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DR PETER GRIMBACHER



Contact Details

Organization: Resource Management and Geography
Position: POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW - TROPICAL INSECT DIVERSITY
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Work: 0392506892

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Tropical insect ecology and biodiversity Beetles, rainforest, seasonality, Wet Tropics Australia
Invertebrate responses to environmental change Reforestation, habitat fragmentation, cyclonic disturbance Australia
Plantation expansion and biodiversity outcomes Forestry, Eucalyptus plantations Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (Hounours 1st Class) Macquarie University 31-Dec-1999
PhD in Science Griffith University 25-Aug-2007

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Ecological Society of Australia Standard 31-Jan-2004 31-Dec-2009

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

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

  • How do beetle assemblages respond to cyclonic disturbance of a fragmented tropical rainforest landscape?
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Oecologia
    Volume: 161
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 591-599
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  • Seasonality of a Diverse Beetle Assemblage Inhabiting Lowland Tropical Rainforest in Australia
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Biotropica
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 328-337
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Detecting the effects of environmental change above the species level with beetles in a fragmented tropical rainforest landscape
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ecological Entomology
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 66-79
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  • Do edge effects increase the susceptibility of rainforest fragments to structural damage resulting from a severe tropical cyclone?
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Austral Ecology
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 525-531
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  • What Determines Whether a Species of Insect is Described? Evidence from a Study of Tropical Forest Beetles
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Insect Conservation and Diversity
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 114-119
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • How much do site age, habitat structure and spatial isolation influence the restoration of rainforest beetle species assemblages?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Biological Conservation
    Volume: 135
    Page numbers: 107-118
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  • Responses of ground-active beetle assemblages to different styles of reforestation on cleared rainforest land
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Biodiversity and Conservation
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 2167-2184
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  • Vertical Stratification of Feeding Guilds and Body Size in Beetle Assemblages from an Australian Tropical Rainforest
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Austral Ecology
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 77-85
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Beetle Assemblages from an Australian Tropical Rainforest show that the Canopy and the Ground Strata Contribute Equally to Biodiversity
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences
    Volume: 273
    Issue: 1596
    Page numbers: 1969-1975
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  • Beetle species' responses suggest that microclimate mediates fragmentation effects in tropical Australian rainforest
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Austral Ecology
    Volume: 31
    Page numbers: 458-470
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Response of ant communities and ant–seed interactions to bush regeneration
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Ecological Management & Restoration
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 188-189
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