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Email: stephanie.godfrey@otago.ac.nz

Dr Stephanie Godfrey

Phone: 64-3-479-7963

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Teaching

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

skink family

Publications

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

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 Journal - Research Other

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 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 Journal - Research Article

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 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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