2005

Refereed publications

Bhaskaran, S., Forster, B., Neal, T. & Brown, M. (2005). Integrating Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for fire hazard categorisation. A case study of Bathurst and Hornsby Shire, NSW, Australia. GeoCarto International, 20, 43-50.

Cockfield, G. & Courtney Botterill, L. (in press: Dec 2005). Rural Adjustment Schemes: Juggling politics, welfare and markets, Australian Journal of Public Administration.

*Craig, I.P. (in press). Comparison of Penman-Monteith prediction of evaporation with water depth measurements recorded using a pressure sensitive transducer. Agricultural Water Management.

Dunn, P. K. (2005). We can still learn about probability by rolling dice and tossing coins. Teaching Statistics, 27(2), 37–41.

Dunn, P. K. and Smyth, G. K. (in press). Series evaluation of Tweedie exponential dispersion model densities. Statistics and Computing.

Gibbings, P. & McDougall, K. (2005) Are equipment simulators effective when used for technology-based training? Journal of Spatial Science, 50 (2). pp. 79-89. ISSN 1449-8596.

*Gibbings, P. D. & Raine S. R. (2005), Evaluation of a hydrographic technique to measure on-farm water storage volumes, Agricultural Water Management, vol. 78, pp. 209-221, Bushland, Texas, USA.

Ong, G. K. S. & Gibbings, P. (2005), How Well does the Virtual Reference Station (VRS) System of GPS Base Stations Perform in Comparison to Conventional RTK?, Journal of Spatial Science, vol. 50, no. 1, June, pp. 59-73  Spatial Science Institute (formerly Institution of Surveyors) Australia.

Gibbings, P. & Morgan, M. (2005), A Guide for Entry Level PBL Courses in Engineering,  International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Lifelong Learning, vol. 15, nos. 3-6, pp. 276-290, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Gibbings, P D. & McDonald, A, (2005),  An Evaluation of Geoid Models on the Great Dividing Range Escarpment, Spatial Science Queensland, vol.  2005, no. 5, October, pp. 30-37.

Gibbings, P D. & O’Dempsey, A, (2005), Using GPS asset mapping software for hydrographic measurements in still-water,  Spatial Science Queensland, vol.  2005, no. 2, April, pp. 40-44.

Jensen, T., Apan, A., Young, F. and Zeller, L. (in press). Grain Crop Detection Using Digital Imagery Acquired from a Low-Altitude Helium Balloon. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.

Khan, S. (2005). On the Size Corrected Tests in Improved Estimation. Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin, Vol 57 (127-128), 143-160. (jointly with Hoque, Z. and B Billah)

Khan, S. & Kabir, E. (2005). Distribution of future location vector and residual sum of squares for multivariate location-scale model with spherically contoured errors, Journal of Statistical Theory and Application, 5(2), 91-104.

Khan, S. (2005). Estimation of parameters of the multivariate regression model with uncertain prior information and Student-t errors, Journal of Statistical Research, 39(2), 79-94.

Khan, S., Hoque, Z. and A.K.Md.E. Saleh (2005). Estimation of intercept parameter for linear regression with uncertain non-sample prior information, Statistical Papers. 46, 379-394.

*Maraseni, T. N., Cockfield, G. and Apan, A. (2005). Community Based Forest Management Systems in Developing Countries and Eligibility for Clean Development Mechanism, Journal of Forest and Livelihood, 4(2), 31-42.

Maraseni, T.N., Cockfield, G., Apan, A., & Mathers, N. (2005). Estimation of Shrub Biomass: Development and Evaluation of Allometric Models Leading to Innovative Teaching Methods, International Journal of Business & Management Education, Special Issue, 17-32.

Maron, M. (2005). The influence of eucalypts in buloke woodland on the presence of noisy miners: implications for revegetation projects in the Wimmera. Report to Greening Australia Victoria, Heidelberg.

*Maron, M. (2005), Agricultural change and paddock tree loss: implications for an endangered taxon. Ecological Management and Restoration 6:207-212.

Maron, M. (2005), An excess of noisy miners: a sign of ecological imbalance in degraded and fragmented woodlands. P. 17 in The State of Australia's Birds 2005. Eds Olsen, P., Weston, M., Tzaros, C. & Silcocks, A. Wingspan 15 (4): Supplement.

*Maron, M. (2005). Clearing of centuries-old trees. P. 17 In: The State of Australia's Birds 2005. Eds Olsen, P., Weston, M., Tzaros, C. & Silcocks, A. Wingspan 15 (4): Supplement.

*Maron, M., and A. Lill. (2005), The influence of livestock grazing and weed invasion on habitat use by birds in grassy woodland remnants. Biological Conservation 124:439–450.

*Maron, M., A. Lill, D. M. Watson, and R. Mac Nally. 2005. Temporal variation in bird assemblages: how representative is a one-year snapshot? Austral Ecology 30:383–394.

*Maron, M., Burnard, T. and Kirkwood, J. (2005). Buloke Woodlands: Flora and Fauna Guide for the Wimmera. World Wide Fund for Nature, Sydney.

*Ong, G. K. S. & Gibbings, P. (2005). How Well does the Virtual Reference Station (VRS) System of GPS Base Stations Perform in Comparison to Conventional RTK? Journal of Spatial Science, 50(1), 59-73.

Parsons, D. (2005). Rechargeables have the edge – environmentally. What's New in Electronics, 25(5), 40-41, ISSN 0728-3873.

Parsons, D. (2005). Semiconductors and the environment. What's New in Electronics, 25(6), 12-13. ISSN 0728-3873.

Smith, R.J., Raine, S.R. and Minkovich, J. (2005).  Irrigation application efficiency and deep drainage potential under surface irrigated cotton. Agricultural Water Management, 71, 117-30.

*Teixeira, P.C. and Misra, R.K. (2005). Measurement and prediction of nitrogen loss by simulated erosion events on cultivated forest soils of contrasting structure. Soil and Tillage Research, 83, 204-217.

Conference papers

*Apan, A., Datt, B., and Kelly, R., (2005), Detection of Pests and Diseases in Vegetable Crops Using Hyperspectral Sensing: A Comparison of Reflectance Data for Different Sets of Symptoms. Proceedings of SSC 2005 Spatial Intelligence, Innovation and Praxis: The national biennial Conference of the Spatial Sciences Institute, 12-16 September 2005. Melbourne: Spatial Sciences Institute, pp. 10-18. (refereed)

*Apan, A., Chandler, O., Young, F. & Maraseni, T. (2005), Opportunities and Limitations of Remote Sensing for Crop Loss (Hail Damage) Assessment in the Insurance Industry. Proceedings of SSC 2005 Spatial Intelligence, Innovation and Praxis: The national biennial Conference of the Spatial Sciences Institute, 12-16 September 2005. Melbourne: Spatial Sciences Institute, pp. 19-28. (refereed)

Aravinthan V., (2005), “Reclaimed Wastewater as a Resource for Sustainable Water Management”, Proc. Southern Engineering conference on “Managing Resources for a Sustainable Future”, pp 3-13, October 2005, Toowoomba.

*Loch, B. I., Belward, J. A. & Hanan, Jim S. (2005). Application of surface fitting techniques for the representation of leaf surfaces. In: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and SimulatMion, 12-15 Dec 2005, Melbourne, Australia.

*Bhaskaran, S. and Datt, B. (2005). Un-mixing issues in Urban areas – Comparisons between traditional Hyperspectral Classification techniques and Spectral Feature based techniques for mapping Urban surfaces. A Study in Urban Sydney using high and moderate resolution hyperspectral data. Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial Conference, Melbourne, 12-16 September.

*Brodie, I. (2005). Stormwater Particles and Their Sampling Using Passive Devices.  10th International Conference on Urban Drainage, 21-26 August.

*DeCosta, G.S. (in press). A study on salinity intrusion phenomena and its impact on the environment. 31st Congress of the International Association for Hydraulic Research.

*Dunn, P. K. & White, Neil. (2005). Poisson-gamma models effectively model rainfall. Presented at the International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, Sydney Australia. 11–15 July 2005.

*Dunn, P. K. and White, N. (2005) Power-variance models for modelling rainfall, in Statistical Solution to Modern Problems: Proceedings of the 20th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, Sydney, Australia, 11–15 July 2005, p 149–156.

*Fontana, D.C., Potgieter, A.B., Apan, A., (2005), Assessing the relationship between shire winter crop yield and multi-temporal MODIS NDVI and EVI images. Proceedings of SSC 2005 Spatial Intelligence, Innovation and Praxis: The national biennial conference of the spatial Sciences Institute, 12-16 September, 2005. Melbourne: Spatial Science Institute, pp. 802-808.

*Fontana, D.C., Potgieter, A., Apan, A., (2005). Relação Entre Precipitação Pluvial E Incide De Vegetação Em Imagens Multitemporais MODIS. In: Congresso Brasileiro De Agrometeorologia, 18 a 21 de julho de 2005, Campinas, Brasil (in Portuguese).

*Maraseni, T.N., Cockfield, G., and Apan, A., (2005), Valuing Ecosystem Services from Forest: A Multidisciplinary Field Based Approach, presented in the XXII International Union of Forest Research Organization (IUFRO) World Congress, 8-13 August  2005, Brisbane, Australia. Abstract published in The International Forestry Review, 7 (5), pp 299 (2005): http://www.wiso.boku.ac.at/rwfh/torpap.htm

*Maraseni, T.N., Shivakoti, G., Cockfield, G., and Apan, A., (2005), An analysis of profit margins of participants in a supply chain for non-timber forest products: from collectors in Nepal to wholesaler in India, presented in the XXII International Union of Forest Research Organization (IUFRO) World Congress, 8-13 August 2005, Brisbane, Australia. Abstract published in The International Forestry Review, 7 (5), pp 299 (2005).

Maroulis, J. & Reushle, S. (2005). Blurring of the boundaries:  Innovative pedagogical practices in an Australian Faculty of Education, Open and Distance Learning (ODLAA) Conference, Adelaide, 9-11 November.

*McDougall, K. (2005) The survey mark infrastructure - Is it doing the job? In: Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial Conference SSC2005, 12-16 Sep 2005, Melbourne, Australia.

*McDougall, K., Rajabifard, A. and Williamson, I. P. (2005). What will motivate local governments to share spatial information? In: Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial Conference SSC2005, 12-16 Sep 2005, Melbourne, Australia. 

*McDougall, K., Rajabifard, A. and Williamson, I. P. (2005). Understanding the motivations and capacity for SDI development from the local level. In: 8th International Conference on Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GDSI 8): From Pharaohs to Geoinformatics, 16-21 Apr 2005, Cairo, Egypt.

*Misra, R. K., Fuentes, S. and Raine, S. R. (2005). Recent developments and strategies in the use of plant indicators for irrigation scheduling. Paper presented at Irrigation 2005: Restoring the balance, National Conference Irrigation Association of Australia, 17-19 May 2005, Townsville.

*Porter M., Brodie I., Achmad M., and Aravinthan V., (2005) Researching sustainable future urban water supplies, Proc. of Southern Engineering conference, pp 49-61, October 2005, Toowoomba.

Potgieter, A.B., Apan, A., Hammer, G. and Dunn, P., (2005), “Spying” on the Winter Wheat Crop – Generating Objective Planted Area and Crop Production Estimates Using MODIS Imagery. Proceedings of SSC 2005 Spatial Intelligence, Innovation and Praxis: The national biennial Conference of the Spatial Sciences Institute, September, 2005. Melbourne: Spatial Sciences Institute, pp. 1086-1090.

Redmond, P., Albion, P. R. and Maroulis, J. (2005) Intentions vs Reality: Preservice teachers’ ICT integration during professional experience. Proceedings, Society for information Technology and Techer education (SITE) 16th International Conference, Phoenix.

*Satale, D. and Bhaskaran, S. (2005). Potential of combining hyperspectral and LiDAR data, Proceedings of Spatial Sciences Conference, Melbourne, 12-16 September.

Scotney, S. & McDougall, K. (2005). The survey mark infrastructure – Is it doing its job? Proceedings of Spatial Sciences Conference, Melbourne, 12-16 September.

*Star, C. (2005) Ecological citizenship – a new landscape for human rights Debate? In: The Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 2005, 28-30 Sept 2005, Dunedin, New Zealand.

*Star, C. (2005) Notions of ecological citizenship in climate justice campaigns. In: Ecopolitics XVI: Transforming Environmental Governance for the 21st Century, 4-6 Jul 2005, Brisbane, Australia.

Wilcox, C. & McDougall, K. (2005). The private surveyor as a spatial data custodian in the local community. In: Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial Conference SSC2005, 12-16 Sep 2005, Melbourne, Australia.

Young, F. R. (2005). Education Pedagogy for Spatial Science Praxis, SSC2005 - Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial Conference, 12-16 September, Melbourne (accepted).

Young, F. R. (2005). Spatial Science Education Praxis Benefits Employees And Employers, AIMS Conference, 12-16 September, Yeppoon (accepted).

Technical Reports

Howard, E., Misra, R., Loch, R. and Le-Minh, N. (2005), Laundry Grey Water Potential impact on Toowoomba Soils – Final Report. Landloch and NCEA. National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture Publication 1001420/2, USQ, Toowoomba, 55p.

Goodhew, K. & Maron, M. (2005). Feeding and dispersal ecology of White Ibis & Cattle Egrets: managing waterbird numbers in Toowoomba City. Report to Toowoomba City Council, Toowoomba.

Misra, R., Raine, S., Pezzaniti, D., Charlesworth, P. and Hancock, N. (2005), A scoping study on measuring and monitoring tools and technology for precision irrigation.  Irrigation Matters Series No. 01/05. CRC for Irrigation Futures, Toowoomba, 24p.

Raine, S.R., Meyer, W.S., Rassam, D.W., Hutson, J.L. and Cook, F.J. (2005). Soil-water and salt movement associated with precision irrigation systems - Research investment opportunities. National Program for Sustainable Irrigation. LWA Product Code ER050938. Land and Water Australia. Canberra.

* = publications relevant to the Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments