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Published Research from recent honours students

Laura Bateson

Laura Bateson      Supervisors: Dr Martin Burd and Dr Fred Govedich

Burd, M., F. R. Govedich, and L. Bateson. 2006. Sibling competition in a brood-tending leech. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273:2461-2466.

 

Charlotte Brunt     Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Jenny Read

Brunt, C., J. Read and G.D. Sanson. 2006. Changes in resource concentration and protection during leaf development in a tough-leaved (Nothofagus moorei) and soft-leaved (Toona ciliata) species. Oecologia 148:583-592.

Kavitha Chinathamby

Kavitha Chinathamby       Supervisor: Dr Richard Reina

Chinathamby, K., R.D. Reina, P.C.E. Bailey and B.L. Lees. 2006. The effects of salinity on the survival, growth and development of tadpoles of the brown tree frog, Litoria ewingii. Australian Journal of Zoology 54:97-105.

Helen Crisp       Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Alan Lill

Crisp, H., and A. Lill. 2006. City slickers: habitat use and foraging in urban common mynas Acridotheres tristis. Corella 30:9-15.

 

Kylie Eklom       Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Alan Lill

Eklom, K., and A. Lill. 2006. Development of blood oxygen carrying capacity in rainbow bee-eater nestlings. Australian Journal of Zoology 54:1-7.

 

Amy Hallam     Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Jenny Read

Hallam, A., and J. Read. 2006. Do tropical plants invest more in anti-herbivore defence than temperate plants: a test in Eucryphia (Eucryphiaceae). Journal of Tropical Ecology 22:41-51.

  Evelyn Nicholson       Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Alan Lill

Nicholson, E., A. Lill and A. Andersen. 2006. Do tropical savanna skink assemblages show a short-term response to low-intensity fire? Wildlife Research 33:333-338.

Nicholson, E., and F. Gigliotti. 2005. Increasing the target-specificity of the M-44 ejector by exploiting differences in head morphology between foxes and large dasyurids. Wildlife Research 32:733-736.

Michael Roache

Michael Roache      Supervisors: Dr Paul Bailey and Dr Paul Boon

Roache, M., P.C. Bailey and P. Boon. 2006. Effects of salinity on the decay of the freshwater macrophyte, Triglochin procerum. Aquatic Botany 84:45-52.

Prue Simmons

Prue Simmons       Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Alan Lill

Simmons, P., and A. Lill. 2006. Development of parameters influencing blood oxygen carrying capacity in the welcome swallow and fairy martin. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology A 143:459-468.

Simon Baxter

Simon Baxter      Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Steve McKechnie

Endersby, N.M., S.W. McKechnie, H. Vogel, L.J. Gahan, S.W. Baxter, P. Ridland, and A.R. Weeks, 2005. Microsatellites isolated from diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), for studies of dispersal in Australian populations. Molecular Ecology Notes, 5:51-53.

Kylie Climie

Kylie Climie       Supervisor: Dr Martin Burd

Baker, A. M., M. Burd, and K. M. Climie. 2005. Flowering phenology and sexual allocation in single-mutant lineages of Arabidopsis thaliana. Evolution 59:970-978.

Emma Gras

Emma Gras     Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Jenny Read

Gras, E., J. Read, C.T. Mach, G.D. Sanson and F. Clissold. 2005. Herbivore damage, resource richness and putative defences in juvenile versus adult Eucalyptus leaves. Australian Journal of Botany 53:33-44.

Read, J., E. Gras, G.D. Sanson, F. Clissold and C. Brunt. 2003. Does chemical defence decline more in developing leaves that become strong and tough at maturity? Australian Journal of Botany 51:489-496.

Cameron Ralph

Cameron Ralph       Supervisor: Dr Richard Reina

Ralph, C. R., R. D. Reina, B. P. Wallace, P. R. Sotherland, J. R. Spotila and F. V. Paladino. 2005. The effect of egg location and respiratory gas concentrations in the nest on developmental success of the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea. Australian Journal of Zoology 53: 289-294.

 

Amber Clarke       Supervisors: Prof. Sam Lake and Dr Dennis O'Dowd

Clarke, A., P.S. Lake and D.J. O'Dowd. 2004. Ecological impacts on aquatic macroinvertebrates following upland stream invasion by a ponded pasture grass (Glyceria maxima) in southern Australia. Marine & Freshwater Research 55:1-5.

 

Kristen Dorian       Supervisor: Prof. David Smyth

Brewer, P.B., P. Howles, K. Dorian, M.E. Griffith, T. Ishida, R.N. Kaplan-Levy, A. Kilinc and D.R. Smyth. 2004. PETAL LOSS, a trihelix transcription factor gene, regulates perianth architecture in the Arabidopsis flower.  Development 131:4035-4045.

 

Heather Greenwood      Supervisors: Prof. Sam Lake and Dr Dennis O'Dowd

Greenwood, H.J., D.J. O'Dowd and P.S. Lake. 2004. Willow (Salix x rubens) invasion of the riparian zone in south-eastern Australia: reduced abundance and altered composition of terrestrial arthropods.  Diversity & Distributions 10:485-492.

 

Daryl Holland     Supervisor: Prof. John Beardall

Holland, D., S.C. Roberts and J.  Beardall. Assessment of the nutrient status of phytoplankton: a comparison between conventional bioassays and nutrient-induced fluorescence transients (NIFTs). Ecological Indicators 4:149-159.

 

Aydin Kilinc       Supervisor: Prof. David Smyth

Brewer, P.B., P. Howles, K. Dorian, M.E. Griffith, T. Ishida, R.N. Kaplan-Levy, A. Kilinc and D.R. Smyth. 2004. PETAL LOSS, a trihelix transcription factor gene, regulates perianth architecture in the Arabidopsis flower. Development 131:4035-4045.

Martine Maron

Martine Maron       Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Alan Lill

Maron, M. and A. Lill. 2004. Discrimination among potential buloke (Allocasuarina leuhmannii) feeding trees by the endangered south-eastern red-tailed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne). Wildlife Research 31:311-317.

Gene Tan

Gene Tan      Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Martin Burd

Tan, G. N., F. R. Govedich, and M. Burd. 2004. Social group size, potential sperm competition, and reproductive investment in a hermaphroditic leech, Helobdella papillornata (Euhirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17:574-580.

Alisha Anderson

Alisha Anderson       Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Steve McKechnie

Anderson, A.R., J. Collinge, A. A. Hoffmann, M. Kellett, and S.W. McKechnie. 2003. Thermal tolerance trade-offs associated with the right arm of chromosome 3 and marked by the hsr-omega gene in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity 90:195-202.

Tracey Iddles

Tracey Iddles       Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Jennry Read, A/Prof Gordon Sanson

Iddles, T.L., J. Read and G.D. Sanson. 2003. The potential contribution of biomechanical properties to anti-herbivore defence in seedlings of six Australian rainforest trees. Australian Journal of Botany 51:119-128.

 

Susanne Watkins       Supervisor: Dr Paul Bailey

Bailey, P.C.E., S. Watkins and P.I. Boon. 2003. Do Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. leaves suppress organic matter decay in freshwater wetlands? Arch. Hydrobiol. 156:225-240.

Sam Banks

Sam Banks       Supervisor: Dr. Andrea Taylor

Banks, S., L. Skerratt, and A.C. Taylor. 2002. Female dispersal and relatedness structure in common wombats, Vombatus ursinus. Journal of Zoology 256:389-399.

Karen Cooper

Karen Cooper       Supervisor: Dr Martin Burd

Cooper, K., M. Burd, and K.S. Lefevere. 2002. Correlated response of autogeny to selection on adult starvation resistance in the blowfly, Lucilia cuprina. Heredity:88:35-38.

 

Ben Kolevski       Supervisor: Prof. David Smyth

Johnson, C.S., B. Kolevski and D.R. Smyth. 2002. TRANSPARTNT TESTA GLABRA2, a trichome and seed coat development gene of Arabidopsis, encodes a WRKY transcription factor. Plant Cell 14:1359-1375.

Sarina Loo

Sarina Loo       Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Ralph Mac Nally, A/Prof Gerry Quinn

Loo, S.E., R. Mac Nally and G P. Quinn. 2002. An experimental examination of colonization as a generator of biotic nestedness. Oecologia 132:118-124.

Miryl Parker

Miryl Parker       Supervisor: Dr Ralph Mac Nally

Parker, M., and R. Mac Nally. 2002. Habitat loss and the habitat fragmentation threshold: an experimental evaluation of impacts on richness and total abundances using grassland invertebrates. Biological Conservation 105:217-229.

 

Lorna Pettifer       Supervisor: Prof. Ralph Mac Nally

Mac Nally, R., G. Horrocks and L. Pettifer. 2002. Experimental evidence for beneficial effects of fallen timber in forests. Ecological Applications 12:1588-1594.

Kirsten Shelly

Kirsten Shelly       Supervisor: Dr John Beardall

Shelly, K., P. Heraud and J. Beardall. 2002. Nitrogen limitation in Dunaliella tertiolecta Butcher (Chlorophyceae) leads to increased susceptibility to damage by ultraviolet-B radiation but also increased repair capacity. Journal of Phycology 38:1-8.

 

Monica Campi       Supervisor: Prof. Ralph Mac Nally

Campi, M., and R. Mac Nally. 2001. Birds on edge: avian assemblages along forest-agricultural boundaries of central Victoria, Australia. Animal Conservation 4:121-132.

Andrew Jones

Andrew Jones       Supervisor: Dr Martin Burd

Jones, A., and M. Burd. 2001. Vegetative and reproductive variation among unisexual and hermaphroditic individuals of Wurmbea dioica (Colchicaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 49:603-609.

Cheryl Edwards

Cheryl Edwards       Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Jenny Read

Edwards, C., J. Read, and G. Sanson. 2000. Characterising sclerophylly: some mechanical properties of leaves from heath and forest. Oecologia 123:158-167.

Read, J., C. Edwards, G.D. Sanson, and N. Aranwela. 2000. Relationships between sclerophylly, leaf biomechanical properties and leaf anatomy in some Australian heath and forest species. Plant Biosystems 134:261-277.

Steve Sinclair

Steve Sinclair       Supervisor: Prof. John Hamill

Sinclair S., K. Murphy, C. Birch and J. D. Hamill. 2000. Molecular characterisation of Quinolinic acid phosphoribosyltransferase (QPRTase) from Nicotiana species. Plant Molecular Biology 44:603-617.

 

Tamara Van Polanen Petel       Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Alan Lill

Van Polanen Petel, T., and A. Lill. Bird communities of some urban bushland fragments: implications for conservation. Australian Field Ornithology 21:21-32.

Nuvan Aranwela

Nuvan Aranwela       Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Gordon Sanson, Dr Jenny Read

Aranwela, N., G. Sanson and J. Read. 1999. Methods of assessing leaf-fracture properties. New Phytologist 144:369-393.

 

Susan Giles       Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Alan Lill

Giles, S., and A. Lill. 1999. The effect of fruit abundance, conspicuousness and sugar concentration on fruit colour choice by captive silvereyes. Ethology Ecology and Evolution 11:229-242.

Alistair Evans

Alistair Evans       Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Gordon Sanson

Evans, A.R., and G.D. Sanson. 1998. The effect of tooth shape on the breakdown of insects. Journal of Zoology 246:391-400.

Drosophila - Adult Sketch

Michael Halford       Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Steve McKechnie

McKechnie, S.W., M.M. Halford, G. McColl and A.A. Hoffmann. 1998. Both allelic variation and expression of nuclear and cytoplasmic transcripts of hsr-omega are closely associated with thermal phenotype in Drosophila. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences USA 95:2423-2428.