Conservation & Ecological Research within the Faculty of Science at UQ
Archive for Vertebrate Ecology
7 June, 2010 at 12:35 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
Fire Ecology of Fraser Island
Reintroduction of bilbies to semi-arid Queensland
Management and Ecology of black-striped wallabies
7 June, 2010 at 12:31 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research Interests:
The interface between ecology and physiology, particularly how environmental stressors influence the ecology and distribution of animals.
How an incubation environment influences the phenotype of oviparous animals and the significance of this on life history strategies of species
How temperature influences energetic cost of development in ectothermic animals.
7 June, 2010 at 12:29 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Molecular Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
Stress and reproduction in mammals
Steroid hormones, adaptive and pathological effects in semelparous marsupials
Chemical communication, brain & behaviour – marsupial gliders & marsupial mice
Adaptive effects of stress on the brain
7 June, 2010 at 12:27 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research Interests:
Understanding interactions between arthropods and their environments to develop fundamental understanding of principles governing behaviour.
Tools used include microscopy, electron microscopy, microanalysis and behavioural bioassays
Modelling insect-plant interactions
Improving pest management and adaption of knowledge for better polymer performance.
7 June, 2010 at 12:24 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research Interests:
Marsupial ecology, particularly macropods, dasyurids and threatened species.
Sexual selection and mating systems.
Maternal care and the evolution of matrilineal social structure in mammals.
Causes of modern vertebrate extinctions.
Causes of biological predisposition to threatening processes
Benefits and risks of conserving dingoes for Australian mammal conservation.
7 June, 2010 at 12:23 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Conservation Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
The responses of fish, frogs and reptiles to changing environmental conditions, including those generated anthropogenically.
Integrating ecology, behavioural science, physiology and genomic methods.
Conservation Physiology of Fish, Frogs and Reptiles
Remote sensing, including satellite & acoustic telemetry, is used to investigate movements, behaviours and physiology of animals.
7 June, 2010 at 12:22 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
Behaviour, ecology and conservation of birds and mammals, especially the evolution of vertebrate mating systems and reproductive strageties.
Habitat requirements and conservation biology of threatened species;
Research projects combining intensive observations of individually marked animals in wild populations with genetic analysis of parentage, relatedness, dispersal patters and/or population genetics.
7 June, 2010 at 12:20 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Conservation Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
Conservation biology and ecology of large marine vertebrates
Population ecology of dugongs
Feeding ecology of marine reptiles: sea turtles and sea snakes
Factors influencing reproduction in marine vertebrates
Disturbance ecology
7 June, 2010 at 12:16 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Landscape Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
Modelling landscape dynamics in changing climate
Biodiversity conservation in human modified landscapes
Sustainable forest and native vegetation management
Regional natural resource management and planning
7 June, 2010 at 12:13 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Conservation Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
protected area management
arid area ecology
7 June, 2010 at 12:11 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Conservation Ecology, Economic Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Ecology, Mathematical Ecology, Plant Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
conservation planning/reserve design
population dynamics and ecological theory
decision theory for conservation biology and monitoring
bird ecology
7 June, 2010 at 12:10 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Invertebrate Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Ecology, Mathematical Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
Impacts of climate change on marine systems
Plankton and fish ecology
Fisheries science
Data mining of large biological datasets
7 June, 2010 at 12:06 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Marine & Freshwater Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research Interests:
The biology, ecology and evolution of fishes and occasional invertebrates.
The use of evolutionary models in exploring the role of morphological innovation in diversity, or the lack thereof.
How structure and function relate to the ways in which fishes interact with their environment
7 June, 2010 at 12:04 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research Interests:
Marine biology with particular interest in marine conservation and human impacts on the marine environment.
Global scale issues such as climate change and marine pollution are investigated using a multidisciplinary approach
Understanding the conservation status of marine species identified by the IUCN Red List within Australian waters.
