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Publications 2003


Abbott, C., Double, M., (2003) "Genetic structure, conservation genetics and evidence of speciation by range expansion in shy and white-capped albatrosses", Molecular Ecology, Vol 12, pp 2953-2962.

Abbott, C., Double, M., (2003) "Phylogeography of shy and white-capped albatrosses inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: implications for population history and taxonomy", Molecular Ecology, Vol 12, pp 2747-2758.

Andrew, R., Miller, J., Peakall, R., Crisp, M., Bayer, R., (2003) "Genetic, cytogenetic and morphological patterns in a mixed mulga population: evidence for apomixis", Australian Systematic Botany, Vol 16, pp 69-80.

Ash, J., (2003) "Biological Principles for Australian Plant Conservation", in Plant conservation : approaches and techniques from an Australian perspective , Claire L. Brown, Fiona Hall, Jeanette Mill (eds) First edition, Australian Network for Plant Conservation, Fyshwick, ACT, pp 17.

Beck, N., Peakall, R., Heinsohn, R., (2003) "Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the white-winged chough ( Corcorax melanorhamphos )", Molecular Ecology Notes, Vol 3, pp 586-588.

Beck, N., Double, M., Cockburn, A., (2003) "Microsatellite Evolution at Two Hypervariable Loci Revealed by Extensive Avian Pedigrees", Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 20, Issue 1, pp 54-61.

Boland, C., (2003) "An Experimental Test of Predator Detection Rates Using Groups of Free-living Emus", Ethology, Vol 109, pp 209-222.

Braby, M., Lyonns, K., (2003) "Effect of temperature on development and survival in Delias nigrina (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)", Australian Journal of Entomology, Vol 42, pp 138-143.

Chapple, D., (2003) "Ecology, life-history, and behavior in the Australian scincid genus Egernia , with comments on the evolution of complex sociality in lizards", Herpetological Monographs, Vol 17, pp 145-180.

Christy, J., Backwell, P., Schober, U., (2003) "Interspecific attractiveness of structures built by courting male fiddler crabs: experimental evidence of a sensory trap", Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol 53, pp 84-91.

Cockburn, A., (2003) "Cooperative breeding in oscine passerines: does sociality inhibit speciation?", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, Vol 270, pp 2207-2214.

Cockburn, A., Osmond, H., Mulder, R., Green, D., Double, M., (2003) "Divorce, dispersal and incest avoidance in the cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus ", Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol 72, pp 189-202.

Cook, L., (2003) " Apiomorpha gullanae sp. n., an unusual new species of gall-inducing scale insect (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae)", Australian Journal of Entomology, Vol 42, pp 327-333.

Crisp, M., Farrer, S., Launonen, T., (2003) "Biology of Acacia: Advances in Legume Systematics Part 11", Australian Systematic Botany, Vol 16, Issue 1, pp 1-138.

Crisp, M., Cook, L., (2003) "Molecular Evidence for Definition of Genera in the Oxylobium Group (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae)", Systematic Botany, Vol 28, Issue 4, pp 705-713.

Crisp, M., Cook, L., (2003) "Phylogeny and evolution of anomalous roots in Daviesia (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae)", International Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol 164, Issue 4, pp 603-612.

deRivera, C., Backwell, P., Christy, J., Vehrencamp, S., (2003) "Density affects female and male mate searching in the fiddler crab, Uca beebei ", Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol 53, pp 72-83.

Double, M., Gales, R., Reid, T., Brothers, N., Abbott, C., (2003) "Morphometric comparison of Australian Shy and New Zealand White-capped Albatrosses", Emu, Vol 103, pp 287-294.

Double, M., Cockburn, A., (2003) "Subordinate superb fairy-wrens ( Malurus cyaneus) parasitize the reproductive success of attractive dominant males", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, Vol 270, pp 379-384.

Elayoubi, F., Fraser, A., Jenkins, D., Craig, P., (2003) "Partial characterisation of carbohydrate-rich Echinococcus granulosus coproantigens", International Journal for Parasitology, Vol 33, pp 1553-1559.

Fisher, D., Blomberg, S., Owens, I., (2003) "Extrinsic versus intrinsic factors in the decline and extinction of Australian marsupials", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, Vol 270, pp 1801-1808.

Ford, F., Cockburn, A., Broome, L., (2003) "Habitat preference, diet and demography of the smoky mouse, Pseudomys fumeus (Rodentia:Muridae), in south-eastern New South Wales", Wildlife Research, Vol 30, pp 89-101.

Gardner, J., (2003) "Flocking for Survival", Wingspan, Vol 13, Issue 4, pp 5-5.

Gardner, J., Magrath, R., Kokko, H., (2003) "Stepping stones of life: natal dispersal in the group-living but noncooperative speckled warbler", Animal Behaviour, Vol 66, pp 521-530.

Gibbs, A., Mackenzie, A., Gibbs, M., (2003) "The 'potyvirid primers' will probably provide phylogenetically informative DNA fragments from all species of Potyviridae", Journal of Virological Methods, Vol 112, pp 41-44.

Gibbs, A., (2003) "Viral nomenclature, where next?", Archives of Virology, Vol 148, pp 1645-1653.

Gilmore, S., Peakall, R., (2003) "Isolation of microsatellite markers in Cannabis sativa L. (marijuana)", Molecular Ecology Notes (electronic), Vol 3, Issue 1, pp 105-107.

Gilmore, S., Peakall, R., Robertson, J., (2003) "Short tandem repeat (STR) DNA markers are hypervariable and informative in Cannabis sativa : implications for forensic investigations", Forensic Science International, Vol 131, pp 65-74.

Gordon, D., Cowling, A., (2003) "The distribution and genetic structure of Escherichia coli in Australian vertebrates: host and geographic effects", Microbiology (UK), Vol 149, pp 3575-3586.

Greenslade, P., Vaughan, G., (2003) "A comparison of Collembola species for toxicity testing of Australian soils", Pedobiologia, Vol 47, pp 171-179.

Han, T., Han, Y., Kim, K., Kim, J., Shin, H., Kain, J., Callow, J., Callow, M., (2003) "Influences of light and UV-B on growth and sporulation of the green alga Ulva pertusa Kjellman", Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Vol 290, pp 115-131.

Han, T., Han, Y., Kain, J., Häder, D., (2003) "Thallus differentiation of photosynthesis, growth, reproduction, and UV-B sensitivity in the green alga Ulva pertusa (Chlorophyceae)", Journal of Phycology, Vol 39, pp 712-721.

Happold, M., (2003) "Vespertilio nanus Peters, 1852 (currently Pipistrellus nanus ; Mammalia, Chiroptera): proposed conservation of the specific name", Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, Vol 60, Issue 1, pp 42-44.

Hardling, R., Kokko, H., (2003) "Life-history traits as causes or consequences of social behaviour: why do cooperative breeders lay small clutches?", Evolutionary Ecology Research, Vol 5, pp 1-10.

Heinsohn, R., Legge, S., (2003) "Breeding biology of the reverse-dichromatic, co-operative parrot Eclectus roratus ", Journal of Zoology, Vol 259, pp 197-208.

Heinsohn, R., Murphy, S., Legge, S., (2003) "Overlap and competition for nest holes among eclectus parrots, palm cockatoos and sulphur-crested cockatoos", Australian Journal of Zoology, Vol 51, pp 81-94.

Hempel, K., Peakall, R., (2003) "Cross-species amplification from crop soybean Glycine max provides informative microsatellite markers for the study of inbreeding wild relatives", Genome, Vol 46, pp 382-393.

Hogbin, P., Crisp, M., (2003) "Evolution of the coastal neospecies Zieria prostrata (Rutaceae) and its relationship to the Zieria smithii species complex", Australian Systematic Botany, Vol 16, pp 515-525.

Hunt, S., Kilner, R., Langmore, N., Bennett, A., (2003) "Conspicuous, ultraviolet-rich mouth colours in begging chicks", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, Vol 270, Issue S25-S28, pp 36-38.

Jenkins, D., Morris, B., (2003) "Echinococcus granulosus in wildlife in and around the Kosciuszko National Park, south-eastern Australia", Australian Veterinary Journal, Vol 81, pp 81-85.

Jenkins, D., Romig, T., (2003) "Milbemycin oxime in a new formulation, combined with praziquantel, does not reduce the efficacy of praziquantel against Echinococcus multilocularis in cats", Journal of Helminthology, Vol 77, pp 367-370.

Jenkins, D., MacPherson, C., (2003) "Transmission ecology of Echinococcus in wild-life in Australia and Africa", Parasitology, Vol 127, pp S63-S72.

Jennions, M., Møller, A., (2003) "A survey of the statistical power of research in behavioral ecology and animal behavior", Behavioral Ecology, Vol 14, Issue 3, pp 438-445.

Jennions, M., Backwell, P., Murai, M., Christy, J., (2003) "Hiding behaviour in fiddler crabs: how long should prey hide in response to a potential predator?", Animal Behaviour, Vol 66, pp 251-257.

Jones, M., Oakwood, M., Belcher, C., Morris, K., Murray, A., Woolley, P., Firestone, K., Johnson, B., Burnett, S., (2003) "Carnivore concerns: problems, issues and solutions for conserving Australasia's marsupial carnivores", in Predators with pouches: the biology of carnivorous marsupials , Menna Jones, Chris Dickman, Mike Archer (eds) First edition, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood VIC, pp 422-434.

Jones, M., (2003) "Convergence in ecomorphology and guild structure among marsupial and placental carnivores", in Predators with pouches: the biology of carnivorous marsupials , Menna Jones, Chris Dickman, Mike Archer (eds) First edition, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood VIC, pp 285-296.

Keogh, J., Scott, I., Fitzgerald, M., Shine, R., (2003) "Molecular phylogeny of the Australian venomous snake genus Hoplocephalus (Serpentes, Elapidae) and conservation genetics of the threatened H. stephensii ", Conservation Genetics, Vol 4, pp 57-65.

Kokko, H., Jennions, M., (2003) "It takes two to tango", Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 18, Issue 3, pp 103-104.

Kokko, H., Brooks, R., (2003) "Sexy to die for? Sexual selection and the risk of extinction", Annales Zoologici Fennici, Vol 40, pp 207-219.

Kokko, H., Brooks, R., Jennions, M., Morley, J., (2003) "The evolution of mate choice and mating biases", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, Vol 270, pp 653-664.

Laffan, S., Crisp, M., (2003) "Assessing endemism at multiple spatial scales, with an example from the Australian vascular flora", Journal of Biogeography, Vol 30, pp 511-520.

Langmore, N., Hunt, S., Kilner, R., (2003) "Escalation of a coevolutionary arms race through host rejection of brood parasitic young", Nature, Vol 422, pp 157-160.

Leedman, A., Magrath, R., (2003) "Long-term brood division and exclusive parental care in a cooperatively breeding passerine", Animal Behaviour, Vol 65, pp 1093-1108.

Legge, S., Heinsohn, R., Blackman, C., Murphy, S., (2003) "Predation by Rufous owls on Eclectus parrots and other animals at Iron Range National Park, Cape York", Corella, Vol 27, Issue 2, pp 45-46.

Leigh, A., Nicotra, A., (2003) "Sexual dimorphism in reproductive allocation and water use efficiency in Maireana pyramidata (Chenopodiaceae), a dioecious, semi-arid shrub", Australian Journal of Botany, Vol 51, pp 509-514.

Marsh, K., Foley, W., Cowling, A., Wallis, I., (2003) "Differential susceptibility to Eucalyptus secondary compounds explains feeding by the common ringtail ( Pseudocheirus peregrinus ) and common brushtail possum ( Trichosurus vulpecula )", Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, Vol 173, pp 69-78.

Marsh, K., Wallis, I., Foley, W., (2003) "The effect of inactivating tannins on the intake of Eucalyptus foliage by a specialist Eucalyptus folivore ( Pseudocheirus peregrinus ) and a generalist herbivore ( Trichosurus vulpecula )", Australian Journal of Zoology, Vol 51, pp 31-42.

Maurer, G., Magrath, R., Leonard, M., Horn, A., Donnelly, C., (2003) "Begging to differ: scrubwren nestlings beg to alarm calls and vocalize when parents are absent", Animal Behaviour, Vol 65, pp 1045-1055.

McDonald, P., (2003) "Nestling growth and development in the brown falcon, Falco berigora: an improved ageing formula and field-based method of sex determination", Wildlife Research, Vol 30, Issue 4, pp 411-418.

McDonald, P., Olsen, P., Baker-Gabb, D., (2003) "Territory fidelity, reproductive success and prey choice in the brown falcon, Falco berigora : a flexible bet-hedger?", Australian Journal of Zoology, Vol 51, pp 399-414.

McLean, S., Brandon, S., Davies, N., Boyle, R., Foley, W., Moore, B., Pass, G., (2003) "Glucuronuria in the Koala", Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol 29, Issue 6, pp 1465-1477.

Murphy, S., Legge, S., (2003) "A first record of a land-bird being trapped by Pisonia umbellifera ", The Sunbird, Vol 33, Issue 3, pp 111-112.

Murphy, S., Legge, S., Heinsohn, R., (2003) "The breeding biology of palm cockatoos ( Probosciger aterrimus : a case of a slow life history", Journal of Zoology, Vol 261, pp 327-339.

Nicotra, A., Chazdon, R., Montgomery, R., (2003) "Sexes show contrasting patterns of leaf and crown carbon gain in a dioecious rainforest shrub", American Journal of Botany, Vol 90, Issue 3, pp 347-355.

Nicotra, A., Hofmann, M., Siebke, K., Ball, M., (2003) "Spatial patterning of pigmentation in evergreen leaves in response to freezing stress", Plant Cell and Environment, Vol 26, pp 1893-1904.

Okada, S., Gordon, D., (2003) "Genetic and Ecological Structure of Hafnia alvei in Australia", Systematic and Applied Microbiology, Vol 26, pp 585-594.

Olsen, P., Weston, M., Cunningham, R., Silcocks, A., (2003) "The State of Australia's Birds 2003", Wingspan, Vol 13, Issue 4, pp 23 pages.

Peakall, R., Ebert, D., Scott, L., Meagher, P., Offord, C., (2003) "Comparative genetic study confirms exceptionally low genetic variation in the ancient and endangered relictual conifer, Wollemia nobilis (Araucariaceae)", Molecular Ecology, Vol 12, pp 2331-2343.

Peakall, R., Ruibal, M., Lindenmayer, D., (2003) "Spatial autocorrelation analysis offers new insights into gene flow in the Australian bush rat, Rattus fuscipes ", Evolution, Vol 57, Issue 5, pp 1182-1195.

Rentz, D., Su, Y., (2003) "Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Locusts, Katydids, Crickets)", in Encyclopedia of Insects , Vincent H. Resh and Ring T. Cardé (eds) First edition, Academic Press, USA, pp 827-839.

Riley, M., Goldstone, C., Wertz, J., Gordon, D., (2003) "A phylogenetic approach to assessing the targets of microbial warfare", Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Vol 16, pp 690-697.

Schiestl, F., Peakall, R., Mant, J., Ibarra, F., Schulz, C., Franke, S., Francke, W., (2003) "The Chemistry of Sexual Deception in an Orchid-Wasp Pollination System", Science, Vol 302, pp 437-438.

Scott, S., Clegg, S., Blomberg, S., Kikkawa, J., Owens, I., (2003) "Morphological shifts in island-dwelling birds: the roles of generalist foraging and niche expansion", Evolution, Vol 57, Issue 9, pp 2147-2156.

Sherley, M., Gordon, D., Collignon, P., (2003) "Species differences in plasmid carriage in the Enterobacteriaceae", Plasmid, Vol 49, pp 79-85.

Stapley, J., (2003) "Differential Avoidance of Snake Odours by a Lizard: Evidence for Prioritized Avoidance Based on Risk", Ethology, Vol 109, pp 785-796.

Stapley, J., Hayes, C., Keogh, J., (2003) "Population genetic differentiation and multiple paternity determined by novel microsatellite markers from the Mountain Log Skink Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii )", Molecular Ecology Notes (electronic), Vol 3, pp 291-293.

Thomson, V., Cunningham, S., Ball, M., Nicotra, A., (2003) "Compensation for herbivory by Cucumis sativus through increased photosynthetic capacity and efficiency", Oecologia, Vol 134, pp 167-175.

Tomimura, K., Gibbs, A., Jenner, C., Walsh, J., Ohshima, K., (2003) "The phylogeny of Turnip mosaic virus ; comparisons of 38 genomic sequences reveal a Eurasian origin and a recent 'emergence' in east Asia ", Molecular Ecology, Vol 12, pp 2099-2111.

Vaughton, G., Ramsey, M., (2003) "Self-compatibility and floral biology in subdioecious Wurmbea dioica (Colchicaceae)", Australian Journal of Botany, Vol 51, pp 39-45.

Wallis, I., Herlt, A., Eschler, B., Takasaki, M., Foley, W., (2003) "Quantification of Sideroxylonals in Eucalyptus Foliage by High-performance Liquid Chromatography", Phytochemical Analysis, Vol 14, pp 360-365.

Wallis, I., Foley, W., (2003) "Validation of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy to estimate the potential intake of Eucalyptus foliage by folivorous marsupials", Australian Journal of Zoology, Vol 51, pp 95-98.

Wertz, J., Goldstone, C., Gordon, D., Riley, M., (2003) "A molecular phylogeny of enteric bacteria and implications for a bacterial species concept", Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Vol 16, pp 1236-1248.

Willis, A., Berentson, P., Ash, J., (2003) "Impacts of a weed biocontrol agent on recovery from water stress in a target and a non-target Hypericum species", Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol 40, pp 320-333.

Wong, B., Jennions, M., (2003) "Costs influence male mate choice in a freshwater fish", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, Vol 270, pp s36-s38.