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  1. Dim light pollution prevents diapause induction in urban and rural moths

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, April 2023, Wiley

    Matthew Nielsen

  2. Longer and warmer prewinter periods reduce post‐winter fitness in a diapausing insect

    Article • Functional Ecology, March 2022, Wiley

    Matthew Nielsen

  3. Why study plasticity in multiple traits? New hypotheses for how phenotypically plastic traits interact during development and selection

    Article • Evolution, March 2022, Wiley

    Matthew Nielsen

  4. Urbanization extends flight phenology and leads to local adaptation of seasonal plasticity in Lepidoptera

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Thomas Merckx, Matthew Nielsen

  5. The evolution of insect body coloration under changing climates

    Article • Current Opinion in Insect Science, October 2020, Elsevier

    Matthew Nielsen

  6. Out in the open: behavior’s effect on predation risk and thermoregulation by aposematic caterpillars

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, May 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Matthew Nielsen

  7. Compensating for climate change–induced cue‐environment mismatches: evidence for contemporary evolution of a photoperiodic reaction norm in Colias butterflies

    Article • Ecology Letters, April 2020, Wiley

    Matthew Nielsen

  8. Using museum specimens to track morphological shifts through climate change

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, November 2018, Royal Society Publishing

    Matthew Nielsen

  9. Colour plasticity alters thermoregulatory behaviour in Battus philenor caterpillars by modifying the cue received

    Article • June 2018, Elsevier

    Matthew Nielsen

  10. No geographic variation in thermoregulatory colour plasticity and limited variation in heat-avoidance behaviour in Battus philenor caterpillars

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, September 2017, Wiley

    Matthew Nielsen

  11. Why Have Multiple Plastic Responses? Interactions between Color Change and Heat Avoidance Behavior in Battus philenor Larvae

    Article • The American Naturalist, June 2017, University of Chicago Press

    Matthew Nielsen

  12. Foraging Bumble Bees Weigh the Reliability of Personal and Social Information

    Article • Current Biology, May 2016, Elsevier

    Matthew Nielsen

  13. Effects of developmental change in body size on ectotherm body temperature and behavioral thermoregulation: caterpillars in a heat-stressed environment

    Article • Oecologia, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matthew Nielsen

  14. Redescription ofStentorcepsQuinlan, 1984 (Hymenoptera: Figitidae), with a Description of Five New Species

    Article • African Entomology, September 2011, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Matthew Nielsen