Research and Teaching Interests
Biodiversity, Ecology and Environment, Evolution of sociality and mating systems, influence of sexual selection on morphology, behaviour, diseases & parasites, evolution of cooperative breeding
Jane Waterman
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- Ewacha M, Kaapehi C, Waterman JM, Roth JD. (2016). Cape ground squirrels as ecosystem engineers: modifying habitat for plants, small mammals, and beetles in the Namib Desert. African Journal of Ecology 54, 68-75.
- Manjerovic MB, Waterman JM. (2015). . ‘Failure to launch’: Is there a reproductive cost to males living at home?. Journal of Mammalogy 96 (1), 144-150.
- Yunik M, Waterman JM, Galloway TD (2015). Seasonal changes in the infestation parameters of the sucking louse, Linognathoides laeviusculus (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Linognathidae), infesting Richardson’s ground squirrel (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Manitoba. The Canadian Entomologist. In Press
- Phillips MA, Waterman JM (2014). Anti-snake behaviour in a facultative cooperative breeder, the Cape ground squirrel. Behaviour 151, 1735-1758.
- Waterman JM, Machlin GA, Enright C (2014). . Sex-biased parasitism in Richardson’s ground squirrels (Urocitellus richardsonii) depends on the parasite examined. Canadian Journal of Zoology 92, 73-79.
- Makenbach SA, Waterman JM, Roth JD (2013). Predator detection and dilution as benefits of associations between yellow mongooses and Cape ground squirrels.Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 67, 1187-1194.
- Phillips MA, Waterman JM. 2013 (2013). Olfactory snake-predator discrimination in the Cape ground squirrel. Ethology 119, 278-285.
- BlowersTE, Waterman JM, Kuhar CW, Bettinger TL (2012). Female Nile hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) space use in a naturalistic exhibit. Zoo Biology 49, 129-136.
- Manjerovic MB, Waterman JM (2012). Immunological sex differences in socially promiscuous African ground squirrels. PLoS ONE 7 (6), e38524.
- Phillips MA, Waterman JM, Du Plessis P, Smit M, Bennett NC (2012). Proteolytic venom resistance in a southern African ground squirrel. Toxicon 60, 760-763.
- Scantlebury M, Danek-Gontard M, Bateman PW, Bennett NC, Manjerovic MB, Waterman JM (2012). Seasonal patterns of body temperature daily rhythms in group-living Cape ground squirrels Xerus inauris. PLoS ONE 7 (4), e36053.
- Edwards S, Waterman JM (2011). Vigilance and grouping in a southern African ground squirrel (Xerus inauris). African Journal of Ecology 49, 286-291.
- Eisenberg DA, Noss RF, Waterman JM (2011). Distribution and Habitat Use of the Big Cypress Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger avicennia). Southeastern Naturalist 10, 75-84.
- Joubert KE, Serfontein T, Scantlebury M, Manjerovic MB, Bateman PW, Bennett NC, Waterman JM (2011). Determination of an optimal dose of medetomidine-ketamine-buprenorphine for anaesthesia in the Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris). Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 82, 94–96.
- Pettitt BA,Waterman JM (2011). Reproductive delay in the female Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris). Journal of Mammalogy 92, 378-386.
- Anderson CR, da Vitoria Lobo N, Roth JD, Waterman JM (2010). A computer-aided photo-identification system with an application to polar bears based on whisker spot patterns. Journal of Mammalogy 91, 1350-1359.
- Blowers TE, Waterman JM., Kuhar C, Bettinger T (2010). Social behaviours of a group of female Hippopotamus amphibius. Journal of Ethology 28, 287-294.
- Hillegass MA, Waterman JM, Roth JD (2010). Parasite removal increases reproductive success in a social African ground squirrel. Behavioral Ecology 21, 696-700.
- Nadelson LS, Walters L, Waterman JM (2010). Course integrated undergraduate research experiences structured at different levels of inquiry. J STEM Education 11, 27-44.
- Waterman JM (2010). The adaptive function of masturbation in a promiscuous African ground squirrel. PLoS ONE 5, e13060 .
- Unck C, Waterman JM, Verburgt L, Bateman PW (2009). Quantity versus quality: How does level of predation threat affect Cape ground squirrel vigilance? . Animal Behaviour 78, 625-632.
- Hillegass M, Waterman JM, Roth JD (2008). The influence of sex and sociality on parasite loads in an African ground squirrel. Behavioral Ecology 19, 1006-1011.
- Manjerovic MB., Kinahan AA, Waterman JM, Bennett NC, Bateman PW (2008). Structure and allometry of genitalia in males and females of a social African ground squirrel with high polygynandry. Journal of Zoology 275, 375-380.
- Pettitt BA, Waterman JM, Wheaton C (2008). Assessing the effects of resource availability and parity on reproduction in female Cape ground squirrels: resources do not matter. Journal of Zoology 276, 291-298.
- Scantlebury M, Waterman JM, Bennett NC (2008). Alternative reproductive tactics in male Cape ground squirrels Xerus inauris. Physiology & Behavior 94, 359-367.
- Anderson CJ, Roth JD,Waterman JM (2007). Can whisker spot patterns be used to identify individual polar bears?. Journal of Zoology 274, 333-339.
- Belton L, Ball N Waterman JM, Bateman PW (2007). Trying to make scents of it all: do Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) show avoidance of predator olfactory cues?.African Zoology 42, 135-138.
- Jackson TP, Waterman JM, Bennett NC (2007). Pituitary LH responses to single doses of exogenous GnRH in female social Cape ground squirrels, Xerus inauris, exhibiting low reproductive skew. Journal of Zoology 273, 8-13.
- Pettitt BA, Wheaton CJ, Waterman JM (2007). Effects of storage treatment on fecal steroid hormone concentrations of a rodent, the Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris).General & Comparative Endocrinology 150, 1-11.
- Scantlebury M, Waterman JM, Hillegass M, Speakman JR, Bennett NC (2007). Energetic costs of parasitism in the Cape ground squirrel Xerus inauris. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 274, 2169-2177.
- Waterman JM, Roth JD (2007). Interspecific associations of Cape ground squirrels with two mongoose species: benefit or cost? . Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 61, 1675-1683.
- Bouchie L, Bennett NC, Jackson T, Waterman JM (2006). Are Cape Ground squirrels, Xerus inauris, induced or spontaneous ovulators? . Journal of Mammalogy 87, 60-66.
- Herron M, Waterman JM, Parkinson CL (2005). The phylogeography of two species of Xerines in southern Africa. Molecular Ecology 14, 2773-2788.