Peter Yeeles

I am broadly interested in the ecology and natural history of insects. My work to date falls within with two main themes; the use of functional traits to understand insect community ecology, and ant invasions, including the optimization of eradication program methods, and the consequences of ant invasion and any subsequent invasive species management. I am very much a field ecologist, and enjoy working within these themes by designing and executing field experiments to test theory in natural settings.

I completed a PhD at the University of Western Australia in 2017 investigating the mechanistic drivers of ant community reassembly during habitat restoration. I have worked as a research academic at JCU since mid-2017, primarily on a project providing science-backed support to the Wet Tropics Management Authority’s yellow crazy ant eradication efforts.