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Wu Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Lab

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2026

Accepted

Langguth A., Wu N. C., Villada-Cadavid T., Brannelly L, Hufschmid J., Czirják G. A., & Turbill C.

Emergence from torpor rapidly elevates suppressed blood immune parameters in a bat species hibernating in a moderate climate

Journal of Experimental Biology(2026)

Published

Nicholas C. Wu, Tomás Villada‐Cadavid, Christopher Turbill

Local climate and genetic influence on intraspecific variation in torpor physiology of a cave‐roosting bat

Functional Ecology(2026)View GitHub

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Patrice Pottier, Nicholas C Wu, ... Katharina Ruthsatz

Embryos are largely understudied in a representative sample of journals in conservation physiology

Conservation Physiology,14,coag006(2026)View GitHub

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2025

Published

Tomas Villada-Cadavid, Nicholas C. Wu, ... Christopher Turbill

Winter torpor and body mass patterns of a cave-roosting bat in cool and warm climates

Oecologia,207,193(2025)View

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Published

Anna Langguth, Laura A. Brannelly, ... Nicholas C. Wu, Ellen Cottingham

Deriving fibroblast cell lines from wing-punch biopsies of Australian eastern bent-winged bats ( Miniopterus orianae oceanensis )

PeerJ,13,e20222(2025)View

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Félix P. Leiva, Jacintha Ellers, ... Nicholas C. Wu, Wilco C. E. P. Verberk

ShareTrait : Towards interoperable and reusable individual trait‐based data in ectotherms

Functional Ecology,39,3124-3138(2025)View

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Published

Nicholas C. Wu, Tomás Villada‐Cadavid, ... Christopher Turbill

Seasonal Fattening Among Bat Populations Globally: Storing Energy for Survival in a Changing World

Ecology Letters,28,e70155(2025)View GitHub

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Published

Nicholas C Wu, Rodolfo O Anderson, ... Rafael P Bovo

A user’s guide for understanding reptile and amphibian hydroregulation and climate change impacts

Conservation Physiology,13,coaf038(2025)View

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PublishedFeatured

Patrice Pottier, Michael R. Kearney, ... Nicholas C. Wu, Shinichi Nakagawa

Vulnerability of amphibians to global warming

Nature,639,954-961(2025)View GitHub

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Nicholas C Wu, Nien-Tse Fuh, ... Ming-Feng Chuang

Developmental plasticity to pond drying has carryover costs on metamorph performance

Conservation Physiology,13,coaf008(2025)View GitHub

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Published

Daniel W. A. Noble, Zoe A. Xirocostas, ... Nicholas C. Wu, Malgorzata Lagisz

The promise of community-driven preprints in ecology and evolution

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,292,20241487(2025)View

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2024

PublishedFeatured

Nicholas C. Wu, Justin A. Welbergen, ... Christopher Turbill

Vulnerability of Southern Hemisphere bats to white‐nose syndrome based on global analysis of fungal host specificity and cave temperatures

Conservation Biology,39,e14390(2024)View GitHub

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PublishedFeatured

Nicholas C. Wu, Rafael Parelli Bovo, ... Jacinta D. Kong

Global exposure risk of frogs to increasing environmental dryness

Nature Climate Change,14,1314-1322(2024)View GitHub

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Published

Nicholas C. Wu, Lesley Alton, ... Danielle L. Levesque

Reporting guidelines for terrestrial respirometry: Building openness, transparency of metabolic rate and evaporative water loss data

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology,296,111688(2024)View GitHub

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Published

Patrice Pottier, Daniel W.A. Noble, ... Nicholas C. Wu, Shinichi Nakagawa

New horizons for comparative studies and meta-analyses

Trends in Ecology & Evolution,39,435-445(2024)View

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2023

Published

Adam T. Downie, Nicholas C. Wu, ... Craig E. Franklin

Sublethal consequences of ultraviolet radiation exposure on vertebrates: Synthesis through meta‐analysis

Global Change Biology,29,6620-6634(2023)View GitHub

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Published

Nicholas C. Wu

Pathogen load predicts host functional disruption: A meta‐analysis of an amphibian fungal panzootic

Functional Ecology,37,900-914(2023)View GitHub

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Published

Chung‐Te Cheng, Ming‐Feng Chuang, ... Nicholas C. Wu, Yeong‐Choy Kam

Open habitats increase vulnerability of amphibian tadpoles to climate warming across latitude

Global Ecology and Biogeography,32,83-94(2023)View GitHub

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2022

Published

Nicholas C. Wu, Mohd Uzair Rusli, ... Diego R. Barneche

Size scaling of sea turtle reproduction may reconcile fundamental ecology and conservation strategies at the global scale

Global Ecology and Biogeography,31,1277-1289(2022)View GitHub

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Published

Xin Yu, Nicholas. C. Wu, ... Juan Lei

Artificial shelters provide suitable thermal habitat for a cold-blooded animal

Scientific Reports,12,5879(2022)View

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Published

Nicholas C. Wu, Frank Seebacher

Physiology can predict animal activity, exploration, and dispersal

Communications Biology,5,109(2022)View GitHub

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Lisa E. Schwanz, Alex Gunderson, ... Nicholas C. Wu

Best practices for building and curating databases for comparative analyses

Journal of Experimental Biology,225,jeb243295(2022)View GitHub

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Published

Nicholas C. Wu, Alexander M. Rubin, Frank Seebacher

Endocrine disruption from plastic pollution and warming interact to increase the energetic cost of growth in a fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,289,20212077(2022)View GitHub

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2021

Published

Juan Lei, Nur Syuhaida Binti Yusof, ... Nicholas C. Wu, David T. Booth

The Burrowing Ecology of a Tropical Lizard (Leiolepis belliana)

Herpetologica,77,37-44(2021)View

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Published

Nicholas C Wu, Frank Seebacher

Bisphenols alter thermal responses and performance in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Conservation Physiology,9,coaa138(2021)View GitHub

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2020

Published

Nicholas C. Wu, Frank Seebacher

Effect of the plastic pollutant bisphenol A on the biology of aquatic organisms: A meta‐analysis

Global Change Biology,26,3821-3833(2020)View GitHub

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Published

M. Grosell, R. M. Heuer, ... N. C. Wu, C. E. Franklin

Salt-water acclimation of the estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus involves enhanced ion transport properties of the urodaeum and rectum

Journal of Experimental Biology,223,jeb210732(2020)View

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2019

Published

Nicholas C. Wu, Callum McKercher, ... Craig E. Franklin

Mechanistic basis for loss of water balance in green tree frogs infected with a fungal pathogen

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology,317,R301-R311(2019)View

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Published

Michel E. B. Ohmer, Rebecca L. Cramp, ... Nicholas C. Wu, Craig E. Franklin

Phylogenetic investigation of skin sloughing rates in frogs: relationships with skin characteristics and disease-driven declines

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,286,20182378(2019)View

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2018

Published

Nicholas C. Wu, Rebecca L. Cramp, ... Craig E. Franklin

Epidermal epidemic: unravelling the pathogenesis of chytridiomycosis

Journal of Experimental Biology,222,jeb191817(2018)View

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Published

J. Gauberg, N. Wu, ... C. E. Franklin

A lethal fungal pathogen directly alters tight junction proteins in the skin of a susceptible amphibian

Journal of Experimental Biology,222,jeb192245(2018)View

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Published

Christofer J. Clemente, Nicholas C. Wu

Body and tail-assisted pitch control facilitates bipedal locomotion in Australian agamid lizards

Journal of The Royal Society Interface,15,20180276(2018)View

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Published

Nicholas C. Wu, Rebecca L. Cramp, Craig E. Franklin

Body size influences energetic and osmoregulatory costs in frogs infected with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Scientific Reports,8,3739(2018)View GitHub

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2017

Published

Guocheng Shu, Yuzhou Gong, ... Nicholas C. Wu, Cheng Li

Effects of long-term preservation on amphibian body conditions: implications for historical morphological research

PeerJ,5,e3805(2017)View

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Published

Nicholas C. Wu, Rebecca L. Cramp, Craig E. Franklin

Living with a leaky skin: upregulation of ion transport proteins during sloughing

Journal of Experimental Biology,220,2026-2035(2017)View

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Published

Nicholas C. Wu, Joseph R. Waas

No Evidence for Across-Population Scent Discrimination of Cloacal Gland Secretions in Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

Journal of Herpetology,51,178-185(2017)View

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2016

Published

Mohd Uzair Rusli, Nicholas C. Wu, David T. Booth

Tonic Immobility in Newly Emerged Sea Turtle Hatchlings

Chelonian Conservation and Biology,15,143-147(2016)View

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2015

Published

Nicholas C. Wu, Lesley A. Alton, ... Craig R. White

Morphology and burrowing energetics of semi-fossorial skinks (Liopholis)

Journal of Experimental Biology,218,2416-2426(2015)View GitHub

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2013

Published

Nicholas Wu

Abundance of larval native and nonnative fishes in floodplain habitats of the lower Waikato River, New Zealand

Inland Waters,3,359-368(2013)View

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Other Publications

Wu N. C., Ruthsatz, K., & Pottier, P.

Assessing amphibian vulnerability requires knowledge across all life stages

IUCN FrogLog(2025)View

Wu N. C.

Bats get fat to survive hard times. But climate change is threatening their survival strategy

The Conversation(2025)View

Valckenborgh F., & Wu N. C.

Recent reptile surveys in the Sydney Olympic Park. In P. Figgis (Ed.), 20 years of healing: Delivering the ecological legacy of the Green Games, pp 214-223

Sydney Olympic Park eBook(2020)View

Wu N., Daniel, A. J., & Tempero G. W.

Fish biomass and gonad development in the Rotopiko (Serpentine) lakes. Client report prepared for Department of Conservation. (ERI report 20) (pp. 1-27)

Environmental Research Institute, The University of Waikato(2013)View

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Our research has been featured on the covers of prestigious scientific journals.

Nature

Vol 639, Issue 8056

Vulnerability of amphibians to global warming

Nature Climate Change

Vol 14, Issue 12

Global exposure risk of frogs to increasing environmental dryness

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Vol 31, Issue 7

Scaling of sea turtle reproduction