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MR NICK COLLETT



Contact Details

Organization: Forest and Ecosystem Science
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW
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Work: (03)2506839
Level: Ground
Building: No Building
Campus: ILFR - Burnley Campus

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Forest Health Entomology Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Masters of Science Monash University 01-Oct-1997
Bachelor of Arts Monash University 01-May-1984

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
BAYER INSECTICIDES Chief Investigator BAYER CROP SCIENCE,
DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT - USE CUST 57383
01/07/2004
FOREST GALL HEALTH Chief Investigator MUSEUM VIC,
DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT - USE CUST 57383
01/07/2004
FSF PLANT HEALTH Chief Investigator PARKS VICTORIA,
CITY OF PORT PHILLIP,
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS,
DEPT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY,
CITY OF MELBOURNE,
CITY OF GREATER GEELONG,
BHP BILLITON NICKEL WEST
01/07/2004
DPI- SIREX NEMATODE Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT - USE CUST 57383 01/07/2004
DSE- FOR/PLANT HEALTH Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2004
ASIAN GYPSY MOTH Chief Investigator DEPT OF AGRICULTURE FISHERIES & FORESTRY,
DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT - USE CUST 57383
01/10/2004
QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTING OF SIREX NEMATODES Chief Investigator AGRICULTURE VICTORIA SERVICES PTY LTD 01/12/2004
PROJECT 4.2 - FOREST HEALTH. Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2005
MUSEUM OF VICTORIA FOREST GALLERY HEALTH 05/06 Chief Investigator MUSEUM VIC 01/07/2005
PROJECT CODE: 200003/10207 - ASIAN GYPSY MOTH (AGM) AND FRUIT FLY TRAPPING AROUND THE PORTS OF MELBOURNE, GEELONG AND WESTERNPORT Chief Investigator DEPT OF AGRICULTURE FISHERIES & FORESTRY 01/10/2005
CONSULTANCY AGT - PROJECT CODE: 200003/10207 - ASIAN GYPSY MOTH (AGM) AND FRUIT FLY TRAPPING AROUND THE PORTS OF MELBOURNE, GEELONG AND WESTERNPORT Chief Investigator DEPT OF AGRICULTURE FISHERIES & FORESTRY 31/05/2006
FOREST HEALTH SERVICES FOR HANCOCK VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS PTY LTD 06/07 Chief Investigator HANCOCK VIC PLANTATIONS 01/07/2006
MUSEUM OF VICTORIA FOREST GALLERY HEALTH 06/07 Chief Investigator MUSEUM VIC 01/07/2006
PLANTATION HEALTH SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT-DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES Chief Investigator DEPT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES - VIC 29/01/2007
MUSEUM OF VICTORIA FOREST GALLERY HEALTH 07/08 Chief Investigator MUSEUM VIC 01/07/2007
FOREST HEALTH SERVICES FOR HANCOCK VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS PTY LTD Chief Investigator HANCOCK VIC PLANTATIONS 01/07/2007
PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL LYMANTRIA (GYPSY MOTHS) SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM Chief Investigator DEPT OF AGRICULTURE FISHERIES & FORESTRY 03/10/2007
MUSEUM OF VICTORIA FOREST GALLERY HEALTH 08/09 Chief Investigator MUSEUM VIC 01/07/2008
PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL LYMANTRIA (GYPSY MOTHS) SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM Chief Investigator DEPT OF AGRICULTURE FISHERIES & FORESTRY 01/07/2008
FOREST HEALTH SERVICES FOR HANCOCK VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS PTY LTD 08/09 Chief Investigator HVP PLANTATIONS 12/08/2008
FOREST HEALTH SERVICES FOR HANCOCK VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS PTY LTD 09/10 Chief Investigator HANCOCK VIC PLANTATIONS 16/09/2009

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

  • Effects of fire retardant application on heathland surface-dwelling ant species (Order Hymenoptera; Family Formicidae) in Victoria, Australia
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Forest Ecology and Management
    Volume: 257
    Page numbers: 1261-1270
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  • The control of sirex wood wasp using biological control agents in Victoria, Australia
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Agricultural and Forest Entomology
    Volume: 11
    Page numbers: 283-294
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Reports

  • Controlling Autumn gum moth (Mnesampela privata Guenee) and Mycosphaerella leaf spot (Mycosphaerella spp.) in Eucalyptus globulus (Labill.) seedlings using insecticide tablets and fungicide application
    Year: 2009
    Customer: Department of Primary Industries
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Review of key exotic insect pest species, the threast they pose to the plantation industry in Victoria and methods of surveillance and detection
    Year: 2009
    Customer: Department of Primary Industries
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2008

Books

  • A Field Guide to Plantation Health Surveillance in Victoria
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Department of primary industries(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Forest health surveillance in Victoria
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Forestry
    Volume: 71
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 188-195
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  • Growth and nutrition of Pinus radiata in response to fertilizer applied after thinning and interaction with defoliation associated with Essigella californica
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Forest Ecology and Management
    Volume: 255
    Page numbers: 2118-2128
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Effect of fire retardant application on heathland surface-dwelling families of the Order Coleoptera (beetles) in Victoria, Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Forest Ecology and Management
    Volume: 253
    Page numbers: 232-243
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  • Effects of fire retardant on heathland soils in south-eastern Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Soil Research
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 607-617
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  • Invasive terrestrial invertebrates in Victoria
    Year: 2007
    Journal: The Victorian Naturalist
    Volume: 124
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 87-102
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  • Managing insect pests in Eucalyptus globulus (Labill.) platations in Victoria using insecticide tablets at establishment
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Forestry
    Volume: 70
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 53-60
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Reports

  • The threat posed by new and existing native and exotic insect pests to the plantation industry in Victoria
    Year: 2007
    Customer: Department of Primary Industries
    Publisher: School of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne(Creswick)
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Publications in 2006

Reports

  • The threat posed by new and existing native and exotic insect pests to the plantation industry in Victoria
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Department of Primary Industries
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Diseases and insect pests
    Year: 2005
    Book: New Forests: Wood Production and Environmentla Services
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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Journal Articles

  • Effect of fire retardant application on heathland surface-dwelling invertebrate communities in Victoria
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Forestry
    Volume: 68
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 162-175
    Publisher: Institute of Foresters of Australia
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Short and long-term effects of prescribed fires in autumn and spring on surface-active arthropods in dry sclerophyll eucalypt forests of Victoria.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Forest Ecology and Management
    Volume: 182
    Page numbers: 117-138
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Effects of simulated chronic defoliation in summer on growth and survival of blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) within young eucalypt plantations in northern Victoria.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Forestry
    Volume: 65
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 99-106
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Biology and control of psyllids, and the possible causes for defoliation of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. (River red gum) in south-eastern Australia - a review.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Forestry
    Volume: 64
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 88-95
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