Peer-reviewed publications

27.     Hudson, C.M., Twining, C.W., Moosmann, M., Greenway, R., Feulner, P.G.D., and B. Matthews Prickly postglacial pioneers: freshwater plankton community composition influences fatty acid desaturase (FADS2) copy number in Southern Greenland threespine sticklebacks. In Press at Oikos.

26.     Hudson, C.M., Stalder D, Vorburger C. 2024. Clines of resistance to parasitoids: The multifarious effects of temperature on defensive symbioses in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 2024: 101208.

25. Hudson, C.M., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Moosmann, M., Narwani, A., Spaak, P., Seehausen, O., and B. Matthews. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 36: 1166–1184.

24. Brown, G.P., Hudson, C.M., and R. Shine. Changes in body mass alter white blood cell profiles and immune function in Australian cane toads (Rhinella marina). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 378: 20220122

23. Weitzman, C.L., Kaestli, M., Rose, A., Hudson, C.M., Gibb, K., Brown, G.P., Shine, R., and K.L. Christian. 2023. Geographic variation in bacterial assemblages on cane toad skin is influenced more by local environments than by evolved changes in host traits. Biology Open. 2023, 12(2): bio059641.

22. Moosmann, M., Hudson, C.M., Seehausen, O., and B. Matthews. 2023. The phenotypic determinants of diet variation between divergent stickleback lineages. Evolution. 2023, 77(1): 13–25.

21. Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Courtney-Mustaphi, C.J., Greenway, R., Heiri, O., Hudson, C.M., King, L., Lemmen, K.D., Moosmann, M., Muschick, M., Ngoepe, N., Seehausen, O., and B. Matthews. 2022. An integrative paleolimnological approach for studying evolutionary processes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 37(6): 488-496.

20. Hudson, C.M., Ladd, S.N., Leal, M.C., Schubert, C., and B. Matthews. 2022. Fit and fatty freshwater fish: Exploring adaptations for polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism between two hybridizing lineages of threespine stickleback. Oikos. 2022: e08558doi: 10.1111/oik.08558.

19. Hudson, C.M., Lucek, K., Marques, D.A., Alexander, T.J, Moosmann, M., Spaak, P., Seehausen, O., and B. Matthews. 2021. Threespine stickleback in Lake Constance: the ecology and genomic substrate of a recent invasion. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8: 529. 

18. Hudson, C.M., Brown, G.P., Blennerhassett, R.A., and R. Shine. 2021. Variation in size and shape of toxin glands among cane toads from native-range and invasive populations. Scientific Reports. 11, 936.

17. Moosmann, M., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., De Lisle, S., Greenway, R.S., Hudson, C.M., Lürig, M.D., and B. Matthews. 2021. On the Evolution of Trophic Position. Ecology Letters. 24(12): 2549–2562.

16. Twining, C.W., Bernhardt, J.R., Derry, A.M., Hudson, C.M., Ishikawa, A., Kabeya, N., Kainz, M.J., Kitano, J., Kowarik, C., Ladd, S.N, Leal, M.C., Scharnweber, K., Shipley, J.R., and B. Matthews. 2021. The evolutionary ecology of fatty-acid variation: implications for consumer adaptation and diversification. Ecology Letters. 24:1709-1731.

15. Hudson, C.M., Vidal-García, M., Murray, T., and R. Shine. 2020. The accelerating anuran: evolution of locomotor performance in cane toads (Rhinella marina, Bufonidae) at an invasion front. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287: 20201964.

14. Clarke, G.C., Hudson, C.M., and R. Shine. 2020. Encounters between freshwater crocodiles and invasive cane toads in north-western Australia: does context determine impact? Australian Zoologist. 41: 94-101.

13. Hudson, C.M., Brown, G.P., Stuart, K., and R. Shine. 2018. Sexual and geographic divergence in head sizes of invasive cane toads, Rhinella marina (Anura: Bufonidae) is driven by both evolution and plasticity. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 124: 188-199.

12. Kosmala, G.K., Brown, G.P., Christian, K, Hudson, C.M., and R. Shine. 2018. The thermal dependency of locomotor performance evolves rapidly in an invasive species. Ecology and Evolution. 8: 4403-4408.

11. Hudson, C.M., Brown, G.P., and R. Shine. 2017.  Evolutionary shifts in anti-predator behaviour responses of invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology. 71(9):134.

10. Hudson, C.M., Brown, G.P., and R. Shine. 2017. Effects of Toe-Clipping on Growth, Body Condition, and Locomotion of Cane Toads (Rhinella marina) Copeia. 105(2): 257-260.

9. Chen, W., Hudson, C.M., J. DeVore, and R. Shine. 2017. Sex and weaponry: the distribution of toxin-storage glands on the bodies of male and female cane toads (Rhinella marina). Ecology and Evolution. 7: 8950-8957.

8. Kelehear, C., Hudson, C.M., Mertins, J.W. and R. Shine. 2017. First report of exotic ticks (Amblyomma rotundatum) parasitizing invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina) on the island of Hawai’i. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 8: 330-333.

7. Hudson, C.M., Brown, G.P., and R. Shine. 2016. It’s lonely at the front: contrasting evolutionary trajectories in male and female invaders. Royal Society Open Science. 3: 160687.

6. Hudson, C.M., McCurry, M.R., Lundgren, P., McHenry, C.R., and R. Shine. 2016. Constructing an invasion machine: The rapid evolution of a dispersal-enhancing phenotype during the cane toad invasion of Australia. PloS ONE. 11(9): e0156950.

5. Stewart, K.A., Hudson, C.M., and S.C. Lougheed. 2016. Do alternative male mating tactics facilitate introgression across a hybrid zone by circumventing female choice?. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 30: 412–421.

4. Hudson, C.M., Brown, G.P., and R. Shine. 2016. Athletic anurans: the impact of morphology, ecology and evolution on climbing ability in invasive cane toads. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 119: 992–999.

3. Hudson, C.M., Phillips, B.L., Brown, G.P. and R. Shine. 2015. Virgins in the vanguard: low reproductive frequency in invasion front cane toads. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 116: 743-747.

2. Hudson, C.M., and J. Fu. 2013. Male-biased sexual size dimorphism, resource defense polygyny, and multiple paternity in the Emei Moustache Toad (Leptobrachium boringii). PLoS ONE. 8(6): e67502. 

1. Hudson, C.M., He X., and J. Fu. 2011. Keratinized nuptial spines are used for male combat in the Emei Moustache Toad (Leptobrachium boringii). Asian Herpetological Research. 2(3): 142-148.