Publications

ORCID

Refereed journal articles

WELBERGEN, J. A., MEADE, J., FIELD, H., EDSON, D., McMICHAEL, L., SHOO, L. P., PRASZCZALEK, J., SMITH, C., MARTIN, J. (2020) Extreme mobility of the world's largest flying mammals creates key challenges for management and conservation BMC Biology, 18:101

​TURBILL, C. & WELBERGEN, J. A. 2020. Anticipating white‐nose syndrome in the Southern Hemisphere: Widespread conditions favourable to Pseudogymnoascus destructans pose a serious risk to Australia's bat fauna. Austral Ecology, 45:89-96

​PULSCHER, L. A., GRAY, R., MCQUILTY, R., ROSE, K., WELBERGEN, J. & PHALEN, D. N. 2020. Investigation into the utility of flying foxes as bioindicators for environmental metal pollution reveals evidence of diminished lead but significant cadmium exposure. Chemosphere, 254:126839.

BALLAND, J., HERBERT, C. A., WELBERGEN, J. A. & MARTIN, J. M. 2020. Habitat selection in a peri-urban area by a large mammal indicates a low potential for human–wildlife conflict. Wildlife Research, 47, 381-390

​MEADE, J., VAN DER REE, R., STEPANIAN, P. M., WESTCOTT, D. A. & WELBERGEN, J. A., 2019. Using weather radar to monitor the number, timing and directions of flying-foxes emerging from their roosts. Scientific Reports, 9(1):10222.

​AUSTIN, V. I., WELBERGEN, J. A., MAISEY, A. C., LINDSAY, M. G. & DALZIELL, A. H. 2019. Destruction of a conspecific nest by a female Superb Lyrebird: evidence for reproductive suppression in a bird with female-only parental care. Behaviour, 1:1-11.

​STEPKOVITCH, B., MARTIN, J.M., DICKMAN, C.R. & WELBERGEN, J.A. 2019. Urban lifestyle supports larger red foxes in Australia: an investigation into the morphology of an invasive predator. Journal of Zoology. DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12723

​ROMANO, A.B., HUNT, A., WELBERGEN, J.A. & TURBILL, C. 2019. Nocturnal torpor by superb fairy-wrens: a key mechanism for reducing winter daily energy expenditure. Biology letters, 15(6), p.20190211. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0211

FINCH, J. T., POWER, S. A., WELBERGEN, J. A. & COOK, J. M., 2019. A non‐pollinating moth inflicts higher seed predation than two co‐pollinators in an obligate pollination mutualism. Ecological Entomology, DOI: 10.1111/een.12754

LENTINI, P. & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2019). Managing tensions around urban flying‐fox roosts. Austral Ecology, 44 (2): 380-385. DOI: 10.1111/aec.12738 (HOT TOPIC)

​DORRESTEIN, A., TODD, C., WESTCOTT, D., MARTIN, J. & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2019) Impacts of an invasive ant species on roosting behaviour of an island endemic flying-fox. Biotropica, 51(1): 75-83 

RATNAYAKE, H. U., KEARNEY, M, R., GOVEKAR, P., KAROLY, D. & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2019) Forecasting wildlife die-offs from extreme heat events. Animal Conservation, 22(4): 386-395. DOI: ​10.1111/acv.12476

MEADE, J., VANDERWAL, J., STORLIE, J., WILLIAMS, S., GOURRET, A., KROCKENBERGER, A. & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2018). Substantial reduction in thermo-suitable microhabitat for a rainforest marsupial under climate change. Biology Letters, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0189

FINCH, J. T. D., POWER, S. A., WELBERGEN, J. A. & COOK, J. M. (2018) Two’s company, three’s a crowd: co-occurring pollinators and parasite species in Breynia oblongifolia (Phyllanthaceae). BMC Evolutionary Biology. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1314-y

TODD, C. M., WESTCOTT, D. A., ROSE, K., MARTIN, J. M., & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2018). Slow growth and delayed maturation in a Critically Endangered insular flying fox (Pteropus natalis). Journal of Mammalogy, 99(6), 1510-1521. DOI: doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy11

EDSON, D., FIELD, H., MCMICHAEL, L., MAYER, D., MARTIN, J., WELBERGEN, J., MCLAUGHLIN, A., HUTH, L., KRISTOFFERSEN, J., TSOUKALAS, G. AND KIRKLAND, P., 2018. Hematology, plasma biochemistry, and urinalysis of free-ranging grey-headed flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) in Australia. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 49(3): 591-598.

WELBERGEN, J. A. (2018). When resistance is futile - tolerance in avian brood parasite hosts: a comment on Avilés. Behavioral Ecology, DOI: ​10.1093/beheco/ary019

DALZIELL, A. H. & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2016) Mimicry for all modalities. Ecology Letters,  DOI:  10.1111/ele.12602 ​

DALZIELL, A. H. & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2016) Elaborate mimetic vocal displays by female superb lyrebirds. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00034

KEPPEL, G., MOKANY, K., WARDELL-JOHNSON, G. W., PHILLIPS, B. L. WELBERGEN, J. A. & RESIDE, A. E. (2015) Quantifying the capacity of refugia for conservation planning under climate change. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, DOI: 10.1890/140055

DALZIELL, A. H., WELBERGEN, J. A., IGIC, B. & MAGRATH, R. D. (2015) Avian vocal mimicry: a unified conceptual framework. Biological Reviews, 90:643-668. DOI: 10.1111/brv.12129

FEENEY, W., WELBERGEN, J. A. & LANGMORE, N. E. (2014) Advances in the study of coevolution between avian brood parasites and their hosts. Annual Reviews in Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 45: 227-246. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-120213-091603

STORLIE, C., MERINO-VITERI, PHILLIPS, B., VANDERWAL, J., WELBERGEN, J. A. & WILLIAMS, S. (2014) Stepping inside the niche: microclimate data are critical for accurate assessment of species’ vulnerability to climate change. Biology Letters, 10: 20140576. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0576

RESIDE, A. E., WELBERGEN, J. A. PHILLIPS, B. L. WARDELL-JOHNSON, G. W., KEPPEL, G., FERRIER, S., WILLIAMS, S. E. & VANDERWAL, J. (2014) Characteristics of climate change refugia for Australian biodiversity. Austral Ecology, 39: 887-897. DOI: 10.1111/aec.12146

WARREN, R., VANDERWAL, J., PRICE, J., WELBERGEN, J. A., ATKINSON, I., RAMIREZ-VILLEGAS, J., OSBORN, T. J., JARVIS, A., SHOO, L. P., WILLIAMS, S. E., & LOWE, J. (2013) Quantifying the benefit of early climate change mitigation in avoiding biodiversity loss. Nature Climate Change, DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1887

WELBERGEN, J. A. & DAVIES N. B. (2012) Direct and indirect assessment of parasitism risk by a cuckoo host. Behavioural Ecology, 23, 783-789

BROOKE, M. de L., FLOWER, T.P., CAMPBELL, E., MAINWARING, M. C., DAVIES, S. & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2012) Rainfall-related population growth and sex ratio change in the Critically Endangered Raso lark Alauda razae. Animal Conservation 15, 466–471

FEENEY, W., WELBERGEN, J. A. & LANGMORE, N. E. (2012). The front-line of avian brood parasite-host coevolution. Animal Behavior  84, 3-12

WELBERGEN, J. A. & DAVIES N. B. (2011) A parasite in wolf’s clothing: hawk mimicry reduces mobbing of cuckoos by hosts. Behavioral Ecology 22, 574-579

WELBERGEN, J. A. (2011) Fat males and fit females: sex differences in the seasonal patterns of body condition in grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus). Oecologia 165, 629-637

WELBERGEN, J. A. (2010) Growth, bimaturation and sexual size dimorphism in wild gray-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus). Journal of Mammalogy 91, 38-47

BROOKE, M. de L., WELBERGEN, J. A., MAINWARING, M. M., VAN DER VELDE, M., HARTS, A. M. F., KOMDEUR, J. & AMOS, W., (2010) Widespread translocation from autosomes to sex chromosomes preserves genetic variability in an endangered lark. Journal of Molecular Evolution 70, 242-6

DAVIES N. B. & WELBERGEN J. A. (2009) Social transmission of a host defense against cuckoo parasitism. SCIENCE 324, 1318-1320 (authors contributed equally to this work)

WELBERGEN, J. A. & DAVIES N. B. (2009) Strategic variation in mobbing as a front line of defence against brood parasitism. Current Biology 19, 235-240

• Highlighted in: WHEATCROFT, D., 2009 Co-evolution: A behavioral ‘spam filter’ to prevent nest parasitism. Current Biology, 19, R170-R171

KLOSE, S., WELBERGEN, J. A., & KALKO, E. (2009) Testosterone is associated with harem maintenance ability in free-ranging grey-headed flying-foxes, Pteropus poliocephalus. Biology Letters 5, 758-761

KLOSE, S., WELBERGEN, J., GOLDIZEN, A. & KALKO, E., (2009) Spatiotemporal vigilance architecture of an Australian flying-fox colony. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63, 371-380

WELBERGEN, J. A. & DAVIES, N. B. (2008) Reed warblers discriminate cuckoos from sparrowhawks with graded alarm signals that attract mates and neighbours. Animal Behaviour 76, 811-822

DAVIES, N. B. & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2008) Cuckoo–hawk mimicry? An experimental test. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 275, 1817-1822

WELBERGEN, J. A., KLOSE, S. M., MARKUS, N. & EBY, P. (2008) Climate change and the effects of temperature extremes on Australian flying-foxes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 275, 419-425

WELBERGEN, J. A. (2008) Variation in twilight predicts the duration of the evening emergence of fruit bats from a mixed-species roost. Animal Behaviour 75, 1543-1550

WELBERGEN, J. A. (2006) Timing of the evening emergence from day roosts of the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus: the effects of predation risk, foraging needs, and social context. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60: 311-322

WELBERGEN, J. A. & QUADER, S. (2006) Mother guarding: how offspring may influence the extra-pair behaviour of their parents. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 273, 2363-2368

BERG, M. L., BEINTEMA, N. H., WELBERGEN, J. A. & KOMDEUR, J. (2006) The functional significance of multiple nest-building in the Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis. Ibis 148, 395-404

WELBERGEN, J. A. (2005) The social organisation of the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus. Pp.265, PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge, UK. ***CLICK HERE FOR COPY***

BERG, M. L., BEINTEMA, N. H., WELBERGEN, J. A. & KOMDEUR, J. (2005) Singing as a handicap: the effects of food availability and weather on song output in the Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis. Journal of Avian Biology 36, 102-109

WELBERGEN, J. A., KOMDEUR, J., KATS, R. & BERG, M. (2001) Egg discrimination in the Australian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus australis): rejection responses towards model and conspecific eggs depending on timing and mode of parasitism. Behavioural Ecology 12, 8-15

Conference proceedings:

WELBERGEN, J. A. (2012) Impacts of extreme events on biodiversity – lessons from die-offs in flying-foxes. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the importance of Bats as Bioindicators. Granollers, Barcelona. ISBN: 978-84-87790-69-0

EBY, P., JONES, V. & WELBERGEN 2001 Social structure and the dynamics of mixed sex groups in migratory Pteropus poliocephalus. Proceedings 12th International Bat Research Conference, Bangi, Malaysia.

Scholarly books:

GARNETT, S.,  FRANKLIN, D., PAVEY, C., VANDERWAL, J., EHMKE, G., WELBERGEN, J.A., RESIDE, A., PERKINS, G., BUTCHART, S. & WILLIAMS, S. E. (2014). Climate change adaptation strategies for Australian birds. Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency & the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)

RESIDE, A. E., VANDERWAL, J., PHILLIPS, B. L., SHOO, L. P., ROSAUER, D. F., ANDERSON, B. J., WELBERGEN, J. A., MORITZ, C., FERRIER, S., HARWOOD, T. D.,  WILLIAMS, K. J., MACKEY, B., HUGH, S. & WILLIAMS, S. E. (2014). Climate change refugia for terrestrial biodiversity: Defining areas that promote species persistence and ecosystem resilience in the face of global climate change. Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency & the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)

Scholarly book chapters:

CAMPOBELLO, D., SEALY, S.G. & WELBERGEN J.A.  (2018) Anti-brood parasite defences: the role of individual and social learning. In M. Soler (ed) Avian Brood Parasitism: Behaviour, Ecology, Evolution and Coevolution. Springer International Publishing AG. ISBN: 9783319731377

FRANKLIN, D. & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2014) The sensitivity of Australian birds to climate change. In Garnett, S.  et al. (ed.). Climate change adaptation strategies for Australian birds. Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency & the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)

Technical reports:

WELBERGEN J. A., MEADE, J., STORLIE, C., VANDERWAL, J., DALZIELL, A. H., HODGSON, L., LARSON, J., KROCKENBERGER, A. & WILLIAMS, S. E. (2015) Climate change and the impacts of extreme events on Australia’s Wet Tropics biodiversity. Report to the National Environmental Research Program. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (71 pp.). ISBN: 9781925088595

WELBERGEN, J. A., WILLIAMS, S. E. & GOOSEM S. (2011) Gap analysis of environmental research needs in the Wet Tropics. Cairns; Reef & Rainforest Research Centre Ltd, Cairns (130 pp.)

CARMODY, J., MURPHY, H., HILL, R., CATTERALL, C., GOOSEM, S., DALE, A., WESTCOTT, D., WELBERGEN, J., SHOO, L., STOECKL, N. & ESPARON, M. (2015) The importance of protecting and conserving the Wet Tropics: A synthesis of NERP Tropical Ecosystems Hub Tropical Rainforest Outputs 2011-2014. Report to the National Environmental Research Program. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (64pp.).