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Research Report 2016 - Biological Sciences

Journal Article
Barker, JM* and Cooper, CE* and Withers, PC* and Nicol, SC, “Reexamining echidna physiology: the big picture for Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion”, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 89 (3) pp. 169-181. doi:10.1086/686716 ISSN 1522-2152 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Conn, BJ* and Henwood, MJ* and Proft, KM and Wilson, TC*, “Molecular phylogenetics reveals a new species of Prostanthera from tropical Queensland with links to more southerly taxa”, Telopea, 19 pp. 13-22. doi:10.7751/telopea10037 ISSN 0312-9764 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Cook, SD and Ross, JJ, “The auxins, IAA and PAA, are synthesized by similar steps catalyzed by different enzymes”, Plant Signaling & Behavior, 11 (11) Article e1250993. doi:10.1080/15592324.2016.1250993 ISSN 1559-2324 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Cunningham, CX and Prowse, TAA* and Masters, P* and Cassey, P*, “Home range, habitat suitability and population modelling of feral Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) on Kangaroo Island, South Australia”, Australian Journal of Zoology, 64 (2) pp. 107-116. doi:10.1071/ZO15045 ISSN 0004-959X (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Fancourt, BA, “Avoiding the subject: the implications of avoidance behaviour for detecting predators”, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70 (9) pp. 1535-1546. doi:10.1007/s00265-016-2162-7 ISSN 0340-5443 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Fancourt, BA, “Diagnosing species decline: a contextual review of threats, causes and future directions for management and conservation of the eastern quoll”, Wildlife Research, 43 (3) pp. 197-211. doi:10.1071/WR15188 ISSN 1035-3712 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Fordham, DA* and Haythorne, S* and Brook, BW, “Sensitivity analysis of range dynamics models (SARDM): Quantifying the influence of parameter uncertainty on forecasts of extinction risk from global change”, Environmental Modelling and Software, 83 pp. 193-197. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.05.020 ISSN 1364-8152 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Fordham, DA* and Brook, BW and Hoskin, CJ* and Pressey, RL* and Van Der Wal, J* and Williams, SE*, “Extinction debt from climate change for frogs in the wet tropics”, Biology Letters, 12 (10) Article 20160236. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2016.0236 ISSN 1744-9561 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Fordham, DA* and Akcakaya, HR* and Alroy, J* and Saltre, F* and Wigley, TML* and Brook, BW, “Predicting and mitigating future biodiversity loss using long-term ecological proxies”, Nature Climate Change, 6 (10) pp. 909-916. doi:10.1038/nclimate3086 ISSN 1758-678X (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Frank, ASK and Wardle, GM* and Greenville, AC* and Dickman, CR*, “Cattle removal in arid Australia benefits kangaroos in high quality habitat but does not affect camels”, Rangeland Journal, 38 (1) pp. 73-84. doi:10.1071/RJ15039 ISSN 1036-9872 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Jones, AR* and Bull, CM* and Brook, BW and Wells, K* and Pollock, KH* and Fordham, DA*, “Tick exposure and extreme climate events impact survival and threaten the persistence of a long-lived lizard”, Journal of Animal Ecology, 85 (2) pp. 598-610. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12469 ISSN 0021-8790 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Karan, M* and Liddell, M* and Prober, SM* and Arndt, S* and Beringer, J* and Boer, M* and Cleverly, J* and Eamus, D* and Grace, P* and Van Gorsel, E* and Hero, J-M* and Hutley, L* and Macfarlane, C* and Metcalfe, D* and Meyer, W* and Pendall, E* and Sebastian, A* and Wardlaw, T, “The Australian SuperSite Network: A continental, long-term terrestrial ecosystem observatory”, Science of the Total Environment, 568 pp. 1263-1274. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.170 ISSN 0048-9697 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Lunn, T and Macgregor, J* and Munks, S and Carver, S, “Dermatophilus congolensis infection in platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), Tasmania, Australia, 2015”, Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 52 (4) pp. 965-967. doi:10.7589/2016-02-030R ISSN 0090-3558 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
McGregor, HW and Colloff, MJ* and Lunt, ID*, “Did early logging or changes in disturbance regimes promote high tree densities in river red gum forests?”, Australian Journal of Botany, 64 (6) pp. 530-538. doi:10.1071/BT16025 ISSN 0067-1924 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Merkling, T* and Hamilton, DG and Cser, B* and Svedin, N* and Pryke, SR*, “Proximate mechanisms of colour variation in the frillneck lizard: geographical differences in pigment contents of an ornament”, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 117 (3) pp. 503-515. doi:10.1111/bij.12672 ISSN 0024-4066 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Morrow, GE and Jones, SM and Nicol, SC, “Interaction of hibernation and male reproductive function in wild Tasmanian echidnas Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus”, Journal of Mammalogy, 97 (3) pp. 852-860. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyw013 ISSN 0022-2372 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Pettit, NE* and Naiman, RJ* and Warfe, DM and Jardine, TD* and Douglas, MM* and Bunn, SE* and Davies, PM*, “Productivity and connectivity in tropical riverscapes of northern Australia: Ecological insights for management”, Ecosystems, 20 (3) pp. 492-514. doi:10.1007/s10021-016-0037-4 ISSN 1432-9840 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Sprent, JA and Nicol, SC, “Diet of the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) in the Tasmanian Southern Midlands”, Australian Mammalogy, 38 (2) pp. 188-194. doi:10.1071/AM15023 ISSN 0310-0049 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Umhang, G* and Comte, S and Hormaz, V* and Boucher, JM* and Raton, V* and Favier, S* and Raoul, F* and Giraudoux, P* and Combes, B* and Boue, F*, “Retrospective analyses of fox feces by real-time PCR to identify new endemic areas of Echinococcus multilocularis in France”, Parasitology Research, 115 (11) pp. 4437-4441. doi:10.1007/s00436-016-5220-1 ISSN 0932-0113 (2016) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Chapter in Book
Ross, JJ and Miraghazadeh, A* and Beckett, EH and Quittenden, LJ and McAdam, EL, “Interactions between gibberellins and other hormones”, Annual Plant Reviews - Volume 49: The Gibberellins, John Wiley & Sons, P Hedden and SG Thomas (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 229-252. ISBN 9781119210429 (2016) [Research Book Chapter] [Full Text] [Detail]

* This author is not affiliated with the University of Tasmania.