Dr Andrea Taylor Publications

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• Lada H, Mac Nally R, & Taylor AC (accepted 6/8/08) Impacts of massive landscape change on a carnivorous marsupial in south-eastern Australia: inferences from landscape genetics analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology
• Hansen B & Taylor AC (in press) Isolated remnant or recent introduction? Estimating the provenance of Yellingbo Leadbeater’s possums by genetic analysis and bottleneck simulation. Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03900.x
• Piggott M, Wilson R, Marks CA, Banks SC, Gigliotti F & Taylor AC (in press) Evaluating exotic predator control programs using non-invasive genetic tagging. Wildlife Research
• Lada H, Mac Nally R, & Taylor AC (2008) Phenotype and gene flow in a marsupial (Antechinus flavipes) in contrasting habitats. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 94: 303-314.
• Lada H, Mac Nally R, & Taylor AC (2008) Distinguishing past from present gene flow along and across a river: the case of the carnivorous marsupial (Antechinus flavipes) on southern Australian floodplains. Conservation Genetics 9: 569-580.
• Lada H, Mac Nally R, & Taylor AC (2008) Responses of a carnivorous marsupial (Antechinus flavipes) to local habitat factors in two types of forests. Journal of Mammalogy 89: 398-407.
• Walker FM, Sunnucks P & Taylor AC (2008) Evidence for habitat fragmentation altering within-population processes in wombats. Molecular Ecology 17: 1674-1684.
• Walker FM, Taylor AC & Sunnucks P (2008) Female dispersal and male kinship-based association in southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons). Molecular Ecology 17: 1361–1374.
• Banks SC, Stow A, Piggott M & Taylor AC (2007) Sex and sociality in a disconnected world: a review of the effects of habitat fragmentation on animal social behaviour. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 1065-1079.
• Martin JK, Handasyde KA, Taylor AC & Coulson G (2007) Long-term pair bonds without mating fidelity in a mammal. Behaviour 144: 1419-1445.
• Kraaijeveld-Smit FJL, Lindenmayer DB, Taylor AC, MacGregor C, Wertheim B (2007) Comparative genetic structure reflects underlying life histories of three sympatric small mammal species in continuous forest of south-eastern Australia. Oikos 116: 1819-1830.
• Beckman J, Banks S, Sunnucks P, Lill A & Taylor AC (2007) Phylogeography and environmental correlates of a cap on reproduction: teat-number in a small marsupial, Antechinus agilis. Molecular Ecology 16:1069-1083.
• Taylor AC, Tyndale-Biscoe H & Lindenmayer DB (2007) Unexpected persistence on habitat islands: genetic signatures reveal dispersal of a eucalypt-dependent marsupial through a hostile pine matrix. Molecular Ecology 16: 2655-2666.
• Lada H, Mac Nally R, Horrocks G & Taylor AC (2007) Genetic reconstruction of the effects of floods on population dynamics of a marsupial carnivore (Antechinus flavipes) on Australian floodplains. Molecular Ecology 16: 2934-2947.
• Lada H, Thomson J, Mac Nally R, Horrocks G & Taylor AC (2007) Evaluating simultaneous impacts of three anthropogenic effects on a floodplain-dwelling marsupial Antechinus flavipes. Biological Conservation 134: 527-536.
• Walker FM, Taylor AC & Sunnucks P (2007) Does soil type drive social organization in southern hairy-nosed wombats? Molecular Ecology 16: 199-208.
• Martin JK, Handasyde KA & Taylor AC (2007) Linear roadside remnants: their influence on den-use, home range and mating system in bobucks (Trichosurus cunninghami). Austral Ecology 32: 686-696.
• Charlton K, Taylor AC & McKechnie SW (2006) A note on divergent mtDNA lineages of “bottlenose” dolphins from coastal waters of southern Australia. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 8: 173-179.
• Piggott MP, Banks SC, Stone N, Banffy C & Taylor AC (2006) Estimating population size of endangered brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) colonies using faecal DNA. Molecular Ecology 15: 81-91.
• Piggott MP, Banks SC and Taylor AC (2006) Population structure of brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata)colonies inferred from analysis of faecal DNA. Molecular Ecology 15: 93-105.
• Walker FM, Sunnucks P & Taylor AC (2006) Genotyping of ‘captured’ hairs reveals burrow-use and ranging behavior of southern hairy-nosed wombats. Journal of Mammalogy 87: 690-699.
• Banks, S.C., Finlayson, G.R., Lawson, S.J., Lindenmayer, D.B., Paetkau, D., Ward, S.J. & Taylor, A.C. (2005) The effects of habitat fragmentation due to forestry plantation establishment on the demography and genetic variation in a marsupial carnivore, Antechinus agilis. Biological Conservation 122: 581-597.
• Banks, S.C., Lindenmayer, D.B., Ward, S.J. & Taylor AC (2005) The effects of habitat fragmentation via forestry plantation establishment on spatial genotypic structure in the small marsupial carnivore, Antechinus agilis Molecular Ecology 14: 1667-1680.
• Banks, S.C., Ward, S. J., Lindenmayer, D.B., Finlayson, G.R., Lawson, S.J. & Taylor, A.C. (2005) The effects of habitat fragmentation on the social kin structure and mating system of the agile antechinus, Antechinus agilis. Molecular Ecology 14: 1789-1801.
• Sutherland, D R., Spencer, P B. S., Singleton, Grant R and Taylor, A C (2005) Kin selection and changing social structure during a population outbreak of feral house mice. Molecular Ecology 14: 2803-2814.
• Hansen BD, Sunnucks P, Blackett M & Taylor AC (2005) A set of microsatellite markers for an endangered arboreal marsupial, Leadbeater’s possum. Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 796-799.
• Taylor AC, Marshall Graves JA, Murray ND & Sherwin WB (1991) Conservation genetics of the Koala II. Limited variability in Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) minisatellite DNA sequences. Biochemical Genetics  29: 355-63.
• Clinchy M, Taylor AC, Zanette LY, Krebs CJ & Jarman PJ  (2004) Body size, age and paternity in common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula). Molecular Ecology 13: 195-202.
• Piggott MP, Taberlet P, Bellemain E & Taylor AC (2004). A multiplex pre-amplification method that significantly improves microsatellite amplification and error rates for faecal DNA in limiting conditions. Conservation Genetics 5: 417-420.
• Taylor AC, Cowan PE, Fricke B, Hansen B & Cooper DW (2004) High microsatellite diversity and differential structuring among populations of the introduced common brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula in New Zealand. Genetical Research, Cambridge 83: 101-111.
• Taylor AC & Sunnucks P (2004) Hair today, not gone tomorrow? Nature Australia Spring, pp. 60-67.
• Brown, M., Kendal, T.A., Cooksley, H., Saint, K.M., Taylor, A.C., Carthew, S.M. & Cooper, S.J.B. (2004). Polymorphic microsatellite markers for the gliding marsupials Petaurus australis and Petaurus breviceps. Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 704-706.
• Banks SC & Taylor AC (2004) The utility of genetic analysis in forest fauna conservation. In: (ed. D Lunney) Conservation of Australia’s Forest Fauna, 2nd edition. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman, NSW. Pp. 576-590.
• Taylor, AC & Foulkes J (2004) Molecules and morphology: a taxonomic analysis of the common brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula, with an emphasis on the central Australian form. In: (eds. RL Goldingay & SM Jackson) The Biology of Australian Possums and Gliders, Australian Mammal Society: Southern Cross University Press. Pp. 455-470.
• Banks SC, Hoyle SD, Horsup A, Sunnucks P, Taylor AC (2003) Demographic monitoring of an entire species by genetic analysis of non-invasively collected material. Animal Conservation 6: 101-107.
• Banks SC, Horsup A, Wilton AN, & Taylor AC (2003) Genetic marker investigation of the source and impact of predation on a highly endangered species. Molecular Ecology 12: 1663-1667.
• Hansen BD, French J, Handasyde KA Kendal P & Taylor AC (2003) A set of microsatellite primers for the common striped possum, Dactylopsila trivirgata (Petauridae: Marsupialia) Molecular Ecology Notes 3: 212-214.
• Piggott MP & Taylor AC (2003) Remote collection of animal DNA and its applications in conservation, management and understanding the population biology of rare /cryptic species. Wildlife Research 30: 1-13.
• Piggott MP & Taylor AC (2003) Extensive evaluation of faecal preservation and DNA extraction methods in Australian native and introduced species. Australian Journal of Zoology 51: 341-355.
• Lindenmayer DB & Taylor AC (2003) Ghosts of gliders past. Nature Australia 21: 30-37
• Alpers DL, Taylor AC, Sunnucks P, Bellman SA & Sherwin WB (2003) Pooling hair samples to increase DNA yield for PCR. Conservation Genetics 4: 779-788.
• Taylor AC (2003) Assessing the consequences of inbreeding for population fitness: past challenges and future prospects. In: (eds WV Holt, AR Pickard, JC Rodger, DE Wildt) Reproductive Science and Integrated Conservation, pp. 67-81. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Banks S, Skerratt L & Taylor AC (2002) Female dispersal and relatedness structure in common wombats Vombatus ursinus. Journal of Zoology 256: 389-399.
• Taylor AC, Kraaijeveld K & Lindenmayer DB (2002) Microsatellites for the greater glider, Petauroides volans. Molecular Ecology Notes 2: 57-59.
• Banks SC, Piggott MP Hansen BD Robinson NA & Taylor AC (2002) Wombat coprogenetics: Enumerating a common wombat population by analysis of faecal DNA. Australian Journal of Zoology 50:193-204.
• Kraaijeveld-Smit FJL, Lindenmayer DB & Taylor AC (2002) Dispersal patterns and population structure in a small marsupial, Antechinus agilis from two forests analysed using microsatellite markers. Australian Journal of Zoology 50: 325-338.
• Johnson CN, Clinchy M, Taylor AC, Krebs CJ, Jarman PJ, Payne A& Ritchie EG (2001) Adjustment of offspring sex ratios in relation to availability of dens in populations of the common brushtail possum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 268: 2001-2005.
• Taylor AC, Cowan PE, Fricke BL & Cooper DW (2000) Genetic analysis of the mating system of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) in New Zealand farmland. Molecular Ecology 9: 869-879.
• Le Page SL, Livermore RA, Taylor AC & Cooper DW (2000) Genetic analysis of a documented population bottleneck: introduced Bennett’s wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus) in New Zealand. Molecular Ecology 9: 753-763.
• Beheregaray LB, Sunnucks P, Alpers DL, Banks SC & Taylor AC (2000) A set of microsatellite loci for the hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus krefftii and L. latifrons). Conservation Genetics 1: 89-92.
• Sloane MA, Sunnucks P, Alpers D, Beheregaray LB & Taylor AC (2000) Highly reliable genetic identification of individual northern hairy-nosed wombats from remotely collected hairs: a feasible censusing method. Molecular Ecology 9: 1233-1240.
• Sunnucks P, Wilson ACC, Beheregaray LB, Zenger K, French J & Taylor AC (2000) SSCP is not so difficult: the application and utility of single-stranded conformation polymorphism in evolutionary biology and molecular ecology. Molecular Ecology 11: 1699-1710.
• Taylor AC & Cooper DW (1999) Microsatellites identify introduced New Zealand tammar wallabies (Macropus eugenii) as an "extinct" taxon. Animal Conservation, 2: 41-49.
• Taylor AC, Sunnucks P & Cooper DW (1999) Retention of reproductive barriers and ecological differences between two introduced sympatric Macropus spp. in New Zealand.  Animal Conservation, 2: 195-202.
• Eldridge, MDB, King JM, Loupis AK, Spencer PBS, Taylor AC, Pope LC & Hall GP (1999) Unprecedented low levels of genetic variation and inbreeding depression in an island population of the black-footed rock-wallaby Petrogale lateralis. Conservation Biology, 13: 531-541.
• Taylor AC & Cooper DW (1998) A set of tammar wallaby Macropus eugenii microsatellites tested for genetic linkage. Molecular Ecology, 7: 925-931.
• Taylor AC & Cooper DW (1998) Microsatellite markers for the Phalangerid marsupial, the Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). Molecular Ecology, 7: 1780-1782.
• Taylor AC, Alpers D & Sherwin WB (1998) Remote censusing of Northern Hairy-nosed Wombats via genetic typing of hairs collected in the field. In: Wombats (eds R.T. Wells & P.A. Pridmore). Surrey Beatty & Sons: Chipping Norton, pp. 156-164.
• Alpers D, Taylor AC & Sherwin WB (1998) Genetic population structure of the Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat. In: Wombats (eds R.T. Wells & P.A. Pridmore). Surrey Beatty & Sons: Chipping Norton, pp. 192-197.
• Taylor AC, Horsup A, Johnson CN, Sunnucks P & Sherwin WB (1997) Relatedness structure detected by microsatellite analysis and attempted pedigree reconstruction in an endangered marsupial, the northern hairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus krefftii. Molecular Ecology 6: 9-19.
• Taylor AC (1997) Titration of heparinase for removal of the PCR-inhibitory effect of heparin in DNA samples. Molecular Ecology 6: 383-385.
• Taylor AC, Marshall Graves JA, Murray ND, O'Brien SJ, Yuhki N & Sherwin WB (1997) Conservation genetics of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): Low mitochondrial DNA variation amongst southern Australian populations. Genetical Research Cambridge, 69: 25-33
• Sunnucks P & Taylor AC (1997) Gender of pouch young related to maternal weight in Macropus eugenii and M. parma (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 45: 573-578.
• Moritz C, Worthington Wilmer J, Pope L, Sherwin WB, Taylor AC & Limpus CJ (1996) Applications of genetics to the conservation and management of Australian fauna: Four case studies from Queensland. In: (eds. Smith, TB and Wayne, RK) Molecular Genetic Approaches in Conservation. Oxford University Press, pp. 442-456.
• Houlden BA, England PR, Taylor AC, Greville WD & Sherwin WB (1996) Low genetic variability of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in south eastern Australia following a severe population bottleneck. Molecular Ecology.5: 269-281.
• Sunnucks PJ, England PR, Taylor AC & Hales D (1996) Microsatellite and chromosome evolution in Sitobion aphids in Australia. Genetics 144: 747-756.
• Taylor AC, Sherwin WB & Wayne RK (1994) Genetic variation of microsatellite loci in a bottlenecked species: the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat, Lasiorhinus krefftii. Molecular Ecology. 3: 277-290.
• Roy MS, Girman DJ, Taylor AC & Wayne RK (1994) The use of museum specimens to reconstruct the genetic variability and relationships of extinct populations. Experientia. 50: 551-557.
• Wayne RK, Bruford MW, Girman D, Rebholz WER, Sunnucks P & Taylor AC (1993) Molecular genetics of endangered species. In: (eds. Olney, PJS, Mace GM and Feistner ATC) Creative Conservation: Interactive Management of Wild and Captive Animals. Chapman and Hall, London.
• Matthew P, Agrotis A, Taylor AC & McKechnie SW (1992) An association between ADH protein levels and polymorphic nucleotide variation in the Adh  gene of Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 9(3): 526-536.
• Wildt DE, Bush M, O'Brien SJ, Murray ND, Taylor A &Marshall Graves JA (1991) Semen characteristics, testes morphometry and circulating testosterone concentrations in free living Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)Journal of Reproduction, Fertility and Development  92: 99-107.