Our Publications

Fielder, D.P. (2013) Ancient phenotypes revealed through present day species – a morphological analysis of Australia’s saw-shelled turtles including the threatened Myuchelys bellii (Testudines: Chelidae). Chelonian Conservation and Biology, In Press.

Fielder, D.P., Vernes, K., Alacs, E.A. and Georges, A. (2012)  Mitochondrial gene variation among Australian freshwater turtles in the genus Myuchelys, with special reference to the endangered Myuchelys bellii. Endangered Species Research 17: 63-71.

Fielder, D.P. (2012)  Seasonal and diel dive performance and behavioral ecology of the bimodally respiring freshwater turtle Myuchelys bellii of eastern Australia. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 198: 129-143.

Ford,G., Thomson,B.G. and Macdonald, S. (2012)  Description of echo-location calls of the Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat, Saccolaimus saccolaimus from north Queensland. Australasian Bat Society Conference, Melbourne.

Thomson, B.G. (2010)  Ancient mtDNA signatures of population division and expansion in the bat Chalinolobus morio, since the Pleistocene in eastern Australia. Australasian Bat Society Conference, Darwin.

Fielder, D.P., Vernes, K, Alacs, E. and Georges, A. (2009)  Ancient phenotypes revealed through present day species – a morphological analysis of Australia’s saw-shelled turtles including the threatened Myuchelys bellii. Presentation at Australian Society of Herpetology, Auckland.

Barratt, P., Fries, N., Bainbridge, E., Webb, P., McNicholl, K., and Prentice, G. (2006)  Local Solutions at a local level: community-based natural resource management within the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin. Presentation - 7^th International Riversymposium, Brisbane.

Simmons, A.F (2002)  An Analysis of Hearths in Open Sites on the Diamantina River, Queensland In Sean Ulm, Catherine Wescott, Jill Reid, Anne Ross, Ian Lilley, Jonathan Prangnell and Luke Lirkwood (eds)  Barriers, Borders, Boundaries: Proceedings of the 2001 Australian Archaeological association Annual Conference, The University of Queensland TEMPUS 7: 75-80.

Thomson, B.G., Lumsden, L.F., Coles, R.B. and Richards, G.C. (2008)  Papuan Sheathtail Bat, Saccolaimus mixtus, in Van Dyck and Strahan (eds) The Mammals of Australia, Third Edition. Reed New Holland, Sydney.

Hall, L.S. , Thomson, B.G. and Milne, D.J. (2008)  Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat, Saccolaimus saccolaimus, in Van Dyck and Strahan (eds) The Mammals of Australia, Third Edition. Reed New Holland, Sydney.

Thomson, B.G. (2007)  MtDNA Gene Flow and insights into the Breeding System of Chalinolobus morio, a small Australian Vespertilionid bat. International Bat Research Conference, Merida, Mexico.

Thomson, B.G. (2006)  Social Behaviour and Activity Patterns of Chocolate Wattled Bats, Chalinolobus morio. Australiasian Bat Society Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Thomson, B.G. (1999)  Management - Bats in Old Mines. Journal of Mining, Environmental Management, November: 15-19. Mining Journal Publication, Great Britain.

Thomson, B.G. and Ducummon S. (1999)  Bats in Australia’s abandoned mines: a cooperative approach for integrating bat conservation and mine land reclamation in Proceedings of the 24th Annual Environmental Workshop, Minerals Council of Australia, Townsville.

O’Brien, R.G. and Sparshott, P.E. (1998)  Bacterial blight in Queensland beetroot crops. Australian Plant Pathology.

Thomson, B.G. (1998)  Cooperation to protect rare Cape York Bats, Qld Government Mining  Journal (July), Qld. Department of Mines and Energy, Brisbane.

Godwin, L., S. L’Oste Brown and A.F. Simmons. (1995)  The Dusty Diamantina?: Site Distribution Patterns in the Queensland Channel Country. Conference paper.

Thomson, B.G. (1998)  Three New Species of Euphorbia L. subgenus Chamaesyce Millsp. (Euphorbiaceae) from Central and Northern Australia. Nuytsia 8 (3): 1-10.

Thomson, B.G. (1982)  Records of Eptesicus vulturnus (Thomas) (Vespertilionidae: Chiroptera) from the Alice Springs Area, Northern Territory. Aust. Mammalogy Vol. 5: 69 - 70.

Thomson, B.G., Witts, S. and Martin, P. (1979)  Niche Separation in Three Species of Water Birds on Sullivans Creek, A.C.T. Corella Vol. 1 (3). RAOU