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| Name: |
Associate Professor Tony Clarke |
| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| Qualifications: |
PhD, B.Agr.Sc. |
| Organisational Area: |
School of Natural Resource Sciences |
| Teaching Discipline: |
Ecology |
| Research Program: |
Biological Systems Research |
| Phone: |
+61 7 3138 5023 |
| Fax: |
+61 7 3138 1535 |
| Email: |
a.clarke@qut.edu.au |
| Postal Address: |
School of Natural Resource Sciences, QUT, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane Qld 4001 |
Teaching Areas
- Natural Resource Sciences: Invertebrate Biology
- Population Ecology
- Population Management
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Areas of Expertise
- Entomology
- Ecology
- Pest Management
- Biosecurity
- Invasion Biology
[Further expertise and media contact]
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Professional Associations
- Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society
- Member of the Australian Entomological Society
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Current Grants
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research: TaroPest: An information and diagnostics package for pests of taro in the South Pacific
- Sugar Research & Development Corporation: Control of climbing rat in sugar-cane
- Australia and Pacific Science Foundation: Fruit fly pollination of Bulbophyllum baileyi and the development of new fruit fly lures
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Selected Research Projects
- Biology, ecology and management of tropical fruit flies (Bactrocera spp)
- Ecology and systematics of opiine parasitoids of tropical fruit flies
- Diagnostic tools for quarantine and pest management
- Ecology of invasive organisms
- Eucalyptus entomology
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Selected Publications
- Zalucki M.P. & Clarke A.R. 2004. Monarchs across the Pacific: The Columbus Hypothesis revisited. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 81: 111-121
- Clarke A.R., Armstrong K.F., Carmichael A.E., Milne J.R., Raghu S., Roderick G.K. & Yeates D.K. 2005. Invasive phytophagous pests arising through a recent tropical evolutionary radiation: The Bactrocera dorsalis complex of fruit flies. Annual Review of Entomology 50: 293-319.
- Novotny V., Clarke A.R., Drew R.A.I., Balagawi S. & Clifford B. 2005. Host specialization and species richness of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in a New Guinea rainforest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 21: 67-77.
- Carmichael A.E., Wharton R.A. and Clarke A.R. 2005. Opiine (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitoids of tropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the South Pacific region. Bulletin of Entomological Research 95: 545-569.
- White E., Wilson J.C. and Clarke A.R. 2006. Biotic indirect effects: A neglected concept in invasion biology. Diversity and Distributions 12: 443-455.
[Additional Publications]
For a curriculum vitae, please download Tony Clarke's CV [PDF 117KB]
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Current Postgraduate Students
| Name |
Project |
| Ms A. Carmichael (MApplSc) |
Taxonomy and diagnostics of opiine fruit fly parasitoids |
| Ms E. Dunlop (PhD) |
Invasion biology of sickle-pod |
| Mr B. Dyer (MApplSc) |
IPM for Melomys burtoni in sugar cane |
| Mr M. Ero (PhD) |
Host choice and utilization by Diachasmimorpha kraussii |
| Mr P Leach (PhD) |
Thermal tolerances of Bactrocera species |
| Mr B. McNeil (PhD) |
Evolution of host selection in Encarsia |
| Ms A. Mararuai (MApplSc) |
Fruit fly distribution in PNG |
| Ms S. Muthuthantri (MApplSc) |
Overwintering of Bactrocera tryoni in the sub-tropics |
| Mr M. Schutze (PhD) |
Population genetics and local adaptation of the chrysomelid, Paropsis atomaria |
| Ms E. White (PhD) |
Indirect interactions between Senecio species as mediated by invertebrates |
| Ms A. Wilson (PhD) |
Interactions between invertebrate and vertebrate frugivores |
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