Zoology & Ecology

Saul Chemonges

Adjunct Associate Professor
saul.chemonges@jcu.edu.au

Daniel Montesinos Torres

Senior Research Fellow
daniel.montesinos@jcu.edu.au

Claire Gely

Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology
claire.gely@jcu.edu.au

Ben Hirsch

Adjunct Senior Lecturer
ben.hirsch@jcu.edu.au

Stephen Williams

Adjunct Professor
stephen.williams@jcu.edu.au

Myles Menz

Senior Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology
myles.menz@jcu.edu.au

Martijn van de Pol

Associate Professor, Mathematical Modelling
martijn.vandepol@jcu.edu.au

Slade Allen-Ankins

Research Fellow
slade.allenankins@jcu.edu.au

Noel Preece

Adjunct Associate Professor
noel.preece@jcu.edu.au

Conrad Hoskin

Professor
conrad.hoskin@jcu.edu.au

Listening for Chital Deer

Lin Schwarzkopf

11 Feb 2025 - 30 Sep 2025

Chital Deer Audio Recording devices

The role of drought-stress and insect attack on rainforest plant health (Old ID 26337)

Susan Laurance

01 Jan 2020 - 31 May 2025

This project aims to examine the vulnerability of tropical plants to drought and insect attack in a ...

An Outstanding Opportunity: Using Solar Farms for Biodiversity Preservation

Lin Schwarzkopf

01 Mar 2025 - 01 Mar 2026

Renewable energy projects are growing at a remarkable rate in Australia In north Queensland alone, ...

Enhancing Frog Resilience to Natural Disasters: Determining Captive Husbandry Techniques for the Conservation of Threatened Frogs of the Wet Tropics.

Conrad Hoskin

21 May 2025 - 30 Jun 2027

This two- and half-year project aims to increase the resilience and drastically lower the risk of e...

Enhancing Frog Resilience to Natural Disasters: Determining Captive Husbandry Techniques for the Conservation of Threatened Frogs of the Wet Tropics.

Conrad Hoskin

21 May 2025 - 30 Jun 2027

This two- and half-year project aims to increase the resilience and drastically lower the risk of e...

Audio & Environmental Monitoring Equipment for Biodiversity

Conrad Hoskin

01 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2025

Proposed Use of Funds: To purchase a number of audio and environmental temperature monitoring units,...

Audio & Environmental Monitoring Equipment for Biodiversity

Lyanne Brouwer

01 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2025

Proposed Use of Funds: To purchase a number of audio and environmental temperature monitoring units,...

Audio & Environmental Monitoring Equipment for Biodiversity

Lin Schwarzkopf

01 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2025

Proposed Use of Funds: To purchase a number of audio and environmental temperature monitoring units,...

Audio & Environmental Monitoring Equipment for Biodiversity

Megan Higgie

01 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2025

Proposed Use of Funds: To purchase a number of audio and environmental temperature monitoring units,...

Large leaf gas exchange chamber and light source

Daniel Montesinos Torres

01 Jun 2025 - 31 Dec 2025

We propose to purchase a large leaf chamber and accompanying light source (6800-13L, Licor Inc.) for...

Complex growth rate evolution in a latitudinally widespread species

2004
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:Lin Schwarzkopf

Shade acclimation of rainforest leaves to colonization by lichens

2002
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:Betsy Jackes

Master of them all: performance specialization does not result in trade-offs in tropical lizards

2007
Evolutionary Ecology
Researchers:Lin Schwarzkopf

Does total reproductive effort evolve independently of offspring size?

2001
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:Lin Schwarzkopf

Nomadic movement in tropical toads

2002
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:Lin Schwarzkopf

Sexual dimorphism in body shape without sexual dimorphism in body size in water skinks (Eulamprus quoyii)

2005
Herpetologists' League
Researchers:Lin Schwarzkopf

Grasses of James Cook University, Townsville Campus Part A: a pictorial key to grass genera in North Queensland

2009
James Cook University
Researchers:Nanette HookerBetsy Jackes

Grasses of James Cook University, Townsville Campus Part B: generic descriptions and key to species

2009
James Cook University
Researchers:Nanette Hooker

Mechanisms driving avoidance of non-native plants by lizards

2007
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:Lin Schwarzkopf

Acoustic attractants enhance trapping success for cane toads

2007
CSIRO
Researchers:Lin Schwarzkopf

Title: Marketing and Engagement Committee, College of Science & Engineering, JCU

Reseracher: Conrad Hoskin (Professor)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2022

Title: Asynchronous Teaching working group, James Cook University

Reseracher: Conrad Hoskin (Professor)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2025

Title: CSE Research Committee