Author: McQuillan, PB (Mr Peter McQuillan)

Journal Article

Bar-Ness, Y and McQuillan, PB and Whitman, M and Junker, RR and Cracknell, M and Barrows, A, Sampling forest canopy arthropod biodiversity with three novel minimal-cost trap designs, Australian Journal of Entomology pp. xx-xx. ISSN 1440-6055 (In Press) [Refereed Article]
Bar-Ness, YD and Kirkpatrick, JB and McQuillan, PB, Crown structure differences and dynamics in 100-year-old and old-growth Eucalyptus obliqua, Australian Forestry, 75, (2) pp. 120-129. ISSN 0004-9158 (2012) [Refereed Article]
Johnson, KA and McQuillan, PB, Comparative floral presentation and bee-pollination in two Sprengelia species (Ericaceae), Cunninghamia, 12, (1) pp. 45-51. ISSN 0727-9620 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Johnson, KA and McQuillan, PB and Kirkpatrick, JB, Nocturnal mammals, diurnal lizards, and the pollination ecology of the cryptic flowering Acrotriche serrulata (Ericaceae), International Journal of Plant Sciences, 172, (2) pp. 173-182. ISSN 1058-5893 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Roberts, Cynthia and Kirkpatrick, JB and McQuillan, PB, Tasmanian lentic wetland lawns are maintained by grazing rather than inundation, Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere, 36, (3) pp. 303-309. ISSN 1442-9985 (2011) [Refereed Article]
Johnson, K and McQuillan, PB and Kirkpatrick, JB, Bird Pollination of the Climbing Heath Prionotes Cerinthoides (Ericaceae), International Journal of Plant Sciences, 171, (2) pp. 147-157. ISSN 1058-5893 (2010) [Refereed Article]
Driscoll, DA and Kirkpatrick, JB and McQuillan, PB and Bonham, KJ, Classic metapopulations are rare among common beetle species from a naturally fragmented landscape, Journal of Animal Ecology, 79, (1) pp. 294-303. ISSN 0021-8790 (2010) [Refereed Article]
Bridle, K and Fitzgerald, M and Green, D and Smith, J and McQuillan, P and Lefroy, EC, Relationships between site characteristics, farming system and biodiversity of Australian mixed farms, Animal Production Science, 49, (10) pp. 869-882. ISSN 1836-0939 (2009) [Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB and Watson, JEM and Fitzgerald, NB and Leaman, D and Obendorf, DL, The importance of ecological processes for terrestial biodiversity conservation in Tasmania - a review, Pacific Conservation Biology, 15, (3) pp. 171-196. ISSN 1038-2097 (2009) [Refereed Article]
Scurr, GF and Kirkpatrick, JB and Daniels, G and McQuillan, PB, Biotic resistance to Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera in Tasmania, Austral Ecology, 33, (8) pp. 941-950. ISSN 1442-9985 (2008) [Refereed Article]
Baker, SC and Barmuta, LA and McQuillan, PB and Richardson, AMM, Estimating edge effects on ground dwelling beetles at clearfelled non-riparian stand edges in Tasmanian wet eucalypt forest, Forest Ecology and Management, 239, (1-3) pp. 92-101. ISSN 0378-1127 (2007) [Refereed Article]
Bar-Ness, Y and Kirkpatrick, JB and McQuillan, PB, Age and distance effects on the canopy arthropod composition of old-growth and 100-year-old Eucalyptus obliqua trees, Forest Ecology and Management, 226, (1-3) pp. 290-298. ISSN 0378-1127 (2006) [Refereed Article]
Young, CJ and McQuillan, PB, Evolutionary Relationships of the Emerald Moths of Australia, Spixiana - Zeitschrift für Zoologie, 29, (3) pp. 204-205. ISSN 0341-8391 (2006) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]
McQuillan, PB and Young, CJ, Recent developments in our understanding of the southern Australian Larentiinae, Spixiana - Zeitschrift für Zoologie, 29, (3) pp. 205-206. ISSN 0341-8391 (2006) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]
Hausmann, A and Kruger, M and McQuillan, PB and Sommerer, M and Young, CJ, Short Report and Results, Spixiana - Zeitschrift für Zoologie, 29, (3) pp. 199-200. ISSN 0341-8391 (2006) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]
McQuillan, PB, An overview of the Tasmanian geometrid moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae and its conservation status, Journal of Insect Conservation, 8, (2-3) pp. 209-220. ISSN 1366-638X (2004) [Refereed Article]
Austin, AD and Yeates, DK and Cassis, G and Fletcher, MJ and La Salle, J and Lawrence, JF and McQuillan, PB and Mound, LA and Bickel, DJ and Gullan, PJ and Hales, DF and Taylor, GS, Insects 'Down Under' - Diversity, endemism and evolution of the Australian insect fauna: examples from select orders, Australian Journal of Entomology, 43 pp. 216-234. ISSN 1326-6756 (2004) [Refereed Article]
Hingston, AB and Potts, BM and McQuillan, PB, Pollination services provided by various size classes of flower visitors to Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus (Myrtaceae), Australian Journal of Botany, 52, (3) pp. 353-369. ISSN 0067-1924 (2004) [Refereed Article]
Hingston, AB and McQuillan, PB and Potts, BM, Pollinators in seed orchards of Eucalyptus nitens (Myrtaceae), Australian Journal of Botany, 52, (2) pp. 209-222. ISSN 0067-1924 (2004) [Refereed Article]
Hingston, AB and Potts, BM and McQuillan, PB, The swift parrot, Lathamus discolor (Psittacidae), social bees (Apidae) and native insects as pollinators of Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus (Myrtaceae), Australian Journal of Botany, 52, (3) pp. 371-379. ISSN 0067-1924 (2004) [Refereed Article]
Anderson, R and McQuillan, PB, Flight activity and territoriality in a threatened butterfly Oreixenica ptunarra Couchman (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), Records of the South Australian Museum Mongraph Series, 7 pp. 297-301. ISSN 1035-7939 (2003) [Refereed Article]
Young, CJ and McQuillan, PB, Redescription and life-cycle of Archephanes zalosema Turner, 1926 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae), a specialist on Winteraceae, Insect Systematics and Evolution (Group 3), 34, (1) pp. 81-94. ISSN 1399-560X (2003) [Refereed Article]
Hausmann, A and Holloway, JD and Kruger, M and McQuillan, PB and Sommerer, M, Short Report and Results, Spixiana - Zeitschrift für Zoologie, 26, (3) pp. 195-195. ISSN 0341-8391 (2003) [Non Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB, The Foodplant relationships of the Australian Geometridae, Spixiana - Zeitschrift für Zoologie, 26, (3) pp. 200. ISSN 0341-8391 (2003) [Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB, The giant Tasmanian 'pandani' moth Proditrix nielseni, sp. nov. (Lepitoptera : Yponomeutoidea : Plutellidae s. l.) , Invertebrate Systematics, 17, (1) pp. 59-66. ISSN 1445-5226 (2003) [Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB, The Identity of the Australian Archiearinae, Spixiana - Zeitschrift für Zoologie, 26, (3) pp. 203-204. ISSN 0341-8391 (2003) [Refereed Article]
Hingston, AB and Marsden-Smedley, J and Driscoll, DA and Corbett, S and Fenton, J and Anderson, R and Plowman, C and Mowling, FA and Jenkin, MC and Matsui, K and Bonham, KJ and Ilowski, M and McQuillan, PB and Yaxley, BK and Reid, T and Storey, D and Poole, L and Mallick, SA and Fitzgerald, N and Kirkpatrick, JB and Febey, J and Harwood, A and Michaels, KF and Russell, MJ and Black, PG and Emmerson, L and Visoiu, MH and Morgan, J and Breen, S and Gates, S and Bantich, MN and Desmarchelier, J, Extent of invasion of Tasmanian native vegetation by the exotic bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Apoidea: Apidae), Austral Ecology, 27, (2) pp. 162-172. ISSN 1442-9985 (2002) [Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB and Young, CJ and Richardson, AMM, A revision of the Australian moth genus Paralaea Guest (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae), Invertebrate Taxonomy, 15, (3) pp. 277-317. ISSN 0818-0164 (2001) [Refereed Article]
Steinbauer, MJ and McQuillan, PB and Young, CJ, Life history and behavioural traits of Mnesampela privata that exacerbate population responses to eucalypt plantations: Comparisons with Australian and outbreak species of forest geometrid from the Northern Hemisphere, Austral Ecology, 26, (5) pp. 525-534. ISSN 1442-9985 (2001) [Refereed Article]
Young, CJ and McQuillan, PB, Redescription of the little-known Australian geometrid moth Palleopa innotata Walker, 1866 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae), Insect Systematics and Evolution, 32, (3) pp. 263-278. ISSN 1399-560X (2001) [Refereed Article]
Hingston, AB and McQuillan, PB, Are pollination syndromes useful predictors of floral visitors in Tasmania?, Austral Ecology, 25, (6) pp. 600-609. ISSN 1442-9985 (2000) [Refereed Article]
Higham, RK and McQuillan, PB, Cyathodes divaricata (Epacridaceae) the first record of a bird-pollinated dioecious plant in the Australian flora, Australian Journal of Botany, 48, (1) pp. 93-99. ISSN 0067-1924 (2000) [Refereed Article]
Brown, M and Bryant, S and Edgar, G and Kantvilas, C and Kirkpatrick, JB and McQuillan, PB and Richardson, A, Delineation of Critical Habitat for Threatened Species, Tasmanian Naturalist, 121 pp. 48-56. (1999) [Non Refereed Article]
Hingston, AB and McQuillan, PB, Displacement of Tasmanian Native Megachilid Bees by the Recently Introduced Bumblebee Bombus Terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera:Apidae), Australian Journal of Zoology, 47, (1) pp. 59-65. ISSN 0004-959X (1999) [Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB, Athrotaxivora tasmanica gen. & sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): An unusual moth associated with King William pine (Athrotaxis selaginoides D. Don., Taxodiaceae) in Tasmanian montane rainforests, Australian Journal of Entomology, 37, (3) pp. 206-213. ISSN 1326-6756 (1998) [Refereed Article]
Candy, SG and McQuillan, PB, A weight-based phenology model for immature stages of the red-headed cockchafer, Adoryphorus coulonii (Burmeister) (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Dynastinae), a pest of pastures in south-eastern Australia, Australian Journal of Entomology, 37, (2) pp. 137-148. ISSN 1326-6756 (1998) [Refereed Article]
Hingston, AB and McQuillan, PB, Does the recently introduced bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Apidae) threaten Australian ecosystems?, Australian Journal of Ecology, 23, (6) pp. 539-549. ISSN 0307-692X (1998) [Refereed Article]
Canning, KM and McQuillan, PB and Jablonski, W, Laboratory simulation of splashes and spills of organophosphate insecticides on chemically protective gloves used in agriculture, Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine , 5, (2) pp. 155-167. ISSN 1232-1966 (1998) [Refereed Article]
Edwards, ED and McQuillan, PB, Lepidoptera, Wildlife Report, 98, (2) pp. 67-77. ISSN 1321-4241 (1998) [Non Refereed Article]
Hingston, AB and McQuillan, PB, Nectar Robbing in Epacris impressa (Epacridaceae) by the recently introduced Bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Apidae) in Tasmania, Victorian Naturalist, 115, (4) pp. 116-119. ISSN 0042-5184 (1998) [Refereed Article]
Canning, KM and Jablonski, W and McQuillan, PB, Quantification of surface defects on chemically protective gloves following their use in agriculture, Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine, 5, (1) pp. 45-56. ISSN 1232-1966 (1998) [Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB and Taylor, RJ and Bereton, RN and Cale, PG, Seasonal patterns of activity in geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from a lowland and highland eucalypt forest in Tasmania, Australian Journal of Entomology, 37 pp. 228-237. ISSN 1326-6756 (1998) [Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB, The significance and conservation of the invertebrate fauna of Lambert Gully, Mount Nelson, Tasmania, The Tasmanian Naturalist, 120 pp. 14-24. ISSN 0819-6826 (1998) [Non Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB and Ek, CJ, A biogeographical analysis of the Tasmanian endemic ptunarra brown butterfly, Oreixenica ptunarra Couchman (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), Australian Journal of Zoology, 45, (1) pp. 21-37. ISSN 0004-959X (1997) [Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB and Michaels, KF, First record of Pseudoheteronyx Blackburn (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Tasmania, with description of Pseudoheteronyx littoralis sp.n. from Sandy Beaches, Australian Journal of Entomology, 36 pp. 117-120. ISSN 1326-6756 (1997) [Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB, The Tasmanian geometrid moths associated with the genus Amelora auctorum (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae), Invertebrate Taxonomy, 10, (3) pp. 433-506. ISSN 0818-0164 (1996) [Refereed Article]
Michaels, KF and McQuillan, PB, Impact of commercial forest management on geophilous carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in tall, wet Eucalyptus obliqua forest in southern Tasmania, Australian Journal of Ecology, 20, (2) pp. 316-323. ISSN 0307-692X (1995) [Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB, Nothofagus (Fagaceae) and its invertebrate fauna - an overview and preliminary synthesis, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 49, (4) pp. 317-354. ISSN 0024-4066 (1993) [Refereed Article]
Nielsen, ES and McQuillan, PB and Common, IFB, The Tasmanian Cushion Plant Moth Nemotyla oribates Gen.N., SP.N.: Systematics and Biology (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae: Xyloryctinae), Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 31, (1) pp. 47-56. ISSN 0004-9050 (1992) [Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB and Semmens, TD, Morphology of Antenna and Mouthparts of Adult Adoryphorus couloni (Burmeister) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 29, (1) pp. 75-79. ISSN 0004-9050 (1990) [Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB, The Indentification of Root-Feeding Cockchafer Larvae (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae) Found in Pastures in Tasmania, Australian Journal of Zoology, 33, (4) pp. 509-546. ISSN 0004-959X (1985) [Refereed Article]
McQuillan, PB, A New Genus for Chlenias fucata Felder and Rogenhofer (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) and a New Tasmanian Species, Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 23, (4) pp. 297-306. ISSN 0004-9050 (1984) [Refereed Article]
Ireson, J and McQuillan, PB, Observations on the Biology and Behaviour of Homoeosoma farinaria Turner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on Senecio jabobaea L., in Tasmania, Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 23, (4) pp. 285-292. ISSN 0004-9050 (1984) [Refereed Article]

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Conference Publication

McQuillan, PB, The biography and ecology of Tasmanian ants - an emerging frontier, School of Geography & Environmental Studies Conference Abstracts 2010, 28 June 2010, Sandy Bay (2010) [Conference Extract]
McQuillan, PB, A Certain Hunter of Beetles and Pounder of Rocks, Proceedings of a Symposium Entitled Charles Darwin in Hobart Town Held on 11 February 2009, February, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, pp. 19-26. ISBN 978-0-646-50636-4 (2009) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
Leaman, DE and McQuillan, PB, Darwin's Mount Wellington, Proceedings of a Symposium Entitled Charles Darwin in Hobart Town Held on 11 February 2009, February, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, pp. 87-103. ISBN 978-0-646-50636-4 (2009) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
Leaman, DE and McQuillan, PB, Darwin's Sandy Bay, Proceedings of a Symposium Entitled Charles Darwin in Hobart Town Held on 11 February 2009, February, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, pp. 75-86. ISBN 978-0-646-50636-4 (2009) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
Leaman, DE and McQuillan, PB, Darwin's West Hobart and Domain, Proceedings of a Symposium Entitled Charles Darwin in Hobart Town Held on 11 February 2009, February, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, pp. 57-66. ISBN 978-0-646-50636-4 (2009) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
Leaman, DE and McQuillan, PB, General Information, Proceedings of a Symposium Entitled Charles Darwin in Hobart Town Held on 11 February 2009, February, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, pp. 45-48. ISBN 978-0-646-50636-4 (2009) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
Johnson, K and McQuillan, PB and Kirkpatrick, JB, Pollination ecology of the Tasmanian epacrid, Ecological Society of Australia (2008) Interactions in Science Programme Abstracts, 2008, Sydney, pp. 233. (2008) [Conference Extract]
Smith, JA and Bridle, K and McQuillan, PB, A BiGG Question: How does land use influence birds found in mixed farming landscapes?, ESA 2007 Program and Abstracts, November, Perth, pp. 153-153. (2007) [Conference Extract]
McQuillan, PB and Fitzgerald, M and Bridle, K, An overview of the epigaeic beetle communities inhabiting mixed-enterprise farms in southern Australia, ESA 2007 Program and Abstracts, November, Perth, pp. 126-127. (2007) [Conference Extract]
Keble-Williams, PJ and McQuillan, PB, The Canopy Beetle Fauna of Relict Nothofagus in Tasmania, British Ecological Society 2007 Annual Symposium: Speciation and Ecology Programme, March, Sheffield, UK, pp. 15-15. (2007) [Conference Extract]
Roberts, C and McQuillan, PB and Kirkpatrick, JB, Who's Mowing the Lawn? Vertebrate and Invertebrate Grazers of 'Marsupial Lawns', ESA 2007 Program and Abstracts, November, Perth, pp. 145-145. (2007) [Conference Extract]
Roberts, C and McQuillan, PB and Kirkpatrick, JB, Who's mowing the lawn? Vertebrate and invertebrate grazers of marsupial lawns, School of Geography and Environmental Studies Conference Program 2007, October, Hobart, pp. 17-17. (2007) [Conference Extract]
Roberts, C and Kirkpatrick, JB and McQuillan, PB, Explaining the boundaries between 'marsupial lawns' and woody vegetation in lowland and alpine Tasmania, Ecology Across the Tasman 2006: Joint Conference of the NZ Ecological Society and the Ecological Society of Australia, Wellington, New Zealand, 27 August - 1 September 2006, August & September, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 132-133. (2006) [Conference Extract]
Hausmann, A and McQuillan, PB, Proceedings of the Forum Herbulot 2006. Integration of molecular, ecological and morphological data: Recent progress towards the higher classification of the Geometridae (Hobart, 19-20 January 2006), Spixiana - Zeitschrift für Zoologie, January 2006, Hobart, pp. 199-216. (2006) [Conference Edited]
Keble-Williams, PJ and McQuillan, PB, Regional variation in herbivory and insect herbivores on Nothofagus cunninghamii in Tasmania, Ecology Across the Tasman 2006: Joint Conference of the NZ Ecological Society and the Ecological Society of Australia, Wellington, New Zealand, 27 August - 1 September 2006, August & September, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 75-75. (2006) [Conference Extract]
Young, CJ and McQuillan, PB, Evolutionary Relationships of the Emerald Moths of Australia, Joint Conference: Australian Entomological Society's 36th AGM and Scientific Conference/7th Invertebrate Biodiversity and Conservation Conference/Society of Australian Systematic Biologists: Abstracts, December, Canberra, Australia, pp. 253-254. (2005) [Conference Extract]
Roberts, C and Kirkpatrick, JB and McQuillan, PB, Marsupial lawns: what processes maintain these clearings in the Tasmanian landscape?, School of Geography and Environmental Studies 2005 Seminars, October, 2005, Hobart, pp. 3-3. (2005) [Conference Extract]
McQuillan, PB, New insights into plant-animal interactions in Tasmania, School of Geography and Environmental Studies 2004 Conference, October, 2004, Hobart, pp. 11-11. (2004) [Conference Extract]
McQuillan, PB and Young, CJ, The 'Archiearine' Moths of Australia, School of Geography and Environmental Studies 2004 Conference, October, 2004, Hobart, pp. 23-23. (2004) [Conference Extract]
Anderson, R and McQuillan, PB, A small window of opportunity: flight activity under prevailing climatic conditions in Oreixenica ptunarra, the Ptunarra brown butterfly, Invertebrates & Environmental Change Program and Abstracts, 2003, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 48-48. (2003) [Conference Extract]
McQuillan, PB, Effect of fire on Coleoptera in buttongrass moorlands, Tasmania, Invertebrates & Environmental Change Program and Abstracts, 2003, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 67-67. (2003) [Conference Extract]
McQuillan, PB, Impacts of land clearing on the invertebrate fauna, Proceedings: a Thousand Cuts Landclearing Conference, 2003, Hobart, Tasmania EJ (2003) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
McQuillan, PB and Young, CJ, The 'Archiearine' moths of Australia, Invertebrates & Environmental Change Program and Abstracts, 2003, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 52-52. (2003) [Conference Extract]
Anderson, R and McQuillan, PB, A small window of opportunity: flight activity under prevailing climatic conditions in Oreixenica ptunarra, the Ptunarra Brown Butterfly, Ecology 2002 Conference Cairns: Handbook of the 2nd joint meeting of the Ecological Society of Australia and the New Zealand Ecological Society, 1-6 December 2002, Cairns, pp. 19. (2002) [Conference Extract]
Anderson, R and McQuillan, PB, Phenotypic variation in Oreixenica ptunarra butterflies is influenced by altitude, ESA 2000: Ecology in a Rapidly Changing World, November 29 - December 1, Melbourne, Victoria, pp. 27-27. (2000) [Conference Extract]
Chantaramongkol, P and McQuillan, PB and Promkutakawe, S, Analysis of Trichoptera Adult Seasonality from Huay Koo Kaow Stream, Chiang Mai Zoo, Doi Suthep, Thailand, 9th International Symposium on Trichoptera, 1998, Chiang Mai Thailand, pp. 469-474. ISBN 974-657-069-2 (1999) [Refereed Conference Paper]
Hingston, AB and McQuillan, PB, The impact of the large earth Bumblebee Bombus terrestris on Australian Ecosystems, Social Insects at the turn of the Millennium, 29 Dec 1998 to 3 January 1999, South Australia, pp. 209. ISBN 0 7258 0771 7 (1998) [Conference Extract]

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