publications
2023
94. Erin E. Hahn, Jiri Stiller, Marina Alexander, Alicia Grealy, Jennifer M. Taylor, Nicola Jackson, CH Frere, Clare E. Holleley (2023) Century-old chromatin architecture preserved with formaldehyde. Preprint bioRxiv 2023.07.26.550239; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.26.550239
93. Frere CH. Jackson N, Sandino A, Ball S, Powell D (2023) Koalas, friends, and foes – the application of airborne eDNA for the biomonitoring of threatened species. Authorea Preprint
92. Terraube, J., Gardiner, R., Hohwieler, K. Frere CH, Cristescu R. Protected area coverage has a positive effect on koala occurrence in Eastern Australia. Biodivers Conserv 32, 2495–2511 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02615-w
91. Ball, S., Potvin, D.A., Class, B. , Frere CH. Agonism does not covary with territoriality in a gregarious reptile. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 77, 73 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-023-03348-0
90. Delmé C., Jackson N., Class B., Strickland K., Potvin D. A. and Frère C. H. 2023 Adaptive significance of affiliative behaviour differs between sexes in a wild reptile population Proc. R. Soc. B. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0805
89. Oliveros, A., Terraube, J., Levengood, A.L, Powell D, Frere CH. Influence of scat ageing on the gut microbiome: how old is too old?. BMC Genomics 24, 427 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-023-09520-0
88. Cameron J. Baker, Céline H. Frère, Craig E. Franklin, Hamish A. Campbell, Terri R. Irwin, Ross G. Dwyer (2023) “Long-term tracking reveals a dynamic crocodylian social system” Animal Behaviour, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.02.015.
87. Powell, D, Schwessinger, B, Frère, CH. (2023) Whole-mitochondrial genomes of Nannizziopsis provide insights in evolution and detection. Ecology and Evolution DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9955
86. Barham, K.E., Baker, C.J., Franklin, C.E., Campbell H, Frere CH, Irwin T, Dwyer R. Conditional alternative movement tactics in male crocodiles. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 77, 31 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-023-03303-z
85. Gardiner, Riana, Terraube, Julien, Frere, Celine, Cristescu, Romane (2023) Roads and water availability influence the occurrence of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in secondary habitat: a multiscale approach. Biodiversity and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02493-8
84. C. H. Frère, G. D. O'Reilly, K. Strickland, A. Schultz, K. Hohwieler, J. Hanger, D. de Villiers, R. Cristescu, D. Powell, W. Sherwin (2023) Evaluating the genetic consequences of population subdivision as it unfolds and how to best mitigate them: A rare story about koalas. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16877
83. J. Tacey, B. Class, C. Delmé, D. Powell, C.H. Frère (2023) Impacts of fungal disease on dyadic social interactions in a wild agamid lizard. Animal Behaviour. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.04.002
82. Dunlop, R., Frere, CH. Post-whaling shift in mating tactics in male humpback whales. Communications Biology 6, 162 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04509-7
81. Vivienne Foroughirad, Celine H. Frère, Alexis L. Levengood, Anna M. Kopps, Ewa Krzyszczyk, Janet Mann, (2023) Small effects of family size on sociality despite strong kin preferences in female bottlenose dolphins, Animal Behaviour, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.10.011.
2022
80. J Crampton, CH Frère, DA Potvin. (2022) Australian Magpies Gymnorhina tibicen cooperate to remove tracking devices. Australian Field Ornithology. dx.doi.org/10.20938/afo39007011
79. KR Hohwieler, DL de Villiers, RH Cristescu, CH Frere. (2022) Genetic erosion detected in a specialist mammal living in a fast‐developing environment. Conservation Science and Practice. https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/csp2.12738
78. AL Levengood, K Strickland, V Foroughirad, J Mann, R Cristescu, E Krzyszczyk, CH Frère. (2022) Heterogeneity in resource competition covaries with individual variation in long-term social relationships. Behavioral Ecology . https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac037
77. RH Cristescu, K Strickland, AJ Schultz, LEB Kruuk, D de Villiers, CH Frère. (2022) Susceptibility to a sexually transmitted disease in a wild koala population shows heritable genetic variance but no inbreeding depression. Molecular Ecology. 10.22541/au.165874643.34577990/v1
76. J Nicola, BL Littleford‐Colquhoun, K Strickland, B Class, CH Frere. (2022) Selection in the city: Rapid and fine scale evolution of urban eastern water dragons. Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14596
75. V Foroughirad, M McEntee, AM Kopps, A Levengood, C Frère, J Mann. (2022) Reproductive timing as an explanation for skewed parentage assignment ratio in a bisexually philopatric population. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03233-2
74. BL Littleford-Colquhoun, LS Weyrich, K Hohwieler, R Cristescu, CH Frère. (2022) How microbiomes can help inform conservation: landscape characterisation of gut microbiota helps shed light on additional population structure in a specialist folivore. Animal Microbiome. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-021-00122-3
73. A Schultz, K Strickland, R Cristescu, J Hanger, Dde Villiers, CH Frère. (2022) Testing the effectiveness of genetic monitoring using genetic non‐invasive sampling. Ecology and evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8459
2021
72. CJ Baker, CH Frère, CE Franklin, HA Campbell, T Irwin, RG Dwyer. (2021) Behavioural Ecology. Crocodile social environments dictated by male philopatry. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab120
71. P Waters, HR Patel, A Ruiz-Herrera, L Álvarez-González, NC Lister, O Simakov, T Ezaz, P Kaur, CH Frere, F Grützner, A Georges, JA Marshall Graves. (2021) Microchromosomes are building blocks of bird, reptile, and mammal chromosomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2112494118
70. D Powell, A Jones, N Kent, P Kaur, I Bar, B Schwessinger, CH Frère. (2021) Genome Sequence of the Fungus Nannizziopsis barbatae, an Emerging Reptile Pathogen. Microbiology Resource Announcements.
69. G Albery, I Turilli, MB Joseph, JFoley, CH Frere, S Bansal. (2021) From flames to inflammation: how wildfires affect patterns of wildlife disease. Fire Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-021-00113-4
68. A Schultz, K Strickland, R Cristescu, J Hanger, D de Villiers, CH Frère. (2021) Testing the effectiveness of genetic monitoring using genetic non‐invasive sampling. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8459
67. Strickland K, Mitchell D, Delme C, Frère CH. (2021) Repeatability and heritability of social reaction norms in a wild agamid lizard. Evolution https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14298
66. Strickland K, Mann, J Foroughirad, V, Levengood A, Frère CH. (2021) Maternal effects and fitness consequences of individual variation in bottlenose dolphins’ ecological niche. Journal of Animal Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13513
65. RH Cristescu, R Gardiner, J Terraube, K McDonald, D Powell, AL Levengood, CH Frère. (2021) Difficulties of assessing the impacts of the 2019–2020 bushfires on koalas. Austral Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13120
64. Evans T, Krzyszczyk E, Frère CH, Mann J. (2021) Lifetime stability of social traits in a long-lived marine mammal. Communications Biology https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02292-x
2020
63. Powell D, Jones A, Kent N, Kaur P, Bar I, Schwessinger B, Frère CH. (2020) Genome Sequence of the Fungus Nannizziopsis barbatae, an Emerging Reptile Pathogen. Microbiology Resource Announcements 2021, 10 (1) e01213-20; DOI: 10.1128/MRA.01213-20
62. Peterson, N.R., Rose, K., Shaw, S. Hyndman, T; Sigler, L; Kurtboke, I; Llinas J; Littleford-Colquhoun B; Cristescu R, Frere CH. (2020) Cross-continental emergence of Nannizziopsis barbatae disease may threaten wild Australian lizards. Scientific Reports 10, 20976. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77865-7
61. Baxter-Gilbert, J., Riley, J.L., Frère, C.H. Whiting, M. (2020) Shrinking into the big city: influence of genetic and environmental factors on urban dragon lizard morphology and performance capacity. Urban Ecosyst (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-01065-4
60. Piza Roca, Schoeman, Frere CH (2020) Fitness benefits of male dominance behaviours depend on the degree of individual inbreeding in a polyandrous lizard. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0097
59. Janet Mann, Céline H Frère, Ewa Krzyszczyk, Vivienne Foroughirad, Allison A Galezo. (2020) Juvenile social dynamics reflect adult reproductive strategies in bottlenose dolphins. Behavioral Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa068
58. Schultz, Cristescu, Hanger, Loader, de Villiers, Frere CH. (2020) Inbreeding and disease avoidance in a free-ranging koala population. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15488
2019
57. Gaschk Joshua L, Frere, Celine & Clemente, Christofer (2019) Quantifying koala locomotion strategies: implications for the evolution of arborealism in marsupials. Journal of Experimental Biology 222 (24)
56. Littleford-Colquhoun B, Weyrich L, Kent N, Frere, CH. (2019) City life alters the gut microbiome and stable isotope profiling of the eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii). Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15240
55. Cristescu, Miller, Frere CH (2019) Sniffing out solutions to enhance conservation: How detection dogs can maximise research and management outcomes, through the example of koalas. Australian Zoologist. (Invited article) https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2019.030
54. Cristescu, Scales, Schultz, Miller, Schoeman, Dique, Frere CH. (2019) Environmental impact assessments can misrepresent species distributions: a case study of koalas in Queensland, Australia (2019) Animal Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12455
53. Miller K, Castañeda Rico S, Muletz-Wolz C, Campana M, McInerney N, Augustine L, Frère CH, Peters A, Fleischer RC. (2019). Parthenogenesis in a captive Asian water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus) identified with novel microsatellites. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217489.
52. Piza Roca, C; Kent, N; Frère, CH (2019) Presence of kin-biased social associations in a lizard with no parental care. Behavioural Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz093.
51. Potvin, D; Strickland, K; Slade, J; MacDougall-Shackleton, E; Frère, CH (2019) Applying social network analysis to birdsong research. Animal Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.06.012.
50. Kasha Strickland and Céline H. Frère. (2019) Individual Variation in the Social Plasticity of Water Dragons. The American Naturalist https://doi.org/10.1086/704089
49. Foroughirad V, Levengood A, Mann J, Frère CH (2019) Quality and quantity of genetic relatedness data affect the analysis of social structure. Molecular Ecology Resources. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13028.
48. Littleford‐Colquhoun B, Clemente C, Thompson G, Cristescu RH, Peterson N, Strickland K, Stuart‐Fox D, Frère CH (2019) How sexual and natural selection shape sexual size dimorphism: evidence from multiple evolutionary scales. Functional Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13337.
47. Cristescu RH, Miller RL, Schultz AJ, Hulse L, Jaccoud D, Johnston S, Hanger J, Booth R, Frère CH. (2019) Developing non‐invasive methodologies to assess koala population health through detecting Chlamydia from scats. Molecular Ecology Resources https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12999.
46. R. H. Cristescu K. L. Scales A. J. Schultz R. L. Miller D. S. Schoeman D. Dique C. H. Frère (2019) Robust science underpinning legislation can create better outcomes for threatened species impacted by infrastructure projects Animal Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12528
45. Oliver Manlik, Michael Krützen, Anna M. Kopps, Janet Mann, Lars Bejder, Simon J. Allen, Celine Frère, Richard C. Connor, William B. Sherwin (2019) Is MHC diversity a better marker for conservation than neutral genetic diversity? A case study of two contrasting dolphin populations (2019) Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5265
44. *Nicola Kent, RH Cristescu, Carme Piza-Roca, Bethan L Littleford-Colquhoun, Kasha Strickland, Céline H Frère (2019) Maternal nesting behaviour in city dragons: a species with temperature-dependent sex determination. Journal of Urban Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juz005
2018
43. Cristescu R, Scales K, Schultz A, Miller R, Schoeman D, Dique D, Frère CH. (2018) Environmental Impact Assessments can misrepresent species distributions: A case study of koalas in Queensland, Australia. Animal Conservation http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12455
42. Strickland K, Patterson E and Frère CH. (2018) Eastern water dragons use alternative social tactics at different local densities. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72: 148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-018-2563-x
41. Piza-Roca C, Strickland K, Schoeman D, Frère CH. (2018) Eastern water dragons modify their social tactics with respect to the location within their home range. Animal Behaviour Vol 144. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.08.001
40. Strickland K. & Frère CH. (2018). Predictable males and unpredictable females: repeatability of sociability in eastern water dragons. Behavioural Ecology. 29: 236-243.
39. Schultz A., Cristescu R., Littleford-Colquhoun B., Jaccoud D., Frere C.H. Fresh Is Best: Accurate SNP Genotyping From Koala Scats. Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3765.
38. Parra G, Cagnazzi D, Jedensjö M, Ackermann C, Frere CH, Seddon J, Nikolic N and Krützen M. Low genetic diversity, limited gene flow and widespread genetic bottleneck effects in a threatened dolphin species, the Australian humpback dolphin. Biological Conservation. 220 (2018) 192-200. oi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.12.028
2017
37. Strickland K. & Frere C.H. (2017). Predictable males and unpredictable females: repeatability of sociability in eastern water dragons. Behavioural Ecology. 29: 236-243.
36. Strickland K., Levengood A., Foroughirad V., Kryszczyk E., Mann J., Frere C.H. (2017) A framework for the identification of long-term social avoidance in longitudinal datasets. Royal Society Open Science. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.17064.
35. Premachandra H.K.A., Lafarga-De la Cruz F., Takeuchi Y., Miller A., Fielder S., Nguyen N.H., Bar I., Frere C.H., Knibb W. (2017) Genomic DNA variation confirmed Seriola lalandi is three different populations in the Pacific, but with recent divergence. Scientific Reports. 7: 9386. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-07419-x.
34. Littleford-Colquhoun, BL, Clemente, C, Whiting, MJ, Ortiz-Barrientos, D. and Frère, CH. (2017), Archipelagos of the Anthropocene: rapid and extensive differentiation of native terrestrial vertebrates in a single metropolis. Molecular Ecology. 26: 2466–2481. doi:10.1111/mec.14042
2016
33. Smith H., Frère CH., Kobryn H. and Bejder L. (2016), Dolphin sociality, distribution and calving as important behavioural patterns informing management. Animal Conservation, 19: 462–471.doi:10.1111/acv.12263
2015
32. Sexton G, Frère CH, Kalinganire A, Uwamariya A, Lowe AJ, Godwin ID, Prentis PJ, Dieters MJ. (2015) Influence of putative forest refugia and biogeographic barriers on the level and distribution of genetic variation in an African savannah tree, Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 11 (5).
31. Kosanic K, Anderson K, Frère CH, Harrison S. (2015) Regional vegetation change and implication for local conservation on example from West Cornwall (United Kingdom). Global Ecology and Conservation. Vol 5, pg 405-13.
30. Frère, CH., Chandrasoma, D. and Whiting, M. J. (2015) Polyandry in dragon lizards: inbred paternal genotypes sire fewer offspring. Ecology and Evolution. 5 (8).
29. Cristescu R, Foley E, Markula A, Jackson G, Jones D, Frère CH (2015) Accuracy and efficiency of detection dogs: a powerful new tool for koala conservation and management. Scientific Reports 5. Article number: 8349.
28. Frère CH, *Nugent D, *Littleford-Colquhoun B, *Strickland K (2015). Intellagama lesueurii Eastern water dragon: Cannibalism. The Herpetological Bulletin. 133.
2014
27. Strickland K; Gardiner R; Schultz AJ; Frère CH (2014). The social life of eastern water dragons: sex differences, spatial overlap and genetic relatedness. Animal Behaviour 97: 53-61.
26. Lin W, Frère CH, Karczmarski L, Xia J, Gui D, Wu Y(2014) Phylogeography of the finless porpoise (genus Neophocaena): testing the stepwise divergence hypothesis in the northwestern Pacific. Scientific Reports. 4: 6572.
25. Brown AM, Kopps AM, Allen SJ, Bejder L, Littleford-Colqhoun B, Parra GJ, Cagnazzi D, Thiele D, Palmer C, Frère CH. (2014). Population differentiation and hybridisation of Australian snubfin (Orcaella heinsohni) and Indo-Pacific humpback (Sousa chinensis) dolphins in north-western Australia. PLoS One 9(7): e101427.
24. Gardiner R, Doran E, Strickland K, Frère CH (2014) A face in the crowd: a non-invasive and cost effective photo-identification methodology to understand the fine scale movement of eastern water dragons. PLoS One. 9 (5), e96992.
2013
23. Cristescu R, Carrick F, Banks P, Frère CH (2013) Potential 'Ecological Traps' of restored landscapes: koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) re-occupy a rehabilitated mine site. PLoS One 8 (11), e80469.
22. Mace E, Tai S, Gilding E, Li Y, Prentis P, Bian L, Campbell B, Hu W, Innes D, Han X, Cruickshank A, Dai C, Frère CH, Zhang H, Hunt C, Wang X, Shatte T, Wang M, Su Z, Li J, Lin X, Godwin I, Jordan D, Wang J. (2013) Whole genome sequencing reveals untapped genetic potential in Africa’s indigenous cereal crop Sorghum. Nature Communications 4: 2320.
21. Cristescu R, Rhodes J, Banks P, Frère CH (2013) Is restoring flora the same as restoring fauna? Lessons learned from koalas and mining rehabilitation. Journal of Applied Ecology. 50 (2), 423-431.
20. Carter K, Seddon J, Frère CH, Carter J, Goldizen A (2013) Fission-fusion dynamics in wild giraffes may be driven by kinship, spatial overlap and individual preferences. Animal Behaviour. 85: 385–394.
19. Gilding E and Frère CH (equal first authors) Cruickshank A, Rada A, Prentis P, Mudge A, Mace E, Jordan D, Godwin I. (2013) Allelic variation at a single gene increases food value in a drought tolerant staple cereal? Nature Communications 4:Volume:1483.
18. Lambrides C. et al (including Frere CH) (2013) Ecoturf-a case study on genetic variation and agronomic potential of bermudagrass (cynodon spp.) germplasm collected from Australian biodiversity. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. 12: 263-266.
2012
17. Jewell M, Frère CH, Harris-Shultz K, Anderson W, Godwin I, Lambrides C (2012) Phylogenetic analyses reveals multiple introductions of Cynodon species into Australia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65 (2), 390-396.
16. Cristescu R, Goethals K, Banks P, Carrick F, Frère CH (2012) Experimental evaluation of koala scat persistence and detectability with implication for pellet-based fauna census. International Journal of Zoology. 2012: 1-12.
15. Cristescu R, Frère CH, Banks P (2012) A review of fauna in mine rehabilitation in Australia: Current state and future directions. Biological Conservation. 149: 60-72.
14. Lin W, Chang L, Zhou R, Mo D, Frère CH, Chen J, Chen X, Wu Y (2012) Differentiated or not? An assessment of current knowledge of genetic structure of Sousa chinensis in China. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 416: 17-20.
13. Cristescu R, Ellis W, de Villiers D, Lee K, Woosnam-Merchez O, Frère CH, Banks P, Dique D, Hodgkison S, Carrick, H, Carter D, Smith P and Carrick F (2012) North Stradbroke Island: an island ark for Queensland’s koala population? Proceedings of the Royal Society Queensland. 117:309-333.
12. Prentis P, Gilding E, Pavasovic A, Frere CH, and Godwin I (2012) Molecular Markers in Plant Improvement. Molecular Markers in Plants, First Edition. Edited by Robert J. Henry.
2011
11. Frère CH, Prentis P, Ezaz T, Georges A (2011) Isolation and characterisation of novel microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA markers for the Eastern Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii). Conservation Genetics Resources. 4 (1), 113-116.
10. Frère CH, Seddon J, Palmer C, Porter L, Parra G (2011) Multiple lines of evidence for an Australasian geographic boundary in the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis): population or species divergence? Conservation Genetics. 12 (6), 1633-1638.
9. Frère CH, Prentis P, Gilding E, Mudge A, Cruikshank A and Godwin I (2011) Lack of low frequency variants masks patterns of non-neutral evolution following domestication. PLoS One 6(8): e23041.
8. Frère CH, Mann J, Krützen M, Connor R, Bejder L, Sherwin WB (2011) Nature and nurture: A step towards investigating their interactions in the wild. Communicative and Integrative Biology. 4(2), 192-193.
2010
7. Frère CH, Krützen M, Mann J, Connor R, Bejder L, Sherwin WB (2010) Social and genetic interactions drive fitness variation in a wild population of bottlenose dolphin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 107(46), 19949-19954.
6. Sexton G, Frère CH (equal first author), Dieters M, Godwin I, Prentis P (2010) Development and characterisation of microsatellite loci of Kahya senegalensis. American Journal of Botany. 97: e111-e113.
5. Jewell M, Frère CH, Prentis P, Lambrides C, Godwin I (2010) Characterisation and multiplexing of EST-SSR primers in Cynondon (Poaceae) species. American Journal of Botany. 97: e99-e101.
4. Frère CH, Krützen M, Mann J, Watson-Capps JJ, Tsai YJ, Patterson EM, Connor R, Bejder L, Sherwin WB, (2010) Home Range Overlap, matrilineal and biparental kinship drive female associations in bottlenose dolphins. Animal Behaviour. 80, 481-486.
3. Frère CH, Patterson EM, Krzyszczyk E, Mann J (2010) Thar she blows! A novel method for DNA collection from cetacean blow. PLoS One. 5(8) e12299
2. Frère CH, Krützen M, Kopps AM, Ward P, Mann J, Sherwin WB (2010) Inbreeding tolerance and fitness costs in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.). Proceedings of the Royal Society, London: Biological Sciences. 227, 2667-2673.
2008
1. Frère CH, Hale PT, Porter L, Cockcroft VG, Dalebout ML (2008) Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA sequences suggests revision of humpback dolphin (Sousa spp.) taxonomy is needed. Marine and Freshwater Research. 59, 259-268.