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
Using pheromones to understand Australia's diverse lizard fauna (Old ID 22866)
Megan Higgie
09 Jul 2016 - 08 Jul 2017
This project will investigate the mating pheromones of a cryptic species complex of geckos (Heterono...
Exploring the nexus between environment, emotion and spatial cognition: a test using Melomys cervinipes (Old ID 22683)
Tasmin Rymer
01 May 2016 - 30 Nov 2016
The loss of environmental complexity in tropical rainforests due to anthropogenic deforestation is a...
Asian House Gecko Research (Old ID 22520)
Megan Higgie
04 Mar 2016 - 31 Jan 2017
Research o the calling behaviour and movements of Asian House Geckos. This project will use experi...
Can parental care behaviour and breeding microhabitat protect Critically Endangered nursery frogs from rising temperatures on Wet Tropics mountaintops? (Old ID 27875)
Conrad Hoskin
02 Feb 2023 - 02 Feb 2024
Nursery frogs are terrestrial breeders with ‘direct development’ and the male stays with the eggs un...
Using novel eDNA technology to identify pollinators in tropical cocoa (Old ID 22911)
Megan Higgie
01 Sep 2016 - 31 Dec 2017
I am developing a career focused on identifying roles insects have in ecosystems, and methods to imp...
Examining the role of social behaviour in climate resilience: Red-winged Fairywrens Field Study
Lyanne Brouwer
30 Apr 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
Cooperative breeding, characterized by individuals other than the genetic parents assisting in the r...
Emerging technologies as a tool to monitor for invasive pathogens
Lori Lach
01 Sep 2024 - 01 May 2026
We will evaluate the emerging technologies of environmental DNA (eDNA; air and water) sampling and n...
Weed ID workshops for rangers and land managers
Daniel Montesinos Torres
01 Sep 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
Development and delivery of pilot worshops on weed identification to rangers, NRM workers, land mana...
Utilising drone-based thermal imagery to accurately estimate abundance of the endangered spectacled flying-fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) and model population trajectories
Susan Laurance
11 Mar 2024 - 11 Sep 2027
This project aims to address knowledge gaps in our understanding of the abundance and population tra...
Cane toad call recognition for DPI NSW Invasive Species Biosecurity
Lin Schwarzkopf
30 Oct 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
DPI NSW has asked us to process some audio data for them, to search for cane toad calls to allow the...
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
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
Mechanisms driving avoidance of non-native plants by lizards
- 2007
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Researchers:Lin Schwarzkopf
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