Dr Simone Blomberg
Associate Professor in Statistics
School of the Environment
+61 7 336 52506
Researcher biography
Methods and applications of statistics in evolutionary biology and population ecology.
My research involves the application and development of statistical methods in ecology, evolutionary biology, and general whole-organism biology. My two particular research foci are phylogenetic comparative methods and other uses of statistics in ecology, evolution, and systematics. I also have a strong interest in the application of Bayesian methods, and the statistical philosophy of the nature of evidence in whole-organism biology. How and why do scientists agree that certain data are evidence for or against a particular hypothesis?
I also provide a statistical consultation service for staff and students within the School of Biological Sciences
I am interested in taking graduate students at any level who are interested in quantitative methods in biology. Students in my lab will be able to (or be willing to learn) program computers in S (http://www.r-project.org), a compiled language such as C or Fortran, and/or a scripting language such as Python or Scheme in a Unix environment. Students are also encouraged to extend or develop their mathematical skills. A background in biology, statistics, mathematics, or computer science would be valuable. I can also co-supervise students who are interested in using quantitative methods for their thesis work, but for whom such methods are not a primary focus of research.
Book Chapters
Symonds, Matthew R. E. and Blomberg, Simon P. (2014). A primer on phylogenetic generalised least squares. Modern phylogenetic comparative methods and their application in evolutionary biology: concepts and practice. (pp. 105-130) edited by Laszlo Zsolt Garamszegi. Berlin Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-43550-2_5
Blomberg, Simon and Shine, Richard (2006). Reptiles. Ecological census techniques: a handbook. (pp. 297-307) edited by William J. Sutherland. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511790508.009
Journal Articles
Nasir, Ami F. Amir Abdul, Niehaus, Amanda C., Cameron, Skye F., Ujvari, Beata, Madsen, Thomas, von Hippel, Frank A., Gao, Sisi, Dillon, Danielle M., Buck, C. Loren, Charters, Jordan, Heiniger, Jaime, Blomberg, Simone and Wilson, Robbie S. (2024). Manganese exacerbates seasonal health declines in a suicidally breeding mammal. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 43 (1), 74-86. doi: 10.1002/etc.5753
Xiang, Xueyan, Vilar Gomez, Arturo A., Blomberg, Simone P., Yuan, Huifang, Degnan, Bernard M. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2023). Potential for host-symbiont communication via neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in an aneural animal, the marine sponge Amphimedon queenslandica. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 17 ARTN 1250694, 1-12. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2023.1250694
Peter, Soni Maria Jacob, Blomberg, Simone P., Holden, Matthew H., Hoffman, Louwrens C. and Tibbetts, Ian R. (2023). Is mushy tuna syndrome a growing problem for the tuna industry?. Foods, 12 (19) 3590, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/foods12193590
Rodríguez-Caro, R. C., Graciá, E., Blomberg, S. P., Cayuela, H., Grace, M., Carmona, C. P., Pérez-Mendoza, H. A., Giménez, A. and Salguero-Gómez, R. (2023). Anthropogenic impacts on threatened species erode functional diversity in chelonians and crocodilians. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 1542, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37089-5
Viacava, Pietro, Blomberg, Simone P. and Weisbecker, Vera (2023). The relative performance of geometric morphometrics and linear‐based methods in the taxonomic resolution of a mammalian species complex. Ecology and Evolution, 13 (3) e9698, 1-11. doi: 10.1002/ece3.9698
Todorov, Orlin S., Hird, Coen, Kraatz, Brian, Sherratt, Emma, Hill, Narelle, de Sousa, Alexandra A., Blomberg, Simone and Weisbecker, Vera (2022). Down a rabbit hole: burrowing behaviour and larger home ranges are related to larger brains in leporids. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 29 (4), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s10914-022-09624-6
Lester, R. J. G. and Blomberg, S. P. (2021). Three methods to measure parasite aggregation using examples from Australian fish parasites. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12 (10) 2041-210X.13668, 1999-2007. doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.13668
Viacava, Pietro, Baker, Andrew M., Blomberg, Simone P., Phillips, Matthew J. and Weisbecker, Vera (2021). Using 3D geometric morphometrics to aid taxonomic and ecological understanding of a recent speciation event within a small Australian marsupial (Antechinus: Dasyuridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 196 (3) zlab048, 1-16. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab048
Todorov, Orlin S., Blomberg, Simone P., Goswami, Anjali, Sears, Karen, Drhlík, Patrik, Peters, James and Weisbecker, Vera (2021). Testing hypotheses of marsupial brain size variation using phylogenetic multiple imputations and a Bayesian comparative framework. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288 (1947) rspb.2021.0394, 1-9. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0394
Menz, C. S., Carter, A. J., Best, E. C., Freeman, N. J., Dwyer, R. G., Blomberg, S. P. and Goldizen, A. W. (2020). Higher sociability leads to lower reproductive success in female kangaroos. Royal Society Open Science, 7 (8) 200950, 200950. doi: 10.1098/rsos.200950
Capdevila, Pol, Beger, Maria, Blomberg, Simone P., Hereu, Bernat, Linares, Cristina and Salguero-Gomez, Roberto (2020). Longevity, body dimension and reproductive mode drive differences in aquatic versus terrestrial life-history strategies. Functional Ecology, 34 (8) 1365-2435.13604, 1613-1625. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13604
Riedel, Jendrian, Vucko, Matthew John, Blomberg, Simone P. and Schwarzkopf, Lin (2020). Skin hydrophobicity as an adaptation for self-cleaning in geckos. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (11), 4640-4651. doi: 10.1002/ece3.6218
Baeckens, Simon, Blomberg, Simone P. and Shine, Richard (2020). Inclusive science: ditch archaic terms. Nature, 580 (7802), 185-185. doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-01034-z
Smith, Annabel L., Hodkinson, Trevor R., Villellas, Jesus, Catford, Jane A., Csergő, Anna Mária, Blomberg, Simone P., Crone, Elizabeth E., Ehrlén, Johan, Garcia, Maria B., Laine, Anna-Liisa, Roach, Deborah A., Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Wardle, Glenda M., Childs, Dylan Z., Elderd, Bret D., Finn, Alain, Munné-Bosch, Sergi, Baudraz, Maude E. A., Bódis, Judit, Brearley, Francis Q., Bucharova, Anna, Caruso, Christina M., Duncan, Richard P., Dwyer, John M., Gooden, Ben, Groenteman, Ronny, Hamre, Liv Norunn, Helm, Aveliina, Kelly, Ruth ... Buckley, Yvonne M. (2020). Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (8), 201915848-4227. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1915848117
Blomberg, Simone P., Rathnayake, Suren I. and Moreau, Cheyenne M. (2020). Beyond Brownian motion and the ornstein-uhlenbeck process: stochastic diffusion models for the evolution of quantitative characters. American Naturalist, 195 (2), 145-165. doi: 10.1086/706339
Viacava, Pietro, Blomberg, Simone P., Sansalone, Gabriele, Phillips, Matthew J., Guillerme, Thomas, Cameron, Skye F., Wilson, Robbie S. and Weisbecker, Vera (2020). Skull shape of a widely distributed, endangered marsupial reveals little evidence of local adaptation between fragmented populations. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (18) ece3.6593, 9707-9720. doi: 10.1002/ece3.6593
Grutter, A. S., Blomberg, S. P., Box, S., Bshary, R., Ho, O., Madin, E. M. P., McClure, E. C., Meekan, M. G., Murphy, J. M., Richardson, M. A., Sikkel, P. C., Sims, C. A., Sun, D. and Warner, R. R. (2019). Changes in local free-living parasite populations in response to cleaner manipulation over 12 years. Oecologia, 190 (4), 783-797. doi: 10.1007/s00442-019-04451-8
Duong, B., Blomberg, S. P., Cribb, T. H., Cowman, P. F., Kuris, A. M., McCormick, M. I., Warner, R. R., Sun, D. and Grutter, A. S. (2019). Parasites of coral reef fish larvae: its role in the pelagic larval stage. Coral Reefs, 38 (2), 199-214. doi: 10.1007/s00338-019-01766-z
Riedel, Jendrian, Vucko, Matthew J., Blomberg, Simone P., Robson, Simon K. A. and Schwarzkopf, Lin (2019). Ecological associations among epidermal microstructure and scale characteristics of Australian geckos (Squamata: Carphodactylidae and Diplodactylidae). Journal of Anatomy, 234 (6), 853-874. doi: 10.1111/joa.12969
Kim, Sun W., Blomberg, Simon P. and Pandolfi, John M. (2018). Transcending data gaps: a framework to reduce inferential errors in ecological analyses. Ecology Letters, 21 (8), 1200-1210. doi: 10.1111/ele.13089
Amey, A. P., Worthington Wilmer, J., Blomberg, S. P. and Couper, P. J. (2018). Range extension and genetic structure of the narrowly-restricted slider skink, Lerista rochfordensis Amey and Couper, 2009 (Reptilia: Scincidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 61, 29-41. doi: 10.17082/j.2204-1478.61.2018.2017-09
Marsh, Karen J., Kulheim, Carsten, Blomberg, Simon P., Thornhill, Andrew H., Miller, Jospeh T., Wallis, Ian R., Nicolle, Dean, Salminen, Juha-Pekka and Foley, William J. (2017). Genus-wide variation in foliar polyphenolics in eucalypts. Phytochemistry, 144, 197-207. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2017.09.014
Salguero-Gomez, Roberto, Jones, Owen R., Jongejans, Eelke, Blomberg, Simon P., Hodgson, David J., Mbeau-Ache, Cyril, Zuidema, Pieter A., de Kroon, Hans and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2017). Fast-slow continuum and reproductive strategies structure plant life-history variation worldwide (vol 113, pg 230, 2015). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (45), E9753. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1717717114
Amir Abdul Nasir, Ami Fadhillah, Cameron, Skye F., von Hippel, Frank A., Postlethwait, John, Niehaus, Amanda C., Blomberg, Simon and Wilson, Robbie S. (2017). Manganese accumulates in the brain of northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus) living near an active mine. Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 233, 377-386. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.10.088
Mejia-Salazar, Maria F., Goldizen, Anne W., Menz, Clementine S., Dwyer, Ross G., Blomberg, Simon P., Waldner, Cheryl L., Cullingham, Catherine I. and Bollinger, Trent K. (2017). Mule deer spatial association patterns and potential implications for transmission of an epizootic disease. PLoS ONE, 12 (4) e0175385, e0175385. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175385
Menz, Clementine S., Goldizen, Anne W., Blomberg, Simon P., Freeman, Natalie J. and Best, Emily C. (2017). Understanding repeatability and plasticity in multiple dimensions of the sociability of wild female kangaroos. Animal Behaviour, 126, 3-16. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.01.012
Kavanagh, Ailbhe S. , Noad, Michael J. , Blomberg, Simon P. , Goldizen, Anne W. , Kniest, Eric, Cato, Douglas H. and Dunlop, Rebecca A. (2017). Factors driving the variability in diving and movement behavior of migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae): implications for anthropogenic disturbance studies. Marine Mammal Science, 33 (2), 413-439. doi: 10.1111/mms.12375
Lee, Tasmin E. , Fisher, Diana O. , Blomberg, Simon P. and Wintle, Brendan A. (2017). Extinct or still out there? Disentangling influences on extinction and rediscovery helps to clarify the fate of species on the edge. Global Change Biology, 23 (2), 621-634. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13421
Kavanagh, Ailbhe S., Owen, Kylie, Williamson, Michael J., Blomberg, Simon P., Noad, Michael J., Goldizen, Anne W., Kniest, Eric, Cato, Douglas H. and Dunlop, Rebecca A. (2017). Evidence for the functions of surface-active behaviors in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Marine Mammal Science, 33 (1), 313-334. doi: 10.1111/mms.12374
Grutter, A. S., Blomberg, S. P., Fargher, B., Kuris, A. M., McCormick, M. I. and Warner, R. R. (2017). Size-related mortality due to gnathiid isopod micropredation correlates with settlement size in coral reef fishes. Coral Reefs, 36 (2), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00338-016-1537-6
Zabek, Magdalena A., Berman, David M., Blomberg, Simon and Wright, John (2016). Estimating distribution and abundance of feral horses (Equus caballus) in a coniferous plantation in Australia, using line-transect surveys of dung. Wildlife Research, 43 (7), 604-614. doi: 10.1071/WR16015
Zabek, Magdalena A., Berman, David M., Blomberg, Simon P., Collins, Christina W. and Wright, John (2016). Population dynamics of feral horses (Equus caballus) in an exotic coniferous plantation in Australia. Wildlife Research, 43 (4), 358-367. doi: 10.1071/WR15209
Kavanagh, Ailbhe S., Goldizen, Anne W., Blomberg Simon P., Noad, Michael J. and Dunlop, Rebecca A. (2016). Factors affecting the reliability and validity of behavioural datasets: Assessing the impact of observers' experience and native language on studies of wild animals. Aquatic Mammals, 42 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1578/AM.42.1.2016.1
Salguero-Gomez, Roberto, Jones, Owen R., Jongejans, Eelke, Blomberg, Simon P., Hodgson, David J., Mbeau-Ache, Cyril, Zuidema, Pieter A., de Kroon, Hans and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2016). Fast-slow continuum and reproductive strategies structure plant life-history variation worldwide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 (1), 230-235. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1506215112
Etebari, Kayvan, Osei-Amo, Solomon, Blomberg, Simon Phillip and Asgari, Sassan (2015). Dengue virus infection alters posttranscriptional modification of microRNAs in the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti. Scientific Reports, 5 (1) 15968, 15968.1-15968.14. doi: 10.1038/srep15968
Pope, Lisa C., Riginos, Cynthia, Ovenden, Jennifer, Keyse, Jude and Blomberg, Simon P. (2015). Population genetic diversity in the Australian 'seascape': a bioregion approach. PLoS One, 10 (9) e0136275, 1-19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136275
Lawes, Michael J., Fisher, Diana O., Johnson, Chris N., Blomberg, Simon P., Frank, Anke S. K., Fritz, Susanne A., McCallum, Hamish, VanDerWal, Jeremy, Abbott, Brett N., Legge, Sarah, Letnic, Mike, Thomas, Colette R., Thurgate, Nikki, Fisher, Alaric, Gordon, Iain J. and Kutt, Alex (2015). Correlates of recent declines of rodents in northern and southern Australia: habitat structure is critical. PloS One, 10 (6) e0130626, 1-17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130626
Weisbecker, Vera, Blomberg, Simon, Goldizen, Anne W, Brown, Meredeth and Fisher, Diana (2015). The Evolution of Relative Brain Size in Marsupials Is Energetically Constrained but Not Driven by Behavioral Complexity. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 85 (2), 125-135. doi: 10.1159/000377666
Best, Emily C., Blomberg, Simon P. and Goldizen, Anne W. (2015). Shy female kangaroos seek safety in numbers and have fewer preferred friendships. Behavioral Ecology, 26 (2), 639-646. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arv003
Fisher, Diana O., Johnson,Chris N., Lawes, Michael J., Fritz, Susanne A., McCallum, Hamish, Blomberg, Simon P., VanDerWal, Jeremy, Abbott, Brett, Frank, Anke, Legge, Sarah, Letnic, Mike, Thomas, Colette R., Fisher, Alaric, Gordon, Iain J. and Kutt, Alex (2015). Response to commentary by Woinarski (Critical-weight-range marsupials in northern Australia are declining: a commentary on Fisher et al. (2014) ‘The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: is history repeating?’). Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24 (1), 123-125. doi: 10.1111/geb.12252
Frias-Soler, Roberto, Tindle, Elizabeth, Lopez, Georgina Espinosa, Blomberg, Simon, Studer-Thiersch, Adelheid, Wink, Michael and Tindle, Robert (2014). Genetic and phenotypic evidence supports evolutionary divergence of the American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) population in the Galápagos Islands. Waterbirds, 37 (4), 349-361. doi: 10.1675/063.037.0402
Favreau, Francois-Rene, Goldizen, Anne W., Fritz, Herve, Blomberg, Simon P., Best, Emily C. and Pays, Olivier (2014). Within-population differences in personality and plasticity in the trade-off between vigilance and foraging in kangaroos. Animal Behaviour, 92, 175-184. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.04.003
Sims, C. A., Riginos, C., Blomberg, S. P., Huelsken, T., Drew, J. and Grutter, A. S. (2014). Cleaning up the biogeography of Labroides dimidiatus using phylogenetics and morphometrics. Coral Reefs, 33 (1), 223-233. doi: 10.1007/s00338-013-1093-2
Riginos, Cynthia, Buckley, Yvonne M., Blomberg, Simon P. and Treml, Eric A. (2014). Dispersal capacity predicts both population genetic structure and species richness in reef fishes. American Naturalist, 184 (1), 52-64. doi: 10.1086/676505
Fisher, Diana O., Johnson, Chris N., Lawes, Michael J., Fritz, Susanne A., Mccallum, Hamish, Blomberg, Simon P., Vanderwal, Jeremy, Abbott, Brett, Frank, Anke, Legge, Sarah, Letnic, Mike, Thomas, Colette R., Fisher, Alaric, Gordon, Iain J. and Kutt, Alex (2014). The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: Is history repeating?. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23 (2), 181-190. doi: 10.1111/geb.12088
Cheney, K. L., Cortesi, F., How, M. J., Wilson, N. G., Blomberg, S. P., Winters, A. E., Umanzor, S. and Marshall, N. J. (2014). Conspicuous visual signals do not coevolve with increased body size in marine sea slugs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27 (4), 676-687. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12348
Winters, Anne E., Stevens, Martin, Mitchell, Chris, Blomberg, Simon P. and Blount, Jonathan D. (2014). Maternal effects and warning signal honesty in eggs and offspring of an aposematic ladybird beetle. Functional Ecology, 28 (5), 1187-1196. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12266
Fisher, Diana O., Dickman, Christopher R., Jones, Menna E. and Blomberg, Simon P. (2013). Sperm competition drives the evolution of suicidal reproduction in mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110 (44), 17910-17914. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1310691110
Edwards, A. E., Best, E. C., Blomberg, S. P. and Goldizen, A. W. (2013). Individual traits influence vigilance in wild eastern grey kangaroos. Australian Journal of Zoology, 61 (4), 332-341. doi: 10.1071/ZO13025
Arregoitia, Luis Darcy Verde, Blomberg, Simon P. and Fisher, Diana O. (2013). Phylogenetic correlates of extinction risk in mammals: species in older lineages are not at greater risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280 (1765) 20131092, 20131092.1-20131092 .7. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1092
Hagger, Valerie, Fisher, Diana, Schmidt, Susanne and Blomberg, Simon (2013). Assessing the vulnerability of an assemblage of subtropical rainforest vertebrate species to climate change in south-east Queensland. Austral Ecology, 38 (4), 465-475. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02437.x
Dannock, R. J., Blomberg, S. P. and Goldizen, A. W. (2013). Individual variation in vigilance in female eastern grey kangaroos. Australian Journal of Zoology, 61 (4), 312-319. doi: 10.1071/ZO12122
Bell, Kris, Blomberg, Simon and Schwarzkopf, Lin (2013). Detrimental influence on performance of high temperature incubation in a tropical reptile: is cooler better in the tropics?. Oecologia, 171 (1), 83-91. doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2409-6
Sun, D., Blomberg, S. P., Cribb, T. H., McCormick, M. I. and Grutter, A. S. (2012). The effects of parasites on the early life stages of a damselfish. Coral Reefs, 31 (4), 1065-1075. doi: 10.1007/s00338-012-0929-5
de Villemereuil, Pierre, Wells, Jessie A., Edwards, Robert D. and Blomberg, Simon P. (2012). Bayesian models for comparative analysis integrating phylogenetic uncertainty. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12 (1) 102, 102.1-102.16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-102
Blomberg, Simon P., Lefevre, James G., Wells, Jessie A. and Waterhouse, Mary (2012). Independent contrasts and PGLS regression estimators are equivalent. Systematic Biology, 61 (3), 382-391. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syr118
Bruza, P. D., Kitto, K., Ramm, R., Sitbon, L., Song, D. and Blomberg, S. (2012). Quantum-like non-separability of concept combinations, emergent associates and abduction. Logic Journal of IGPL, 20 (2) jzq049, 445-457. doi: 10.1093/jigpal/jzq049
Di Marco, Moreno, Cardillo, Marcel, Possingham, Hugh P., Wilson, Kerrie A., Blomberg, Simon P., Boitani, Luigi and Rondinini, Carlo (2012). A novel approach for global mammal extinction risk reduction. Conservation Letters, 5 (2), 134-141. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00219.x
York, Patrick S., Cummins, Scott F., Lucas, Tim, Blomberg, Simon P., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2012). Differential expression of neuropeptides correlates with growth rate in cultivated Haliotis asinina (Vetigastropoda: Mollusca). Aquaculture, 334-337, 159-168. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.12.019
Fisher, Diana O. and Blomberg, Simon P. (2012). Inferring extinction of mammals from sighting records, threats, and biological traits. Conservation Biology, 26 (1), 57-67. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01797.x
Waldie, Peter A., Blomberg, Simon P., Cheney, Karen L., Goldizen, Anne W. and Grutter, Alexandra S. (2011). Long-term effects of the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus on coral reef fish communities. PLoS One, 6 (6) e21201, e21201-1-e21201-7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021201
Fisher, D. O. and Blomberg, S. P. (2011). Correlates of rediscovery and the detectability of extinction in mammals. Proceedings of The Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 278 (1708), 1090-1097. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1579
Fisher, Diana O. and Blomberg, Simon P. (2011). Costs of reproduction and terminal investment by females in a semelparous marsupial. PLoS One, 6 (1 Article # e15226) e15226, e15226. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015226
Buckley, Yvonne M., Ramula, Satu, Blomberg, Simon. P., Burns, Jean H., Crone, Elizabeth E., Herlen, Johan, Knight, Tiffany M., Pichancourt, Jean-Baptiste, Quested, Helen and Wardle, Glenda M. (2010). Causes and consequences of variation in plant population growth rate: a synthesis of matrix population models in a phylogenetic context. Ecology Letters, 13 (9), 1182-1197. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01506.x
MacFarlane, Geoff R., Blomberg, Simon P. and Vasey, Paul L. (2010). Homosexual behavior in birds: Frequency of expression is related to parental care disparity between the sexes. Animal Behaviour, 80 (3), 375-390. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.05.009
Siddique, Ilyas, Vieira, Ima Celia Guimaraes, Schmidt, Susanne, Lamb, David, Carvalho, Claudio Jose Reis, Figueiredo, Ricardo De, Blomberg, Simon and Davidson, Eric A. (2010). Nitrogen and phosphorus additions negatively affect tree species diversity in tropical forest regrowth trajectories. Ecology, 91 (7), 2121-2131. doi: 10.1890/09-0636.1
Kembel, Steven W., Cowan, Peter D., Helmus, Matthew R., Cornwell, William K., Morlon, Helene, Ackerly, David D., Blomberg, Simon P. and Webb, Campbell O. (2010). Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology. Bioinformatics, 26 (11) btq166, 1463-1464. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq166
Burns, Jean H., Blomberg, Simon P., Crone, Elizabeth E., Ehrlen, Johan, Knight, Tiffany M., Pichancourt, Jean-Baptiste, Ramula, Satu, Wardle, Glenda M. and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2010). Empirical tests of life-history evolution theory using phylogenetic analysis of plant demography. Journal of Ecology, 98 (2), 334-344. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01634.x
Pays, O, Blomberg, SP, Renaud, PC, Favreau, FR and Jarman, PJ (2010). How unpredictable is the individual scanning process in socially foraging mammals?. Behavioral Ecology And Sociobiology, 64 (3), 443-454. doi: 10.1007/s00265-009-0860-0
Grigg, Gordon, Beard, Lyn, Dorges, Birgit, Heucke, Jurgen, Coventry, Jocelyn, Coppock, Alex and Blomberg, Simon (2009). Strategic (adaptive) hypothermia in bull dromedary camels during rut; could it increase reproductive success?. Biology Letters, 5 (6), 853-856. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0450
Fisher, D.O. and Blomberg, S.P. (2009). Toe-bud clipping of juvenile small marsupials for ecological field research: No detectable negative effects on growth or survival. Austral Ecology, 34 (8), 858-865. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.01991.x
King, Gordon J., Chen, Kai-En, Robin, Gautier, Forwood, Jade K., Heras, Begoña, Thakur, Anil S., Kobe, Bostjan, Blomberg, Simon P. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2009). Interaction between plate make and protein in protein crystallisation screening. PLoS One, 4 (11) e7851, x-x. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007851
Cheney, Karen L., Grutter, Alexandra S., Blomberg, Simon P. and Marshall, N. Justin (2009). Blue and yellow signal cleaning behaviour in coral reef fishes. Current Biology, 19 (15), 1283-1287. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.06.028
Pays, Olivier, Goulard, Michel, Blomberg, Simon P., Goldizen, Anne W., Sirot, Etienne and Jarman, Peter J. (2009). The effect of social facilitation on vigilance in the eastern gray kangaroo, Macropus giganteus. Behavioral Ecology, 20 (3), 469-477. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arp019
Maurer, Golo and Blomberg, Simon (2009). Does testis size in cuckoos vary with paternal care?. The Auk, 127 (1), 24-30. doi: 10.1525/auk.2009.07185
Schluessel, V., Bennett, M. B., Bleckmann, H., Blomberg, S. and Collin, S. P. (2008). Morphometric and ultrastructural comparison of the olfactory system in elasmobranchs: The significance of structure-function relationships based on phylogeny and ecology. Journal of Morphology, 269 (11), 1365-1386. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10661
Head, M. L., Doughty, P. and Blomberg, S. P. (2008). Chemical mediation of reciprocal mother-offspring recognition in the Southern Water Skink (Eulamprus heatwolei). Austral Ecology, 33 (1), 20-28. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01785.x
Fischer, J., Lindenmayer, D. B., Blomberg, S. P., Montague-Drake, R., Felton, A. and Stein, J. A. (2007). Functional richness and relative resilience of bird communities in regions with different land use intensities. Ecosystems, 10 (6), 964-974. doi: 10.1007/s10021-007-9064-5
Lindenmayer, David B., Fischer, Joern, Felton, Adam, Montague-Drake, Rebecca, Manning, Adrian D., Simberloff, Dan, Youngentob, Kara, Saunders, Debbie, Blomberg, S. P., Wilson, David, Felton, Annika M., Blackmore, Caroline, Lowe, Arianne, Bond, Suzi, Munro, Nicki and Elliott, Carole P. (2007). The complementarity of single-species and ecosystem-oriented research in conservation research. Oikos, 116 (7), 1220-1226. doi: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15683.x
MacFarlane, Geoff R., Blomberg, Simon P., Kaplan, Gisela and Rogers, Lesley J. (2007). Same-sex sexual behavior in birds: Expression is related to social mating system and state of development at hatching. Behavioral Ecology, 18 (1), 21-33. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arl065
MacFarlane, Geoff R., Koller, Claudia E. and Blomberg, Simon P. (2007). Accumulation and partitioning of heavy metals in mangroves: A synthesis of field-based studies. Chemsphere, 69 (9), 1454-1464. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.04.059
Fisher, Diana O., Double, Michael C., Blomberg, Simon P., Jennions, Michael D. and Cockburn, Andrew (2006). Post-mating sexual selection increases lifetime fitness of polyandrous females in the wild. Nature, 444 (7115), 89-92. doi: 10.1038/nature05206
Whiting, Martin J., Stuart-Fox, Devi M., O'Connor, David, Firth, David, Bennett, Nigel C. and Blomberg, Simon P. (2006). Ultraviolet signals ultra-aggression in a lizard. Animal Behaviour, 72 (2), 353-363. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.10.018
Fisher, Diana O., Blomberg, Simon P. and Owens, Ian P. F. (2003). Extrinsic versus intrinsic factors in the decline and extinction of Australian marsupials. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, 270 (1526), 1801-1808. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2447
Scott, S. N., Clegg, S. M., Blomberg, S. P., Kikkawa, J. and Owens, I. P. (2003). Morphological shifts in island-dwelling birds: The roles of generalist foraging and niche expansion. Evolution, 57 (9), 2147-2156. doi: 10.1554/03-021
Blomberg, Simon P., Garland, Theodore Jr and Ives, Anthony R. (2003). Testing for phylogenetic signal in comparative data: Behavioral traits are more labile. Evolution, 57 (4), 717-745. doi: 10.1554/0014-3820(2003)057[0717:TFPSIC]2.0.CO;2
Singh, Sarinda, Smyth, Anita K. and Blomberg, Simon P. (2002). Thermal ecology and structural habitat use of two sympatric lizards (Carlia vivax and Lygisaurus foliorum) in subtropical Australia. Austral Ecology, 27 (6), 616-623. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01222.x
Blomberg, S. P. and Garland, T. (2002). Tempo and mode in evolution: phylogenetic inertia, adaptation and comparative methods. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 15 (6), 899-910. doi: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00472.x
Fisher, D. O., Blomberg, S. P. and Owens, I. P. (2002). Convergent maternal care strategies in ungulates and macropods. Evolution, 56 (1), 167-176. doi: 10.1554/0014-3820(2002)056[0167:CMCSIU]2.0.CO;2
Singh, Sarinda, Smyth, Anita K. and Blomberg, Simon P. (2002). Thermal ecology and structural habitat use of two sympatric lizards (Carlia vivax and Lygisaurus foliorum) in subtropical Australia. Austral Ecology, 27 (6), 616-623. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01222.x
Singh, S., Smyth, A. K. and Blomberg, S. P. (2002). Effect of a control burn on lizards and their structural environment in a eucalypt open-forest. Wildlife Research, 29 (5), 447-454. doi: 10.1071/WR01015
Fisher, D. O., Blomberg, S. P. and Hoyle, S. D. (2001). Mechanisms of drought-induced population decline in an endangered wallaby. Biological Conservation, 102 (1), 107-115. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00200-7
Kirk, K. M., Blomberg, S. P., Duffy, D. L., Heath, A. C., Owens, I. P. and Martin, N. G. (2001). Natural selection and quantitative genetics of life-history traits in Western women: A twin study. Evolution, 55 (2), 423-435. doi: 10.1554/0014-3820(2001)055[0423:NSAQGO]2.0.CO;2
Kirk, Katherine M., Blomberg, Simon P., Duffy, David L., Heath, Andrew C., Owens, Ian P. and Martin, Nick G. (2001). Natural selection and quantitative genetics of life-history traits in Western women: a twin study. Evolution, 55 (2), 423-435. doi: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb01304.x
Blomberg, S. P. and Shine, R. (2001). Modelling life history strategies with capture-recapture data: Evolutionary demography of the water skink Eulamprus tympanum. Austral Ecology, 26 (4), 349-359. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01120.x
Blomberg, S. P., Owens, I. P.F. and Stuart-Fox, D. (2001). Ultraviolet reflectance in the small skink Carlia pectoralis. Herpetological Review, 32 (1), 16-17.
Blomberg, S. (2000). Fels-Rand: an Xlisp-Stat program for the comparative analysis of data under phylogenetic uncertainty. Bioinformatics, 16 (11), 1010-1013. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/16.11.1010
Fisher, Diana O., Hoyle, Simon D. and Blomberg, Simon P. (2000). Population dynamics and survival of an endangered wallaby: A comparison of four methods. Ecological Applications, 10 (3), 901-910. doi: 10.2307/2641054
Blomberg, SP and Shine, R (2000). Size-based predation by kookaburras (Dacelo novaeguineae) on lizards (Eulamprus tympanum : Scincidae): what determines prey vulnerability?. Behavioral Ecology And Sociobiology, 48 (6), 484-489. doi: 10.1007/s002650000260
Baldwin, J, Blomberg, S, Aguilar, M, Stanton, P and Hearn, Mtw (1991). The High Intracellular Ph Buffering of Hagfish (eptatretus-Cirrhatus) Dental Plate Retractor Muscle Cannot Be Attributed to the Known Histidine-Related Compounds Present in Other Vertebrates. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Physiology, 100 (3), 731-734. doi: 10.1016/0300-9629(91)90398-V
Blomberg, S and Baldwin, J (1991). Non-Bicarbonate Intracellular Ph Buffering of Reptilian Muscle. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 161 (1), 101-107. doi: 10.1007/BF00258753
Conference Papers
Wilson, R. S., Oliver, J., Goldizen, A. and Blomberg, S. (2009). Unreliable signals of strength in male slender crayfish (Cherax dispar): costs of enlarged claws and the importance of resources during disputes. Annual Meeting of the Society form Integrative and Comparative Biology, Boston, MA, United States, 3-7 January 2009. Oxford, United Kingdom,: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icp002
Pratt, K. L., Wilson, R. S., Blomberg, S. P. and Franklin, C. E. (2009). Diving and digestion - the effect of an elevated metabolic rate on submergence in an aquatic ectotherm. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Boston, MA, 3-7 January, 2009. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icp002
Wilson, RS, Oliver, J, Goldizen, A and Blomberg, S (2009). Unreliable signals of strength in male slender crayfish (Cherax dispar): costs of enlarged claws and the importance of resources during disputes. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Boston Ma, Jan 03-07, 2009. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Pratt, KL, Wilson, RS, Blomberg, SP and Franklin, CE (2009). Diving and digestion - the effect of an elevated metabolic rate on submergence in an aquatic ectotherm. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Boston Ma, Jan 03-07, 2009. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Blomberg, SP, Ives, AR and Garland, T (2001). Detecting phylogenetic signal in comparative data. MCLEAN: SOC INTEGRATIVE COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY.
Data Collection
Cedric P. van den Berg, Gabriel Hassler, Simone Blomberg, Nerida G. Wilson, Marc A. Suchard and Karen L. Cheney (2024). Data for 'Diel Activity Correlates with Colour Pattern Morphology of Heterobranch Sea Slugs'. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/a36c277