal preferences of hatchling velvet geckos? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.727602
148. Cuartas-Villa S and Webb JK. 2021. Nest site selection in a southern and northern population of the velvet gecko (Amalosia lesueurii). Journal of Thermal Biology 102.103121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103121
2020 Papers
147. Feit B, Dempster T, Jessop T, Webb J, Letnic M. 2020. A trophic cascade initiated by an invasive vertebrate alters the structure of native reptile communities. Global Change Biology 26:2829–2840.
146. Dayananda B, Webb JK. 2020. Thermophilic response to feeding in adult female velvet geckos. Current Zoology 2020:1-2, doi:10.1093/cz/zoaa02.
145. Lapwong V, Dejtaradol A, Webb JK. 2020. Shifts in thermal preference of introduced Asian House Geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus) in temperate regions of southeastern Australia. Journal of Thermal Biology 91 (2020) 102625.
144. Dayananda B, Jeffree R, Webb JK. 2020. Body temperature and time of day both affect nocturnal lizard performance: An experimental investigation. Journal of Thermal Biology 93 (2020) 102728.
143. Abayarathna T, Webb JK. 2020. Effects of incubation temperatures on learning abilities of hatchling velvet geckos. Animal Cognition, 10.1007/s10071-020-01365-4.
142. Murray BR, Colin Brown C, Megan L. Murray ML, Krix DW, Martin LJ, Hawthorne T, Wallace MI, Potvin SA, Webb JK. 2020. A functional approach to identify low-flammability plant species for green firebreaks. Fire, 3:9 doi:10.3390/fire3020009.
141. Jolly CJ, Webb JK, Gillespie GR, Phillips BL. 2020. Training fails to elicit behavioral change in a marsupial suffering evolutionary loss of antipredator behaviors. Journal of Mammalogy https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa060.
140. Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2020. Life history and ecology of the elegant snake-eyed skink Cryptoblepharus pulcher in southeastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 67(1) 51-58 https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO19047
139. Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2020. Life history of the coppertail skink, Ctenotus taeniolatus, in southeastern Australia. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 15(2):409–415.
2019 Papers
138. Indigo N, Smith J, Webb JK, Phillips BL. 2019. Bangers and cash: Baiting efficiency in a heterogeneous population. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 43(4):669–677. DOI: 10.1002/wsb.1012
137. Abayarathna T, Murray BR, Webb JK. 2019. Higher incubation temperatures produce long-lasting upward shifts in cold tolerance, but not heat tolerance, of hatchling geckos. Biology Open 8, bio042564. doi:10.1242/bio.042564
2018 Papers
136. Kelly E, Phillips B, Webb JK. 2018. Taste overshadows less salient cues to elicit food aversion in endangered marsupial. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 209:83-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2018.09.003
135. Jessop TS, Webb J, Dempster T, Feit B, Letnic M. 2018. Interactions between corticosterone phenotype, environmental stressor pervasiveness and irruptive movement-related survival in the cane toad. The Journal of Experimental Biology 221, jeb187930. doi:10.1242/jeb.187930
134. Jolly CJ, Webb JK & Phillips BL. 2018. The perils of paradise: an endangered species conserved on an island loses antipredator behaviours within 13 generations. Biology Letters 14:20180222 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0222
133. Jolly C J, Kelly E, Gillespie GR, Phillips B, Webb JK. 2018. Out of the frying pan: Reintroduction of toad-smart northern quolls to southern Kakadu National Park. Austral Ecology 43:139-149. doi:10.1111/aec.12551
132. Llewelyn J, Choyce NC, Phillips BL, Webb JK, Pearson DJ, Schwarzkopf L, Shine R. 2018. Behavioural responses of an Australian colubrid snake (Dendrelaphis punctulatus) to a novel toxic prey item (the Cane Toad Rhinella marina). Biological Invasions 20:2507–2516. doi:10.1007/s10530-018-1716-1
131. Feit B, Gordon CE, Webb JK, Jessop TS, Laffan SW, Dempster T, Letnic M. 2018. Invasive cane toads might initiate cascades of direct and indirect effects in a terrestrial ecosystem. Biological Invasions 20:1833–1847. doi:10.1007/s10530-018-1665-8
130. Indigo N, Smith J, Webb JK, Phillips B. 2018. Not such silly sausages: Evidence suggests northern quolls exhibit aversion to toads after training with toad sausages. Austral Ecology 43:592-601. doi:10.1111/aec.12595
129. Cremona T, Crowther M, Webb JK. 2018. High mortality and small population size prevents population recovery of a reintroduced mesopredator. Animal Conservation 20:555–563. doi:10.1111/acv.12358
2017 Papers
128. Dayananda B, Webb JK. 2017. Incubation under climate warming affects learning ability and survival in hatchling lizards. Biology Letters 13: 20170002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0002
127. Burnard D, Huston WM, Webb JK, Jelocnik M, Reiss A, Gillett A, Fitzgibbon S, Carver S, Carrucan J, Flanagan C, Timms P, Polkinghorne A. 2017. Molecular evidence of Chlamydia pecorum and arthropod-associated Chlamydiae in an expanded range of marsupials. Scientific Reports 7:12844
126. Dayananda B, Ibargüengoytía N, Whiting MJ, Webb JK. 2017. Effects of pregnancy on body temperatures and locomotor performance of velvet geckos. Journal of Thermal Biology 65:64–68.
125. Dayananda B, Penfold S, Webb JK. 2017. The effects of incubation temperatures on locomotor performance, growth and survival in hatchling geckos. Journal of Zoology 303:46-53.
124. Tingley R, et al. 2017. New weapons in the toad toolkit: A review of methods to control and mitigate the biodiversity impacts of invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina). Quarterly Review of Biology 92:123-149.
123. Cremona T, Spencer P, Shine R, Webb JK. 2017. Avoiding the last supper: parentage analysis shows multi-generational survival of a re-introduced ‘toad-smart’ lineage. Conservation Genetics 18:1475–1480.
122. Dayananda B, Murray BR, Webb JK. 2017. Hotter nests produce hatchling lizards with lower thermal tolerance. Journal of Experimental Biology 220:2159-2165.
121. Cremona T, Crowther M, Webb JK. 2017. High mortality and small population size prevents population recovery of a reintroduced mesopredator. Animal Conservation 6:555-563.
120. Austin C, Tuft K, Ramp D, Cremona T, Webb JK. 2017. Bait preference for remote camera trap studies of the endangered northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus). Australian Mammalogy 39:72–77.
119. Penfold S, Dayananda B, Webb JK. 2017. Chemical cues influence retreat-site selection by flat rock spiders.Behaviour 154:149–161.
2016 Papers
118. Ward-Fear G, Thomas J, Webb JK, Pearson DJ, Shine R. 2016. Eliciting conditioned taste aversion in lizards: Live toxic prey are more effective than scent and taste cues alone. Current Zoology 12:112–120.
117. Dayananda B, Gray S, Pike DA, Webb JK. 2016. Communal nesting under climate change: fitness consequences of higher incubation temperatures for a nocturnal lizard. Global Change Biology 22:2405–2414.
2015 Papers
116. Cremona T, Mella VSA, Webb JK, Crowther MS. 2015. Do individual differences in behavior influence wild rodents more than predation risk? Journal of Mammalogy 142:1337-1343.
115. Webb JK, Scott M, Whiting MJ, Shine R. 2015. Territoriality in a snake. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69:1657-1661.
114. Ziembicki, MR; Woinarski, JCZ; Webb, JK; Vanderduys, E; Tuft, K; Smith, J; Ritchie, EG; Reardon, TB; Radford, IJ; Preece, N; Perry, J; Murphy, BP; McGregor, H; Legge, S; Leahy, L; Lawes, MJ; Kanowski, J; Johnson, CN; James, A; Griffiths, AD; Gillespie, G; Frank, ASK; Fisher, A; Burbidge, AA. 2015. Stemming the tide: progress towards resolving the causes of decline and implementing management responses for the disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia. Therya 6:169-225.
113. Rees JD, Webb JK, Crowther MS, Letnic M. 2015. Ravens are a key threat to beach-nesting birds. Australian Field Ornithology 32:100-107.
112. Letnic, M, Webb JK, Jessop TS, Dempster T. 2015. Restricting access to invasion hubs enables sustained control of an invasive vertebrate. Journal of Applied Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12390
111. Mowat EJ, Webb JK, Crowther MS. 2015. Fire-mediated niche-separation between two sympatric small mammal species. Austral Ecology 40: 50-59.
110. Rees JD, Webb JK, Crowther MS, Letnic M. 2015. Carrion subsidies provided by fishermen increase predation of beach-nesting bird nests by facultative scavengers. Animal Conservation 18: 44-49.doi:10.1111/acv.12133
2014 Papers
109. Jessop TS, Dempster T, Letnic M, Webb JK. 2014. Interplay among nocturnal activity, melatonin, corticosterone and performance in the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marinus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 206:43-50
108. Cabrera-Guzmán E, Crossland MR, Pearson DJ, Webb JK, Shine R. 2014. Predation on invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina) by native Australian rodents. Journal of Pest Science, DOI: 10.1007/s10340-014-0586-2. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10340-014-0586-2
107. Cremona T, Crowther MS, Webb JK. 2014. Variation of prey responses to cues from a mesopredator and an apex predator. Austral Ecology 39: 749-754. doi:10.1111/aec.12138
106. Webb JK, Jessop TJ, Letnic M, Dempster TD. 2014. Behavioural flexibility allows an invasive vertebrate to survive in an arid environment. Biology Letters 10:20131014. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.1014
105. Letic M, Webb JK, Jessop T, Florance D, Dempster TD. 2014. Artificial water points facilitate the spread of an invasive vertebrate in arid Australia. Journal of Applied Ecology 51:795-798. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12232
2013 Papers
104. Pearson DJ, Webb JK, Greenless MJ, Phillips BL, Bedford GA, Brown GP, Thomas J, Shine R. 2013. Behavioural responses of reptile predators to invasive cane toads in tropical Australia. Austral Ecology 39:448-454.
103. Jessop TJ, Letnic M, Webb JK, Dempster T. 2013. Adrenocortical stress responses influence an invasive vertebrate’s fitness in an extreme environment. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1444
102. Scott ML, Whiting MJ, Webb JK, Shine R. 2013. Chemosensory discrimination of social cues mediates space use in snakes, Cryptophis nigrescens (Elapidae). Animal Behaviour 85:1493-1500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.04.003
101. Croak BM, Crowther MS, Webb JK, Shine R. 2013. Movements and habitat use of an endangered snake, Hoplocephalus bungaroides (Elapidae): Implications for conservation. PLoS One 8:e61711.
100. Croak BM, Webb JK, Shine R. 2013. The benefits of habitat restoration for rock-dwelling velvet geckos Oedura lesueurii. Journal of Applied Ecology 50:432-439.
99. Kämper W, Webb JK, Crowther MS, Greenlees MJ, Shine R. 2013.Behaviour and survivorship of a dasyurid predator (Antechinus flavipes) in response to encounters with the toxic and invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina). Australian Mammalogy 35:136-143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM12025
98. Price-Rees, S., Webb JK, Shine R. 2013. Reducing the impact of a toxic invader by inducing taste-aversion in an imperilled native reptile predator. Animal Conservation 16:386-394. doi:10.1111/acv.12004
97. Elzer AL, Pike DA, Webb JK, Hammill K, Bradstock RA, Shine R. 2013. Forest-fire regimes affect thermoregulatory opportunities for terrestrial ectotherms. Austral Ecology 38:190-198.
96. Somaweera R, Webb JK, Dempster T, Letnic M, Shine R. 2013. Why does vulnerability to toxic invasive cane toads vary among populations of Australian freshwater crocodiles? Animal Conservation 16:85-86.95.
2012 Papers
95. Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine. 2012. Reply to comment on ‘chainsawing for conservation: ecologically informed tree removal for habitat management’. Ecological Management and Restoration 13:e12-e13. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2012.00666.x
94. Shine R, Webb JK, Lane A, Mason RT. 2012. Familiarity with a female does not affect a male's courtship intensity in garter snakes Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. Current Zoology 58: 805 - 811.
93. Croak BM, Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2012. Habitat selection in a rocky landscape: experimentally decoupling the influence of retreat site attributes from that of landscape features. PLoS One 7:e37982.
92. Dubey S, Croak B, Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2012. Phylogeography and dispersal in the velvet gecko (Oedura lesueurii), and potential implications for conservation of an endangered snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides). BMC Evolutionary Biology 12:67. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-67
91. Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2012. Hot mothers, cool eggs: nest-site selection by egg-guarding spiders accommodates conflicting thermal optima. Functional Ecology 26:469-475.
90. Kovacs EK, Crowther MS, Webb JK, Dickman CR. 2012. Population and behavioural responses of native prey to alien predation. Oecologia 168:947-957.
2011 Papers
89. Somaweera R, Brown GP, Webb JK, Shine R. 2011. Determinants of habitat selection by hatchling Australian freshwater crocodiles. PLoS One 6(12): e28533. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028533
88. Kelehear C, Webb JK, Hagman M, Shine R. 2011. Interactions between infective helminth larvae and their anuran host. Herpetologica 67:378-385.
87. Webb JK, Pearson D, Shine R. 2011. A small dasyurid predator (Sminthopsis virginiae) rapidly learns to avoid a toxic invader. Wildlife Research 38:726-731.
86. Price-Rees SJ, Webb JK, Shine R. 2011. School for skinks: Can conditioned taste aversion enable bluetongue lizards (Tiliqua scincoides) to avoid toxic cane toads (Rhinella marina) as prey? Ethology 117: 749-757.
85. Dubey S, Sumner J, Pike DA, Keogh JS, Webb JK, Shine R. 2011. Genetic connectivity among populations of an endangered snake species from southeastern Australia (Hoplocephalus bungaroides, Elapidae). Ecology and Evolution 1:218-227.
84. Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2011. Chainsawing for conservation: ecologically informed tree removal for habitat management. Ecological Management and Restoration 12:110-118.
83. Somaweera R, Webb JK, Brown GP, Shine R. 2011. Hatchling Australian freshwater crocodiles rapidly learn to avoid toxic invasive cane toads. Behaviour 148:501-517.
82. Pike DA, Webb JK, Andrews RM. 2011. Social and thermal cues influence nest-site selection in a nocturnal gecko, Oedura lesueurii. Ethology 117:796-801.
81. Somaweera R, Webb JK, Shine R. 2011. It’s a dog-eat-croc world: dingo predation on the nests of freshwater crocodiles in northern Australia. Ecological Research 26:957-967.
80. Florance D, Webb JK, Dempster T, Kearney MR, Worthing A, Letnic M. 2011. Excluding access to invasion hubs can contain the spread of an invasive vertebrate. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 278:2900-2908.
79. Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2011. Removing forest canopy cover restores a reptile assemblage. Ecological Applications 21:274-280.
2010 Papers
78. Webb JK, Pike DA, Du WG, Shine R. 2010. Generalization of predator recognition: velvet geckos display anti-predator behaviours in response to chemicals from non-dangerous elapid snakes. Current Zoology 56:337-342.
77. O’Donnell S, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Conditioned taste aversion enhances the survival of an endangered predator imperiled by a toxic invader. Journal of Applied Ecology 47:558-565.
76. Pike DA, Croak BM, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Subtle - but easily reversible - anthropogenic disturbance seriously degrades habitat quality for rock-dwelling reptiles. Animal Conservation 13:411-418.
75. Llewelyn J, Webb JK, Schwarzkopf L, Alford R, Shine R. 2010. Behavioural responses of carnivorous marsupials (Planigale maculata) to toxic invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus). Austral Ecology 35:560-567.
74. Webb JK, Pike DA, Shine R. 2010. Olfactory recognition of predators by nocturnal lizards: safety outweighs thermal benefits. Behavioural Ecology 21:72-77.
73. Penman TD, Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Predicting the impact of climate change on Australia’s most endangered snake, Hoplocephalus bungaroides. Diversity and Distributions 16:109-118.
72. Pike DP, Croak B, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Context-dependent avoidance of predatory centipedes by nocturnal geckos (Oedura lesueurii). Behaviour 147:397-412.
71. Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Nesting in a thermally challenging environment: nest-site selection in a rock-dwelling gecko, Oedura lesueurii (Reptilia:Geckonidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99:250-259.
70. Llewelyn J, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Flexible defense: context-dependent antipredator responses of two species of Australian elapid snakes. Herpetological Monographs 66:1-11.
69. Du WG, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Heat, sight and scent: multiple cues influence foraging site selection by an ambush-foraging snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides, Elapidae). Current Zoology 55:266-271.
68. Sumner J, Webb JK, Keogh JS, Shine R. 2010. Molecular and morphological assessment of Australia’s most endangered snake, Hoplocephalus bungaroides, reveals two evolutionarily significant units for conservation. Conservation Genetics 11:747-758.
67. Croak BM, Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2010. Using artificial rocks to restore non-renewable shelter sites in anthropogenically degraded systems: colonization and use by fauna. Restoration Ecology 18: 428-438.
2009 Papers
66. Webb JK, Du WG, Pike DA, Shine R. 2009. Chemical cues from both dangerous and non-dangerous snakes elicit antipredator behaviours from a nocturnal lizard. Animal Behaviour 77:1471-1478.
65. Kelehear C, Webb JK, Shine R. 2009 Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala infection in Bufo marinus: lung nematodes reduce viability of metamorph cane toads. Parasitology 136:919-927.
64. Pringle RM, Syfert M, Webb JK, Shine R. 2009. Quantifying historical changes in habitat availability for endangered species: used of pixel- and object-based remote sensing. Journal of Applied Ecology 46:544-553.
63. Whiting MJ, Webb JK, Keogh SK. 2009. Flat lizard female mimics use sexual deception in visual but not chemical signals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 276:1585-1591.
62. Webb JK, Pringle RM, Shine R. 2009. Intraguild predation, thermoregulation, and microhabitat selection by snakes. Behavioural Ecology 20:271-277.
2008 Papers
61. Croak BM, Pike DA, Webb JK, Shine R. 2008. Three-dimensional crevice structure affects retreat site selection by reptiles. Animal Behaviour 76:1875-1884.
60. Letnic M, Webb JK, Shine R. 2008. Invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus) cause mass mortality of freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) in tropical Australia. Biological Conservation 141:1773-1782.
59. Webb JK, Shine R. 2008. Differential effects of an intense wildfire on survival of sympatric snakes. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1394-1398.
58. Webb JK, Pike D, Shine R. 2008. Population ecology of the velvet gecko, Oedura lesueurii in southern Australia: implications for the persistence of an endangered snake. Austral Ecology 33:839-847.
57. Schultz TJ, Webb JK, Christian KA. 2008. The physiological cost of pregnancy in a live-bearing snake. Copeia 2008:637-642.
56. Webb JK, Brown GP, Child T, Greenless MJ, Phillips BL, Shine R. 2008. A native dasyurid predator (common planigale, Planigale maculata) rapidly learns to avoid toxic cane toads. Austral Ecology 33:821-839.
2007 Papers
55. Greenlees MJ, Brown GP, Webb JK, Phillips BL, Shine R. 2007. Do invasive cane toads (Chaunus marinus) compete with Australian frogs (Cyclorana australis)? Austral Ecology 32:900-907.
54. Christian KA, Webb JK, Schultz TJ, Green BW. 2007. Effects of seasonal variation in prey abundance on field metabolism, water flux and activity of a tropical ambush foraging snake. Journal of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 80:522-523.
53. Keogh JS, Webb JK, Shine R. 2007. Fine-scale spatial genetic and long-term mark-recapture data demonstrate male-biased dispersal in a snake. Biology Letters 3:33-35.
52. Phillips B, Brown GP, Greenlees M, Webb JK, Shine R. 2007. Rapid expansion of the cane toad (Bufo marinus) invasion front in tropical Australia. Austral Ecology 32:169-176.
51. Shine R, Branch WR, Webb JK, Harlow PS, Shine T, Keogh JS. 2007. Ecology of cobras (Aspidelaps, Hemachatus, and Naja; Elapidae) from southern Africa. Journal of Zoology 272:183-193.
2006 Papers
50. Brown GP, Phillips BL, Webb JK, Shine R. 2006. Toad on the road: use of roads as dispersal corridors by cane toads (Bufo marinus) at an invasion front in tropical Australia. Biological Conservation 133:88-94.
49. Webb JK, Whiting MJ. 2006. Habitat disturbance, not predation, is all that is required to influence habitat choice in juvenile snakes: a rejoinder to Lill. Austral Ecology 31:905-906.
48. Greenlees MJ, Brown GP, Webb JK, Phillips BL, Shine R. 2006. Effects of an invasive anuran (the cane toad, Bufo marinus) on the invertebrate fauna of a tropical Australian floodplain. Animal Conservation 9:431-438.
47. Phillips BL, Brown GP, Webb JK, Shine R. 2006. Runaway toads: an invasive species evolves speed and thus spreads more rapidly through Australia. Nature 439:803.
46. Webb JK, Shine R, Christian KA. 2006. The adaptive significance of reptilian viviparity in the tropics: testing the "maternal manipulation" hypothesis. Evolution 60:115-122.
45. Kelehear C, Webb JK. 2006. Effects of tail autotomy on anti-predator behaviour and locomotor performance in a nocturnal gecko. Copeia 2006:803-809.
44. Shine R, Branch WR, Harlow PS, Webb JK, Shine T. 2006. Biology of burrowing asps (Actractaspididae) from Southern Africa. Copeia 2006:103-115.
43. Shine R, Branch WR, Webb JK, Shine T. 2006. Sexual dimorphism, reproductive biology and dietary habits of psammophiine snakes (Colubridae) from Southern Africa. Copeia 2006:650-664.
42. Llewelyn J, Shine R, Webb JK. 2006. Time of testing affects locomotor performance in nocturnal versus diurnal snakes. Journal of Thermal Biology 31:268-273.
41. Webb JK. 2006. Effects of tail autotomy on survival, growth and territory occupation in free-ranging juvenile geckos (Oedura lesueurii). Austral Ecology 31:432-440.
40. Shine, R., Webb JK, Lane A, Mason RT. 2006. Flexible mate choice: a male snake's preference for larger females is modified by the sizes of females that he encounters. Animal Behaviour 71:203-209.
39. Webb JK, Whiting MJ. 2006. Does an ecosystem engineer (superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae) influence habitat selection by sympatric snakes? Austral Ecology 31:58-67.
2005 and Older Publications
38. Shine R, Webb JK, Lane A, Mason RT. 2005. Mate-location tactics in garter snakes: effects of rival males, interrupted trails, and non-pheromonal cues. Functional Ecology 19:1017-1024.
37. Webb JK, Pringle RM, Shine R. 2005. Canopy removal restores habitat quality for an endangered snake in a fire suppressed landscape. Copeia 2005:893-899.
36. Webb JK, Whiting MJ. 2005. Why don’t small snakes bask? Juvenile broad-headed snakes trade thermal benefits for safety. Oikos 110:515-522.
35. Llewelyn J, Shine R, Webb JK. 2005. Thermal regimes and diel activity patterns of four species of small elapid snakes from southeastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 53:1-8.
34. Greenless M, Webb JK, Shine R. 2005. Led by the blind: bandy-bandy snakes Vermicella annulata (Elapidae) follow blindsnake chemical trails. Copeia 2005:184-187.
33. Webb JK, Shine R, Christian KA. 2005. Does intraspecific niche partitioning in a native predator influence its response to an invasion by a toxic prey species? Austral Ecology 30: 201-209.
32. Stapley J, Hayes CM, Webb JK, Keogh JS. 2005. Novel microsatellite loci identified from the Australian eastern small-eyed snake (Elapidae: Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens) and cross species amplification in the related genus Suta. Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 54-56.
31. Webb JK, Pringle RM, Shine R. 2004. How do nocturnal snakes select diurnal retreat sites? Copeia 2004: 919–925.
30. Webb JK. 2004. Pregnancy decreases swimming performance of female northern death adders (Acanthophis praelongus). Copeia 2004: 357-363.
29. Christian KA, Webb JK, Schultz T. 2003. Energetics of blue-tongue lizards (Tiliqua scincoides) in a seasonal tropical environment. Oecologia 136: 515-523.
28. Webb JK, Brook BW, Shine R. 2003. Does foraging mode influence life history traits? A comparative study of growth, maturation and survival of two species of sympatric snakes from southeastern Australia. Austral Ecology 28:601-610.
27. Pringle RM, Webb JK, Shine R. 2003. Canopy structure, microclimate, and habitat selection by a nocturnal snake, Hoplocephalus bungaroides. Ecology 84:2668-2679.
26. Webb JK, Brook BW, Shine R. 2002. What makes a species’ vulnerable to extinction? Comparative life history traits of two sympatric snakes. Ecological Research 17:59-67.
25. Webb JK, Brook BW, Shine R. 2002. Reptile collectors threaten Australia’s most endangered snake, the broad-headed snake Hoplocephalus bungaroides. Oryx 36:170-181.
24. Webb JK, Christian KA, Fisher P. 2002. Fast growth and early maturation in a viviparous ambush foraging elapid snake from tropical Australia. Journal of Herpetology 36:505-509.
23. Webb JK, Brown GP, Shine R. 2001. Body size, locomotor speed and antipredator behaviour in a tropical snake (Tropidonophis mairii, Colubridae): the influence of incubation environments and genetic factors. Functional Ecology 15:561-568.
22. Webb JK, Shine R, Branch WR. 2001. Dietary habits and reproductive biology of typhlopid snakes from southern Africa. Journal of Herpetology 35:558-567.
21. Scott IAW, Hayes C, Keogh JS, Webb JK. 2001. Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite markers from the Australian tiger snakes (Elapidae: Notechis) and amplification in the closely related genus Hoplocephalus. Molecular Ecology Notes 1:117-120.
20. Webb JK, Shine R. 2000. Paving the way for habitat restoration: can artificial rocks restore degraded habitats for endangered reptiles? Biological Conservation 92:93-99.
19. Webb JK, Shine R, Branch WR, Harlow PS. 2000. Life underground: food habits and reproductive biology of two amphisbaenian species (Monopeltis anchietae and Zygaspis quadrifrons) from Southern Africa. Journal of Herpetology 34:510-516.
18. Webb JK, Shine R, Branch WR, Harlow PS. 2000. Life history strategies in basal snakes: natural history of two races of the African threadsnake, Leptotyphlops scutifrons (Serpentes, Leptoyphlopidae). Journal of Zoology (London) 250:321-327.
17. Webb JK, Shine R. 1998. Ecological characteristics of a threatened snake species, Hoplocephalus bungaroides (Serpentes, Elapidae). Animal Conservation 1:185-193.
16. Webb JK, Shine R. 1998. Thermoregulation by a nocturnal elapid snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides) in south-eastern Australia. Physiological Zoology 71:680-692.
15. Webb JK, Shine R. 1998. Using thermal ecology to predict retreat-site selection by an endangered snake species. Biological Conservation 86:233-242.
14. Shine R, Branch WR, Harlow PS, Webb JK. 1998. Reproductive biology and food habits of horned adders, Bitis caudalis (Viperidae) from South Africa. Copeia 1998:391-401.
13. Shine R, Webb JK, Fitzgerald M, Sumner J. 1998. The impact of bush-rock removal on an endangered snake species, Hoplocephalus bungaroides. Wildlife Research 25:285-295.
12. Webb JK, Shine R. 1997. A field study of spatial ecology and movements of a threatened snake species, Hoplocephalus bungaroides. Biological Conservation 82:203-217.
11. Webb JK, Shine R. 1997. Out on a limb: conservation implications of tree-hollow use by a threatened snake species (Hoplocephalus bungaroides: Serpentes, Elapidae). Biological Conservation 81:21-33.
10. Branch WR, Shine R, Harlow PS, Webb JK. 1997. Sexual dimorphism, diet and aspects of reproduction of the western keeled snake, Pythonodipsas carinata (Serpentes: Colubridae). African Journal of Herpetology 46:89-97.
9. Webb JK. 1996. Observation of three dingoes killing a large lace monitor (Varanus varius). Australian Mammalogy 19:55-56.
8. Shine R, Haagner GV, Branch WR, Harlow PS, Webb JK. 1996. Natural history of the African shieldnose snake Aspidelaps scutatus (Serpentes, Elapidae). Journal of Herpetology 30:361-366.
7. Shine R, Harlow PS, Branch WR, Webb JK. 1996. Life on the lowest branch: sexual dimorphism, diet and reproductive biology of an African twig snake Thelotornis capensis (Serpentes: Colubridae). Copeia 1996:290-299.
6. Shine R, Branch WR, Harlow PS, Webb JK. 1996. Sexual dimorphism, reproductive biology and food habits of two species of African filesnakes (Mehelya, Colubridae). Journal of Zoology (London) 240:327-340.
5. Webb JK, Shine R. 1994. Feeding habits and reproductive biology of Australian pygopodid lizards of the genus Aprasia. Copeia 1994:390-398.
4. Webb JK, Shine R. 1993. Dietary habits of Australian blindsnakes. Copeia 1993:762-770.
3. Webb JK, Shine R. 1993. Prey-size selection, gape limitation and predator vulnerability in Australian blindsnakes. Animal Behaviour 45: 1117-1126.
2. Webb JK, Shine R. 1992. To find an ant: trail-following in Australian blindsnakes (Typhlopidae). Animal Behaviour 43:941-948.
1. Shine R, Webb JK. 1990. Natural history of Australian typhlopid snakes. Journal of Herpetology 24:357-363.
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