Theoretical Population Ecology - Spatial Ecology Lab, The University of Queensland

Our research in Theoretical Population Ecology centres on testing and developing mathematical methods for modelling populations, including harvested species, threatened species and invasive species. Many of the postgraduate students working on theoretical ecology are co-supervised or supervised by academics from Maths.
People	Michael Bode, Yvonne Buckley, Ché Elkin, Cindy Hauser, Hamish McCallum, Eve McDonald-Madden, Hugh Possingham, Joshua Ross, Nikki Sims
Collaborators	Phil Pollett, the Department of Mathematics, UQ Niclas Jonzen, University of Lund, Sweden
Links and Downloads	Buckley, Y. M., M. Rees, A. W. Sheppard and M. J. Smyth (2005) Stable coexistence of an invasive plant and biocontrol agent: a parameterised coupled plant-herbivore model. Journal of Applied Ecology 42:70-79 pdf Jonzen, N., J. R. Rhodes and H. P. Possingham (2005) Trend detection in source-sink systems: When should sink habitats be monitored. Ecological Applications 15:326-334 pdf Jonzén, N., A. R. Pople, G. C. Grigg and H. P. Possingham (2005) Of Sheep and Rain: Large-scale Population Dynamics of the Red Kangaroo. Journal of Animal Ecology 74:22-30 pdf Martin, T. G. and H. P. Possingham (2005) Predicting the impact of livestock grazing on birds using foraging height data. Journal of Applied Ecology 42:400-408 pdf Buckley, Y. M., M. Rees, Q. Paynter and W. M. Lonsdale (2004) Modelling integrated weed management of an invasive shrub in tropical Australia. Journal of Applied Ecology 41:547-560 pdf Buckley, Y. M., M. Rees, Q. Paynter and W. M. Lonsdale (2004) Modelling integrated weed management of an invasive shrub in tropical Australia. Journal of Applied Ecology 41:547-560 pdf Tenhumberg, B., A. J. Tyre, A. R. Pople and H. P. Possingham (2004) Do harvest refuges buffer kangaroos against evolutionary responses to selective harvesting? Ecology 85:2003-2017 Buckley, Y. M., P. Downey, S. V. Fowler, R. L. Hill, J. Memmott, H. Norambuena, M. Pitcairn, R. G. Shaw, A. W. Sheppard, C. Winks, R. Wittenberg and M. Rees (2003) Are invasives bigger? A global study of seed size variation in two invasive shrubs. Ecology 84:1434-1440 pdf Lindenmayer, D. B., H. P. Possingham, R. C. Lacy, M. A. McCarthy and M. L. Pope (2003) How accurate are population models? Lessons from landscape-scale tests in a fragmented system. Ecology Letters 6:41-47 pdf Wilcox, C. and H. P. Possingham (2002) Do life history traits affect the accuracy of diffusion approximation for mean time to extinction? Ecological Applications 12:1163-1179 pdf Amarasekare, P. and H. P. Possingham (2001) Patch dynamics and metapopulation theory: the case of successional species. Journal of Theoretical Biology 209:333-344 pdf Buckley, Y. M., H. L. Hinz, D. Matthies and M. Rees (2001) Interactions between density-dependent processes, population dynamics and control of an invasive plant species, Tripleurospermum perforatum (scentless chamomile). Ecology Letters 4:551-558 pdf Tenhumberg, B., M. A. Keller, H. P. Possingham and A. Tyre (2001) The effect of resource aggregation at different scales: optimal foraging of Cotesia rubecula. The American Naturalist 158:505-518 pdf Tenhumberg, B., M. A. Keller, H. P. Possingham and A. J. Tyre (2001) Optimal patch-leaving behaviour: a case study using the parasitoid Cotesia rubecula. Journal of Animal Ecology 70:683-691 pdf Tyre, A. J., H. P. Possingham and D. B. Lindenmayer (2001) Inferring process from pattern: Can territory occupancy provide information about life history parameters? Ecological Applications 11:1722-1737 pdf Richards, S. A., R. M. Nisbet, W. G. Wilson and H. P. Possingham (2000) Grazers and diggers: exploitation competition and coexistence among foragers with different feeding strategies on a single resource. The American Naturalist 155:266-279 pdf Lundy, I. J. and H. P. Possingham (1998) Fixation probability of an allele in a subdivided population with asymetric migration. Genetical Research Camb 71:237-245 pdf Bull, C. M. and H. P. Possingham (1995) A model to explain ecological parapatry. The American Naturalist 145:935-947 pdf Possingham, H. P., H. N. Comins and I. R. Noble (1995) The fire and flammability niches in plant communities. Journal of Theoretical Biology 174:97-108 pdf Richards, S. R., H. P. Possingham and B. J. Noye (1995) Larval dispersion along a straight coast with tidal currents: complex distribution patterns from a simple model. Marine Ecology Progress Series 122:59-71 Possingham, H. P., S. Tuljapurkar, J. Roughgarden and M. Wilks (1994) Population cycling in space-limited organisms subject to density-dependent predation. The American Naturalist 143:642-661 pdf Possingham, H. P. (1992) Habitat selection by two species of nectarivore: habitat quality isolines. Ecology 73:1903-1912 pdf Possingham, H. P. and J. Roughgarden (1990) Spatial population dynamics of a marine organism with a complex life cycle. Ecology 71:973-985 pdf Possingham, H. P., A. I. Houston and J. M. McNamara (1990) Risk-averse foraging in bees: a comment on the model of harder and real. Ecology 71:1622-1624 pdf Possingham, H. P. (1989) The distribution and abundance of resources encountered by a forager. The American Naturalist 133:42-60 Possingham, H. P. (1988) A model of resource renewal and depletion: applications to the distribution and abundance of nectar in flowers. Theoretical Population Biology 33:138-160 Roughgarden, J., S. D. Gaines and H. P. Possingham (1988) Recruitment dynamics in complex life cycles. Science 241:1460-1466 pdf