PUBLICATIONS
2024
Butterworth, N.J., Lush, J,. Moore, K., Hall, M.D. (2024) The sicker sex is plastic: Thermal plasticity determines sex biases in pathogen transmission. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.21.624778
Croft, L., Matheson, P., McGaughran, A., Butterworth, N.J. (2024) Fitness consequences of population bottlenecks in an invasive blowfly. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17492
Barton, P.S., Schultz, N., Butterworth, N.J., Ulyshen, M.D., Mateo-Tomás, P., Newsome, T.M. (2024) Disentangling ecosystem necromass dynamics for biodiversity conservation. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-024-00907-y
Butterworth, N.J., Heffernan, L., Hall, M.D. (2024) Is there a sicker sex? Dose relationships modify male-female differences in infection prevalence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2575
Croft, L., Matheson, P., Flemming, C., Butterworth, N.J., McGaughran, A. (2024) Population structure and interspecific hybridisation of two invasive blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) following replicated incursions into New Zealand. Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10832
2023
Butterworth, N.J., Wallman, J.F., Johnston, N.P., Dawson, B.M., & McGaughran, A. (2023) The blowfly Chrysomya latifrons inhabits fragmented rainforests, but lacks genetic diversity and population structure. Oecologia https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05333-w
Butterworth, N.J., Benbow, M.E., Barton, P.S. (2023) The ephemeral resource patch concept. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12926
2022
Gao Y., Ge Y., Yan L., Vikhrev N.E., Wang Q., Butterworth, N.J., Zhang D. (2022) Phylogenetic analyses support the monophyly of the genus Lispe Latreille (Diptera: Muscidae) with insights into intrageneric relationships. Insects. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13111015
Stadler, F., Johnston, N.P., Butterworth, N.J., Wallman, J.F. (2022) Fly colony establishment, quality control and improvement. In A complete guide to maggot therapy (p. 257). https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0300
Dawson, B.M., Wallman, J.F., Evans, M.J., Butterworth, N.J., Barton, P.S. (2022) Priority effects and density promote coexistence between the facultative predator Chrysomya rufifacies and its competitor Calliphora stygia. Oecologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-022-05175-y
2021
Butterworth, N.J., Wallman, J.F. (2021) Flies getting filthy: The precopulatory mating behaviours of three mud-dwelling species of Australian Lispe (Diptera: Muscidae). Ethology. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13236
Hosseini, F., Lotfalizadeh, H., Rakhshani, E., Norouzi, M., Butterworth, N.J., & Dadpour, M. (2021). Significance of wing interference patterns as taxonomic characters in Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12542
Butterworth, N.J., White, T.E., Byrne, P.G., Wallman, J.F. (2021) Love at first flight: wing interference patterns as stable species and sex-specific cues in blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13759
Day, D.M., Butterworth, N.J., Tagat, A., Markowsky, G., Wallman, J.F. (2021) Development of larvae of the Australian blowfly, Calliphora augur (Diptera: Calliphoridae), at constant temperatures. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2021.1921269
2020
Butterworth, N.J., Byrne, P.G., Johnston, N.P., Keller, P.A., Drijfhout, F.P., Wallman, J.F. (2020) The evolution of sexually dimorphic cuticular hydrocarbons in blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13685
Butterworth, N.J., Byrne, P.G., Drijfhout, F.P., Wallman, J.F. (2020) Major transitions in cuticular hydrocarbon expression coincide with sexual maturity in a blowfly (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Chemical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-020-01194-2
White, T.E., Vogel-Ghibely, N., Butterworth, N.J. (2020) Flies exploit predictable perspectives and backgrounds to enhance iridescent signal contrast and mating success. The American Naturalist. https://doi.org/10.1086/707584
2019
Butterworth, N.J., Byrne, P.G., Wallman, J.F. (2019) The blowfly waltz: field and laboratory observations of novel and complex dipteran courtship behavior (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Insect Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-019-09720-1
Kolesik, P., Butterworth, N., Lemmon, J., Gibson, T., and Wallman, J. F. (2019) First gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) known to feed on plant family Atherospermataceae: a new species of Asphondylia damaging the endangered Australian tree Daphnandra johnsonii. Austral Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12387
2018
Butterworth, N.J., Byrne, P.G., Keller, P.A., Wallman, J.F. (2018) Body Odor and Sex: Do Cuticular Hydrocarbons Facilitate Sexual Attraction in the Small Hairy Maggot Blowfly? Journal of Chemical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-018-0943-3