• Pasture and habitat monitoring for grazing management

• Integrating paddock and catchment planning a wool producer approach to sustainable landscape management (PDF 320.7Kb) (Land & Water Australia: Land Water & Wool Program)

• Ecological services and the sustainable use of remnant vegetation in the Brigalow Bioregion of southern Queensland.

• Patterns of land use change in the eastern Darling Downs: implications for regional sustainability.

• Patch dynamics and ecology of remnant vegetation in the eastern Darling Downs, south-east Queensland.

• Community structure and habitat characteristics of semi-arid insects. In collaboration with Mark Breitfuss (Biology, USQ) and Dr Chris Hill (Qld Dept. of Environment).

• Habitat preferences of small ground-dwelling mammals in Ravensbourne National Park, south-east Queensland. In collaboration with Skye Page & Dr Kerry Wither (Biology, USQ)

• Effects of land use on ground-dwelling invertebrates in regrowth Brigalow communities, southern Queensland. In collaboration with Haley-Megan Aston (Biology, USQ) and Dr Chris Hill (QEPA).

• Stand structural and floristic responses to fire in sclerophyll vegetation in Helidon Hills, south-east Queensland.

• The distribution of plant species and community stand structure in relation to environment.

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.

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. in press, Biodiversity & Conservation

Le Brocque A.F., Goodhew K., & Zammit C. (2008) Overstorey tree density and understorey regrowth effects on plant composition, stand structure and floristic richness in grazed woodlands in eastern Australia. in press, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.

Downie, A.F., Le Brocque, A.F. and Dearnaley, J.D.W. (2008). The mycorrhizal fungal associations of the vulnerable Sophora fraseri (Fabaceae). in press, Australasian Mycologist

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]

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.

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.

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

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]

Le Brocque A.F., & G. Cockkfield (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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