Zoology & Ecology

Saul Chemonges

Saul Chemonges

Daniel Montesinos Torres

Daniel Montesinos Torres

Claire Gely

Claire Gely

Ben Hirsch

Ben Hirsch

Stephen Williams

Stephen Williams

Myles Menz

Myles Menz

Martijn van de Pol

Martijn van de Pol

Slade Allen-Ankins

Slade Allen-Ankins

Noel Preece

Noel Preece

Conrad Hoskin

Conrad Hoskin

Investigating combined stressors in bees: insecticides and thermal stress (Old ID 27283)
Peter Yeeles
30 Jun 2021 - 31 Jan 2022
Insecticide use poses a risk to non-target insects including bees. The effects of these compounds is...
Ant-plant-herbivore interactions across global tropical ecosystems (Old ID 30049)
Daniel Montesinos Torres
03 Jul 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
My project aims to investigate the plant-insect interactions in a highly invasive tropical weed to a...
Investigating differences in the behavioural syndromes of Melomys cerninipes from different habitat types (Old ID 22195)
Tasmin Rymer
01 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2016
Behavioural syndromes or personalities are a series of correlated behaviours that are consistently d...
Investigating the effects of insecticide exposure, pathogens, and heat stress on bee diversity, abundance, and health (Old ID 28974)
Peter Yeeles
01 Apr 2023 - 30 Apr 2026
Bees are threatened by multiple stressors including insecticide exposure, disease, loss of habitat, ...
Understanding fine-scale distribution and climate resilience in microhylid frogs - the Wet Tropics' most threatened vertebrates (Old ID 27600)
Conrad Hoskin
01 Apr 2022 - 31 Aug 2025
This grant will help fund field trip and equipment costs (e.g., acoustic monitoring devices) for my ...
Ecoregional planting guide: Powerful Pollinators (Townsville region) (Old ID 28934)
Daniel Montesinos Torres
15 Nov 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
I will develop an ecoregional planting guide for pollinators covering the Townsville bioregions. The...
Using pheremones to understand Australia's hyper-diverse lizard fauna (Old ID 26232)
Conrad Hoskin
17 Oct 2018 - 30 Jun 2020
I am to test if contempoary gene flow (reproductive isolation) corelates with the degree of pheremon...
Using pheremones to understand Australia's hyper-diverse lizard fauna (Old ID 26232)
Megan Higgie
17 Oct 2018 - 30 Jun 2020
I am to test if contempoary gene flow (reproductive isolation) corelates with the degree of pheremon...
Species interactions and plasticity in female mate assessment (Old ID 25016)
Megan Higgie
08 May 2018 - 07 May 2019
This project will investigate the effect of species interactions on female mate preference through p...
Ecoregional planting guide: Powerful Pollinators (Atherton Tablelands region) (Old ID 31093)
Daniel Montesinos Torres
31 Jul 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
It will develop an ecoregional planting guide for pollinators covering the Atherton Tablelands biore...

Leaf litter diversity and shredder preferences in an Australian tropical rain-forest stream

An updated estimate of intergeneric phylogenetic relationships in the Australian Vitaceae

Burning season influences the response of bird assemblages to fire in tropical savannas

Functional morphology of scale hinges used to transport water: convergent drinking adaptations in desert lizards (Moloch horridus and Phrynosoma cornutum)

Biological activity of rainforest plant extracts from far North Queensland, Australia

A new combination in Clematicissus Planch (Vitaceae)

Multiple mate choice criteria and the importance of age for male mating success in the microhylid frog, Cophixalus ornatus

Bioactive principles in the bark of Pilidiostigma tropicum

Evaluation of offspring size–number invariants in 12 species of lizard

Chemical discrimination among predators by lizards: responses of three skink species to the odours of high and low-threat varanid predators

Title: ARC Future Fellow ($680,000), Global Change: Rainforest responses to experimental drought
Reseracher: Susan Laurance (Professor, Personal Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2014
Title: American Society of Naturalists
Reseracher: Megan Higgie (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2003
Title: European Research Council Advanced Grant 2018, ($2.5 million Euros). Role: collaborator, Lead Investigator: Dr Lourens Poorter
Reseracher: Susan Laurance (Professor, Personal Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: Habilitation (Venia Docendi), University of Bern
Reseracher: Myles Menz (Senior Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2013
End Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: PhD, The University of Western Australia
Reseracher: Myles Menz (Senior Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2009
End Date: 01 Jan 2013
Title: MSc in Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern
Reseracher: Myles Menz (Senior Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2006
End Date: 01 Jan 2008
Title: Bachelor of Science , The University of Western Australia
Reseracher: Myles Menz (Senior Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2000
End Date: 01 Jan 2003
Title: Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand
Reseracher: Tasmin Rymer (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2004
End Date: 01 Jan 2009
Title: Minibeast Wildlife, I partnered with Minibeast Wildlife to support an Honour's student's project focusing on subsociality in tarantulas. That work is in the process of being published.
Reseracher: Tasmin Rymer (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
End Date: 01 Jan 2025
Title: Master of Science, University of Pretoria
Reseracher: Tasmin Rymer (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2003
End Date: 01 Jan 2004