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DR MELINDA MOIR



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Organization: Botany
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW GRADE 1
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Ecology and taxonomy of insects and arachnids conservation, biodiversity, extinction, biogeography Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Biological and Environmental Science Murdoch University 01-Jan-1996
Bachelor of Science (Honours 1st class - Invertebrate Ecology) Curtin University of Technology 20-Feb-2000
PhD (Invertebrate Ecology) Curtin University of Technology 30-Nov-2006

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Ecological Society of Australia General member (family) 01-Feb-1999
Member Australian Entomological Society General member 01-Feb-1999

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
INVESTIGATING THE CO-EXTINCTION OF AUSTRALIAN INSECTS ON THREATENED PLANTS Chief Investigator AUST & PACIFIC SCIENCE FOUNDATION Research Grant 01/07/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Budginmaya eulae gen. et sp. nov., a myrmecophilous planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae) from Western Australia
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Australian Journal of Entomology
    Volume: 48
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 36-39
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  • Diversity, endemism and species turnover of millipedes within the southwest Australia global biodiversity hotspot
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Biogeography
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1958-1971
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  • In threat of co-extinction: two new species of Acizzia Heslop-Harrison (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) from vulnerable species of Acacia and Pultenaea
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Zootaxa
    Volume: 2249
    Page numbers: 20-32
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  • In threat of co-extinction: two new species of Acizzia Heslop-Harrison (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) from vulnerable species of Acacia and Pultenaea
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Zootaxa
    Volume: 2249
    Page numbers: 20-32
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Gunawardenea, a new genus of squat leafhoppers from Western Australia, with description of two new species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Western Australian Museum Records
    Volume: 24
    Page numbers: 429-436
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  • Discovery of the pill millipede genus Epicyliosoma (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Sphaerotheriidae) in Western Australia, with the description of a new species
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Western Australian Museum Records
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 113-119
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  • Hemiptera assemblages of understorey habitats in rehabilitated bauxite mines and surrounding jarrah forest
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Entomology
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 75-76
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  • Hidden biodiversity: fungi and invertebrates
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Landscope
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 42-48
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Reports

  • Terrestrial Invertebrates of the South Coast NRM Region of Western Australia: Short-range Endemics in Gondwanan Relictual Habitats
    Year: 2008
    Customer: South Coast Natural Resource Management group
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: Western Australian Museum(Perth)
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Using bugs (Hemiptera) as ecological and environmental indicators in forest ecosystems
    Year: 2007
    Book: Forest Ecology Research Horizons
    Publisher: Nova Science Publishers(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Inverterates and the restoration of a forest ecosystem: 30 years of research following bauxite mining in Western Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Restoration Ecology
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: S104-S115
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Simplifying assessment of forest management practices for invertebrates: How effective are higher taxon and habitat surrogates for spiders following prescribed burning?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Forest Ecology and Management
    Volume: 231
    Page numbers: 138-154
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  • Two new species of Anabunda Emeljanov (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Achilidae) from Australia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Zootaxa
    Volume: 1328
    Page numbers: 39-50
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Restoration of a forest ecosystem: the effects of vegetation and dispersal capabilities on the reassembly of plant-dwelling arthropods


    Year: 2005
    Journal: Forest Ecology and Management
    Volume: 217
    Page numbers: 294-306
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  • Toward an optimal sampling protocol for Hemiptera on understorey plants
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Insect Conservation
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 3-20
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Conservation and biodiversity of spiders in Western Australian jarrah forest: Untangling multiple disturbance effects from burning and mining
    Year: 2004
    Book: Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna
    Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of NSW
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Journal Articles

  • Biodiversity of jarrah forest spiders at Jarrahdale, Western Australia: richness, endemicity and taxonomic knowledge
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Pacific Conservation Biology
    Volume: 10
    Page numbers: 241-260
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • New records for Hemiptera species in Western Australia
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Records of the Western Australian Museum
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 353-358
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Cryptobarsac rubriops, a new genus and species of selizine Flatidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from grasstrees (Xanthorrhoea preissii) in south Western Australia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Western Australian Museum Records
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 221-225
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