Dr David Chapple

Lecturer

PhD, Australian National University, 2005

Telephone: +61-3-9905-3015
Fax: +61-3-9905-5613
E-mail: david.chapple@sci.monash.edu.au

• evolutionary biology
• invasion biology
• behavioural & evolutionary ecology
• population & conservation genetics
• phylogenetics & phylogeography

Honours projects for prospective students

• BIO2040: Conservation Biology (first semester)
• BIO2242: Animal Structure and Function (second semester)
• BIO3132: Biology of Australian Vertebrates (second semester)

• Chapple DG, Ritchie PA, Daugherty CH (2009) Origin, diversification and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52: 470-487.
• Miller KA, Chapple DG, Towns DR, Ritchie PA, Nelson NJ (2009) Assessing genetic diversity for conservation management: a case study of a threatened reptile. Animal Conservation 12: 163-171.
• Chapple DG, Hutchinson MN, Maryan B, Plivelich M, Moore JA, Keogh JS (2008) Evolution and maintenance of colour pattern polymorphism in Liopholis (Squamata: Scincidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 56: 103-115.
• Chapple DG, Daugherty CH, Ritchie PA (2008) Comparative phylogeography reveals pre-decline population structure of New Zealand Cyclodina (Reptilia: Scincidae) species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95: 388-408.
• Liggins L, Chapple DG, Daugherty CH, Ritchie PA (2008) A SINE of restricted gene flow across the Alpine Fault: phylogeography of the New Zealand common skink (Oligosoma nigriplantare polychroma). Molecular Ecology 17: 3668-3683.
• Liggins L, Chapple DG, Daugherty CH, Ritchie PA (2008) Origin and post-colonization evolution of the Chatham Islands skink (Oligosoma nigriplantare nigriplantare). Molecular Ecology 17: 3290-3305.
• Greaves SNJ, Chapple DG, Daugherty CH, Gleeson DM, Ritchie PA (2008) Genetic divergences pre-date Pleistocene glacial cycles in the New Zealand speckled skink, Oligosoma infrapunctatum. Journal of Biogeography 35: 853-864.
• Chapple DG, Keogh JS (2006) Group structure and stability in social aggregations of White’s skink, Egernia whitii. Ethology 112: 247-257.
• Chapple DG (2005) Life history and reproductive ecology of White’s skink, Egernia whitii. Australian Journal of Zoology 53: 353-360.
• Chapple DG, Keogh JS (2005) Complex mating system and dispersal patterns in a social lizard, Egernia whitii. Molecular Ecology 14: 1215-1227.
• Chapple DG, Swain R (2004) Inter-populational variation in the cost of autotomy in the metallic skink, Niveoscincus metallicus. Journal of Zoology (London) 264: 411-418.
• Chapple DG, Swain R (2002) Effect of caudal autotomy on locomotor performance in a viviparous skink, Niveoscincus metallicus. Functional Ecology 16: 817-825.