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Journal articles
Attard MRG, Bowen J, Portugal SJ (2025) Scratching beyond the surface: Examining macroecological patterns in bird eggshell texture. Proceedings of Royal Society Interface. 22 (232): 20240527. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2024.0527.
Attard MRG, Phillips RA, Oppel S, Bowler E, Fretwell PT (2025) Feasibility of using very high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor Tristan albatrosses Diomedea dabbenena on Gough Island. Endangered Species Research. 56. 187-199. doi: 10.3354/esr01396. Data repository doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14711473
Sansalone G, Wroe S, Coates G, Attard MRG, Fruciano C (2024) Unexpectedly uneven distribution of functional trade-offs explains cranial morphological diversity in carnivores. Nature Communications 15 (1): 3275.
Attard MRG, Phillips RA, Bowler E, Clarke PJ, Cubaynes H, Johnston DW, Fretwell PT (2024) Review of Satellite Remote Sensing and Unoccupied Aircraft Systems for Counting Wildlife on Land. Remote Sensing. 16(4): 627. doi: 10.3390/rs16040627.
Attard MRG, Portugal SJ (2024) Global diversity and adaptations of avian eggshell thickness. Ibis. 166:2, 534-550. Data repository doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14763147
van Heteren AH, Tsang LR, Sansalone G, Ross P, Ledogar JA, Attard MRG, Sustaita D, Clausen P, Scofield P, Wroe S (2021) New Zealand’s extinct giant raptor (Harpagornis moorei) killed like an eagle, ate like a condor. Proceedings of Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1913
Attard MRG, Lewis A, Wroe S, Hughs C, Rogers R (2021). Whisker growth in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) and applications for stable isotope studies. Ecosphere. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.3846. Data repository doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12477563
Attard MRG, Bowen J, Corado R, Hall L, Dorey R, Portugal SJ (2021) Ecological drivers of eggshell wettability in birds. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 18: 20210488. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0488. Data repository doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14685744
Attard MRG and Portugal SJ (2021) Climate variability and parent nesting strategies influence gas exchange across avian eggshells. Proceedings of Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288: 20210823. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0823. Data repository doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12490559
Birkhead T, Russell D, Garbout A, Attard MRG, Thompson J, Jackson D (2020) New insights from old eggs – the shape and thickness of Great Auk Pinguinus impennis eggs. Ibis 162(4):1345-1354. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12820
Tsang LR, Sansalone G, Wilson LAB, Attard MRG, Ledogar J, Wroe S (2019). Raptor talon shape and biomechanical performance are controlled by relative prey size but not by allometry. Scientific Reports. 9: 7076. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43654-0. Data repository url: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/23363
Birkhead TRB, Attard MRG, Pilastro A (2019) Subtle egg-membrane structures in birds’ eggs. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 86(4): 353-353. doi: 10.1002/mrd.23103
Attard MRG, Sherratt E, Mcdonald P, Gracia M, Wroe S (2018) A new, three-dimensional geometric morphometric approach to assess egg shape variation. PeerJ. 6: e5052. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5052. Data repositoiry doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3382477.v1 and 10.6084/m9.figshare.3382501.v1
Attard MRG, Medina I, Langmore N, Sherratt E (2017) Egg shape mimicry in parasitic cuckoos, Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 7(2): e31704. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13176. Data repository doi: 10.5061/dryad.v5375
Attard MRG, Wilson LAB, Worthy TH, Scofield P, Johnston P, Parr WCH, Wroe S (2016) Moa diet fits the bill: virtual reconstruction incorporating mummified remains and prediction of biomechanical performance in avian giants. Proceedings of Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283(1822). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2043. Data repository doi: 10.5061/dryad.hf0rm
Attard MRG, Parr W, Archer M, Hand S, Rogers TL, Wroe S (2014) Virtual reconstruction and prediction of diet of the Australian mid Cenozoic thylacinid, Nimbacinus dicksoni (Thylacinidae, Marsupialia). PLOS ONE. 9 (4), e93088. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093088
Anastasio R, Wroe S, Tuniz C, Arensburge B, Mancini L, Cesana DT, Dreossi D, Ravichandiran M, Attard MRG, Parr W, Agur A (2013) Micro-Biomechanics of the Kebara 2 Hyoid and Its Implications for Speech in Neanderthals. PLOS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082261
Attard MRG, Chamoli U, Ferrara T, Rogers TL, Wroe S (2011) Skull mechanics and implications for feeding behaviour in a large marsupial carnivore guild: the thylacine, Tasmanian devil and spotted-tailed quoll. Journal of Zoology, 285 (4); 292-300. doi: 10.1111.j.1469-7998.2011.00844.x
Attard MRG, Pitcher BJ, Charrier I, Ahonen H, Harcourt RG (2010) Vocal discrimination in mate guarding male Australian sea lions: Familiarity Breeds Contempt, Ethology, 116; 1-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01786.x
Book chapters
Attard MRG and Wroe S (2022) Thylacine Prey Size in “History and Mystery of the Thylacine”. The Thylacine Chronicles. Editor: Branden Holmes. CSIRO Publishing.
Selected Journal Articles in Preparation
Attard MRG, Poncet S, Daunt F, Prince F, Whitelaw M, Fisher A, Bamford C, Trathan P (In Review) The South Georgia Ecological Atlas: A historical dataset of biological surveys and human activity from 1960 to 1990. Scientific Data.
Attard MRG, Phillips RA, Poncet S, Bowler E, Fretwell PT (In Prep) Crowdsourcing for conservation: A citizen science approach to monitoring wandering albatrosses using satellite imagery.
Clarke PJ, Cubaynes HC, Stockin KA, Bowler E, Carlyon K, Attard MRG, Fretwell PT, Skachkova A, de Vos A, Medina-Lopez E, Lopez Dubon S, Jackson JA (In Prep) Odontocete strandings from space: Accurately counting individuals with very-high resolution optical and SAR satellite imagery.
Bowler E, Attard MRG, Phillips RA, Poncet S, Fretwell PT (In prep) Citizen science annotations of wandering albatrosses in satellite imagery, a dataset for training machine learning models.
Attard, MRG and Wroe, S. (2012) “The thylacine myth” Australasian Science Magazine. (6): 19-22. [pdf] [online]
Attard M. R. G. (2012) “Unveiling the mysteries of the Tasmanian Tiger”. The conversation.
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