Kath Handasyde

Maternal care of platypus nestlings (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Jessica L Thomas, Marissa L Parrott, Kathrine A Handasyde, Peter Temple-Smith

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRALIAN MAMMALOGY

Maternal care in platypuses has never been rigorously studied due to the difficulty in locating and accessing nesting burrows. Her..

Insensitivity to reward shifts in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and implications for assessing affective states

Sern Loong Timothy Tan, Kathrine Ann Handasyde, Jean-Loup Rault, Michael Mendl

Journal article  |  2019  |  ANIMAL COGNITION

Theory and empirical findings predict that individuals in a negative affective state are more sensitive to unexpected reward loss ..

Burrow use by juvenile platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in their natal home range

Jessica L Thomas, Marissa L Parrott, Kathrine A Handasyde, Peter Temple-Smith

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

We determined patterns of burrow use by juvenile platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in their natal home range, and evaluated as..

Contraception of prepubertal young can increase cost effectiveness of management of overabundant koala populations

Emily F Hynes, Geoff Shaw, Marilyn B Renfree, Kathrine A Handasyde

Journal article  |  2019  |  WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Context: With limited resources for wildlife management and conservation, it is vital that the effectiveness of management program..

Female control of reproductive behaviour in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), with notes on female competition for mating

Jessica L Thomas, Marissa L Parrott, Kathrine A Handasyde, Peter Temple-Smith

Journal article  |  2018  |  BEHAVIOUR

Opportunities for studying platypus courtship and mating behaviours in the wild are limited due to the nocturnal and cryptic natur..

Surface reflectance drives nest box temperature profiles and thermal suitability for target wildlife

Stephen R Griffiths, Jessica A Rowland, Natalie J Briscoe, Pia E Lentini, Kathrine A Handasyde, Linda F Lumsden, Kylie A Robert

Journal article  |  2017  |  PLOS ONE

Thermal properties of tree hollows play a major role in survival and reproduction of hollow-dependent fauna. Artificial hollows (n..

Comparing the thermal suitability of nest-boxes and tree-hollows for the conservation-management of arboreal marsupials

Jessica A Rowland, Natalie J Briscoe, Kathrine A Handasyde

Journal article  |  2017  |  Biological Conservation

Hundreds of species rely on tree-hollows for shelter and breeding, however land-clearing has reduced their availability worldwide...

Seasonal changes in food selection and nutrition of captive platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Jessica L Thomas, Kathrine A Handasyde, Peter Temple-Smith, Marissa L Parrott

Journal article  |  2017  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Anecdotal observations of captive platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) suggest that they show a seasonal preference for particula..

The platypus nest: burrow structure and nesting behaviour in captivity

J Thomas, K Handasyde, ML Parrott, P Temple-Smith

Journal article  |  2017  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The platypus nesting burrow, where females lay eggs and rear their young, has not been well studied. We have little knowledge of i..

Phylogeography of the Koala, (Phascolarctos cinereus), and Harmonising Data to Inform Conservation

Linda E Neaves, Greta J Frankham, Siobhan Dennison, Sean FitzGibbon, Cheyne Flannagan, Amber Gillett, Emily Hynes, Kathrine Handasyde, Kristofer M Helgen, Kyriakos Tsangaras, Alex D Greenwood, Mark DB Eldridge, Rebecca N Johnson

Journal article  |  2016  |  PLOS ONE

The Australian continent exhibits complex biogeographic patterns but studies of the impacts of Pleistocene climatic oscillation on..