Ecology

Publications since 1995 — ecology

Note: Not all unrefereed papers are included in this list. Articles in non-scientific journals or magazines are included only where they are the major venue for the dissemination of information from a particular research project. (* =Honorary Research Associates, + = External; # = Visiting/Trust Research Fellow.)

Arnold, C., Rossetto, M., McNally, J., and Henry, R. J. (2002) The application of SSRs characterised for grape (Vitis vinifera) to conservation studies in Vitaceae. American Journal of Botany 89: 22-28.

Arnold, C.+ and Maurizio, R. (2003) Comparative population studies in two Cissus species (Vitaceae) across fragmented and undisturbed rainforest habitats. Cunninghamia 7(4): 638-694.

Auld, B.+, Morita, H.+, Nishida, T.+, Ito, M.+ & Michael, P. (2003) Shared exotica: Plant invasions of Japan and south eastern Australia. Cunninghamia 8(1): 147-152.

Benson, D.H. (1992) The natural vegetation of the Penrith 1:100 000 map sheet. Cunninghamia 2(4), 541-596.

Benson, D. (1996). L.A.S. Johnson: taxonomist, ecologist, conservationist...botanist sens. lat. Telopea 6, 521-526.

Benson, D.H. & Howell, J. (1990a) Sydney's vegetation 1788-1988: utilisation, degradation and rehabilitation. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia 16, 115-127.

Benson, D. & Howell, J. (1990b) Taken for Granted: The Bushland of Sydney and its Suburbs. (Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 160 pp. Paperback Edition 1995).  Chapters 1-3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5a, Chapter 5b, Chapter 5c, Chapter 5d, Chapter 6

Benson, D. & Howell, J. (1993). A strategy for the Rehabilitation of the Riparian Vegetation of the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. Royal Botani cGardens Sydney, 166pp.  pp 1-24, 25-50, 51-78, 79-106, 107-119, 120-150, 151-166

Benson, D. & Howell, J. (1994). The natural vegetation of the Sydney 1:100 000 map sheet.  Cunninghamia 3(4): 677-787.

Benson, D., and Howell, J. (1995). 'Taken for Granted: The Bushland of Sydney and its Suburbs.' Paperback edition. (Kangaroo Press: Sydney.)

Benson, D., and Howell, J. (1997). Environmental Flow Requirements of Riparian Vegetation of the Hawkesbury Nepean River, prepared for Sydney Water Corporation. 44pp.

Benson, D. and Howell, J. (2002) In the footsteps of Robert Brown. Australian Garden History 14(3): 11-14.

Benson, D. and Howell, J. (2003) Cumberland Plain Woodland ecology then and now: interpretations and implications from the work of Robert Brown and others. Cunninghamia 7(4): 631-650.

Benson, D., and McDougall, L. (1995). Ecology of Sydney Plant Species: Part 3 -Dicotyledon families Cabombaceae to Eupomatiaceae. Cunninghamia 4, 217-431.

Benson, D., and McDougall, L. (1997). Ecology of the Sydney plant species Part 4: Dicotyledon family Fabaceae. Cunninghamia 4, 553-752.

Benson, D., and McDougall, L. (1998). Ecology of Sydney Plants species part 5: Dicotyledon families Flacourtiaceae to Myrsinaceae. Cunninghamia 5, 330-544.

Benson, D. & McDougall, L. (1998) Ecology of Sydney Plant Species: Part 6 - Dicotyledon family Myrtaceae. Cunninghamia 5 (4), 808-987.

Benson,D., Ondinea,D. & Bear, V. (1999) Missing Jigsaw Pieces: the bushplants of the Cooks River Valley. (Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 80 pp).

Benson, D. & McDougall, L. (1999) Ecology of Sydney Plant Species: Part 7a - Dicotyledon families Nyctaginaceae to Primulaceae. Cunninghamia 6 (2), 402-509.

Benson, D. & McDougall, L. (2000) Ecology of Sydney Plant Species: Part 7b - Dicotyledon families Proteaceae to Rubiaceae. Cunninghamia 6 (4), 1017-1202.

Benson, D. & McDougall, L. (2001) Ecology of Sydney Plant Species: Part 8 - Dicotyledon families Rutaceae to Zygophyllaceae. Cunninghamia 7 (2), 241-462.

Benson, D. and McDougall, L. (2003) Ecology of Sydney Plant Species Part 9: Monocotyledon families Agavaceae to Juncaginaceae. Cunninghamia 7(4): 695-930.

Benson, D., Howell, J., and McDougall, L. (1996). 'Mountain Devil to Mangrove: A guide to the natural vegetation in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment.' (Royal Botanic Gardens: Sydney.)

Benson, D., Howell, J., and McDougall, L. (1996). 'Native plant species in the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment.' (Royal Botanic Gardens: Sydney.)

Benson, J.S. (1989) Establishing programs and priorities for the conservation of rare or threatened plants and plant associations in New South Wales. In Hicks, M. and Eiser, P. (eds.) The Conservation of Threatened Species and their Habitats. Occasional  Paper No. 2 (Aust. Committee IUCN: Canberra).

Benson, J.S. (1990) Australia's threatened plants. In Kennedy, M. (ed.) Australia's Endangered Species (Simon and Schuster: Australia) pp. 145-151.

Benson, J.S. (1991) The effects of 200 years of  European settlement on the vegetation and flora of New South Wales. Cunninghamia 2(3): 343-370.

Benson, J.S. (1992) The distribution, abundance and conservation status of Grevillea beadleana  (Proteaceae): an endangered species. Cunninghamia 2(4): 503-521.

Benson, J.S. (1993) The biology and management of Ooline (Cadellia pentastylis) (National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales: Hurstville).

Benson, J.S. (1993) Past, present and future - the role of scientific knowledge in nature conservation. National Parks Journal 37 (1): 16-23.

Benson, J.S. (1994) The native grasslands of the Monaro region: Southern Tablelands of NSW. Cunninghamia 3(2): 609-650.

Benson, J.S. (1996) Threatened by discovery: research and management of the Wollemi Pine Wollemia nobilis Jones, Hill and Allen. Page 105-09  Back from the Brink: Refining the Threatened Species Recovery Process (edited by S. Stephens and S. Maxwell (Surrey Beattie and Sons: Sydney)

Benson, J.S. (1996). What is a native grassland? In 'Proceedings of NSW Grassland Society Conference'. ( Eds J.
Virgona and D. Michalk.) pp. 92-96. (NSW Grasslands Society: Wagga Wagga.)

Benson, J.S. (1997). Beyond the Garden Fence: botanic gardens and land managers. Proceedings 4th International Botanic Gardens Conservation Congress (BGCI: London).

Benson, J.S. (1997). Conservation of native lowland grassland in south-eastern Australia. In 'Conservation Outside Nature Reserves'. (Eds P. Hale and and D. Lamb.) pp. 424-428. (Centre of conservation biology, University of Queensland: Brisbane.)

Benson, J.S. (1998). The structure and composition of pre-European native vegetation in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of Caring for the Land conference (Environmental Defenders Office: Sydney).

Benson, J.S. (1999) Setting the Scene: The Native Vegetation of New South Wales. Background paper No 1. Native Vegetation Advisory Council (Department of Land and Water Conservation: Sydney).

Benson, J.S. (2001) Australian rangelands: managing for production and biodiversity. Pp 26-30, in (Wiseman, R and Hopkins, L. (eds) Sowing the Seeds for Sustainability IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge UK).

Benson, J.S. and Ashby, E. (1996). Vegetation of the Guyra 1:100 000 map sheet, Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. Report to the Australian Heritage Commission (Royal Botanic Gardens: Sydney).

Benson, J.S., and Ashby, E.M. (1996) Evaluation and conservation of temperate eucalypt forests in a fragmented landscape of the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Poster given at International Conference on Sustaining Ecosystems and People in Temperate and Boreal Forests (Dept. of Forests: Vancouver, Canada.)

Benson, J.S., and Ashby, E.M. (1996). The natural vegetation of the Guyra 1: 100 000 map sheet, Northern Tablelands, NSW. Report to Australian Heritage Commission.

Benson, J.S. & Ashby, E. (2000) The vegetation of the Guyra 1:100 000 map sheet New England Bioregion, New South Wales. Cunninghamia 6(3): 747-872.

Benson, J.S. and Fallding, H. (1981). Vegetation survey of Brisbane Water National Park and environs. Cunninghamia 1(1): 79-113.

Benson, J. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (1994) Plant communities of the Monaro lakes. Cunninghamia 3: (2) 651-676.

Benson, J.S. & Redpath, P. (1997) The nature of pre-European native vegetation in Australia: a critique of Ryan, D.G., Ryan, J.R. & Starr, B.J. (1995) “ The Australian landscape - observations of explorers and early settlers”. Cunninghamia 5(2): 285-328.

Benson, J.S., Ashby, E.M. and Porteners, M.P. (1996). The native grasslands of the riverine plain (New South Wales). Report to Australian Nature Conservation Agency (Royal Botanic Gardens: Sydney.)

Benson, J.S., Ashby, E.M., and Porteners, M.F. (1996). The native grasslands of the Southern Riverina, New South
Wales. Report to Australian Native Conservation Agency (76 pp).

Benson, J.S., Dick, R.+, and Zubovic, A.+ (1996). The vegetation of semi-evergreen vine thicket at Derra Derra
Ridge, Bingara, New South Wales. Cunninghamia 4, 497-510

Benson J.S., Ashby, E.M., and Porteners, M.P. (1997). The native grasslands of the Riverine Plain, New South Wales. Cunninghamia 5, 1-48.

Bowmer, K.H., Jacobs, S.W.L., and Sainty, G.R. (1995) Identification, biology and management of Elodea canadensis, Hydrocharitaceae. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 33: 13-19.

Burbidge, N.T. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (1984) Australian Grasses. Angus and Robertson, Sydney. 283 pp.

Chapman, E.A. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (1980) Photosynthetic responses of some arid zone plants. Studies in the Arid Zone 4: 41-53.

Connor, H.E. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (1991) Sex ratios in dioecious Australian grasses: preliminary assessment. Cunninghamia 2(3): 385-390.

Crayn, D. (2002) Vouchering: essential best practice restoration ecology. Danthonia 11(2): 8-9.

Davie, H. and Benson, J.S. (1997) The serpentine vegetation of the Woko-Glenrock region, New South Wales, Australia. The ecology of ultramafic and metalliferous areas. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Serpentine Ecology (ORSTOM: Noumea: New Caledonia).

Downes, B.J.+, Entwisle, T.J. and Reich, P.+ (2003) Effects of flow regulation on disturbance frequencies and in-channel bryophytes and macroalgae in some upland streams. River Research and Applications 19: 27-42.

Hinteu +, Harris+, Rossetto, Baverstock+ (2003) Genetic variation and island biogeography: microsatellite and mitochondrial variation in island populations of the bushrat, Rattus fuscipes greyii. Conservation genetics 4(6): 759-778.

Howell, J. (2003) Pittosporum undulatum as a case study for native species that change range – how to avoid inappropriate responses ? Cunninghamia 8(1): 153-155 

Howell, J. (2003) Bushland in Hornsby Shire's rural area and its significance. Prepared for public distribution in Hornsby Shire Council's Rural Lands Incentive Program.

Howell, J. & Benson, D. (2000) Predicting potential impacts of environmental flows on weedy riparian vegetation of the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, south-eastern Australia. Austral Ecology 25, 463-475.

Howell, J. & Benson, D. (2000) Sydney’s Bushland: more than meets the eye. (Royal Botanic Gardens: Sydney 128 pp).

Howell, J., McDougall, L. & Benson, D. (1995) Riverside Plants of the Hawkesbury-Nepean (Royal Botanic Gardens: Sydney 62 pp).   pp 1-17; 18-31; 32-51; 52-62

Jackson, D.L. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (1985) Australian Agricultural Botany. Sydney University Press. 377pp.

Jacobs, S.W.L. (1996). Introduction of weeds to the aquatic environment. Proceedings of the NSW Weed Society
Conference. pp.1-17.

Jacobs, S.W.L. (1997). Astonia (Alismataceae), a new genus for Australia. Telopea 7, 139-141.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Brock, M.A. (1993) Wetlands of Australia: southern (temperate) Australia, pp. 244-304 in: Whigham, D.F., Dykyjov, D. & Hejny, S. (eds) Wetlands of the world: inventory, ecology and management, vol. 1. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 768 pp.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) Plants in New South Wales. New South Wales Government Printer, Sydney. 227 pp.

Jacobs, S.W.L. and Wilson, K.L. (1996) Biogeographical analysis of the freshwater plants of Australasia. Australian Systematic Botany 9: (2) 169-183.

Jacobs, S.W.L., Everett, J., and Torres, M.A.+ (1998). Nasella tenuissima (Gramineae) recorded from Australia, a potential new weed related to Serrated Tussock. Telopea 8, 41-46.

Jacobs, S.W.L., Everett, J., Connor, H.E. & Edgar, E. (1989) Stipoid grasses in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 27: 569-582.

Jacobs, S.W.L., Lindsay, G., Sainty, G. & Skelton, N. (1997) Wetland and saltmarsh assessment: vegetation based protocols and database. pp 152-155 in S. Riley, W. Erskine, & S. Shrestha, Proceedings of the Conference on Science and Technology in the Environmental Management of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment. Institution of Engineers Australia National Conference Publication NCP 97/01; Geographical Society of New South Wales Conference Papers No. 14.

Jacobs, S.W.L., Perrett, F., Brock, M., Bowmer, K.H., McCorkelle, G., Rawling, J., Stricker, J. and Sainty, G.R. (1993) Ludwigia peruviana -- description and biology, pp. 225-228 in Swarbrick, J.T., Henderson, C.W.L., Jettner, R.J., Streit, L. and Walker, S.R. (eds) Proceedings 10th Australian and 14th Asian-Pacific Weed Conference, vol. 1. The Weed Society of Queensland, Brisbane.

Jacobs, S.W.L., Perrett, F., Sainty, G.R., Bowmer, K.H. & Jacobs, B.J. (1995). Ludwigia peruviana (Onagraceae) in the Botany wetlands near Sydney, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45 (8) 1481-1490.

Jacobs, S.W.L., Sainty, G.R., Adcock, P.W. & Hunter G.J. (1995). Establishment and spread of waterplant species in a constructed wetland at Blacktown, N.S.W., Australia. pp 193-202 in: Proceedings of National Conference on Wetlands for Water Quality Control, James Cook University, Townsville, Sept. 1995.

James, T., McDougall, L.& Benson, D. (1999) Rare Bushland Plants of Western Sydney. Revised Edition (Royal Botanic Gardens: Sydney 94 pp).

Jones, R. C., J. McNally and M. Rossetto (2002) Isolation of microsatellite loci from a rainforest tree, Elaeocarpus grandis (Elaeocarpaceae), and amplification across closely related taxa. Molecular Ecology Notes 2 (2): 179-181.

Lee, L. S., Brooks, L., Homer, L. E., Rossetto, M., Henry, R. J. and Baverstock, P. R. (2002) Geographic variation in the essential oils and morphology of natural populations of Melaleuca alternifolia. Biochemical Systematics and Evolution  30 (4): 343-360.

Lee, L. S., Rossetto, M., Homer, L. and Henry R. J. (2001) Molecular analysis of wild plant germplasm: the case of tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia). Chapter 7 pp 95-107 in RJ Henry ed. Plant genotyping: the DNA fingerprinting of plants. CABI. Wallingford, UK.

Martyn, A., Tyler, J., Offord, C. and McConchie, R.+ (2003) Swainsona sejuncta: a species of ornamental promise or a potential weed? Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture  43: 1369-1381

Mattner, J., Zawko, G., Rossetto, M., Krauss, S., Dixon, K. and Sivasithamparam, K. (2002) Conservation genetics and implications for restoration after mining of the Western Australian serpentine endemic Hemiginea exilis. Biological Conservation  107 (1): 37-45.

Miles, L.O.+, Di Menna, M.C.+, Jacobs S.W.L., Garthwaite, T.+, Cane, G.A.+, Prestidge, R.A.+, Marshall, S.L.+, Wilkinson, H.H.+, Schardl, C.L+, Ball, B.P+, and Latch, G.C.M.+ (1998). Endophytic Fungi in Indigenous Australian Grasses associated with toxicity to livestock. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64, 601-606.

Murray, B.R., Rice, B.L., Keith, D.A., Myerscough, P.J., Howell, J., Floyd, A.G., Mills, K. & Westoby, M. (1999) Species in the tail of rank-abundance curves. Ecology 80(6): 1806-1816.

Nadolny, C.+, Benson, J.S., and Hunter, J.+ (1996). Astrotricha roddii species recovery plan (NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service; Hurstville.)

Pickard, J. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (1983) Vegetation patterns on the Sassafras Plateau. pp. 54-65 in R.W.Young and G.C. Nanson eds, `Aspects of Australian Sandstone Landscapes'. Australian and New Zealand Geomorphology Group.

Porteners, M., and Ashby, E. (1996). Vegetation survey and Mapping of the Pooncarie 1:250 000 Map Sheet. Report to the Department of Land and Water Conservation, 62 pp.

Porteners, M., Ashby, E., and Benson, J.S. (1996). Plants of the Pooncarie and Willandra Lakes. (Royal Botanic Gardens.) 36pp.

Porteners, M.F., Ashby, E.M., and Benson, J.S. (1997). The natural vegetation of the Pooncarie 1:250 000 map sheet. Cunninghamia 5, 139-232.

Rossetto, M. (2001) Sourcing SSR markers from related plant species. Chapter 14 pp 211-224 in RJ Henry ed. Plant genotyping: the DNA fingerprinting of plants. CABI. Wallingford, UK.

Rossetto, M., F.C.L. Harriss, A. Mclauchlan, R. J. Henry, P. R. Baverstock and L. S. Lee (2000) Interspecific amplification of tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia - Myrtaceae) microsatellite loci - potential implications for conservation studies. Australian Journal of Botany  48 (3): 367-373.

Rossetto, M., B. Jackes, K. D Scott. and R. J. Henry (2001) Intergeneric relationship in the Australian Vitaceae: new evidence from cpDNA analysis. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 48: 307-314.

Rossetto, M., B. Jackes, K. D Scott. and R. J. Henry (2002) Is the genus Cissus (Vitaceae) monophyletic: evidence from plastid and nuclear ribosomal DNA. Systematic Botany 27 (3): 522-533.

Rossetto, M., J. McNally and R. J. Henry (2002) Evaluating the potential of SSR flanking regions for examining relationships in Vitaceae. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 104: 61-66.

Rossetto, M., J. McNally, R. J. Henry, J. Hunter and M. Matthes (2000) Conservation genetics of an endangered rainforest tree (Fontainea oraria - Euphorbiaceae) and implications for closely related species. Conservation Genetics 1 (3): 217-229.

Ryan, K., Fisher, M., and Schaeper, L. (1996). The natural vegetation of the St Albans 1: 100 000 map sheet. Cunninghamia 4, 433-482.

Saenger, P. and M. Rossetto (2002) The use of DNA molecular techniques for mangrove studies. Mangrove Science 2: 1-9.

Sainty, G.R. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (1994) Waterplants in Australia. Sainty and Associates, Sydney, 327 pp. (3rd edition).

Sainty, G.R. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (1997) Hawkesbury-Nepean saltmarsh assessment. Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Trust. 20 pp.

Sainty, G.R. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (1997) Hawkesbury-Nepean wetland assessment. Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Trust. 24 pp.

Sainty, G.R. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (1982) Waterplants of New South Wales. Water Resources Commission, New South Wales. 550 pp.

Sainty, G.*, Hosking, J.R.+, and Jacobs, S.W.L. (1998). Alps Invaders. Australian Alps Liaison Committtee. 62 pp.

Sainty, G., Hosking, J., Abell, P., Jacobs, S., Dalby-Ball, M. (2000) Burnum Burnum’s Wildthings. (Sainty and Associates: Potts Point)

Scott, K. D., P. Eggler, G. Seaton, M. Rossetto, E. M. Ablett, L. S. Lee and R. J. Henry (2000) Analysis of SSRs derived from grape ESTs. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 100: 723-726.

Simon, B.K. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (1990) Gondwanan grasses in the Australian flora. Austrobaileya 3: 239-260.

Wheeler, D.J.B, Jacobs, S.W.L. & Whalley, R.D.B. (2002) Grasses of New South Wales. 3rd. edition (Botany Department, University of New England: Armidale)