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

Weed impacts on ten of the most threatened plant species of the Australian wet tropics

Daniel Montesinos Torres

01 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2027

One commonly stated threat to plant species conservation is displacement by invasive plants. However...

Genetic sequencing analysis of Nangur spiny skink tissue samples to inform the captive breeding program

Conrad Hoskin

20 Jan 2025 - 31 May 2025

This project will be undertaken as laboratory analysis of genetic sequencing data of 41 captive N. s...

Genetic sequencing analysis of Nangur spiny skink tissue samples to inform the captive breeding program

Conrad Hoskin

20 Jan 2025 - 31 May 2025

This project will be undertaken as laboratory analysis of genetic sequencing data of 41 captive N. s...

Testing a biopesticide on yellow crazy ants

Peter Yeeles

28 Feb 2025 - 29 Aug 2025

This project will test the acute toxicity of a newly developed biopesticide on yellow crazy ants (An...

Testing a biopesticide on yellow crazy ants

Peter Yeeles

28 Feb 2025 - 29 Aug 2025

This project will test the acute toxicity of a newly developed biopesticide on yellow crazy ants (An...

Do tropical conifers differ fundamentally from angiosperms in CO2 response?

Lucas Cernusak

01 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2027

ARC Discovery Expression of Interest - DP250100943

Assessing recovery in threatened Australian amphibians and reptiles

Conrad Hoskin

01 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2027

Biodiversity loss is occurring at unprecedented levels. Worldwide, human activities have ushered in ...

Assessing recovery in threatened Australian amphibians and reptiles

Conrad Hoskin

01 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2027

Biodiversity loss is occurring at unprecedented levels. Worldwide, human activities have ushered in ...

Conservation genomics and population status of the endangered Mahogany Gliders (Petaurus gracilis) (Old ID 27672)

Eryn Chang

30 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2023

Habitat loss and fragmentation have been threatening population connectivity and genetic diversity o...

Improving land condition across north-west Queensland to boost productivity, build climate resilience and increase biodiversity

Lin Schwarzkopf

15 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2028

Across the Southern and Northern Gulf region of north-west Queensland, there are many thousands of h...

Identification and dynamics of a cryptic suture zone in tropical rainforest

2009
Royal Society Publishing
Researchers:Conrad Hoskin

Something different for dinner? Responses of a native Australian predator (the keelback snake) to an invasive prey species (the cane toad)

2010
Springer
Researchers:Lin Schwarzkopf

Locomotor performance in an invasive species: cane toads from the invasion front have greater endurance, but not speed, compared to conspecifics from a long-colonised area

2010
Springer
Researchers:Lin Schwarzkopf

Impacts of roads and linear clearings on tropical forests

2009
Elsevier
Researchers:William LauranceSusan Laurance

Biodiversity and REDD at Copenhagen

2009
Cell Press
Researchers:William Laurance

Changing ecology of tropical forests: evidence and drivers

2009
Annual Reviews
Researchers:William Laurance

New insights into the tropical biodiversity crisis

2009
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:William Laurance

Environmental synergisms and extinctions of tropical species

2009
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:William Laurance

Changing drivers of deforestation and new opportunities for conservation

2009
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:William Laurance

Belly up: reduced crevice accessibility as a cost of reproduction caused by increased girth in a rock-using lizard

2010
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:Lin Schwarzkopf

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