CURRICULUM VITAE                  GRAHAM H. PYKE                        Oct 2022

Academic Qualifications:

 B.Sc. (1st Class Honours) University of Sydney, May 1970, Mathematical Statistics

 Ph.D., University of Chicago, December 1974, Mathematical Biology

 Previous Positions (after obtaining Ph.D.):

 University of Utah, Dept. of Biology, Assistant Professor, 1974‑1977

 University of Sydney, Dept. of Biology, Queen Elizabeth II Fellow, 1977‑1980

 Australian Museum, Research Fellow, 1980‑1982

 Australian Museum, Scientific Officer, 1983‑1985

 Australian Museum, Senior Research Scientist, 1985‑1993

 Australian Museum, Principal Research Scientist, 1993-2007

 Australian Museum, Senior Fellow, 2007- 2013

 Australian Museum, Research Associate, 2013-2017

 University of Technology Sydney, School of Life Sciences, Distinguished Professor 2012-2016

 University of Technology Sydney, School of Life Sciences, Adjunct Professor 2016-2019

 Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Botanical Institute, Visiting Scientist, 2019-2020

 Macquarie University, Dept of Biological Sciences, Adjunct Professor, 2007-2022

 Macquarie University, School of Natural Sciences, Honorary Professor, 2022-present

 AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Ecology, behaviour & evolution

  • Biology of threatened species

  • Economics of foraging behaviour

  • Pollination biology

  • Pollination ‘crisis’

  • Economics of floral nectar production

  • Population biology of frogs

  • Science & business of sustainability

  • Enhancing research quality & citation success

  • Expert knowledge re wide range of plants & animals (e.g., birds, bees, frogs, fish, mammals)

  • Knowledge & understanding re environmental legislation

  • Environmental impact assessment

  • Environmental bio-indicators

  • Climate change

 

HONORARY & OTHER POSITIONS

 

President, Australasian Pollination Ecologists Society, 1981‑1986

Member, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Research Committee, 1983‑1995

Advisor and Host for RAOU Australian Bird Count Project at Australian Museum, 1989‑1993

Member, NSW Government Committee on Aviculture and Bird Trade, 1986‑1995

Member, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Advisory Council, 1988‑1996

Member, NSW Government Committee on Non‑Indigenous Species, 1989‑1990

Member, Management Committee for Barren Grounds Bird Observatory, 1989‑1990

Division Head, Vertebrate Zoology, Australian Museum, 1987‑1989

Division Head, Environmental Science, Australian Museum, 1989‑1990

Acting Deputy Director, Australian Museum, Aug‑Nov, 1988

State Forests of NSW Fauna Monitoring Advisory Committee, 1994-1996

Technical Advisory Group to Natural Resource Audit Council, 1994-1995

Advisory Committee to UNSW Institute of Environmental Studies, 1994-2004

Member NSW Recovery Team for Green and Golden Bell Frog, from 1997 to at least 2016

Member NSW Forestry Advisory Council, 2000

Chairman, Technical Advisory Panel, BHP Billiton Compensatory Habitat Program for the Green & Golden Bell Frog, 2010-2020

Member, NSW Office of Environment & Heritage NPWS Kosciuszko Wild Horse Scientific Advisory Panel, 2019-2021

 

HONOURS

 

Dux, North Sydney Boy’s High School 1965

Barker Scholarship No. III for Mathematics, 1966

Horner Exhibition Prize for Mathematics, 1966

Commonwealth Scholarship, University of Sydney, 1966‑1970

Eleanor Chase Memorial Prize for Zoology, 1967

Statistical Society of N.S.W. Prize for Mathematical Statistics, 1968

Fulbright‑Hayes Travel Scholarship, 1970‑1976

University of Chicago Fellowship, 1970‑1974

Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship, 1977‑1980

Canadian Government Research Fellowship, 1990‑1991

Fellow of the Royal Society of NSW, elected 2016

University of Sydney Faculty of Science Alumni Award for Professional Achievement, 2018

Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) award as Visiting Scientist, 2019-2020

 

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

 

Publication (see publ. # A1 below) designated a Citation Classic (see publ. # H1 below).

 

Designated by the International Citation Index in 2004 as a highly cited author in the Environment/Ecology category along with 6 other Australians.

 

Presently (according to Google Scholar):

# scientific publications about 160

Total # citations exceeds 15,400            

H-index is 49

 

AREAS OF INTEREST (Past & Present):

 

·                 Optimal Foraging Theory

·                 Plant-Pollinator Co-evolution

·                 Pollination biology, especially in China & Australasia

·                 Pollination ‘crisis’

·                 Behaviour & ecology of bees and other flower-feeding animals

·                 Impacts (actual & potential) of introduced honeybees and bumblebees on Australian native flora and fauna

·                 Effects of climate change on bumblebees and the flowers they visit

·                 Impacts of forestry activities on fauna & flora

·                 Biology & management of threatened species

·                 Interactions between Environmental Law, Conservation and Science

·                 Biology & management of frogs

·                 Factors that increase the risks of species extinction

·                 Threatening processes and recovery of threatened species

·                 Sustainable utilization of natural resources

·                 Conservation of Biodiversity

·                 The ‘business’ of environmental management

·                 Climate change

·                 Use of biological collections to inform ecological/ environmental issues

·                 Achieving research excellence and citation success

·                 Sustainability for humanity

·                 How wildlife rescues can contribute to species management and conservation

 

CURRENT & PENDING RESEARCH PROJECTS:

 

·                 Pollination biology in China

·                 Pollination ‘crisis’, especially as it affects Australasia

·                 Reviewing and encouraging further development of Optimal Foraging Theory

·                 Production of floral nectar and foraging by nectarivorous birds, thus seeking to understand the co-evolutionary relationships between plants and their pollinators. Current focus is on Christmas Bells (Blandfordia sp) and honeyeaters (mostly White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger).

·                 Frog Habitat Selection, Reproduction and Community Structure in relation to Water Attributes on Broughton Island. This continues frog research on the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea and widespread and abundant Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii, begun in 1998, and sets the stage to better understand effects of Climatic Variables and Climate Change.

·                 Development of Sustainability Central as a means of transmitting messages re sustainability for humanity to the greatest possible audience, encouraging and facilitating programs for development of sustainability leaders and champions, and providing an outreach program regarding activities that relate to sustainability

·                 Encouraging other actions to promote sustainability for humanity (with Prof. Paul Ehrlich)

·                 Use of wildlife rescue information to promote management and conservation of animal species

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

Numbers A001 & following: Refereed Journals (Published or In press) [JIF = Journal Impact Factor; ≥2012]

Numbers D01 & following Book Chapters

 

 

A001.  Pyke, G.H., H.R. Pulliam and E.L. Charnov.

Optimal foraging:  A selective review of theory and tests.  Quarterly Review of Biology 52: 137‑154 (1977).

 

A002.  Pyke, G.H.

Are animals efficient harvesters?  Animal Behaviour 26: 241‑250 (1978).

 

A003.  Pyke, G.H.

Optimal foraging: Movement patterns of bumblebees between inflorescences.  Theoretical Population Biology 13: 72‑98 (1978).

 

A004.  De Benedictus, P.A., F.B. Gill, H.R. Hainsworth, G.H. Pyke and L.L. Wolf.

Optimal meal size in hummingbirds.  American Naturalist 112: 301‑316 (1978).

 

A005.  Pyke, G.H.

Optimal body size in bumblebees. Oecologia 34: 255‑266 (1978).

 

A006.  Pyke, G.H.

Optimal foraging in hummingbirds: Testing the marginal value theorem.  American Zoologist 18: 639-752 (1978).

 

A007.  Pyke, G.H.

Optimal foraging in bumblebees and coevolution with their plants.  Oecologia 36: 281‑293 (1978).

 

A008. Pyke, G.H.

Economics of territory size in golden‑winged sunbirds.  American Naturalist 114: 131‑145 (1979).

 

A009. Pyke, G.H.

Optimal foraging in bumblebees:  Rule of movement between flowers within inflorescences.  Animal Behaviour 27: 1167‑1181 (1979).

 

D01.    Pyke, G.H.

Optimal foraging in fish. Pp 199-202 In: Predator‑Prey Systems in Fisheries Management, ed. by R.H. Stroud and H. Clepper.  Sport Fishing Institute, Washington, D.C.  (1979).

 

A010. Pyke, G.H.

Optimal foraging in bumblebees: calculation of net rate of energy intake and optimal patch choice.  Theoretical Population Biology 17: 232‑246 (1980).

 

A011. Pyke, G.H.

The foraging behaviour of Australian honeyeaters: A review and some comparisons with hummingbirds.  Australian Journal of Ecology 5: 343‑369 (1980).

 

D02.    Pyke, G.H.

Optimal foraging in nectar‑feeding animals and coevolution with their plants.  In:  Foraging Behaviour.  Ed. by A.C. Kamil and T.D. Sargent. Pp 19-38 Garland STPM Press, New York/London.  (1980).

 

A012. Pyke, G.H. and N.M. Waser.

The production of dilute nectars by honeyeater and hummingbird flowers.  Biotropica 13: 260‑270 (1981).

 

A013. Pyke, G.H.

Optimal travel speeds of animals. American Naturalist 118: 475‑487 (1981).                     

 

A014. Pyke, G.H.

Hummingbird foraging on artificial inflorescences.  Behaviour Analysis Letters 1: 11‑15 (1981).

 

A015. Pyke, G.H.

Why hummingbirds hover and honeyeaters perch. Animal Behaviour 29: 861‑867 (1981).

 

A016. Pyke, G.H.

Honeyeater foraging: A test of optimal foraging theory.  Animal Behaviour  29: 878‑888 (1981).

 

A017. Pyke, G.H.

Optimal foraging in hummingbirds: Rule of movement between inflorescences.  Animal Behaviour 29: 889‑986 (1981).

 

A018. Pyke, G.H.

Effects of inflorescence height and number of flowers per inflorescence on fruit set in Waratahs (Telopea speciosissima).  Australian Journal of Botany 29: 419‑424 (1981).

 

A019. Pyke, G.H.

Optimal nectar production in a hummingbird‑pollinated plant.  Theoretical Population Biology 20: 326‑343 (1981).

 

A020. Pyke, G.H.

Fruit set in Lambertia formosa Sm. (Proteacaea). Australian Journal of Botany 30: 39‑45 (1982).

 

A021. Pyke, G.H.

Local geographic distributions of bumblebees near Gothic, Colorado: Competition and community structure.  Ecology 63: 555‑573 (1982).

 

A022. Pulliam, H.R., G.H. Pyke and T. Caraco.

The scanning behaviour of juncos: A game-theoretical approach.  J. Theor. Biol. 95: 89‑103 (1982).

 

A023. Pyke, G.H.

Foraging in bumblebees: Rule of departure from an inflorescence.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 60: 417‑428 (1982).

 

D03.    Pyke, G.H.

Evolution of inflorescence size and height in the Waratah (Telopea speciosissima): the difficulties of interpreting correlations between plants traits and fruit set.  Pp 91-94 In: Pollination and Evolution, ed. by J.A. Armstrong, J.M. Powell and A.J. Richards Royal Botanic Gardens.  Sydney (1982).

 

A024. Pyke, G.H.

Relationship between time since the last fire and flowering in Telopea speciosissima and Lambertia formosaAustralian Journal of Botany 31: 293‑6 (1983). 

 

A025. Pyke, G.H.

Analysis of an instantaneous census method for heathland birds.  Australian Wildlife Research 10: 521‑526 (1983).

 

A026. Pyke, G.H.

Seasonal patterns of abundance of honeyeaters and their food resources in heathland areas near Sydney. Australian Journal of Ecology 8: 217‑233 (1983).

 

D04.    Pyke, G.H. & D.C. Paton.

Why are Waratah inflorescences so high and so large? Pp 57-68  In: Pollination '82. University of Melbourne, Melbourne (1983).

 

D05.    Pyke, G.H.

Animal movements: An optimal foraging approach. Pp 7-31 InThe Ecology of Animal Movement, ed. by J.R. Swingland and P.J. Greenwood. Oxford University Press: Oxford.  (1983).         

 

A027. Pyke, G.H.

Optimal foraging theory: A critical review. Annual Review of Ecology & Systematics  15: 523‑575 (1984).

 

D06.    Pyke, G.H. & H.F. Recher.

Censusing Australian birds: A summary of procedures and a scheme for standardisation of data presentation and storage.  pp 55-63 InMethods of censusing birds in Australia.  Ed. by S.J.J.R. Davies.  Dept. of Conservation and Environment, Perth, W. Aust. (1984).

 

A028. Pyke, G.H.

Seasonal patterns of abundance of insectivorous birds and flying insects.  Emu 85: 34‑39.  (1985).     

 

A029. Pyke, G.H. & H.F. Recher.

Estimated forest bird densities by variable distance point counts.  Australian Wildlife Research 12: 307‑319 (1985).

 

A030. Booth, D.J., G.H. Pyke & W.J.R. Lanzing.

Prey detection by the blue‑eye (Pseudomugil signifer Kner):  Analysis of field behaviour by controlled laboratory experiments.  Australian Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research 36: 691‑699 (1985).

 

D07.    Pyke, G.H.

The relationships between abundances of honeyeaters and their food resources in open forest areas near Sydney. Pp 65-77 In: Birds of the eucalypt forest and woodlands:  Ecology, conservation and management.  Ed. by A. Keast, H.F. Recher, H.A. Ford and D. Saunders. Surrey‑Beatty & Sons, Sydney (1985).          

 

A031. Pyke, G.H.

A preliminary analysis of bird counts made by N.S.W. Field Ornithologists' Club.  Australian Birds 20: 33‑39 (1986).

 

A032. Pyke, G.H. & H.F. Recher.

Relationship between nectar production and seasonal patterns of density & nesting of resident honeyeaters in heathland near Sydney.  Australian Journal of Ecology 11: 195‑200 (1986).

 

A033. Zimmerman, M. and G.H. Pyke.

Reproduction in Polemonium: Patterns and implications of floral nectar production and standing crops.  American Journal of Botany 73: 1405‑1415 (1986).

 

A034. O'Connor, P.J., G.H. Pyke and H. Spencer.

Radio‑tracking honeyeater movements. Emu 87: 249‑252 (1987).

 

D08.    Pyke, G.H.

Human Diets: a biological perspective.  pp 273-281 In: Shared Wealth and Symbol:  Food, Culture and Society in Oceania and Southeast Asia.  Ed. by L. Manderson.  Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. (1987).

 

D09.    Pyke, G.H.

Pollination biology of Telopea speciosissima.  pp 35-43 In:  Waratahs ‑ Their biology, cultivation & conservation.  Ed. by J.A. Armstrong.  Aust. Nat. Bot. Gardens.  Occasional Publ. No. 9 (1987).

 

A035. Pyke, G.H. and H.F. Recher.

Seasonal patterns of capture rate and resource abundance for honeyeaters and silvereyes in heathland near Sydney. Emu 88: 33‑42. (1988).

 

A036. Pyke, G.H.

Yearly variation in seasonal patterns of honeyeater abundance, flower density & nectar production.  Australian Journal of Ecology 13: 1‑10 (1988).

 

A037. Zimmerman, M. and G.H. Pyke.

Pollination ecology of Christmas bells (Blandfordia nobilis):  Effects of pollen quantity and source on seed set.  Australian Journal of Ecology 13: 93‑99 (1988).

 

A038. Zimmerman, M. and G.H. Pyke.

Reproduction in Polemonium: Assessing the factors limiting seed set. American Naturalist 131: 723‑738 (1988).

 

A039. Inouye, D.W. and G.H. Pyke.

Pollination biology in the Snowy Mountains of Australia, with some comparisons with montane Colorado, U.S.A.  Australian Journal of Ecology 13: 191‑210 (1988).         

 

A040. Pyke, G.H., L.P. Day and K.A. Wale.

Pollination ecology of Christmas bells (Blandfordia nobilis Sm.):  Effects of adding artificial nectar on pollen removal and seed set.  Australian Journal of Ecology 13: 279‑284 (1988).

 

A041. Zimmerman, M. and G.H. Pyke.

Pollination ecology of Christmas Bells (Blandfordia nobilis): Patterns of standing crop of nectar. Australian Journal of Ecology 13: 301‑309 (1988).

 

A042. Zimmerman, M. and G.H. Pyke.

Experimental manipulations of Polemonium foliosissimum:  Effects on subsequent nectar production, seed production and growth. Journal of Ecology 76: 777‑789 (1988).         

 

A043. Pyke, G.H., H.F. Recher & P.J. O'Connor.

Patterns of residency and movement among honeyeaters in heathland near Sydney.  Emu 89: 30‑39 (1989).

 

A044. Pyke, G.H. & P.J. O'Connor.

Corroboree behaviour of New Holland and White‑cheeked Honeyeaters.  Emu 89: 55‑57 (1989).

 

A045. Pyke, G.H.

Effects of flower removal on abundance and behaviour of honeyeaters in heathland near Sydney.  Australian Journal of Ecology 14:  415-421 (1989).

 

A046.  Pyke, G.H. and O'Connor, P.J.

The accuracy of a radiotracking system for monitoring honeyeater movements. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 501-509 (1990).

 

A047.  Armstrong, D.P. & Pyke, G.H.

Seasonal patterns of reproduction in heathland honeyeaters are not responses to changing nectar availability. Auk 108: 99-107 (1991).

 

A048.  Pyke, G.H.

What does it cost a plant to produce floral nectar? Nature 350: 58-59 (1991).  (with publication error corrected)

 

A049.  Sugden, E.A. and Pyke, G.H.

Effects of honey bees on colonies of Exoneura asimillima, an Australian native bee. Australian Journal of Ecology 16: 171-181 (1991).

 

A050. Bramwell, M., Pyke, G., Adams, C. & Coontz, P.

Habitat use by Eastern Bristlebirds in Barren Grounds Nature Reserve. Emu 92: 117-121 (1992).

 

A051. Pyke, G.H. & Cartar, R.V.

The flight directionality of bumblebees: do they remember where they came from? Oikos 65: 321-327 (1992).

 

A052. Pyke, G.H. & Armstrong, D.P.

Estimating sexes of New Holland and White-cheeked Honeyeaters from head-bill measurements. Corella 17: 43-46 (1993).

 

A053. Pyke, G.H., O'Connor, P.J. & Recher, H.F.

Relationship between nectar production and yearly and spatial variation in density and nesting of resident honeyeaters in heathland near Sydney. Australian Journal of Ecology 18: 221-229 (1993).

 

A054. Pyke, G.H. & O'Connor, P.J.

Use of heathland and adjoining forest by honeyeaters: Results of a radiotracking study. Australian Journal of Ecology 18: 269-274 (1993)

 

A055. Major,R.E., Pyke,G.H., Christy,M.T., Gowing,G. & R.S. Hill

                        Can nest predation explain the timing of the breeding season and the pattern of nest dispersion of New Holland honeyeaters? Oikos 69: 363-372 (1994).

 

A056. Pyke, G.H.

A choice of methods for estimating sexes of birds using morphometric measurements: a reply to Rogers & Rogers (1995). Corella 19: 17-23 (1995).

 

A057. Pyke, G.H., Saillard, R. & Smith,J.

Abundance of Eastern Bristlebirds in relation to habitat and fire history. Emu 95: 106-110 (1995)’

 

A058. Woodside, D.P. & Pyke, G.H.

A comparison of bats and birds as pollinators of Banksia integrifolia in northern New South Wales, Australia. Australian Mammalogy 18: 9-18 (1995).

 

A059.  Pyke, G.H.

Justice Stein’s 1993 judgement in the New South Wales Land and Environment Court: What does it mean for conservation of endangered fauna and fauna impact statements? Australian Zoologist 30: 79-90 (1995).

 

A060.  Pyke, G.H.

Fauna Impact Statements: a review of processes and standards. Australian Zoologist 30: 93-110 (1995).

 

A061.  White, A.W. & Pyke, G.H.

Distribution and conservation status of the Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea. In: Pyke, G.H. & Osborne, W.S. (Eds). (Australian Zoologist 30: 177-189) (1996).

 

A062.  Pyke, G.H. & White, A.W.

Habitat requirements for the Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea (Anura: Hylidae). In: Pyke, G.H. & Osborne, W.S. (Eds) (Australian Zoologist 30: 224-232) (1996).

 

A063.  Pyke, G.H., Christy, M. & Major, R.E.

Territoriality in honeyeaters: reviewing the concept and evaluating available information. Australian Journal of Zoology 44: 297-317 (1996).

 

A064.  Pyke, G.H. & White, A.W.

Dynamics of co-occurring frog species in three ponds utilized by the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea. Australian Zoologist 31: 1-10 (1999).

 

A065.  White, A.W. & Pyke, G.H.

Past distribution of the Bell Frogs Litoria aurea and Litoria castanea in the Bathurst-Orange District of New South Wales. Herpetofauna 29:1-9 (1999).

 

A066.  Pyke, G.H.

The introduced honeybee and the Precautionary Principle: reducing the conflict. Australian Zoologist 31: 181-186 (1999).

 

            A067.  Pyke, G.H.

A strategy for reviewing the biology of animals

Australian Zoologist 31: 482-491 (2000).

A068.  Pyke, G.H. & White, A.W.

Factors influencing predation on eggs and tadpoles of the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea) by the introduced Plague Minnow (Gambusia holbrooki). Australian Zoologist 31: 496-505 (2000).

 

            A069.  Miehs, A. & Pyke, G.H.

Observations of the foraging behaviour of adult Green and Golden Bell Frogs (Litoria aurea). Herpetofauna 31: 94-96 (2001).

 

            A070.  Pyke, G.H. & Miehs, A.

Predation by Water Skinks (Eulamprus quoyii) on tadpoles and metamorphs of the Green and Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea). Herpetofauna 31: 99-101 (2001).

 

            A071.  Pyke,G.H. & White,A.W.

A Review of the Biology of the Green and Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea). Australian Zoologist 31: 563-598 (2001).

 

            A072.  Pyke, G.H., White, A.W., Bishop, P. and Waldman, B.

Habitat-use by the Green and Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea) in Australia and New Zealand.  Australian Zoologist 32: 12-31 (2002).

 

            A073. Pyke, G.H. & Read, D.A.

Hastings River Mouse (Pseudomys oralis): A Biological Review. Australian Mammalogy 24: 151-176 (2002).

 

A074. Pyke, G.H.

A Review of the Biology of the Southern Bell Frog (Litoria raniformis). Australian Zoologist 32: 32-48 (2002).

 

            A075. White, A.W. & Pyke, G.H.

Captive frog egg numbers – A misleading indicator of breeding potential. Herpetofauna 32: 102-109 (2002).

           

A076. Pyke, G.H. & Read, D.G.

Updating biological reviews: the Hastings River Mouse Pseudomys oralis as a case history. Australian Mammalogy 25: 211-213 (2003).

 

            A077. Pyke, G.H. & Miehs, A.

Effects of stomach flushing on recapture rates for Litoria aurea and Limnodynastes peronii. Herpetofauna 34: 81-83 (2004).

 

            A078. Pyke, G.H.

The use of PIT Tags in capture-recapture studies of frogs: A field evaluation. Herpetological Review 36: 281-285 (2005)

 

            A079. Rowley, J.J.L., Rayner, T.S. & Pyke, G.H.

New records and invasive potential of the poeciliid fish Phalloceros caudimaculatus. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research 39: 1013-1022 (2005)

 

A080. Pyke, G.H.

A review of the biology of Gambusia affinis and G. holbrooki. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 15: 339-365 (2005).

 

A081.  Miehs, A., Penman, T.D. & Pyke, G.H.

A note on the diet of the Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii in the Sydney Basin. Herpetofauna 36: 39-40 (2006).

 

A082.  Pyke, G.H.

Plague minnow or mosquito fish? A review of the biology and impacts of introduced Gambusia species. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 39: 171-191 (2008).

 

A083.  White, A.W. & Pyke, G.H.

Frogs on the Hop: Translocations of Green and Golden Bell Frogs (Litoria aurea). Australian Zoologist 34: 249-260 (2008).

 

            A084.  White, A.W. & Pyke, G.H.

Green and Golden Bell Frogs in New South Wales: current status and future prospects. Australian Zoologist 34: 319-333 (2008).

 

            A085.  Pyke, G.H., Rowley, J., Shoulder, J. & White, A.W.

Attempted introduction of the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog to Long Reef Golf Course: a step towards recovery? Australian Zoologist 34: 361-372 (2008).

 

            A086.  Pyke, G.H. & Muir, G.W.

Rice-growing and conservation of the Southern Bell Frog Litoria raniformis in New South Wales, Australia. Australian Zoologist 34: 453-458 (2008).

 

A087.  Pyke, G.H. & Rowley, J.J.L.

Interactions between tadpoles of Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea and Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii. Australian Zoologist 34 (4): 570-576 (2008).

 

A088.  Pyke, G.H. Mining a museum frog collection for environmental bio-indicators using specimens of the Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii). Pacific Conservation Biology 14 (3): 200-205 (2008).

 

A089.  Burkot, T., Abdel-Hameed Adeel, A.A., Pyke, G.H., Beach, R. & Garner, P. 2009 Larvivorous fish for malaria prevention (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 4. Art. No. CD008090 (2009).

 

A090.  Pyke, G.H. & Ehrlich, P.R.

Biological collections and ecological/ environmental research: a review, some observations and look to the future. Biological Reviews 85 (2): 247-266 (2010).

 

A091.  Ehrlich, P.R. & Pyke, G.H. Resolution of Respect Charles Birch 1918-2009. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 91 (2): 116-127 (2010).

 

               A092.   Pyke, G.H., White, A.W., Shoulder, J. & Ching, P.

Using museum frog collections to assign sex and age categories to frogs in field studies: a case study with the Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii.  Herpetological Review 41 (3): 281-285 (2010)

 

D10.    Pyke, G.H.

Optimal Foraging and Plant–Pollinator Co-Evolution. In: Breed M.D. and Moore J., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior 1st ed. Volume 2 pp. 596-600 Oxford: Academic Press (2010).  

 

D11.    Pyke, G.H.

Optimal Foraging Theory: Introduction. In: Breed M.D. and Moore J., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior 1st ed. Volume 2. pp. 601-603. Oxford: Academic Press (2010).

 

 

A093.  Pyke, G.H., Inouye, D.W. & Thomson, J.D. Activity and abundance of bumble bees near Crested Butte, Colorado: diel, seasonal, and elevation effects. Ecological Entomology 36: 511-521 (2011)

 

A094.  White, A.W. & Pyke, G.H. World War II and the rise of the plague minnow Gambusia holbrooki (Girard, 1859) in Australia. Australian Zoologist 35 (4), 1024-1032 (2011)

 

A095.  Pyke, G.H., Inouye, D.W. & Thomson, J.D. Local geographic distributions of bumble bees near Crested Butte, Colorado: Competition and community structure revisited. Environmental Entomology 41:1332-1349 (2012) [JIF=1.42]

 

A096.  Recher, H.F. & Pyke, G.H. A History of Environmental Ornithology at the Australian Museum. Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club No. 18. Davis, W.E. Jr, Recher, H.F & Boles, W.E. (Eds) pp 395-426 (2012) [JIF=0]

 

A097.  Pyke, G.H., Ahyong, S.T., Fuessel, A. & Callaghan, S. Marine crabs eating freshwater frogs: Why are such observations so rare? Herpetology Notes 6: 195-199 (2013) [JIF=0.6]

 

A098.  Pyke, G.H. Struggling scientists. Please cite our papers! Current Science 105 (8): 1061-1066 (2013) [JIF=0.9]

 

A099.  Walshe,D., Garner, P., Adeel, A.A.A., Pyke, G.H. & Burkot, T. Larvivorous fish for preventing malaria transmission. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews  Issue 12 Art. No. CD008090 (2013) [JIF=6.0]

 

A100. Pyke, G.H. Achieving research excellence and citation success: What’s the point and how do you do it? BioScience 64 (2): 90-91 (2014) [JIF=5.5]

 

A101.  Pyke, G.H. & Ehrlich, P.R. Conservation and the Holy Grail: The story of the Night Parrot. Pacific Conservation Biology 20 (2): 221-226 (2014) [JIF=0.7]

 

A102.  Pyke, G.H. Evaluating the quality of taxonomic publications: A simple alternative to citations and effort. BioScience 64 (11) pp 961-962 (2014) [JIF = 5.5]

 

A103. Pyke, G.H. Understanding movements of organisms: It’s time to abandon the Lévy foraging hypothesis. Methods in Ecology & Evolution 6 (1) pp 1-16 (2015) [JIF = 6.6]

 

A104.  Pyke, G.H. On the Confusion of Quality with Impact: A Note on Pyke’s M-Index. Reply. BioScience 65 (2) pp 117-18 (2015) [JIF = 5.5]

 

A105.  White, A.W. & Pyke, G.H. Vegetation Mounds as over-winter habitat for Green and Golden Bell frogs (Litoria aurea). Australian Zoologist 37 (4) pp 510-516 (2015) [JIF = 0.7]

 

A106. Pyke, G.H., Thomson, J.D., Inouye, D.W. & Miller, T. Effects of climate change on phenologies and distributions of bumble bees and the plants they visit. Ecosphere 7 (3) (2016) [JIF = 2.7]

 

A107.  Pyke, G.H. Plant-pollinator Co-evolution: It’s time to reconnect with Optimal Foraging Theory and Evolutionarily Stable Strategies. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution & Systematics 19 pp 70-76 (2016) [JIF = 3.6]

 

A108.  Pyke, G.H. Floral Nectar: Pollinator Attraction or Manipulation? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 31 (5) pp 339-341 (2016) [JIF=16.2]

           

A109.  Pyke, G.H. Do humans forage optimally & what does this mean for zoology on the table? Australian Zoologist 39 (1) pp 17-25 (2017) [JIF = 0.7]

 

A110.  Pyke, G.H. Fire-Stimulated Flowering: A Review and Look to the Future. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 36 (3) pp 179-189 (2017)            [JIF=6.8]

 

A111.  Pyke, G.H. Sustainability for Humanity: It’s Time to preach beyond the converted. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 32 (6) pp 391-394 (2017) [JIF=15.3]

 

A112.  Walshe, D.P., Garner, P., Adeel, A.A., Pyke, G.H. & Burkot, T.R. Larvivorous fish for preventing malaria transmission (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017, Issue 11, Art. No.:CD008090 (2017) [JIF=6.8]

 

A113.  Pyke, G.H. & Waser, N.M. Comment on “Cognition-mediated evolution of low-quality floral nectars”. Science 358 (6368) (2017) [JIF=37.2]

 

A114.  Pyke, G.H. & Szabo, J.K. Conservation and the four Rs, which are rescue, rehabilitation, release, and research. Conservation Biology 32 (1) pp 50-59 (2018) [JIF=5.9]

 

A115. Pyke, G.H. & Szabo, J.K. What can we learn from untapped wildlife rescue databases? – The masked lapwing as a case study. Pacific Conservation Biology 24: pp 148-156 (2018) [JIF=0.7]

 

D12.    Pyke, G.H.

Foraging: A fundamental activity for all life. In: Choe, J. (ed) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior 2nd edition, Elsevier Academic Press, vol. 1, pp. 75-79 (2019).

 

D13.    Pyke, G.H.

Foraging:  Section Overview. In: Choe, J. (ed) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior 2nd edition, Elsevier Academic Press, vol. 2, pp. 108-110 (2019).

 

D14.    Pyke, G.H.

Optimal Foraging Theory: An Introduction. In: Choe, J. (ed) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior 2nd edition, Elsevier Academic Press, vol.2, pp. 111-117 (2019).

 

D15.    Pyke, G.H.

Animal movements: An Optimal Foraging Approach. In: Choe, J. (ed) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior 2nd edition, Elsevier Academic Press, vol. 2, pp. 149-156 (2019).

 

D16.    Giraldeau, L-A. & Pyke, G.H.

Group or Social Foraging. In: Choe, J. (ed) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior 2nd edition, Elsevier Academic Press, vol. 2, pp. 191-200 (2019).

 

D17.    Pyke, G.H.

Optimal Foraging and Plant–Pollinator Co-Evolution. In: Choe, J. (ed) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior 2nd edition, Elsevier Academic Press, vol. 2, pp. 209-216 (2019).

 

D18.    Pyke, G.H. & Stephens, D.W.

Optimal Foraging Theory: Application and inspiration in human endeavours. In: Choe, J. (ed) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior 2nd edition, Elsevier Academic Press, vol. 2, pp. 217-222 (2019).

 

A116.  Pyke, G.H., Kalman, J.R.M., Bordin, D.M., Blanes, L. & Doble, P.A.

Patterns of floral nectar standing crops allow plants to manipulate their pollinators

Scientific Reports 10 (1) pp 1-10 (2020) [JIF=4.1]

 

A117.  Lunau, K., Ren, Z-X., Fan, X-Q., Trunschke, J., Pyke, G.H. & Wang, H. Nectar mimicry: a new phenomenon? Scientific Reports 10 (1) pp 1-11 (2020) [JIF=4.1]

 

A118.  Pyke, G.H., Ren, Z.-X., Trunschke, J., Lunau, K. & Wang, H. Changes in floral nectar are unlikely adaptive responses to pollinator flight sound. Ecology Letters 23 (9) pp 1421-1422 (2020) [JIF=9.1]

 

A119.  Bordin, D.M, Latgé, S.G.C., Pyke, G., Kalman, J., Doble, P., Genta, F.A. & Blanes, L.    A Simple Approach to Analyze Sugar Nectar Composition in Flowers Using Capillary Electrophoresis and Enzymatic Assays. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society 31 (10) pp 2129-2134 (2020) [JIF=1.4]

 

A120.  Pyke, G.H., Ren, Z-X., Trunschke, J., Lunau, K. & Wang, H. Salvage of floral resources through re-absorption before flower abscission in Rhododendron plants. Scientific Reports 10(1) pp 1-9 (2020) [JIF=4.1]

 

D19.    Pyke, G.H. & Starr, C.K. Optimal Foraging. In: Starr, C.K. (ed) Encyclopedia of Social Insects. (2020)

 

 

A121.  Bradshaw, C.J.A., Ehrlich, P.R., Beattie, A., Ceballos, G., Crist, E., Diamond, J., Dirzo, R., Ehrlich, A.H., Harte, J., Harte, M.E., Pyke, G., Raven, P.H., Ripple, W.J., Saltré, F., Turnbull, C., Wackernagel, M. & Blumstein, D.T. Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future. Frontiers in Conservation Science 1, 615419 (2021) [JIF=TBD]

 

 

 

A122.  Trunschke, J., Lunau, K., Pyke, G.H., Ren, Z.-X., Wang, H. Evolution and divergence of flower color in angiosperms and the little evidence of pollinator-mediated selection. Frontiers in Plant Science 12 (2021) [JIF=5.8]

 

A123.  Pyke, G.H. & White, A.W. Frog Reproduction and Community Structure in relation to Water Attributes: Setting the stage to understand effects of Climatic Variables and Climate Change. Australian Zoologist (2021) [JIF=0.6]

 

A124.  Bradshaw, C.J.A., Ehrlich, P.R., Beattie, A., Ceballos, G., Crist, E., Diamond, J., Dirzo, R., Ehrlich, A.H., Harte, J., Harte, M.E., Pyke, G., Raven, P.H., Ripple, W.J., Saltré, F., Turnbull, C., Wackernagel, M. & Blumstein, D.T. Response: Commentary: Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2, 700869 (2021) [JIF=TBD]

 

A125.  Cayuela, H., Lemaître, J.-F., Léna, J.-P,, Ronget, V., Martínez-Solano, I., Muths, E., Pilliod, D.S., Schmidt, B.R., Sánchez-Montes, G., Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, J., Pyke, G., Grossenbacher, K., Lenzi, O., Bosch, J., Beard, K.H., Woolbright, L.L., Lambert, B.A., Green, D.M., Garwood, J.M., Fisher, R.N., Matthews, K., Dudgeon, D., Lau, A., Speybroeck, J., Homan, R., Jehle, R., Başkale, E., Mori, E., Arntzen, J.W., Joly, P., Stiles, R.M., Lannoo, M.J.,  Maerz, J.C., Lowe, W.H., Valenzuela-Sánchez, A., Christiansen, D.M.G., Angelini, C., Thirion,J.-M., Merilä, J, Colli, G.R., Vasconcellos, M.M., Boas, T.C.V., Arantes, I. da C., Levionnois, P., Reinke, B.A., Vieira, C., Marais, G.A.B., Gaillard, J.-M., & Miller, D.A.W.  Sex-related differences in aging are associated with sex chromosome system in amphibians. Evolution 76 (2) pp 346-356 (2022) [JIF=3.7]

 

A126. Pyke, G.H. Neonicotinoids and Optimal Foraging Theory. Environmental Advances 7 – 100161 (2022) [JIF=TBD]

 

A127. Reinke, B. A., H. Cayuela, A. Bronikowski, F. Janzen, J.-F. Lemaitre, J.-M. Gaillard, A. Lawing, J. B. Iverson, D. G. Christiansen, I. Martínez-Solano, G. Sánchez-Montes, J. Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, F. L. Rose, N. Nelson, S. Keall, A. J. Crivelli, T. Nazirides, A. Grimm-Seyfarth, K. Henle, E. Mori, G. Guiller, R. Homan, A. Olivier, E. Muths, B. R. Hossack, X. Bonnet, D. Pilliod, M. Lettink, T. Whitaker, B. R. Schmidt, M. G. Gardner, M. Cheylan, F. Poitevin, A. Golubović, L. Tomović, D. Arsovski, R. A. Griffiths, J. W. Arntzen, J.-P. Baron, J.-F. Le Galliard, T. Tully, L. Luiselli, M. Capula, L. Rugiero, R. McCaffery, L. Eby, V. Briggs-Gonzalez, F. Mazzotti, D. Pearson, B. A. Lambert, D. M. Green, C. Angelini, G. Pyke, J.-M. Thirion, P. Joly, J.-P. Léna, T. Tucker, P. Priol, A. Besnard, B. P., K. Stanford, R. King, G. J., J. Bosch, F. Souza, J. Bertoluci, S. Famelli, K. Grossenbacher, O. Lenzi, K. Matthews, S. Boitaud, D. H. Olson, J. Jessop, G. Gillespie, J. Clobert, M. Richard, A. Valenzuela-Sánchez, G. M. Fellers, P. M. Kleeman, B. J. Halstead, E. H. Campbell Grant, P. G. Byrne, T. Frétey, B. Le Garff, P. Levionnois, J. C. Maerz, J. Pichenot, K. Olgun, N. Üzüm, A. Aziz Avcı, C. Claude Miaud, J. Elmberg, G. P. Brown, R. Shine, N. F. Bendik, L. O’Donnell, C. L. Davis, M. J. Lannoo, R. M. Stiles, R. M. Cox, A. M. Reedy, D. A. Warner, E. Bonnaire, K. Grayson, R. Ramos-Targarona, E. Baskale, D. Muñoz, J. Measey, F. A. de Villiers, W. Selman, and D. A. W. Miller. Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity. Science 376 (6600) pp 1459-1466 (2022) [JIF=47.7]

 

A128.  Pyke, G.H. & Ren, Z.-X. Flower visitors have a taste for salt, but this may have little relevance to nectar evolution: a comment on Finkelstein et al. 2022. Journal of Pollination Ecology 31 (7) pp 70-72 (2022) [JIF=1.9]

 

 

 

B.        Submitted journal articles

 

B1.      Gallo-Cajiao, E. & Pyke, G.H. Effects of climate change on bird distributions: spatial and temporal patterns from the empirical evidence.

 

B2.      Pyke, G.H., and Z.-X. Ren. Floral nectar production: What cost to a plant?

 

B3.      Bradshaw, C.A., Ehrlich, P.R. et al (incl Pyke, G.H.). Pathways  to a less-ghastly future.

 

B4.      Pyke, G.H., Prendergast, K.S. & Ren, Z.-X, Pollination crisis Down-Under: Has Australasia dodged the bullet?

 

           

C. Edited Books & Book Sections

 

C1.     Pyke, G.H. & Osborne, W.S. (Eds).

The Green and Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea): biology and conservation. Australian Zoologist Volume 30. Royal Zoological Society of NSW: Sydney. (1996)

 

C2.      Pyke, G.H. (Ed). Foraging. In Encyclopedia of Animal Behaviour 2nd ed. Elsevier online (2018)

 

 

D. Book Chapters

 

Included above

 

 

 

E. Conference Proceedings

 

E1.       Pyke, G.H. Gambusia: A review. In: Jackson, P. and Bamford, H. (eds) Gambusia Forum 2011 pp. 5-10. Proceedings of Gambusia Forum 2011 Conference, Melbourne 1-2 June 2011. Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Canberra ACT, Australia (2011)

 

F. Theses

 

F1.       Pyke, G.H.

Studies in the foraging efficiency of animals. Ph.D. thesis, University of Chicago (1974).

 

G. Other Scientific Publications

 

G01.    Pyke, G.H. & L. Balzer.

The effects of introduced honeybee (Apis mellifera) on Australian native bees.  N.S.W. Nat. Parks & Wildlife Service, Occasional Paper Number 7 (1985).

 

G02.    Pyke, G.H. & P.J. O'Connor.

Wildlife conservation in the south-east forests of New South Wales.  Technical Report of the Australian Museum No. 5 (1991).

 

H. Other Documents

 

H01.    Pyke, G.H.

Fauna Impact Statement for proposed development works at The Homebush Bay Development Area, excluding the Brickpit. Prepared for Olympic Co-ordination Agency (1995).

 

H02.    Pyke, G.H., Christy, M., Boles, W., Hoye, G., White, A., Read, D. & Sadlier, R.

Fauna Impact Statement for proposed Club Mediterranee Village, Byron Bay (1995).

 

H03.    Pyke, G.H. & White, A.W. (On behalf of Biosphere Environmental Consultants)

Plan of Management for populations of the Green and Golden Bell Frog at North Avoca and Davistown. Prepared for Gosford City Council (2006)

 

H04.    Pyke G.H. Litoria aurea (Green and Golden Bell Frog) Baseline Monitoring Report. Saving Our Species Program. Broughton Island, October 2016 - March 2017. Prepared for NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (2017)

 

H05.    Pyke, G.H. Draft Management Plan - The Green and Golden

Bell Frog Key Population on Broughton Island. Prepared for NSW NPWS (2018)

 

I. Abstracts

 

I01.      Pyke, G.H.

Learning to forage in honeyeaters and hummingbirds.  Bird Behaviour 3: 108 (1982).

 

I02.      Pyke, G.H. & White, A.W,

Conservation and Management of Bell Frogs in Australia and New Zealand. Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand Notes 19: ... (1998)

 

I03.      White, A.W. & Pyke, G.H.

Distinguishing features of Litoria aurea and L. raniformis and occurrence of hybrids. Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand Notes 19: .... (1998)

 

I04.      Pyke, G.H. 2001 Australian Society of Herpetologists – Annual Conference 9-12 Feb 2001 pp 40-41

 

J. Book Reviews

 

J01.      Pyke, G.H.

Review of Behavioural Ecology, ed. by J.R. Krebs and N.B. Davies.  Aust. J. Ecol. 4: 442‑444 (1979).

 

J02.      Pyke, G.H.

Models of food‑finding.  Science 238: 831‑833 (1987).

 

J03.      Pyke, G.H.

Review of The Dynamic Partnership:  Birds and Plants in Southern Australia.  Ed. by H.A. Ford and D.C. Paton.  Aust. J. Ecol. 12: 327‑328 (1987).

 

J04.     Pulliam, H.R. & Pyke, G.H.

Foraging: Behavior and Ecology. Ed. by Stephens, D.W. et al. University of Chicago Press 2007. Integrative & Comparative Biology 48 (4): 543-545 (2008).

 

K. Magazine Articles

 

K01.    Pyke, G.H.

Leave it to the birds and bees. Aust. Nat. Hist. 20: 217‑218 (1982).

 

K02.    Pyke, G.H.

Apiarists versus scientists: A bittersweet case.  Aust. Nat. Hist. 23: 386-392 (1990).

 

K03.    Pyke, G.H.

The Green and Golden Bell Frog. Nature Australia Autumn 99: 50-59 (1999).

 

K04.    Pyke, G.H.

            Are frogs environmental prophets? Explore 29 (2) pp 22-23(2006)

 

K05.    Pyke, G.H.

New uses for old collections. Explore 31 (4) p3 (2009)

 

L.  Other Publications

 

L1.       Pyke, G.H.

Citation Classic:  Pyke, G.H., Pulliam, H.R. & Charnov, E.L.  Optimal foraging:  a selective review of theory and tests.  Quart. Rev. biol. 52: 137‑54, 1977.  Current Contents Vol. 15, No. 18, page 18.  (1984).

 

RESEARCH GRANTS:

 

Biomedical Sciences Support Grant, $3,000.  1975 (Foraging Behaviour of Bumblebees and Hummingbirds).

 

University of Utah Research Council, $1,000.  1976 (Foraging Behaviour of Bumblebees and Hummingbirds).

 

National Science Foundation, $45,000.  1976‑1979 (Optimal Foraging in Bumblebees and Hummingbirds).

 

Australian Research Grants Committee, $11,000.  1978‑1980 (Energetics of Foraging Strategies in Nectar‑Feeding Animals).

 

Australian Research Grants Committee, $52,000.  1981‑1982 (Distribution, Abundance and Movements of Honeyeaters ‑ with H.F. Recher).

 

Australian Research Grants Scheme and Ian Potter Foundation, $51,000.  1984‑1986 (Distribution, Abundance and Movements of Honeyeaters ‑ with H.F. Recher).

 

Australian Research Grants Scheme, $70,000.  1987‑1989 (Distribution, Abundance and Movements of Honeyeaters).

 

Australian Research Grants Scheme, $10,000.  1987 (Adaptive nature of nectar production in Christmas Bells).

 

Bushell and Ian Potter Foundations, $21,000.  1986‑1987 (Influence of honeybees on Australian native bees ‑ with E.A. Sugden).

 

Australian Research Council, $170,000.  1990-1993 (Distribution, Abundance and Movements of Honeyeaters).

 

Sydney Northern Beaches Catchment Management Committee, $4,200. 1999 (Establishment of Green and Golden Bell Frog at Long Reef Golf Course).

 

Brisbane Water Gosford Lagoons Catchment Management Committee, $5,000.  1999 (Monitoring populations of Green and Golden Bell Frog at Davistown and North Avova).

 

Gosford Shire Council, $800. 1999 (Green and Golden Bell Frog at North Avoca).

 

            NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, $5,000. 2000.

            (Surveys of Green and Golden Bell Frog within NSW)

 

Brisbane Water Gosford Lagoon Catchment Management Committee, $4700. 2000

(Biology & Management of populations of Green and Golden Bell Frog at Davistown and North Avoca)

 

National Heritage Trust. $40,000. 2000-2002.

(Establishment of population of Green and Golden Bell Frog at Long Reef Golf Course)

 

Australia Land & Water, $110,000. 2006-2008

(Frogs as bio-indicators for irrigation-based agriculture)

 

NSW Government Saving Our Species Program, $37,500. 2016-2017

(Endangered Green & Golden Bell Frog on Broughton Island)

 

Chinese Academy of Sciences, President’s International Fellowship Initiative 88,000 yuan (approx. $AUS18,480), 2019 (Plant-pollinator relationships in mountains of SW China)

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS

 

Xvth International Congress of Entomology ‑ Washington D.C. August, 1976 (Optimal foraging in bumblebees).

 

2nd Meeting of the Guild of Rocky Mountain Biologists ‑ Boulder, Colorado.  September, 1976.  (Optimal foraging in bumblebees).

 

American Society of Zoologists Annual Symposium ‑ Toronto, Canada.  December, 1977. (Optimal foraging in hummingbirds).

 

Annual Meeting of Edward Grey Institute ‑ Oxford, England.  January, 1978.  (Territoriality in sunbirds).

 

American Behaviour Society Annual Symposium ‑ Seattle, Washington.  June, 1978.  (Optimal foraging in nectar‑feeding animals and coevolution with their plants).

 

Symposium on predator‑prey systems in fish communities and their implications in fisheries management ‑ Atlanta Georgia.  July, 1978.  (Optimal foraging in fish:  Introduction to the session on patterns of predation).

 

ANZAAS, 49th Congress ‑ Auckland, N.Z. January, 1979.  (A comparative study of the foraging behaviour of honeyeaters and hummingbirds).

 

International Symposium on Reproduction in Flowering Plants ‑ Christchurch, N.Z. February, 1979.  (Evolution of nectar properties of plants).

 

ANZAAS, 50th Congress ‑ Adelaide, South Australia.  May, 1980.  (Human Diets:  A Biological Perspective).

 

First Meeting of the Australasian Pollination Ecology Society.  Adelaide, South Australia.  August, 1980.  (Optimal foraging in honeyeaters).

 

Ninth Annual Conference of the Australian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour.  Richmond, N.S.W. May, 1981.  (Evolution of inflorescence size and height in Waratahs).

 

Second Meeting of the Australasian Pollination Ecology Society.  Sydney, N.S.W.  December, 1981.  (Abundances of honeyeaters and their resources).

 

RAOU Annual Scientific Day.  Melbourne, Victoria May, 1982.  (Abundances of honeyeaters and their food resources).

 

IX Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects.  Boulder, Colorado August, 1982 (Foraging in bumblebees).

 

Pollination 1982 Symposium.  University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria November, 1982.  (Evolution of inflorescence size and height in Waratahs).

 

Third Meeting of the Australasian Pollination Ecology Society.  Perth, W.A.  May, 1983 (Abundance and flux of honeyeaters near Sydney).

 

International Foraging Conference.  Providence, Rhode Is.  June 1984 (Optimal foraging theory ‑ How useful is it?).

 

Fourth Meeting of the Australasian Pollination Ecology Society.  Charlotte's Pass, N.S.W.  February, 1985.  (1.  Density and nesting of resident honeyeaters  2.  Limitation of seed set in plants).

 

Annual Meeting of N.S.W. Beekeepers Association.  Grafton, N.S.W.  May 1986.  (Effects of introduced honeybees on Australian native bees).

 

Sixth Meeting of Australasian Pollination Ecology Society.  Canterbury Biological Field Station, Cass, New Zealand.  January, 1988.  (Adaptive nature of nectar‑production in Christmas Bells).

 

Second International Conference on Behavioural Ecology.  Vancouver, Canada.  October, 1988.  (Population biology and behavioural ecology of honeyeaters).

 

Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union Scientific Day. May, 1992. (Behaviour and ecology of honeyeaters)

 

Threatened Species Network Conference on Fauna Impact Statements. April 1993. (Fauna Impact Statements: Setting the Standards).

 

Green & Golden Bell Frog: Biology and Conservation. May 1995. (Habitat requirements with Dr. A.W. White; Distribution & Conservation Status with Dr. A.W. White)

 

Tenth Biennial Conference of Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand in Kaikouru near Christchurch, New Zealand. Feb 1997 (Keynote address: Conservation and Management of Bell Frogs in Australia and New Zealand)

 

Joint Conference of Australian and New Zealand Ecological Societies. Dunedin, NZ. Nov 1998. (The Green and Golden Bell Frog in Australia & New Zealand)

 

Australian Society of Herpetologists Conference. Little Swanport, Tasmania. Feb 2001. (Population size and dynamics in the Green and Golden Bell Frog)

 

Biodiversity in Modified Landscapes, Griffith. May 2005

(The Southern Bell Frog as a bio-indicator for irrigation-based agriculture)

 

Biology & Conservation of Bell Frogs, Sydney.  March 2006

(The attempted introduction of the Green and Golden Bell Frog to Long Reef Golf Course)

 

Biology & Conservation of Bell Frogs, Sydney.  March 2006

(Recovery Planning and Green and Golden Bell Frogs: Whose bloody responsibility is it anyway?)

 

Biology & Conservation of Bell Frogs, Sydney.  March 2006

(A Review of the Conservation Status of Populations of the Green and Golden Bell Frog in New South Wales)

 

Biology & Conservation of Bell Frogs, Sydney.  March 2006

(Community participation and the conservation of Litoria aurea: Lessons from Long Reef)

 

Graham Pyke Turns 60 Symposium.            June 2009

(Optimal Foraging & Co-evolution)

 

Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology.            Beijing, China 2009

(Long-term avifauna changes: fires or climate change? With E. Gallo & C. Brown. Presented by E. Gallo)

 

Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology & Conservation.            Bali, Indonesia. 2010

(Fire effects on avifauna in Australian heathlands: A review. With E. Gallo & C. Brown. Presented by E. Gallo)

 

International Society for Behavioural Ecology Congress. Perth, Australia. Oct 2010

(Optimal Foraging & Plant-pollinator Co-evolution)

 

Murray-Darling Basin Authority Gambusia Forum. Melbourne, Australia. June 2011

(Gambusia: A review)

 

Australasian Ornithological Conference. Auckland, New Zealand.            2013

(Evidence is required to address albatross mortality in trawl fisheries. With E. Gallo-Cajiao. Presented by E. Gallo-Cajiao)

 

Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Association of Pollination Ecology. Oct 2019.

(Authored by Lunau, K., Ren, Z-X., Fan, X-Q., Pyke, G.H., Trunschke, J. & Wang, H. and presented by K. Lunau)

 

OTHER RECENT LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS

 

“Citation Success: What it means & how you achieve it”

University Lecture, University of Technology Sydney, Nov 2012

 

“Sustainability is Central”

Joint presentation re UTS 25th Anniversary with Prof Paul Ehrlich, UTS Science in Focus lecture entitled ‘The Ethics of Sustainability’, Oct 2013

 

“Sustainability & Lifting Up Voices”

Presentation as part of Green Week at UTS, Jun 2014

 

“Story of the Night Parrot: An introduction”

Presentation as introduction to talk re Night Parrot by John Young, held at University of Technology, Jul 2014

 

“Masked Lapwing: Rescue & Research”

Presentation as part of seminar day organised by Birdlife Australia re ‘Protecting Our Birds: Important Bird Areas & Research”, Jul 2014

 

“Port Waratah Coal Services T4 project proposal: Impacts on the Green & Golden Bell Frog”

Presentation to NSW Planning Assessment Commission, Aug 2014

 

“Science & Business Working Together to Achieve Sustainability”

with Profs Paul Ehrlich, John Hewson & Sue Benn

UTS Faculty of Business Think Lecture, Oct 2015

 

“Green & Golden Bell Frogs on Broughton Island: Frog biology, conservation & management”

Presentation to Meeting of NSW Frog & Tadpole Study Group, Dec 2015

 

“Research Excellence: What’s the point and how do you do it?”

Presentation at Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming, China, Jul 2019

 

RECENT & CURRENT STUDENTS

 

#01      Mr. Eduardo Gallo

            University:                  Macquarie University

            Degree:                       M.Sc.

            Year:                           2007-2008

Topic:                          Long-term changes in bird communities in relation to changes in habitat & climate

Co-supervisor:            Dr Culum Brown (Macquarie University)

 

#02      Mr. John Burley

            University:                  UTS

            Degree:                       B.Sc. (Hons)

            Year:                           2013

            Topic:                          Amphibian chytrid fungus

            Co-supervisors:           Drs Dan Ramp & John Gollan (UTS)

 

#03      Mr Chad Beranek

            University:                  UTS

            Degree                        B.Sc. (Hons)

            Year:                           2014/2015

Topic:                          Biology of two common urban frogs, Limnodynastes peronii and Crinia signifera

           

#04      Mr Jay Falletta

            University:                  UTS

            Degree                        B.Sc. (Hons)

            Year:                           2014/2015

            Topic:                          Optimal foraging in nectar-feeding animals

            Co-supervisors:           Dr Bill Chivers (Univ of Newcastle)

 

#05      Ms Kendal Fairweather

            University:                  UTS

            Degree:                       B.Sc. (Hons)

            Year:                           2014/2015

Topic:                          Effects of fire history, climate change and habitat modification on distribution of Christmas Bells (Blandfordia spp)

Co-supervisors:           Drs Krystyna Johnson & Margaret Burchett (UTS) 

                                                           

#06      Mr Rod Wattus

            University:                  UTS

Degree:                       M.Sc. (Research), converting to PhD

Year                            2014-2017 (withdrew)

Topic:                          Population biology of the endangered Green & Golden Bell Frog

Co-supervisors:           Dr Jonathan Webb (UTS)

 

#07      Ms Nadine Samy       

University:                  UTS

Degree:                       M.Sc. (Research), partime, converting to PhD

Year                            2015-2018 (withdrew)

Topic:                          Frogs as environmental bio-indicators

Co-supervisors:           Dr Richard Lim (UTS), Dr Grant Hose (Macquarie Uni), Dr John Kalman (UTS), Dr Simon Mitrovic (UTS)

 

#08      Ms Sally Gartland

            University:                  UTS

            Degree:                       B. Env. Sci. – Research Internship

            Year                            2015-2016

Topic:                          Effect of fire on flowering by Christmas Bells (Blandfordia grandiflora)

 

#09      Mr Oliver Kelly         

University:                  UTS

Degree:                       B.Sc. (Hons)

Year                            2016-2017

Topic:                          Foraging by marine crabs on frogs

Co-supervisors            Dr Shane Ahyong (Aust Museum), Dr Simon Mitrovic (UTS)

 

#10      Mr Dean Lenga          

University:                  UTS

Degree:                       B.Sc. (Hons)

Year                            2016-2017

Topic:                          Effects of habitat modification on endangered Green & Golden Bell Frog

Co-supervisor:             Dr Simon Mitrovic (UTS)

 

#11      Ms Lauren O’Brien

            University:                  UTS

            Degree:                       B. Env. Sci. – Research Internship

            Year:                           2016-2017

Topic:                          Effect of fire on flowering by Christmas Bells (Blandfordia grandiflora)

 

#12      Mr Jay Edwards

            University:                  UTS

Degree:                       B. Env. Sci. (Hons)

Year:                           2017-2018

Topic:                          Optimal foraging by honeyeaters feeding on Christmas Bells

Co-supervisor:            Prof David Booth (UTS)

 

#13      Mr David Gertner

            University:                  UTS

Degree:                       B. Chem. (Hons)

Year:                           2018

Topic: Investigation of nectar composition via Capillary Electrophoresis

Co-supervisors:           Prof Philip Doble (UTS), Dr John Kalman (UTS)

 

 #14     Mr Pradip Subedi

            University:                  Macquarie University

            Degree:                       M.Sc.

            Year:                           2021

Topic:                          Optimal foraging by honeyeaters feeding on Christmas Bells