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DR LES CHRISTIDIS



Contact Details

Organization: Genetics, Zoology
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow), Honorary (Senior Fellow)
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Homepage: www.amonline.net.au
Work: 02 9320 6297
Mobile: 0421 058 559
Fax: 02 9320 6015
Building: No Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Evolutionary Genetics Phylogeny, Birds, Evolution. Systematics Australia, New Zealand, Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States University of Chicago Research
Denmark Copenhagen University Research
New Zealand Massey University Research
United States University of California - Berkeley Research
Australia James Cook University of North Queensland Research
Sweden Swedish Museum of Natural History Research
Germany Universitaet Ulm Research
United States Field Museum of Natural History Research
United States Smithsonian Institution Research
Australia Museum Victoria Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy The Australian National University 31-Dec-1985
Bachelor of Science Honours The Australian National University 31-Dec-1980

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Global Biodiversity Information facility Science Sub Committe Member 01-Jan-2006
Member Consortium of Barcode of Life Australasian Regional Coordinator for the Birds barcode Initiative 01-Jan-2005
Member Birds Australia National Committe Member 01-Jan-2003
Member Council of Heads of Australian Faunal Collections Chair of the Online Zoological Collections in Australia Museum Steering Committee 01-Jan-2003

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Bird Observers Club of Australia W.Roy Wheeler Medallion for Excellence in Field Omithology 01-Aug-2005

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 2008

Books

  • Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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Journal Articles

  • A new species of Miniopterus (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from lowland southeastern Madagascar
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Mammalian Biology
    Volume: 73
    Page numbers: 199-213
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  • DNA evidence shows vocalizations to be a better indicator of taxonomic limits than plumage patterns in Zimmerius tyrant-flycatchers
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 150-156
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  • Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: evidence from the Campephagidae and other Crown Corvida (Aves)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 221-236
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  • Genetic differentiation across the Andes in two pan-Neotropical tyrant-flycatcher species
    Year: 2008
    Journal: EMU
    Volume: 108
    Page numbers: 261-268
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  • Habitat shifts in the evolutionary history of a Neotropical flycatcher lineage from forest and open landscapes
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Evolutionary Biology
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 1-18
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  • Molecular phylogenetics and diversification within one of the most geographically variable bird species complexes Pachycephala pectoralis/melanura
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Avian Biology
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 473-478
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  • Morphological, behavioural and genetic differentiation within the Horned Parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus) and its affinities to Cyanoramphus and Prosopeia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: EMU
    Volume: 108
    Page numbers: 251-260
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  • Phylogenetic relationships of tyrant-flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae), with an emphasis on the elaeniine assemblage
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 88-101
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  • Polyphyletic origin of toxic Pitohui birds suggests widespread occurrence of toxicity in corvoid birds
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 71-74
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  • Subspeciation in the short-tailed Grasswren (Amytornis merrotsyi, Maluridae)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: EMU
    Volume: 108
    Page numbers: 275-282
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • A new endemic family of New Zealand passerine birds: adding heat to a biodiversity hotspot
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 1-6
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  • Phylogenetic relationships of tyrant-flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae), with an emphasis on the elaeniine assemblage
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 88-101
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  • Polyphyletic origin of toxic Pitohui birds suggests widespread occurrence of toxicity in corvoid birds
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 71-74
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  • Speciation dynamics in the Australo-Papuan Meliphaga honeyeaters
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 80-91
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  • The specific status of populations on Madagascar referred to  Miniopterus fraterculus (chritoptera: vespertilionidae), with description of a new species
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Mammalogy
    Volume: 88
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1216-1229
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Invasion patterns inferred from cytochrome oxidate I sequences in three bryozoans, Bugula neritina, Watersipora subtorquata, and Watersipora arcuata
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Marine Biology
    Volume: 149
    Page numbers: 285-295
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  • Latitudinal gradients in abundance, and the causes of rarity in the tropics:a test using Australian honeyeaters (Aves:Meliphagidae)
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Oecologia
    Volume: 149
    Page numbers: 406-417
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Publications in 2003

Conference Publications/Papers

  • DNA and the museum tradition
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Why museums matter:Avian archives in an age of extinction
    Conference Publication: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club Supplement - Why Museums Matter
    Volume: 123A
    Page numbers: 52-64
    Publisher: British Ornithologists' Club
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Molecular Phylogenetics of Australo-Papuan Possums and Gliders (Family Petauridae)
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 211-224
    Publisher: Academic Press(California)
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