Publications
Papers
2025:
Ignoring What We Don’t Know in Accelerometer-based Behaviour Classification: The Open-Set Recognition Problem
Wilson, O. Schoeman, D. B Ferdinandy, B. and Clemente, C.J.
Journal of Experimental Biology, jeb. 250722
Between the Trees: Quantifying Koala Ground Movement for Conservation Action.
Sparkes, G.R.; Wilson, O.; Ellis, W.A.; FitzGibbon, S.I.; Barth, B.J.; Clemente, C.J.; Crowther, M.S.; Wilson, R.S
Animals 2025, 15, 3537
Optimising camera trap surveys for the rocky landform specialists of the Mount Isa Inlier, Queensland, Australia
Barnes, J.C., Brunton, E.A., Sanders, M.G. and Clemente, C.J.
Ecology and Evolution 15 (10), e72170
Biomechanical Trade-Offs Between Speed and Agility in the Northern Brown Bandicoot.
Del Simone, K., Cameron, S.F., Clemente, C.J., Dick, T.J. and Wilson, R.S.,
Biomechanics, 5(3), p.52.
Practical guidelines for validation of supervised machine learning models in accelerometer-based animal behaviour classification
Wilson, O., Schoeman, D., Bradley, A. and Clemente, C.J.
Journal of Animal Ecology doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70054
Landmark-free statistical shape modelling reveals effects of age and sex on whole muscle morphology among the triceps surae
Lindemann, I., Cieri, R.L., Clemente, C.J. and Dick, T.J.,
Royal Society Open Science, 12(4), p.250198
Rocky landform specialists of the Mount Isa Inlier: camera trapping reveals seasonal occupancy and habitat associations of a unique faunal assemblage in an ancient landscape
Barnes, J.C., Brunton, E.A., Sanders, M.G. and Clemente, C.J.,
Australian Journal of Zoology, 73(2).
The next chapter for the Australian Journal of Zoology
Wilson, L.A. and Clemente, C.J.,
Australian Journal of Zoology, 73(1).
Postural adaptations may contribute to the unique locomotor energetics seen in hopping kangaroos
Thornton, L., Dick, T., Hutchinson, J.R., Lichtwark, G.A., McGowan, C.P., Rubenson, J., Wiktorowicz-Conroy, A. and Clemente, C.J.
eLife DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.96437
2024:
Predictive musculoskeletal simulations reveal the mechanistic link between speed, posture and energetics among extant mammals.
Clemente, C.J., De Groote, F. and Dick, T.J.
Nature Communications, 15(1), p.8594.
Could Humans Use Grasshoppers’ Secrets to Jump Higher?
Ruggiero, L., Luciano, F., Gruber, M. and Clemente, C.J.
Frontiers for Young Minds, 12, pp.1-9.
Rethinking the physiological cross-sectional area of skeletal muscle reveals the mechanical advantage of pennation
Rockenfeller, R., Günther, M., Clemente, C.J. and Dick, T.J.,
Royal Society Open Science, 11(9), p.240037.
Iron-coated Komodo dragon teeth and the complex dental enamel of carnivorous reptiles.
LeBlanc, A.R., Morrell, A.P., Sirovica, S., Al-Jawad, M., Labonte, D., D’Amore, D.C., Clemente, C.J, Wang, S., Giuliani, F., McGilvery, C.M. and Pittman, M.
Nature Ecology & Evolution, pp.1-12.
Coordinating limbs and spine:(Pareto-) optimal locomotion in theory, in vivo, and in robots
Rockenfeller, R., Cieri, R.L., Schultz, J.T., Maag, R. and Clemente, C.J.,
npj Robotics, 2(1), p.4.
Distribution, habitat associations and status of the Carpentarian Pseudantechinus (Pseudantechinus mimulus, Dasyuridae)
Barnes, J.C., Clemente, C.J., Brunton, E.A., Sanders, M.G. and Burnett, S.E.,
Austral Ecology, 49(7), p.e13557
Dynamic similarity and the peculiar allometry of maximum running speed
Labonte, D., Bishop, P.J., Dick, T.J. and Clemente, C.J.,
Nature Communications, 15(1), p.2181.
Comparative analysis of behavioural repertoires for Mahogany Glider and Brushtail Possum using accelerometer loggers and machine learning algorithms
Annett, J., Gaschk, J.L., Clemente, C.J.,
Journal of Zoology 322 (1), 24-34
2023:
Multilevel dynamic adjustments of geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus) climbing vertically: head-up versus head-down
Schultz, J. T., Labonte, D., & Clemente, C. J.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 20(201), 20220840
Influence of internal muscle properties on muscle shape change and gearing in the human gastrocnemii.
Kelp, N.Y., Clemente, C.J., Tucker, K., Hug, F., Pinel, S. and Dick, T.J.,
Journal of Applied Physiology, 134(6), pp.1520-1529.
The influence of claw morphology on gripping efficiency.
Turnbull, G., Chari, S., Li, Z., Yang, Z., Alam, C.M., Clemente, C.J. and Alam, P.,
Biology open, 12(5).
How scaling approaches can reveal fundamental principles in physiology and biomechanics.
Clemente, C.J. and Dick, T.J.,
Journal of Experimental Biology, 226(7), p.jeb245310.
Resting disparity in quoll semelparity: examining the sex-linked behaviours of wild roaming northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus) during breeding season
JL Gaschk, K Del Simone, RS Wilson, CJ Clemente
Royal Society Open Science 10 (2), 221180
2022:
Classifying relationships that define interactions between native and invasive species in Australian ecosystems
JL Gaschk, CJ Clemente
Australian Journal of Zoology 70 (1), 22-35
Exploring the limits to turning performance with size and shape variation in dogs
T Haagensen, JL Gaschk, JT Schultz, CJ Clemente
Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (21), jeb244435
Understanding Australia’s unique hopping species: a comparative review of the musculoskeletal system and locomotor biomechanics in Macropodoidea
LH Thornton, TJM Dick, MB Bennett, CJ Clemente
Australian Journal of Zoology
Scaling of fibre area and fibre glycogen concentration in the hindlimb musculature of monitor lizards: Implications for locomotor performance with increasing body size
RL Cieri, TJM Dick, JS Morris, CJ Clemente
Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (Suppl_1), jeb243380
A bio-inspired robotic climbing robot to understand kinematic and morphological determinants for an optimal climbing gait
H Beck, JT Schultz, CJ Clemente
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Tail base deflection but not tail curvature varies with speed in lizards: results from an automated tracking analysis pipeline
JT Schultz, RL Cieri, T Proost, R Pilai, M Hodgson, F Plum, CJ Clemente
Integrative and Comparative Biology 61 (5), 1769-1782
2021:
Quantifying finer-scale behaviours using self-organising maps (SOMs) to link accelerometery signatures with behavioural patterns in free-roaming terrestrial animals
N Galea, F Murphy, JL Gaschk, DS Schoeman, CJ Clemente
Scientific Reports 11 (1), 1-10
Ground reaction forces and muscle allometry in monitor lizards (Varanidae) with implications for the scaling of locomotion in sprawling tetrapods
R Cieri, C Clemente, T Dick
The FASEB journal 35
Morphological and performance modifications in the world’s only marine lizard, the Galápagos marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus
KA Berry, JP Muñoz-Pérez, CP Vintimilla-Palacios, CJ Clemente
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 133 (1), 68-80
Using a biologically mimicking climbing robot to explore the performance landscape of climbing in lizards
JT Schultz, HK Beck, T Haagensen, T Proost, CJ Clemente
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288 (1947), 20202576
POSTERS
Browse through a few of the posters that have emerged from members of the lab for different occasions and conferences:
talks
Many talks remain in the memories of conference attendees only as amazing and informative live performances, but some have been recorded and published online, and we are happy to share them here with you.
A 1h invited talk about how DeepLabCut has been used for J.T.S.’s PhD project and what Pro’s and Con’s have been found during the research applications.
Research on the Komodo Dragons with Robert Irwin in the Australia Zoo. We had the Dragons run over force plates to measure some gait dynamics. Watch below: