Rob Whelan - Major Publications

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1. Scientific Publications

Monographs

Whelan, R.J. (1995). The Ecology of Fire.  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. (1st reprinting 1996)

Ellis, S., Kanowski, P. & Whelan, R.J. (2004) COAG National Inquiry into Bushfire Mitigation and Management. Australian Government, Canberra. 415 pp.  

Book Chapters & Published Conference Proceedings

Whelan, R.J. (1998) Communicating with a poster presentation. pp. 57-60 in: R. Wills & R.J. Hobbs (eds) Ecology for Everyone. Communicating Ecology to Scientists, the Public and the Politicians.  Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney.

Harper, B., Hedberg, J. & Whelan, R. (1998). Developing Skills in Ecology Research for Undergraduate Students: An Interactive Multimedia Simulation. pp. 466-471 in: Ottmann, T. and Tomek, I. (eds.) Proceedings of  ED-MEDIA 98. AACE, Freiburg, Germany.

Cox, J. & Whelan, R.J. (1998) Soil fauna in an artificial soil mix. pp. 263-268 in: Fox, H.R., Moore, H.M. and McIntosh, A.D. (eds) Land Reclamation: Achieving Sustainable Benefits.  Balkems, Rotterdam.

Whelan, R.J. & Baker, J.R. (1999) Fire in Australia: coping with variation in ecological effects of fire. pp. 71-79 in: Sutton, F., Keats, J., Dowling, J. and Doig, C. (eds). Protecting the Environment, Land, Life and Property. Proceedings of  the Bushfire Mnaagement Conference. NSW Nature Conservation Council, Sydney.

Whelan, R.J., Ayre, D.J., England, P., Llorens, T. & Beynon, F. (2000) Population fragmentation and the ecology and genetics of Grevillea (Proteaceae). pp. 253 - 269 in:  Young, A.G.  and Clarke, G.M. (eds) Genetics, Demography and Viability of Fragmented Populations.  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Whelan, R.J., Rodgerson, L., Dickman, C.R. & Sutherland, E.F. (in press) Critical life cycles of plants and animals: developing a process-based understanding of population changes in fire-prone landscapes. In: Bradstock, R.A., Williams, J. and Gill, A.M. (eds) Flammable Australia: The Fire Regimes and Biodiversity of a Continent. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Keith, D.A., McCaw, W.L. & Whelan, R.J. (in press) Fire regimes in heathlands and their effects on plants and animals.  In: Bradstock, R.A., Williams, J. and Gill, A.M. (eds) Flammable Australia: The Fire Regimes and Biodiversity of a Continent. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 

 

Invited Commentary Articles

Whelan, R.J. (2000) Fire. In: Encyclopedia of Global Change. Oxford University Press, New York. In press

 

Refereed papers

Whelan, R.J. and Tait, I. (1995) Responses of plant populations to fire:fire season as an understudied element of fire regime. CALMScience Supplement 4, 147-150.

Edwards, W. and Whelan, R.J. (1995) The size, distribution and germination requirements of the soil-stored seed bank of Grevillea barklyana (Proteaceae) Australian Journal of Ecology 20, 548-555.

Whelan, R.J., Ward, S., Hogbin, P. and Wasley, J. (1996) Responses of heathland Antechinus stuartii  to the Royal National Park wildfire in 1994. Journal of the Linnean Soc. of NSW 116, 97-108.

Baker, J. & Whelan, R.J. (1996) Modelling reservations: a response to Baird et al. (1994). International Journal of Wildland Fire  6: 1-4.

Carthew, S.M., Whelan, R.J. & Ayre, D.J. (1996) Experimental confirmation of preferential outcrossing in Banksia.  International Journal of Plant Sciences 157, 615-620.

van Tets, I. & Whelan, R.J. (1997) Banksia pollen in the diet of Australian mammals. Ecography 20, 499-505.

Goldingay, R.L. & Whelan, R.J. (1997) Powerline easements: do they promote edge effects in eucalypt forest for small mammals? Wildlife Research 24, 737-744.

Hogbin, P., Ayre, D.J. & Whelan, R.J. (1998) A genetic and demographic investigation of the conservation value of the threatened shrub Grevillea barklyana (Proteaceae). Heredity  79, 180-186.

Whelan, R.J., de Jong, N., & von der Burg, S. (1998) Variation in bradyspory and seedling recruitment without fire among populations of Banksia serrata (Proteaceae)  Australian Journal of Ecology.  23, 121-128.

Whelan, R.J. & Brown, C. (1998) The role of Callistemon fruits and infructescences in protecting seeds from heat in fires. Australian Journal of Botany.  46, 235-239.

Baker, J.R., Goldingay, R.L. & Whelan, R.J. (1998) Powerline easements through forests: a case study of impacts on avifauna. Pacific Conservation Biology, 4, 79-89.

Whelan, R.J. & York, J. (1998) Does post-fire germination of Hakea sericea and Petrophile sessilis differ between spring and autumn burning? Australian Journal of Botany. 47, 367-376.

Hermanutz, L., Innes, D., Denham, A. & Whelan, R. (1998) Very low fruit:flower ratios in Grevillea (Proteaceae) are independent of breeding system. Australian Journal of Botany. 47, 465-478.

England, P.R., Ayre, D.J. & Whelan, R.J. (1999) Microsatellites in the Australian shrub Grevillea macleayana (Proteaceae). Molecular Ecology, 8, 689-690.

Brown, C.L. & Whelan, R.J. (2000) Season of occurrence of fire and availability of viable seeds in Hakea sericea and Petrophile sessilis. Journal of Ecology in press

Denham, A. & Whelan, R.J. (1999) Reproductive ecology and breeding system of Lomatia silaifolia (Proteaceae) after a fire. Australian Journal of Botany, in press

Cox J.A. & Whelan, R.J. (2000) Soil development of an artificial soil mix: nutrient dynamics, plant growth and initial physical changes. Australian Journal of Soil Research 38, 465-478.

Richardson, M.B.G., Ayre, D.J. & Whelan, R.J. (2000) Pollinator behaviour, mate choice and the realised mating systems of Grevillea mucronulata and Grevillea sphacelata. Australian Journal of Botany 48, 357-366.

England, P.R., Beynon, F., Ayre, D.J. & Whelan, R.J. (2001) A molecular genetic assessment of mating system variation in a naturally bird-pollinated shrub: contributions from birds and introduced honeybees. Conservation Biology in press.

Myerscough, P.J., Whelan, R.J. & Bradstock, R.A. (2001) Ecology of the Proteaceae with special reference to the Sydney region. Cunninghamia in press.

Whelan, R.J. (2002) Managing fire regimes for conservation and property protection: an Australian response. Conservation Biology 16, 1659-1661.

Whelan, R.J. (2002) Don’t fight fire with fire. Nature 416, 15 [March 7]

Baker, J.R., French, K.O & Whelan, R.J. (2002) The edge effect and ecotonal species: Bird communities across a natural edge in southeastern Australia. Ecology 83, 3048-3059.

Whelan, R.J., Rodgerson, L., Dickman, C.R. & Sutherland, E.F. (2002) Critical life cycles of plants and animals: developing a process-based understanding of population changes in fire-prone landscapes. pp. 94-124 in: Bradstock, R.A., Williams, J. and Gill, A.M. (eds) Flammable Australia: The Fire Regimes and Biodiversity of a Continent. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

England, P.R., Whelan, R.J. and Ayre, D.J. (2003) Effects of seed bank disturbance on the fine-scale genetic structure of populations of the rare shrub Grevillea macleayana. Heredity 91, 475-480.

Brewer, I.M. & Whelan, R.J. (2003) Changes in dune vegetation over 60 years in a sand-mined area of the NSW Central Coast. Cunninghamia 8, 85-92.

Whelan, R.J. (2003). Adaptive Management: What does it mean and how can it be used in fire management? In: Bushfire: Managing the Risk. NSW Nature Conservation Council, Sydney.

Whelan, R.J., Brown, C.L. & Farrier, D. (2004) The precautionary principle: what is it and how might it be applied in threatened species conservation? In: Hutchings, P., Lunney, D. and Dickman, C. (eds) Threatened Species Legislation: Is it Just and Act? Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Sydney.

Llorens, T.M., Ayre, D.J. & Whelan, R.J. (2004) Evidence for ancient genetic subdivision among currently fragmented populations of the endangered shrub Grevillea caleyi (Proteaceae). Heredity 94, 519-526.

Roberts, D.G., Ayre, D.J. & Whelan, R.J. (2005) Are Urban Plants Genetic Reservoirs or Threats to the Integrity of Bushland Populations? In press Conservation Biology

Whelan, R.J., Roberts, D.G. & Ayre, D.J. (2005) Interactions between native plants in urban gardens and surrounding bushland populations: potential for contamination? In press Biological Conservation

2. Commentaries on my research

ABC TV Quantum: 3 feature programs on research on our research on the recovery of mammals in the  Royal National Park after fire (1994-95).

Christensen, L. (1997) Pollen-eaters and pollinators of the cute and furry kind. Geo Australasia 19 (1), 28-35.

Book Reviews of Whelan (1995) The Ecology of Fire

Anon. (1996) The Ecology of Fire. Book Review, Bulletin of the British Ecological Society. November 1996, 313.

Gimingham, C.H. (1996) R.J. Whelan (1995): The Ecology of Fire. Book Review, Journal of Ecology. 84, 324-325.

Lamont, B.B. (1996) The ecology of fire. Book review, Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 11, 392.

Moore, P.D. (1996) Flaming nuisance? Book Review, Nature, 379, 218.
Ripley, M. (1996) The Ecology of Fire (Cambridge Studies in Ecology). Book Review, Biologist. 43(4), 184.

Smith, J.K. (1996) More questions than answers: The Ecology of Fire. Book Review, Ecology 77, 1647.

Trabaud, L. (1996) Whelan, R.J. The Ecology of Fire. Book Review, Acta Oecologia 16(5).
Morrison, D.A. (1997) The Ecology of Fire. Book Review, Aust. J. Ecol. 22, 122-123.

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Last reviewed: 2 April, 2007