Dr Anne Besson

2024

Journal - Research Article

Mathot, K. J., Arteaga-Torres, J., Besson, A., Hawkshaw, D. M., Klappstein, N., McKinnon, R. A., … Nakagawa, S. (2024). A systematic review and meta-analysis of unimodal and multimodal predation risk assessment in birds. Nature Communications, 15, 4240. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-48702-6

2023

Journal - Research Article

Monks, J. M., Besson, A. A., & O'Donnell, C. F. J. (2023). Landscape scale control of selected mammalian predators fails to protect lizards. Biological Invasions, 26, 107-118. doi: 10.1007/s10530-023-03160-x

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Besson, A., Johnson, S. L., Nakagawa, S., Meylan, S., & Cree, A. (2023). Do personality traits co-vary with baseline concentrations of glucocorticoids in a viviparous lizard? In D. J. Wilson & J. M. Monks (Eds.), Recent developments in research on the herpetofauna of Aotearoa New Zealand: Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand (SRARNZ) 2021: DOC Research and Development Series 369. 2.4. Retrieved from https://www.doc.govt.nz/about-us/science-publications/series/doc-research-and-development-series

2022

Journal - Research Article

Ragsdale, A., Ortega-Recalde, O., Dutoit, L., Besson, A. A., Chia, J. H. Z., King, T., Nakagawa, S., Hickey, A., Gemmell, N. J., Hore, T., & Johnson, S. L. (2022). Paternal hypoxia exposure primes offspring for increased hypoxia resistance. BMC Biology, 20, 185. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01389-x

Haave-Audet, E., Besson, A. A., Nakagawa, S., & Mathot, K. J. (2022). Differences in resource acquisition, not allocation, mediate the relationship between behaviour and fitness: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Biological Reviews, 97, 708-731. doi: 10.1111/brv.12819

2020

Journal - Research Article

Thomson, H. R., Lamb, S. D., Besson, A. A., & Johnson, S. L. (2020). Long-term repeatability of behaviours in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Ethology, 126, 903-911. doi: 10.1111/eth.13038

Parli, A., Besson, A., Wehi, P., & Johnson, S. (2020). Sub-lethal exposure to a mammalian pesticide bait alters behaviour in an orthopteran. Journal of Insect Conservation, 24, 536-546. doi: 10.1007/s10841-020-00222-6

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ragsdale, A. K., Dutoit, L., Besson, A. A., King, T., Gemmell, N. J., Hore, T., & Johnson, S. L. (2020). Paternal hypoxia exposure primes offspring for increased hypoxia resistance. Integrative & Comparative Biology, 60(Suppl. 1), (pp. E192). doi: 10.1093/icb/icaa006

2019

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ragsdale, A., Dutoit, L., Besson, A., King, T., Gemmell, N., Hore, T., & Johnson, S. (2019). Paternal hypoxia exposure primes offspring for increased hypoxia resistance. Proceedings of the 16th Asian Conference on Transcription. (pp. 48-49). Retrieved from http://act2019.p.events4you.currinda.com/days/2019-12-02/

2018

Journal - Research Article

Lagrue, C., Besson, A. A., & Lecerf, A. (2018). Small alteration – big impacts: Effects of small-scale riparian forest management on host–parasite dynamics in streams. Journal of Helminthology, 92(1), 64-73. doi: 10.1017/S0022149X16000936

2016

Journal - Research Article

Poulin, R., Besson, A. A., Morin, M. B., & Randhawa, H. S. (2016). Missing links: Testing the completeness of host-parasite checklists. Parasitology, 143(1), 114-122. doi: 10.1017/S0031182015001559

Besson, A. A., Lagisz, M., Senior, A. M., Hector, K. L., & Nakagawa, S. (2016). Effect of maternal diet on offspring coping styles in rodents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Biological Reviews, 91(4), 1065-1080. doi: 10.1111/brv.12210

2015

Journal - Research Article

Lagrue, C., Besson, A. A., & Lecerf, A. (2015). Interspecific differences in antipredator strategies determine the strength of non-consumptive predator effects on stream detritivores. Oikos, 124, 1589-1596. doi: 10.1111/oik.02272

2014

Journal - Research Article

Jarvie, S., Besson, A. A., Seddon, P. J., & Cree, A. (2014). Assessing thermal suitability of translocation release sites for egg-laying reptiles with temperature-dependent sex determination: A case study with tuatara. Animal Conservation, 17, 48-55. doi: 10.1111/acv.12152

Besson, A. A., Guerreiro, R., Bellenger, J., Ragot, K., Faivre, B., & Sorci, G. (2014). Parental experience of a risky environment leads to improved offspring growth rate. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 2734-2739. doi: 10.1242/jeb.100818

Vermunt, A., Hare, K. M., & Besson, A. A. (2014). Unusual change in activity pattern at cool temperature in a reptile (Sphenodon punctatus). Journal of Thermal Biology, 42, 40-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.02.021

2013

Journal - Research Article

Mello, R. S. R., Besson, A. A., Hare, K. M., Fay, V., Smith, E., & Cree, A. (2013). Adjustment of juvenile tuatara to a cooler, southern climate: Operative temperatures, emergence behaviour and growth rate. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 40(4), 290-303. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2013.775167

2012

Journal - Research Article

Guerreiro, R., Besson, A. A., Bellenger, J., Ragot, K., Lizard, G., Faivre, B., & Sorci, G. (2012). Correlational selection on pro- and anti-inflammatory effectors. Evolution, 66(11), 3615-3623. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01708.x

Lecerf, A., Baudoin, J.-M., Besson, A. A., Lamothe, S., & Lagrue, C. (2012). Is smaller necessarily better? Effects of small-scale forest harvesting on stream ecosystems. International Journal of Limnology, 48(4), 401-409. doi: 10.1051/limn/2012028

Besson, A. A., Nelson, N. J., Nottingham, C. M., & Cree, A. (2012). Is cool egg incubation temperature a limiting factor for the translocation of tuatara to southern New Zealand? New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 36(1), 90-99.

2011

Journal - Research Article

Lagrue, C., Azemar, F., Besson, A., Lamothe, S., & Lecerf, A. (2011). Novel ligature methods for studying sublethal effects of sit-and-wait predators: Test using Cordulegaster Boltonii (Donovan, 1807) larvae (Anisoptera: Cordulegastridae). Odonatologica, 40(2), 95-103.

Gaby, M. J., Besson, A. A., Bezzina, C. N., Caldwell, A. J., Cosgrove, S., Cree, A., … Hare, K. M. (2011). Thermal dependence of locomotor performance in two cool-temperate lizards. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 197(9), 869-875. doi: 10.1007/s00359-011-0648-3

Besson, A. A., & Cree, A. (2011). Integrating physiology into conservation: An approach to help guide translocations of a rare reptile in a warming environment. Animal Conservation, 14(1), 28-37. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00386.x

2010

Journal - Research Article

Besson, A. A., & Cree, A. (2010). A cold-adapted reptile becomes a more effective thermoregulator in a thermally challenging environment. Oecologia, 163, 571-581. doi: 10.1007/s00442-010-1571-y

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Besson, A. A., & Cree, A. (2010). A cold-adapted reptile (tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus) adjusts its thermoregulatory behaviour in response to thermally challenging habitats. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 37(1), (pp. 59-60). doi: 10.1080/03014221003602208

2009

Journal - Research Article

Thierry, A., Lettink, M., Besson, A. A., & Cree, A. (2009). Thermal properties of artificial refuges and their implications for retreat-site selection in lizards. Applied Herpetology, 6(4), 307-326. doi: 10.1163/157075409X432931

Besson, A. A., Thierry, A., Boros, E., Allen, K., Bradley, S., Norrie, C., & Cree, A. (2009). Evidence of food chemical discrimination in Tuatara (O. Rhynchocephalia): Comparison with a gekkotan lizard (O. Squamata). Journal of Herpetology, 43(1), 124-131.

2007

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Besson, A. A., & Cree, A. (2007). Preferred temperatures, activity responses and tolerance of cool temperature: A comparison between two sympatric lizards from southern New Zealand (Hoplodactylus maculatus and Oligosoma maccanni). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34(3), (pp. 261). doi: 10.1080/03014220709510084