Recent Publications

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The following is a selection of recent publications by our researchers. For a more complete listing including abstracts and full text, please visit the staff pages.

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2008
2007

2008 publications

August

McMahon, CR, IC Field, MA Hindell, SC de Little, CJA Bradshaw. 2008. Guarding against oversimplifying the fundamental drivers of southern elephant seal population dynamics. Journal of Biogeography http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01938.x

Charrassin, J.-B., Hindell, M. A., Rintoul, S. R., Roquet, F., Sokolov, S., Biuw, M., Costa, D., Boehme, L., Lovell, P., Coleman, R., Timmerman, R., Meijers, A., Meredith, M., Park, Y.-H., Bailleul, F., Goebel, M., Tremblay, Y., Bost, C.-A., McMahon, C. R., Field, I. C., Fedak, M. & Guinet, C. (2008) Southern Ocean frontal structure and sea ice formation rates revealed by elephant seals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 105, 11634–11639.

July

Franklin, D.C., Kaneko, S., Yamasaki, N. and Isagi, Y. 2008. Some wild bamboo clumps contain more than one genet. Australian Journal of Botany 56: 433-436 DOI: 10.1071/BT0802

Bradshaw, C.J.A., Fitzpatrick, B.M., Steinberg, C.C., Brook, B.W. and Meekan, M.G. 2008. Decline in whale shark size and abundance at Ningaloo Reef over the past decade: The world’s largest fish is getting smaller. Biological Conservation 141: 1894-1905 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.05.007

Werner, P.A., Prior, L.D. and Forner, J. 2008. Growth and survival of termite-piped Eucalyptus tetrodonta and E. miniata in northern Australia: Implications for harvest of trees for didgeridoos. Forest Ecology and Management 256: 328-334 DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.04.027

Lehmann, C.R., Prior, L.D., Williams, R.J. and Bowman, D.M.J.S. 2008. Spatio-temporal trends in tree cover of a tropical mesic savanna are driven by landscape disturbance. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 1304-1311 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01496.x

Brook, B.W., Sodhi, N. S. and Bradshaw, C.J.A. 2008. Synergies among extinction drivers under global change. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23:8 453-460 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.03.011

Gorman, J.T., Whitehead, P.J., Griffiths, A.D. and Petheram, L. 2008. Production from marginal lands: Indigenous commercial use of wild animals in northern Australia. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 15: 1-15

Omondi, I., Baltenweck, I., Drucker, A., Obare, G. and Zander, K. 2008. Economic Valuation of Sheep Genetic Resources: Implications for Sustainable Utilization in the Kenyan Semi-arid Tropics. Tropical Animal Health and Production DOI:10.1007/s11250-008-9140-7

June

Jacups, S.P., Whelan, P.I. and Currie, B.J. 2008. Ross River Virus and Barmah Forest Virus infections: a review of history, ecology and predictive models, with implications for tropical north Australia. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 8:1 1-16 DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0152

Noske, R.A., Fischer, S. and Brook, B.W. 2008. Artificial nest predation rates vary among habitats in the Australian monsoon tropics. Ecological Research 23: 519-527 DOI: 10.1007/s.11284-007-0403-y

Yang, G-J., Bradshaw, C.J.A., Whelan, P.I. and Brook, B.W. 2008. Importance of endogenous feedback controlling the long-term abundance of tropical mosquito species. Population Ecology 50: 293-305 DOI: 10.1007/s10144-008-0082-8

McMahon, C.R., Field, I.C., Bradshaw, C.J.A., White, G.C. and Hindell, M.A. 2008. Tracking and data-logging devices attached to elephant seals do not affect individual mass gain or survival. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 360: 71–77 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2008.03.012

May

Knight, A.T., Cowling, R.M., Rouget, M., Balmford, A., Lombard, A.T. and Campbell, B.M. 2008. Knowing but not doing: selecting priority conservation areas and the research-implementation gap. Conservation Biology 22:3 610-617 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00914.x

McMahon, C.R. and Bradshaw, C.J.A. 2008. To catch a buffalo: field immobilisation of Asian swamp buffalo using etorphine and xylazine. Australian Veterinary Journal 86:6 235-241 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2008.00303.x

Franklin, D.C. 2008. Fate of culm shoots in wild stands of a tropical clumping bamboo. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 26: 97-111 Link to table of contents

Roessler, R., Drucker, A.G., Scarpa, R., Markemann, A., Lemke, U., Thuy, L.T. and Zarate, A.V. 2008. Using choice experiments to assess smallholder farmers’ preferences for pig breeding traits in different production systems in North-West Vietnam. Ecological Economics 66: 184-192 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.08.023

April

Hamel, M.A., McMahon, C.R. and Bradshaw, C.J.A. 2008. Flexible inter-nesting behaviour of generalist olive ridley turtles in Australia. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 359: 47-54 DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.02.019

Brooke, M.d.L., Butchart, S.H.M., Garnett, S.T., Crowley, G.M., Mantilla-Beniers, N.B. and Stattersfield, A.J. 2008. Rates of movement of threatened bird species between IUCN Red List categories and towards extinction. Conservation Biology 22:2 417-427 DOI 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00905.x

Speed, C.W., Meekan, M.G., Rowat, D., Pierce, S.J., Marshall, D. and Bradshaw, C.J.A. 2008. Scarring patterns and relative mortality rates of Indian Ocean whale sharks. Journal of Fish Biology 72: 1488-1503 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01810.x

Franklin, D.C., Petty, A.M., Williamson, G., Brook, B.W., and Bowman, D.M.J.S. 2008. Monitoring contrasting land management in the savanna landscapes of northern Australia. Environmental Management 41: 501-515 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-007-9006-1

March

Field, I.C. 2008. Slipstreaming research and future ethical dilemmas for animal researchers in Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal 86:3 69 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2008.00268.x

Wunder, S., Campbell, B.M., Frost, P.G.H., Sayer, J.A., Iwan, R. and Wollenberg, L. 2008. When donors get cold feet: the conservation concession in Setulang (Kalimantan, Indonesia) that never happened. Ecology and Society 13:1 12 http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss1/art12/

Burns, J.M., Hindell, M.A., Bradshaw, C.J.A. and Costa, D.P. 2008. Fine-scale habitat selection of crabeater seals as determined by diving behaviour. Deep-Sea Research II 55: 500-514 DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.11.012

Sunderland, T.C.H., Ehringhaus, C. and Campbell, B.M. 2008. Conservation and development in tropical forest landscapes: a time to face trade-offs? Environmental Conservation 34:4 276-279 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892908004438

Speed, C.W., Meekan, M.G., Russell, B.C. and Bradshaw, C.J.A. 2008. Recent whale shark (Rhincodon typus) beach strandings in Australia. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records. www.mba.ac.uk/jmba/jmba2biodiversityrecords.php?6092

Ritchie, E.G., Martin, J.K., Krockenberger, A.K., Garnett, S.T. and Johnson, C.N. 2008. Large herbivore distribution and abundance in the tropics: intra- and inter-specific niche variation revealed by models across species’ ranges. Ecological Monographs 78:105-182 Link to table of contents

February

Sims, D.W., Southall, E.J., Humpheries, N.E., Hays, G.C., Bradshaw, C.J.A., Pitchford, J.W., James, A., Ahmend, M.Z., Brierley, A.S., Hindell, M.A., Morritt, D., Musyl, M.K., Righton, D., Shepard, E.L.S., Wearmouth, V.J., Wilsom, R.P., Witt, M.J. and Metcalfe, J.D. 2008. Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour. Nature 451: 1098-1103.

Chambers, L.E., Quin, B.R., Menkhorst, P., Franklin, D.C. and Smales, I. 2008. The effects of climate change on breeding in the Helmeted Honeyeater. Emu 108: 15-22.

Sohdi, N.S., Bickford, D., Diesmos, A.C., Lee, T.M., Koh, L.P., Brook, B.W., Sekercioglu, H. and Bradshaw, C.J.A. 2008. Measuring the meltdown: drivers of amphibian extinction and decline. PLoS One 3:2 e1636.

Zhou, X-N., Yang, G-J., Yang, K., Wang, X-H., Hong, Q.B., Sun, L-P., Malone, J.B., Kristensen, T.K., Bergquist, N.R. and Utzinger, J. 2008. Potential impact of climate change on Schistosomiasis transmission in China. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 78:2 188-194.

Hobson, V. J., McMahon, C.R., Richardson, A. and Hays, G.C. 2008. Ocean surface warming: the North Atlantic remains within the envelope of previous recorded conditions. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 55: 155-162.

January

Bellairs, S.M., Franklin, D.C. and Hogarth, N.J. 2008. A tropical, gregariously-semelparous bamboo has no seed dormancy. Biotropica 40: 28-31. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00336.x

Bowman, D.M.J.S., Boggs, G.S. and Prior, L.D. 2008. Fire maintains an Acacia aneura shrubland—Triodia grassland mosaic in central Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 72: 34-47. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.04.001

Bradshaw, C.J.A. 2008. Having your water and drinking it too: resource limitation modifies density regulation. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 1-4. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01306.x

Collier, N., Mackay, D. A. and Benkendorff, K. 2008. Is relative abundance a good indicator of population size? Evidence from fragmented populations of a specialist butterfly (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Population Ecology 50: 17-23. DOI: 10.1007/s10144-007-0056-2

Fordham, D.A., Georges, A. and Brook, B.W. 2008. Indigenous harvest, exotic pig predation and local persistence of a long-lived vertebrate: managing a tropical freshwater turtle for sustainability and conservation. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 52-62. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01414.x

Gorman, J., Pearson, D and Whitehead, P. 2008. Assisting Australian indigenous resource management and sustainable utilization of species through the use of GIS and environmental modeling techniques. Journal of Environmental Management 86: 104-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.11.033

Ndumu, D.B., Baumung, R., Wurzinger, M., Drucker, A.G., Okeyo, A.M., Semambo, D. and Sölkner, J. 2008. Performance and fitness traits versus phenotypic appearance in the African Ankole Longhorn cattle: A novel approach to identify selection criteria for indigenous breeds. Livestock Science 113: 234-242. DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.04.004

Sodhi, N.S., Koh, P.L., Peh, K. S-H., Tan, H.T.W., Chazdon, R.L., Corlett, R.T., Lee, T.M., Colwell, R.K., Brook, B.W., Sekercioglu, C.H. and Bradshaw, C.J.A. Correlates of extinction proneness in tropical angiosperms. Diversity and Distributions 14: 1-10. DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00398.x

Wheatley, K.E., Bradshaw, C.J.A., Harcourt, R.G. and Hindell, M.A. 2008. Feast or famine: evidence for mixed capital–income breeding strategies in Weddell seals. Oecologia 155: 11-20. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0888-7