Wim Bovill

A novel method reveals how channel retentiveness and stocks of detritus (CPOM) vary among streams differing in bed roughness

William D Bovill, Barbara J Downes, PS Lake

Journal article  |  2020  |  Freshwater Biology

1. Coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) is a fundamental resource in freshwater streams, providing food, shelter and habitat f..

Estimation of surface dead fine fuel moisture using automated fuel moisture sticks across a range of forests worldwide

Jane G Cawson, Petter Nyman, Christian Schunk, Gary J Sheridan, Thomas J Duff, Kelsy Gibos, William D Bovill, Marco Conedera, Gianni B Pezzatti, Annette Menzel

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Wildland Fire

Field measurements of surface dead fine fuel moisture content (FFMC) are integral to wildfire management, but conventional measure..

Species-specific prevalence of mermithid parasites in populations of six congeneric host caddisflies of Ecnomus McLachlan, 1864 (Trichoptera: Ecnomidae)

William Bovill, Jill Lancaster

Journal article  |  2017  |  Aquatic Insects

Mermithid nematodes are entomophagous parasites and, despite being present in diverse aquatic insects, studies of caddisflies acti..

A fresh approach reveals how dispersal shapes metacommunity structure in a human-altered landscape

Barbara J Downes, Jill Lancaster, Alena Glaister, William D Bovill

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Applied Ecology

Caddisfly egg mass morphology mediates egg predation: potential costs to individuals and populations

William D Bovill, Barbara J Downes, Jill Lancaster

Journal article  |  2015  |  Freshwater Biology

Measurement of topographic controls on the moisture content of surface fuels in south east Australian forests

Petter Nyman, Craig Baillie, William Bovill, Patrick Lane, Kevin Tolhurst, Tom Duff, Gary Sheridan

Conference Proceedings  |  2015  |  Proceedings - 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2015

Effectiveness of automated fuelsticks for planning prescribed burns: a preliminary evaluation of fuel moisture data from a trial monitoring network.

W Bovill, J Radic, A Ashton, P LANE, G Sheridan

Conference Proceedings  |  2015  |  MODSIM2015, 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation

A test of the preference-performance hypothesis with stream insects: selective oviposition affects the hatching success of caddisfly eggs

William D Bovill, Barbara J Downes, Jill Lancaster

Journal article  |  2013  |  Freshwater Biology

The recruitment dynamics of stream insect larvae: oviposition and egg mortality of hydrobiosid caddisflies

W Bovill

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2013

Population ecology seeks to explain how and why biotic populations vary in abundance through time and space. Many populations are ..

Plastic and unpredictable responses of stream invertebrates to leaf pack patches across sandy-bottomed streams

Barbara J Downes, Jill Lancaster, Robin Hale, Alena Glaister, William D Bovill

Journal article  |  2011  |  Marine and Freshwater Research