Publications
Book Chapters
Booth, D. T. (2004). Artificial Incubation. Reptilian Incubation: Environment, Evolution and Behaviour. (pp. 253-263) edited by D.C. Deeming. UK: Nottingham University Press.
Booth, D. T. and Jones, D. N. (2002). Underground nesting in the megapodes. Avian Incubation - Behaviour, Environment, and Evolution. (pp. 192-206) edited by D.C. Deeming. New York, USA: Oxford University Press.
Journal Articles
Staines, Melissa N., Booth, David T., Laloë, Jacques-Olivier and Hays, Graeme C. (2025). The impact of sea level rise on nesting sea turtles: a global meta-analysis to highlight current understanding and knowledge gaps. Marine Biology, 172 (11) 171, 11. doi: 10.1007/s00227-025-04726-0
Hays, Graeme C., Rusli, Mohd Uzair, Booth, David and Laloë, Jacques‐Olivier (2025). Global decline in the size of sea turtles. Global Change Biology, 31 (5) e70225. doi: 10.1111/gcb.70225
Lanyon, Janet M., Sneath, Helen L., Long, Trevor, Blanshard, Wendy H., Worthy, Graham A. J. and Booth, David T. (2024). How much seagrass does a dugong need? Metabolic rate of live wild dugongs, Dugong dugon, determined through indirect calorimetry (oxygen consumption). Marine Mammal Science, 41 (2) e13190. doi: 10.1111/mms.13190
Dor, David, Booth, David T. and Schwanz, Lisa E. (2024). Swimming through sand: using accelerometers to observe the cryptic, pre-emergence life-stage of sea turtle hatchlings. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291 (2032) 20241702, 20241702. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1702
Chong, Lyvia, Booth, David T. and Rusli, Mohd Uzair (2024). Influence of sand grain size on the nest escape of green sea turtle hatchlings. Malayan Nature Journall, 76 (1), 117-130. doi: 10.62613/mnj.24761.09
Rivas, Marga L., Pintor, Alejandro, Booth, David, Turkozan, Oguz, Mazaris, Antonios, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Abella, Elena and Ortega, Zaida (2024). Tropical vs. temperate sea turtle population resilience to extreme temperatures. Ecological Indicators, 159 111731, 111731. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.111731
Fuentes, M. M. P. B., Santos, A. J. B., Abreu‐Grobois, A., Briseño‐Dueñas, R., Al‐Khayat, J., Hamza, S., Saliba, S., Anderson, D., Rusenko, K. W., Mitchell, N. J., Gammon, M., Bentley, B. P., Beton, D., Booth, D. T. B., Broderick, A. C., Colman, L. P., Snape, R. T. E., Calderon‐Campuzano, M. F., Cuevas, E., Lopez‐Castro, M. C., Flores‐Aguirre, C. D., Mendez de la Cruz, F., Segura‐Garcia, Y., Ruiz‐Garcia, A., Fossette, S., Gatto, C. R., Reina, R. D., Girondot, M., Godfrey, M. ... Monsinjon, J. R. (2024). Adaptation of sea turtles to climate warming: Will phenological responses be sufficient to counteract changes in reproductive output?. Global Change Biology, 30 (1) e16991, 1-18. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16991
Staines, Melissa N., Versace, Hayley, Laloë, Jacques‐Olivier, Smith, Caitlin E., Madden Hof, Christine A., Booth, David T., Tibbetts, Ian R. and Hays, Graeme C. (2023). Short‐term resilience to climate‐induced temperature increases for equatorial sea turtle populations. Global Change Biology, 29 (23), 6546-6557. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16952
Barraza, Arthur D., Young, Larissa, Smith, Caitlin E., Booth, David T., Hof, Christine A. Madden, Finlayson, Kimberly A., Leusch, Frederic D. L. and van de Merwe, Jason P. (2023). Exploring contaminants as a disruptor of temperature-dependent sex determination in sea turtle hatchlings. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10 1238837, 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1238837
Young, Larissa R., Booth, David T., Smith, Caitlin E. and Madden Hof, Christine A. (2023). Seawater irrigation on nests can increase male marine turtle production. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 718, 85-97. doi: 10.3354/meps14392
Booth, David T. (2023). Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatching success at Raine and Heron Islands. Australian Journal of Zoology, 70 (6), 211-215. doi: 10.1071/ZO23013
Staines, Melissa N., Smith, Caitlin E., Madden Hof, Christine A., Booth, David T., Tibbetts, Ian R. and Hays, Graeme C. (2022). Operational sex ratio estimated from drone surveys for a species threatened by climate warming. Marine Biology, 169 (12) 152, 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00227-022-04141-9
Staines, Melissa N., Booth, David T., Laloë, Jacques-Oliver, Tibbetts, Ian R. and Hays, Graeme C. (2022). The ecological importance of the accuracy of environmental temperature measurements. Biology Letters, 18 (8) 20220263, 1-6. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0263
Booth, David T., Staines, Melissa N. and Reina, Richard D. (2022). Sand characteristics do not influence hatching success of nests at the world’s largest green turtle rookery. Australian Journal of Zoology, 69 (4), 113-124. doi: 10.1071/zo21050
Booth, David T., Turner, Alysabeth G., Laloë, Jacques‑Olivier and Limpus, Colin J. (2022). How well do embryo development rate models derived from laboratory data predict embryo development in sea turtle nests?. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 337 (5), 516-526. doi: 10.1002/jez.2585
Yu, Xin, Mohd Zanudin, Akalili B.T., Rusli, Mohd Uzair, Booth, David T. and Lei, Juan (2022). Diet reflects opportunistic feeding habit of the Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator). Animal Biology, 72 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1163/15707563-bja10065
Roemer, Robert B., Irene Terry, L., Booth, David T. and Walter, Gimme H. (2022). Insights from an ancient gymnosperm lineage: ambient temperature and light and the timing of thermogenesis in cycad cones. American Journal of Botany, 109 (1), 151-165. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1810
Mazlan, Nurul Ainni, Booth, David T. and Rusli, Mohd Uzair (2021). Testing the validity of using raceway and swimway performance in sea turtle hatchlings as an index of real-life crawling and swimming performance. Wildlife Research, 49 (3), 201-205. doi: 10.1071/wr21029
Tolen, Nicholas, Rusli, Mohd Uzair and Booth, David T. (2021). Relocating green turtle (Chelonia mydas) eggs to open beach areas produces highly female-biased hatchlings. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 16 (3), 639-651.
Booth, David T., Dunstan, Andrew, Robertson, Katharine and Tedeschi, Jamie (2021). Egg viability of green turtles nesting on Raine Island, the world’s largest nesting aggregation of green turtles. Australian Journal of Zoology, 69 (1), 12-17. doi: 10.1071/zo21024
Porter, Ellen, Booth, David T., Limpus, Colin J., Staines, Melissa N. and Smith, Caitlin E. (2021). Influence of short‐term temperature drops on sex‐determination in sea turtles. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 335 (8) jez.2509, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/jez.2509
Smith, Caitlin E., Booth, David T., Crosby, Anne, Miller, Jeffrey D., Staines, Melissa N., Versace, Hayley and Madden-Hof, Christine A. (2021). Trialling seawater irrigation to combat the high nest temperature feminisation of green turtle Chelonia mydas hatchlings. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 667, 177-190. doi: 10.3354/meps13721
Reboul, Isabella, Booth, David and Rusli, Uzair (2021). Artificial and natural shade: Implications for green turtle (Chelonia mydas) rookery management. Ocean and Coastal Management, 204 105521, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105521
Oñate-Casado, Javier, Booth, David T., Vandercamere, Kevin, Sakhalkar, Sailee P. and Rusli, Mohd Uzair (2021). Offshore dispersal and predation of sea turtle hatchlings I: a study of Hawksbill Turtles at Chagar Hutang Turtle Sanctuary, Malaysia. Ichthyology and Herpetology, 109 (1), 180-187. doi: 10.1643/h2019259
Lei, Juan, Binti Yusof, Nur Syuhaida, Wu, Nicholas C., Zhang, Zhengwang and Booth, David T. (2021). The burrowing ecology of a tropical lizard (Leiolepis belliana). Herpetologica, 77 (1), 37-44. doi: 10.1655/0018-0831-77.1.37
Laloë, Jacques-Olivier, Tedeschi, Jamie N., Booth, David T., Bell, Ian, Dunstan, Andy, Reina, Richard D. and Hays, Graeme C. (2021). Extreme rainfall events and cooling of sea turtle clutches: implications in the face of climate warming. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (1), 560-565. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7076
Lei, Juan, Booth, David T., Rusli, Mohd Uzair and Zhang, Zhengwang (2020). Spatial ecology of Asian water monitors adjacent to a sea turtle nesting beach. Zoological Science, 38 (1), 1-7. doi: 10.2108/zs200071
Booth, David Terrington, Archibald-Binge, Alexander and Limpus, Colin James (2020). The effect of respiratory gases and incubation temperature on early stage embryonic development in sea turtles. PLoS One, 15 (12 December) e0233580, 1-12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233580
Staines, Melissa N., Booth, David T., Madden Hof, Christine A. and Hays, Graeme C. (2020). Impact of heavy rainfall events and shading on the temperature of sea turtle nests. Marine Biology, 167 (12) 190. doi: 10.1007/s00227-020-03800-z
Booth, D. T., Dunstan, A., Bell, I., Reina, R. and Tedeschi, J. (2020). Low male production at the world’s largest green turtle rookery. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 653, 181-190. doi: 10.3354/meps13500
Coffee, O. I., Booth, D. T., Thia, J. A. and Limpus, C. J. (2020). When isotopes fail: importance of satellite telemetry and multi-site validation when estimating the foraging grounds of migratory species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 633, 197-206. doi: 10.3354/meps13179
Read, Tyffen C., Petit, Marion, Magnan, Marion and Booth, David (2019). Going back to the roots: finding a strategy for the management of nesting loggerhead sea turtles in New Caledonia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 66 (6), 394-400. doi: 10.1071/zo19051
Stewart, Taylor A., Booth, David T. and Rusli, Mohd Uzair (2019). Influence of sand grain size and nest microenvironment on incubation success, hatchling morphology and locomotion performance of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at the Chagar Hutang Turtle Sanctuary, Redang Island, Malaysia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 66 (6), 356-368. doi: 10.1071/zo19025
Booth, David T., Oñate-Casado, Javier, Rusli, Mohd Uzair and Stewart, Taylor (2019). Towing a Float Decreases Swim Speed but Does Not Affect Swimming Behavior During Offshore Swimming in Sea Turtle Hatchlings. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 18 (1), 112-115. doi: 10.2744/CCB-1350.1
Staines, Melissa N., Booth, David T. and Limpus, Colin J. (2019). Microclimatic effects on the incubation success, hatchling morphology and locomotor performance of marine turtles. Acta Oecologica, 97, 49-56. doi: 10.1016/j.actao.2019.04.008
Lei, Juan and Booth, David T. (2018). Fine scale analysis of intraspecific and interspecific interactions in two varanid lizard populations adjacent to a sea turtle nesting beach. Austral Ecology, 43 (8), 965-972. doi: 10.1111/aec.12646
Booth, David T. (2018). Incubation temperature induced phenotypic plasticity in oviparous reptiles: where to next?. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 329 (6-7), 343-350. doi: 10.1002/jez.2195
Lei, Juan and Booth, David T. (2018). How do goannas find sea turtle nests?. Austral Ecology, 43 (3), 309-315. doi: 10.1111/aec.12568
Booth, David Terrington and Dunstan, Andrew (2018). A preliminary investigation into the early embryo death syndrome (EEDS) at the world's largest green turtle rookery. PLoS One, 13 (4) e0195462, e0195462. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195462
Rusli, Mohd Uzair and Booth, David T. (2018). Sand type influences the energetics of nest escape in Brisbane river turtle hatchlings. Australian Journal of Zoology, 66 (1), 27-33. doi: 10.1071/ZO17043
Lei, Juan and Booth, David T. (2017). How best to protect the nests of the endangered loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta from monitor lizard predation. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 16 (2), 246-249. doi: 10.2744/CCB-1251.1
Booth, David T. (2017). Influence of incubation temperature on sea turtle hatchling quality. Integrative Zoology, 12 (5), 352-360. doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12255
Roemer, R. B., Booth, D., Terry, L. I. and Walter, G. H. (2017). Thermogenesis and developmental progression of Macrozamia macleayi pollen cones. Australian Journal of Botany, 65 (5), 421-430. doi: 10.1071/BT17048
Lei, Juan, Booth, David T. and Dwyer, Ross G. (2017). Spatial ecology of yellow-spotted goannas adjacent to a sea turtle nesting beach. Australian Journal of Zoology, 65 (2), 77-86. doi: 10.1071/ZO17006
Lei, Juan and Booth, David T. (2017). Who are the important predators of sea turtle nests at Wreck Rock beach?. PeerJ, 2017 (6) e3515, e3515. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3515
Truscott, Zoe, Booth, David T. and Limpus, Colin J. (2017). The effect of on-shore light pollution on sea-turtle hatchlings commencing their off-shore swim. Wildlife Research, 44 (2), 127-134. doi: 10.1071/WR16143
Lei, Juan and Booth, David T. (2017). lntraspecific variation in space use of a coastal population of lace monitors (Varanus varius). Australian Journal of Zoology, 65 (6), 398-407. doi: 10.1071/ZO17078
Maulany, R. I., Baxter, G. S., Booth, D. T. and Spencer, R. J. (2017). Population viability analysis (PVA) for olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) nesting in Alas Purwo National Park, Indonesia. Malaysian Forester, 80 (2), 198-217.
Terry, L. Irene, Roemer, Robert B., Booth, David T., Moore, Chris J. and Walter, Gimme H. (2016). Thermogenic respiratory processes drive the exponential increase of volatile organic compound emissions in Macrozamia cycad cones. Plant, Cell and Environment, 39 (7), 1588-1600. doi: 10.1111/pce.12730
Rusli, Mohd Uzair, Wu, Nicholas C. and Booth, David T. (2016). Tonic immobility in newly emerged sea turtle hatchlings. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 15 (1), 143-147. doi: 10.2744/CCB-1185.1
Rusli, Mohd Uzair, Booth, David T. and Joseph, Juanita (2016). Synchronous activity lowers the energetic cost of nest escape for sea turtle hatchlings. Journal of Experimental Biology, 219 (10), 1505-1513. doi: 10.1242/jeb.134742
Garrad, R., Booth, D. T. and Furlong, M.,J. (2016). The effect of rearing temperature on development, body size, energetics and fecundity of the diamondback moth. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 106 (2), 175-181. doi: 10.1017/S000748531500098X
Rusli, Mohd Uzair and Booth, David T. (2016). Bigger clutch sizes save offspring energy during nest escapes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70 (4), 607-616. doi: 10.1007/s00265-016-2079-1
Robertson, Katharine, Booth, David T. and Limpus, Colin J. (2016). An assessment of ‘turtle-friendly’ lights on the sea-finding behaviour of loggerhead turtle hatchlings (Caretta caretta). Wildlife Research, 43 (1), 27-37. doi: 10.1071/WR15138
Prior, Bonita, Booth, David T. and Limpus, Colin J. (2016). Investigating diet and diet switching in green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Australian Journal of Zoology, 63 (6), 365-375. doi: 10.1071/ZO15063
Goosem, Christine H., Booth, David T. and Walter, Gimme H. (2015). Winter breeding of a subtropical rainforest passerine: Spatio-temporal distribution of prey and the sex-related foraging behaviour of the Southern Logrunner, Orthonyx temminckii. Emu, 115 (4), 345-355. doi: 10.1071/MU15008
McFarlane, Dylan J, Rafter, Michelle A, Booth, David T and Walter, Gimme H (2015). Behavioral Responses of a Tiny Insect, the Flower Thrips Frankliniella schultzei Trybom (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), to Atmospheric Pressure Change. Journal of Insect Behavior, 28 (4), 473-481. doi: 10.1007/s10905-015-9516-2
Cavallo, Catherine, Dempster, Tim, Kearney, Michael R., Kelly, Ella, Booth, David, Hadden, Kate M. and Jessop, Tim S. (2015). Predicting climate warming effects on green turtle hatchling viability and dispersal performance. Functional Ecology, 29 (6), 768-778. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12389
Sim, Elizabeth L., Booth, David T. and Limpus, Colin J. (2015). Incubation temperature, morphology and performance in loggerhead (Caretta caretta) turtle hatchlings from Mon Repos, Queensland, Australia. Biology Open, 4 (6), 685-692. doi: 10.1242/bio.20148995
Lanyon, Janet M., Horgan, Patrick, Booth, David and Nichols, Cassandra (2015). Reply to the Comment of Owen et al. on “Insulative capacity of the integument of the dugong (Dugong dugon): thermal conductivity, conductance and resistance measured by in vitro heat flux” by Horgan, Booth, Nichols and Lanyon (2014). Marine Biology, 162 (5), 1147-1149. doi: 10.1007/s00227-015-2641-9
Carpentier, Alice S., Booth, David T., Arthur, Karen E. and Limpus, Colin J. (2015). Stable isotope relationships between mothers, eggs and hatchlings in loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta. Marine Biology, 162 (4), 783-797. doi: 10.1007/s00227-015-2624-x
Zewe, Frances L. and Booth, David T. (2014). A preliminary study on the effect of isolation on frog larval growth and metamorphosis. Australian Zoologist, 37 (2), 173-177. doi: 10.7882/AZ.2014.003
Booth, David T. (2014). Kinematics of swimming and thrust production during powerstroking bouts of the swim frenzy in green turtle hatchlings. Biology Open, 3 (10), 887-894. doi: 10.1242/bio.20149480
Lei, Juan and Booth, David T. (2014). Temperature, field activity and post-feeding metabolic response in the Asian house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus. Journal of Thermal Biology, 45, 175-180. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.09.006
Sim, Elizabeth L., Booth, David T., Limpus, Colin J. and Guinea, Michael L. (2014). A comparison of hatchling locomotor performance and scute pattern variation between two rookeries of the flatback turtle (Natator depressus). Copeia, 2014 (2), 339-344. doi: 10.1643/CH-13-018
Booth, David T. (2014). Longer incubation periods are energetically costly for turtle embryos.. Annual Research & Review in Biology, 4 (19), 2931-2937. doi: 10.9734/ARRB/2014/9998
Ellis, William, Attard, Rachel, Johnston, Stephen, Theileman, Peter, McKinnon, Allan and Booth, David (2014). Faecal particle size and tooth wear of the koala (Phascolartcos cinereus). Australian Mammalogy, Online Early (1), 1-5. doi: 10.1071/AM13033
Sim, Elizabeth L., Booth, David T. and Limpus, Colin J. (2014). Non-modal scute patterns, morphology, and locomotor performance of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and flatback (Natator depressus) turtle hatchlings. Copeia, 2014 (1), 63-69. doi: 10.1643/CP-13-041
Wood, Apanie, Booth, David T. and Limpus, Colin J. (2014). Sun exposure, nest temperature and loggerhead turtle hatchlings: Implications for beach shading management strategies at sea turtle rookeries. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 451, 105-114. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.11.005
Horgan, Patrick, Booth, David, Nichols, Cassandra and Lanyon, Janet M. (2014). Insulative capacity of the integument of the dugong (Dugong dugon): Thermal conductivity, conductance and resistance measured by in vitro heat flux. Marine Biology, 161 (6), 1395-1407. doi: 10.1007/s00227-014-2428-4
Lei, Juan, Sun, Xiaoyu, Jiang, Ke, Vogel, Gernot, Booth, David T. and Ding, Li (2014). Multilocus phylogeny of Lycodon and the taxonomic revision of Oligodon multizonatum. Asian Herpetological Research, 5 (1), 26-37. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2014.00026
Terry, L. Irene, Roemer, Robert B., Walter, Gimme H. and Booth, David (2014). Thrips' responses to thermogenic associated signals in a cycad pollination system: The interplay of temperature, light, humidity and cone volatiles. Functional Ecology, 28 (4), 857-867. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12239
Micheli-Campbell, Mariana A., Baumgartl, Thomas, Booth, David T., Campbell, Hamish A., Connell, Marilyn and Franklin, Craig E. (2013). Selectivity and repeated use of nesting sites in a freshwater turtle. Herpetologica, 69 (4), 383-396. doi: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00057
Read, Tyffen, Booth, David T. and Limpus, Colin J. (2013). Effect of nest temperature on hatchling phenotype of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from two South Pacific rookeries, Mon Repos and La Roche Percee. Australian Journal of Zoology, 60 (6), 402-411. doi: 10.1071/ZO12079
Pereira, Carla M., Booth, David T., Bradley, Adrian J. and Limpus, Colin J. (2013). Blood concentrations of lactate, glucose and corticosterone in dispersing hatchling sea turtles. Biology Open, 2 (1), 63-67. doi: 10.1242/bio.20123046
Berry, Megan, Booth, David T. and Limpus, Colin J. (2013). Artificial lighting and disrupted sea-finding behaviour in hatchling loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) on the Woongarra coast, south-east Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 61 (2), 137-145. doi: 10.1071/ZO13028
Booth, David T., Feeney, Roisın and Shibata, Yui (2013). Nest and maternal origin can influence morphology and locomotor performance of hatchling green turtles (Chelonia mydas)incubated in field nests. Marine Biology, 160 (1), 127-137. doi: 10.1007/s00227-012-2070-y
Maulany, R. I., Booth, D. T. and Baxter, G. S. (2012). The effect of incubation temperature on hatchling quality in the olive ridley turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea, from Alas Purwo National Park, East Java, Indonesia: implications for hatchery management. Marine Biology, 159 (12), 2651-2661. doi: 10.1007/s00227-012-2022-6
Maulany, Risma I., Booth, David T. and Baxter, Greg S. (2012). Emergence success and sex ratio of natural and relocated nests of Olive Ridley Turtles from Alas Purwo National Park, East Java, Indonesia. Copeia, 2012 (4), 738-747. doi: 10.1643/CH-12-088
Roemer, R. B., Booth, D., Bhavsar, A. A., Walter, G. H. and Terry, L. I. (2012). Mathematical model of cycad cones' thermogenic temperature responses: inverse calorimetry to estimate metabolic heating rates. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 315, 87-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.09.003
Micheli-Campbell, M. A., Gordos, M. A., Campbell, H. A., Booth, D. T. and Franklin, C. E. (2012). The influence of daily temperature fluctuations during incubation upon the phenotype of a freshwater turtle. Journal of Zoology, 288 (2), 143-150. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00934.x
Pereira, Carla M., Booth, David T. and Limpus, Colin J. (2012). Swimming performance and metabolic rate of flatback Natator depressus and loggerhead Caretta caretta sea turtle hatchlings during the swimming frenzy. Endangered Species Research, 17 (1), 43-51. doi: 10.3354/esr00415
Micheli-Campbell, M. A., Campbell, H. A., Cramp, R. L., Booth, D. T. and Franklin, C. E. (2011). Staying cool, keeping strong: Incubation temperature affects performance in a freshwater turtle. Journal of Zoology, 285 (4), 266-273. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00840.x
Pereira, Carla M., Booth, David T. and Limpus, Colin J. (2011). Locomotor activity during the frenzy swim : Analysing early swimming behaviour in hatchling sea turtles. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214 (23), 3972-3976. doi: 10.1242/jeb.061747
Halsey, Lewis G, Jones, T. Todd, Jones, David R., Liebsch, Nikolai and Booth, David T. (2011). Measuring energy expenditure in sub-adult and hatchling sea turtles via accelerometry. PLoS One, 6 (8 Article # e22311) e22311, e22311. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022311
Booth, David T. and Evans, Andrew (2011). Warm water and cool nests are best. How global warming might influence hatchling green turtle swimming performance. PLoS One, 6 (8) e23162, e23162.1-e23162.7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023162
Eiby, Yvonne A. and Booth, David T. (2011). Determining optimal incubation temperature for a head-start program: The effect of incubation temperature on hatchling Burnett River snapping turtles (Elseya albagula). Australian Journal of Zoology, 59 (1), 18-25. doi: 10.1071/ZO10080
Booth, DavidT. (2010). The natural history of nesting in two Australian freshwater turtles. Australian Zoologist, 35 (2), 198-203. doi: 10.7882/AZ.2010.008
Booth, D. T. and Yu, C. Y. (2009). Influence of the Hydric Environment on Water Exchange and Hatchlings of Rigid-Shelled Turtle Eggs. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 82 (4), 382-387. doi: 10.1086/589870
Booth, David, Marie, Bruno, Domenici, Paolo, Blagburn, Jonathan M. and Bacon, Jonathan P. (2009). Transcriptional Control of Behavior: Engrailed Knock-Out Changes Cockroach Escape Trajectories. Journal of Neuroscience, 29 (22), 7181-7190. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1374-09.2009
Ischer, Tahia, Ireland, Katarina and Booth, David Terrington (2009). Locomotion performance of green turtle hatchlings from the Heron Island Rookery, Great Barrier Reef. Marine Biology, 156 (7), 1399-1409. doi: 10.1007/s00227-009-1180-7
Eiby, Y.A and Booth, D.T. (2009). The effects of incubation temperature on the morphology and composition of Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami) chicks. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 179 (7), 875-882. doi: 10.1007/s00360-009-0370-4
Booth, D.T. (2009). Swimming for your life: locomotor effort and oxygen consumption during the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling frenzy. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212 (1), 50-55. doi: 10.1242/jeb.019778
Eiby, Yvonne A., Worthington Wilmer, Jessica and Booth, David T. (2008). Temperature-dependent sex-biased embryo mortality in a bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - B - Biological Sciences, 275 (1652), 2703-2706. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0954
Chu, T.C., Booth, D.T. and Limpus, C. (2008). Estimating the Sex Ratio of Loggerhead Turtle Hatchlings at Mon Repos Rookery (Australia) from Nest Temperatures. Australian Journal of Zoology, 56 (1), 57-64. doi: 10.1071/ZO08004
Eiby, Yvonne and Booth, David (2008). Embryonic thermal tolerance and temperature variation in mounds of the Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami). The Auk, 125 (3), 594-599. doi: 10.1525/auk.2008.07083
Booth, DT and Kiddell, K (2007). Temperature and the energetics of development in the house cricket (Acheta domesticus). Journal of Insect Physiology, 53 (9), 950-953. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.03.009
Booth, David T. (2006). Influence of incubation temperature on hatchling phenotype in reptiles. Physiological And Biochemical Zoology, 79 (2), 274-281. doi: 10.1086/499988
Stawski, Clare Y., Grigg, Gordon C., Booth, David T. and Beard, Lyn A. (2006). Temperature and the respiratory properties of whole blood in two reptiles, Pogona barbata and Emydura signata. Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology A-molecular & Integrative Physiology, 143 (2), 173-183. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.11.014
Booth, D. T. and Freeman, C. (2006). Sand and nest temperatures and an estimate of hatchling sex ratio from the Heron Island green turtle (Chelonia mydas) rookery, Southern Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 25 (4), 629-633. doi: 10.1007/s00338-006-0135-4
Burgess, Elizabeth A., Booth, David T. and Lanyon, Janet M. (2006). Swimming performance of hatchling green turtles is affected by incubation temperature. Coral Reefs, 25 (3), 341-349. doi: 10.1007/s00338-006-0116-7
Booth, D. T. (2006). Effect of soil type on burrowing behavior and cocoon formation in the green-striped burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie, 84 (6), 832-838. doi: 10.1139/Z06-062
Waugh, Courtney A., Grigg, Gordon C., Booth, David T. and Beard, Lyn A. (2006). Respiration by buried echidnas Tachyglossus aculeatus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209 (5), 938-944. doi: 10.1242/jeb.02063
Goth, A. and Booth, D. T. (2005). Temperature-dependent sex ratio in a bird. Biology Letters, 1 (1), 31-33. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0247
Armstrong, G. and Booth, D. T. (2005). Dietary ecology of the Australian freshwater turtle (Elseya sp.: Chelonia : Chelidae) in the Burnett River, Queensland. Wildlife Research, 32 (4), 349-353. doi: 10.1071/WR04088
Booth, D. T., Burgess, E., McCosker, J. R. and Lanyon, J. M. (2004). The influence of incubation temperature on post-hatching fitness characteristics of turtles. International Congress Series, 1275, 226-233. doi: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.08.057
Hutchings, MJ and Booth, D (2004). Much ado about nothing ... so far?. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 17 (6), 1184-1186. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00812.x
Rogers, K. D. and Booth, D. T. (2004). A method of sampling blood from Australian freshwater turtles. Wildlife Research, 31 (1), 93-95. doi: 10.1071/WR02089
Booth, D. T. (2003). Composition and energy density of eggs from two species of freshwater turtle with twofold ranges in egg size. Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology A-molecular & Integrative Physiology, 134 (1), 129-137. doi: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00216-7
Kind, Peter K., Grigg, Gordon C. and Booth, David T. (2002). Physiological Responses to Prolonged Aquatic Hypoxia in the Queensland Lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 132 (2), 179-190. doi: 10.1016/S1569-9048(02)00113-1
Booth, D. T. (2002). The breaking of diapause in embryonic broad-shell river turtles (Chelodina expansa). Journal of Herpetology, 36 (2), 304-307. doi: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0304:TBODIE]2.0.CO;2
Booth, D. T. (2002). The doubly-labeled water technique is impractical for measurement of field metabolic rate in freshwater turtles. Herpetological Review, 33 (2), 105-107.
Booth, D. T. (2002). Incubation of Rigid-shelled Turtle Eggs: do Hydric Conditions Matter?. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-biochemical Systemic And Environmental Physiology, 172 (7), 627-633. doi: 10.1007/s00360-002-0291-y
Johnston, S. D., Daniels, C. B. and Booth, D. T. (2001). Development of the pulmonary surfactant system in the green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas. Respiration Physiology, 126 (1), 75-84. doi: 10.1016/S0034-5687(00)00225-5
Booth, D. T. and Astill, K. (2001). Incubation temperature, energy expenditure and hatchling size in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas), a species with temperature-sensitive sex determination. Australian Journal of Zoology, 49 (4), 389-396. doi: 10.1071/ZO01006
Booth, D. T. and Astill, K. (2001). Temperature variation within and between nests of the green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas (Chelonia : Cheloniidae) on Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology, 49 (1), 71-84. doi: 10.1071/ZO00059
Booth, D. T. (2000). Incubation of eggs of the Australian broad-shelled turtle, Chelodina expansa (Testudinata: Chelidae), at different temperatures: Effects on pattern of oxygen consumption and hatchling morphology. Australian Journal of Zoology, 48 (4), 369-378.
Booth, D. T., Thompson, M. B. and Herring, S. (2000). How incubation temperature influences the physiology and growth of embryonic lizards. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 170 (4), 269-276. doi: 10.1007/s003600000097
Booth, D. T. (2000). The effect of hypoxia on oxygen consumption of embryonic estuarine crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus). Journal of Herpetology, 34 (3), 478-481. doi: 10.2307/1565377
Booth, D. T. (2000). Incubation of eggs of the Australian broad-shelled turtle, Chelodina expansa (Testudinata : Chelidae), at different temperatures: effects on pattern of oxygen consumption and hatchling morphology. Australian Journal of Zoology, 48 (4), 369-378. doi: 10.1071/ZO00055
Booth, D. T. (1999). Size, water and energy content of eggs of the freshwater turtles, Emydura signata and Chelodina expansa. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1999 (121), 53-59.
Booth, D. T. (1999). Incubation temperature and growth of Brisbane River turtle (Emydura signata) hatchlings. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1999 (121), 45-52.
Wilson, RS and Booth, DT (1998). Effect of tail loss on reproductive output and its ecological significance in the skink Eulamprus quoyii. Journal of Herpetology, 32 (1), 128-131. doi: 10.2307/1565493
Booth, David T. (1998). Incubation of turtle eggs at different temperatures: Do embryos compensate for temperature during development?. Physiological Zoology, 71 (1), 23-26. doi: 10.1086/515884
Booth, DT (1998). Egg size, clutch size, and reproductive effort of the Australian broad-shelled river turtle, Chelodina expansa. Journal of Herpetology, 32 (4), 592-596. doi: 10.2307/1565218
Booth, DT (1998). Nest temperature and respiratory gases during natural incubation in the broad-shelled river turtle, Chelodina expansa (Testudinata : Chelidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 46 (2), 183-191. doi: 10.1071/ZO98003
Booth, DT (1998). Effects of incubation temperature on the energetics of embryonic development and hatchling morphology in the Brisbane river turtle Emydura signata. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-biochemical Systemic And Environmental Physiology, 168 (5), 399-404. doi: 10.1007/s003600050159
Booth, David T. (1995). Oxygen availability and embryonic development in sand snail (Polinices sordidus) egg masses. Journal of Experimental Biology, 198 (1), 241-247.
Maginniss, Leigh A. and Booth, David T. (1995). Hemoglobin function in a skin-breathing aquatic salamander, Desmognathus quadramaculatus. Respiration Physiology, 99 (2), 233-240. doi: 10.1016/0034-5687(94)00100-E
WONG, S and BOOTH, DT (1994). HYPOXIA INDUCES SURFACING BEHAVIOR IN BROWN-STRIPED FROG (LIMNODYNASTES PERONII) LARVAE. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Physiology, 109 (2), 437-445. doi: 10.1016/0300-9629(94)90148-1
BOOTH, DT, CLAYTON, DH and BLOCK, BA (1993). EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION OF THE ENERGETIC COST OF PARASITISM IN FREE-RANGING HOSTS. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 253 (1337), 125-129. doi: 10.1098/rspb.1993.0091
Block, Barbara B., Booth, David and Carey, Francis G. (1992). Direct measurement of swimming speeds and depth of blue marlin. Journal of Experimental Biology, 166, 267-284.
FEDER, ME and BOOTH, DT (1992). HYPOXIC BOUNDARY-LAYERS SURROUNDING SKIN-BREATHING AQUATIC AMPHIBIANS - OCCURRENCE, CONSEQUENCES AND ORGANISMAL RESPONSES. Journal of Experimental Biology, 166, 237-251.
BOOTH, DT (1992). MEASUREMENT OF WATER-VAPOR CONDUCTANCE IN AVIAN EGGS. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Physiology, 101 (3), 483-486. doi: 10.1016/0300-9629(92)90498-F
BOOTH, DT and SOTHERLAND, PR (1991). OXYGEN-CONSUMPTION, AIR-CELL GAS TENSIONS, AND INCUBATION PARAMETERS OF MUTE SWAN EGGS. Physiological Zoology, 64 (2), 473-484. doi: 10.1086/physzool.64.2.30158186
BOOTH, DT and RAHN, H (1990). FACTORS MODIFYING RATE OF WATER-LOSS FROM BIRDS EGGS DURING INCUBATION. Physiological Zoology, 63 (4), 697-709. doi: 10.1086/physzool.63.4.30158171
BOOTH, DT (1989). REGIONAL CHANGES IN SHELL THICKNESS, SHELL CONDUCTANCE, AND PORE STRUCTURE DURING INCUBATION IN EGGS OF THE MUTE SWAN. Physiological Zoology, 62 (2), 607-620. doi: 10.1086/physzool.62.2.30156188
BOOTH, DT (1989). METABOLISM IN MALLEEFOWL (LEIPOA-OCELLATA). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Physiology, 92 (2), 207-209. doi: 10.1016/0300-9629(89)90154-0
RAHN, H, CURRANEVERETT, L and BOOTH, DT (1988). EGGSHELL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PARASITIC AND NONPARASITIC ICTERIDAE. Condor, 90 (4), 962-964. doi: 10.2307/1368865
BOOTH, DT and SEYMOUR, RS (1987). EFFECT OF EGGSHELL THINNING ON WATER-VAPOR CONDUCTANCE OF MALLEEFOWL EGGS. Condor, 89 (3), 453-459. doi: 10.2307/1368635
BOOTH, DT (1987). METABOLIC RESPONSE OF MALLEE FOWL LEIPOA-OCELLATA EMBRYOS TO COOLING AND HEATING. Physiological Zoology, 60 (4), 446-453. doi: 10.1086/physzool.60.4.30157906
BOOTH, DT (1987). EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON DEVELOPMENT OF MALLEE FOWL LEIPOA-OCELLATA EGGS. Physiological Zoology, 60 (4), 437-445. doi: 10.1086/physzool.60.4.30157905
BOOTH, DT (1987). WATER FLUX IN MALLEEFOWL, LEIPOA-OCELLATA GOULD (MEGAPODIIDAE). Australian Journal of Zoology, 35 (2), 147-159. doi: 10.1071/ZO9870147
SEYMOUR, RS, VLECK, D, VLECK, CM and BOOTH, DT (1987). WATER RELATIONS OF BURIED EGGS OF MOUND BUILDING BIRDS. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 157 (4), 413-422. doi: 10.1007/BF00691824
BOOTH, DT (1987). HOME RANGE AND HATCHING SUCCESS OF MALLEEFOWL, LEIPOA-OCELLATA GOULD (MEGAPODIIDAE), IN MURRAY MALLEE NEAR RENMARK, SA. Australian Wildlife Research, 14 (1), 95-104. doi: 10.1071/WR9870095
BOOTH, DT (1986). CROP AND GIZZARD CONTENTS OF 2 MALLEE FOWL. Emu, 86 (1), 51-53. doi: 10.1071/MU9860051
BOOTH, DT (1985). THERMOREGULATION IN NEONATE BRUSH TURKEYS (ALECTURA-LATHAMI). Physiological Zoology, 58 (4), 374-379. doi: 10.1086/physzool.58.4.30156012
BOOTH, DT and SEYMOUR, RS (1984). EFFECT OF ADDING WATER TO MALLEEFOWL MOUNDS DURING A DROUGHT. Emu, 84 (JUN), 116-118. doi: 10.1071/MU9840116
BOOTH, DT (1984). THERMOREGULATION IN NEONATE MALLEE FOWL LEIPOA-OCELLATA. Physiological Zoology, 57 (2), 251-260. doi: 10.1086/physzool.57.2.30163710
Conference Papers
Booth, D.T., Chu, C.T., Ireland, K. and Ischer, T. (2008). The Significance of Incubation Temperature to Sea Turtle Biology. Molecules to Migration: The Pressures of Life. 4th CPB Meeting in Africa: MARA 2008, Kenya, 19-25 July 2008. Italy: Medimond S.r.l..
Booth, D. T. (2003). Ecology and Dispersal of Coral Reef Fishes outside their Ranges. Australian Coral Reef Society 80th Annual Conference, Jupiters Hotel/Casino, Townsville, Queensland, 26 - 29 September 2003. Townsville, Australia: The Australian Coral Reef Society.
Burgess, E., Booth, D. T. and Lanyon, J. M. (2003). The effect of incubation temperature on morphology and swimming performance of the green sea turtle hatchling. 22nd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Miami, Florida, USA, 4 - 7 April 2002. Miami, Florida, USA: NOAA Technical Memorandum.
Booth, D. T. and Burgess, E. (2001). Effect of incubation temperature on yolk reserves and energy content of hatchling green turtles (Chelonia mydas). 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Sociy, Adelaide, 6-9 December 2001. Adelaide: The Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiy.
Booth, D. T. (2000). Soil selection in a burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. 17th Annual Meeting Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Deakin University, Melbourne, 8-10 Dec 2000. Geelong, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry.
BOOTH, DT, CLAYTON, DH and BLOCK, BA (1991). ECTOPARASITES INCREASE ENERGY-METABOLISM OF THEIR HOSTS. LAWRENCE: AMER SOC ZOOLOGISTS.
Data Collections
Staines, Melissa, Tibbetts, Ian and Booth, David (2023). Sand temperature and sea turtle hatchling sex ratios of the Conflict Islands, Papua New Guinea. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/b7814cd
Staines, Melissa, Tibbetts, Ian and Booth, David (2022). Data for operational sex ratio of green turtles in the Great Barrier Reef.. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/aa1b050
Tibbetts, Ian, Staines, Melissa and Booth, David (2020). Sea turtle nest temperatures for Staines et al. (2020) Milman_Nest_Temperature. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/c90b3d0
Research Reports
Booth, David T. (2016). Controlling goanna predation of loggerhead turtle nests at the Wreck Rock rookery, Southeast Queensland. Brisbane, Australia: