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Andrew K. Krockenberger

Andrew K. Krockenberger

Overview

Andrew K. Krockenberger is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on ecology and related subfields.

The main fields of study that define their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their subfields of specialization cover:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Genetics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Core research topics investigated by Andrew K. Krockenberger involve:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Their publication record includes contributions to prominent venues such as:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • PLoS ONE
  • Conservation Physiology

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Andrew K. Krockenberger include:

  • Genetic evidence supports three previously described species of greater glider, Petauroides volans, P. minor, and P. armillatus (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • Food intake: an overlooked driver of climate change casualties? (2021), published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Road development and Indigenous hunting in Tanah Papua: Connecting the facts for future wildlife conservation agendas (2021), published in Forest and Society
  • Predicted alteration of vertebrate communities in response to climate-induced elevational shifts (2022), published in Diversity and Distributions
  • Warmer Ambient Temperatures Depress Detoxification and Food Intake by Marsupial Folivores (2022), published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include:

  • Kara N. Youngentob
  • Karen J. Marsh
  • Alejandro de la Fuente
  • Lucas A. Cernusak
  • Stephen E. Williams

Best Publications

  • Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation

    Raymond B. Huey;Michael R. Kearney;Andrew Krockenberger;Joseph A. M. Holtum

  • The 10 Australian ecosystems most vulnerable to tipping points

    William F. Laurance;Bernard Dell;Stephen M. Turton;Michael J. Lawes

  • Soil carbon stocks vary predictably with altitude in tropical forests: Implications for soil carbon storage

    Wouter I.J. Dieleman;Wouter I.J. Dieleman;Michelle Venter;Anurag Ramachandra;Andrew K. Krockenberger

  • Wood density predicts plant damage and vegetative recovery rates caused by cyclone disturbance in tropical rainforest tree species of North Queensland, Australia

    Timothy J. Curran;Lauren N. Gersbach;Lauren N. Gersbach;Will Edwards;Andrew K. Krockenberger

  • Tree-hugging koalas demonstrate a novel thermoregulatory mechanism for arboreal mammals.

    Natalie J. Briscoe;Kathrine A. Handasyde;Stephen R. Griffiths;Warren P. Porter

  • Dual-foraging and co-ordinated provisioning in a tropical Procellariiform, the wedge-tailed shearwater

    Bradley C. Congdon;Andrew K. Krockenberger;Brian V. Smithers

  • Integrating phylogeography and physiology reveals divergence of thermal traits between central and peripheral lineages of tropical rainforest lizards.

    Craig Moritz;Craig Moritz;Gary Langham;Gary Langham;Michael R Kearney;Andrew Krockenberger

  • Elevated sea-surface temperature, reduced provisioning and reproductive failure of wedge-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus pacificus) in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    B. V. Smithers;D. R. Peck;A. K. Krockenberger;B. C. Congdon

  • Sea surface temperature constrains wedge-tailed shearwater foraging success within breeding seasons

    Darren R. Peck;Brian V. Smithers;Andrew K. Krockenberger;Bradley C. Congdon

  • Food for folivores: nutritional explanations linking diets to population density

    Ian R. Wallis;Melanie J. Edwards;Hannah Windley;Andrew K. Krockenberger

  • Meeting the energy demands of reproduction in female koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus: evidence for energetic compensation

    A. Krockenberger;A. Krockenberger

  • Rapoport's Rule: do climatic variability gradients shape range extent?

    Anna F. V. Pintor;Lin Schwarzkopf;Andrew K. Krockenberger

  • Genetic evidence supports three previously described species of greater glider, Petauroides volans, P. minor, and P. armillatus

    Denise C. McGregor;Amanda Padovan;Arthur Georges;Andrew Krockenberger

  • Thermoregulation by Kangaroos from Mesic and Arid Habitats: Influence of Temperature on Routes of Heat Loss in Eastern Grey Kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) and Red Kangaroos (Macropus rufus)

    Terence J. Dawson;Cyntina E. Blaney;Adam J. Munn;Andrew Krockenberger

  • Extensive Acclimation in Ectotherms Conceals Interspecific Variation in Thermal Tolerance Limits.

    Anna F. V. Pintor;Lin Schwarzkopf;Andrew K. Krockenberger

  • Redundancy among mammalian fungal dispersers and the importance of declining specialists

    S.J. Nuske;K. Vernes;T.W. May;A.W. Claridge;A.W. Claridge

  • Costs of venom production in the common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus).

    Anna F.V. Pintor;Andrew K. Krockenberger;Jamie E. Seymour

  • Large-herbivore distribution and abundance: intra-and interspecific niche variation in the tropics

    Euan G. Ritchie;Euan G. Ritchie;Jennifer K. Martin;Andrew K. Krockenberger;Stephen T. Garnett

  • Adaptive sex allocation in relation to life‐history in the common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula

    Joanne L. Isaac;Andrew K. Krockenberger;Christopher N. Johnson

  • Bergmann meets Scholander: geographical variation in body size and insulation in the koala is related to climate

    Natalie J. Briscoe;Andrew Krockenberger;Kathrine A. Handasyde;Michael R. Kearney

Frequent Co-Authors

Lin Schwarzkopf
Lin Schwarzkopf James Cook University
Bradley C. Congdon
Bradley C. Congdon James Cook University
Stephen E. Williams
Stephen E. Williams James Cook University
Christopher N. Johnson
Christopher N. Johnson University of Tasmania
Darrell J. Kemp
Darrell J. Kemp Macquarie University
Jeremy VanDerWal
Jeremy VanDerWal James Cook University
Michael R. Kearney
Michael R. Kearney University of Melbourne
William J. Foley
William J. Foley Australian National University
Andrew W. Claridge
Andrew W. Claridge University of New South Wales
Michael I. Bird
Michael I. Bird James Cook University

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