Alison Cree
Alison Cree is a New Zealand herpetologist. She is currently a professor at Otago University.[1]
Alison Cree | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Waikato |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | herpetology |
| Institutions | Otago University |
| Thesis | |
Academic career
Cree graduated from the University of Waikato in 1986 with a D.Phil. for her thesis titled "Water relations of the endemic New Zealand frogs Leiopelma archeyi, L. Hamiltoni and L. Hochstetteri".[2]
Cree's work has been on a number of species, but her work with tuatara has attracted the most media attention.[3][4][5]
Selected publications
Book
- Cree, Alison (2014). Tuatara: Biology and conservation of a venerable survivor. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press. ISBN 978-1-927145-44-9. OCLC 888553607.
Journal articles
- Scott Jarvie; Tim Jowett; Michael B Thompson; Philip J Seddon; Alison Cree (1 July 2018). "Effects of Warm Temperatures on Metabolic Rate and Evaporative Water Loss in Tuatara, a Cool-Climate Rhynchocephalian Survivor". Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 91 (4): 950–966. doi:10.1086/698495. ISSN 1522-2152. PMID 29863954. Wikidata Q57178857.
- Ricardo de Sá Rocha Mello; Scott Jarvie; Lindsay Hazley; Alison Cree (2019). "Comparison among three body parts and three software packages to optimise photographic identification of a reptile (tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus)". Amphibia-Reptilia. 40 (2): 233–244. doi:10.1163/15685381-20181059. ISSN 0173-5373. Wikidata Q101402446.
- Josef Virens; Alison Cree (6 September 2019). "Pregnancy reduces critical thermal maximum, but not voluntary thermal maximum, in a viviparous skink". Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 189 (5): 611–621. doi:10.1007/S00360-019-01230-Y. ISSN 0174-1578. PMID 31493184. Wikidata Q93164259.
References
- "Professor Alison Cree, Our People, Department of Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- "Water relations of the endemic New Zealand frogs Leiopelma archeyi, L. Hamiltoni and L. Hochstetteri". University of Waikato Library. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Gilchrist, Shane (20 September 2014). "Tuatara tale a tell-all | Otago Daily Times Online News". Odt.co.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- Green, Carla (22 May 2015). "Tuatara hatching first for 500 years | Otago Daily Times Online News". Odt.co.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- "The science of Orokonui | Otago Daily Times Online News". Odt.co.nz. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
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