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Abang, M.M., Baum, M., Ceccarelli, S., Grando, S., Linde, C.C., Yahyaoui, A., Zhan, J., McDonald, B. 2006. Differential Selection on Rhynchosporium secalis During Parasitic and Saprophytic Phases in the Barley Scald Disease Cycle. Phytopathology 96: 1214-1222.

Abbott, C.., Double, M., Gales, R., Cockburn, A. 2006. Copulation behaviour and paternity in shy albatrosses (Thalassarche cauta). Journal of Zoology 270: 628-635.

Abbott, C., Double, M., Gales, R., Baker, G., Lashko, A., Robertson, C., Ryan, P., (2006) "Molecular provenance analysis for shy and white-capped albatrosses killed by fisheries interactions in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa", Conservation Genetics, Vol 7, pp 531-542.

Adcock, G.J., Hodges, K., Boland, C.R.J., Cockburn, A., Ebert, D., Heinsohn, R. 2006. Microsatellite loci for behavioural studies of rainbow bee-eaters (Merops ornatus: Aves). Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 734-736.

Backwell, P., Jennions, M., Wada, K., Murai, M., Christy, J., (2006) "Synchronous waving in two species of fiddler crabs", Acta Ethologica, Vol 9, pp 22-25.

Bentsen, C., Hunt, J., Jennions, M., Brooks, R., (2006) "Complex Multivariate Sexual Selection on Male Acoustic Signaling in a Wild Population of Teleogryllus commodus", The American Naturalist, Vol 167, Issue 4, pp E102-E116.

Biffin, E., Craven, L., Crisp, M., Gadek, P., (2006) "Molecular systematics of Syzygium and allied genera (Myrtaceae): evidence from the chloroplast genome", Taxon, Vol 55, Issue 1, pp 79-94.

Bilcke J, S. Downes, I Büscher. 2006. Combined effect of incubation and ambient temperature on the feeding performance of a small ectotherm. Austral Ecology 31:937-947.

Blackmore, C., Adcock, G., Ebert, D., Heinsohn, R., (2006) "Microsatellite loci for population and behavioural studies of grey-crowned babblers (Pomatostomus temporalis : Aves)", Molecular Ecology Notes (electronic), Vol 6, pp 412-414.

Braby, M.F. 2006. Evolution of larval food plant associations in Delias Hübner butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Entomological Science 9: 383-398.

Braby, M., Trueman, J., (2006) "Evolution of larval host plant associations and adaptive radiation in pierid butterflies", Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Vol 19, pp 1677-1690.

Braby, M., Dunford, M., (2006) "Field observations on the ecology of the golden sun moth, Synemon plana Walker (Lepidoptera: Castniidae)", Australian Entomologist, Vol 33, Issue 2, pp 103-110.

Braby, M., Vila, R., Pierce, N., (2006) "Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea): higher classification and biogeography", Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol 147, pp 239-275.

Braby, M., Edwards, T., (2006) "The butterfly fauna of the Griffith district, a fragmented semi-arid landscape in inland southern New South Wales", Pacific Conservation Biology, Vol 12, Issue 2, pp 140-154.

Bradbury, J., (2006) "Simple wetting method to reduce cyanogen content of cassava flour", Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Vol 19, pp 388-393.

Bussiere, L., Hunt, J., Jennions, M., Brooks, R., (2006) "Sexual conflict and cryptic female choice in the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus", Evolution, Vol 60, Issue 4, pp 792-800.

Byrne, P., Rice, W., (2006) "Evidence for adaptive male mate choice in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster ", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, Vol 273, pp 917-922.

Chapple, D., Stow, A., O'Connor, D., Fuller, S., Gardner, M., (2006) "Cross-Species Amplification of DNA Microsatellite Loci in an Australian Lineage of Social Lizards (Scincidae, Genus Egernia )", Herpetological Review, Vol 37, Issue 2, pp 177-180.

Chapple, D., Keogh, J., (2006) "Group Structure and Stability in Social Aggregations of White's Skink, Egernia whitii", Ethology, Vol 112, pp 247-257.

Chenoweth, S., Doughty, P., Kokko, H., (2006) "Can non-directional male mating preferences facilitate honest female ornamentation?", Ecology Letters, Vol 9, pp 179-184.

Christy, J., Backwell, P., (2006) "No preference for exaggerated courtship signals in a sensory trap", Animal Behaviour, Vol 71, pp 1239-1246.

Cockburn, A., (2006) "Prevalence of different modes of parental care in birds", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, Vol 273, pp 1375-1383.

Craven, L., Biffin, E., Ashton, P., (2006) "Acmena, Achenosperma, Cleistocalyx, Piliocalyx and Waterhousea formally transferred to Syzygium (Myrtaceae)", Blumea, Vol 51, pp 131-142.

Detto, T., Backwell, P., Hemmi, J., Zeil, J., (2006) "Visually mediated species and neighbour recognition in fiddler crabs (Uca mjoebergi and Uca capricornis)", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, Vol 273, pp 1661-1666.

Devereaux, J., Mokany, A., (2006) "Visual and chemical cues from aquatic snails reduce chironomid oviposition", Australian Journal of Zoology, Vol 54, pp 79-86.

Doerr, E., Doerr, V., (2006) "Comparative demography of treecreepers: evaluating hypotheses for the evolution and maintenance of cooperative breeding", Animal Behaviour, Vol 72, pp 147-159.

Doerr, V., Doerr, E., Jenkins, S., (2006) "Habitat selection in two Australasian treecreepers: what cues should they use?", Emu, Vol 106, pp 93-103.

Doody, J., Green, B., Sims, R., Rhind, D., West, P., Steer, D., (2006) "Indirect impacts of invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus) on nest predation in pig-nosed turtles (Carettochelys insculpta)", Wildlife Research, Vol 33, pp 349-354.

Fisher, D.O., Double, M.C., Blomberg, S.P., Jennions, M.D., Cockburn, A. 2006. Post-mating sexual selection increases lifetime fitness of polyandrous females in the wild. Nature 444: 89-92.

Fisher, D., Double, M., Moore, B., (2006) "Number of mates and timing of mating affect offspring growth in the small marsupial Antechinus agilis", Animal Behaviour, Vol 71, pp 289-297.

Fisher, D., Cockburn, A., (2006) "The large-male advantage in brown antechinuses: female choice, male dominance, and delayed male death", Behavioral Ecology, Vol 17, pp 164-171.

Flanagan, N., Ebert, D., Porter, C., Rossetto, M., Peakall, R., (2006) "Microsatellite markers for evolutionary studies in the sexually deceptive orchid genus Chiloglottis", Molecular Ecology Notes (electronic), Vol 6, pp 123-126.

Flanagan, N.S., Peakall, R., Clements, M.A., Otero, T. 2006. Conservation of taxonomically difficult species: the case of the Australian orchid, Microtis angusii. Conservation Genetics 7: 847-859.

Fourment, M., Gibbs, M., (2006) "PATRISTIC: a program for calculating patristic distances and graphically comparing the components of genetic change", BMC Evolutionary Biology, Vol 6, Issue 1, pp 1-5.

Franklin, A., Blanden, R., (2006) "A/T-targeted somatic hypermutation: critique of the mainstream model", Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Vol 31, Issue 5, pp 252-258.

Franklin, A., (2006) "Hypothesis: A biological role for germline transcription in the mechanism of V(D)J recombination - implications for initiation of allelic exclusion", Immunology and Cell Biology, Vol 84, pp 396-403.

Gardner, J.L., Marsack, P.R. 2006. Why might speckled warblers by declining? Observations from the ACT. Canberra Bird Notes 31(3): 129-135.

Gibbs, A., Gibbs, M., (2006) "A broader definition of 'the virus species'", Archives of Virology, Vol 151, pp 1419-1422.

Gibbs, M., Smeianov, V., Steele, J., Upcroft, P., Efimov, B., (2006) "Two Families of Rep-Like Genes That Probably Originated by Interspecies Recombination Are Represented in Viral, Plasmid, Bacterial, and Parasitic Protozoan Genomes", Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 23, Issue 6, pp 1097-1100.

Gibbs, M., Gibbs, A., (2006) "Was the 1918 pandemic caused by a bird flu?", Nature, Vol 440, pp E8.

Gobbin, D., Rumbou, A., Linde, C.C., Gessler, C. 2006. Population genetic structure of Plasmopara viticola after 125 years of colonization in European vineyards. Molecular Plant Pathology 7(6): 519-531.

Gordon, D.M., O'Brien, C.L. 2006. Bacteriocin diversity and the frequency of multiple bacteriocin production in Escherichia coli. Microbiology 152: 3239-3244.

Greenslade, P. 2006. The Invertebrates of Macquarie Island.

Gruetzner, F., Ashley, T., Rowell, D., Marshall Graves, J., (2006) "How did the platypus get its sex chromosome chain? A comparison of meiotic multiples and sex chromosomes in plants and animals", Chromosoma, Vol 115, pp 75-88.

Gullan, P.J., Giliomee, J.H., Hodgson, C.J., Cook, L.G. 2006. The systematics and biology of the South African gall-inducing scale insect, Calycicoccus merwei Brain (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae). African Entomology 14(1) 13-33.

Haberle, S., Tibby, J., Dimitriadis, S., Heijnis, H., (2006) "The impact of European occupation on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem dynamics in an Australian tropical rain forest", Journal of Ecology, Vol 94, pp 987-1002.

Hall, M., (2006) "Convergent vocal strategies of males and females are consistent with a cooperative function of duetting in Australian magpie-larks", Behaviour, Vol 143, pp 425-449.

Happold, D.C.D., Wendelen, W. 2006. The distribution of Poelagus marjorita (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) in central Africa. Mammalian Biology 71: 377-383.

Harlow, P. S., S. F. Morrison. 2006. Soaking wet in a Fijian dry forest. Iguana 13:192-197.

Hawkins, C., Baars, C., Hesterman, H., Hocking, G., Jones, M., Lazenby, B., Mann, D., Mooney, N., Pemberton, D., Pyecroft, S., Restani, M., Wiersma, J., (2006) "Emerging disease and population decline of an island endemic, the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii ", Biological Conservation, Vol 131, pp 307-324.

Hunt, J., Jennions, M.D., Spyrou, N., Brooks, R. 2006. Artificial Selection on Male Longevity Influences Age-Dependent Reproductive Effort in the Black Field Cricket Teleogryllus commodus. The American Naturalist 168(3): E72-E86.

Jenkins, D., (2006) "Echinococcus granulosus in Australia, widespread and doing well!", Parasitology International, Vol 55, pp S203-S206.

Jenkins, D., McKinlay, A., Duolong, H., Bradshaw, H., Craig, P., (2006) "Detection of Echinococcus granulosus coproantigens in faeces from naturally infected rural domestic dogs in south eastern Australia", Australian Veterinary Journal, Vol 84, pp 12-16.

Jennions, M., (2006) "Sexual tension: does conflict lead to costly mate choice?", Evolution, Vol 60, Issue 2, pp 415-417.

Jennions, M., Wong, B.B.M., Cowling, A., Donnelly, C. 2006. Life-history phenotypes in a live-bearing fish Brachyrhaphis episcopi living under different predator regimes: seasonal effects? Environmental Biology of Fishes 76: 211-219.

Jürgens, T., Linde, C., McDonald, B., (2006) "Genetic structure of Mycosphaerella graminicola populations from Iran, Argentina and Australia", European Journal of Plant Pathology, Vol 115, pp 223-233.

Kain, J. 2006. Photoperiodism in Delesseria sanguinea (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) 2. Daylengths are shorter underwater. Phycologia 45(6): 624-631.

Kaur, R., Macleod, J., Foley, W., Nayudu, M., (2006) "Gluconic acid: An antifungal agent produced by Pseudomonas species in biological control of take-all", Phytochemistry, Vol 67, pp 595-604.

Kelly, C., Jennions, M., (2006) "The h index and career assessment by numbers", Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 21, Issue 4, pp 167-170.

Kokko, H., Jennions, M.D., Brooks, R. 2006. Unifying and Testing Models of Sexual Selection. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics 37: 43-66.

Kondo, T., Hardy, N., Cook, L., Gullan, P. 2006. Description of two new genera and species of Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from southern South America. Zootaxa 1349: 19-36.

Leigh, A., Cosgrove, M., Nicotra, A. 2006. Reproductive allocation in a gender dimorphic shrub: anomalous female investment in Gynatrix pulchella? Journal of Ecology 94: 1261-1271.

Leigh, A ., Close, J., Ball, M., Siebke, K., Nicotra, A., (2006) "Leaf cooling curves: measuring leaf temperature in sunlight", Functional Plant Biology, Vol 33, pp 515-519.

Lukoschek, V, JS Keogh. 2006. Molecular phylogeny of sea snakes reveals a rapidly diverged adaptive radiation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89: 523-539.

Magrath, R., Platzen, D., Kondo, J., (2006) "From nestling calls to fledgling silence: adaptive timing of change in response to aerial alarm calls", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, Vol 273, pp 2335-2341.

Marsh, K., Wallis, I., Andrew, R., Foley, W., (2006) "The Detoxification Limitation Hypothesis: Where Did it Come From and Where is it Going?", Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol 32, pp 1247-1266.

Marsh, K.J., Wallis, I.R., McLean, S., Sorensen, J.S., Foley, W.J. 2006. Conflicting demands on detoxification pathways influence how common brushtail possums choose their diets. Ecology 87(8): 2103-2112.

McDonald, P.G., Baker-Gabb, D. 2006. The Breeding Diet of Different Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) Pairs Occupying the Same Territory over Twenty Years Apart. Journal of Raptor Research 40(3): 228-231.

Murai, M., Backwell, P., (2006) “A conspicuous courtship signal in the fiddler crab Uca perplexa: female choice based on display structure”, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol 60, pp 736-741.

Mokany, A., Mokany, K., (2006) "Effects of habitat permanence cues on larval abundance of two mosquito species", Hydrobiologia, Vol 563, pp 269-276.

Murphy, S., Flux, I., Double, M., (2006) "Recent evolutionary history of New Zealand's North and South Island Kokako (Callaeas cinerea) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences", Emu, Vol 106, pp 41-48.

Nicholas, W. 2006. The meiofauna of a New South Wales sandy beach: an introduction to the meiofauna of Australian ocean beaches. Wetlands 23(2): 14-31.

Nicholas, W., Todaro, M., (2006) "Two new species of Tetranchyroderma (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from a sandy beach in southeastern Australia", New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol 40, pp 249-258.

Oliver, I., Pearce, S., Greenslade, P., Britton, D., (2006) "Contribution of paddock trees to the conservation of terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity within grazed native pastures", Austral Ecology, Vol 31, pp 1-12.

Otero, J.T., Flanagan, N.S. 2006. Orchid diversity - beyond deception. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21(2): 64-65.

Pandolfi, J.M., Tudhope, A.W., Burr, G., Chappell, J., Edinger, E., Frey, M., Steneck, R., Sharma, C., Yeates, A., Jennions, M., Lescinsky, H., Newton, A. 2006. Mass mortality following disturbance in Holocene coral reefs from Papua New Guinea. Geology 34(11): 949-952.

Peakall, R., Smouse, P., (2006) "GENALEX 6: genetic analysis in Excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research", Molecular Ecology Notes (electronic), Vol 6, pp 288-295.

Peakall, R., Lindenmayer, D., (2006) "Genetic insights into population recovery following experimental perturbation in a fragmented landscape", Biological Conservation, Vol 132, pp 520-532.

Peakall, R., Ebert, D., Cunningham, R., Lindenmayer, D., (2006) "Mark-recapture by genetic tagging reveals restricted movements by bush rats ( Rattus fuscipes ) in a fragmented landscape", Journal of Zoology, Vol 268, pp 207-216.

Pepper, M, P Doughty, JS Keogh. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Australian Diplodactylus stenodactylus (Gekkota; Reptilia) species-group based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes reveals an ancient split between Pilbara and non-Pilbara D. stenodactylus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41:539-555.

Pizzari, T., Birkhead, T., Blows, M., Brooks, R., Buchanan, K., Clutton-Brock, T., Harvey, P., Hosken, D., Jennions, M., Kokko, H., Kotiaho, J., Lessells, C., Macias-Garcia, C., Moore, A., Parker, G., Partridge, L., Pitnick, S., Radwan, J., Ritchie, M., Sheldon, B., Simmons, L., Snook, R., Stockley, P., Zuk, M., (2006) "Debating Sexual Selection and Mating Strategies", Science, Vol 312, pp 690.

Power, M.L., Ferrari, B.C., Littlefield-Wyer, J., Gordon, D.M., Slade, M.B., Veal, D.A. 2006. A Naturally Occurring Novel Allele of Escherichia coli Outer Membrane Protein A Reduces Sensitivity to Bacteriophage. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72: 7930-7932.

Powles, J., Buckley, T., Nicotra, A., Farquhar, G., (2006) "Dynamics of stomatal water relations following leaf excision", Plant Cell and Environment, Vol 29, pp 981-992.

Ramsey, M., Vaughton, G., Peakall, R., (2006) "Does inbreeding avoidance maintain gender dimorphism in Wurmbea dioica (Colchicaceae)?", Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Vol 19, pp 1497-1506.

Ramsey, M., Vaughton, G., Peakall, R., (2006) "Inbreeding avoidance and the evolution of gender dimorphism in Wurmbea biglandulosa (Colchicaceae)", Evolution, Vol 60, Issue 3, pp 529-537.

Rentz, D.C.F., Su, Y.N., Ueshima, N. 2006. Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: The Mecopodine Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Mecopodinae; Mecopodini). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 132: 1-24.

Rice, W., Stewart, A., Morrow, E., Linder, J., Orteiza, N., Byrne, P., (2006) "Assessing sexual conflict in the Drosophila melanogaster laboratory model system", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Vol 361, pp 287-299.

Rogers, A., Mulder, R., Langmore, N., (2006) "Duet duels: sex differences in song matching in duetting eastern whipbirds", Animal Behaviour, Vol 72, pp 53-61.

Sims, R., 2006. Taking on a Gamble. Wingspan 16(4): 30-33.

Smith, N., Tilley, L., Thompson, R., Ryan, U., Loukas, A., Jenkins, D., McFadden, G., (2006) "An Australian network to support the understanding and control of parasites", Trends in Parasitology, Vol 22, Issue 3, pp 97-99.

Stapley, J., (2006) "Individual variation in preferred body temperature covaries with social behaviours and colour in male lizards", Journal of Thermal Biology, Vol 31, pp 362-369.

Stapley, J., Keogh, J.S., 2006. Experimental and molecular evidence that body size and ventral colour interact to influence male reproductive success in a lizard. Ethology Ecology and Evolution 18: 275-288.

Starling, M., Heinsohn, R., Cockburn, A., Langmore, N., (2006) "Cryptic gentes revealed in pallid cuckoos Cuculus pallidus using reflectance spectrophotometry", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, Vol 273, pp 1929-1934.

Stevens, M., Fjellberg, A., Greenslade, P., Hogg, I., Sunnucks, P. 2006. Redescription of the Antarctic springtail Desoria klovstadi using morphological and molecular evidence. Polar Biology 29: 820-830.

Stevens, M., Greenslade, P., Hogg, I., Sunnucks, P., (2006) "Southern Hemisphere Springtails: Could Any Have Survived Glaciation of Antarctica?", Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 23, Issue 5, pp 874-882.

Strausfeld, N., Strausfeld, C., Loesel, R., Rowell, D., Stowe, S., (2006) "Arthropod phylogeny: onychophoran brain organization suggests an archaic relationship with a chelicerate stem lineage", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, Vol, pp.

Strausfeld, N.J., Strausfeld, C.M., Stowe, S., Rowell, D., Loesel, R. 2006. The organization and evolutionary implications of neuropils and their neurons in the brain of the onychophoran Euperipatoides rowelli. Arthropod Structure and Development 35: 169-196.

Sunnucks, P., Blacket, M.J., Taylor, J.M., Sands, C.J., Ciavaglia, S.A., Garrick, R.C., Tait, N.N., Rowell, D.M., Pavlova, A. 2006. A tale of two flatties: different responses of two terrestrial flatworms to past environmental climatic fluctuations at Tallaganda in montane southeastern Australia. Molecular Ecology 15: 4513- 4531.

Verschelde, D., Nicholas, W., Vinex, M. 2006. A review of the genera Croconema Cobb, 1920 and Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899 (Nematoda, Desmodoroidea): new species from the Coasts of Kenya and Australia. Hydrobiologia 571: 17-40.

Webster, K., Cooper, P., Mound, L., (2006) "Studies on Kelly's citrus thrips, Pezothrips kellyanus (Bagnall) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae): sex attractants, host associations and country of origin", Australian Journal of Entomology, Vol 45, pp 67-74.

Wiggins, N., Marsh, K., Wallis, I., Foley, W., McArthur, C., (2006) "Sideroxylonal in Eucalyptus foliage influences foraging behaviour of an arboreal folivore", Oecologia, Vol 147, pp 272-279.

Wilson, D., Heinsohn, R., Legge, S., (2006) "Age- and sex-related differences in the spatial ecology of a dichromatic tropical python (Morelia viridis)", Austral Ecology, Vol 31, pp 577-587.

Wilson, A., Sunnucks, P., Bedo, D., Barker, J., (2006) "Microsatellites reveal male recombination and neo-sex chromosome formation in Scaptodrosophila hibisci (Drosophilidae)", Genetical Research, Vol 87, pp 33-43.

Wilson, A., Sunnucks, P., (2006) "The genetic outcomes of sex and recombination in long-term functionally parthenogenetic lineages of Australian Sitobion aphids", Genetical Research, Vol 87, pp 175-185.

Woodman, J., Ash, J., Rowell, D., (2006) "Population structure in a saproxylic funnelweb spider (Hexathelidae: Hadronyche ) along a forested rainfall gradient", Journal of Zoology, Vol 268, pp 325-333.

Woxvold, I., Adcock, G., Mulder, R. 2006. Fine-scale genetic structure and dispersal in cooperatively breeding apostlebirds. Molecular Ecology 15: 3139-3146.

Zaffarano, P.L., McDonald, B.A., Zala, M., Linde, C.C. 2006. Global Hierarchical Gene Diversity Analysis Suggests the Fertile Crescent Is Not the Center of Origin of the Barley Scald Pathogen Rhynchosporium secalis. Population Biology 96(9): 941-950.

Zeil, J., Hemmi, J., Backwell, P., (2006) "Fiddler crabs", Current Biology, Vol 16, Issue 2, pp R40-R41.

Zwieniecki, M., Stone, H., Leigh, A., Boyce, C., Holbrook, N., (2006) "Hydraulic design of pine needles: one-dimensional optimization for single-vein leaves", Plant Cell and Environment, Vol 29, pp 803-809.