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PROF PETER TEMPLE-SMITH



Contact Details

Organization: Zoology
Position: Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
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Work: 40549
Fax: 8344 7909
Room: G1B
Level: Ground
Building: Zoology Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Reproductive Biology Conservation, endangered species, paternity, reproductive ecology, mammal, spermatozoa evolution and function, marsupial, monotreme, DNA profiling Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (Honours) University of Tasmania 31-Dec-1969
Doctor of Philosophy The Australian National University 31-Dec-1974

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Unspecified Anatomical Society of Australia and New Zealand Member 01-Jan-1978 01-Jan-1988
Unspecified Australian Society for Reproductive Biology Member 01-Jan-1973
Unspecified Australian Mammal Society Member 01-Jan-1971
Unspecified Australian Society for Medical Research Member 01-Jan-1985 01-Jan-1994
Unspecified Australian Institute of Biology Member 01-Jan-1987
Unspecified American Society for Andrology Member 01-Jan-1987 01-Jan-1991
Unspecified Society for Mammalian Evolution Member 01-Jan-1994
Unspecified Victorian Society for Cell Biology Member 01-Jan-1993
Unspecified Southern Connection Member 01-Jan-1993

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Australian Commonwealth Undergraduate Fellowship 01-Jan-1966
Other (Award) Wellcome-Ramaciotti Traveling Fellowship 01-Jan-1986
Other (Award) Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship 01-Jan-1974
Prize University of Tasmania Ramsay Prize, Zoology III 01-Jan-1968
Other (Award) NIH National Research Award 01-Jan-1976
Other (Award) Winter Foundation Travel Bursary- III International Congress on Andrology, Boston 01-Jan-1984
Other (Award) Winter Foundation Overseas Travel Bursary- International Symposium on Endocrinology, Beijing 01-Jan-1988
Other (Award) Monash University Vice-Chancellor?s Travel Fund- IV international Congress on Andrology, Florence 01-Jan-1989
Other (Award) Monash University Vice-Chancellor?s Travel Fund/ Overseas Travel Bursary- IV international Congress on Spermatology, Sienna 01-Jan-1990
Other (Award) Potter Foundation Travel Grant- 11th International Symposium on Operative Andrology, Istanbul 01-Jan-1992
Other (Award) Australian Government Australian Commonwealth Postgraduate Award 01-Jan-1969

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.

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
DEVELOPMENT & APPLICATION OF TECHNIQUES FOR REMOTE FIELD MONITORING OF BREEDING ACTIVITY IN INDIVIDUAL NORTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBATS, LASIORHINUS KREFFTII Chief Investigator ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 15/11/2004

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

  • Use of genetic methods to establish male-biased dispersal in a cryptic mammal, the swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Australian Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 57
    Page numbers: 65-72
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Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons
    Year: 2008
    Book: The Mammals of Australia
    Publisher: Reed New Holland(Chatswood, NSW)
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Journal Articles

  • Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Nature
    Volume: 453
    Page numbers: 175-184
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Effects of drought on weight, survival and breeding success of agile antechinus (Antechinus agilis), dusky antechinus (A. swainsonii) and bush rats (Rattus fuscipes)
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Wildlife Research
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 437-442
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  • Olfactory cues, genetic relatedness and female mate choice in the agile antechinus (Antechinus agilis)
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
    Volume: 61
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1075-1079
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  • Reproduction in male swamp wallabies (Wallabia bicolor): puberty and the effects of season
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Anatomy
    Volume: 211
    Page numbers: 518-533
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Genetic similarity, not male size, influences female mate choice in the agile antechinus (Antechinus agilis)
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 54
    Page numbers: 319-323
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  • Growth and histology of ovarian follicles after cold storage in the tammar wallaby
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Reproduction, Fertility and Development
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 677-688
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  • Reproduction in female swamp wallabies, Wallabia bicolor
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Reproduction, Fertility and Development
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 735-743
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Birth of pouch young after artificial insemination in the tammar wallaby Macropus eugenii
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Biology of Reproduction
    Volume: 72
    Page numbers: 451-459
    Publisher: Society for the Study of Reproduction(Wisconsin)
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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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  • Changes in semen quality and morphology of the reproductive tract of the male tammar wallaby parallel seasonal breeding activity in the female
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Reproduction
    Volume: 130
    Page numbers: 367-378
    Publisher: Society of Reproduction and Fertility(Cambridge)
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  • Mating sequence, dominance and paternity success in captive male tammar wallabies
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Reproduction
    Volume: 130
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 367-378
    Publisher: Society of Reproduction and Fertility(Cambridge)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection in a marsupial
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Reproduction
    Volume: 128
    Page numbers: 595-605
    Publisher: Society of Reproduction and Fertility(Cambridge)
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  • Sperm transport, size of the seminal plug and the timing of ovulation after natural mating in the female tammar wallaby Macropus eugenii
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Reproduction, Fertility and Development
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 811-822
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • 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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  • Paternity success and the direction of sexual selection in a field population of a semelparous marsupial, Antechinus agilis
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Molecular Ecology
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 475-484
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Factors influencing paternity success in Antechinus agilis: last-male sperm precedence, timing of mating and genetic compatibility
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 100-107
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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  • Multiple paternity in a field population of a small carnivorous marsupial, the agile antechinus, Antechinus agilis.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 84-91
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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