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Remnant Vegetation in
Agricultural Landscapes:
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Ecology and resilience of remnant
vegetation in production landscapes, southern Queensland.
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Resilience
of temporary wetlands in production landscapes and potential impact of
climate change.
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Disturbance ecology in the riparian woodlands of
the Upper Condamine Floodplain, southern Queensland
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Ecosystem function and
resilience of riparian and floodplain woodlands in agricultural landscape
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Pasture and habitat monitoring for
grazing management (Land & Water Australia )
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Integrating paddock and catchment
planning a wool producer approach to sustainable landscape management
(PDF 320.7Kb) (Land & Water Australia: Land Water & Wool Program)
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Ecological services and the sustainable
use of remnant vegetation in the Brigalow Bioregion of southern
Queensland.
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Patterns of land use change in the
eastern Darling Downs: implications for regional sustainability.
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Refereed Journal Papers & Proceedings:
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2012
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Le
Brocque A.F., Zammit C., Cockfield G., and
Apan A.A., Multi-temporal patterns of land use change and agricultural
intensification in the Darling Downs, eastern Australia, 1975-2001. in prep.
Kath, Jarrod and Le Brocque,
Andrew F. Hydrological
differences between modified and unmodified wetlands in an
agriculturally altered floodplain. under review
Reardon-Smith
K.M., & Le Brocque (2012) Predictive modelling of riparian woodland
response to altered and novel disturbances in multi-use production
landscapes. In, Proceedings of Water and Climate: Policy
Implementation Challenges. Engineers
Australia National Conference, 1-3 May, 2012, Canberra, Australia. 12p.
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2011
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Collard,
S.J., Le Brocque A.F. & Zammit C. (2011) Effects of local-scale management and
landscape context on herbaceous plant communities in Brigalow (Acacia
harpophylla) agroecosystems
of southern Queensland. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 142
(3-4). pp. 176-183. ISSN 0167-8809
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2009
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Collard,
S.J., Le Brocque A.F. & Zammit C. (2009)
Bird assemblages in fragmented agricultural landscapes: the role of
small brigalow remnants and adjacent land
uses. Biodiversity & Conservation, 18, 1649-1670.
[published online 13 Dec 2008].
Le
Brocque A.F., Goodhew K., & Zammit C.
(2009) Overstorey tree density and
understorey regrowth effects on plant composition, stand structure and
floristic richness in grazed woodlands in eastern Australia. Agriculture,
Ecosystems & Environment, 129: 17-27.
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2008
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Downie, A.F., Le
Brocque, A.F. and Dearnaley, J.D.W. (2008) The mycorrhizal fungal associations of the vulnerable Sophora fraseri
(Fabaceae). Australasian Mycologist 27:
57-65.
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2006
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Dearnaley,
J.D.W. and Le Brocque A.F. (2006) Endophytic
fungi associated with Australian orchids. Australasian Plant
Conservation 15:7-9
Dearnaley,
J.D.W. and Le Brocque A.F. (2006) Molecular identification of the
primary peloton forming fungal endophyte of Dipodium hamiltonianum
(Yellow hyacinth orchid). Australian Journal of Botany 54:487-491.
[Abstract]
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Apan,
A.A., Raine, S.R., Le Brocque, A. and
Cockfield, G. (2004) Spatial Prioritisation of Revegetation Sites for Dryland Salinity Management: An Analytical
Framework Using GIS, Journal of Environmental Planning &
Management 47(6), pp. 811-825.
Le
Brocque A.F. and Buckney R.T. (2003) Species
richness-environment relationships within coastal sclerophyll and
mesophyll vegetation in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, New South
Wales, Australia. Austral Ecology 28: 404-412. [Abstract
.pdf file] [Full
Text .pdf file]
Le
Brocque A.F. (1998) Richness of species and growth-forms within
sclerophyll and mesophyll vegetation in eastern Australia. Australian
Journal of Ecology 23:168-176.
[Abstract .pdf file]
Le
Brocque A.F. and Buckney R.T. (1997)
Multivariate relationships between floristic composition and stand
structure in vegetation of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, New South
Wales. Australian Journal of Botany 45 (6) 1033-1044. [CSIRO/AJB .pdf file]
Le
Brocque A.F. and Buckney R.T. (1995)
Vegetation and environment patterns on soils derived from Hawkesbury
Sandstone and Narrabeen substrata in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park,
New South Wales. Australian Journal of Ecology 20:229-238. [Abstract .pdf file]
Morrison
D.A., Le Brocque A.F. and Clarke P.J. (1995) An assessment of some
improved techniques for estimating the abundance (frequency) of
sedentary organisms. Vegetatio
120:131-145.
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Recent Conference Presentations:
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2012
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2011
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Fritz, Lisa and Le
Brocque, Andrew F. and Maron, Martine (2011) Drivers
of poplar box (Eucalyptus populnea) in
a production landscape, southern Queensland In: Ecological
Society of Australia 2011 Annual Conference (ESA 2011): Ecology in
Changing Landscapes, 21-25 November 2011, Hobart, Tas. Oral Paper.
Reardon-Smith,
Kathryn M., Le Brocque, Andrew F., and House, Alan (2011) Modelling
riparian woodland response to altered and novel disturbances in
production landscapes in southern Queensland. In: Ecological Society of
Australia 2011 Annual Conference (ESA 2011): Ecology in Changing
Landscapes, 21-25 November 2011, Hobart, Tas.
Oral Paper.
Reardon-Smith,
Kathryn M., Le Brocque, Andrew F., Hollins,
Suzanne and Silburn, DM (2011) Using stable
isotopes to identify soil moisture sources of key species in riparian
woodlands In: Ecological Society of Australia 2011 Annual
Conference (ESA 2011): Ecology in Changing Landscapes, 21-25 November
2011, Hobart, Tas. Poster Paper.
Reardon-Smith,
Kathryn M., Le Brocque, Andrew F., and House, Alan (2011) Groundwater
decline drives riparian woodland dysfunction in a northern
Murray-Darling intensive production landscape. 4th Australasian
Hydrogeology Research Conference, 12-14th July, 2011, Cairns, Qld.
Poster Paper.
Reardon-Smith,
Kathryn M., Le Brocque, Andrew F., Hollins,
Suzanne and Silburn, DM (2011) Using stable
isotopes to identify soil moisture sources of key species in riparian
woodlands of the northern Murray-Darling Basin. 11th Australasian
Environmental Isotope Conference, 12-14th July, 2011, Cairns, Qld.
Poster Paper.
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2010
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Fritz, Lisa and Le
Brocque, Andrew F. and Maron, Martine (2010) How
resilient are poplar box (E. populnea)
woodlands in production landscapes? In: Ecological Society of
Australia Annual Conference 2010 (ESA 2010): Sustaining Biodiversity -
the next 50 Years, 6-10 Dec 2010, Canberra, ACT. Poster Paper.
Kath, Jarrod and Le Brocque,
Andrew F. and Miller, Craig
(2010) Eco-hydrology of highly
dynamic wetlands in an Australian agricultural landscape: a whole of
system approach for modeling climate change impacts. In: The
Fourth International Scientific Conference BALWOIS 2010, Republic of
Macedonia, 25-29 May 2010. Oral Paper.
Kath, Jarrod and Le
Brocque, Andrew F. and Miller, Craig
(2010) Drivers of wetland
hydrological diversity at the landscape scale: implications for
biodiversity. In:
The Fourth International Scientific Conference BALWOIS 2010, Republic
of Macedonia, 25-29 May 2010. Oral Paper.
Kath, Jarrod and Le
Brocque, Andrew F and Miller, Craig
and Lever,
Ilona and Mosner, Eva (2010)
Different landscape factors explain establishment and persistence of
River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)
in agricultural landscapes of southeast Queensland. In: Ecological
Society of Australia Annual Conference 2010 (ESA 2010): Sustaining
Biodiversity - the next 50 Years, 6-10 Dec 2010, Canberra, ACT. Oral
Paper
Le Brocque, Andrew F. and Zammit,
Charlie (2010) Four years of sheep exclusion shows no
changes in understorey composition in grazed woodlands of southern
Queensland. In: Ecological Society of Australia Annual Conference 2010
(ESA 2010): Sustaining Biodiversity - the next 50 Years, 6-10 Dec 2010,
Canberra, ACT. Oral Paper
Reardon-Smith,
Kathryn, Le Brocque, Andrew F. and House, Alan (2010) Riparian woodland
dysfunction is associated with/driven by groundwater decline in a
northern Murray-Darling intensive production landscape. In: Ecological
Society of Australia Annual Conference 2010 (ESA 2010): Sustaining
Biodiversity - the next 50 Years, 6-10 Dec 2010, Canberra, ACT. Oral
Paper
Wagner,
Peter M. and Le Brocque, Andrew F. (2010) Chalk and cheese or something
in between: comparisons between remnant and regrowth Acacia harpophylla communities, western Darling Downs,
Queensland. In: Ecological Society of Australia Annual Conference 2010
(ESA 2010): Sustaining Biodiversity - the next 50 Years, 6-10 Dec 2010,
Canberra, ACT. Oral Paper
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2009
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Reardon-Smith, Kathryn and Le
Brocque, Andrew F. and House, Alan
(2009) Disturbance and resilience of
floodplain woodlands in a production landscape. In:
10th International Congress of Ecology: Ecology in a Changing
Environment, 16-21 August 2009, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Kath, Jarrod and Le
Brocque, Andrew F. and Miller, Craig
(2009) Resilience of temporary
wetlands in production landscapes and potential impacts of climate
change. In: 10th International Congress of Ecology:
Ecology in a Changing Environment, 16-21 August 2009, Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia.
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2008
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Reardon-Smith, K., Le
Brocque, A.F. and House, A. (2008) Change
is the new stability: disturbance and riparian woodlands in a
production landscape. Ecological Society of Australia, Open Forum
2008: Sydney, Australia 1-5 December, 2008. Oral Paper.
Case, H., Le Brocque,
A.F., & Dearnaley, J. (2008) Lantana invades the soil too! Effects
of Lantana camara on soil fungal
dominance. Ecological Society of Australia, Open Forum 2008: Sydney,
Australia 1-5 December, 2008. Oral Paper.
Kath, J., Le Brocque, A.F.
& Miller, C. (2008) Resilience of ephemeral wetlands in production
landscapes. Ecological Society of Australia, Open Forum 2008: Sydney,
Australia 1-5 December, 2008. Poster Paper.
Wagner P.,
& Le Brocque, A.F. (2008) Resilience in production landscapes: comparisons
between remnant and regrowth Acacia harpophylla
(Brigalow) and related ecosystems. Ecological Society of Australia,
Open Forum 2008: Sydney, Australia 1-5 December, 2008. Poster
Paper.
Batterham M., Le
Brocque, A.F. & Reardon-Smith K.
(2008) Landscape ecology theory does not apply to recruitment in
Eucalyptus populnea woodlands. Ecological
Society of Australia, Open Forum 2008: Sydney, Australia 1-5
December, 2008. Poster Paper.
Le
Brocque, A.F., Goodhew K., & Cockfield, G. (2008) Retaining trees
in a grazing landscape: impacts on ground cover in sheep-grazing
agro-ecosystems in southern Queensland. Veg Futures 2008: Toowoomba,
Australia 20-24 October, 2008. Oral Paper.
Reardon-Smith,
K., Le Brocque, A.F. & House, A. (2008) Riparian Woodlands in
Crisis? Disturbance ecology on the Condamine floodplain. Eleventh
International River Symposium: A Future of Extremes. Brisbane,
Australia 1-4 September, 2008. Oral Paper.
Dearnaley,
J.D.W., Downie A.F., Murray, A.J. & Le
Brocque A.F. (2008). Molecular identification of mycorrhizal
fungi in Australian threatened plant species. International
Conference for Plant Biotic Interactions, Brisbane, 27-29 March
2008.
Kath,
J., Le Brocque, A.F. & Miller, C. (2008) Ephemeral Wetlands: Their
Ecological Function & Resilience and Climate Change. Eleventh
International River Symposium: A Future of Extremes. Brisbane,
Australia 1-4 September, 2008. Poster Paper.
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2006
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A.F. Le Brocque, K.A.
Goodhew & G. Cockfield 2006, Trees in a grazing landscape:
vegetation patterns in sheep grazing agro-ecosystems in southern
Queensland, Ecology across the Tasman 2006. Joint conference of the
NZ Ecological Society and Ecological Society of Australia, Wellington,
New Zealand, 28 Aug - 1 Sept, Oral Presentation
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K.A. Goodhew & A.F.
Le Brocque, 2005, Vegetation management and woodland communities in the
Traprock sheep grazing region of southern
Queensland, Ecological Society of Australia, Annual Conference 2005,
Brisbane, Queensland, 28 Nov-2 Dec, Oral Presentation
K. Reardon-Smith, A.F. Le
Brocque, A. House & C. Zammit, 2005,
Vegetation community responses to altered flow regimes and weed
invasion in riparian woodlands of the upper Condamine
floodplain, eastern Australia, Ecological Society of Australia,
Annual Conference 2005, Brisbane, Queensland, 28 Nov-2 Dec, Oral
Presentation
Collard, S. J.
and Zammit,
Charlie and Le
Brocque, Andrew F., 2005, Ecosystem
functioning across vegetation - production boundaries in brigalow (Acacia Harpophylla)
in Southern Queensland. In: Ecological
Society of Australia Annual Conference 2005,
28 Nov - 2 Dec 2005,
Brisbane, Queensland.
Reardon-Smith,
K, Zammit, C & Le Brocque, A,
2004, Impact of altered flow regimes and weed invasion on
riparian communities in the Condamine catchment, south-east Queensland,
Ecological Society of Australia Conference 2004, pp. 138,
Adelaide.
Le Brocque, A., Zammit,
C., & Reardon-Smith, K., 2003, Richness, complexity and condition of remnants in the
eastern Darling Downs, Queensland, Ecological Society of Australia,
Ecology 2003 Conference, Armidale, Poster presentation [Poster
.jpg file]
Zammit,
C., & Le Brocque, A., 2003, Assessing landscape change in the
eastern Darling Downs, Queensland 1975-2001, Ecological Society of
Australia, Ecology 2003 Conference, Armidale, Poster
presentation [Poster .jpg file]
Collard, S., Zammit,
C. & Le Brocque, A., 2003, The contribution of bird communities to
ecological services in agricultural lands surrounding brigalow remnants, Ecological Society of
Australia, Ecology 2003 Conference, Armidale, NSW. Oral
presentation. [abstract .pdf
file]
Apan,
A.A., Raine, S.R., Cockfield, G. and Le
Brocque, A.F, (2003). Characterising Land Ownership Patterns in a
Salt-Affected Catchment: Key Implications for Revegetation,
Proceedings of the Spatial Sciences Conference, 22-27 September 2003,
Canberra. [proceedings03
.pdf file]
S.
Page, Le Brocque A.F. & Withers K.W. (2003) Habitat preferences of
small ground-dwelling mammals. Poster Presentation, 'Partners in
Parks', Collaborative Research Forum, Qld Parks & Wildlife Service,
Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Qld. 2 October 2003.
Zammit
C. & Le
Brocque A.F. (2003) Patterns of land use change in the eastern
Darling Downs, 1975-2001: status of remnants. Paper
presentation, Rural
Landscapes: Vegetation Planning and Design Forum, CSIRO Sustainable
Ecosystems, Land Use Research Centre (USQ), Land & Water Australia,
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Qld. 26-27 February
2003. [abstracts .pdf file]
S.
Page, Le Brocque A.F. & Withers K.W. (2002) Small mammal habitat
preferences in Ravensbourne National Park, south-east Queensland.
Poster Presentation, Annual General Meeting and Open Forum of
Australian Ecological Society, Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Qld.
2-6 December 2002. [Poster .jpg file]
C.
Zammit, Apan A., Cockfield
G., Le Brocque A.F. & Bouldin M.R. (2002)
Prospects for regional sustainability: Land use change in the
eastern Darling Downs, 1975-2001. Oral Presentation, 11th
Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Association Conference:
"Images to Information", Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry
Association of Australasia, Brisbane, Qld. 2-6 September 2002. [.pdf file]
Baker N & Le Brocque
A (2002). Bats in the Bunyas:
Habitat Preferences of Microchiropteran
Bats in the Bunya Mountains, Queensland. Poster paper, Australian
Mammal Society Annual Conference, Albury NSW,
July 2002. [Poster
.jpg file]
Ford G & Le Brocque A
(2000). Morphometric
differentiation of Vespadelus finlaysoni and V. troughtoni
in Queensland. Poster paper, 9th Australasian Bat Society
Conference, Hunter Valley NSW, April 2000. [Poster
.jpg file]
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Other
Publications:
Le Brocque A.F., G. Cockfield & Wagner P. (2008) Vegetation
changes following the exclusion of grazing in the Traprock region.
University of Southern Queensland, Traprock Wool Association Inc.,
Toowoomba, Australia. Final Report
to Land & Water Australia as part of the Pasture and
habitat monitoring for grazing management (USQ13) project.
Le Brocque A.F., & G. Cockfield (2007) Technical Report: Vegetation
changes following the exclusion of grazing in the Traprock region. University of Southern Queensland,
Traprock Wool Association Inc., Toowoomba, Australia. Report to Land & Water Australia as part
of the Pasture
and habitat monitoring for grazing management (USQ13) project. 24 p.
Le Brocque A.F., & K.A. Goodhew (2006) Technical Report: Vegetation
changes following the short-term exclusion of grazing in the Traprock region. University of Southern
Queensland, Queensland Murray-Darling Committee Inc., Traprock Wool
Association Inc., Toowoomba, Australia. Report to Land Water Australia as part of the Integrating
Paddock and Catchment Planning: A Wool Producer-Driven Approach to
Sustainable Landscape Management (USQ5) project. 93 p.
Attwood S., Le Brocque A.F.,
Cockfield G. &. Schumacher R., (2006) Technical Report: Vegetation
Management, Grazing and Invertebrate Assemblages in the Traprock region.
University of Southern Queensland, Queensland Murray-Darling Committee
Inc., Traprock Wool Association Inc., Toowoomba, Australia. Report to Land Water Australia as part of the Integrating
Paddock and Catchment Planning: A Wool Producer-Driven Approach to
Sustainable Landscape Management (USQ5) project.
Le Brocque A.F., K.A. Goodhew,
& G. Cockfield (2005) Technical Report: Effect of Vegetation
Management on Woodland Communities in the Traprock region. University
of Southern Queensland, Queensland Murray-Darling Committee Inc.,
Traprock Wool Association Inc., Toowoomba, Australia. Report to Land
Water Australia as part of the Integrating Paddock and Catchment
Planning: A Wool Producer-Driven Approach to Sustainable Landscape
Management (USQ5) project.
Le Brocque A.F. (2000) Review of vegetation
management for fire contingency at Helidon Explosives Facility. Report
to Helidon Explosives Facility, Qld Department of Minerals &
Energy, Helidon.
Le Brocque A.F. and Benson J.S. (1995) Report on
Stage 2 of the Task 5 Pilot Survey for BasinCare
M305 Project: An Investigation into the Methodology, Costs and Logistics
Involved in the Collection of Floristic data within the Murray-Darling
Basin. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
Le Brocque A.F. (1994) Sydney Deepwater Outfall Monitoring Program: Water Quality
Component. Consultancy report to NSW Environment Protection
Authority. 113pp.
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External Grants & Scholarships:
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Applicant(s)
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Program
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Project Title
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Amount Rec'd
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2009-11
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Megan Batterham/Lisa
Fritz (A. Le Brocque primary supervisor)
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L&WA PhD Scholarship
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Ecosystem function and resilience
of riparian and floodplain woodlands in agricultural landscape
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$96,000
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2008-10
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Jarrod Kath (A. Le Brocque
primary supervisor)
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CSIRO PhD Top Up Scholarship
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Resilience of temporary
wetlands in production landscapes and potential impact of climate change
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$12,000
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2008
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Dearnaley J. & Le
Brocque A.F.
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NSW Dept
of Environment & Climate Change
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Fungal associates of Lantana
camara southern Queensland
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$4,750
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2007-8
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Cockfield G. & Le
Brocque A.F.
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Australian Wool Innovation
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Pasture and habitat monitoring
for grazing management
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$83 021
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2006-7
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Dearnaley J., Le Brocque
A.F. & Zammit C. (DEH)
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Australian Orchid Foundation
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Fungal associations of Dipodium hamiltonianum
(Yellow hyacinth orchid)
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$3,850
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2004-6
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Zammit C., et al. (incl. Le
Brocque)
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LWA, Land, Water & Wool Initiative
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Integrating paddock and catchment planning: a
woolgrower driven approach to sustainable landscape management.
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$222 694
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2001-2
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Zammit C., Le Brocque A.F., Eyre T.J. (QDNR), Leverington A. (QDNR) & J. Playford
(QP&WS)
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ARC-SPIRT
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Ecological services and the
sustainable use of remnant vegetation in the Brigalow Bioregion of
southern Queensland
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$175 110
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Internal (USQ) Grants:
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Applicant(s)
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Program
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Project Title
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Amount Rec'd
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2010
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Lin, C., Le Brocque, A.F.,
Maraseni, T., et al.
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Research Infrastructure
Program (RIP)
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Enhancing Analytical Capability for Environmental Research
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$110 330
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2000
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Zammit C., Apan A., Cockfield G., & Le Brocque A.F.
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Project Team Research Program
(PTRP)
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Patterns of land use change in
the eastern Darling Downs: implications for regional sustainability
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$52 000
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1999
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Le Brocque A.F., McKilligan N., Zammit C., van den Ancker
T., Clayton P. & Young R.A.
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Project Team Research Program
(PTRP)
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The ecology of macroinvertebrate communities in the eastern Darling
Downs headwaters of the Murray-Darling
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$34 000
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1999
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Apan A., Cockfield G., Le
Brocque A.F. & Raine S.
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Project Team Research Program
(PTRP)
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Environmental remote sensing
and geographic information systems (GIS)
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$43 880
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1998
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Withers K., Le Brocque A.F.,
McKilligan N., McConnell P., Young R.A.,
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Research Infrastructure
Program (RIP)
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Equipment for the analysis of
ecological materials in the field
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$50 092
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1997
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Le Brocque A.F., Young R.A., & Ford G.
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Project Team Research Program
(PTRP)
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Preliminary investigation into
the habitat requirements of micrchiropteran
bats
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$47 707
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1997
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Le Brocque A.F., Young R.A., Ford G., McKenzie F. & Withers K.
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Research Infrastructure
Program (RIP)
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Equipment for the analysis of
ecological materials
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$56 000
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1996
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McKilligan N., Le Brocque A.F., McKenzie F., Withers K.
& Young R.A.
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Research Infrastructure
Program (RIP)
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Infrastructure for research
into natural ecosystems
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$50 000
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1996
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Le Brocque A.F.
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Early Career Researcher
Program (ECRP)
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Infrastructure support for the
collection, collation and analysis of field data in vegetation research
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$6 862
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