• optimal monitoring for the control of invasive vertebrates
• understanding the basic ecology of weeds
• modelling weed incursions

Peter Baxter, Yvonne Buckley, Eve McDonald-Madden, Hugh Possingham, Nikki Sims

Buckley, Y. M., S. Anderson, C. P. Catterall, R. T. Corlett, T. Engel, C. R. Gosper, R. Nathan, D. M. Richardson, M. Setter, O. Spiegel, G. Vivian-Smith, F. A. Voigt, J. E. S. Weir and D. A. Westcott (in press) Management of plant invasions mediated by frugivore interactions. Journal of Applied Ecology

Buckley, Y. M. and J. Metcalf (2005) Density dependence in invasive plants: demography, herbivory, spread and evolution. Pages 109-123 in M. W. Cadotte, S. M. McMahon and T. Fukami, editors. Conceptual ecology and invasions biology. Springer

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

Buckley, Y. M., E. G. Brockerhoff, E. R. Langer, N. Ledgard, H. North and M. Rees (2005) Slowing down a pine invasion despite uncertainty in demography and dispersal. Journal of Applied Ecology 42:1020-1030 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., D. T. Briese and M. Rees (2003) Demography and management of the invasive plant species Hypericum perforatum.I. Using multi-level mixed-effects models for characterizing growth, survival and fecundity in a long-term data set. Journal of Applied Ecology 40:481-493 pdf

Buckley, Y. M., D. T. Briese and M. Rees (2003) Demography and management of the invasive plant species Hypericum perforatum. II. Construction and use of an individual-based model to predict population dynamics and the effects of management strategies. Journal of Applied Ecology 40:494-507 pdf

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

Shea, K., H. P. Possingham, W. W. Murdoch and R. Roush (2002) Active adaptive management in insect pest and weed control: Intervention with a plan for learning. Ecological Applications 12:927-936 pdf