• Kross, S. M., Tait, A., Raubenheimer, D., Nelson, X.J. 2018. New Zealand falcon prey selection may not be driven by preference based on prey nutritional content. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 42, 58-64. doi:10.20417/nzjecol.42.10
  
• Schwing, R., Nelson, X. J., Wein, A., Parsons, S. 2017. Positive emotional contagion in a New Zealand parrot. Current Biology 27, R199-R217. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.
• Schwing, R., Nelson, X. J., Parsons, S. 2016. Audiogram of the kea parrot, Nestor notabilis. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140: 3739–3744.
• ​Greer, A. L., Horton, T. W., Nelson, X. J. 2015. Simple ways to calculate stable isotope discrimination factors and convert between tissue types. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6: 1341–1348. doi:10.1080/03014223.2015.1070183
• Greer, A. L., Gajdon, G. Y., Nelson, X. J. 2015. Intraspecific variation in the foraging ecology of kea, the world’s only mountain and rainforest-dwelling parrot. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 39: 254-261.

• Kross, S. M., Nelson, X. J. 2013. Factors influencing the behavioural development of juvenile New Zealand falcons (Falco novaeseelandiae). Emu 113: 84-87. Supplementary material. doi:10.1071/MU12020
• Kross, S. M., McDonald, P. M., Nelson, X. J. 2013. New Zealand falcon nests suffer lower predation in agricultural habitat than in natural habitat. Bird Conservation International  23: 512-519. doi:10.1017/S0959270913000130
• Kross, S. M., Tylianakis, J. M., Nelson, X. J. 2013. Diet Composition and prey choice of New Zealand falcons nesting in anthropogenic and natural habitats. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 37: 51-59.
• Schwing, R., Parsons, S., Nelson, X. J. 2012. Vocal repertoire of the New Zealand kea parrot (Nestor notabilis). Current Zoology 58: 727-740. 
• Kross, S. M., Tylianakis, J. M., Nelson, X. J. 2012. Translocation of threatened New Zealand falcons to vineyards increases nest attendance, brooding and feeding rates. PLoS ONE 7, e386979. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038679.    

• Young, L. M., Kelly, D., Nelson, X. J. 2012. Alpine flora may depend on declining frugivorous parrot for seed dispersal. Biological Conservation 147: 133-142. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.023
• Kross, S. M., Tylianakis, J. M., Nelson, X. J. 2012. Effects of introducing threatened falcons into vineyards on abundance of Passeriformes and grape yield. Conservation Biology 26: 142-149. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01756.x
• Kross, S. M., Nelson, X. J. 2011. A portable low-cost remote videography system for monitoring wildlife. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2: 191-196. doi:10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00064.x Featured podcast on MEE homepage. Supplementary material.
• Wilson, D. R., Nelson, X. J., Evans, C. S. 2009. Seizing the opportunity: subordinate male fowl respond rapidly to variation in social context. Ethology 115: 996-1004. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01688.x
• Nelson, X. J., Wilson, D. R., Evans, C.S. 2008. Behavioral syndromes in stable social groups: an artifact of external constraints? Ethology 114: 1154-1165. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01568.x
• Wilson, D. R., Bayly, K., Nelson, X. J., Gillings, M., Evans, C. S. 2008. Alarm calling best predicts mating and reproductive success in ornamented male fowl, Gallus gallus. Animal Behaviour 76: 543-554.  doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.03.026   'In focus' summary of article in Animal Behaviour