Research

• Brood parasitism and cooperative breeding

• Breeding ecology and mating systems of tropical birds: responses to food and nest predation (Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia)

• Seasonality of insects in mangroves and tropical savannas

• Pollination ecology and flowering phenology of vertebrate-pollinated plants

• Sustainable village-based ecotourism in New Guinea and Indonesia

• Conservation of South-east Asian wildlife

Publications

Books
Noske, R.A. and Brennan, G. (2002).  The Birds of Groote Eylandt. NTU Press, Darwin. 196 pp. 

Journal Articles (since 1995)

Mikami, O.K., Katsuno, Y., Yamashita, D.M., Noske, R. and Eguchi, K. Submitted. Great Bowerbirds select fire-protected sites for their courtship bowers. Ibis

Takaki, Y., Eguchi, K., Ueda, K., and Noske, R. Submitted. Social organisation and cooperative breeding in the Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus cruentatus in monsoon-tropical Australia. Emu

Yamaguchi, N., Eguchi, E., Ueda, K., Takagi, M., Katsuno, Y., Nagata, H. and Noske, R. In press. Sex ratio adjustment in relation to group size in the Grey-crowned Babbler. Ornithological Science

Brady, C.J. and Noske, R.A. In press. Changes in the bird and communities over 20 years of rehabilitation at a bauxite mine in the Australian tropics. Restoration Ecology

Eguchi, K., Yamaguchi, N., Ueda, K., Nagata, H., Takagi, K. and Noske, R.A. In press. Social structure and helping behaviour of the Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis. Journal of Ornithology (doi 10.1007/s10336-007-0196-3)

Noske, R.A., Fischer, S. and Brook, B.W. In press. Artificial nest predation rates vary among habitats in the Australian monsoon tropics. Ecological Research  (doi 10.1007/s11284-007-0403-y)

Kawano, K.M., Eguchi, K., Ueda, K. and Noske, RA. (2007). Development of microsatellite markers in the grey-crowned babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis). Molecular Ecology Notes 7, 501-502.

Noske, RA. (2007). Nesting biology of Striated Herons Ardea striatus in Darwin, Northern Territory. Northern Territory Naturalist 19, 69-75.

Gillis, M. and Noske, R.A. (2007). Orange-footed Scrub-fowl in Darwin – horticultural pest or partner? Northern Territory Naturalist 19, 76-80.

Brady, C.J. and Noske, R.A. (2006). Generalized regressions provide good estimates of insects and spider biomass in the monsoonal tropics of Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 45, 187-191.

Firth, R.S.C., Woinarski, J.C.Z., and Noske, R.A. (2006). Home range and den characteristics of the brush-tailed rabbit-rat Conilurus penicillatus in the monsoonal tropics of the Northern Territory, Australia. Wildlife Research 33, 397-407.

Novarino, W., Noske, R.A., Salsabila, A. and Jarulis (2006). A mist-netting study of birds in Lunang Freshwater Swamp Forest, West Sumatra. Kukila, 13, 48-63.

Firth, R.S.C., Jefferys, E., Woinarski, J.C.Z. and Noske, R.A. (2005). The diet of the Brush-tailed Rabbit-rat Conilurus penicillatus in the monsoonal tropics of the Northern Territory, Australia. Wildlife Research, 32, 517-523.

Zimmermann, U. and Noske, R.A. (2004). Why do Rainbow Pittas Pitta iris place dung at the entrance to their nests? Australian Field Ornithology, 21, pp 163-165.

Noske, R.A. (2003). Does the crested shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus exhibit extended parental care? Corella, 27, pp 118-119.

Zimmermann, U. & Noske, R.A. (2003). The breeding ecology of the monsoon rainforest-endemic Rainbow Pitta Pitta iris.  Emu, 103, pp 245-254.

Noske, R.A. (2003). Sexual and site differences in the foraging behaviour of crested shrike-tits Falcunculus frontatus. Emu, 103, pp 271-277.

Noske, R.A. (2003).  The breeding seasons of birds on Timor. Kukila, 12, pp 27-38.

Noske, R.A. (2001). The breeding biology of the Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone laevigaster in the Darwin region, with notes on brood parasitism by the Little Bronze-cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillis. Emu, 101, pp 129-135.

Franklin, D.C., Woinarski, J.C.Z. and Noske, R.A. (2000).  Geographic patterning of species richness among granivorous birds in Australia. Journal of Biogeography, 27, pp 829-842.

Franklin, D.C. and Noske, R.A. (2000). The nesting biology of the Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta in the Darwin Region of northern Australia with notes on tidal flooding of nests. Corella, 20, pp 38-44.

Franklin, D.C. and Noske, R.A. (2000).  Nectar sources used by birds in monsoonal north-western Australia: a regional survey. Australian Journal of Botany, 48, pp 461-474.

Noske, RA and Franklin, D. (1999). Breeding seasons of land birds in the Australian monsoon tropics: diverse responses to a highly seasonal environment. Australian Biologist, 12, pp 72-90.

Franklin, D. and Noske, R.A. (1999).  Birds and nectar in a monsoonal woodland: correlations at three spatio-temporal scales. Emu, 99, pp 15-28.

Noske, R.A. (1999). Notes on the breeding biology of the tropical mangrove-dwelling Yellow White-eye Zosterops luteus. Australian Bird Watcher, 18, pp 3-7.

Franklin, D. and Noske, R.A. (1998).  Local movements of honeyeaters in a sub-coastal vegetation mosaic in the Northern Territory. Corella, 22, pp 97-103.

Noske, R.A. (1998).  Breeding biology, demography and success of the rufous-banded honeyeater, Conopophila albogularis, in Darwin, a monsoonal tropical city.  Wildlife Research, 25, pp 339-356.

Noske, R.A.  (1998). Social organisation and nesting biology of the cooperatively-breeding Varied Sittella Daphaenositta chrysoptera in north-eastern New South Wales. Emu, 98, pp 85-96.

Whiting, S., Noske, R.A., Guinea, M.L., Chatto, R. and Donato, D. (1997). Observations of birds on islands in northern Fog Bay, Northern Territory. Northern Territory Naturalist, 15, pp 27-40.

Vardon, M., Noske, R. and Moyle, B.  (1997). Harvesting Black Cockatoos in the Northern Territory: catastrophe or conservation?  Australian Biologist, 10, pp 84-93.

Noske, R.A., Barnes, T. and Barnes, V. (1997). First breeding record of the Cicadabird for the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Naturalist, 15, pp 43-44.

Noske, R.A.  (1997). Short breeding season of Figbirds Sphecotheres viridis in Darwin, Northern Territory. Corella, 21, pp 44-47.

Noske, R.A. and Ueda, K.  (1996). First record of Cinnamon Bittern for Timor. Kukila, 8, pp 158-159.

Noske, R.A.  (1996). Abundance, zonation and feeding ecology of birds in mangroves of Darwin Harbour, Northern territory. Wildlife Research, 23, pp 443-74.

Noske, R.A.  (1995). The ecology of mangrove forest birds in Peninsular Malaysia. Ibis (UK), 137, pp 250-263.

Book Chapters/Proceedings

Noske, R.A. (2007). Family Climacteridae (Australasian Treecreepers). In Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol 12 (eds. J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott and D.A. Christie). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.  

Noske, R.A. (2007). Family Neosittidae (Sittellas). In Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol 12 (eds. J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott and D.A. Christie). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.  

Noske, R.A. (2003). The role of birds in mangroves - pollination and insect predation. In Proceedings: Darwin Harbour Region: Current Knowledge and Future Needs. (Ed. Working Group for the Darwin Harbour Advisory Committee), pp 74-86 (Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment, Darwin.)

Noske, R.A.  (1997). The ecology of Timorian birds. In The Ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku. (eds K.A. Monk, Y. de Fretes & G. Reksodiharjo-Lilley), pp 353-362 . Periplus Editions/ Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Noske, R.A. (1997).  Timor, Central Sulawesi. In Birding Indonesia (ed P. Jepson). Periplus Editions/ Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Noske, R.A. and Saleh, N. (1996). The conservation status of forest birds in West Timor. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Eastern Indonesian - Australian Vertebrate Fauna, Manado, Indonesia, November 22-26, 1994. (eds D. Kitchener and A. Suyanto), pp. 65-74. Western Australian Museum, Perth.

Current Projects

• Brood parasitism in the mangroves: do cuckoos mimic the chicks of their hosts? Collaborator: K Ueda.

• Avian cooperative breeding in the Australian monsoon tropics: the importance of helpers and brood sex ratio adjustment.  Collaborators: K Eguchi, K Ueda, N Yamaguchi, M Takagi & H. Nagata.

• Home range, male-male interactions and the importance of decoration placement in bowers of the Great Bowerbird. Collaborators: K Eguchi, Y Katsuno & T Okida.

• Sustainable rainforest bird tourism, local livelihoods and community informatics in West Papua. Collaborators: S Harwood (PhD student), D Carson & O Mahmood.

• Responses of wildlife to environmental variation and land use intensity in Lautem District, Timor Leste. Collaborators: C Trainor (PhD student)

• Biannual breeding by tropical mangrove-dwelling birds - response to insects or nest predation? Collaborator: Yeni Mulyani

• Species diversity, abundance and habitat selection of lowland forest birds in West Timor, Indonesia. Collaborators: M Waltert & L Banilodu.

• Effect of logging on lowland rainforest birds in the Jayapura district, West Papua. Collaborators: T Spaeth, M Waltert & M Muehlenberg.

• The effect of aerial insecticide spraying on the fecundity of mangrove-dwelling passerines. Collaborators: C Bradshaw & B Brook.

Recent Completions Supervised
PhD
Brady, C.J.  (2005). Birds as Indicators of Rehabilitation Success at Gove mine-site. PhD thesis, CDU, Darwin.

Mulyani, Y.A. (2004). The Reproductive Ecology of Tropical Mangrove-Dwelling Warblers: the Roles of Nest Predation, Brood Parasitism and Food Limitation. PhD thesis, CDU, Darwin.