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DR KATH HANDASYDE



Contact Details

Organization: Zoology
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
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Homepage: http://www.zoology.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/staff/index.php?57,4
Work: 8344-4357
Fax: 8344-7909
Room: 355
Level: 03
Building: Zoology Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Reproductive biology, physiology and ecology of Australian mammals/Wildlife Conservation and management Ecology (habitat use, diet and behaviour), management, diseases and ecophysiology of Australian native mammals, including koalas possums platypus Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1979
Bachelor of Science (honours) Monash University 31-Dec-1980
Doctor of Philosophy Monash University 31-Dec-1986

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Mammal Society Member 01-Jan-1980
Member Wildlife Diseases Association Member 01-Jan-1983
Member Australian Conservation Foundation Member 01-Jan-1998

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
THE EFFECTS OF FIRE ON THE ECOLOGY OF THE LONG-NOSED POTOROO (POTOROUS TRIDACTYLUS) Chief Investigator ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund 01/01/2007
THE IMPACTS OF HABITAT FRAGMENTATION ON DISPERSAL OF NATIVE MAMMALS Principal Supervisor ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund 01/11/2007
THE IMPACTS OF HABITAT FRAGMENTATION ON DISPERSAL OF NATIVE ANIMALS Chief Investigator THE NORMAN WETTENHALL FOUNDATION Research Grants 18/12/2007
The effects of prescribed burning on the long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) Chief Investigator ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund 27/05/2008
THE POPULATION GENETICS AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE LONG-NOSED POTOROO (Potorous tridactylus) IN SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA. Principal Supervisor ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund 27/05/2008
THE EFFECTS ON PRESCRIBED BURNING ON THE LONG-NOSED POTOROO (POTOROUS TRIDACTYLUS) Principal Supervisor M A INGRAM TRUST INGRAM PROJECT GRANTS 11/06/2008
THE GENETIC STRUCTURE AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE LONG-NOSED POTOROO (Potorous tridactylus) THROUGHOUT SOUTH EASTERN AUSTRALIA. Principal Supervisor AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM Australian Museum Postgraduate Awards 02/07/2008
The impacts of habitat fragmentation on dispersal of native mammals Principal Supervisor ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund 01/10/2008
THE IMPACTS OF HABITAT FRAGMENTATION ON DISPERSAL OF NATIVE MAMMALS Principal Supervisor WINIFRED VIOLET SCOTT ESTATE Project Grants 01/04/2009

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

  • Inbreeding and testicular abnormalities in a bottlenecked population of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Wildlife Research
    Volume: 36
    Page numbers: 299-308
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Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Koala
    Year: 2008
    Book: The Mammals of Australia
    Publisher: Reed New Holland(Chatswood, NSW)
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  • Striped Possum Dactylopsila trivirgata
    Year: 2008
    Book: The Mammals of Australia
    Publisher: Reed New Holland(Chatswood, NSW)
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Journal Articles

  • A redescription of Trichosurolaelaps dixous Domrow, 1972 (Acari: Laelapidae), from Trichosurus cunninghami (Marsupialia: Phalangeridae) from southern Australia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Folia Parasitologica
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 301-308
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • A crisis in student quantity and quality
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Science
    Volume: 317
    Page numbers: 5
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  • Comparison of bobuck (Trichosurus cunninghami) demography in two habitat types in the Strathbogie Ranges, Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 271
    Page numbers: 375-385
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  • Fine-scale microhabitat selection for dense vegetation in a heathland rodent, Rattus lutreolus: Insights from intraspecific and temporal patterns
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Austral Ecology
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 315-325
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  • Linear roadside remnants: Their influence on den-use, home range and mating system in bobucks (Trichosurus cunningham)
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Austral Ecology
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 686-696
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  • Long-term pair-bonds without mating fidelity in a mammal
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Behaviour
    Volume: 144
    Page numbers: 1419-1445
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Comparison of bobuck (Trichosurus cunninghami) demography in two habitat types in the Strathbogie Ranges, Australia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 10
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  • Sexual maturity, factors affecting the breeding season and breeding in consecutive seasons in populations of overabundant Victorian koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 54
    Page numbers: 385-392
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Eucalyptus foliar chemistry explains selective feeding by koalas
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 64-67
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  • Burrow use and ranging behaviour of the southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) in the Murraylands, South Australia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 265
    Page numbers: 189-200
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  • Risk sensitive foraging: an experimental study of a solitary marsupial
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Mammalogy
    Volume: 27
    Page numbers: 231-234
    Publisher: The Australian Mammal Society
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Aspects of the ecology of the Bobuck Trichosurus caninus, in the Strathbogie Ranges, Victoria
    Year: 2004
    Book: The Biology of Australian Possums and Gliders
    Publisher: Surrey Beatty & Sons(Sydney)
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  • Aspects of the ecology of the Bobuck, Trichosurus caninus, in the Strathbogie Ranges, Victoria
    Year: 2004
    Book: The Biology of Australian Possums and Gliders
    Publisher: Surrey Beatty & Sons(Sydney)
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  • Distribution and conservation status of possums and gliders in Victoria
    Year: 2004
    Book: The Biology of Australian Possums and Gliders
    Publisher: Surrey Beatty & Sons(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • Aspects of the ecology of common wombats (Vombatus ursinus) at high density on pastoral land in Victoria
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 303-330
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  • Responses to threat by female bobucks, Trichosurus caninus, during different stages of offspring development
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
    Volume: 56
    Page numbers: 322-327
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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  • The effects of sarcoptic mange on the behaviour of wild common wombats (Vombatus ursinus)
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 331-339
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • A set of microsatellite primers for the striped possum, Dactylopsila trivirgata (Petauridae: Marsupialia)
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Molecular Ecology
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 212
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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  • Monitoring the activity of a southern hairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus latifrons, using temperature dataloggers
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Mammalogy
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 205-208
    Publisher: The Australian Mammal Society
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  • Plasma glucocorticoid concentrations in free-ranging platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus): response to capture and patterns in relation to reproduction
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology
    Volume: 136
    Page numbers: 895-902
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(New York)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Serological responses against the pathogenic dimorphic fungus Mucor amphibiorum in populations of platypus (Ornithorphynchus anatinus) with and without ulcerative mycotic dermatitis
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Veterinary Microbiology
    Volume: 87
    Page numbers: 59-71
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  • The feeding ecology of the striped possum Dactylopsila trivirgata (Marsupialia: Petauridae) in far north Queensland, Australia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 257
    Page numbers: 195-206
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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