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

Developmental and labile plasticity in mating displays (Old ID 26296)

Megan Higgie

01 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019

Species interactions can alter the direction of evolution of sexual traits through reproductive inte...

Predicting habitat vulnerable to invasion: Diet and body condition of introduced chital deer (Axis axis) in the Australian dry tropics (Old ID 27884)

Lin Schwarzkopf

09 Nov 2022 - 09 Nov 2023

This project aims to detail the dietary richness of chital deer diet, and explore the association be...

Research to inform yellow crazy ant management in the Wet Tropics (Old ID 26714)

Peter Yeeles

01 Apr 2020 - 30 Jun 2025

Continuation and consolidation of four years of scientific activities to support yellow crazy ant er...

Conservation genomics of the Critically endangered Kuranda Treefrog (Old ID 27603)

Conrad Hoskin

01 Aug 2022 - 31 Dec 2023

This project aims to assess the conservation status of the Critically Endangered Kuranda Treefrog us...

Conservation genomics of the Critically endangered Kuranda Treefrog (Old ID 27603)

Megan Higgie

01 Aug 2022 - 31 Dec 2023

This project aims to assess the conservation status of the Critically Endangered Kuranda Treefrog us...

Species interactions and the volution of plasticity in mating signals (Old ID 23407)

Megan Higgie

01 May 2017 - 30 Apr 2018

Displaying for mates is one of the most important forms of communication. The impact on mating displ...

Population connectivity in the Kuranda Tree frog (Litoria myola) (Old ID 22198)

Conrad Hoskin

01 Aug 2015 - 31 Jul 2016

The critically endangered Kuranda Tree frog (Litoria myola) occurs only in a small distribution near...

Population connectivity in the Kuranda Tree frog (Litoria myola) (Old ID 22198)

Megan Higgie

01 Aug 2015 - 31 Jul 2016

The critically endangered Kuranda Tree frog (Litoria myola) occurs only in a small distribution near...

Fluorescent fur remote camera field experiment (Old ID 27576)

Tasmin Rymer

20 Mar 2022 - 20 Mar 2023

Aims: To determine if fur fluorescence can be excited by natural light and detected by nocturnal ver...

Conservation genomics of the Critically endangered Kuranda Treefrog (Old ID 28987)

Conrad Hoskin

01 May 2023 - 31 May 2023

This project aims to assess the conservation status of the Critically Endangered Kuranda Treefrog us...

Plants of Magnetic Island

2010
James Cook University
Researchers:Betsy Jackes

Microsatellite markers in the Australian desert plant, Solanum centrale (Solanaceae)

2011
Botanical Society of America
Researchers:Heather Robson

Carbon emissions: loophole in forest plan for Indonesia

2011
Nature Publishing Group
Researchers:William Laurance

The search for unknown biodiversity

2011
National Academy of Sciences
Researchers:William Laurance

Human disease hinders anti-poaching efforts in Indian nature reserves

2011
Elsevier
Researchers:William Laurance

The SAFE index: using a threshold population target to measure relative species threat

2011
Ecological Society of America
Researchers:William Laurance

Painting the rainforests REDD

2011
APC Magazines
Researchers:William Laurance

Original and the best: nothing beats primary forests for biodiversity

2011
Conversation Media Group
Researchers:William Laurance

Native Grasses for Revegetation in the Townsville Region

2010
Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Incorporated
Researchers:Nanette Hooker

Clearing Indonesia: is there hope for the world's biggest logger?

2011
The Conversation
Researchers:William Laurance

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