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Dr Amanda Niehaus

a.niehaus@uq.edu.au

Publications

Book Chapter (1)
Journal Articles (25)
Conference Papers (5)
Research Report (1)
Thesis (1)

Book Chapter

Niehaus, Amanda (2023). A practical guide to storytelling frameworks. Teaching science students to communicate: a practical guide. (pp. 309-316) edited by Susan Rowland and Louise Kuchel. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-91628-2_39

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
David, Gwendolyn K., Hunter, Andrew H., Moromizato, Karine H., Allen, Charlotte M., Wheatley, Rebecca, von Hippel, Frank A., Niehaus, Amanda C. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2023). Pre-cleaning of hair is not beneficial in LA-ICP-MS studies of chronic metal exposure. PLoS One, 18 (8) e0289635, 1-11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289635
Heiniger, Jaime, Cameron, Skye F., Madsen, Thomas, Niehaus, Amanda C. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2020). Demography and spatial requirements of the endangered northern quoll on Groote Eylandt. Wildlife Research, 47 (3), 224-238. doi: 10.1071/wr19052
Niehaus, Amanda C. (2019). Creating Stories of Science. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 27 (6), 45-49. doi: 10.30722/IJISME.27.06.005
Amir Abdul Nasir, Ami Fadhillah, Cameron, Skye F., Niehaus, Amanda C., Clemente, Christofer J., von Hippel, Frank A. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2018). Manganese contamination affects the motor performance of wild northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus). Environmental Pollution, 241, 55-62. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.03.087
Charters, Jordan E., Heiniger, Jaime, Clemente, Christofer J., Cameron, Skye F., Amir Abdul Nasir, Ami F., Niehaus, Amanda C. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2018). Multidimensional analyses of physical performance reveal a size-dependent trade-off between suites of traits. Functional Ecology, 32 (6), 1541-1553. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13115
Wheatley, Rebecca, Niehaus, Amanda C., Fisher, Diana O. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2018). Ecological context and the probability of mistakes underlie speed choice. Functional Ecology, 32 (4), 990-1000. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13036
Wheatley, Rebecca, Clemente, Christofer J., Niehaus, Amanda C., Fisher, Diana O. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2018). Surface friction alters the agility of a small Australian marsupial. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 221 (Pt 8) jeb172544, jeb172544. doi: 10.1242/jeb.172544
Niehaus, Amanda C. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2017). Integrating conservation biology into the development of automated vehicle technology to reduce animal-vehicle collisions. Conservation Letters, 11 (3) e12427. doi: 10.1111/conl.12427
Wilson, Robbie S., David, Gwendolyn K., Murphy, Sean C., Angilletta, Michael J., Niehaus, Amanda C., Hunter, Andrew H. and Smith, Michelle D. (2017). Skill not athleticism predicts individual variation in match performance of soccer players. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284 (1868) 20170953, 1-9. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0953
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
Ellis, William A., FitzGibbon, Sean I., Barth, Benjamin J., Niehaus, Amanda C., David, Gwendolyn K., Taylor, Brendan D., Matsushige, Helena, Melzer, Alistair, Bercovitch, Fred B., Carrick, Frank, Jones, Darryl N., Dexter, Cathryn, Gillett, Amber, Predavec, Martin, Lunney, Dan and Wilson, Robbie S. (2016). Daylight saving time can decrease the frequency of wildlife-vehicle collisions. Biology Letters, 12 (11). doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0632
Wilson, Robbie S., James, Rob S., David, Gwendolyn, Hermann, Ecki, Morgan, Oliver J., Niehaus, Amanda C., Hunter, Andrew, Thake, Doug and Smith, Michelle D. (2016). Multivariate analyses of individual variation in soccer skill as a tool for talent identification and development: utilising evolutionary theory in sports science. Journal of Sports Sciences, 34 (21), 2074-2086. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2016.1151544
Wilson, Robbie S., Niehaus, Amanda C., David, Gwendolyn, Hunter, Andrew and Smith, Michelle (2014). Does individual quality mask the detection of performance tradeoffs? A test using analyses of human physical performance. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217 (4), 545-551. doi: 10.1242/jeb.092056
Prates, Ivan, Angilleta, Michael J., Jr., Wilson, Robbie S., Niehaus, Amanda C. and Navas, Carlos A. (2013). Dehydration hardly slows hopping toads (Rhinella granulosa) from xeric and mesic environments. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 86 (4), 451-457. doi: 10.1086/671191
Niehaus, Amanda C., Wilson, Robbie S., Storm, Jonathan J. and Angilletta, Michael J. (2012). Fall field crickets did not acclimate to simulated seasonal changes in temperature. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical Systemic And Environmental Physiology, 182 (2), 199-207. doi: 10.1007/s00360-011-0611-1
Niehaus, Amanda C., Angilletta, Michael J., Sears, Michael W., Franklin, Craig E. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2012). Predicting the physiological performance of ectotherms in fluctuating thermal environments. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215 (4), 694-701. doi: 10.1242/jeb.058032
Niehaus, Amanda C., Wilson, Robbie S., Seebacher, Frank and Franklin, Craig E. (2011). Striped marsh frog (Limnodynastes peronii) tadpoles do not acclimate metabolic performance to thermal variability. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214 (11), 1965-1970. doi: 10.1242/jeb.054478
Angilletta Jr, M.J., Roth II, T.C., Wilson, R. S., Niehaus, A. and Ribeiro, P.L. (2008). The fast and the fractalous: speed and tortuosity trade off in running ants. Functional Ecology, 22 (1), 78-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01348.x
Angilletta, Michael J., Wilson, Robbie S., Niehaus, Amanda C., Sears, Michael W., Navas, Carlos A. and Ribeiro, Pedro L. (2007). Urban Physiology: City ants possess high heat tolerance. PLoS One, 2 (2) e258, e258.1-e258.4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000258
Niehaus, A. C., Wilson, R. S. and Franklin, C. E. (2006). Short- and long-term consequences of thermal variation in the larval environment of anurans. Journal of Animal Ecology, 75 (3), 686-692. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01089.x
Niehaus, Amanda C. and Ydenberg, Ronald C. (2006). Ecological factors associated with the breeding and migratory phenology of high-latitude breeding western sandpipers. Polar Biology, 30 (1), 11-17. doi: 10.1007/s00300-006-0154-1
Ydenberg, Ronald C., Niehaus, Amanda C. and Lank, David B. (2005). Interannual differences in the relative timing of southward migration of male and female western sandpipers (Calidris mauri). Naturwissenschaften, 92 (7), 332-335. doi: 10.1007/s00114-005-0637-x
Niehaus, Amanda C., Ruthrauff, Daniel R. and McCaffery, Brian J. (2004). Response of predators to Western Sandpiper nest exclosures. Waterbirds, 27 (1), 79-82. doi: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0079:ROPTWS]2.0.CO;2
Niehaus, Amanda C., Heard, Stephen B., Hendrix, Stephen D. and Hillis, Stephen L. (2003). Measuring edge effects on nest predation in forest fragments: do finch and quail eggs tell different stories?. American Midland Naturalist, 149 (2), 335–343-335–343. doi: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0335:MEEONP]2.0.CO;2

Conference Papers

Wilson, Robbie S., Pavlic, Theodore P., Wheatley, Rebecca, Niehaus, Amanda C. and Levy, Ofir (2020). Modeling escape success in terrestrial predator-prey interactions. Annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX United States, 3-7 January 2020. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icaa070
Charters, J., Clemente, C., Heiniger, J., Niehaus, A. C. and Wilson, R. S. (2015). Does individual quality mask the detection of performance trade-offs? A test using Australian northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus). Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), West Palm Beach, Fl United States, 03-07 January 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icv011
Charters, J., Clemente, C., Heiniger, J., Abdul Nasir, Amir A., Cameron, S. F., Niehaus, A. C. and Wilson, R. S. (2015). Building the best sex addict: what are the morphological and performance bases of individual quality?. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), West Palm Beach, Fl United States, 03-07 January 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icv012
Wheatley, Rebecca, Angilletta Jr., Michael J., Niehaus, Amanda C. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2015). How fast should an animal run when escaping? An optimality model based on the trade-off between speed and accuracy. Towards a General Framework for Predicting Animal Movement Speeds in Nature, West Palm Beach, Florida, 3-7 January 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icv091
Wilson, Robbie S., Condon, Catriona H., David, Gwendolyn, FitzGibbon, Sean, Niehaus, Amanda C. and Pratt, Kirstin (2010). Females prefer athletes, males fear the disadvantaged: Different signals used in female choice and male competition have varied consequences. London, United Kingdom: The Royal Society Publishing. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2196

Research Report

Bay, Line, Ortiz, Juan, Humanes, Adriana, Riginos, Cynthia, Baums, Iliana, Scharfenstein, Hugo, Aranda, Manuel, Peixoto, Raquel, Niehaus, Amanda, Le Port, Agnès, van Oppen, Madeleine, Voolstra, Christian, Baker, Andrew, Kenkel, Carly, Aguirre, J. David, Guest, James, Lasky, Jesse, Hendry, Andrew, Schoepf, Verena, Reusch, Thorsten, Angilletta, Jr, Michael, Bhagooli, Ranjeet, Schmidt-Roach, Sebastian, Suggett, David, Wilson, Alastair, Abadi, Maram, Razak, Tries, Baria-Rodriguez, Maria, Duarte, Carlos ... Palumbi, Stephen (2023). CORDAP R&D Technology Roadmap for Understanding Natural Adaptation and Assisted Evolution of Corals to Climate Change. CORDAP. doi: 10.62542/gq8m3cy5

Thesis

Niehaus, Amanda (2008). Consequences of diel thermal variation on the growth, development and locomotor performance of ectotherms. PhD Thesis, School of Integrative Biology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/151747
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