Here are our recent publications focusing on wildlife conservation. If you'd like to see more of our lab's published research, please click here.
OTHER AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE:
FitzGibbon, S.I., Wilson, R.S. & Goldizen A. (2011). The behavioural ecology and population dynamics of a cryptic ground-dwelling mammal in an urban Australian landscape. Austral Ecology 36(6): 722-732. Abstract here.
KOALAS:
Charlton, B.D., Ellis, W.A.H., McKinnon, A.J., Brumm, J., Nilsson, K. and Fitch, W.T. (2011). Perception of male caller identity in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus): Acoustic analysis and playback experiments. PLoS One 6(5): 20329. Full text here.
Charlton, B.D., Ellis, W.A.H., McKinnon, A.J., Cowin, G.J., Brumm, J., Nilsson, K. and Fitch, W.T. (2011). Cues to body size in the formant spacing of male koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) bellows: honesty in an exaggerated trait. Journal of Experimental Biology 214(20): 3414-3422. Abstract here.
Ellis, W., Bercovitch, F., FitzGibbon, S., Roe, P., Wimmer, S., Melzer, A. and Wilson, R.S. (2011). Koala bellows and their association with the spatial dynamics of free-ranging koalas. Behavioural Ecology 22(2): 372-277. Abstract here.
Ellis, W., and Bercovitch, F. (2011). Body size and sexual selection in the koala. Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology 65(6): 1229-1235. Abstract here.
Ellis, W., Bercovitch, F., FitzGibbon S., Melzer, A., de Villiers, D and Dique, D. (2010). Koala birth seasonality and sex ratios across multiple sites in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Mammology 91(1): 177-182. Abstract here.
Lee, K.E., Seddon, J.M., Corley, S.W., Ellis, W.A.H., Johnston, S.D., de Villiers, D.L., Preece, H.J. and Carrick, F. (2010). Genetic variation and structuring in the threatened koala populations of southeast Queensland. Conservation Genetics 11(6): 2091-2103. Abstract here.
Melzer, A., Bercovitch, F. and Ellis, W. (2010). Observations of male-on-male aggression among Queensland koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) from central Queensland. Queensland Naturalist 48(1/3): 36-44. Abstract here.
Melzer, A. and Ellis, W. (2009). Integrating research and conservation land management - a case study from koala research in St Bees Island National Park. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 16(4): 36-41. Abstract here.
Ellis, W., Melzer, A. and Bercovitch, F. (2009). Spatiotemporal dynamics of habitat use by koalas: the checkerboard model. Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology 63(8): 1181–1188. Abstract here.
Woodward, W., Ellis, W.A., Carrick, F.N., Tanizaki, M, Bowen, D. and P. Smith. (2008). Koalas on North Stradbroke Island: diet, tree use and reconstructed landscapes. Wildlife Research 35:606-611. Abstract here.
Clifton, I.D., Ellis, W.A.H., Melzer, A. and Tucker, G. (2007). Water turnover and the northern range of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Australian Mammalogy 29(1): 85-88. Abstract here.
Tucker, G., Melzer, A., and Ellis, W. (2007). The development of habitat utilisation by sub-adult koalas. Australian Journal of Zoology 55: 285–289. Abstract here.
Pfeiffer, A., Melzer, A., Tucker, G., Clifton, D. and Ellis, W. (2005). Tree use by koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) on St Bees Island, Queensland - Reports of a pilot study. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 112: 47-51. Abstract here.
Ellis, W.A, Hale, P.T and Carrick, F. (2002). Breeding dynamics of koalas in open woodlands. Wildlife Research 29 19-25. Abstract here.
Ellis, W.A.H., Melzer, A., Carrick, F.N. and Hasegawa, M. (2002). Tree use, home range and diet of the koala at Blair Athol, central Queensland. Wildlife Research 29(3): 303-311. Abstract here.
