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DR PETER GRIMBACHER

Positions

Honorary, Resource Management and Geography

Plantation expansion and biodiversity outcomes (Forestry, Eucalyptus plantations)
Tropical insect ecology and biodiversity (Beetles, rainforest, seasonality, Wet Tropics)
Invertebrate responses to environmental change (Reforestation, habitat fragmentation, cyclonic disturbance)

Overview

Has subject area

For 2008 6 Digit Code
Seo 2008 6 Digit Code

Affiliation

Member of

Ecological Society of Australia. Standard 2004 - 2011

Publications

Selected publications

2013
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Estimating global arthropod species richness: refining probabilistic models using probability bounds analysis
    . Oecologia. 171:357-365. 2013
2012
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - The Overlooked Biodiversity of Flower-Visiting Invertebrates. PLoS One. 7. 2012
2011
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Corrigenda "Quantifying uncertainty in estimation of tropical arthropod species richness" by Andrew J Hamilton et al (American Naturalist 176:90-95). The American Naturalist. 177:544-545. 2011
2010
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Quantifying uncertainty in estimation of tropical arthropod species richness. The American Naturalist. 176:90-95. 2010
2009
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - How do beetle assemblages respond to cyclonic disturbance of a fragmented tropical rainforest landscape?. Oecologia. 161:591-599. 2009
  - Seasonality of a Diverse Beetle Assemblage Inhabiting Lowland Tropical Rainforest in Australia. Biotropica. 41:328-337. 2009
2008
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Detecting the effects of environmental change above the species level with beetles in a fragmented tropical rainforest landscape. Ecological Entomology. 33:66-79. 2008
  - Do edge effects increase the susceptibility of rainforest fragments to structural damage resulting from a severe tropical cyclone?. Austral Ecology. 33:525-531. 2008
  - What Determines Whether a Species of Insect is Described? Evidence from a Study of Tropical Forest Beetles. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 1:114-119. 2008
2007
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - How much do site age, habitat structure and spatial isolation influence the restoration of rainforest beetle species assemblages?. Biological Conservation. 135:107-118. 2007
  - Responses of ground-active beetle assemblages to different styles of reforestation on cleared rainforest land. Biodiversity and Conservation. 16:2167-2184. 2007
  - Vertical Stratification of Feeding Guilds and Body Size in Beetle Assemblages from an Australian Tropical Rainforest. Austral Ecology. 32:77-85. 2007
2006
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Beetle Assemblages from an Australian Tropical Rainforest show that the Canopy and the Ground Strata Contribute Equally to Biodiversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B - Biological Sciences. 273:1969-1975. 2006
  - Beetle species' responses suggest that microclimate mediates fragmentation effects in tropical Australian rainforest. Austral Ecology. 31:458-470. 2006
2002
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Response of ant communities and ant–seed interactions to bush regeneration. Ecological Management & Restoration. 3:188-189. 2002

Research

Investigator on

Grant
- Host specificity and seasonality of fruit-associated beetles in tropical rainforest (Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

Awards

Education and training

PhDSci, Griffith University 2007
BSc, Macquarie University 1999

Supervision

Available for supervision

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Contact Details
- petersg@unimelb.edu.au
- Location
  - Level: 01 Room: MB 30.1, Main Building, ILFR - Burnley Campus
Graduate Study
- - Interested in Graduate Study at Melbourne? Next steps:
    - Graduate Research Programs in School of Land and Environment
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