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Sex and early-life conditions shape telomere dynamics in an
ectotherm
Alexander Hansson, Erik Wapstra, Geoffrey M. While, Mats Olsson
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY - 2024 -
Context-dependent thermolability of sex determination in a lacertid lizard with heteromorphic sex
chromosomes
Alexander Hansson, E. Wapstra, G. While, Willow Lindsay, Mats Olsson
Biology Open - 2023 -
Effect of MHC and inbreeding on disassortative reproduction: A data revisit, extension and inclusion of fertilization in sand
lizards
Badreddine Bererhi, P. Duchesne, T. S. Schwartz, B. Ujvari, E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Ecology and Evolution - 2023 -
Limited effects of inbreeding on breeding
coloration
Badreddine Bererhi, Willow Lindsay, T. S. Schwartz, E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Journal of Heredity - 2023 -
Quantitative genetics of breeding coloration in sand lizards; genic capture unlikely to maintain additive genetic
variance
Willow Lindsay, Badreddine Bererhi, G. Ljungstroem, E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Heredity - 2023 -
Inbreeding effects on telomeres in hatchling sand lizards (Lacerta agilis): An optimal family
affair?
Mats Olsson, Badreddine Bererhi, E. Miller, T. Schwartz, N. Rollings, Willow Lindsay, E. Wapstra
Molecular Ecology - 2022 -
How telomere dynamics are influenced by the balance between mitochondrial efficiency, reactive oxygen species production and DNA
damage
Neil Metcalfe, Mats Olsson
Molecular Ecology - 2021 -
Of telomeres and temperature: measuring thermal effects on telomeres in ectothermic
animals
Christopher Friesen, Erik Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Molecular Ecology - 2021 -
Exercise training has morph-specific effects on telomere, body condition and growth dynamics in a color-polymorphic
lizard
C. R. Friesen, M. Wilson, N. Rollings, J. Sudyka, M. Giraudeau, C. M. Whittington, Mats Olsson
Journal of Experimental Biology - 2021 -
Individual telomere dynamics and their links to life history in a viviparous
lizard
L. J. Fitzpatrick, Mats Olsson, Angela Pauliny, G. M. While, E. Wapstra
Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences - 2021 -
Sperm competition in squamate
reptiles
Christopher Friesen, Ariel Kahrl, Mats Olsson
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences - 2020 -
Degrees of change: between and within population variation in thermal reaction norms of phenology in a viviparous
lizard
G. D. Cunningham, G. M. While, Mats Olsson, G. Ljungstrom, E. Wapstra
Ecology - 2020 -
Telomere length varies substantially between blood cell types in a
reptile
Mats Olsson, N. J. Geraghty, E. Wapstra, M. Wilson
Royal Society Open Science - 2020 -
Long term effects of outbreeding: experimental founding of island population eliminates malformations and improves hatching success in sand
lizards
Willow Lindsay, T. Madsen, E. Wapstra, Mette Lillie, Lisa Loeb, B. Ujvari, Mats Olsson
Biological Conservation - 2020 -
Vitellogenin offsets oxidative costs of reproduction in female painted dragon
lizards
Willow Lindsay, C. R. Friesen, Carina Sihlbom, Jörgen Bergström, Evelin Berger, M. R. Wilson, Mats Olsson
Journal of Experimental Biology - 2020 -
The role of oxidative stress in postcopulatory
selection.
Chris Friesen, Daniel Noble, Mats Olsson
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences - 2020 -
Stress-related changes in leukocyte profiles and telomere shortening in the shortest-lived tetrapod, Furcifer
labordi
Falk Eckhardt, Angela Pauliny, Nicky Rollings, Frank Mutschmann, Mats Olsson, Cornelia Kraus, Peter M. Kappeler
BMC Evolutionary Biology - 2020 -
Covariation in superoxide, sperm telomere length and sperm velocity in a polymorphic
reptile
C. R. Friesen, N. Rollings, M. Wilson, C. M. Whittington, R. Shine, Mats Olsson
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - 2020 -
Contrasting seasonal patterns of telomere dynamics in response to environmental conditions in the ectothermic sand lizard, Lacerta
agilis
Jannike Axelsson, E. Wapstra, E. Miller, N. Rollings, Mats Olsson
Scientific Reports - 2020 -
Endless forms of sexual
selection
Willow Lindsay, Staffan Andersson, Badreddine Bererhi, J. Hoglund, A. Johnsen, Charlotta Kvarnemo, E. H. Leder, J. T. Lifjeld, Calum E. Ninnes, Mats Olsson, G. A. Parker, T. Pizzari, A. Qvarnstrom, R. J. Safran, O. Svensson, S. V. Edwards
PeerJ - 2019 -
The relationship of body condition, superoxide dismutase, and superoxide with sperm
performance
C. R. Friesen, S. P. de Graaf, Mats Olsson
Behavioral Ecology - 2019 -
Sex- And tissue-specific differences in telomere length in a
reptile
N. Rollings, C. R. Friesen, C. M. Whittington, Rasmus Johansson, R. Shine, Mats Olsson
Ecology and Evolution - 2019 -
Inconsistent inbreeding effects during lizard
ontogeny
Badreddine Bererhi, E. Wapstra, T. S. Schwartz, Mats Olsson
Conservation Genetics - 2019 -
Temperature and telomeres: thermal treatment influences telomere dynamics through a complex interplay of cellular processes in a cold-climate
skink
L. J. Fitzpatrick, Mats Olsson, L. M. Parsley, Angela Pauliny, T. L. Pinfold, T. Pirtle, G. M. While, E. Wapstra
Oecologia - 2019 -
Tail loss and telomeres: consequences of large-scale tissue regeneration in a terrestrial
ectotherm
L. J. Fitzpatrick, Mats Olsson, L. M. Parsley, Angela Pauliny, G. M. While, E. Wapstra
Biology Letters - 2019 -
How accurately do behavioural observations predict reproductive success in free-ranging
lizards?
Mats Olsson, T. S. Schwartz, E. Wapstra, R. Shine
Biology Letters - 2019 -
MHC diversity and female age underpin reproductive success in an Australian icon; the Tasmanian
Devil
T. Russell, S. Lisovski, Mats Olsson, G. Brown, R. Spindler, A. Lane, T. Keeley, C. Hibbard, C. J. Hogg, F. Thomas, K. Belov, B. Ujvari, T. Madsen
Scientific Reports - 2018 -
Evolutionary ecology of telomeres: a
review
Mats Olsson, E. Wapstra, C. R. Friesen
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 2018 -
Seasonal shifts along the oviparity-viviparity continuum in a cold-climate lizard
population
R. Shine, E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 2018 -
Long-term effects of superoxide and DNA repair on lizard
telomeres.
Mats Olsson, Christopher R Friesen, Nicky Rollings, Joanna Sudyka, Willow Lindsay, Camilla M Whittington, Mark Wilson
Molecular ecology - 2018 -
Effects of male telomeres on probability of paternity in sand
lizards
Angela Pauliny, E. Miller, N. Rollings, E. Wapstra, Donald Blomqvist, C. R. Friesen, Mats Olsson
Biology Letters - 2018 -
Incubation temperature and parental identity determine sex in the Australian agamid lizard Ctenophorus
pictus
Alexander Hansson, Mats Olsson
Ecology and Evolution - 2018 -
The influence of incubation temperature on phenotype of Australian Painted Dragons (Ctenophorus
pictus)
Alexander Hansson, Mats Olsson
Herpetologica - 2018 -
Ectothermic telomeres: It’s time they came in from the
cold
Mats Olsson, E. Wapstra, C. Friesen
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - 2018 -
Age-related sex differences in body condition and telomere dynamics of red-sided garter
snakes
N. Rollings, E. J. Uhrig, R. W. Krohmer, H. L. Waye, R. T. Mason, Mats Olsson, C. M. Whittington, C. R. Friesen
Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences - 2017 -
Conditional handicaps in exuberant lizards: Bright color in aggressive males is correlated with high levels of free
radicals
Christopher R. Friesen, Mark R. Wilson, Nicky Rollings, Joanna Sudyka, Camilla M. Whittington, Mathieu Giraudeau, Mats Olsson
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution - 2017 -
Morph-specific metabolic rate and the timing of reproductive senescence in a color polymorphic
dragon
C. R. Friesen, Rasmus Johansson, Mats Olsson
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part a-Ecological and Integrative Physiology - 2017 -
Sexual coloration and sperm performance in the Australian painted dragon lizard, Ctenophorus
pictus
C. S. McDiarmid, C. R. Friesen, C. Ballen, Mats Olsson
J Evol Biol - 2017 -
Corticosterone: a costly mediator of signal honesty in sand
lizards
Willow Lindsay, E. Wapstra, Bengt Silverin, Mats Olsson
Ecology and Evolution - 2016 -
Selection and constraints on offspring size-number trade-offs in sand lizards (Lacerta
agilis)
Gabriella Ljungström, M. Stjernstedt, E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 2016 -
Polyandry and female post-copulatory
choice
C. Friesen, Mats Olsson
Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. Kliman, R. (red.) - 2016 -
Developmental plasticity in an unusual animal: the effects of incubation temperature on behavior in
chameleons
C. Ballen, R. Shine, Mats Olsson
Behaviour - 2015 -
The more pieces, the better puzzle: sperm concentration increases gametic
compitability
C. D. H. Sherman, E.S. Ab Rahmin, Mats Olsson, V. Careau
Ecology and Evolution - 2015 -
No Interstitial Telomeres on Autosomes but Remarkable Amplification of Telomeric Repeats on the W Sex Chromosome in the Sand Lizard (Lacerta
agilis)
K. Matsubara, Y. Uno, K. Srikulnath, Y. Matsuda, E. Miller, Mats Olsson
Journal of Heredity - 2015 -
Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) phenology in a warming
world
Gabriella Ljungström, E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Bmc Evolutionary Biology - 2015 -
Oxidant trade-offs in immunity: an experimental test in a
lizard
M. Tobler, C. Ballen, M. Healey, M. Wilson, Mats Olsson
PLoS ONE - 2015 -
Telomeric attrition with age and temperature in Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia
holbrooki).
N. Rollings, E. Miller, Mats Olsson
Die Naturwissenschaften - 2014 -
Measuring telomere length and telomere dynamics in evolutionary biology and
ecology.
D.H. Nussey, D. Baird, E. Barrett, W. Boner, J. Fairlie, N. Gemmell, T. Horn, M. Haussman, Mats Olsson, C. Turbill, S. Verhulst, S. Zahn, P. Monaghan
Methods in Ecology and Evolution - 2014 -
Effects of early social isolation on the behaviour and performance of juvenile lizards (Chamaeleo
calyptratus).
C. Ballen, R. Shine, Mats Olsson
Animal Behaviour - 2014 -
The complexity of understanding patterns of multiple paternity in
lizards.
E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
The reproductive ecology and phylogeny of lizards and tuatara. - 2014 -
Identification of the linkage group of the Z sex chromosomes of the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis, Lacertidae) and elucidation of karyotype evolution in lacertid
lizards
K. Srikulnath, K. Matsubara, Y. Uno, C. Nishida, Mats Olsson, Y. Matsuda
Chromosoma - 2014 -
Territoriality and allometry in a population of harduns Laudakia stellio on
Rhodes
Jon Loman, Torbjörn Helin, Mats Olsson
Bulletin de la Société herpétologique de France - 2013 -
Sperm Storage and Sperm Competition Across Ovarian Cycles in the Dragon Lizard, Ctenophorus
fordi
T. Uller, Thomas Schwartz, T. Koglin, Mats Olsson
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part a-Ecological Genetics and Physiology - 2013 -
Genetics and Evolution of Colour Patterns in
Reptiles.
Mats Olsson, D. Stuart-Fox, C. Ballen
Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology - 2012 -
Sex-specific SOD levels and DNA damage in painted dragon lizards (Ctenophorus
pictus).
Mats Olsson, M. Healey, C. Perrin, M. Wilson, M. Tobler
Oecologia - 2012 -
Predictors of telomere content in dragon
lizards.
C. Ballen, M. Healey, M. Wilson, M. Tobler, Mats Olsson
Die Naturwissenschaften - 2012 -
Net superoxide levels: steeper increase with activity in cooler female and hotter male
lizards.
C. Ballen, M. Healey, M. Wilson, M. Tobler, Mats Olsson
Journal of Experimental Biology - 2012 -
Polymorphic male color morphs visualized with steroids in monomorphic females: a tool for designing analysis of sex-limited trait
inheritance
Mats Olsson, M Healey, M. Wilson, M. Tobler
Journal of Experimental Biology - 2012 -
Digit ratio, polychromatism and associations with endurance and anti-predator behaviour in male painted dragon
lizards.
M. Tobler, M. Healey, Mats Olsson
Animal Behaviour - 2012 -
A significant component of ageing (DNA damage) is reflected in fading breeding colors: an experimental test using innate antioxidant mimetics in painted dragon
lizards
Mats Olsson, M. Tobler, M. Healey, C. Perrin, M. Wilson
Evolution - 2012 -
Sex differences in sand lizard telomere inheritance: paternal epigenetic effects increases telomere heritability and offspring
survival
Mats Olsson, Angela Pauliny, Erik Wapstra, Tobias Uller, Tonia Schwartz, Donald Blomqvist
PLoS One - 2011 -
Sexual differences in telomere selection in the
wild
Mats Olsson, Angela Pauliny, Erik Wapstra, Tobias Uller, Tonia Schwartz, Emily Miller, Donald Blomqvist
Molecular Ecology - 2011 -
Digit ratio, color polymorphism and egg testosterone in the Australian painted
dragon.
M. Tobler, M. Healey, Mats Olsson
PLoS ONE - 2011 -
Basal superoxide as a sex-specific immune
constraint
M. Tobler, M. Healey, M. Wilson, Mats Olsson
Biology Letters - 2011 -
Aggression, but not testosterone, is associated to oxidative status in a free-living
vertebrate
Caroline Isaksson, G.M. While, J. McEvoy, J. van de Crommenacker, Mats Olsson, T.G.G. Groothuis, J. Komdeur, E. Wapstra
Behaviour - 2011 -
Oxidative stress physiology in relation to life history traits of a free-living vertebrate: the spotted snow skink, Niveoscincus
ocellatus.
Caroline Isaksson, G.M. While, Mats Olsson, J. Komdeur, E. Wapstra
Integrative Zoology - 2011 -
UV-Deprived Coloration Reduces Success in Mate Acquisition in Male Sand Lizards (Lacerta
agilis)
Mats Olsson, Staffan Andersson, E Wapstra
PLOS ONE - 2011 -
IN HOT PURSUIT: FLUCTUATING MATING SYSTEM AND SEXUAL SELECTION IN SAND
LIZARDS
Mats Olsson, E Wapstra, T Schwartz, T Madsen, B Ujvari, T Uller
EVOLUTION - 2011 -
Complex selection associated with Hox genes in a natural population of
lizards
TS Schwartz, C Perrin, E Wapstra, Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 2011 -
Climate change, multiple paternity and offspring survival in
lizards
Mats Olsson, T Schwartz, E Wapstra, Tobias Uller, B Ujvari, T Madsen, R Shine
EVOLUTION - 2011 -
Proximate determinants of telomere length in sand lizards (Lacerta
agilis)
Mats Olsson, Angela Pauliny, Erik Wapstra, Donald Blomqvist
Biology Letters - 2010 -
Sperm competition and offspring viability at hybridization in Australian tree frogs, Litoria peronii and L.
tyleri.
C.D.H. Sherman, E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Heredity - 2010 -
Giving offspring a head start in life: field and experimental evidence for selection on maternal basking behaviour in
lizards.
E. Wapstra, Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson, R. Shine
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 2010 -
Climate effects on offspring sex ratio in a viviparous
lizard.
E. Wapstra, Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson, D.L. Sinn, J.M.P. Joss
Journal of Animal Ecology - 2009 -
Offspring size and timing of hatching determine survival and reproductive output in a
lizard.
Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Oecologia - 2009 -
Offspring size number strategies in a lizard with small clutch sizes: tests of invariants and potential
implications.
Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Evolutionary Ecology - 2009 -
Evaluation of offspring size-number invariants in twelve species of
lizards.
Tobias Uller, G. While, E. Wapstra, D.A. Warner, B.A. Goodman, Schwartzkopf, L., T. Langkilde, P. Dought, R.S. Radder, D. H. Rohr, C.M. Bull, R. Shine, Mats Olsson
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 2009 -
Testing the quality of a carrier: a field experiment on lizard
signallers.
Mats Olsson, M. Healey, E. Wapstra, Tobias Uller
Evolution - 2009 -
Too big for his boots: are social costs keeping condition-dependent status signalling honest in an Australian
lizard?
M. Healey, Mats Olsson
Austral ecology - 2009 -
On parsimonious paternity and scientific rigor: a reply to
Madsen.
Mats Olsson, Tobias Uller
Molecular Ecology - 2009 -
Pre-hatching exposure to water mold reduces size at metamorphosis in the moor
frog.
Tobias Uller, Jörgen Sagvik, Mats Olsson
Oecologia - 2009 -
Vitamin E does not elevate survival in free-ranging
lizards.
M. Healey, Mats Olsson
Copeia - 2009 -
Evolution of primary sexual characters in
reptiles.
Tobias Uller, D. Stuart-Fox, Mats Olsson
The evolution of primary sexual characters in animals - 2009 -
Effects of sperm storage and male colour on probability of paternity in a polychromatic
lizard.
Mats Olsson, Thomas Schwartz, Tobias Uller, M. Healey
Animal Behaviour - 2009 -
Free radicals run in lizard families without (and perhaps with) mitochondrial
uncoupling.
Mats Olsson, M. Wilson, Tobias Uller, Caroline Isaksson
Biology Letters - 2009 -
Variation in levels of reactive oxygen species is explained by maternal identity, sex and body-size-corrected clutch size in a
lizard
Mats Olsson, Mark Wilson, Tobias Uller, Beth Mott, Caroline Isaksson
NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN - 2009 -
Consistent paternity skew through ontogeny in Peron's tree frog (Litoria
peronii).
Craig D H Sherman, Erik Wapstra, Mats Olsson
PloS one - 2009 -
Polymorphic ROS scavenging revealed by CCCP in a
lizard
Mats Olsson, Mark Wilson, Caroline Isaksson, Tobias Uller
NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN - 2009 -
Sex-specific developmental plasticity in response to yolk corticosterone in an oviparous
lizard.
Tobias Uller, Johan Hollander, Lee Astheimer, Mats Olsson
The Journal of experimental biology - 2009 -
Consistent male-male paternity differences across female
genotypes.
Craig D H Sherman, Erik Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Biology letters - 2009 -
Intraspecific variation in fungal infection of frogs
eggs.
Jörgen Sagvik, Tobias Uller, T. Stenlund, Mats Olsson
Evolutionary Ecology - 2008 -
Variety is the spice of life: female lizards choose to associate with colour-polymorphic male
dyads.
M. Healey, Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Ethology - 2008 -
Multiple paternity in reptiles: patterns and
processes.
Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Molecular Ecology - 2008 -
Selection on space use in a polymorphic
lizard.
Mats Olsson, E. Wapstra, M. Healey, T Schwartz, Tobias Uller
Evolutionary Ecology Research - 2008 -
Male and female effects on fertilization success and offspring viability in the Peron's tree
frog.
C. Sherman, E. Wapstra, Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Austral ecology - 2008 -
Within-population variation in ejaculate characteristics in a prolonged breeder, Peron’s tree frog, Litoria
peronii.
C. Sherman, Tobias Uller, E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Die Naturwissenschaften - 2008 -
Microsatellite markers developed for a Swedish population of sand lizards Lacerta
agilis.
Thomas Schwartz, Mats Olsson
Conservation Genetics - 2008 -
Sex ratio variation and sex determination in the mallee dragon, Ctenophorus
fordi.
Tobias Uller, G. Odierna, Mats Olsson
Integrative Zoology - 2008 -
Territory acquisition in a polymorphic lizard – an experimental
approach.
M. Healey, Mats Olsson
Austral ecology - 2008 -
Males with high genetic similarity to females sire more offspring in sperm competition in Peron’s tree frog, Litoria
peronii.
C.D.H. Sherman, E. Wapstra, Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences - 2008 -
A genetic component of resistance to fungal infection in frog
embryos.
Jörgen Sagvik, Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society - 2008 -
Free radicals run in lizard
families.
Mats Olsson, Mark Wilson, Tobias Uller, Beth Mott, Caroline Isaksson, Mo Healey, Thomas Wanger
Biology letters - 2008 -
Carotenoid intake does not mediate a relationship between reactive oxygen species and bright colouration: experimental test in a
lizard.
Mats Olsson, Mark Wilson, Caroline Isaksson, Tobias Uller, Beth Mott
The Journal of experimental biology - 2008 -
Seeing red: morph-specific contest success, and survival rates, in a colour-polymorphic
lizard.
M. Healey, Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Animal Behaviour - 2007 -
Microsatellite loci for the Australian
Agamids.
Thomas Schwartz, D. Warner, L. Beheregaray, Mats Olsson
Molecular Ecology Notes - 2007 -
Polymorphic microsatellite loci in the Australian tree frog, Litoria
peronii.
C.D.H. Sherman, Mats Olsson
Conservation Genetics - 2007 -
Disentangling the complexities of vertebrate sex allocation: a role for squamate
reptiles?
E. Wapstra, Tobias Uller, I Pen, J. Komduer, Mats Olsson, R. Shine
Oikos - 2007 -
Mating system variation and morph fluctuations in a polymorphic
lizard
Mats Olsson, M. Healey, E. Wapstra, Thomas Schwartz, N. LeBas, Tobias Uller
Molecular Ecology - 2007 -
Sons are made from old stores: sperm storage effects on sex ratio in a
lizard.
Mats Olsson, Thomas Schwartz, Tobias Uller, M. Healey
Biology Letters - 2007 -
Afternoon T: Testosterone level is higher in red than yellow male polychromatic
lizards.
Mats Olsson, M. Healey, L. Astheimer
Physiology and Behavior - 2007 -
Consequences of maternal yolk testosterone for offspring development and survival: experimental test in a
lizard.
Tobias Uller, L. Astheimer, Mats Olsson
Functional Ecology - 2007 -
Sexual segregation in vertebrates – Ecology of the two
sexes.
Mats Olsson
ISBE Newsletter - 2007 -
Microsatellite markers developed for a Swedish population of sand lizard, Lacerta
agilis.
Thomas Schwartz, Mats Olsson
Conservation Genetics - 2007 -
Intraspecific variation in resistance of frog eggs to fungal
infection
Jörgen Sagvik, Tobias Uller, T Stenlund, Mats Olsson
Evolutionary Ecology - 2007 -
Direct exposure to corticosterone during embryonic development influences behaviour in an ovoviviparous
lizard
Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
ETHOLOGY - 2006 -
Size matters: Extraordinary rodent abundance on an Australian tropical
floodplain.
T Madsen, B Ujvari, R. Shine, W. Buttemer, Mats Olsson
Austral ecology - 2006 -
Rain, rats and pythons: climate driven population dynamics of predators and prey in tropical
Australia.
T. Madsen, B Ujvari, R. Shine, Mats Olsson
Austral ecology - 2006 -
Consistent sex ratio bias of individual female dragon
lizards.
Tobias Uller, B Mott, G. Odierna, Mats Olsson
Biology Letters - 2006 -
No seasonal sex ratio shift despite sex-specific fitness returns of hatching date in a lizard with
GSD.
Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Evolution - 2006 -
Immune challenge reduces reproductive output and growth in a
lizard
Tobias Uller, Caroline Isaksson, Mats Olsson
Functional Ecology - 2006 -
Multiple copulations in natural populations of lizards: evidence for the fertility assurance
hypothesis
Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Behaviour - 2005 -
Does mate guarding prevent rival mating in snow skink lizards? A test using
AFLP.
Mats Olsson, B Ujvari, E. Wapstra, T Madsen, R. Shine, S. Bensch
Herpetologica - 2005 -
Old pythons stay fit; effects of haematozoan infections on life history traits of a large tropical
predator.
T Madsen, B. Ujvari, Mats Olsson
Oecologia - 2005 -
Paternal alleles enhance female reproductive success in tropical
pythons.
T Madsen, B. Ujvari, Mats Olsson, R. Shine
Molecular Ecology - 2005 -
Discrepancy in mitochondrial and nuclear polymorphism in meadow vipers, Vipera ursinii questions the unambiguous use of mtDNA in conservation
studies.
B. Ujvari, T. Madsen, Mats Olsson
Amphibia-Reptilia - 2005 -
Effects of long-term fox baiting on species composition and abundance in an Australian lizard
community.
Mats Olsson, E. Wapstra, G. Swan, E. Snaith, R Clarke, T Madsen
Austral ecology - 2005 -
Female dragons, Ctenophorus pictus, do not prefer scent from unrelated
males.
Nina Jansson, Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Australian journal of zoology - 2005 -
Trade-offs between offspring size and number in the lizard Lacerta vivipara: a comparison between field and laboratory
conditions
Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Journal of Zoology - 2005 -
MHC, health, color, and reproductive success in sand
lizards
Mats Olsson, Thomas Madsen, Erik Wapstra, Bengt Silverin, Beata Ujvari, Ha?kan Wittzell
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - 2005 -
Costly parasite resistance: a genotype-dependent handicap in sand
lizards?
Mats Olsson, Erik Wapstra, Thomas Madsen, Beata Ujvari, Carl Rugfelt
BIOLOGY LETTERS - 2005 -
Continuous male presence required for fertilization in captive painted dragons, Ctenophorus
pictus
Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART A-COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY - 2005 -
Outbreeding depression in the common frog, Rana
temporaria
Jörgen Sagvik, Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Conservation Genetics - 2005 -
The role of haldane's rule in sex
allocation
Mats Olsson, Thomas Madsen, Tobias Uller, Erik Wapstra, Beata Ujvari
Evolution - 2005 -
Differential sex allocation in sand lizards: bright males induce daughter production in a species with heteromorphic sex
chromosomes
Mats Olsson, Erik Wapstra, Tobias Uller
BIOLOGY LETTERS - 2005 -
Maternal basking behaviour determines offspring sex in a viviparous
reptile.
E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson, R. Shine, A. Edwards, R. Swain, J.M. Joss
Biology Letters - 2004 -
Novel genes continue to enhance population growth in adders (Vipera
berus)
Thomas Madsen, Beata Ujvari, Mats Olsson
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION - 2004 -
High prevalence of Hepatozoon spp. (Apicomplexa, hepatozoidae) infection in water pythons (Liasis fuscus) from tropical
Australia
Beata Ujvari, Thomas Madsen, Mats Olsson
JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY - 2004 -
Haldane rules: costs of outbreeding at production of daughters in sand
lizards
Mats Olsson, B. Ujvari, T. Madsen, Tobias Uller, E. Wapstra
Ecology Letters - 2004 -
Fit and fat from enlarged badges: a field experiment on male sand
lizards
Sofia Anderholm, Mats Olsson, E Wapstra, Karin Ryberg
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES - 2004 -
Fecundity and MHC affects ejaculation tactics and paternity bias in sand
lizards
Mats Olsson, Thomas Madsen, Beata Ujvari, Erik Wapstra
Evolution - 2004 -
Offspring-driven local dispersal in female sand lizards (Lacerta
agilis)
Karin Ryberg, Mats Olsson, E. Wapstra, T. Madsen, Sofia Anderholm, B. Ujvari
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY - 2004 -
Ectoparasite susceptibility in lizards from populations sympatric and allopatric with
ticks
Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Ecoscience - 2004 -
Growth to death in
lizards.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine
Evolution - 2003 -
Female-biased natal dispersal in an alpine lizard, Niveoscincus
microlepidotus.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - 2003 -
Life in the land of the midnight sun: are northern lizards adapted to longer
days?
Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Oikos - 2003 -
Prenatal sex ratio influences sexual dimorphism in a
reptile.
Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Journal of Experimental Zoology - 2003 -
When to be born? Prolonged pregnancy or incubation enhances locomotor performance in neonatal lizards
Scincidae.
R. Shine, Mats Olsson
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 2003 -
Thermal environment, survival, and local adaptation in the common frog, Rana
temporaria.
Mats Olsson, Tobias Uller
Evolutionary Ecology Research - 2003 -
Family and population effects on disease resistance in a
reptile.
Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson, T. Madsen
Heredity - 2003 -
Major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in sand
lizards.
Mats Olsson, T. Madsen, J. Nordby, E. Wapstra, B. Ujavri, H. Wittzell
Biology Letters - 2003 -
Prenatal exposure to testosterone increases ectoparasite susceptibility in the common lizard, Lacerta
vivipara.
Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences - 2003 -
Low genetic diversity threatens imminent extinction for the Hungarian meadow viper, Vipera ursinii
rakosiensis.
B. Ujvari, T. Madsen, T. Kotenko, Mats Olsson, R. Shine, H. Wittzell
Biological Conservation - 2002 -
Offspring size-number strategies: experimental manipulation of offspring size in a viviparous lizard Lacerta
vivipara.
Mats Olsson, E. Wapstra, C. Olofsson
Functional Ecology - 2002 -
No female mate choice in Mallee dragon lizards, Ctenophorus
fordi.
Mats Olsson
Evolutionary Ecology - 2002 -
Developmental stability and genetic architecture: a comparison within and across thermal regimes in
tadpoles.
Mats Olsson, Tobias Uller
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 2002 -
Variation in heritability of tadpole growth: an experimental
analysis.
Tobias Uller, Mats Olsson
Heredity - 2002 -
Sexual dimorphism in lizard body shape: the roles of sexual selection and fecundity
selection.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine, E. Wapstra, B. Ujvari, T. Madsen
Evolution - 2002 -
Costs of reproduction in a lizard: a comparison of observational and experimental
data
Mats Olsson, R. Shine
Oikos - 2001 -
Ownership determines the outcome of male-male contests in the scincid lizard, Niveoscincus
microlepidotus.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine
Behavioral Ecology - 2001 -
Facultative sex allocation in snow skink lizards, Niveoscincus
microlepidotus.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 2001 -
Bumpus in the snake den: effects of sex, size and body condition on mortality in red-sided garter
snakes.
R. Shine, M.P. LeMaster, I.T.M. Moore, Mats Olsson, R.T. Mason
Evolution - 2001 -
‘Promiscuity’ in sand lizards and adder snakes: causes and
consequences.
Mats Olsson, T. Madsen
Journal of Heredity - 2001 -
Population divergence of developmental thermal optima in the Common Frog, Rana
temporaria
Frida Ståhlberg, Mats Olsson, Tobias Uller
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 2001 -
Between-year variation in determinants of offspring survival, Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson, T. Madsen
Functional Ecology - 2001 -
'Voyeurism' prolongs copulation in the dragon lizard, Ctenophorus
fordi.
Mats Olsson
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - 2001 -
Locomotor impairment of gravid lizards: is the burden physical or
physiological?
Mats Olsson, R. Shine, E. Ba´k-Olsson
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 2000 -
Effects of sex, body size, temperature, and location on antipredator tactics in free-ranging garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis,
Colubridae.
R. Shine, Mats Olsson, M. LeMaster, I.T. Moore, R.T. Mason
Behavioral Ecology - 2000 -
Population size and genetic diversity in sand lizards, Lacerta agilis and adders, Vipera
berus.
T. Madsen, Mats Olsson, H. Wittzell, B. Stille, A. Gullberg, R. Shine, Stefan Andersson, H. Tegelström
Biological Conservation - 2000 -
Are snakes right-handed? Asymmetry in hemipenis size and usage in garter snakes, Thamnophis
sirtalis.
R. Shine, Mats Olsson, R.T. Mason, I.T. Moore, M. P. LeMaster
Behavioral Ecology - 2000 -
. Lizards as a plant’s ‘hired help’: letting pollinators in and seeds
out.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine, E. Ba´k-Olsson
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - 2000 -
Chastity belts in garter snakes: the functional significance of mating
plugs.
R. Shine, Mats Olsson, R.T. Mason
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - 2000 -
Body size enhances mating success in male garter
snakes.
R. Shine, Mats Olsson, R. Mason, M. LeMaster, T. Moore
Animal Behaviour - 2000 -
Testosterone, Ticks, and Travels: a test of the immunocompetence-handicap hypothesis in free-ranging
lizards.
Mats Olsson, E. Wapstra, T. Madsen, Bengt Silverin
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences - 2000 -
Conflicts between courtship and thermoregulation: the thermal ecology of amorous male garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis,
Colubridae.
R. Shine, P.S. Harlow, M.J. Elphick, Mats Olsson, R.T. Mason
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology - 2000 -
Evolution in populations of Swedish sand lizards: genetic differentiation and loss of variability revealed by multi-locus DNA
fingerprinting.
A. Gullberg, Mats Olsson, H. Telgelström
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 1999 -
Sperm choice and Sperm competition: suggestions for field and laboratory
studies.
Mats Olsson, M. Pagel, R. Shine, T. Madsen, C. Doums, A. Gullberg, H. Tegelström
Oikos - 1999 -
Can relaxed time constraints on sperm production eliminate protandry in an
ectotherm?
Mats Olsson, T. Birkhead, R. Shine
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - 1999 -
Timing of parturition as a maternal care tactic in an alpine lizard
species.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine
Evolution - 1999 -
Plasticity in the frequency of reproduction in an alpine
lizard.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine
Copeia - 1999 -
Why do males have longer tails than
females?
R. Shine, Mats Olsson, I.T. Moore, M.P. LeMaster, R.T. Mason
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences - 1999 -
Restoration of an inbred adder
population.
T Madsen, R. Shine, Mats Olsson, H. Wittzell
Nature - 1999 -
Sexual selection and sperm competition in
reptiles.
Mats Olsson, T Madsen
Sexual Selection and Sperm Competition - 1998 -
Olfactory mate recognition and mate guarding by snow skinks, Niveoscincus
microlepidotum.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - 1998 -
Colonization, Genetic Diversity, and Evolution in the Swedish sand lizard, Lacerta
agilis.
A. Gullberg, Mats Olsson, H. Tegelström
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - 1998 -
Male mating success, reproductive success and multiple paternity in a natural population of sand lizards: behavioural and molecular genetics
data.
A. Gullberg, Mats Olsson, H. Tegelström
Molecular Ecology - 1997 -
The seasonal timing of oviposition in sand lizards Lacerta agilis: why early clutches are
better.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 1997 -
Effects of growth rate on variation in breeding coloration in male sand lizards Lacerta agilis:
Sauria.
Mats Olsson, Bengt Silverin
Copeia - 1997 -
Advantages of multiple matings to females: a test of the infertility hypothesis using
lizards.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine
Evolution - 1997 -
Sperm choice by
females.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine, T. Madsen, A. Gullberg, H. Tegelström
Trends in Ecology & Evolution - 1997 -
Is sperm really so cheap? Costs of reproduction in male adders, Vipera
berus.
Mats Olsson, T Madsen, R. Shine
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences - 1997 -
Microsatellites in the sand lizard Lacerta agilis: description, variation, inheritance, and
applicability.
A. Gullberg, H. Tegelström, Mats Olsson
Biochemical Genetics - 1997 -
Determinants of breeding dispersal in the sand lizard, Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson, A. Gullberg, H. Tegelström
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - 1997 -
The limits to reproductive output: offspring size versus number in the sand lizard, Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine
American Naturalist - 1997 -
Sperm selection by
females.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine, T. Madsen, A. Gullberg, H. Tegelström
Nature - 1996 -
Paternal genotype influences incubation period, offspring size, and offspring shape in an oviparous
reptile.
Mats Olsson, A. Gullberg, R. Shine, T. Madsen, H. Tegelström
Evolution - 1996 -
Mate guarding in male sand lizards, Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson, A. Gullberg, H. Tegelström
Behaviour - 1996 -
Malformed offspring, sibling matings, and selection against inbreeding in the sand lizard Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson, A. Gullberg, H. Tegelström
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 1996 -
Does reproductive success increase with age or with size in a species with indeterminate growth? - A case study using sand lizards Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson, R. Shine
Oecologia - 1996 -
Costs of mating with infertile males selects for late emergence in female Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson, T Madsen
Copeia - 1996 -
Territoriality in Lake Eyre Dragons Ctenophorus maculosus: are males
superterritorial?
Mats Olsson
Ethology - 1995 -
Forced copulations and costly female resistance behavior in the Lake Eyre dragon, Ctenophorus
maculosus.
Mats Olsson
Herpetologica - 1995 -
Female choice on male quantitative traits - why is it so
rare?
Mats Olsson, T. Madsen
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - 1995 -
Rewards of
'promiscuity'.
Mats Olsson, A. Gullberg, H. Tegelström, T. Madsen, R. Shine
Nature - 1994 -
Rival recognition affects male contest behavior in sand lizards Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - 1994 -
Why are sand lizard Lacerta agilis males not equally
green?
Mats Olsson
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - 1994 -
Promiscuous lizard females have more viable young-Under the subheading: Can female adders
multiply?
Mats Olsson, Åke Norberg, H. Tegelström, T. Madsen, R. Shine
Nature - 1994 -
Nuptial coloration in the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis: an intrasexually selected cue to fighting
ability
Mats Olsson
Animal Behaviour - 1994 -
Sperm competition in the sand lizard, Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson, A Gullberg, H. Tegelström
Animal Behaviour - 1994 -
Nuptial coloration and predation risk in model sand lizards, Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson
Animal Behaviour - 1994 -
Contest success and mate guarding in male sand lizards, Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson
Animal Behaviour - 1993 -
Male preference for large females and assortative mating for body size in the sand lizard, Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - 1993 -
Contest success in relation to size and residency in male sand lizards Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson
Animal Behaviour - 1992 -
Sexual selection and reproductive strategies in the sand lizard, Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson
1992 -
Effects of pH and aluminium on embryonic and early larval stages of Swedish brown frogs Rana arvalis, R. temporaria and R.
dalmatina.
Claes Andrén, Lennart Henriksson, Mats Olsson, Göran Nilson
Holarctic Ecology - 1988 -
Ecology of a Swedish population of the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis - a preliminary
report.
Mats Olsson
Mertensiella - 1988 -
Acid-shock, aluminum and presence of Sphagnum aurantiacum : effects on embryological development in the common frog, Rana temporaria and the moor frog, Rana
arvalis.
Mats Olsson, C. Hogstrand, A. Dahlberg, S-Å Berglind
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology - 1987 -
Spatial distribution and home range size in the Swedish sand lizard, Lacerta agilis during the mating
season.
Mats Olsson
Studies in Herpetology - 1986 -
Spacing patterns and social system in the sand lizard, Lacerta
agilis.
Mats Olsson
1984