Email: stephanie.godfrey@otago.ac.nz
Phone: 64-3-479-7963
Teaching
- ECOL212 Ecological Applications
- ZOOL313 Animal Function and Environment
- ZOOL316 Biological Data Analysis and Computing
- ZOOL415 Parasitology
- ZOOL422 - Advanced Topics in Animal Behaviour
- ZOOL495 - Masters Thesis Preparation
Research Interests
I am currently recruiting PhD and MSc students – if you are interested in joining our research group, contact me directly to discuss potential postgraduate projects.
- Influence of host behaviour (social structure, behavioural variation) on parasite and disease ecology
- Understanding how contact patterns in wildlife populations are structured, and how they respond to perturbations.
- Impacts of conservation management activities on host-parasite communities, and the conservation of unique parasites
- Reptilian host-parasite ecology and social behaviour/organisation
Publications
Payne, E., Sinn, D. L., Spiegel, O., Leu, S. T., Wohlfeil, C. K., Godfrey, S. S., … Sih, A. (2025). Personality, space use, and networks directly and indirectly explain tick infestation in a wild population of lizards. Ecological Monographs, 95, e70000. doi: 10.1002/ecm.70000 Journal - Research Article
Lin, F.-C., Godfrey, S. S., & Lin, S.-M. (2025). Comparison of numerosity concept in a freshwater turtle after a two-year retention interval. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 79, 9. doi: 10.1007/s00265-024-03554-4 Journal - Research Article
Richardson, E. D., Cree, A., Monks, J. M., & Godfrey, S. S. (2024). Evaluating translocation success using hard and soft release methods for an arboreal gecko, 8–11 years after translocation. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 48(1), 3573. doi: 10.20417/nzjecol.48.3573 Journal - Research Article
Lee, K.-H., Blyton, M. D. J., Godfrey, S. S., Sih, A., Gardner, M. G., Whiting, M. J., & Leu, S. T. (2024). Enterobacteriaceae community dynamics in sleepy lizards: Richness, prevalence and co-occurrence over time. Austral Ecology, 49, e70014. doi: 10.1111/aec.70014 Journal - Research Article
Northover, A. S., Godfrey, S. S., Lymbery, A. J., Wayne, A. F., Keatley, S., Ash, A., … Thompson, R. C. A. (2024). The parasites of free-ranging terrestrial wildlife from Australia's south-west. Australian Journal of Zoology, 71, ZO23048. doi: 10.1071/ZO23048 Journal - Research Article
2025
Journal - Research Article
Payne, E., Sinn, D. L., Spiegel, O., Leu, S. T., Wohlfeil, C. K., Godfrey, S. S., … Sih, A. (2025). Personality, space use, and networks directly and indirectly explain tick infestation in a wild population of lizards. Ecological Monographs, 95, e70000. doi: 10.1002/ecm.70000
Lin, F.-C., Godfrey, S. S., & Lin, S.-M. (2025). Comparison of numerosity concept in a freshwater turtle after a two-year retention interval. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 79, 9. doi: 10.1007/s00265-024-03554-4
2024
Journal - Research Article
Richardson, E. D., Cree, A., Monks, J. M., & Godfrey, S. S. (2024). Evaluating translocation success using hard and soft release methods for an arboreal gecko, 8–11 years after translocation. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 48(1), 3573. doi: 10.20417/nzjecol.48.3573
Lee, K.-H., Blyton, M. D. J., Godfrey, S. S., Sih, A., Gardner, M. G., Whiting, M. J., & Leu, S. T. (2024). Enterobacteriaceae community dynamics in sleepy lizards: Richness, prevalence and co-occurrence over time. Austral Ecology, 49, e70014. doi: 10.1111/aec.70014
Northover, A. S., Godfrey, S. S., Lymbery, A. J., Wayne, A. F., Keatley, S., Ash, A., … Thompson, R. C. A. (2024). The parasites of free-ranging terrestrial wildlife from Australia's south-west. Australian Journal of Zoology, 71, ZO23048. doi: 10.1071/ZO23048
Trewartha, D. M., Clayton, J. L., Godfrey, S. S., & Gardner, M. G. (2024). Heat water and reptiles: Do the hydro-thermal properties of animals at the source location persist at the translocation site? Animal Conservation. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/acv.12942
Journal - Research Other
Lin, F.-C., Lin, S.-M., & Godfrey, S. S. (2024). Hidden social complexity behind vocal and acoustic communication in non-avian reptiles. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 379, 20230200. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0200
Cain, K. E., Godfrey, S. S., & Painting, C. J. (2024). Animal behaviour: Diverse insights across Aotearoa New Zealand and the South Pacific. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2334413. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2024.2334413
2023
Journal - Research Article
Rolfes, J. W., & Godfrey, S. S. (2023). Seasonal and spatial patterns of infestation with ectoparasitic mites on New Zealand geckos revealed using a crowd-sourced citizen science database. Austral Ecology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/aec.13472
Powell, J., Matthaei, C. D., & Godfrey, S. S. (2023). Colour variation and behaviour of the cryptic New Zealand frog Leiopelma archeyi. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 47(2), 3534. doi: 10.20417/nzjecol.47.3534
Eda, A. R. A. R., Bishop, P. J., Altobelli, J. T., Godfrey, S. S., & Stanton, J.-A. L. (2023). Screening for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in New Zealand native frogs: 20 years on. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 47(2), 3531. doi: 10.20417/nzjecol.47.3531
Altobelli, J. T., Bishop, P. J., Dickinson, K. J. M., & Godfrey, S. S. (2023). Suitability of radio telemetry for monitoring two New Zealand frogs (Leiopelma archeyi and L. hamiltoni). New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 47(2), 3532. doi: 10.20417/nzjecol.47.3532
Filion, A., Webster, T., Poulin, R., & Godfrey, S. S. (2023). Interannual patterns of avian diseases in wild New Zealand avifauna near conservation areas. Austral Ecology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/aec.13400
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Godfrey, S. S., & Kemner, P. R. (2023). Seasonal patterns of emergence in the stick insect Niveaphasma annulata. Proceedings of the 71st Entomological Society of New Zealand (ESNZ) Conference. (pp. 36). Retrieved from https://ento.org.nz/
Thompson, H., & Godfrey, S. (2023). Does growing old make you grumpy? Personality differences between juvenile and adult Otago skinks (Oligosoma otagense). 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. 2.21. Retrieved from https://www.doc.govt.nz/about-us/science-publications/series/doc-research-and-development-series
2022
Chapter in Book - Research
Godfrey, S. S., & Poulin, R. (2022). Host manipulation by parasites: From individual to collective behavior. In V. Ezenwa, S. M. Altizer & R. Hall (Eds.), Animal behavior and parasitism. (pp. 207-222). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780192895561.003.0012
Journal - Research Article
Payne, E., Spiegel, O., Sinn, D. L., Leu, S. T., Gardner, M. G., Godfrey, S. S., … Sih, A. (2022). Intrinsic traits, social context, and local environment shape home range size and fidelity of sleepy lizards. Ecological Monographs, 92, e1519. doi: 10.1002/ecm.1519
Lamb, S. D., Altobelli, J. T., Easton, L. J., Godfrey, S. S., & Bishop, P. J. (2022). Captive Hamilton’s frog (Leiopelma hamiltoni) associates non-randomly under retreat sites: Preliminary insights into their social networks. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 49(3), 236-251. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2021.1994426
Journal - Research Other
Altobelli, J. T., Dickinson, K. J. M., Godfrey, S. S., & Bishop, P. J. (2022). Methods in amphibian biotelemetry: Two decades in review. Austral Ecology, 47, 1382-1395. doi: 10.1111/aec.13227
Filion, A., Doherty, J.-F., Poulin, R., & Godfrey, S. S. (2022). Building a comprehensive phylogenetic framework in disease ecology [Forum]. Trends in Parasitology, 38(6), 424-427. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.01.008
2021
Journal - Research Article
Grace, M. K., Akçakaya, H. R., Bennett, E. L., Brooks, T. M., Heath, A., Hedges, S., … Elangovan, V., … Godfrey, S. S., … Monks, J. M., … Virens, J., … Young, S. (2021). Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact. Conservation Biology, 35, e13756. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13756
Payne, E., Sinn, D. L., Spiegel, O., Gardner, M. G., Godfrey, S. S., Wohlfeil, C., & Sih, A. (2021). Consistent after all: Behavioural repeatability in a long-lived lizard across a 6-year field study. Animal Behaviour, 174, 263-277. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.01.025
Elangovan, V., Bovill, L., Cree, A., Monks, J. M., & Godfrey, S. S. (2021). Social networks and social stability in a translocated population of Otago skinks (Oligosoma otagense). New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 45(1), 3434. doi: 10.20417/nzjecol.45.19
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Eda, A. R. A., Centeno, F., Bishop, P., Godfrey, S., Dutoit, L., Rand, C., Easton, L., & Stanton, J. (2021). Evaluation of DNA extraction kits for examining skin microbial composition of New Zealand native frog. Proceedings of the University of Otago Student Research Symposium: Te Wānaka Rakahau: Ākoka. (pp. 26). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Richardson, E., Godfrey, S., Cree, A., & Monks, J. (2021, February). Long-term dispersal of soft- and hard-released jewelled geckos (Naultinus gemmeus) at Orokonui Ecosanctuary [5-minute presentation]. Verbal presentation at the 18th Biennial Conference of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand (SRARNZ), [Online].
Godfrey, S. (2021, February). Social behaviour in New Zealand lizards [5-minute presentation]. Verbal presentation at the 18th Biennial Conference of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand (SRARNZ), [Online].
2020
Journal - Research Article
Milotic, M., Lymbery, A., Thompson, A., Doherty, J.-F., & Godfrey, S. (2020). Parasites are endangered by the conservation of their hosts: Meta-analyses of the effect of host captivity on the odds of parasite infection. Biological Conservation, 248, 108702. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108702
Payne, E., Sinn, D. L., Spiegel, O., Leu, S. T., Wohlfeil, C., Godfrey, S. S., … Sih, A. (2020). Consistent individual differences in ecto-parasitism of a long-lived lizard host. Oikos, 129(7), 1061-1071. doi: 10.1111/oik.06670
Barr, J. I., Somaweera, R., Godfrey, S. S., Gardner, M. G., & Bateman, P. W. (2020). When one tail isn't enough: Abnormal caudal regeneration in lepidosaurs and its potential ecological impacts. Biological Reviews, 95(5), 1479-1496. doi: 10.1111/brv.12625
Wohlfeil, C. K., Godfrey, S. S., Leu, S. T., Clayton, J., & Gardner, M. G. (2020). Spatial proximity and asynchronous refuge sharing networks both explain patterns of tick genetic relatedness among lizards, but in different years. Austral Ecology, 45(4), 493-501. doi: 10.1111/aec.12899
Stampe, K., Larsen, O. N., & Godfrey, S. S. (2020). Ecto- and endoparasites of the King's skink (Egernia kingii) on Penguin Island. Parasitology, 147, 1094-1099. doi: 10.1017/s0031182020000839
Taghipour, A., Olfatifar, M., Bahadory, S., Godfrey, S. S., Abdoli, A., Khatami, A., … Shahrivar, F. (2020). The global prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection in dogs: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Veterinary Parasitology, 281, 109093. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2020.109093
Journal - Research Other
Elangovan, V., Cree, A., Monks, J. M., & Godfrey, S. (2020). Oligosoma otagense (Otago skink): Aggression and cannibalism [Natural History Note]. Herpetological Review, 51(1), 129.
Carlson, C. J., Hopkins, S., Bell, K. C., Doña, J., Godfrey, S. S., Kwak, M. L., … Wood, C. L. (2020). A global parasite conservation plan. Biological Conservation, 250, 108596. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108596
Gardner, M. G., Godfrey, S. S., & Wapstra, E. (2020). Editorial for the Michael Bull special issue. Austral Ecology, 45(4), 407-409. doi: 10.1111/aec.12906
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Lee, K., Blyton, M., Bull, C., Godfrey, S., Sih, A., Gardner, M., … Leu, S. (2020). Enteric bacteria in sleepy lizards vary in richness, prevalence and co-occurrence patterns. Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Herpetology (WCH). Retrieved from http://www.wchnz.com/wch2020
Jacks, P., Monks, J., de Sá Rocha Mello, R., & Godfrey, S. (2020). Contrasting sociality in two sympatric skink species: Oligosoma otagense and O. grande. Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Herpetology (WCH). Retrieved from http://www.wchnz.com/wch2020
Godfrey, S., Nelson, N., Carter, A., Herbert, S., Irwin, E., Kikillus, H., … Hare, K. (2020). Aggregative behaviour in New Zealand's native lizards. Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Herpetology (WCH). Retrieved from http://www.wchnz.com/wch2020
Gardiner-Rodden, J., Godfrey, S., Jarvie, S., Nelson, N., & Cree, A. (2020). A translocated population of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) in a cool southern ecosanctuary: Are females nesting? Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Herpetology (WCH). Retrieved from http://www.wchnz.com/wch2020
Elangovan, V., Cree, A., Monks, J., & Godfrey, S. (2020). Social networking of the Otago skink (Oligosoma otagense) at Ōrokonui Ecosanctuary. Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Herpetology (WCH). Retrieved from http://www.wchnz.com/wch2020
2019
Journal - Research Article
Northover, A. S., Keatley, S., Elliot, A. D., Hobbs, R. P., Yang, R., Lymbery, A. J., Godfrey, S. S., … Thompson, R. C. A. (2019). Identification of a novel species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 from the woylie, Bettongia penicillata Gray (Diprotodontia: Potoroidae) and the genetic characterisation of three Eimeria spp. from other potoroid marsupials. Systematic Parasitology, 96, 553-563. doi: 10.1007/s11230-019-09870-y
Northover, A. S., Thompson, R. C. A., Lymbery, A. J., Wayne, A. F., Keatley, S., Ash, A., … Godfrey, S. S. (2019). Altered parasite community structure in an endangered marsupial following translocation. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites & Wildlife, 10, 13-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.07.001
Northover, A. S., Godfrey, S. S., Keatley, S., Lymbery, A. J., Wayne, A. F., Cooper, C., … Thompson, R. C. A. (2019). Increased Trypanosoma spp. richness and prevalence of haemoparasite co-infection following translocation. Parasites & Vectors, 12, 126. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3370-6
Barr, J. I., Somaweera, R., Godfrey, S. S., & Bateman, P. W. (2019). Increased tail length in the King's skink, Egernia kingii (Reptilia: Scincidae): An anti-predation tactic for juveniles? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 126(2), 268-275. doi: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly196
Ash, A., Lymbery, A., Godfrey, S., Shiel, R., & Paul, A. (2019). Substrate type and age are risk factors for gastrointestinal parasitism in greyhound kennels. Veterinary Parasitology, 265, 7-14. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.11.013
2018
Journal - Research Article
Foote, I., Godfrey, S. S., & Robertson, B. C. (2018). Mate choice explains high genetic diversity in a small founding population of the New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri). Australian Journal of Zoology, 66, 343-351. doi: 10.1071/ZO19023
Taggart, P. L., Leu, S. T., Spiegel, O., Godfrey, S. S., Sih, A., & Bull, C. M. (2018). Endure your parasites: Sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa) movement is not affected by their ectoparasites. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 96(12), 1309-1316. doi: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0352
Leu, S. T., & Godfrey, S. S. (2018). Advances from the nexus of animal behaviour and pathogen transmission: New directions and opportunities using contact networks. Behaviour, 155(7-9), 567-583. doi: 10.1163/1568539X-00003507
Jones, K. L., Thompson, R. C. A., & Godfrey, S. S. (2018). Social networks: A tool for assessing the impact of perturbations on wildlife behaviour and implications for pathogen transmission. Behaviour, 155(7-9), 689-730. doi: 10.1163/1568539X-00003485
Hacking, J. D., Stuart-Fox, D., Godfrey, S. S., & Gardner, M. G. (2018). Specific MHC class I supertype associated with parasite infection and color morph in a wild lizard population. Ecology & Evolution, 8, 9920-9933. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4479
Northover, A. S., Elliot, A. D., Keatley, S., Lim, Z., Botero, A., Ash, A., … Godfrey, S. S., & Thompson, R. C. A. (2018). Debilitating disease in a polyparasitised woylie (Bettongia penicillata): A diagnostic investigation. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites & Wildlife, 7(3), 274-279. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.07.004
Godfrey, S. S., Keatley, S., Botero, A., Thompson, C. K., Wayne, A. F., Lymbery, A. J., … Thompson, R. C. A. (2018). Trypanosome co-infections increase in a declining marsupial population. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites & Wildlife, 7(2), 221-227. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.06.002
Jones, K. L., Rafferty, C., Hing, S., Thompson, R. C. A., & Godfrey, S. S. (2018). Perturbations have minor impacts on parasite dynamics and body condition of an endangered marsupial. Journal of Zoology, 305(2), 124-132. doi: 10.1111/jzo.12541
Sih, A., Spiegel, O., Godfrey, S., Leu, S., & Bull, C. M. (2018). Integrating social networks, animal personalities, movement ecology and parasites: A framework with examples from a lizard. Animal Behaviour, 136, 195-205. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.09.008
Journal - Research Other
Northover, A. S., Lymbery, A. J., Wayne, A. F., Godfrey, S. S., & Thompson, R. C. A. (2018). The hidden consequences of altering host-parasite relationships during fauna translocations. Biological Conservation, 220, 140-148. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.12.037
Thompson, R. C. A., Lymbery, A. J., & Godfrey, S. S. (2018). Parasites at risk: Insights from an endangered marsupial. Trends in Parasitology, 34(1), 12-22. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.09.001
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Elangovan, V., Cree, A., Monks, J., & Godfrey, S. (2018, December). Social networking of the Otago skink (Oligosoma otagense). Poster session presented at the Combined Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists (ASH) and the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand (SRARNZ), Brisbane, Australia.
2017
Chapter in Book - Research
Bull, C. M., Gardner, M. G., Sih, A., Spiegel, O., Godfrey, S. S., & Leu, S. T. (2017). Why is social behavior rare in reptiles? Lessons from sleepy lizards. In M. Naguib, J. Podos, L. Simmons, L. Barrett, S. Healy & M. Zuk (Eds.), Advances in the study of behavior (Vol.49). (pp. 1-26). Cambridge, MA: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.asb.2017.02.001
Journal - Research Article
Borremans, B., Reijniers, J., Hughes, N. K., Godfrey, S. S., Gryseels, S., Makundi, R. H., & Leirs, H. (2017). Nonlinear scaling of foraging contacts with rodent population density. Oikos, 126(6), 792-800. doi: 10.1111/oik.03623
Pearson, S. K., Godfrey, S. S., Schwensow, N., Bull, C. M., & Gardner, M. G. (2017). Genes and group membership predict gidgee skink (Egernia stokesii) reproductive pairs. Journal of Heredity, 108(4), 369-378. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esx026
Hing, S., Northover, A. S., Narayan, E. J., Wayne, A. F., Jones, K. L., Keatley, S., … Godfrey, S. S. (2017). Evaluating stress physiology and parasite infection parameters in the translocation of critically endangered woylies (Bettongia penicillata). EcoHealth, 14(Suppl. 1), 128-138. doi: 10.1007/s10393-017-1214-4
Hing, S., Narayan, E. J., Thompson, R. C. A., & Godfrey, S. S. (2017). Identifying factors that influence stress physiology of the woylie, a critically endangered marsupial. Journal of Zoology, 302(1), 49-56. doi: 10.1111/jzo.12428
Northover, A. S., Godfrey, S. S., Lymbery, A. J., Morris, K., Wayne, A. F., & Thompson, R. C. A. (2017). Evaluating the effects of ivermectin treatment on communities of gastrointestinal parasites in translocated woylies (Bettongia penicillata). EcoHealth, 14(Suppl. 1), 117-127. doi: 10.1007/s10393-015-1088-2
Journal - Research Other
Godfrey, S. S., & Gardner, M. G. (2017). Lizards, ticks and contributions to Australian parasitology: C. Michael Bull (1947–2016). International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites & Wildlife, 6(3), 295-298. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2017.08.010
2016
Journal - Research Article
Hing, S., Jones, K. L., Rafferty, C., Thompson, R. C. A., Narayan, E. J., & Godfrey, S. S. (2016). Wildlife in the line of fire: Evaluating the stress physiology of a critically endangered Australian marsupial after bushfire. Australian Journal of Zoology, 64(6), 385-389. doi: 10.1071/ZO16082
Ebrahimi, M., Godfrey, S. S., Fenner, A. L., & Bull, C. M. (2016). Scatting behaviour of the pygmy bluetongue lizard. Amphibia-Reptilia, 37(2), 207-213. doi: 10.1163/15685381-00003045
McDonald, P. G., Rollins, L. A., & Godfrey, S. S. (2016). The relative importance of spatial proximity, kin selection and potential ‘greenbeard’ signals on provisioning behaviour among helpers in a cooperative bird. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 70(1), 133-143. doi: 10.1007/s00265-015-2032-8
Hing, S., Narayan, E. J., Thompson, R. C. A., & Godfrey, S. S. (2016). The relationship between physiological stress and wildlife disease: Consequences for health and conservation. Wildlife Research, 43(1), 51-60. doi: 10.1071/WR15183
Pearson, S. K., Godfrey, S. S., Bull, C. M., & Gardner, M. G. (2016). Larger lizards live longer in the group-living Egernia stokesii. Australian Journal of Zoology, 64(3), 182-191. doi: 10.1071/ZO16024
Hing, S., Currie, A., Broomfield, S., Keatley, S., Jones, K., Thompson, R. C. A., … Godfrey, S. (2016). Host stress physiology and Trypanosoma haemoparasite infection influence innate immunity in the woylie (Bettongia penicillata). Comparative Immunology, Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 46, 32-39. doi: 10.1016/j.cimid.2016.04.005
2015
Chapter in Book - Research
Godfrey, S. S. (2015). Linking lizards: Social networks in reptiles. In J. Krause, R. James, D. W. Franks & D. P. Croft (Eds.), Animal social networks. (pp. 197-207). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Journal - Research Article
Spiegel, O., Leu, S. T., Sih, A., Godfrey, S. S., & Bull, C. M. (2015). When the going gets tough: Behavioural type-dependent space use in the sleepy lizard changes as the season dries. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282(1819), 20151768. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1768
Thompson, C. K., Wayne, A. F., Godfrey, S. S., & Thompson, R. C. A. (2015). Survival, age estimation and sexual maturity of pouch young of the brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata) in captivity. Australian Mammalogy, 37(1), 29-38. doi: 10.1071/AM14025
Ebrahimi, M., Godfrey, S. S., Fenner, A. L., & Bull, C. M. (2015). Monitoring predation behaviour of the pygmy bluetongue lizard to decide when conservation intervention is needed. Australian Journal of Zoology, 63(4), 270-274. doi: 10.1071/ZO15021
Bull, C. M., Godfrey, S. S., Ebrahimi, M., & Fenner, A. L. (2015). Long and short term residence in refuge burrows by endangered pygmy bluetongue lizards. Amphibia-Reptilia, 36(2), 119-124. doi: 10.1163/15685381-00002984
Ebrahimi, M., Godfrey, S. S., Fenner, A. L., & Bull, C. M. (2015). Interactions between pygmy bluetongue lizards and co-existing species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 139(2), 145-151. doi: 10.1080/03721426.2015.1051644
2014
Journal - Research Article
Godfrey, S. S., Ansari, T. H., Gardner, M. G., Farine, D. R., & Bull, C. M. (2014). A contact-based social network of lizards is defined by low genetic relatedness among strongly connected individuals. Animal Behaviour, 97, 35-43. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.08.019
Smyth, A. K., Smee, E., Godfrey, S. S., Crowther, M., & Phalen, D. (2014). The use of body condition and haematology to detect widespread threatening processes in sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosa) in two agricultural environments. Royal Society Open Science, 1(4), 140257. doi: 10.1098/rsos.140257
Thompson, C. K., Godfrey, S. S., & Thompson, R. C. A. (2014). Trypanosomes of Australian mammals: A review. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites & Wildlife, 3(2), 57-66. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2014.02.002
Thompson, C. K., Wayne, A. F., Godfrey, S. S., & Thompson, R. C. A. (2014). Temporal and spatial dynamics of trypanosomes infecting the brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata): A cautionary note of disease-induced population decline. Parasites & Vectors, 7(1), 169. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-169
Dunlop, J., Thompson, C. K., Godfrey, S. S., & Thompson, R. C. A. (2014). Sensitivity testing of trypanosome detection by PCR from whole blood samples using manual and automated DNA extraction methods. Experimental Parasitology, 146, 20-24. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2014.08.006
Hing, S., Narayan, E., Thompson, R. C. A., & Godfrey, S. S. (2014). A review of factors influencing the stress response in Australian marsupials. Conservation Physiology, 2(1), cou027. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cou027
Ebrahimi, M., Godfrey, S. S., Fenner, A. L., & Bull, C. M. (2014). Mating behaviour in pygmy bluetongue lizards: Do females 'attract' male lizards? Australian Journal of Zoology, 62(6), 491-497. doi: 10.1071/ZO14055
2013
Journal - Research Article
Wohlfiel, C. K., Leu, S. T., Godfrey, S. S., & Bull, C. M. (2013). Testing the robustness of transmission network models to predict ectoparasite loads. One lizard, two ticks and four years. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites & Wildlife, 2(1), 271-277. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.09.005
Godfrey, S. S., Sih, A., & Bull, C. M. (2013). The response of a sleepy lizard social network to altered ecological conditions. Animal Behaviour, 86(4), 763-772. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.07.016
Refsnider, J. M., Daugherty, C. H., Godfrey, S. S., Keall, S. N., Moore, J. A., & Nelson, N. J. (2013). Patterns of nesting migrations in the Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), a colonially nesting Island reptile. Herpetologica, 69(3), 282-290. doi: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-00088
Godfrey, S. S. (2013). Networks and the ecology of parasite transmission: A framework for wildlife parasitology. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites & Wildlife, 2(1), 235-245. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.09.001
Thompson, C. K., Botero, A., Wayne, A. F., Godfrey, S. S., Lymbery, A. J., & Thompson, R. C. A. (2013). Morphological polymorphism of Trypanosoma copemani and description of the genetically diverse T. vegrandis sp. nov. from the critically endangered Australian potoroid, the brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata (Gray, 1837)). Parasites & Vectors, 6(1), 121. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-121
2012
Journal - Research Article
Bull, C. M., Godfrey, S. S., & Gordon, D. M. (2012). Social networks and the spread of Salmonella in a sleepy lizard population. Molecular Ecology, 21(17), 4386-4392. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05653.x
Godfrey, S. S., Bradley, J. K., Sih, A., & Bull, C. M. (2012). Lovers and fighters in sleepy lizard land: Where do aggressive males fit in a social network? Animal Behaviour, 83(1), 209-215. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.10.028
Gardner, M. G., Godfrey, S. S., Fenner, A. L., Donnellan, S. C., & Bull, C. M. (2012). Fine-scale spatial structuring as an inbreeding avoidance mechanism in the social skink Egernia stokesii. Australian Journal of Zoology, 60(4), 272-277. doi: 10.1071/ZO12089
2011
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Fenner, A. L., Godfrey, S. S., & Bull, C. M. (2011). Using social networks to deduce whether residents or dispersers spread parasites in a lizard population. Journal of Animal Ecology, 80(4), 835-843. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01825.x
Godfrey, S. S., Nelson, N. J., & Bull, C. M. (2011). Microhabitat choice and host-seeking behaviour of the tuatara tick, Amblyomma sphenodonti (Acari: Ixodidae). New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 35(1), 52-60.
Godfrey, S. S., Nelson, N. J., & Bull, C. M. (2011). Ecology and dynamics of the blood parasite, Hepatozoon tuatarae (Apicomplexa), in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) on Stephens Island, New Zealand. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 47(1), 126-139. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.1.126
2010
Journal - Research Article
Godfrey, S. S., Moore, J. A., Nelson, N. J., & Bull, C. M. (2010). Unravelling causality from correlations: Revealing the impacts of endemic ectoparasites on a protected species (tuatara). Parasitology, 137(2), 275-286. doi: 10.1017/S0031182009991314
Godfrey, S. S., Moore, J. A., Nelson, N. J., & Bull, C. M. (2010). Social network structure and parasite infection patterns in a territorial reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). International Journal for Parasitology, 40(13), 1575-1585. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.06.002
Herbert, J. D. K., Godfrey, S. S., Bull, C. M., & Menz, R. I. (2010). Developmental stages and molecular phylogeny of Hepatozoon tuatarae, a parasite infecting the New Zealand tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus and the tick, Amblyomma sphenodonti. International Journal for Parasitology, 40(11), 1311-1315. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.03.018
2009
Journal - Research Article
Moore, J. A., Daugherty, C. H., Godfrey, S. S., & Nelson, N. J. (2009). Seasonal monogamy and multiple paternity in a wild population of a territorial reptile (tuatara). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 98(1), 161-170. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01271.x
Godfrey, S. S., Bull, C. M., James, R., & Murray, K. (2009). Network structure and parasite transmission in a group living lizard, the gidgee skink, Egernia stokesii. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 63(7), 1045-1056. doi: 10.1007/s00265-009-0730-9
2008
Journal - Research Article
Godfrey, S. S., Bull, C. M., & Nelson, N. J. (2008). Seasonal and spatial dynamics of ectoparasite infestation of a threatened reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Medical & Veterinary Entomology, 22(4), 374-385. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00751.x
2006
Journal - Research Article
Godfrey, S. S., Bull, C. M., Murray, K., & Gardner, M. G. (2006). Transmission mode and distribution of parasites among groups of the social lizard Egernia stokesii. Parasitology Research, 99(3), 223-230. doi: 10.1007/s00436-005-0120-9
Godfrey, S. S., Bull, C. M., & Gardner, M. G. (2006). Associations between blood parasite infection and a microsatellite DNA allele in an Australian scincid lizard (Egernia stokesii). Parasitology Research, 100(1), 107-109. doi: 10.1007/s00436-006-0254-4