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Dr Greg Johnston

Contact Details

     Phone: +61 8 8201 5677
     Fax: +61 8 8201 3015
     Email:  greg.johnston@flinders.edu.au
     Location:  Room 155, Biological Sciences building (building 51)

Key Responsibilities

Teaching

  • BIOD1102 - Biodiversity & Conservation 1
  • BIOD2100 - Biodiversity & Conservation 2
  • BIOD3001 - Biodiversity & Conservation 3
  • BIOL7004 - Scientific Method & Data Presentation

Research

My position at Flinders University commenced in February 2008 and is jointly funded by the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia (Zoos SA). I have been a conservation biologist with Zoos SA since 2000.

 

My interests are broad, lying in the general areas of evolution, ecology, behaviour and conservation. I have worked on mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and scorpions in Australia, New Guinea, the Middle East and Central America.

 

I am currently involved with several projects that bring scientific approaches to applied conservation. These include optimising methods for translocating bilbies, wallabies and woma pythons.

 

I am also involved in a study of reproductive biology of Australian pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus) that I began in 1990. This project focuses on parent-offspring conflict and sibling rivalry in this fascinating species, which shows facultative brood reduction by siblicide.

 

See publication list

Community Service

Current Postgraduate Students

Josh Griffiths is experimentally testing the success of various reintroduction methods to establish new populations of the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) at the Arid Recovery Project, in northern South Australia. He is a PhD candidate in School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, co-supervised with Assoc. Prof. Sue Carthew.

 

Leah Kemp is experimentally testing the importance of group familiarity for establishment of South Australian Mainland Tammar Wallabies (Macropus eugenii eugenii) following their reintroduction into Innes National Park, South Australia. She is a PhD candidate in School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, co-supervised with Assoc. Prof. Sue Carthew.

 

Joanne Lee is documenting the effect of mining exploration tracks on mallee mammals and reptiles at Pinkawillinie Conservation Park, South Australia. She is a PhD candidate in School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, co-supervised with Assoc. Prof. Sue Carthew.  

Current Honours Students

Jade Adams is documenting the demography of urban marbled geckoes (Christinus marmoratus) at the School of Natural & Built Environments at the University of South Australia. Co-supervised with Prof. C.B. Daniels, University of South Australia.

 

Michael Geen is looking at the influence of colour, body size and posture on heat flux in reptiles. He is in the School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University

 

Jennifer Munro is exploring whether harvesting for the pet trade is having an impact on populations of the endemic South Australian scorpion, Urodacus elongatus at field sites in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. She is in the School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University


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