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List of works by Lesley Hughes

A framework for assessing the vulnerability of species to climate change: a case study of the Australian elapid snakes

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A matter of timing: changes in the first date of arrival and last date of departure of Australian migratory birds

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A new approach and case study for estimating extent and rates of habitat loss for ecological communities

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A preliminary assessment of changes in plant-dwelling insects when threatened plants are translocated

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A test of the thermal melanism hypothesis in the wingless grasshopper Phaulacridium vittatum.

scientific article published on January 2013

A tool to assess potential for alien plant establishment and expansion under climate change.

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AD/HD is a bio‐psychosocial condition requiring support from integrated services

ASTRO's 2007 core physics curriculum for radiation oncology residents

scientific article published in August 2007

ASTRO's core physics curriculum for radiation oncology residents

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Abundance–body mass relationships among insects along a latitudinal gradient

scientific article published in 2008

Arthropod community structure along a latitudinal gradient: Implications for future impacts of climate change

scholarly article by NIGEL R. ANDREW & Lesley Hughes published May 2005 in Austral Ecology

Assessing the vulnerability of Australian skinks to climate change

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AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora

publication published on 30 September 2021

Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council

scientific article published in 2023

Australian family ties: does a lack of relatives help invasive plants escape natural enemies?

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Biological consequences of global warming: is the signal already apparent?

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Climate Change Impacts on Species Interactions: Assessing the Threat of Cascading Extinctions

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Climate change and Australia: Trends, projections and impacts

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Climate change and Australia: Trends, projections and impacts

scientific article published on 13 August 2010

Climate change and Australia: key vulnerable regions

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Climate change and conservation policies in Australia: coping with change that is far away and not yet certain

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Climate change and its impact on Australia's avifauna

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Climate change in Victoria: trends, predictions and impacts

scholarly article published 2013

Climate readiness of recovery plans for threatened Australian species

scientific article published on 10 January 2019

Climatic Range Sizes of Eucalyptus Species in Relation to Future Climate Change

scientific article published in 1996

Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic

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Comparison of invertebrate herbivores on native and non-native Senecio species: Implications for the enemy release hypothesis

scientific article published in 2015

Consensus on climate change

scholarly article by Gian-Reto Walther et al published December 2005 in Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Conservation strategies in response to rapid climate change: Australia as a case study

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Considering extinction of dependent species during translocation, ex situ conservation, and assisted migration of threatened hosts

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Continental-scale assessment of risk to the Australian odonata from climate change

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Convergence of Elaiosomes and insect Prey: Evidence from ant Foraging Behaviour and Fatty Acid Composition

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Current constraints and future directions in estimating coextinction

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Determining vulnerability of stream communities to climate change at the landscape scale

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Different climatic envelopes among invasive populations may lead to underestimations of current and future biological invasions

scholarly article by Linda J. Beaumont et al published May 2009 in Diversity and Distributions

Diversity and assemblage structure of phytophagous Hemiptera along a latitudinal gradient: predicting the potential impacts of climate change

scientific article (publication date: 30 March 2005)

Does the choice of climate baseline matter in ecological niche modelling?

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Does time since introduction influence enemy release of an invasive weed?

scientific article published on 20 March 2013

Dragonflies: climate canaries for river management

scientific article published in 2012

Ecology. Assisted colonization and rapid climate change

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Effect of Diaspore Characteristics on Removal of Seeds Adapted for Dispersal by Ants

scientific article published on 09 May 2006

Effect of elevated CO 2 on interactions betwe en the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and the common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca

scientific article published in 1997

Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on development and consumption rates of Octotoma championi and O. scabripennis feeding on Lantana camara

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Effects of elevated CO2 on an insect omnivore: A test for nutritional effects mediated by host plants and prey

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Effects of elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) on flowering traits of three horticultural plant species

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Embedding biodiversity research into climate adaptation policy and practice

scientific article published on 25 June 2021

Evidence for climatic niche and biome shifts between native and novel ranges in plant species introduced to Australia

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Experimental manipulation of melanism demonstrates the plasticity of preferred temperature in an agricultural pest (Phaulacridium vittatum)

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Extinction risk from climate change

scientific article, 2014

Fate of Seeds Adapted for Dispersal by Ants in Australian Sclerophyll Vegetation

scientific article published on 09 May 2006

Feeding preferences of the Christmas beetleAnoplognathus chloropyrus(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and four paropsine species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on selectedEucalyptus grandisclonal foliage

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Food for thought

Freshwater conservation planning under climate change: demonstrating proactive approaches for Australian Odonata

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From principles to practice: National approaches to managing biodiversity under climate change in Australia

scientific article published in 2009

Fuel flammability and fire responses of juvenile canopy species in a temperate rainforest ecosystem

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HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Sexual Activity, and Safer Sex Practices Among Female Students in Hong Kong, Australia, and the United States

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Herbivore damage along a latitudinal gradient: relative impacts of different feeding guilds

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How can knowledge of the climate niche inform the weed risk assessment process? A case study of Chrysanthemoides monilifera in Australia

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How far is it to your local? A survey on local provenance use in New South Wales

scientific article published in 2012

Identifying and managing threatened invertebrates through assessment of coextinction risk

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Incidence of leaf mining in different vegetation types across rainfall, canopy cover and latitudinal gradients

scientific article published in 2008

Interactive effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on the leaf-miner Dialectica scalariella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in Paterson's Curse, Echium plantagineum (Boraginaceae)

scholarly article by Caitlin V. Johns & Lesley Hughes published February 2002 in Global Change Biology

Invasion hotspots for non-native plants in Australia under current and future climates

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Leaf miners: The hidden herbivores

scientific article published in 2010

Leaf mining in the Myrtaceae

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MO-E-BRB-01: ASTRO's 2007 Core Physics Curriculum for Radiation Oncology Residents

Major conservation policy issues for biodiversity in Oceania

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Mobile gene cassettes: a fundamental resource for bacterial evolution

scientific article published on 3 May 2004

Modelling the impact ofHieraciumspp. on protected areas in Australia under future climates

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Next-generation invaders? Hotspots for naturalised sleeper weeds in Australia under future climates

scientific article published in 2013

Patterns in body size and melanism along a latitudinal cline in the wingless grasshopper, Phaulacridium vittatum

Patterns of insect herbivory on four Australian understory plant species

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Phenological changes in the southern hemisphere

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Phenological trends among Australian alpine species: using herbarium records to identify climate-change indicators

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Plant phylogeny as a surrogate for turnover in beetle assemblages

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Potential changes in the distributions of latitudinally restricted Australian butterfly species in response to climate change

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Potential host colonization by insect herbivores in a warmer climate: a transplant experiment

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Potential impacts of climate change on insect communities: a transplant experiment

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Potential impacts of climate change on patterns of insect herbivory on understorey plant species: A transplant experiment

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Predicted impact of exotic vines on an endangered ecological community under future climate change

scholarly article by Rachael V. Gallagher et al published 29 June 2010 in Biological Invasions

Predicting Dispersal Spectra: A Minimal Set of Hypotheses Based on Plant Attributes

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Predicting species distributions: use of climatic parameters in BIOCLIM and its impact on predictions of species’ current and future distributions

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Reflections on a seminal paper in conservation biology: the legacy of Peters and Darling (1985)

scholarly article published in 2018

Removal Rates of Seeds Adapted for Dispersal by Ants

scientific article published in 1990

Renewal ecology: conservation for the Anthropocene

article published in 2017

Reprint of: The effectiveness of common thermo-regulatory behaviours in a cool temperate grasshopper

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Research priorities for natural ecosystems in a changing global climate

scientific article published on 20 November 2019

Response of ant communities and ant-seed interactions to bush regeneration

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Response of extrafloral nectar production to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide

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Roles of family and architecture in driving insect community structure: a comparison of nine Australian plant species

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Salvage of suboptimal prostate seed implantation: Reimplantation of underdosed region of prostate base

scientific article published in January 2005

Seed and Seedling Biology in Relation to Modelling Vegetation Dynamics Under Global Climate Change

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Seeking the voices of Catholic Teaching Sisters: challenges in the research process

Small vegetated patches greatly reduce urban surface temperature during a summer heatwave in Adelaide, Australia

scientific article published in May 2021

Social Care Work in the Recent Past: Revisiting the Professional/Amateur Dichotomy

Species diversity and structure of phytophagous beetle assemblages along a latitudinal gradient: predicting the potential impacts of climate change

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Species loss and gain in communities under future climate change: consequences for functional diversity

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Testing for taxonomic bias in the future diversity of Australian Odonata

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Testing the “Local Provenance” Paradigm: A Common Garden Experiment in Cumberland Plain Woodland, Sydney, Australia

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The American Society for Radiation Oncology's 2010 core physics curriculum for radiation oncology residents

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The New South Wales Scientific Committee: Assessment procedures and independence

scientific article published in 2009

The Rocky Hill decision: a watershed for climate change action?

scientific article published in 2019

The big ecological questions inhibiting effective environmental management in Australia

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The costs and benefits of restoring a continent's terrestrial ecosystems

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The effectiveness of common thermo-regulatory behaviours in a cool temperate grasshopper

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The grass may not always be greener: projected reductions in climatic suitability for exotic grasses under future climates in Australia

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The impacts of climate change on Australian and New Zealand flora and fauna

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The power of the transplant: direct assessment of climate change impacts

scholarly article by Sabine S. Nooten & Lesley Hughes published 27 July 2017 in Climatic Change

The reality of living with AD/HD: children's concern about educational and medical support

The relocation of ant nest entrances: Potential consequences for ant-dispersed seeds

scientific article published in 1991

Turning up the heat on the provenance debate: Testing the ‘local is best’ paradigm under heatwave conditions

scientific article published in 2014

Where will species go? Incorporating new advances in climate modelling into projections of species distributions

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Which host-dependent insects are most prone to coextinction under changed climates?

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Why do more plant species use ants for dispersal on infertile compared with fertile soils?*

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Why is the choice of future climate scenarios for species distribution modelling important?

scientific article (publication date: August 2008)