Dr Bronwyn McAllan

• Publications

Publications

2010

Munn, A, Kern, P, McAllan, B. Coping with chaos: unpredictable food supplies intensify torpor use in an arid-zone marsupial, the fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata). Die Naturwissenschaften. 2010; :

2008

Ashwell, K, McAllan, B, Mai, J, Paxinos, G. Cortical Cyto- and Chemoarchitecture in Three Small Australian Marsupial Carnivores: Sminthopsis macroura, Antechinus stuartii and Phascogale calura. Brain, behavior and evolution. 2008; 72:215-32

McAllan, B, Westman, W, Körtner, G, Cairns, S. Sex, season and melatonin administration affects daily activity rhythms in a marsupial, the brown antechinus, Antechinus stuartii. Physiology & Behavior. 2008; 93:130-138

Jastroch, M, Withers, K, Taudien, S, Frappell, P, Helwig, M, Fromme, T, Hirschberg, V, Heldmaier, G, McAllan, B, Firth, B, Burmester, T, Platzer, M, Klingenspor, M. Marsupial uncoupling protein 1 sheds light on the evolution of mammalian nonshivering thermogenesis. Physiological Genomics. 2008; 32:161-169

McAllan, B, Westman, W, Crowther, M, Dickman, C. Morphology, growth, and reproduction in the Australian house mouse: differential effects of moderate temperatures. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2008; 94:21-30

Naylor, R, Richardson, S, McAllan, B. Boom and bust: A review of the physiological life history pattern in the marsupial genus Antechinus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 2008; 178:545-562

2007

Geiser, F, McAllan, B, Kenagy, G, Hiebert, S. Photoperiod affects daily torpor and tissue fatty acid composition in deer mice. Die Naturwissenschaften. 2007; 94:319-25

2006

McAllan, B, Dickman, C, Crowther, M. Photoperiod as a reproductive cue in the marsupial genus Antechinus: ecological and evolutionary consequences. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2006; 87:365-379

Geiser, F, Westman, W, McAllan, B, Brigham, R. Development of thermoregulation and torpor in a marsupial: energetic and evolutionary implications. Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology. 2006; 176:107-16

McAllan, B, Geiser, F. Photoperiod and the timing of reproduction in Antechinus flavipes (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia). Mammalian biology. 2006; 71:129-138

McAllan, B. Dasyurid marsupials as models for the physiology of ageing in humans. Australian Journal of Zoology. 2006; 54:159-172

2005

Lippolis, G, Westman, W, McAllan, B, Rogers, L. Lateralisation of escape responses in the stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia). Laterality. 2005; 10:457-70

Cooper, C, McAllan, B, Geiser, F. Effect of torpor on the water economy of an arid-zone marsupial, the stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura). Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology. 2005; 175:323-8

Geiser, F, McAllan, B, Brigham, R. Daily torpor in a pregnant dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura Dasyuridae: Marsupialia). Mammalian Biology. 2005; 70:117-121

2004

Feay, N, McAllan, B, Geiser, F. Torpor patterns in the marsupial Sminthopsis macroura: photoperiod and hormonal correlates. Trends in Comparative Endocrinology. Fifth Congress of the Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology. 2004; Nara, Japan, 26 March; 2004

2003

Geiser, F, Drury, R, McAllan, B, Wang, D. Effects of temperature acclimation on maximum heat production, thermal tolerance, and torpor in a marsupial. Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology. 2003; 173:437-42

McAllan, B, Westman, W, Crowther, M, Dickman, C. Reproduction and growth in house mice from cold, hot and thermally moderate environments. In: Rats, Mice and People: Rodent Biology and Management. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural R 2003. p. 346-349.

Crowther, M, McAllan, B, Dickman, C. Morphological variation within Australian populations of the house mouse: an observational and experimental approach. In: Rats, Mice and People: Rodent Biology and Management. Canberra: Aust. Centre for International Agricultural Resear 2003. p. 350-353.

McAllan, B. Timing of reproduction in carnivorous marsupials. In: Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials. Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing 2003. p. 147-164.

2002

McAllan, B, Westman, W, Joss, J. The seasonal reproductive cycle of a marsupial, Antechinus stuartii: effects of oral administration of melatonin. General and comparative endocrinology. 2002; 128:82-90