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DR LINDA JOY THOMSON



Contact Details

Organization: Zoology
Position: SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
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Homepage: http://www.zoology.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/staff/index.php?271,20
Work: 42521
Fax: 47089
Room: 406
Level: 01
Building: David Pennington Building
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy La Trobe University 03-Mar-2001
Master of Science University of Melbourne 29-Jul-1977
Diploma of Education University of Melbourne 29-Jul-1974

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
SUSTAINABLE VITICULTURE 2010 AND BEYOND. VINEYARD MANAGEMENT TO MAXIMIZE BENEFICIAL INVERTEBRATES TO INCREASE THE BOTTOM LINE Chief Investigator GRAPE & WINE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORP Research Grants 01/07/2006
SPIDER PREDATION: A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD? THE INFLUENCE OF SPIDERS IN THE BIOCONTROL OF EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA (WALKER) (LEPIDOPTERA:TORTRICIDAE) IN VINEYARDS Chief Investigator ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund 01/01/2007
The influence of spiders in the biocontrol of Epiphyas postvittana, the principal insect pest in Australian vineyards. Chief Investigator ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund 27/05/2008
ICE 2008 XXIII International Congress of Entomology, Durban, South Africa Chief Investigator GRAPE & WINE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORP Travel Grant 05/07/2008

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
0506-441 THE EFFECTS OF WINDBREAK MANAGEMENT ON PEST AND BENEFICIAL INVERTEBRATES Chief Investigator GLENELG HOPKINS CMA 01/07/2005
THE EFFECTS OF WINDBREAK MANAGEMENT ON PEST AND BENEFICIAL INVERTEBRATES Chief Investigator GLENELG HOPKINS CMA 01/07/2005

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 2007

Journal Articles

  • Beneficial organisms as bioindicators for environmental sustainability in the grape industry in Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 404-411
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  • Commercial agrochemical applications in vineyards do not influence ant communities
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Environmental Entomology
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1374-1383
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  • Detritivores as indicators of landscape stress and soil degradation
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 412-423
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  • Ecologically Sustainable Chemical Recommendations for Agricultural Pest Control?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Economic Entomology
    Volume: 100
    Page numbers: 1741-50
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  • Effects of ground cover (straw and compost) on the abundance of natural enemies and soil macro invertebrates in vineyards
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Agricultural and Forest Entomology
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 173-179
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  • Slug control in Australian canola: monitoring, molluscicidal baits and economic thresholds
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Pest Management Science
    Volume: 63
    Page numbers: 851-859
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Field validation of laboratory derived IOBC toxicity ratings for natural enemies in commercial vineyards.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Biological Control
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 507-515
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  • Influence of reduced irrigation on beneficial invertebrates in vineyards.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 1389-1395
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  • Shelterbelts in agricultural landscapes suppress invertebrates.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 1379-1388
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Major Reference Works

  • Encyclopaedia of Pest Management:Grape production in Australia: Integrated strategies and bioindicators for sustainability.
    Year: 2006
    Reference Work Title: Encyclopaedia of Pest Management
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd(New York)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Effective trapping methods for assessing invertebrates in vineyards.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 44
    Page numbers: 947-953
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  • Effects of cold storage on field and laboratory performance of Trichogramma carverae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) and the response of three Trichogramma spp. (T. carverae, T. nr.  brassicae and T. funiculatum) to cold.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Economic Entomology
    Volume: 97
    Page numbers: 213-221
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Developing Trichogramma as a pest management tool.Pp 65-85 in Predators and Parasitoids. Ed O.Koul and G.S.Dhaliwal. Taylor and Francis London.
    Year: 2003
    Book: Predators and parasitoids
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd(London)
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Journal Articles

  • Identification and characterization of Trichogramma carverae species from south-eastern Australia using the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS-2) region of the ribosomal gene complex.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
    Volume: 106
    Page numbers: 235-240
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  • The effects of host age, host nuclear background and temperature on phenotypic effcecs of the virulent Wolbachia strain popcorn in Drosophila melanogaster.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Genetics
    Volume: 164
    Page numbers: 1027-1034
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Individual level trade offs and artefacts in the egg parasitoid Trichogramma carverae) (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae).
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Annals of the Entomological Society of America
    Volume: 95
    Page numbers: 695-700
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  • Laboratory fecundity as predictor of field success in Trichogramma carverae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae).
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Economic Entomology
    Volume: 95
    Page numbers: 912-917
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Field and laboratory evidence for acclimation without costs in an egg parasitoid.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Functional Ecology
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 217-221
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  • The effects of sulphur on Trichogramma egg parasitoids in vineyards: measuring toxic effects and establishing release windows.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 1165-1171
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