Publications
High temperature
Reher S, Rabarison H, Montero BK, Turner JM and Dausmann KH (2022). Intraspecific physiological flexibility allows roosting under contrasting environmental conditions in a Malagasy bat. Oecologia. 198:35-52. [link]
Cooper CE, Withers PC and Turner JM (2020). Physiological implications of climate change for a critically endangered Australian marsupial. Australian Journal of Zoology. 68(4): 200-211. [link]
Turner JM (2020). The impacts of heatwaves on Australia’s wildlife. ESA Hot Topics. [link]
Turner JM (2020). Facultative hyperthermia during a heatwave delays injurious dehydration of an arboreal marsupial. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(5):jeb219378. [link]
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Pygmy-possum thermal ecology
Turner JM (2020). The interrelationship between torpor expression and nest site use of western and eastern pygmy-possums (Cercartetus spp.). Australian Mammalogy. 42(1):85-95. [link]
Turner JM and Geiser F (2017). The influence of natural photoperiod on seasonal torpor expression of two opportunistic marsupial hibernators. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 187:375-383. [link]
Turner JM, Körtner G, Warnecke L and Geiser F (2012). Summer and winter torpor use by free-ranging marsupial. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 162: 274-280. [link]
Turner JM, Warnecke L, Körtner G and Geiser F (2012). Opportunistic hibernation by a free-ranging marsupial. Journal of Zoology. 286: 277-284. [link]
Carnivorous marsupials
Cowan MA, Moore HA, Hradsky BA, Jolly CJ, Dunlop JA, Wysong ML, Hernandez-Santin L, Davis R, Fisher DO, Michael DR, Turner JM, Gibson LA, Knuckey CG, Henderson M, Nimmo DG (2023). Non-preferred habitat increases the activity area of the endangered northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) in a semi-arid landscape. Australian Mammalogy. 45(2): 138-150. [link]
Cowan MA, Callan MN, Watson MJ, Watson DM, Doherty TS, Michael DR, Dunlop JA, Turner JM, Moore HA, Watchorn DJ and Nimmo DG (2021). Artificial refuges for wildlife conservation: what is the state of the science? Biological Reviews. 96: 2735–2754. [link]
Cowan M, Dunlop J, Turner JM, Moore H and Nimmo DG (2020). Artificial refuges to combat habitat loss for an endangered marsupial predator: how do they measure up? Conservation Science and Practice. 2(5):e204. [link]
Warnecke L, Körtner G, Burwell CJ, Turner JM and Geiser F (2012). Short-term movement patterns and diet of small dasyurid marsupials in semiarid Australia. Australian Mammalogy. 34 (1): 49-54. [link]
Geiser F, Christian N, Cooper CE, Körtner G, McAllan BM, Pavey C, Turner JM, Warnecke L, Willis CKR and Brigham RM (2008). Torpor in marsupials: recent advances. In: Lovegrove BG and McKechnie AE (eds). Hypometabolism in animals: torpor, hibernation and cryobiology. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg. pp. 297-306. [link]
Warnecke L, Turner JM and Geiser F (2008). Torpor and basking in a small arid zone marsupial. Naturwissenschaften. 95 (1): 73-78. [link]
White-nose syndrome
*Davy CM/*Donaldson ME/*Subudhi S/*Rapin N, Warnecke L, Turner JM, Bollinger TK, Kyle CJ, Dorville NAS-Y, Kunkel EL, Norquay KJO, Dzal YA, Willis CKR and Misra V (2018). White-nose syndrome is associated with increased replication of naturally persisting coronaviruses in bats. Scientific Reports. 8:15508. *Equal contribution. [link]
Subudhi S, Rapin N, Bollinger TK, Hill JE, Donaldson ME, Davy C, Warnecke L, Turner JM, Kyle CJ, Willis CKR and Misra V (2017). A persistently infecting coronavirus in hibernating Myotis lucifugus, the North American little brown bat. Journal of General Virology. 98: 2297-2309. [link]
Bohn SJ, Turner JM, Warnecke L, Mayo C, McGuire LP, Misra V, Bollinger TK and Willis CKR (2016). Evidence of ‘sickness behaviour’ in bats with white-nose syndrome. Behaviour. 153: 981-1003. [link]
McGuire LP, Turner JM, Warnecke L, McGregor G, Bollinger TK, Misra V, Foster JT, Frick WF, Kilpatrick AM and Willis CKR (2016). White-nose syndrome disease severity and a comparison of diagnostic methods. EcoHealth. 13: 60-71. Special Feature article. [link]
Pannkuk EL, McGuire LP, Warnecke L, Turner JM, Willis CKR, Risch TS (2015). Glycerophospholipid profiles of bats with white-nose syndrome (2015). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 88: 425-432. [link]
Turner JM, Warnecke L, Wilcox A, Baloun D, Bollinger TK, Misra V and Willis CKR (2015). Conspecific disturbance contributes to altered hibernation patterns in bats with white-nose syndrome. Physiology and Behavior. 140: 71-78. [link]
Rapin N, Johns K, Martin L, Warnecke L, Turner JM, Bollinger TK, Willis CKR, Voyles J and Misra V (2014). Activation of innate immune response genes in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) infected with the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans. PLOS ONE. 9(11): e112285. [link]
Wilcox A, Warnecke L, Turner JM, McGuire LP, Jameson JW, Misra V, Bollinger TK, Willis CKR (2014). Behaviour of hibernating little brown bats experimentally inoculated with the pathogen that causes white-nose syndrome. Animal Behaviour. 88: 157-164. [link]
Warnecke L, Turner JM, Bollinger TK, Misra V, Cryan PM, Blehert DS, Wibbelt G and Willis CKR (2013). Pathophysiology of white-nose syndrome in bats: a mechanistic model linking wing damage to mortality. Biology Letters. 9 (4): 20130177. Top 10 most cited articles 2013. [link]
*Warnecke L/*Turner JM, Bollinger TK, Lorch JM, Misra V, Cryan PM, Wibbelt G, Blehert DS, and Willis CKR (2012). Inoculation of bats with European Geomyces destructans supports the novel pathogen hypothesis for the origin of white-nose syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109 (18): 6999-7003. *Equal contribution. [link]
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Other research
Sanders E, Wassens S, Nimmo DG, Turner JM and Michael DR (2024). Prevalence of invasive fish and plants in the winter diet of the rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster). Austral Ecology. 49: e70016. [link]
Green MC, Michael DR, Turner JM, Wright LJ and Nimmo DG (2024). The influence of severe wildfire on a threatened arboreal mammal. Wildlife Research. 51: WR23129. [link]
Sanders E, Nimmo DG, Turner JM, Wassens S and Michael DR (2024). Putting rakali in the spotlight: innovative methods for detecting an elusive semi-aquatic mammal. Wildlife Research. 51(6): WR24002. [link]
Sanders E, Wassens S, Michael DR, Nimmo DG and Turner JM (2024). Extinction risk of the world’s freshwater mammals. Conservation Biology. 38: e14168. [link]
Morrant DS, Turner JM, Jensen MA, Hansen NA, Bower DS, Körtner G, Meek PD, Pestell AJL, Rismiller PD, Waudby HP and Amos C (2022). Wildlife tracking methods. In: Smith B, Waudby HP and Alberthsen C (eds). Wildlife research in Australia: practical and applied methods. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton. pp 180-200. [link]
Waudby HP, Turner JM, Coulson G, Taggart DA, Bengsen AJ, Meek PD, Bower DS, Thompson S, Lumsden L, Hampton JO, Death C, Thompson G, Finlayson G, Hamilton DG, Petit S, Dunlop J, Bentley J, Vanderduys E, Ballard GA and Morrant DS (2022). Wildlife capture methods. In: Smith B, Waudby HP and Alberthsen C (eds). Wildlife research in Australia: practical and applied methods. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton. pp 108-149. [link]
Pretzlaf I, Radchuk V, Turner JM and Dausmann KH (2021). Flexibility in thermal physiology and behaviour allows body mass maintenance in hibernating hazel dormice. Journal of Zoology. 314(1): 1-11. [link]
Nimmo DG, Avitabile S, Banks SC, Benshemesh J, Bradstock R, Bliege Bird R, Callister K, Clarke MF, Doherty T, Driscoll D, Ewin P, Gill M, Haslem A, Kelly LT, Kenny S, Lahoz-Monfort J, Leonard S, Moore H, Lee C, Parr K, Ritchie E, Schedvin N, Schneider K, Turner JM, Watson S, Westbrooke M, Wouters M, White M, Bennett AF (2019). Animal movements in fire-prone landscapes. Biological Reviews. 94: 981-998. [link]
Science communication
Turner JM (2019) Book review: A Bat’s End: The Christmas Island Pipistrelle and Extinction in Australia by John Woinarski. Ecological Management and Restoration. 20: 171-172. [link]
Turner JM (2019) Unhatched turtles know what’s hot. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222: 193110. [link]
Turner JM (2019) Environmental warming leaves fish all at sea. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222: 192930. [link]
Turner JM (2019) It’s a small world on a hot leaf. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222: 192773. [link]
Turner JM (2019) Nocturnal living beats the heat. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222: 192625. [link]