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2006 Research Report

Journal Article

Barbour, RC and Potts, BM and Vaillancourt, RE, ‘Gene flow between introduced and native Eucalyptus species: Early-age selection limits invasive capacity of exotic E. ovata × nitens F1 hybrids’, Forest Ecology and Management, 228 (1-3) pp. 206-214. ISSN 0378-1127 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Barbour, RC and Potts, BM and Vaillancourt, RE and Tibbits, WN*, ‘Gene flow between introduced and native Eucalyptus species: Flowering asynchrony as a barrier to F1 hybridisation between exotic E. nitens and native Tasmanian Symphyomyrtus species’, Forest Ecology and Management, 226 (1-3) pp. 9-21. ISSN 0378-1127 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Baroni, TJ* and Gates, G, ‘New species and records of Rhodocybe (Entolomataceae, Agaricales) from Tasmania’, Australian Systematic Botany, 19 (4) pp. 343-358. ISSN 1030-1887 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Brodribb, TJ and Holbrook, NM*, ‘Declining hydraulic efficiency as transpiring leaves desiccate: two types of response’, Plant, Cell and Environment, 29 (12) pp. 2205-2215. ISSN 0140-7791 (2006) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]

Chang, YS* and Gates, G and Ratkowsky, DA, ‘Some New Species of the Strophariaceae (Agaricales) in Tasmania’, Australasian Mycologist, 24 (3) pp. 53-68. ISSN 1441-5526 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Close, DC and Davidson, NJ, ‘A current revegetation research initiative in Tasmania’, Ecological Management & Restoration, 4 (1) pp. 69-71. ISSN 1442-7001 (2003) [Refereed Article]

Close, DC and Davidson, NJ, ‘A revegetation trial in the Midlands of Tasmania’, Ecological Management & Restoration, 4 (1) pp. 67-71. ISSN 1442-7001 (2003) [Refereed Article]

Close, DC and Bail, I* and Hunter, S* and Beadle, CL*, ‘Defining seedling specifications for Eucalyptus globulus: effects of seedling size and container type on early after-planting performance’, Australian Forestry, 69 (1) pp. 2-8. ISSN 0004-9158 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Close, DC and Beadle, CL*, ‘Leaf angle responds to nitrogen supply in eucalypt seedlings. Is it a photoprotective mechanism?’, Tree Physiology, 26 (6) pp. 743-748. ISSN 0829-318X (2006) [Refereed Article]

Close, DC and Davidson, NJ, ‘Long-Term Waterlogging: Nutrient, Gas Exchange, Photochemical and Pigment Characteristics of Eucalyptus nitens Saplings’, Russian Journal of Plant Physiology, 50 (6) pp. 843-847. ISSN 1021-4437 (2003) [Refereed Article]

Close, DC and Davidson, NJ, ‘Revegetation to combat tree decline in the Midlands and Derwent Valley Lowlands of Tasmania: Practices for improved plant establishment’, Ecological Management & Restoration, 4 (1) pp. 29-36. ISSN 1442-7001 (2003) [Refereed Article]

Close, DC and Davidson, NJ and Davies, NW, ‘Seasonal fluctuations in pigment chemistry of co-occurring plant hemi-parasites of distinct form and function’, Environmental and Experimental Botany, 58 (1-3) pp. 41-46. ISSN 0098-8472 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Cook, PG* and O'Grady, AP, ‘Determining soil and ground water use of vegetation from heat pulse, water potential and stable isotope data’, Oecologia, 148 (1) pp. 97-107. ISSN 0029-8549 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Costa e Silva, JMM and Potts, BM and Dutkowski, GW, ‘Genotype by environment interaction for growth of Eucalyptus globulus in Australia’, Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2 (2) pp. 61-75. ISSN 1614-2942 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Davidson, SE and Reid, JB and Helliwell, CA*, ‘Cytochromes P450 in gibberellin biosynthesis’, Phytochemistry Reviews, 5 (2-3) pp. 405-419. ISSN 1568-7767 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Doblin, M and Thompson, PA* and Revill, AT* and Butler, ECV* and Blackburn, SI* and Hallegraeff, GM, ‘Vertical migration of the toxic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum under differnt concentrations of nutrients and humic substances in culture’, Harmful Algae (5) pp. 665-677. ISSN 1568-9883 (2006) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]

Dutkowski, GW and Silva, JCE* and Gilmour, AR* and Wellendorf, H* and Aguiar, A*, ‘Spatial analysis enhances modeling of a wide variety of traits in forest genetic trials’, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 36 (7) pp. 1851-1870. ISSN 0045-5067 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Foo, E and Ross, JJ and Davies, NW and Reid, JB and Weller, JL, ‘A role for ethylene in the phytochrome-mediated control of vegetative development’, The Plant Journal, 46 (6) pp. 911-921. ISSN 0960-7412 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Foo, E and Platten, JD and Weller, JL and Reid, JB, ‘PhyA and cry1 act redundantly to regulate gibberellin levels during de-etiolation in blue light’, Physiologia Plantarum, 127 (1) pp. 149-156. ISSN 0031-9317 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Freeman, JS and Potts, BM and Shepherd, M* and Vaillancourt, RE, ‘Parental and consensus linkage maps of Eucalyptus globulus using AFLP and microsatellite markers’, Silvae Genetica, 55 (4-5) pp. 202-217. ISSN 0037-5349 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Hingston, AB and Herrmann, W and Jordan, GJ, ‘Reproductive success of a colony of the introduced bumblebee Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Tasmanian National Park’, Australian Journal of Entomology, 45 (2) pp. 137-141. ISSN 1326-6756 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Hovenden, MJ and Vanderschoor, JK, ‘The response of leaf morphology to irradiance depends on altitude of origin in Nothofagus cunninghamii’, New Phytologist, 169 (2) pp. 291-297. ISSN 0028-646X (2006) [Refereed Article]

Hovenden, MJ and Miglietta, F* and Zaldei, A* and Vanderschoor, JK and Wills, KE and Newton, PCD*, ‘The TasFACE climate-change impacts experiment: design and performance of combined elevated CO2 and temperature enhancement in a native Tasmanian grassland’, Australian Journal of Botany, 54 (1) pp. 1-10. ISSN 0067-1924 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Hunt, MA and Battaglia, M and Davidson, NJ and Unwin, GL, ‘Competition between plantation Eucalyptus nitens and Acacia dealbata weeds in northeastern Tasmania’, Forest Ecology and Management, 233 (2-3) pp. 260-274. ISSN 0378-1127 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Jones, TH and Steane, DA and Jones, RC and Pilbeam, D* and Vaillancourt, RE and Potts, BM, ‘Effects of domestication on genetic diversity in Eucalyptus globulus’, Forest Ecology and Management, 234 (1-3) pp. 78-84. ISSN 0378-1127 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Leroi, JM and Hallegraeff, GM, ‘Scale-bearing nanoflagellates from southern Tasmanian coastal waters, Australia. II. Species of Chrysophyceae (Chrysophyta), Prymnesiophyceae (Haptophyta, excluding Chrysochromulina) and Prasinophyceae (Chlorophyta)’, Botanica Marina, 49 (3) pp. 216-235. ISSN 0006-8055 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Loney, PE and McArthur, C* and Sanson, GD* and Davies, NW and Close, DC and Jordan, GJ, ‘How do soil nutrients affect within-plant patterns of herbivory in seedlings of Eucalyptus nitens?’, Oecologia, 150 (3) pp. 409-420. ISSN 0029-8549 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Loney, PE and McArthur, C* and Potts, BM and Jordan, GJ, ‘How does ontogeny in a Eucalyptus species affect patterns of herbivory by Brushtail Possums?’, Functional Ecology, 20 (6) pp. 982-988. ISSN 0269-8463 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Millar, AA* and Jacobsen, JV* and Ross, JJ and Helliwell, CA* and Poole, AT* and Scofield, G* and Reid, JB and Gubler, F*, ‘Seed dormancy and ABA metabolism in Arabidopsis and barley: the role of ABA 8'-hydroxylase’, The Plant Journal, 45 (6) pp. 942-954. ISSN 0960-7412 (2006) [Refereed Article]

O'Grady, AP and Worledge, D* and Battaglia, M*, ‘Above- and below-ground relationships, with particular reference to fine roots, in a young Eucalyptus globulus (Labill.) stand in southern Tasmania’, Trees, 20 (5) pp. 531-538. ISSN 0931-1890 (2006) [Refereed Article]

O'Grady, AP and Eamus, D* and Cook, PG* and Lamontagne, S*, ‘Comparative water use by the riparian trees Melaleuca argentea and Corymbia bella in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia’, Tree Physiology, 26 (2) pp. 219-228. ISSN 0829-318X (2006) [Refereed Article]

O'Grady, AP and Cook, PG* and Howe, P* and Werren, D*, ‘Groundwater use by dominant tree species in tropical remnant vegetation communities’, Australian Journal of Botany, 54 (2) pp. 155-171. ISSN 0067-1924 (2006) [Refereed Article]

O'Grady, AP and Eamus, D* and Cook, PG* and Lamontagne, S*, ‘Groundwater use by riparian vegetation in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia’, Australian Journal of Botany, 54 (2) pp. 145-154. ISSN 0067-1924 (2006) [Refereed Article]

O'Reilly-Wapstra, JM and Iason, GR* and Thoss, V*, ‘The role of genetic and chemical variation of Pinus sylvestris seedlings in influencing slug herbivory’, Oecologia (DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0628-4) pp. EJ10. ISSN 1432-1939 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Poke, FS and Potts, BM and Vaillancourt, RE and Raymond, C*, ‘Genetic parameters for lignin, extractives and decay in Eucalyptus globulus’, Annals of Forest Science, 63 (8) pp. 813-821. ISSN 1286-4560 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Poke, FS and Raymond, CA*, ‘Predicting extractives, lignin and cellulose contents using near infrared spectroscopy on solid wood in Eucalyptus globulus’, Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology, 26 (2) pp. 187-199. ISSN 0277-3813 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Poke, FS and Martin, DP* and Steane, DA and Vaillancourt, RE and Reid, JB, ‘The impact of intragenic recombination on phylogenetic reconstruction at the sectional level in Eucalyptus when using a single copy nuclear gene (cinnamoyl CoA reductase)’, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 39 (1) pp. 160-170. ISSN 1055-7903 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Pryor, RJ and Davidson, NJ and Close, DC, ‘Waterlogging duration: Interspecific comparison of Leptospermum scoparium (Forst et Forst.f.), Acacia melanoxylon (R. Br.), Nothofagus cunninghamii (Hook.) and Eucalyptus obliqua (L'Herit)’, Austral Ecology, 31 (3) pp. 408-416. ISSN 1442-9985 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Rhodes, L* and McNabb, P* and de Salas, MF and Briggs, L* and Beuzenberg, V* and Gladstone, M*, ‘Yessotoxin production by Gonyaulax spinifera’, Harmful Algae, 5 (2) pp. 148-155. ISSN 1568-9883 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Sinn, DL and Apiolaza, LA and Moltschaniwskyj, NA, ‘Heritability and fitness-related consequences of squid personality traits’, Journal of Evolutionary Biology (19) pp. 1437-1447. ISSN 1010-061X (2006) [Refereed Article]

Steane, DA and Conod, N and Jones, RC and Vaillancourt, RE and Potts, BM, ‘A comparative analysis of population structure of a forest tree, Eucalyptus globulus (Myrtaceae), using microsatellite markers and quantitative traits’, Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2 (1) pp. 30-38. ISSN 1614-2942 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Symons, GM and Davies, C* and Shavrukov, Y* and Dry, IB* and Reid, JB and Thomas, MR*, ‘Grapes on Steroids. Brassinosteroids Are Involved in Grape Berry Ripening’, Plant Physiology, 140 (1) pp. 150-158. ISSN 0032-0889 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Tibbits, WN and White, TL* and Hodge, GR* and Borralho, NMG, ‘Genetic variation in frost resistance of Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus assessed by artificial freezing in winter’, Australian Journal of Botany, 54 (6) pp. 521-529. ISSN 0067-1924 (2006) [Refereed Article]

van Noorden, GE* and Ross, JJ and Reid, JB and Rolfe, BG* and Mathesius, U*, ‘Defective Long-Distance Auxin Transport Regulation in the Medicago truncatula super numeric nodules Mutant’, Plant Physiology, 140 (4) pp. 1494-1506. ISSN 0032-0889 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Whittock, LD and Koutoulis, A and Hallegraeff, GM, ‘A novel, simplified technique for preservation and rapid isolation of total RNA from the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella (Dinophyceae)’, Phycologia, 45 (3) pp. 311-318. ISSN 0031-8884 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Williams, DR and Potts, BM and Neilsen, WA* and Joyce, KR*, ‘The effect of tree spacing on the production of flowers in Eucalyptus nitens’, Australian Forestry, 69 (4) pp. 299-304. ISSN 0004-9158 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Book

Hallegraeff, GM, Plankton: A Critical Creation, Foot & Playsted, Launceston, pp. 100. ISBN 1862952825 (2006) [Authored Other Book]

Davidson, NJ and Volker, P* and Leech, M* and Lyons, A* and Beadle, CL (ed), Farm Forestry: A technical and business handbook, University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 253. ISBN 1862953465 (2006) [Edited Book]

Potts, BM and Kantvilas, G and Jarman, SJ* (ed), Janet Somerville's Botanical History of Tasmania 1642-1820, University of Tasmania and Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, pp. 233. ISBN 1862953422 (2006) [Edited Book]

Chapter in Book

Hallegraeff, GM and Gollasch, S*, ‘Anthropogenic Introductions of Microalgae’, Ecology of Harmful Algae, Springer, Edna Graneli, Jefferson T Turner (ed), The Netherlands, pp. 379-390. ISBN 3-540-32209-4 (2006) [Research Book Chapter]

Hovenden, MJ, ‘Distinguishing between Acclimation and Adaptation’, Agroecosystems in a Changing Climate, Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis, Paul C.D. Newton (ed), Florida, pp. 364. ISBN 0849320887 (2006) [Research Book Chapter]

Jordan, GJ, ‘Fossil Record of Bryophytes’, Flora of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Patrick M. McCarthy (ed), Collingwood, pp. 58-66. ISBN 0643092404 (2006) [Research Book Chapter]

Ross, JJ and Symons, GM and Abas, L* and Reid, JB and Luschnig, C*, ‘Hormone distribution and transport’, Plant Hormone Signalling, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Peter Hedden, Stephen G Thomas (ed), Oxford, UK, pp. 257-292. ISBN 1405138874 (2006) [Research Book Chapter]

Beadle, CL and Davidson, NJ, ‘Planting’, Farm Forestry: A technical and business handbook, University of Tasmania, N Davidson, P Volker, M Leech, A Lyons, C Beadle (ed), Hobart, pp. 217-221. ISBN 1862953465 (2006) [Other Book Chapter]

Beadle, CL and Medhurst, J, ‘Thinning’, Farm Forestry: A technical and business handbook, University of Tasmania, N Davidson, P Volker, M Leech, A Lyons, C Beadle (ed), Hobart, pp. 228-233. ISBN 1862953465 (2006) [Other Book Chapter]

Davidson, NJ and Close, DC, ‘Establishing environmental plantings’, Farm Forestry: A technical and business handbook, University of Tasmania, N Davidson, P Volker, M Leech, A Lyons, C Beadle (ed), Hobart, pp. 246-253. ISBN 1862953465 (2006) [Other Book Chapter]

Davidson, NJ and Leech, M*, ‘Forest Health’, Farm Forestry: A technical and business handbook, University of Tasmania, N Davidson, P Volker, M Leech, A Lyons, C Beadle (ed), Hobart, pp. 153-156. ISBN 1862953465 (2006) [Other Book Chapter]

Davidson, NJ, ‘Rural Tree Decline’, Farm Forestry: A technical and business handbook, University of Tasmania, N Davidson, P Volker, M Leech, A Lyons, C Beadle (ed), Hobart, pp. 157-162. ISBN 1862953465 (2006) [Other Book Chapter]

Review

Whitham, TG* and Bailey, JK* and Schweitzer, JA* and Shuster, SM* and Bangert, RK* and LeRoy, CJ* and Vonsdorf, EV* and Allan, GJ* and DiFazio, SP* and Potts, BM and Dylan, GF* and Gehring, CA* and Lindroth, RL* and Marks, CJ* and Hart, SC* and Wimp, GM* and Wooley, SC*, ‘A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: from genes to ecosystems’, Nature Reviews Genetics, 7 (2006) pp. 510-523 (2006) [Substantial Review]

Conference Publication

Kelarev, AV and Kang, BH and Steane, DA, ‘Clustering Algorithms for ITS Sequence Data with Alignment Metrics’, Proceedings of the 19th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 1027-1031. ISBN 3-540-49787-0 (2006) [Refereed Conference] [Full Text]

Li, H and Vaillancourt, RE and Zhou, M and Mendham, NJ and Wenzl, P* and Huttner, E* and Kilian, A*, ‘Large-scale segregation distortion in barley revealed by a genetic map based on DArT, AFLP and SSR markers'’, Proceedings of the 13th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 660-665. (2006) [Non Refereed Conference]

Cummings, IG, ‘Controlled Environment Facilities, School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania’, International Controlled Environment Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 20-21. (2004) [Conference Extract]

Cummings, IG, ‘Light Quality, Quantity and Duration’, ACEWG - Australasian Controlled Environment Working Group, Canberra, Australia, pp. 14. (2006) [Conference Extract]

Poke, FS and Vaillancourt, RE and Elliott, RC and Reid, JB, ‘Sequence variation in two candidate genes for lignin content and composition in Eucalyptus globulus’, Combined Conference Abstracts, Sydney, Australia, pp. POS-TUE-046. (2002) [Conference Extract]

Poke, FS and Reid, JB and Vaillancourt, RE, ‘The effect of SNPs in biosynthesis genes on lignin in Eucalyptus globulus’, Tree Biotechnology 2003, Umea, Sweden, pp. S10.28. (2003) [Conference Extract]

Contract Report, Consultant's Report

Poke, FS, Summary of world-wide research in eucalypt genomics, Prof R. Griffin, Prof J. B. Reid, Assoc Prof R. Vaillancourt (2004) [Consultants Report]

Thesis

Barton-Johnson, RJ, ‘Waterlogging in the temperate plantation species Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens’ (2006) [PhD]

Ferguson, BJ, ‘Nodulation phenotypes of Pisum sativum mutants’ (2006) [PhD]

Freeman, JS, ‘The application of molecular markers to Eucalyptus globulus tree improvement’ (2006) [PhD]

Jager, C, ‘Brassinosteroids and Hormone Interactions in Pea’ (2006) [PhD]

Milgate, A, ‘Mycosphaerella species of Tasmania and their interactions with Eucalyptus plantations’ (2006) [PhD]

Poke, FS, ‘Genetic Variation in the Wood Chemistry of Eucalyptus globulus’ (2006) [PhD]

Other Public Output

Hallegraeff, GM, ‘The Red Tide’, A World of Science, UNESCO, France, 4, 3 (2006) [Magazine Article]

Potts, BM, ‘Eucalyptus globulus: a tree for the world’, Invited lunch time public talk, Forestry Tasmania, Forestry Tasmania, 1 (2006) [Media Interview]

Whittock, SP and Costa da Silva, JMM and Hamilton, MG and Potts, BM, ‘A review of genetic parameters in Eucalyptus globulus’, Review, Linkage Grant Partners, Tasmania, 1, 1 (2006) [Report of Restricted Access]


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