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These Publications represent my output prior to coming to Western. For recent publications, see the lab's publications page. Most of these may be downloaded from the journal's website, or contact me for a reprint/.pdf. Peer-reviewed Journal Publications2006
Deere, J.A., Sinclair, B.J., Marshall, D.J. & Chown, S.L. (2006) Phenotypic plasticity of thermal tolerances in five oribatid mite species from sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Journal of Insect Physiology 52: 693-700. Sinclair, B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2006) Caterpillars
benefit from thermal ecosystem engineering by Wandering Albatrosses on
sub-Antarctic Sinclair, B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2006) Rapid
cold-hardening in a Sinclair, B.J.,
Scott, M.B., Klok, C.J., Terblanche, J.S., Sinclair, B.J. & Stevens, M.I. (2006)
Terrestrial microarthropods of Victoria Land and Queen Maud Mountains, Sinclair,
B.J., Terblanche, J.S., Scott, M.B., Blatch, G., Klok,
C.J. & Chown, S.L. (2006) Environmental physiology of three species of
springtail at Cape Hallett, North Victoria Land, Antarctica. 2005
Parr, C.L., Sinclair, B.J., Anderson, A.N., Gaston,
K.J. & Chown, S.L. (2005) Constraint and competition in assemblages: a
cross-continental and modelling approach for ants. American
Naturalist 165: 481-494. Sinclair,
B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2005) Deleterious effects of
repeated cold exposure in a sub-Antarctic caterpillar. Sinclair, B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2005) Climatic
variability and hemispheric differences in insect cold tolerance: Support from
southern Sinclair,
B.J. & Roberts, S.P. (2005) Acclimation, shock and
hardening in the cold. Terblanche,
J.S., Sinclair, B.J., Klok, C.J.,
McFarlane, M.L. & Chown, S.L. (2005) The effects
of acclimation on thermal tolerance, desiccation resistance and metabolic rate
in Chirodica chalcoptera (Coleoptera:
Chrysomelidae). 2004
Chown, S.L., Sinclair, B.J., Leinaas, H.P. &
Gaston, K.J. (2004) Hemispheric asymmetries in biodiversity – A serious matter
for ecology. PLoS Biology 2: 1701-1707. Klok, C. J., Sinclair,
B. J. & Chown, S.L. (2004) Upper thermal tolerance and
oxygen-limitation in terrestrial arthropods. Nondula, N., Marshall, D.J., Baxter, R., Sinclair, B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2004) Life history and
osmoregulatory ability of Telmatogeton amphibius (Chironomidae) at
Marion Island. Polar Biology 27: 629-635. Sinclair, B.J., Klok, C.J & Chown, S.L. (2004)
Metabolism of the sub-Antarctic caterpillar Pringleophaga
marioni during cooling, freezing and thawing. Sinclair, B.J., Marshall, D.J., Singh, S., &
Chown, S.L. (2004) Cold tolerance of Littorinidae from Williams,
C.M., Poulin, R. & Sinclair, B.J.
(2004) Increased haemolymph osmolality suggests a new route for behavioural
manipulation of Talorchestia quoyana
(Amphipoda: Talitridae) by its mermithid parasite. Functional Ecology 18: 685-691. 2003
Sinclair,
B.J.,
Klok, C.J., Scott, M.B., Terblanche, J.S. & Chown, S.L. (2003) Diurnal
variation in supercooling points of three species of Collembola from Sinclair,
B.J., Sinclair,
B.J.,
Addo-Bediako, A. & Chown, S.L. (2003) Climatic variability and the
evolution of insect freeze tolerance. Biological Reviews 78:
181-195. Sinclair,
B.J. &
Chown, S.L. (2003) Rapid cold hardening
responses to high temperature and desiccation, but not to low temperature in
the freeze tolerant sub-Antarctic caterpillar Pringleophaga marioni
(Lepidoptera, Tineidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 49: 45-52. 2002
Sinclair,
B.J.
& Chown, S.L. (2002) Haemolymph osmolality and thermal hysteresis activity
in 17 species of arthropods from sub-Antarctic Sinclair,
B.J.
(2002) Effects of increased temperatures
simulating climate change on terrestrial invertebrates on Sjursen, H.
& Sinclair, B.J. (2002) On the cold hardiness of Stereotydeus
mollis (Acari: Prostigmata) from 2001
Sinclair,
B.J. (2001) Biologically relevant environmental
data: Macros to make the most of microclimate recordings. CryoLetters
22: 125-134. The latest version of these macros is available here. Sinclair,
B.J. (2001)
Field Ecology of Freeze-Tolerance: Interannual variation in cooling
rates, freeze-thaw and thermal stress in the microhabitat of the alpine
cockroach Celatoblatta
quinquemaculata Oikos 93: 286-293. Sinclair,
B.J. (2001) On the distribution of Terrestrial
invertebrates at Sinclair,
B.J.,
Lord, J.M. & Thompson, C.M. (2001) Microhabitat selection and seasonality
of alpine invertebrates. Pedobiologia 45: 107-120. Sinclair,
B.J.
& Sjursen, H. (2001) Cold tolerance of the Antarctic springtail Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni (Collembola:
Hypogastruridae). Antarctic Science 13: 271-279. Sinclair,
B.J.
& Sjursen, H. (2001) Terrestrial
invertebrate abundance and habitat in 2000
Sinclair,
B.J. (2000) Water relations of the freeze-tolerant
1999
Sinclair,
B.J. (1999) Insect cold tolerance: How many kinds
of frozen? European Journal of Entomology 96:
157-164. Sinclair,
B.J.,
Worland, M.R., & Wharton, D.A.
(1999) Ice nucleation and freezing tolerance in 1998
Block, W., Wharton, D.A. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Cold tolerance of a 1997
Sinclair,
B.J. (1997) Seasonal variation in freezing
tolerance of the Sinclair,
B.J.
& Wharton, D.A. (1997) Avoidance of Intracellular Freezing by the New
Zealand Alpine Weta Hemideina maori
(Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 43: 621-625. Worland, M.R.,
Sinclair, B.J. & Wharton, D.A.
(1997) Ice nucleator activity in a Report ContributionsMcCarthy, J. J., Canziani, O. F., Leary, N. A., Dokken, D. J. &
White, K. S. (eds). (2001). Climate Change 2001:
Impacts, Adaptations and Vulnerability. Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Waterhouse, E. J. (ed.) (2001). Book reviewSinclair,
B. J.
(2002). Insect Giants – Out of the
Grey. Review of: Field, L. (ed.)
2001. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies, CABI, Invited SeminarsSinclair,
B.J. (2006) Strategies, variations and applications of
insect cold tolerance. Department of Zoology, Department of Biology, Department of
Biological Sciences, Biology Department, Sinclair,
B.J. (2004) What happens when caterpillars freeze and
thaw? School of
Biological Sciences, (2005)
Department of Biological Sciences, (2005) Department
of Biological Sciences, (2005)
Biology Department, (2006)
Centre for Ecology and Conservation Biology, (2006)
Department of Biology, SUNY New Paltz, New Sinclair, B.J.
(2003) Insect Cold Tolerance in the Lab, Field, and Future. Department of
Biochemistry and Department of Zoology and Entomology, Sinclair,
B.J., Klok,
C. J., Scott, M.B. & Terblanche, J. S. (2003). Report-back on 2002/03
Antarctic field season. Antarctica Dept. of Zoology, Sinclair,
B. J.,
Addo-Bediako, A. & Chown, S. L.(2001). Why are there so many freeze
tolerant insects in the Southern Hemisphere? Keynote address, Dept. of Zoology,
University of Stellenbosch Departmental Research meeting. Sinclair,
B. J.
(2001). Antarctic Springtails: Cold
Tolerance, Climate Change and Conservation.
Department of Zoology, Université Rennes 1, Station
Biologique, Conference Presentations and PostersUnderlined = presenting author, *asterisk
marks poster presentations. Sinclair,
B.J., Klok, C.J., Terblanche, J.S., Scott, M.B. &
Chown, S.L. (2006). Physiological constraints on the small-scale
distribution of three species of Antarctic Collembola. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Sinclair,
B.J. & Roberts, S.P. (2005). 26 easy measures of insect cold
tolerance. International
Symposium on environmental physiology of ectotherms and plants, White
Mountain Research Station physiological ecology meeting, Sinclair, B.J. &
Chown, S.L. (2005). Climatic variability and hemispheric differences
in insect cold tolerance: Support from southern Society
for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Sinclair,
B.J., Klok, C.J. & Chown, S.L. (2004). Metabolism of
the sub-Antarctic caterpillar Pringleophaga
marioni during cooling, freezing and thawing. *3rd
International Conference of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry in Africa, XXII
International Congress of Entomology, Chown, S.L., Sinclair, B.J. & Klok,
C.J. (2004). Insect Cold Hardiness: phylogenetic signal, ecological pattern and
evolutionary implications. 3rd
International Conference of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry in Africa, Klok, C.J., Terblanche, J.S., Sinclair, B.J. &
Chown, S.L. (2004). Critical Thermal
Limits: new insights from respirometry. 3rd
International Conference of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry in Africa, Chown, S.L., Sinclair, B.J., Klok,
C.J., & Mercer, R.D. (2004). Physiological flexibility and biological
responses to climate change. Shipboard
science seminar, SA Agulhas Voyage 115, Sinclair,
B.J., Addo-Bediako, A. & Chown, S.L. (2004).
Biogeography and climatic variability as drivers of terrestrial arthropod cold
tolerance strategies: Is the cold different in the Southern Hemisphere? Southern
Connections IV, Chown, S.L., Klok, C.J., Sinclair, B.J. &
Terblanche, J.S. (2003). Physiological flexibility and biological responses
to climate change. Climate
Change Symposium, National Botanical Institute, Kirstenbosch, Parr, C.L., Sinclair, B.J., Andersen A.N.,
Robertson, H.G. & Chown, S.L. (2003). Competition and the regulation of ant
assemblages: Convergence of pattern and mechanism across multiple scales. British
Ecological Society Annual Meeting. Southern
Connections IV, Sinclair,
B.J., Klok, C.J., Scott, M.B., Terblanche, J.S. &
Chown, S.L. (2003). Diurnal SCP variation in collembola at *VIII
International Symposium on Cold Hardiness of Animals and Plants, Sinclair,
B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2003). Rapid Cold Hardening in
the sub-Antarctic caterpillar Pringleophaga
marioni. Zoological
Society of Klok, C.J., Terblanche, J.S., Sinclair, B.J. &
Chown, S.L. (2003). Thermal limit
respirometry in Tsetse. Zoological
Society of Scott, M.B., Dickinson, K.J.M,
Barratt, B.I.P. & Sinclair, B.J. (2001) Winter microclimates and the
distribution of invertebrates within alpine hummock formations. *5th Invertebrate
Biodiversity and Conservation Conference, Sinclair,
B. J.,
Addo-Bediako, A. & Chown, S. L.(2001). Why are there so many freeze
tolerant insects in the Southern Hemisphere? IV European Workshop on Invertebrate
Ecophysiology, Sinclair,
B. J.
& Sjursen, H. (2001). Cold tolerance
of the Antarctic Springtail Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni. *VIII SCAR International Biology
Symposium, Sinclair,
B. J. (2000). Winter ecology of the Temp2000 - VII International
Symposium on Cold hardiness in Animals and Plants, Sinclair,
B. J. (2000). Winter and the alpine cockroach Celatoblatta quinquemaculata: A
stressful time of life? The Miss E. L. Hellaby Indigenous
Grasslands Research trust Tenth Seminar, Sinclair,
B. J.
(2000). Why are there so many freeze
tolerant insects in the Southern Hemisphere?
Ecology, Biodiversity and
Conservation Research Group Evolutionary Ecology Symposium, Sinclair,
B. J. (1998).
Cloche experiments at high latitudes: Investigating microarthropod
response to elevated temperatures at *SCAR VII Biology Symposium, *New Zealand Ecological Society and
Ecological Society of Australia joint meeting, Dunedin New Sinclair,
B. J. (1998).
Insect cold tolerance: How many kinds of frozen? Third European Workshop on
Invertebrate Ecophysiology. Sinclair,
B. J. (1997).
Microhabitat selection by arthropods on the Rock and The Miss E. L. Hellaby Indigenous Grasslands
Research Trust Ninth Seminar, Sinclair,
B. J. (1996).
Moving South: Arthropods in *International
Workshop on Polar Desert Ecosystems, Sinclair,
B. J.
& Wharton, D. A. (1996). The freezing-tolerant insect Hemideina maori: Where’s the Ice? *VI International
symposium on Cold Hardiness in Animals and Plants, Science CommunicationPublic TalksSinclair,
B.J.
(2002). Polar and alpine adventures.
Mountain Club of Sinclair,
B.J. (2001). Ecology and Physiology of Sinclair,
B. J. (2000). The Compleat Polar Entomologist. Otago Section of the Sinclair,
B. J. (2000). Antarctic Entomology. Otago Tramping and Mountaineering Club;
Entomological Society of Sinclair,
B. J. (1999). Overwintering Ecology of Otago’s
Alpine Cockroaches. The Entomological Society of Sinclair,
B. J. (1997). Lifestyles of the Cold and
Crunchy. The Entomological Society of Popular Science WritingSinclair,
BJ. (in press). Cold Hardiness. In: Riffenburgh, B.
(ed.) Encyclopedia of the Antarctic.
Routledge: Sinclair,
B.J. & Terblanche, J.S. (2004). On Ice.
Men’s Health (South African Edition),
April – 180-186. Sinclair,
B.J. (2003). Icy Resilience the Key to Survival in Sinclair,
B. J. (2000). Sinclair,
B. J.
(1998). Lifestyles of the cold and crunchy.
Australasian Science 19(9): 30-32. Sinclair,
B. J. (1996). Feature Creature: The Antarctic springtail Cryptopygus antarcticus Star Weekender 1 September 1996. Television Programme InvolvementOne day of
filming for Natural History New Zealand Limited/National Geographic documentary
‘Iceworlds’. Two days of
filming and advice for Danish Television production ‘Viden Om’. Advice for
segment of ‘What Now?’ 16 April 2000. Television
‘Frozen Wetas’
Get Real 27 May 1996. Taylormade productions/Television Printed and News Media InvolvementPress releases and
associated newspaper articles in Title page story:
'Research Update'. National Geographic
Magazine, February 2001. ‘Chilling Out
in ‘Rock and Pillar Weta freezes solid in
winter’. Neville Peat. Otago Daily Times Wednesday Magazine, 14
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