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A/PROF MURRAY LITTLEJOHN



Contact Details

Organization: Zoology
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Evolutionary Biology, Bio-acoustics and Zoogeography Speciation, homogamy, amphibian, communication, Anuran Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science The University of Western Australia 31-Dec-1955
Master of Science The University of Western Australia 31-Dec-1971
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Western Australia 01-Dec-1958

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Herpetologists League Fellow 01-Jan-1971
Member Australian Institute of Biology Member/Victorian Representative 01-Jan-1991
Member Australian Society of Herpetologists President/Vice-President 01-Jan-1967
Member Ecological Society of Australia President/Vice-President/Member of Council 01-Jan-1989
Member Royal Society of Victoria Member of Council/Honorary Research Secretary and Member of Council 01-Jan-1978
Member Society for the Study of Evolution Vice-President/Assoc. Editor 01-Jan-1969
Member American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Honorary Foreign Member 01-Jan-1977
Member Australian Society of Herpetologists Honorary Member 01-Jan-1982

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (FAAAS) 01-Jan-1968

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship Commonwealth of Australia Commonwealth Scholarship 01-Jan-1951
Other (Award) University of Western Australia Hackett Studentship (Postgraduate) 01-Jan-1958

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
Human-induced changes in the genetic structure of amphibian populations Chief Investigator MUSEUM VIC,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2006

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 2008

Journal Articles

  • Geographic variation in the advertisement call of Crinia signifera (Anura: Myobatrachidae) on Kangaroo Island and across southern south-eastern Australia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 56
    Page numbers: 223-232
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Geographic variation in advertisement calls of Crinia signifera (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in the Bass Strait area of south-eastern Australia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 53
    Page numbers: 221-228
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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  • Territorial vocal behavior in hybrid smooth froglets, Geocrinia laevis complex (Anura: Myobatrachidae)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
    Volume: 58
    Page numbers: 72-79
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • A spatially explicit individual-based model of reinforcement in hybrid zones
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Evolution
    Volume: 57
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 962-970
    Publisher: The Society for the Study of Evolution(Kansas)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Patterns of Differentiation in Temporal Properties of Acoustic Signals of Anurans
    Year: 2001
    Book: Anuran Communication
    Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press(Washington)
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