Les Christidis

Ecological opportunity and ecomorphological convergence in Australasian robins (Petroicidae)

Vicente Garcia-Navas, Marta Rodriguez-Rey, Les Christidis

Journal article  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Ecological theories of adaptive radiation predict that ecological opportunity (EO) stimulates cladogenesis through entry into a no..

Speciation in Indo-Pacific swiftlets (Aves: Apodidae): integrating molecular and phenotypic data for a new provisional taxonomy of the Collocalia esculenta complex

Frank E Rheindt, Les Christidis, Janette A Norman, James A Eaton, Keren R Sadanandan, Richard Schodde

Journal article  |  2017  |  ZOOTAXA

White-bellied swiftlets of the Collocalia esculenta complex constitute a radiation of colony-breeding swifts distributed throughou..

Bioacoustic and multi-locus DNA data of Ninox owls support high incidence of extinction and recolonisation on small, low-lying islands across Wallacea

Chyi Yin Gwee, Les Christidis, James A Eaton, Janette A Norman, Colin R Trainor, Philippe Verbelen, Frank E Rheindt

Journal article  |  2017  |  MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Known for their rich biodiversity and high level of endemism, the islands of Wallacea serve as natural laboratories for the study ..

Mapping foraging habitat for migratory shorebirds in their Australian non-breeding grounds and prioritising sites for conservation and management

A Lisson, KH Taffs, L Christidis

Journal article  |  2017  |  Pacific Conservation Biology

Shorebird populations are declining worldwide as a result of the loss of the intertidal habitats upon which they depend. Conservat..

Citizens as Scientists: What Influences Public Contributions to Marine Research?

V Martin, L Smith, A Bowling, L Christidis, D Lloyd, G Pecl

Journal article  |  2016  |  Science Communication

Public participation in science is burgeoning, yet little is known about factors that influence potential volunteers. We present r..

Public Interest in Marine Citizen Science: Is there Potential for Growth?

VY Martin, L Christidis, GT Pecl

Journal article  |  2016  |  BioScience

Social studies in citizen science typically focus on existing project participants. We present results from an online survey of 11..

Contrasting phylogeographic signatures in two Australo-Papuan bowerbird species complexes (Aves: Ailuroedus)

Martin Irestedt, Henrique Batalha-Filho, Cees S Roselaar, Les Christidis, Per GP Ericson

Journal article  |  2016  |  ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

The Australo-Papuan catbird genus Ailuroedus has a complex distribution and a contested taxonomy. Here, we integrate phylogenetic ..

Strategies for mitigating forest arson and elephant conflict in way kambas national park, Sumatra, Indonesia

CMC Oelrichs, DJ Lloyd, L Christidis

Journal article  |  2016  |  Tropical Conservation Science

Forests in Indonesia are disappearing at an alarming rate, because the large population of poor rural people require land for agri..

Ecological opportunity and the evolution of habitat preferences in an arid-zone bird: implications for speciation in a climate-modified landscape

Janette A Norman, Les Christidis

Journal article  |  2016  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Bioclimatic models are widely used to investigate the impacts of climate change on species distributions. Range shifts are expecte..

Plastic ingestion in marine and coastal bird species of Southeastern Australia

JM Gilbert, AJ Reichelt-Brushett, AC Bowling, L Christidis

Journal article  |  2016  |  Marine Ornithology