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| 16. |
Langkilde
T., D. O‚Connor and R. Shine. 2007. The benefits of parental care:
do juvenile lizards obtain better-quality habitat by remaining with their
parents? Austral Ecology 32:950-954. |
| 15. |
Whiting,
M.J., D. Stuart-Fox, D. O‚Connor, D. Firth, N. G. Bennet
and S. Blomberg.
2006. Ultraviolet signals ultra-aggression in a lizard. Animal Behaviour 72:353-363. |
| 14. |
O'Connor,
D. and R. Shine. 2006. Kin discrimination in the social lizard
Egernia
saxatilis (Scincidae). Behavioral Ecology
17:206-211. |
| 13. |
O'Connor,
D. 2004. Foraging success by the Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo
novaeguineae) in a suburban habitat. Corella 29:9-10. |
| 12. |
O'Connor,
D. 2004. Psuedocordylus subtesselatus: range
extension.
African Journal of Herpetology. |
| 11. |
O'Connor,
D. 2004. Austrelaps superbus (Australian Copperhead) and
Egernia saxatilis (Black Rock Skink). Predation. Herpetological
Review 35:174-175. |
| 10. |
O'Connor, D. and R. Shine. 2004. Parental care protects against infanticide in the lizard Egernia saxatilis (Scincidae). Animal Behaviour 68:1361-1369. |
| 9. |
O'Connor,
D. 2003. Predation by the laughing kookaburra on eastern
blue-tongued lizards. Herpetofauna 33:103-104. |
| 8. |
O'Connor, D. and R. Shine. 2003. Lizards in "nuclear families": a novel reptilian social system in Egernia saxatilis (Scincidae). Molecular Ecology 12:743-752. |
| 7. |
O'Connor, D. 2003. Vocalisation and aggression in the Prickly Forest Skink Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae. Australian Zoologist 32:265-266. |
| 6. |
Langkilde, T., D. O'Connor and R. Shine. 2003. Shelter-site use by five species of montane scincid lizards in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 51:1-12. |
| 5. |
O'Connor, D. and C. Moritz. 2003. A molecular perspective on relationships and evolution within the skink genera Eulamprus, Gnypetoscincus and Nangura. Australian Journal of Zoology 51:317-330. |
| 4. |
Shine, R., D. O'Connor, M. P. LeMaster and R. T. Mason. 2001. Pick on someone your own size: ontogenetic shifts in mate choice by male garter snakes result in size-assortative mating. Animal Behaviour 61:1133-1141. |
| 3. |
Shine, R., D. O'Connor and R. T. Mason. 2000. Female mimicry in garter snakes: behavioural tactics of "she-males" and the males that court them. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78:1391-1396. |
| 2. |
Shine, R., D. O'Connor and R. T. Mason. 2000. The problem with courting a cylindrical object: how does an amorous male snake determine which end is which? Behaviour 137:727-739. |
| 1. |
Shine, R., D. O'Connor and R. T. Mason. 2000. Sexual conflict in the snake den. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 48:392-401. |
| 2002 |
University of Sydney Overseas Research Grant $1,400.00 |
| 2002 |
University of Sydney Overseas Research Grant $1,400.00 |
| 2002 |
University of Witswatersrand Invited Seminar $400.00 |
| 2002 |
University of Stellenbosch Invited Seminar $250.00 |
| 2002 |
Joyce W. Vickery Scientific Research Fund $300.00 |
| 2001 |
University of Sydney Conference Travel Grant $1,200.00 |
| 2001 |
Ethel Mary Read Research Grant $600.00 |
| 1999 |
Peter Rankin Trust Fund for Herpetology $400.00 |
| 1999 |
University of Sydney Conference Travel Grant $140.00 |
| 1999 |
University of Queensland Conference Travel Grant $400.00 |
| 2003 |
WEA Seminar, Sydney |
| 2002 |
Witswatersrand University, South Africa, Departmental Seminar |
| 2002 |
Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Departmental Seminar |
| 2002 |
Australian Society of Herpetologists, Canberra |
| 2002 |
Australian Herpetological Society, Sydney |
| 2001 |
Fourth World Congress of Herpetology, Sri Lanka (2 oral presentations) |
| 2001 |
Ecological Society of Australia, Wollongong |
| 2001 |
Australian Society of Herpetologists, Tasmania |
| 2000 |
University of Queensland, Zoology Department |
| 2000 |
Institute of Wildlife Research, Sydney (Poster) |
| 2000 |
Flinders University, Zoology Department |
| 2000 |
Evolution and Ecology Society, Canberra |
| 1999 |
Genetics Society of Australia, Brisbane (Poster) |
| 1998 |
Australian Society of Herpetologists, Yungaburra |
| 2002 |
Best Postgraduate Oral Presentation, Australian Society of Herpetologists 2002 |
| 2002 |
Finalist, School of Biological Sciences Award for Postgraduate Excellence |
| 1996 |
Science Faculty Commendation For High Achievement, University of Queensland |
| 1995-96 |
Dean's List, Faculty of Science, University of Queensland |
| 1995-96 |
Dean's List, Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland |
| 1995 |
F. A. Perkins Prize in Entomology, University of Queensland |
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