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2006 Research Report

Journal Article

Atkins, N and Swain, R and Jones, SM, ‘Does date of birth or a capacity for facultative placentotrophy influence offspring quality in a viviparous skink, Niveoscincus microlepidotus?’, Australian Journal of Zoology, 54 (5) pp. 369-374. ISSN 0004-959X (2006) [Refereed Article]

Atkins, N and Jones, SM and Guillette Jr, LJ*, ‘Timing of parturition in two species of viviparous lizard: influences of b-adrenergic stimulation and temperature upon uterine responses to arginine vasotocin (AVT)’, Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 176 (8) pp. 783-792. ISSN 0174-1578 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Baker, SC, ‘A comparison of litter beetle assemblages (Coleoptera) in mature and recently clearfelled Eucalyptus obliqua forest’, Australian Journal of Entomology, 45 (2) pp. 130-136. ISSN 1326-6756 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Baker, SC and Lauck, V, ‘Association of common brown froglets, Crinia signifera, with clearcut forest edges in Tasmania, Australia’, Wildlife Research, 33 (1) pp. 29-34. ISSN 1035-3712 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Baker, SC and Barmuta, LA, ‘Evaluating spatial autocorrelation and depletion in pitfall-trap studies of environmental gradients’, Journal of Insect Conservation, 10 (3) pp. 269-276. ISSN 1366-638X (2006) [Refereed Article]

Baker, SC and Richardson, AMM and Barmuta, LA and Thomson, RJ, ‘Why conservation reserves should not always be concentrated in riparian areas: A study of ground-dwelling beetles in wet eucalypt forest’, Biological Conservation, 133 (2) pp. 156-168. ISSN 0006-3207 (2006) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]

Bradshaw, CJA* and Evans, K and Hindell, MA, ‘Mass Cetacean Strandings - a Plea for Empiricism’, Conservation Biology, 20 (2) pp. 584-586. ISSN 0888-8892 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Casper, RM and Gales, NJ* and Hindell, MA and Robinson, SM*, ‘Diet estimation based on an integrated mixed prey feeding experiment using Arctocephalus seals’, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 328 (2) pp. 228-239. ISSN 0022-0981 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Cromer, L and Gibson, JAE and Swadling, KM and Hodgson, DA*, ‘Evidence for a lacustrine faunal refuge in the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, during the Last Glacial Maximum’, Journal of Biogeography, 33 (7) pp. 1314-1323. ISSN 0305-0270 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Dunstan, PK and Johnson, CR, ‘Linking richness, community variability, and invasion resistance with patch size’, Ecology, 87 (11) pp. 2842-2850. ISSN 0012-9658 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Einoder, LD and Richardson, AMM, ‘An ecomorphological study of the raptorial digital tendon locking mechanism’, Ibis, 148 (3) pp. 515-525. ISSN 0019-1019 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Girling, JE and Jones, SM, ‘In vitro steroid production by adrenals and kidney-gonads from embryonic southern snow skinks (Niveoscincus microlepidotus): Implications for the control of the timing of parturition?’, General and Comparative Endocrinology, 145 (2) pp. 169-176. ISSN 0016-6480 (2006) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]

Hansen, B and Richardson, AMM, ‘A revision of the Tasmanian endemic freshwater crayfish genus Parastacoides (Crustacea : Decapoda : Parastacidae)’, Invertebrate Systematics, 20 (6) pp. 713-769. ISSN 1445-5226 (2006) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]

Hardie, SA and Barmuta, LA and White, RWG, ‘Comparison of day and night fyke netting, electrofishing and snorkelling for monitoring a population of the threatened golden galaxias (Galaxias auratus)’, Hydrobiologia, 560 (1) pp. 145-158. ISSN 0018-8158 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Hardie, SA and Jackson, JE and Barmuta, LA and White, RWG, ‘Status of galaxiid fishes in Tasmania, Australia: conservation listings, threats and management issues’, Aquatic Conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems, 16 (3) pp. 235-250. ISSN 1052-7613 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Hawkins, CE and Baars, C* and Hesterman, H and Hocking, GJ* and Jones, ME and Lazenby, B* and Mann, D and Mooney, N* and Pemberton, D* and Pyecroft, S* and Restani, M* and Wiersma, J*, ‘Emerging disease and population decline of an island endemic, the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii’, Biological Conservation, 131 (2) pp. 307-324. ISSN 0006-3207 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Ikonomopoulou, MP and Rose, RW, ‘The development of endothermy during pouch life in the Eastern Barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii), a marsupial’, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 79 (3) pp. 468-473. ISSN 1522-2152 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Jones, SM and Swain, R, ‘Placental transfer of 3H-oleic acid in three species of viviparous lizards: a route for supplementation of embryonic fat bodies?’, Herpetological Monographs, 20 (1) pp. 186-193. ISSN 0733-1347 (2006) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]

Lea, MA and Guinet, C* and Cherel, Y* and Duhamel, G* and Dubroca, L* and Pruvost, P* and Hindell, MA, ‘Impacts of climatic anomalies on provisioning strategies of a Southern Ocean predator’, Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 310 pp. 77-94. ISSN 0171-8630 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Magierowski, RH and Johnson, CR, ‘Robustness of surrogates of biodiversity in marine benthic communites’, Ecological Applications, 16 (6) pp. 2264-2275. ISSN 1051-0761 (2006) [Refereed Article]

McCallum, H* and Jones, ME, ‘To lose both would look like carelessness: Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease’, Public Library of Science Biology, 4 (10) pp. 1671-1674. ISSN 1544-9173 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Miller, AM and McArthur, C* and Smethurst, PJ*, ‘Characteristics of tree seedlings and neighbouring vegetation have an additive influence on browsing by generalist herbivores’, Forest Ecology and Management, 228 (1-3) pp. 197-205. ISSN 0378-1127 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Miller, AM and McArthur, C* and Smethurst, PJ* and Wang, SF*, ‘Preferences of two mammalian herbivores for tree seedlings and potential cover crops in plantation forestry’, Australian Forestry, 69 (2) pp. 114-121. ISSN 0004-9158 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Neaves, L* and Wapstra, E and Birch, D* and Girling, JE* and Joss, JMP*, ‘Embryonic gonadal and sexual organ development in a small viviparous skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus’, Journal of Experimental Zoology, 305A (1) pp. 74-82. ISSN 0022-104X (2006) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]

Passmore, A and Jarman, SN* and Swadling, KM and Kawaguchi, SR* and McMinn, A and Nicol, S*, ‘DNA as a Dietary Biomarker in Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba’, Marine Biotechnology, 8 (6) pp. 686-696. ISSN 1436-2228 (2006) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]

Pederson, HG and Johnson, CR, ‘Predation of the sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma by rock lobsters (Jasus edwardsii) in no-take marine reserves’, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 336 (1) pp. 120-134. ISSN 0022-0981 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Ritar, AJ and Pribadi, TA, ‘Hormonally induced spawning, embryonic development and larval rearing of the southern temperate banded morwong (Cheilodactylus spectabilis)’, Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 37 (4) pp. 397-406. ISSN 0893-8849 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Rose, RW and Bell, LA and Shaw, G*, ‘Hormonal control of birth behavior in the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii’, Hormones and Behavior, 50 (3) pp. 417-423. ISSN 0018-506X (2006) [Refereed Article]

Stuart-Smith, RD and Barmuta, LA and White, RWG, ‘Nocturnal and diurnal feeding by Galaxias auratus, a lentic galaxiid fish’, Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 15 (4) pp. 521-531. ISSN 0906-6691 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Turnbull, DKR and Barmuta, LA, ‘Different light conditions influence the activity of Eusthenia costalis Banks (Plecoptera: Eustheniidae)’, Aquatic Insects, 28 (3) pp. 211-217. ISSN 0165-0424 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Van Polanen Petel, T and Terhune, JM* and Hindell, MA and Giese, MA*, ‘An assessment of the audibility of sound from human transport by breeding Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii)’, Wildlife Research, 33 (4) pp. 275-291. ISSN 1035-3712 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Warfe, DM and Barmuta, LA, ‘Habitat structural complexity mediates food web dynamics in a freshwater macrophyte community’, Oecologia, 150 (1) pp. 141-154. ISSN 0029-8549 (2006) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]

Wheatley, KE and Bradshaw, CJA and Harcourt, RG* and Davis, LS* and Hindell, MA, ‘Chemical immobilization of adult female Weddell seals with tiletamine and zolazepam: effects of age, condition and stage of lactation’, BMC Veterinary Research, 2 (8) pp. EJ8. ISSN 1746-6148 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Wheatley, KE and Bradshaw, CJA and Davis, LS* and Harcourt, RG* and Hindell, MA, ‘Influence of maternal mass and condition on energy transfer in Weddell seals’, Journal of Animal Ecology, 75 (3) pp. 724-733. ISSN 0021-8790 (2006) [Refereed Article]

While, GM and McArthur, C, ‘Distance from cover affects artificial food-patch depletion by macropod herbivores’, Wildlife Research, 33 (7) pp. 565-570. ISSN 1035-3712 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Wiggins, NL and McArthur, C* and Davies, NW and McLean, SR, ‘Behavioural responses of a generalist mammalian folivore to the physiological constraints of a chemically defended diet’, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 32 (6) pp. 1133-1147. ISSN 0098-0331 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Wiggins, NL and McArthur, C* and Davies, NW, ‘Diet switching in a generalist mammalian folivore: fundamental to maximising intake’, Oecologia, 147 (4) pp. 650-657. ISSN 0029-8549 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Wiggins, NL and McArthur, C* and Davies, NW and McLean, SR, ‘Spatial scale of the patchiness of plant poisons: a critical influence on foraging efficiency’, Ecology, 87 (9) pp. 2236-2243. ISSN 0012-9658 (2006) [Refereed Article]

Chapter in Book

Arndt, C and Swadling, KM, ‘Crustacea in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice: distribution, diet and life history strategies’, Advances in Marine Biology, Elsevier Ltd, Southward, AJ and Sims, DW (ed), San Diego, pp. 198-315. ISBN 978-0-12-026152-9 (2006) [Research Book Chapter] [Full Text]

Bradshaw, CJA and Hindell, MA and Littnan, C* and Harcourt, RG*, ‘Determining Marine Movements of Australian Pinnipeds’, Evolution and Biogeography of Australian Vertebrates, Australian Scientific Publishing, Merrick, JR, Archer, M, Hickey, GM, and Lee, MSY (ed), Oatlands, NSW, pp. 889-911. ISBN 0 9757790 0 1 (2006) [Research Book Chapter]

Soule, ME* and Mackey, BG* and Recher, HF* and Williams, JE* and Woinarski, JCZ* and Driscoll, D* and Dennison, WC* and Jones, ME, ‘The role of connectivity in Australian conservation’, Connectivity Conservation, Cambridge University Press, KR Crooks and M Sanjayan (ed), New York, USA, pp. 649-675. ISBN 978-0-521-85706-2 (2006) [Research Book Chapter]

Conference Publication

Lea, MA and Wilson, B*, ‘Techniques for real-time, active tracking of sea lions’, Sea Lions of the World, Anchorage, Alaska, pp. 235-253. ISBN 156612-105-1 (2006) [Refereed Conference]

Dermoudy, J and Evans, CE and Hannan, GJ and James, S* and Jones, SM and Osborn, JE and Yates, BF, ‘A Faculty-Wide Collaborative Approach to Developing and Implementing a Generic Attributes Curriculum’, TM 2006 program, Hobart, pp. 15-15. (2006) [Conference Extract]

Edwards, A and Jones, SM, ‘Regulation of the HPG axis in the blotched blue-tongued skink, Tiliqua nigrolutea’, Proceedings - Australian & New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology & Biochemistry, Dunedin, New Zealand, pp. 29. ISBN 0473107198 (2005) [Conference Extract]

Jones, SM and Swain, R, ‘Placental transfer of organic nutrients in viviparous skinks: a strategy for optimising neonatal fitness’, Proceedings - Australian & New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology & Biochemistry, Dunedin, New Zealand, pp. 37. ISBN 0473107198 (2005) [Conference Extract]

Koch, A and Munks, SA, ‘Development of predictive models to assist the conservation of habitat for hollow-using fauna in Tasmania's production forest landscapes’, The Ecological Society of America 91st Annual Meeting Abstracts, Memphis, Tennessee, pp. 213-213. (2006) [Conference Extract]

Osborn, JE and Jones, SM, ‘Online support for written communication skills - the Scribble resource’, TM 2006 program, Hobart, pp. 14-14. (2006) [Conference Extract]

Ritz, DA and Swadling, KM and Osborn, JE and Kawaguchi, S* and King, R* and Hollander, EM and Meijers, R, ‘Quantitative 3-Dimensional Motion Analysis of Krill and Mysids in Aggregations’, SCAR XXIX / COMNAP XVIII Hobart Australia: Abstract Volume, Hobart, Tasmania EJ (2006) [Conference Extract]

Thesis

Clarke, AK, ‘Cavernicole diversity and ecology in Tasmania’ (2006) [Masters Research]

Holdsworth, MC, ‘Reproductive success and demography of the Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster’ (2006) [Masters Research]

Baker, SC, ‘Ecology and conservation of ground-dwelling beetles in managed wet eucalypt forest: edge and riparian effects’ (2006) [PhD]

Deagle, BE, ‘DNA-based methods for studying the diet of marine predators’ (2006) [PhD]

Lara-Lopez, AL, ‘Hydrodynamics and zooplankton ecology in the Tamar Estuary, northern Tasmania, with special emphasis on larval fishes’ (2006) [PhD]

Miller, AM, ‘Vulnerability of a focal plant to browsing by generalist mammalian herbivores: relative importance of self and neighbours’ (2006) [PhD]

Uytendaal, AR, ‘Water clarity in two shallow lake systems of the Central Plateau, Tasmania, Australia’ (2006) [PhD]

Wiggins, NL, ‘Effects of plant secordary chemistry on foraging behaviour of mammalian herbivores’ (2006) [PhD]

Other Public Output

Ritz, DA and Swadling, KM, ‘Enjoy savings at school’, JMBA Global Marine Environment, The Marine Biological Association, UK, Spring, 3 (2006) [Magazine Article]

Yaxley, BK and Bonham, KJ, ‘Mt Mangana Stag Beetle Range Boundary Survey’, Forestry Tasmania, Hobart, August (2006) [Report of Restricted Access]


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