Dr Duncan Mackay

Publications

• Gross, C. L., D. A. Mackay, et al. (2000). "Aggregated flowering phenologies among three sympatric legumes - The degree of non-randomness and the effect of overlap on fruit set." Plant Ecology 148(1): 13-21.

• Symon, D., M. Whalen, et al. (2000). "Diversity in Acaena (Rosaceae) in South Australia." Journal of the Adelaide Botanical garden 55: 55-73.

• Austin, A. D., D. A. Mackay, et al., Eds. (2003). 5th Invertebrate Biodiversity and Conservation Conference. Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series. Adelaide, South Australian Museum.

• Griffin, T. T., C. M. Bull, et al. (2003). "The effect of pitfall trap size and density on ant capture." Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series 7: 319-325.

• Walters, A. C. and D. A. Mackay (2003). "An experimental study of the relative humidity preferences and survival of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): comparisons with a native Iridomyrmex species in South Australia." Insectes Sociaux 50: 355-360.

• Walters, A. C. and D. A. Mackay (2003). "The impact of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr) on native ants and other invertebrates in South Australia." Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series 7: 17-24.

• Kerr, G. D., C. M. Bull, et al. (2004). "Effect of observer presence and handling on activity patterns in the sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa): implications for behaviour studies." Journal of Herpetology.

• Walters, A. C. and D. A. Mackay (2004). "Comparisons of Upper Thermal Tolerances Between the Invasive Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and Two Native Australian Ant Species." Annals of  the Entomological Society of America 97(4).

• Walters, A. C. and D. A. Mackay (2005). "The importance of large colony size for successful invasion by Argentine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): evidence for biotic resistance by native ants." Austral Ecology 30(4): 395-406.

• Collier, N., D. A. Mackay, et al. (2006). "Butterfly communities in South Australian urban reserves: Estimating abundance and diversity using the Pollard walk." Austral Ecology 31(2): 282-290.

• Nicolle, D., M. A. Whalen, et al. (2006). "Morphological variation and phylogenetic relationships within Eucalyptus series Subulatae (Myrtaceae) of southern Australia." Australian Systematic Botany 19(1): 59-86.

• Whalen, M. A. and D. A. Mackay (2007). "Geographic variation in extrafloral nectaries in the ant-associated plant genus Adriana (Euphorbiaceae) and its relationship to water availability." Australian Journal of Botany 55: 568-575.

• Collier, N., D. A. Mackay, et al. (in press). "Is relative abundance a good indicator of population size? Evidence from fragmented populations of a specialist butterfly (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)?" Population Ecology.

• Davies, R. J.-P., Craigie, A.I., Mackay, D.A., Whalen, M.A., Cheong, J. P.-E., and Leach, G.J.  (Accepted). "Resolution of the taxonomy of Eriocaulon L. taxa endemic to the mound springs of central and north eastern Australia, using morphometrics and AFLP markers." Australian Systematic Botany.

• Kovac, K. J. and D. A. Mackay (in press). "An experimental study of the impacts of cattle on spider communities of artesian springs in South Australia." Journal of Insect Conservation.

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