Dr Mike Gardner

Publications

1. Wheaton, L., Donnellan, S.C., Gardner, M.G., Hollis, G. (in press) Isolation of polymorphic tri- and tetra-nucleotide microsatellite loci for the highly endangered Baw Baw frog (Philoria frosti) Molecular Ecology Notes.

2. Gardner, M.G., Donnellan, S.C., Hutchinson, M.N., Foster R. (accepted Oct 07) Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

3. Guzinski, J., Saint, K.M., Gardner, M.G., Donnellan, S.C., Bull, C.M. (online early) Development of microsatellite markers and analysis of their inheritance in the Australian reptile tick, Bothriocroton hydrosauri. Molecular Ecology Notes.

4. Dudaniec R.Y., Gardner, M.G. and Kleindorfer, S. (2008) Isolation and characterisation and multiplex PCR of novel microsatellite loci for the avian parasite, Philornis downsi (Diptera: Muscidae). Molecular Ecology Resources 8, 142–144.

5. Gardner, M.G., L.Delphs, A. Smith, R. Dudaniec, J. Sanchez. (2008) Tiliqua rugosa microsatellites: isolation via enrichment and characterisation of loci for multiplex PCR in T. rugosa and the endangered T. adelaidensis. Conservation Genetics. 9: 233–237

6. Wells, J.A., Gardner M.G., and Lowe A.J. (2007) Development and characterisation of microsatellite markers for Cryptocarya mackinnoniana (Lauraceae). Molecular Ecology Notes. 7(6): 981-983

7. Wheaton L., Donnellan, S.C., De Vries, M.C., Gardner, M.G. and Gillanders, B.M. (2007) Isolation of additional polymorphic tri- and tetra-nucleotide microsatellite loci for the giant Australian cuttlefish (Sepia apama) Molecular Ecology Notes 7(5): 893-895

8. Gardner, M. G., Schönrogge, K., Elmes, G. W., Thomas, J. A. (2007) Increased genetic diversity as a defence against parasites is undermined by social parasites: Microdon mutabilis hoverflies infesting Formica lemani ant colonies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274: 103-110.

9. Gardner, M.G., Bull, C.M. Godfrey, S., Fenner, A., Murray, K., Donnellan, S.C. (2007) Consistent social structuring within aggregations of the Australian lizard, Egernia stokesii across seven disconnected rocky outcrops Journal of Ethology 25(3): 263-270.

10. Schönrogge, K., Gardner, M. G., Elmes, G. W., Thomas, J. A. (2006) Host propagation permits extreme local adaptation in a social parasite of ants Ecology Letters 9: 1032-1040 

11. Godfrey, S., Bull, C.M., Gardner, M.G., (2006) Associations between blood parasite infection and a microsatellite DNA allele in an Australian scincid lizard (Egernia stokesii). Parasitology Research 100: 107-109.

12. Godfrey S. S., Bull C. M., Murray K., M. G. Gardner (2006) Transmission mode and distribution of parasites among groups of the social lizard Egernia stokesii. Parasitology Research 99: 123-130.

13. D.G. Chapple, A.J. Stow, D. O’Connor, S. Fuller, M.G. Gardner (2006) Cross-species amplification of DNA microsatellite loci in an Australian lineage of social lizards (Scincidae, genus Egernia) Herpetological Review 37: 177-180.

14.  Bond, JM., Porteous R., Hughes S., Mogg R.J., Gardner, M.G., Reading, C.J. (2005) Polymorphic microsatellite markers, isolated using a simple enrichment procedure, in the threatened smooth snake (Coronella austriaca) Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 42-44.

15. Gardner, M.G., Ottewell, K., and Adams, M. (2004). Isolation of microsatellites in a parthenogenetic lizard Menetia greyii (Scincidae) and their utility in sexual species of the Menetia greyii complex. Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 219-221.

16. Gardner, M.G., Bull, C.M., Cooper, S.J.B. and Duffield G.A. (2002) High levels of genetic monogamy in the social Australian lizard Egernia stokesii. Molecular Ecology 11:1787-1794.

17. Gardner, M.G. and Ward, R.D. (2002) Taxonomic affinities within Australian and New Zealand Mustelus sharks (Chondrichthyes: Triakidae) inferred from allozymes, mitochondrial DNA and precaudal vertebrae counts. Copeia 2002:356-363

18. Schönrogge, K., Barr, B., Napper, E., Gardner, M. G., Breen, J., Elmes, G. W., Thomas, J. A. (2002). When rare species become endangered: cryptic speciation in myrmecophilous hoverflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 75:291-300. also addendum 76: 315

19. Gardner, M.G., Bull, C.M., Cooper, S.J.B. and Duffield G.A. (2001) Genetic evidence for a family structure in stable social aggregations of the Australian lizard Egernia stokesii. Molecular Ecology 10: 175-183

20. Stow, A.J., Sunnucks, P., Briscoe, D.A., Gardner, M.G. (2001) The impact of habitat fragmentation on dispersal in the Cunningham’s skink (Egernia cunninghami) investigated using microsatellites. Molecular Ecology. 10: 867-878

21. Bull M.G., Griffin, C.L., Bonnett, M., and Gardner, M.G. (2001) Recognition of related individuals in the Australian lizard Egernia striolata. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50: 173-179

22. Gardner, M.G., Cooper, S.J.B., Bull, C.M. and Duffield G.A. (2000) Microsatellite mutations in litters of the Australian lizard Egernia stokesii. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 13, 551-560.

23. Gardner, M.G., Cooper, S.J.B., Bull, C.M. and Grant, W.N. (1999) Isolation of microsatellite loci from a social lizard, Egernia stokesii, using a modified enrichment procedure. Journal of Heredity 90(2):301-304.

24. Gardner, M.G. and Ward, R.D. (1998) Population structure of the Australian gummy shark (Mustelus antarcticus Günther) inferred from allozymes, mitochondrial DNA and vertebrae counts. Marine and Freshwater Research. 49:733-745.

25. Cooper, S.J.B., Bull, C.M. and Gardner, M.G. (1997) Characterisation of microsatellite loci from the socially monogamous lizard Tiliqua rugosa using a pcr-based isolation technique. Molecular Ecology. 6(8):793-795.

26. Gardner, M.G., Mather, P.B., Williamson, I. and Hughes J.M. (1995) The relationship between shell pattern frequency and microhabitat in the intertidal prosobranch, Clithon oualaniensis  (Lesson), Malacologia. 36(1-2): 97-109.

27. Heard, T.A and Gardner, M.G. (1994) Comparative studies of development and host utilization of Calligrapha pantherina (Coleoptera: Chrosomelidae) on Sida acuta and S. rhombifolia, Biological Control  4:336-340.

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