Prof Barbara Downes
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
138 Scholarly works
16 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2025
Dataset
Data for Insects can harness thermally driven slope-winds to disperse across mountainous landscapes
DOI: 10.26188/302391162024
Journal article
Spatial arrangement or amount? Spatially variable oviposition habitat can determine aquatic insect egg abundance
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.143432024
Presentation
Wing size and shape do not predict population-genetic structure among five co-occurring caddisfly species
2024
Journal article
Bigger is not necessarily better: empirical tests show that dispersal proxies misrepresent actual dispersal ability
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.01722021
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
Dispersal and Recruitment of Species Across Landscapes: A New Synthesis
2018
Research Contracts
Effects of Dams on Oviposition by Aquatic Insects
2017
Research Grant
Species Coexistence in the Real World: Novel Field Tests of Complex Theory
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2024
Journal article
Seasonal differences in amounts of oviposition habitat and egg-laying by caddisflies in rivers with regulated versus unregulated flows
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.142362023
Journal article
Connected headwaters: Indelible field evidence of dispersal by a diverse caddisfly assemblage up stream valleys to dry catchment boundaries
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.141882023
Journal article
The influence of geomorphology and environmental conditions on stratification in Intermittently Open/Closed Estuaries
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2023.1083412023
Conference Proceedings
Aquatic-terrestrial transitions: When, where and how are populations of aquatic insects regulated?
2023
Conference Proceedings
Robust tests of dispersal in aquatic insect communities: snakes and ladders
2023
Conference Proceedings
Field-based evidence that wing metrics can be used to identify good dispersers
RECENT PROJECTS
2017
Research Grant
Land-Use, Spatial Subsidies and Perennial Stream Food-Webs
2016
Research Grant
Explaining Species Diversity in a Fractal World