Publications

Our Impact

A superb fairy wren feeding a Horsfield’s bronze cuckoo chick. Photo: Mark Lethlean. DOI:10.1126/science.adj3210
 

A significant outcome of CBA project and workshop funding are peer-reviewed publications.

 

Publications from CBA Project, Synthesis and Workshop funding

  1. Shaw, R.E., Brockett, B., Pierson, J.C. et al. Building meaningful collaboration in conservation genetics and genomics. Conserv Genet (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-024-01636-4 Synthesis Group: Conservation Genetics in ACTion: a case study for the incorporation of genetic theory into management processes
  2. Potter S, Moritz C, Piggott MP, McDonald-Spicer C et al. 2024. Museum skins enable identification of introgression associated with cytonuclear discordance, Systematic Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae016. Ignition Project: Bringing next generation approaches to conservation genomics using museum collections – Rock wallaby museum skinomics
  3. N. E. Langmore et al. Coevolution with hosts underpins speciation in brood-parasitic cuckoos. Science 384,1030-1036(2024). DOI:10.1126/science.adj3210. Ignition Project: Barcoding and capture-based approaches for eggshell genomics to improve biodiversity assessment in Australian birds
  4. Patrice Pottier, Daniel W.A. Noble, Frank Seebacher, Nicholas C. Wu, Samantha Burke, Malgorzata Lagisz, Lisa E. Schwanz, Szymon M. Drobniak, Shinichi Nakagawa, New horizons for comparative studies and meta-analyses, Trends in Ecology & Evolution,2024, ISSN 0169-5347, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.12.004. Synthesis Group: Reconciling comparative and meta-analytic practices in an era of big data
  5. Matheson P, Parvizi E, Fabrick JA, Siddiqui HA, Tabashnik BE, Walsh T, McGaughran A. (2023). Genome-wide analysis reveals distinct global populations of pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella). Sci Rep. 2023 Jul 20;13(1):11762. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38504-z. PMID: 37474628; PMCID: PMC10359307. Ignition Project: Understanding biological invasions: assessing the biosecurity threat of the pink bollworm to Northern Australia
  6. Notarnicola, Rocco & Arnold, Pieter & Feng, Zhi-Ping & Hamilton, Jemimah & Jones, Ashley & Loke, Stella & Nicotra, Adrienn & Schwessinger, Benjamin & Ganguly, Diep. (2023). Transcriptional acclimation to warming temperatures of the Australian alpine herb Wahlenbergia ceracea. 10.1101/2023.09.27.559694.  Ignition Project: Building a reference genome for a non-model species: Wahlenbergia ceracea
  7. Courtney Jones, S. K., Geange, S. R., Hanea, A., Camac, J., Hemming, V., Doobov, B., Leigh, A., & Nicotra, A. B. (2023). IDEAcology: An interface to streamline and facilitate efficient, rigorous expert elicitation in ecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14, 2019–2028. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14017. Synthesis Group: Using expert elicitation to identify impacts of climate change on Australian species
  8. Donelson, J.M., Gaitan-Espitia, J.D., Hobday, A.J. et al. 2023. Putting plasticity into practice for effective conservation actions under climate change. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 632–647. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01706-4. Synthesis Group: Planning with plasticity: Shifting management and conservation paradigms by integrating biological and organizational plasticity
  9. Shukhrat Shokirov, Tommaso Jucker, Shaun R. Levick, Adrian D. Manning, Timothee Bonnet, Marta Yebra, Kara N. Youngentob. 2023. Habitat highs and lows: Using terrestrial and UAV LiDAR for modelling avian species richness and abundance in a restored woodland, Remote Sensing of Environment, 285, 113326, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113326. Ignition Project: Laser scanning ecosystem structure to map habitat quality and measure landscape change
  10. Wild KH, Roe JH, Schwanz L, Rodgers E, Dissanayake DSB, Georges A, Sarre SD, Noble DWA. Metabolic consequences of sex-reversal in two lizard species: a test of the like genotype and like phenotype hypotheses. J Exp Biol. 2023 Jun 13: jeb.245657. doi: 10.1242/jeb.245657. Ignition Project: Energetic costs of sex reversal in lizards: implications for understanding evolutionary transitions between environmental and genotypic sex determination
  11. Paul M Oliver, Andrew F Hugall, Audrey Prasteya, Alex Slavenko, Sabin Zahirovic, Oligo-Miocene radiation within South-west Pacific arc terranes underpinned repeated upstream continental dispersals in pigeons (Columbiformes), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023;, blad003, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad003. Synthesis Group: Crossing Lines: a new synthesis on Asian, Melanesian and Australian biotic exchange
  12. Roycroft E, Moritz C, Rowe KC, Moussalli A, Eldridge MDB, Portela Miguez R, Piggott MP and Potter S (2022) Sequence Capture From Historical Museum Specimens: Maximizing Value for Population and Phylogenomic Studies. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10:931644. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.931644. Ignition Project: Bringing next generation approaches to conservation genomics using museum collections – Rock wallaby museum skinomics
  13. Sharpe, Lynda & Prober, Suzanne & Gardner, Janet. 2022. In the Hot Seat: Behavioural Change and Old-Growth Trees Underpin an Australian Songbird’s Response to Extreme Heat. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. 10.3389/fevo.2022.813567. Ignition Project: Using data on avian performance to enhance Mallee restoration under climate change
  14. Campbell, C. D., Gleeson, D. M., Furlan, E. M., Muirhead, K. A., & Caron, V. 2022. Detection of a cryptic terrestrial insect using novel eDNA collection techniques. Environmental DNA, 4,  820– 829. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.295. Ignition Project: eDNA: The next frontier of pest and biological control detection in agriculture
  15. Heather Johnston, Jessica Fenker, Anna Kearns, Alex Drew, Ian J. Mason, Craig Moritz & Leo Joseph (2022) Genomic insights into the taxonomy and migration of the Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii, Emu - Austral Ornithology, DOI: 10.1080/01584197.2022.2122508. Ignition project: A comparative approach to understanding gene flow in avian species across Sahul
  16. Trujillo-González A, Li T, Potts J, Nicol S, Allain V, Godwin SC, Vourey E, Portal A, Kumasi B, Usu T, Rodrigo A and Gleeson D (2022) Can Stomach Content and Microbiomes of Tuna Provide Near Real-Time Detection of Ecosystem Composition in the Pacific Ocean? Front. Mar. Sci. 9:811532. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.811532. Ignition Project: New approaches to understanding trophic ecology in marine ecosystems for industry application
  17. Ashman Lauren G., Hartley Diana, Jin Mengjie, Rowell David M., Teasdale Luisa, Ślipiński Adam, Zwick Andreas. 2022. Rhytiphora: a phylogenetic and morphological study of Australia’s largest longhorn beetle genus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Invertebrate Systematics 36, 493-505. doi:10.1071/IS21071. Ignition Project: Phylogeny of the longhorn beetle genus Rhytiphora (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
  18. Ashman, L.G., Shin, S., Zwick, A., Ślipiński, A. and McKenna, D.D. 2022. The first phylogeny of Australasian Lamiinae longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) reveals poor tribal classification and a complex biogeographic history. Syst Entomol, 47: 213-230. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12526. Phylogeny of the longhorn beetle genus Rhytiphora (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
  19. Hua, X., Cardillo, M., & Bromham, L. 2022. Adapting to extremes: Reconstructing evolution in response to changing climate over time and space in the diverse Australian plant genus Acacia. Journal of Biogeography, 49, 727–738. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14339. Ignition Project: Developing new methods for using distribution data to identify taxa that can tolerate extreme conditions
  20. Semple, T. L., Vidal-García, M., Tatarnic, N. J., & Peakall, R. 2021. Evolution of reproductive structures for in-flight mating in thynnine wasps (Hymenoptera: Thynnidae: Thynninae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 34, 1406–1422. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13902. Ignition Project: Tackling the unknown – a next-generation phylogenetics approach to explore the immense diversity of Australian thynnine wasps (Tiphiidae: Thynninae)
  21. Camac, J. S., Umbers, K. D. L., Morgan, J. W., Geange, S. R., Hanea, A., Slatyer, R. A., McDougall, K. L., Venn, S. E., Vesk, P. A., Hoffmann, A. A., & Nicotra, A. B. 2021. Predicting species and community responses to global change using structured expert judgement: An Australian mountain ecosystems case study. Global Change Biology, 27, 4420– 4434. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15750. Synthesis Group: Using expert elicitation to identify impacts of climate change on Australia’s alpine animals
  22. Frankham, R. 2021. Suggested improvements to proposed genetic indicator for CBD. Conservation Genetics 22, 531–532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01357-y. Workshop: Genetic Diversity: Australian Indicators (G’DAI) Forum
  23. Laikre, L. et al. 2021. Authors’ Reply to Letter to the Editor: Continued improvement to genetic diversity indicator for CBD. Conservation Genetics https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01359-w. Workshop: Genetic Diversity: Australian Indicators (G’DAI) Forum
  24. Peakall, R., Wong, D.C.J., Phillips, R.D., Ruibal, M., Eyles, R., Rodriguez-Delgado, C. and Linde, C.C. (2021), A multitiered sequence capture strategy spanning broad evolutionary scales: Application for phylogenetic and phylogeographic studies of orchids. Mol Ecol Resour, 21: 1118-1140. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13327. Ignition Project: An exome capture system for phylogenetic and evolutionary studies in the hyperdiverse orchid tribe Diurideae (Orchidoideae)
  25. Catullo, R. et al. 2021. Benchmarking Taxonomic and Genetic Diversity After the Fact: Lessons Learned From the Catastrophic 2019–2020 Australian Bushfires Front. Ecol. Evol. 9: 292. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.645820. Workshop: Spatial genetics in fire-ground fauna
  26. Forbes, O., et al. 2021. Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling to assess the role of extreme weather, land use change and socio-economic trends on cryptosporidiosis in Australia, 2001–2018. Science of The Total Environment, 791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148243. Ignition Project: Biodiversity change: A risk factor for human health?
  27. Grealy, A., et al. 2021. Genetic barcoding of museum eggshell improves data integrity of avian biological collections. Sci Rep 11, 1605. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79852-4. Ignition Project: Barcoding and capture-based approaches for eggshell genomics to improve biodiversity assessment in Australian birds
  28. Joyce, Elizabeth & Thiele, Kevin & Slik, Ferry & Crayn, Darren. 2021. Plants will cross the lines: climate and available land mass are the major determinants of phytogeographical patterns in the Sunda-Sahul Convergence Zone. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 1-14. 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa194/6040689. Synthesis Group: Crossing Lines: a new synthesis on Asian, Melanesian and Australian biotic exchange
  29. von Takach Dukai, B., Peakall, R., Lindenmayer, D.B. et al. 2020. The influence of fire and silvicultural practices on the landscape-scale genetic structure of an Australian foundation tree species. Conserv Genet 21, 231–246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01245-6. Ignition Project: Genetic and demographic impacts of contemporary disturbance regimes in Mountain Ash forests
  30. Castelli, M., et al. 2020. Evolving thermal thresholds explain the distribution of temperature sex reversal in an Australian dragon lizard. Divers Distrib.; 27: 427– 438. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13203. Ignition Project: Biogeography of sex reversal and the effects of climate change on reptile sex determination
  31. Shanmuganandam, S., et al. 2020. Uncovering the microbiome of invasive sympatric European brown hares and European rabbits in Australia. PeerJ doi: 10.7717/peerj.9564. Ignition Project: Uncovering the hare microbiome
  32. Apirajkamol, N(B), et al. 2020. Oxidative stress delays development and alters gene expression in the agricultural pest moth, Helicoverpa armigera. Ecol Evol. 10: 5680– 5693. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6308. Student Project: Telomere length as a biomarker for stress in an Australian pest moth
  33. Mesibov R, Rodriguez J (2020) A new genus and species of narrow-range millipede (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae) from Tasmania, Australia. ZooKeys 966: 1-8. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.966.56308. Student Project: Evolution of chemical defences in Tasmanian dalodesmid millipedes (Diplopoda: Dalodesmidae)
  34. Stevens, A.V., Nicotra, A.B., Godfree, R.C. and Guja, L.K. (2020), Polyploidy affects the seed, dormancy and seedling characteristics of a perennial grass, conferring an advantage in stressful climates. Plant Biol J, 22: 500-513. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13094. Student Project: A winning combination? Could seed dormancy and polyploidy be beneficial in a warmer, drier climate?
  35. Tallowin, OJS, et al. 2019. The other side of the Sahulian coin: biogeography and evolution of Melanesian forest dragons (Agamidae), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society,129: 99–113, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz125. Ignition Project: Curating spatial data to understand patterns and processes shaping biodiversity in New Guinea
  36. Ceccaroni, L. et. al. 2019. Opportunities and Risks for Citizen Science in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice. 4. http://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.241. Workshop: Citizen science and biodiversity in the age of artificial intelligence
  37. Bowd, E., et al. 2019. Long-term impacts of wildfire and logging on forest soils. Nature Geosci 12, 113-118. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0294-2. Student Project: The Untold Story of Underground Communities: Fungi and Soil Seed-banks in Mountain Ash forests
  38. Dinnage, R. et al. 2019. Larger plants promote a greater diversity of symbiotic nitrogen‐fixing soil bacteria associated with an Australian endemic legume. Journal of Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13083. Ignition Project: Environmental drivers of Acacia-associated symbiotic microbe diversity
  39. Catullo, Renae & Morgan, MJ & Piggott, Maxine & Alford, Ross. 2018. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis surveys from the savannah regions of Northern and Central Queensland, Australia. Herpetological Review. 49. 41-44. Ignition Project: Investigating the effects of diversity, distribution and chytrid load on Uperoleia frog skin microbial communities
  40. Moon, K., et al. 2018. Penguin ectoparasite panmixia suggests frequent extensive host movement within a colony. The Auk 135:657-668. doi: 10.1642/AUK-17-226.1. Student Project: Penguin ectoparasites of the Southern Hemisphere
  41. Supple, M., et al. 2018. Landscape genomic prediction for restoration of a Eucalyptus foundation species under climate change. eLife 7:e31835 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.31835. Ignition Project: How local is local? Landscape genomics in Yellow box
  42. McElroy, K., et al. 2018. Mitogenomic and nuclear diversity in the Mulga Parrot of the Australian arid zone: cryptic subspecies and tests for selection, Emu - Austral Ornithology, 118:1, 22-35, DOI: 10.1080/01584197.2017.1411765. Ignition Project: Bill adaptation in parrots: finding loci involved in surface area increases by integrating morphometrics with Next Gen Sequencing
  43. Schmidt-Lebuhn, et al. 2017. Species trees from consensus single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data: Testing phylogenetic approaches with simulated and empirical data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 116: 192-201. Ignition Project: Evolutionary processes in Billy buttons
  44. Bourke, G., et al. 2017. Systematics of a small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Einasleigh Uplands, Queensland: description of a new range restricted species. Zootaxa 4231(1):0850-099. Ignition Project: Species discovery and refugia in the monsoonal tropics
  45. Gardner, J., et al. 2016. Spatial variation in avian bill size is associated with humidity in summer among Australian passerines. Climate Change Responses 3:11. Ignition Project: Effects of climate change on avian morphology
  46. Ens, E., et al. 2016. Putting indigenous conservation policy into practice delivers biodiversity and cultural benefits. Biodiversity and Conservation 25: 2889. Project: ALA Two-way Indigenous Engagement Case Study
  47. Bragg, J.G., et al. 2015. Genomic variation across landscapes: insights and applications. New Phytol, 207: 953-967. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13410. Ignition Project: How local is local? Landscape genomics in Yellow box
  48. Louys, J., et al. 2014. Rewilding the tropics, and other conservation translocations strategies in the tropical Asia-Pacific region. Ecology and Evolution 4(22): 4380-4398. Ignition Project: Palaeoecological indicators of biodiversity change through time

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