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Researcher Bio
| Researcher: | Dr NA Andersen |
| School/Unit: | Medicine |
| Commenced with Institution: | 1/2/1993 Ceased: 10/1/2013 |
| Commenced Current Job: | 1/2/1993 |
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| Top 3 Fields of Research |
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| Comparative Physiology |
| Physiology |
| Animal Physiology - Systems |
| Top 3 Research Objectives |
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| Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences |
| Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |
| Health |
Fields of Research
| Comparative Physiology |
| Physiology |
| Animal Physiology - Systems |
| Biological Sciences |
| Population Ecology |
| Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics |
| Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology |
| Behavioural Ecology |
| Immunology |
| Animal Physiology - Biophysics |
| Central Nervous System |
| Animal Systematics and Taxonomy |
| Animal Structure and Function |
| Protein Trafficking |
| Evolutionary Biology |
| Ecological Physiology |
Research Objectives
Research Funding
| Administered | Research Team | Initial Year | Duration (Years) | Funding Body/Client | Title of Project | Total Cash $ | Total In-Kind $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tasmania | AssocProf SC Nicol; Professor SM Jones; Dr NA Andersen | 2006 | 1 | National Geographic Society: Grant | Habitat Use, Diet, Home Range and Population Structure of the Short-Beaked Echidna | 24,652 | |
| University of Tasmania | AssocProf SC Nicol; Dr NA Andersen | 1997 | 1 | Australian Research Council: Grant-Small | Red cell function in the echidna. | 15,000 | |
| University of Tasmania | AssocProf SC Nicol; Dr NA Andersen | 1993 | 2 | Australian Research Council: Grant-Small | Blood viscosity, thyroid function, and seasonal changes in plasma proteins in the echidna | 30,000 |
Graduate Research Supervision (Current)
No records found.
Graduate Research Supervision (Graduands)
| Name | Degree | Completed | Supervision | Commenced | Ceased | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Anne Sprent | PhD | 29/2/2012 | Research Supervisor | 2/8/2004 | 2/5/2005 | Diet, Spatial Ecology and Energetics of Echidnas: the Significance of Habitat and Seasonal Variation |
| Jennifer Anne Sprent | PhD | 29/2/2012 | Research Supervisor | 3/5/2005 | 28/2/2012 | Diet, Spatial Ecology and Energetics of Echidnas: the Significance of Habitat and Seasonal Variation |
Career Best Publications
None Identified
Research Publications
| Journal Article |
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| Nicol, SC and Vanpe, C* and Sprent, J and Morrow, G and Andersen, NA, “Spatial ecology of a ubiquitous Australian anteater, the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Journal of Mammalogy, 92 (1) pp. 101-110. doi:10.1644/09-MAMM-A-398.1 ISSN 0022-2372 (2011) [Refereed Article] |
| Morrow, GE and Andersen, NA and Nicol, SC, “Reproductive strategies of the short-beaked echidna - a review with new data from a long-term study on the Tasmanian subspecies (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) ”, Australian Journal of Zoology, 57 (4) pp. 275-282. doi:10.1071/ZO09037 ISSN 0004-959X (2009) [Refereed Article] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA and Arnold, W* and Ruf, T*, “Rewarming rates of two large hibernators: Comparison of a monotreme and a eutherian ”, Journal of Thermal Biology, 34 (3) pp. 155-159. doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2009.01.003 ISSN 0306-4565 (2009) [Refereed Article] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “Rewarming rates and thermogenesis in hibernating echidnas”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 150 (2) pp. 189-195. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.08.039 ISSN 1095-6433 (2008) [Refereed Article] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “Cooling rates and body temperature regulation of hibernating echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, The Journal of Experimental Biology, 210 (4) pp. 586-592. doi:10.1242/jeb.02701 ISSN 0022-0949 (2007) [Refereed Article] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “The life history of an egg-laying mammal, the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Ecoscience, 14 (3) pp. 275-285. doi:10.2980/1195-6860(2007)14[275:TLHOAE]2.0.CO;2 ISSN 1195-6860 (2007) [Refereed Article] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “Body temperature as an indicator of egg-laying in the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus”, Journal of Thermal Biology, 31 (6) pp. 483-490. doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2006.05.001 ISSN 0306-4565 (2006) [Refereed Article] |
| Sprent, JA and Andersen, NA and Nicol, SC, “Latrine use by the short-beaked echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus”, Australian Mammalogy, 28 (1) pp. 131-133. doi:10.1071/AM06021 ISSN 0310-0049 (2006) [Refereed Article] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA and Jones, SM, “Seasonal variations in reproductive hormones in free-ranging echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus): Interaction between reproduction and hibernation”, General and Comparative Endocrinology, 144 (3) pp. 204-210. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.05.013 ISSN 0016-6480 (2005) [Refereed Article] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “Control of breathing in the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) during hibernation”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, 136 (4) pp. 917-925. doi:10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00213-7 ISSN 1095-6433 (2003) [Refereed Article] |
| Schmid, J* and Andersen, NA and Speakman, JR* and Nicol, SC, “Field energetics of free-living, lactating and non-lactating echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, 136 (4) pp. 903-909. doi:10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00240-X ISSN 1095-6433 (2003) [Refereed Article] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA and Berger, RJ*, “Phylogenetic significance of mole rat sleep”, Sleep, 25 (1) pp. 11. ISSN 0161-8105 (2002) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “The timing of hibernation in Tasmanian echidnas: why do they do it when they do?”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B, 131 pp. 603-611. doi:10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00018-0 ISSN 1096-4959 (2002) [Refereed Article] |
| Killian, JK* and Nolan, CM* and Stewart, NJ and Munday, BL and Andersen, NA and Nicol, SC and Jirtle, RL*, “Monotreme IGF2 expression and ancestral origin of genomic imprinting”, Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular Development & Evolution), 291 (2) pp. 205-212. doi:10.1002/jez.1070 ISSN 0022-104X (2001) [Refereed Article] |
| Andersen, NA and Mesch, U* and Lovell, D and Nicol, SC, “The effects of sex, season, and hibernation on haematology and blood viscosity of free-ranging echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78 (2) pp. 174-181. doi:10.1139/cjz-78-2-174 ISSN 0008-4301 (2000) [Refereed Article] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA and Tomasi, TE*, “Seasonal variations in thyroid hormone levels in free-living echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, General and Comparative Endocrinology, 117 (1) pp. 1-7. doi:10.1006/gcen.1999.7372 ISSN 0016-6480 (2000) [Refereed Article] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA and Phillips, NH* and Berger, RJ*, “The echidna manifests typical characteristics of rapid eye movement sleep”, Neuroscience Letters, 283 (1) pp. 49-52. doi:10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00922-8 ISSN 0304-3940 (2000) [Refereed Article] |
| Perry, SF* and Schmitz, A* and Andersen, NA and Wallau, BR* and Nicol, SC, “Descriptive study of the diaphragm and lungs in the short-nosed echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Mammalia : Monotremata)”, Journal of Morphology, 243 (3) pp. 247-255. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200003)243:3<247::AID-JMOR2>3.3.CO;2-J ISSN 0362-2525 (2000) [Refereed Article] |
| Dziegielewska, KM and Andersen, NA, “The fetal glycoprotein, fetuin, counteracts ill-effects of the bacterial endotoxin, lipopolysaccharide, in pregnancy”, Biology of the Neonate, 74 (5) pp. 372-375. doi:10.1159/000014055 ISSN 0006-3126 (1998) [Refereed Article] |
| Dziegielewska, KM and Andersen, NA and Saunders, NR, “Modification of macrophage response to lipopolysaccharide by fetuin”, Immunology Letters, 60 (1) pp. 31-35. doi:10.1016/S0165-2478(97)00126-0 ISSN 0165-2478 (1998) [Refereed Article] |
| Richardson, SJ* and Dziegielewska, KM and Andersen, NA and Frost, S* and Schreiber, G*, “The acute phase response of plasma proteins in the polyprotodont marsupial Monodelphis domestica”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. B: Comparative Biochemistry, 119 (1) pp. 183-188. doi:10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00304-0 ISSN 0305-0491 (1998) [Refereed Article] |
| Nicol, SC and Pavlides, D and Andersen, NA, “Nonshivering thermogenesis in marsupials: Absence of thermogenic response to beta 3-adrenergic agonists”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology , 117 (3) pp. 399-405. doi:10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00357-X ISSN 0300-9629 (1997) [Refereed Article] |
| Chapter in Book |
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| Nicol, SC and Morrow, GE and Andersen, NA, “Hibernation in monotremes: a review”, Hypometabolism in Animals, Interpak Books, Barry G Lovegrove and Andrew E. McKechnie (ed), Pietermaritzburg, pp. 251-262. ISBN 9780-620-41482-1 (2008) [Research Book Chapter] |
| Nicol, SC and Vedel-Smith, C and Andersen, NA, “Behaviour, body temperature, and hibernation in Tasmanian echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Life in the Cold: Evolution, Mechanisms, Adaptation, and Application, University of Alaska Fairbanks, BM Barnes & HV Carey (ed), Canada, pp. 149-159. (2004) [Research Book Chapter] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “Patterns of hibernation of echidnas in Tasmania”, Life in the Cold, Springer-Verlag, G. Heldmaier & M. Klingenspor (ed), Berlin, pp. 21-28. ISBN 3-540-67410-1 (2000) [Research Book Chapter] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “Hibernation in the echidna: not an adaptation to cold?”, Adaptations to the Cold., University of New England Press, Geiser F., Hulbert AJ., Nicol SC (ed), Armidale, pp. 7-12. ISBN 1-875821-34-1 (1996) [Research Book Chapter] |
| Conference Publication |
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| Andersen, NA and Nicol, SC, “Comparing apples with apples, how to compare arousal rates in different species”, ANZSCPB Proceedings, 8-10 Dec 2006, Brisbane, pp. 61. (2006) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “About a bout: what happens in a single hibernation cycle?”, ANZSCPB Proceedings, 8-10 Dec 2006, Brisbane, pp. 41. (2006) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “Cooling, rewarming and thermogenesis in hibernating echidnas”, A Memorial Symposium for Russell V. Baudinette, 1-2 Oct 2005, Adelaide (2005) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA and Dacheux, JL* and Jones, R*, “Reproductive strategies of the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus): is there evidence for sperm competition?”, International Symposium of Sperm Competition and Reproductive Strategies, 5 - 7 Aug 2005, Otaru, Japan, pp. 18. (2005) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “The life history of an egg-laying mammal, the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Abstracts of the International Mammalogical Congress, 31 July - 5 Aug 2005, Hokkaido, Japan, pp. 53. (2005) [Conference Extract] |
| Andersen, NA and Vedel-Smith, C and Nicol, SC, “Circadian and circannual patterns of body temperature and activity in a southern hemisphere hibernator, the Tasmanian echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Life in the Cold XII Abstracts, 25-31 July 2004, Vancouver - Alaska, pp. 19. (2004) [Conference Extract] |
| Andersen, NA and Vedel-Smith, C and Nicol, SC, “Circadian and circannual patterns of body temperatures and activity in the Tasmanian echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, 9-12 Dec 2004, Wollongong, pp. 15. (2004) [Conference Extract] |
| Andersen, NA and Schmid, J* and Nicol, SC, “Echidna reproduction and growth: What we currently know (or don't)”, Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Dec 2003, Hobart, pp. 11. ISBN 0-9580135-1-9 (2003) [Conference Extract] |
| Andersen, NA and Nicol, SC, “Reproduction, growth and dispersal of young in Tasmanian echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Monotreme III Abstracts, July 2003, Sydney, pp. 1. (2003) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “Control of breathing during hibernation in the echidna”, Monotreme Biology, Feb 2003, Tasmania, pp. 13. (2003) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “The annual cycle of Tasmanian echidnas”, Monotreme III Abstracts, July 2003, Sydney, pp. 10-11. (2003) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA and Jones, SM and Vedel-Smith, C* and Reye, A*, “Timing of hibernation and reproduction in Tasmanian echidnas”, Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Dec 2003, Hobart, pp. 33. ISBN 0-9580135-1-9 (2003) [Conference Extract] |
| Schmid, J* and Andersen, NA and Speakman, JR* and Nicol, SC, “Field energetics of free-living, lactating and non-lactating echidnas Tachyglossus aculeatus”, Monotreme Biology, Feb 2003, Tasmania, pp. 17. (2003) [Conference Extract] |
| Vedel-Smith, C and Andersen, NA and Nicol, SC, “Activity patterns of Tasmanian echidnas”, Montreme III Abstracts, July 2003, Sydney, pp. 15. (2003) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “The timing of hibernation in Tasmanian echidnas: why do they do it when they do?”, Proceedings of ANZSCPB, 6-9 Dec 2001, University of Adelaide, pp. 27. ISBN 0-9580135-0-0 (2001) [Conference Extract] |
| Andersen, NA and Nicol, SC, “Observations on breeding behaviour in the Tasmanian echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Proceedings of the ANZSCPB, 8-10 December 2000, Deakin University, Melbourne, pp. 20. ISBN 0 646 40870 4 (2000) [Conference Extract] |
| Andersen, NA and Nicol, SC, “Observations on breeding behaviour in the Tasmanian echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Life in the Cold, 13-18 August 2000, Jungholz, Germany, pp. 74. (2000) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “Patterns of hibernation of echidnas in Tasmania”, Life in the Cold, 13-18 August, 2000, Jungholz, Germany, pp. 14. (2000) [Conference Extract] |
| Andersen, NA and Nicol, SC, “To breed or not to breed some observations on breeding behaviour in the Tasmanian echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Proceedings of the ANZSCPB, 2-5 December 1999, University of New England, Armidale, pp. 1. ISBN 1 86389 610 4 (1999) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “Breathing during hibernation in the echidna”, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Animal Physiology, 4-6 June 1998, Berlin, pp. 48. (1998) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “Using dataloggers to investigate hibernation in echidnas”, Proceedings of ANZSCPB, 4-6 December, Perth, pp. 15. ISBN 0864228805 (1998) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “Daily and seasonal patterns of activity in the echidna”, Time, Energy and Behaviour. Constraints and Interactions, Vienna, pp. 11. (1997) [Conference Extract] |
| Andersen, NA and Lovell, D and Mesch, U* and Dziegielewska, KM and Nicol, SC, “Seasonal variations in haematology and blood viscosity in free ranging Tasmanian echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Adaptations to the Cold, 30 June - 6 July 1996, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, pp. 51. (1996) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “Hibernation in the echidna: not an adaptation to cold?”, Adaptations to the Cold, 30 June-6 July 1996, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, pp. 37. (1996) [Conference Extract] |
Nicol, SC and Pavlides, D and Andersen, NA, “Non-shivering thermogenesis in marsupials: absnece of thermogenic response to  3-adrenergic agonists”, Adaptations to the Cold, 30 June - 6 July 1996, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, pp. 77. (1996) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA, “Why do echidnas hibernate?”, Proceedings of ANZSCPB, 5-8 December 1996, Latrobe University, pp. 31. (1996) [Conference Extract] |
| Andersen, NA and Lovell, D and Mesch, U* and Dziegielewska, KM and Nicol, SC, “Seasonal variation in activity, body temperature, plasma proteins and haematology in free ranging active and hibernating Tasmanian echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Proceedings of ANZSCPB, 7-10 December 1995, Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 1. (1995) [Conference Extract] |
| Berger, RJ* and Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA and Phillips, NH*, “Paradoxical sleep in the echidna”, Sleep Research, Nasua, The Bahamas, pp. 199. (1995) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA and Berger, R, “Sleep in the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)”, Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Birmingham, U.K., pp. 116. (1995) [Conference Extract] |
| Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA and Berger, R*, “The evolution of sleep in mammals: the significance of the dreams of monotremes”, Proceedings of the ANZSCPB, 7-10 December 1995, Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 24. (1995) [Conference Extract] |
* This author is not affiliated with the University of Tasmania.