When at school I can recall being very much stimulated by the story of Galileo and Torricelli and the idea that the pursuit of Truth was a worthwhile way to spend one’s life. I have since been fortunate to have come in contact with, and in some cases to have worked with, several mentors. The first, L.C. Birch, was a Professor of Biology at the University of Sydney and was my first contact with a first-rate mind. He was an eminent Australian ecologist who achieved success at a young age as the co-architect of a general theory of ecology. Very much influenced by the British philosopher Whitehead he taught me to look behind Appearance for Reality, the Big Picture. Perhaps rather foolishly I did not follow his recommendation that I pursue a career in ecological entomology; instead my great interest in birdlife led me to begin research in avian ecology.
Eventually the opportunity of working with P.R. Grant was taken. He is only about 10 years older than me and at that stage was a promising British scientist with a rising reputation in bird ecology. I proposed to solve some interesting perplexities in the Galápagos Archipelago and he arranged the financing of the expedition. It is from him that I learned about asking the right questions, attending to the necessary detail, and economy of research effort. Incidentally, both Birch and Grant could produce the most readable, lucid and unambiguous scientific prose and thereby unwittingly provided a model worth imitating.
My third influencing figure was O.W. Loneragan, a member of the Forests Department of Western Australia and with whom I collaborated closely in the early 1980s. He was the Sherlock Holmes of the jarrah forest. That is, on entering a stand he could within a few minutes deduce from uncanny observation of existing clues the whole history of European influence that stand had experienced. To me this was a wonderful revelation of how to penetrate the secrets of nature. This reinforced my great interest in understanding past events to explain the origin of present patterns. The "book" of nature can only be read with profit and understood if one cultivates this perspicacity.
In my research career I have been able to gain very broad experience, having worked on both simple systems (islands) and complex systems (soils and forests), at different scales (from small soil samples to whole archipelagoes), and on different organisms (from small soil insects to birds and trees).
As foreshadowed above, several of these reasons motivated me to become a scientist; others only became obvious subsequently.
Faculty of Science, University of Sydney BSc (Hons) 1968. First class Honours in Zoology.
1968: Zoology IV First class Honours. Awarded Commonwealth Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship (relinquished). Awarded CSIRO Postgraduate Studentship.
Department of Zoology, Monash University, Melbourne (March 1969-March 1972). PhD.
1990: Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia, Perth. DSc.
1969-72 CSIRO Postgraduate Studentship (supervised by Dr D F Dorward).
1972-73 Postdoctoral fellowship, McGill University, Montreal, Canada with Professor P R Grant.
1974 (January) F M Chapman Fellowship, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
1974-77 University of Western Australia Research Fellowship, Department of Zoology with Dr H E H Paterson.
1977-78 Research Associate, Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, University of Western Australia with Professor C A Parker.
1979-85 Research Officer, Forests Department of Western Australia.
1985-87 Senior Research Scientist, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia.
1987-1992 Principal Research Scientist, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia.
1992-1997 Science Adviser and Head of Science Services (Senior Principal Research Scientist) Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia.
1997- Science Adviser (Senior Principal Research Scientist) Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia).
Utilization of habitat by two species of honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae). This research described how the distribution and beak morphology of two species of honeyeaters were correlated with the types of flowers available and used. The project was supervised by Dr H F Recher and resulted in 2 publications.
The ecology and evolution of passerine birds on islands. In six sections:
Four months’ field work in the Galápagos Islands in 1973 was spent addressing the problems raised in Sect. 6 of my PhD thesis (i.e. the roles of floristic diversity among islands and differences in competitive background of islands in explaining the variation in beak morphology and distribution of the six groundfinch species.)
I also extended a metrical analysis begun by David Lack in the 1940s by measuring on nearly 6 000 museum specimens of Geospiza body dimensions of ecological importance. The purpose was to document properly character convergence and divergence.
This research resulted in 7 major publications, all in international journals.
In the Zoology Department, I studied the biogeography of land bird species in relation to habitat structure and floristics on islands round south-western Australia and the adjacent mainland. An electrophoretic study of geographical variation in the passerine bird Zosterops lateralis was also undertaken.
This research resulted in 15 publications, including 7 in international journals.
In the Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Department, I studied the impact of agricultural practices on the abundance of soil fauna, and the effect of soil animals (particularly earthworms) on soil structure.
This research resulted in 8 publications, including 7 in international journals.
Since 1979 all research has been conducted in the forests of the south-west of Western Australia. Initially my brief was to examine the effects of prescribed low intensity fires on the soil fauna of the jarrah forest. This research resulted in 3 publications. I next evaluated if Banksia grandis could be successfully reduced in abundance in the jarrah forest. Six papers on this species were published.
In 1982 I began, in co-operation with Mr O Loneragan, a synthesis of all available data on the ecology and silviculture of jarrah, the principal timber species of Western Australia. Deficiencies in knowledge were identified, and we then studied the factors influencing the rate of wood growth of jarrah. This resulted in 7 publications, including a major review. On occasion I was asked to investigate specific problems - their solution resulted in publications on impact of logging on birds and regeneration failure of Persoonia elliptica.
In 1984 I was appointed forest entomologist. Emphasis has been on pest insects such as jarrah leafminer and bullseye borer, but I have also taken the opportunity to research the distribution and abundance of a considerable number of non-pest insects in jarrah forest.
This thesis, entitled Studies of pattern and process in biogeography, community ecology, and population ecology, is based on 49 publications selected in 1990 from my total output then of 104 publications. Forty of these publications represent research undertaken within Western Australia. The thesis is organized in four sections:
The University of Western Australia awards the DSc degree for ‘independent and original research which constitutes a substantial and distinguished contribution’. The papers presented for this degree should show ‘clear evidence of significantly advancing science as reflected in the quality rather than the number of publications’. The candidate’s research should demonstrate a ‘high degree of innovative thinking in terms of the development and testing of hypotheses and new investigative procedures, and should be recognized as such by the scientific community at large’.
In 1986 I was awarded a grant from the M R Jacobs fund administered by the Australian Academy of Science. This was taken up in May 1987 and enabled me to travel widely in the Eastern States of Australia (Armidale, Sydney, Canberra, Wagga Wagga, Melbourne, Adelaide), during which I conferred with more than 40 entomologists and gave a seminar on my forest insect research to the University of New England (Zoology Department), Forestry Commission of NSW (Beecroft) and Waite Institute of Agricultural Research (Glen Osmond).
In 1989 I presented a paper at an international conference on population dynamics of forest insects held at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
In 1994, I presented a paper at an Australian Rangelands conference held at Katherine, Northern Territory
In 1998, I presented a poster paper at the International Conference on Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management held in Melbourne.
I was OIC of the Forests Department Research Station, Como from 1984 to 1985. At that time the staff comprised six research officers and seven technicians. In 1986 I was appointed to the newly created position of leader of the jarrah program in CALM. My duties were to co-ordinate and direct research within this program, prepare the budget and allocate finance within the program, co-ordinate contact between the program and the rest of CALM, and liaise and encourage co-operative research with external institutions. This program comprised eight scientists.
From 1987 to 1991 I was leader of the entomology research program, and in 1988 I was appointed Principal Research Scientist with responsibility for general administration of Research Division publishing, research project plans and productivity monitoring, and assisting the Senior Principal Research Scientist administer forest research.
In 1989 I prepared for the Research Division Policy Group a substantial report entitled Scientific excellence, effectiveness and productivity (43 pp.). This addressed many issues, including scientific images, types of scientific research, systems of scientific research management, accountability, publishing in scholarly journals, publication productivity among scientists, reasons for the low average production of publications, citations, motivating scientists, recruitment, attitudes of scientists in Research Division of CALM about the assessment of scientific excellence, effectiveness and productivity, obtaining higher publication rates, and obtaining higher citation rates.
My current role as Science Adviser involves formulation of policies, analysis of issues and provision of high quality advice to the Director Science Division. I also address important and pressing scientific issues relevant to CALM and provide recommendations and options for their resolution.
A major obligation of a scientist working in a Government Department is the production of outcomes of practical benefit to the objectives of that Department. Highlights of such implementation of my research findings are as follows:
Ecology and silviculture of jarrah - results on thinning, forest structure and stand dynamics have been incorporated into revision of prescriptions for logging of jarrah forest, formulated by Silviculture Branch, CALM (latest versions are Silvicultural Guidelines 1/95, 4/97).
Ecological impact of fire in jarrah forest - my research on soil/litter fauna, though collected some 30 years after the policy of regular burning in Spring was introduced, shows few deleterious impacts. Similarly, more intense fires have few long-term effects on soil/litter fauna.
Better understanding of the population biology of the woody ‘weed’ Banksia grandis in jarrah forest was used to limit populations of B. grandis in jarrah stands.
Intense logging of jarrah forest has few short term effects on the composition or density of the bird fauna.
Prescribed burning in spring and logging of jarrah forest do not promote outbreaks of the pest insect defoliator, jarrah leafminer.
Outbreaks of bullseye borer in regrowth karri forest may be reduced by thinning stands to alleviate water stress and by not planting karri in coupes where it did not occur naturally.
Outbreaks of the introduced bark beetle Ips grandicollis in pine plantations are eliminated if stands are thinned on schedule and if thinning slash is promptly removed.
Extinctions of species of vertebrates and vascular plants have been minimal in the forests of southwest Western Australia as have contractions in geographical range of these taxa.
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Abbott I (2009). Exotic fauna. University of Western Australia Press, Crawley. pp. 341–342
Abbott I (2009). Appendix H. Fauna. In The Finest Gold Fields in the World: the Austin Expedition to the Murchison in 1854 (eds PJ Bridge K Epton, M Hercock et al.). Hesperian, Carlisle, WA. pp. 157–166
Abbott I (2009). Appendix 25. Fauna. In Desert, Drought and Death: the Border Exploration Syndicate Expedition to the Rawlinson Range 1899-1900 by Henry William Hill (eds M Chambers, PJ Bridge). Hesperian, Carlisle, WA. pp. 124–125
Abbott I (2009). Faunal extinctions : where and how have populations disappeared?. DEC, Kensington, WA. Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia, Science Division, Information Sheet 21/2009, 2 p.
Abbott I (2009). Feral animals. University of Western Australia Press, Crawley. pp. 360–361
Abbott I (2008). Historical perspectives of the ecology of some conspicuous vertebrate species in south-west Western Australia. Conservation Science Western Australia 6(3), pp. 1–214
Abbott I (2008). The spread of the cat, Felis catus, in Australia: re-examination of the current conceptual model with additional information. Conservation Science Western Australia 7, pp. 1–17
Abbott I (2008). Balga flowering. Western Wildlife: Newsletter of the Land for Wildlife Scheme 12(2), p. 16
Garkaklis M, Abbott I, Whitford K (2008). Black cockatoos. Department of Environment and Conservation, Kensington, WA. Fire Management Guideline S10, 15 p.
Abbott I (2007). The islands of Western Australia: changes over time in human use. Early Days 12, pp. 635–653
Abbott I, Burbidge T, Wills A (2007). Austromerope poultoni (Insecta: Mecoptera) in south-west Western Australia: occurrence, modelled geographical distribution and phenology. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 90, pp. 97–106
McKellar R, Abbott I, Coates D, Gioia P, Keighery G, Maslin B et al. [Williams M, Yates C] (2007). Detailed editorial review of 'The implications of climate change for land-based nature conservation strategies by Odile Pouliquen-Young and Peter Newman, Murdoch University, 1999': prepared for the Australian Greenhouse Office. Department of Environment and Conservation, Kensington, WA. 49 p.
Abbott I (2006). Mammalian faunal collapse in Western Australia, 1875-1925: the hypothesised role of epizootic disease and a conceptual model of its origin, introduction, transmission and spread. Australian Zoologist 33, pp. 530–561
Abbott I (2006). Extension of the known geographic range of the Princess Parrot: a record from Eucla, 1872. Western Australian Naturalist 25, pp. 192–193
Abbott I (2006). Flora and fauna. In The Millendon Memoirs: George Fletcher Moore's Western Australian Diaries and Letters, 1830-1841 (ed JMR Cameron). Hesperian, Carlisle. pp. 496–503
Abbott I, Cranfield R, van Heurck P, Middleton T (2006). The vegetation, flora and fauna of Saddle Island, near Walpole, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 25, pp. 153–168
McKellar R, Abbott I (2006). Climate change and biodiversity. Landscope 22(2), pp. 54–61
Abbott I (2005). Distinguished scientist retires. Conservation News Nov, p. 2
Abbott I (2005). Epizootic disease associated with mammalian faunal collapse in Western Australia, 1875-1925 (ABSTRACT). In Australian Mammal Society: 51st Scientific Meeting Program and Abstracts: Albany, Western Australia, 4-8 July 2005 (comps K Morris, J Smith, T Friend et al.). Australian Mammal Society, Perth. p. 34
Abbott I (2005). An overlooked record of the malleefowl in the interior of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 24, p. 253
Abbott I (2005). Epizootic disease associated with mammalian faunal collapse in Western Australia, 1875-1925 (ABSTRACT). p. 15
Abbott I (2005). Appendix 4: Fauna. In Western Australian Exploration. Volume One, December 1826-December 1835: the Letters, Reports & Journals of Exploration and Discovery in Western Australia (ed J Shoobert). Hesperian Press, Perth. pp. 556–558
Abbott I (2004). Aborigines, settlers and native animals: a zoological history of the south-west. Early Days 12, pp. 231–249
Abbott I, Burrows N (2004). Monitoring biodiversity in jarrah forest in south-west Western Australia: the FORESTCHECK initiative. In Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna. 2nd ed. (ed D Lunney). Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney. pp. 947–958
Burrows N, Abbott I (2004). Critique of a paper submitted to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) of Western Australia entitled Fire regimes and biodiversity conservation a brief review of scientific literature with particular emphasis on southwest Australian studies by Grant Wells, Stephen D. Hopper and Kingsley W. Dixon. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA. 8 p.
Lee KM, Abbott I (2004). Precautionary forest management: a case study from Western Australian legislation, policies, management plans, codes of practice and manuals from the period 1919-1999. Australian Forestry 67, pp. 114–121
Wills AJ, Burbidge TE, Abbott I (2004). Impact of repeated defoliation on jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) saplings. Australian Forestry 67, pp. 194–198
Abbott I (2003). Aboriginal fire regimes in south-west Western Australia: evidence from historical documents. In Fire in ecosystems of south-west Western Australia : impacts and management (eds I Abbott, N Burrows). Backhuys, Leiden. pp. 119–146
Abbott I, Burbidge T, Strehlow K, Mellican A, Wills A (2003). Logging and burning impacts on cockroaches, crickets and grasshoppers, and spiders in jarrah forest, Western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 174, pp. 383–399
Abbott I, Burrows N (2003). Foreword: the genesis of this book. In Fire in Ecosystems of South-West Western Australia: Impacts and Management Backhuys, Leiden. pp. vii–xiii
Abbott I, Burrows N (eds) (2003). Fire in Ecosystems of South-West Western Australia: Impacts and Management. Backhuys, Leiden. 466 p.
Abbott I, Mellican A, Craig MD, Williams M, Liddelow G, Wheeler I (2003). Short-term logging and burning impacts on species richness, abundance and community structure of birds in open eucalypt forest in Western Australia. Wildlife Research 30, pp. 321–329
Burrows N, Abbott I (2003). Fire in south-west Western Australia: synthesis of current knowledge, management implications and new research directions. In Fire in Ecosystems of South-West Western Australia: Impacts and Management Backhuys, Leiden. pp. 437–452
Van Heurck P, Abbott I (2003). Fire and terrestrial invertebrates in south-west Western Australia. In Fire in Ecosystems of South-West Western Australia: Impacts and Management (eds I Abbott, N Burrows). Backhuys, Leiden. pp. 291–319
Wills A, Abbott I (2003). Landscape-scale species richness of earthworms in the Porongurup Range, Western Australia: influence of aspect, soil fertility and vegetation type. Biology and Fertility of Soils 39, pp. 94–102
Yates CJ, Abbott I, Hopper SD, Coates DJ (2003). Fire as a determinant of rarity in the south-west Western Australian global biodiversity hotspot. In Fire in Ecosystems of South-West Western Australia: Impacts and Management Backhuys, Leiden. pp. 395–420
Abbott I (2002). Future scientific directions: pests and diseases (ABSTRACT). In Tuart Science Workshop: managing sustainable tuart ecosystems: Wednesday 24 July 2002, technology Park Theatre, Bentley Tuart Response Group, Kensington, WA. p. 1
Abbott I (2002). Origin and spread of the cat, Felis catus, on mainland Australia, with a discussion of the magnitude of its early impact on native fauna. Wildlife Research 29, pp. 51–74
Abbott I (2002). Historical records of Noongar fires, 1658-1888: a compendium. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 15 p.
Abbott I (2002). The demise of the dalgyte. Western Wildlife: Newsletter of the Land for Wildlife Scheme 6(4), p. 9
Abbott I (2002). Aboriginal fire regimes in south-west Western Australia: evidence from historical documents (ABSTRACT). In Symposium: Fire in South-Western Australian Ecosystems: Impacts and Management: Program and Abstracts, 16, 17 and 18 April 2002, the WA Turf Club Function Centre, 70 Grandstand Rd, Ascot, WA Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA. p. 11
Abbott I, Whitford K (2002). Conservation of vertebrate fauna using hollows in forests of south-west Western Australia: strategic risk assessment in relation to ecology, policy, planning and operations management. Pacific Conservation Biology 7, pp. 240–255
Abbott I, Wills A (2002). Distribution of the native earthworm fauna of the Perth metropolitan sector of the Swan Coastal Plain. Pacific Conservation Biology 8, pp. 196–210
Van Heurck P, Abbott I (2002). Fire and invertebrates in south-west Australia (ABSTRACT). In Symposium: Fire in South-Western Australian Ecosystems: Impacts and Management: Program and Abstracts, 16, 17 and 18 April 2002, the WA Turf Club Function Centre, 70 Grandstand Rd, Ascot, WA Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA. p. 19
Yates C, Abbott I, Hopper SD, Coates D (2002). Fire as a determinant of rarity in the south-western Australian global biodiversity hotspot (ABSTRACT). In Symposium: Fire in South-Western Australian Ecosystems: Impacts and Management: Program and Abstracts, 16, 17 and 18 April 2002, the WA Turf Club Function Centre, 70 Grandstand Rd, Ascot, WA Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA. p. 24
Abbott I (2001). Aboriginal names of mammal species in south-west Western Australia. CALMScience 3, pp. 433–486
Abbott I (2001). Productivity of biologists in CALMScience Division: a preliminary benchmarking study. - Draft. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 8 p.
Abbott I (2001). The bilby, Macrotis lagotis (Marsupialia: Peramelidae) in south-western Australia: original range limits, subsequent decline and presumed regional extinction. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20, pp. 271–305
Abbott I (2001). Historic record of Australian pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus, breeding in southwest Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 23, pp. 1–7
Abbott I (2001). Karrak-watch: a summary of information about the forest red-tailed black cockatoo (FRTBC) of south-west Western Australia. Available at: http://science.calm.wa.gov.au/articles/2001-10-04. pp. 1–19
Abbott I, Burbidge T, Strehlow K, Mellican A, Wills A (2001). Logging and burning impacts on cockroaches, crickets and grasshoppers, and spiders in jarrah forest, Western Australia (ABSTRACT). In A Workshop on Environmental Effects of Timber Harvesting in the Jarrah Forest: a Synthesis of Recent Research by the Science Division, Department of Conservation & Land Management (ed L McCaw). Department of Conservation and Land Management, Manjimup. p. 10
Abbott I, Wills A (2001). Biodiversity of canopy arthropods in jarrah forest of south-west Western Australia: review of ecological theory and conservation management. Pacific Conservation Biology 7, pp. 101–117
Lee KM, Abbott I (2001). Precautionary forest management: a case study from Western Australian legislation, policies, management plans, codes of practice and manuals from the period 1919-1999: compilation of statements. - Draft. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 1442 p.
Williams MR, Abbott I, Liddelow GL, Vellios C, Wheeler IB, Mellican AE (2001). Recovery of bird populations after clearfelling of tall open eucalypt forest in Western Australia. Journal of Applied Ecology 38, pp. 910–920
Abbott I (2000). Prescribed fires in the red tingle forests (LETTER). West Australian Jan 17, p. 15
Abbott I (2000). Improving the conservation of threatened and rare mammal species through translocation to islands: case study Western Australia. Biological Conservation 93, pp. 195–201
Abbott I (2000). Impact of agricultural development and changed fire regimes on species composition of the avifauna in the Denmark region of south-west Western Australia, 1889-1999. CALMScience 3, pp. 279–308
Abbott I, Burbidge T, Wills A (2000). Jarrah leafminer, cutout boundaries, 1985-92, 1996 & 1999 (MAP). Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA.
Abbott I, Marchant N, Cranfield R (2000). Long-term change in the floristic composition and vegetation structure of Carnac Island, Western Australia. Journal of Biogeography 27, pp. 333–346
Abbott I, Wills A, Burbidge T, van Heurck P (2000). Arthropod faunas of crowns of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) and marri (Corymbia calophylla) in Mediterranean-climate forest: a preliminary regional-scale comparison. Australian Forestry 63, pp. 21–26
CALM, Integrated Forest Monitoring System Implementation Group (2000). ForestCheck: an integrated system for monitoring the forests of south-west Western Australia: concept plan. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA. 30 p.
Abbott I (1999). Focus on old forests as salinity disaster looms (LETTER). West Australian Feb 12, p. 15
Abbott I (1999). Forest letter had errors (LETTER). Melville Fremantle Community Newspaper May 11, p. 9
Abbott I (1999). Dieback in flooded gum. Western Wildlife: Newsletter of the Land for Wildlife Scheme 3(4), p. 3
Abbott I (1999). R.E. Johnstone and G.M. Storr. Handbook of Western Australian birds. Volume 1, non-passerines (emu to dollarbird). Published 1998, Western Australian Museum (BOOK REVIEW). Western Australian Bird Notes 90, pp. 11–12
Abbott I (1999). Proposals for the future direction in CALM of research in invertebrate and fungal biology in the forests and plantations of southwest Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 19 p.
Abbott I (1999). Key words in paper were overlooked (LETTER). Bunbury Mail Mar 31, p. 8
Abbott I (1999). The avifauna of the forests of south-west Western Australia: changes in species composition, distribution and abundance following anthropogenic disturbance. 5, pp. 1–176
Abbott I, Burbidge T, Wills A (1999). 1999 jarrah leafminer survey (MAP). Department of Conservation and Land Management, Como, WA.
Abbott I, Burrows N (1999). Biodiversity conservation in the forests and associated vegetation types of southwest Western Australia. Australian Forestry 62, pp. 27–32
Abbott I, Christensen P (1999). Conservation of biota and maintenance of ecological processes in the southwest forests of Western Australia: the roles of legislation, policy, strategic planning, operations management, science and monitoring. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 40 p.
Abbott I, Williams M (1999). Healing the land: the reconstruction of habitat. Landscope 15(1), pp. 49–52
Abbott I, Wills A, Burbidge T (1999). Reinfestation of Eucalyptus marginata ground coppice by jarrah leafminer after scorch by autumn or spring fires. Australian Forestry 62, pp. 160–165
Abbott I, Wills A, Burbidge T (1999). Historical incidence of Perthida leafminer species (Lepidoptera) in southwest Western Australia based on herbarium specimens. Australian Journal of Ecology 24, pp. 144–150
Abbott I, Wills A, Burbidge T (1999). The impact of canopy development on arthropod faunas in recently established Eucalyptus globulus plantations in Western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 121, pp. 147–158
Williams MR, Liddelow GL, Vellios C, Wheeler IB, Serventy JC, Abbott I (1999). Bird species as indicators of ecologically sustainable management of karri forest in Western Australia (POSTER ABSTRACT). In ESA99, Ecological Connections: Handbook of the 1999 Meeting of the Ecological Society of Australia, Inc.: Fremantle, Western Australia, 26 September to 1 October 1999 (eds RT Wills, S Yates, RJ Hobbs). Ecological Society of Australia, Perth. p. 125
Abbott I (1998). Detecting areas with high levels of faunal species richness: a preliminary study: report prepared for the Regional Forest Agreement, Western Australia, 1998. Commonwealth & Western Australian Regional Forest Agreement Steering Committee, Canberra. 11 p.
Abbott I (1998). A long walk in the Australian bush by W.J. Lines (202 pp., University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 1998) (BOOK REVIEW). IFA Newsletter 39(4), p. 21
Abbott I (1998). Conservation of the forest red-tailed black cockatoo, a hollow-dependent species, in the eucalypt forests of Western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 109, pp. 175–185
Abbott I (1998). Avifauna of the Irwin Inlet-Broke Inlet-Mt Frankland region of south-west Western Australia, 1912-1913. CALMScience 2, pp. 373–386
Williams MR, Liddelow GL, Vellios C, Wheeler IB, Serventy JC, Abbott I (1998). Bird species as indicators of ecologically sustainable management of karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) forest in Western Australia (POSTER ABSTRACT). In IUFRO Sustainability Conference, Melbourne, August 1998
Abbott I (1997). Counting cockatoos: the status of the forest red-tailed black-cockatoo. Landscope 13(2), pp. 10–16
Abbott I (1997). Extinctions in Western Australia. Landscope 12(4), pp. 49–53
Abbott I (1997). Censoring CALM (LETTER). Nature Australia 25(10), p. 5
Abbott I (1997). CALM defends position on species extinction (LETTER). Greener Times Mar., p. 18
Abbott I (1997). Deforestation and logging (LETTER). West Australian Sep 29, p. 12
Abbott I, Johnstone R (1997). Birds of southwestern Australia: an atlas of changes in the distribution and abundance of the wheatbelt avifauna, D.A. Saunders and J.A. Ingram, Surrey Beatty & Sons, 1995 (BOOK REVIEW). Western Australian Naturalist 21, pp. 209–211
Burbidge AA, Williams MR, Abbott I (1997). Mammals of Australian islands: factors influencing species richness. Journal of Biogeography 24, pp. 703–715
Burrows N, Abbott I (1997). Abundance of the frog Geocrinia lutea after fire in a Western Australian forest: a critique of a paper by Driscoll & Roberts. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 4 p.
Shea SR, Abbott I, Armstrong JA, McNamara KJ (1997). Sustainable conservation: a new integrated approach to nature conservation in Australia. In Conservation Outside Nature Reserves (eds P Hale, D Lamb). Centre for Conservation Biology, Brisbane. pp. 39–48
Abbott I (1996). Lewin's rail. Landscope 11(4), p. 7
Abbott I, Burbidge T, Wills A (1996). 1996 jarrah leafminer survey (MAP). Department of Conservation and Land Management, Como, WA.
Abbott I, Christensen P (1996). Objective knowledge, ideology and the forests of Western Australia. Australian Forestry 59, pp. 206–212
Abbott I, Wills A (1996). Growth of young Eucalyptus globulus in plantations after manual defoliation simulating insect herbivory. CALMScience 2, pp. 129–132
Armstrong JA, Abbott I (1996). Habitat trees and logging: ecology of the brush-tailed phascogale in jarrah forest. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 13 p.
Armstrong JA, Abbott I, Marchant N (1996). Bioprospecting and sustainable conservation: a practicable approach to conserving biological diversity. In Contemporary Perspective in Chemical Diversity: Application and Conservation: Proceedings of the Eighth Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants, Spices and Other Natural Products (ASOMPS VIII), 13-16 June 1994, Melaka, Malaysia (eds IM Said, LB Din, NH Lajis et al.). Malaysian Natural Products Society, Serdang. pp. 9–13
Abbott I (1995). Chuditch's future good (LETTER). Post Dec 5, p. 18
Abbott I (1995). Use of hypotheses in the Science and Information Division. SID News 1(4), p. 5
Abbott I (1995). Long-term monitoring of the bird fauna of the Porongurup Range, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 20, pp. 125–132
Abbott I (1995). Prodomus of the occurrence and distribution of insect species in the forested part of south-west Western Australia. CALMScience 1, pp. 365–463
Abbott I, Burbidge AA (1995). The occurrence of mammal species on the islands of Australia: a summary of existing knowledge. CALMScience 1, pp. 259–324
Abbott I, Christensen P (1995). Looking beyond the obvious. Landscope 10(4), pp. 22–27
Abbott I, Christensen P (1995). Living with logging: the survival of species. Landscope 11(2), pp. 21–27
Abbott I, van Heurck P, Burbidge T, Wills A (1995). Cutting out the leafminer. Landscope 11(1), pp. 43–47
Armstrong JA, Abbott I (1995). Sustainable conservation: a practical approach to conserving biodiversity in Western Australia. In Conservation Through Sustainable Use of Wildlife (eds GC Grigg, PT Hale, D Lunney). University of Queensland, Brisbane. pp. 21–28
Abbott I (1994). Distribution of the native earthworm fauna of Australia: a continent-wide perspective. Australian Journal of Soil Research 32, pp. 117–126
Abbott I, Christensen P (1994). Application of ecological and evolutionary principles to forest management in Western Australia. Australian Forestry 57, pp. 109–122
Abbott I, van Heurck P, Burbidge T, Wills A (1994). Factors influencing the performance of jarrah leafminer (Lepidoptera) within stands of jarrah forest of Western Australia. Australian Forestry 57, pp. 165–170
Armstrong JA, Abbott I (1994). Marketing the biota and landscapes of Western Australia's rangelands. In 8th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, June 1994, Katherine, Northern Territory Australian Rangeland Society, Katherine. pp. 9–12
Abbott I (1993). Insect pest problems of eucalypt plantations in Australia. 6, Western Australia. Australian Forestry 56, pp. 381–384
Abbott I (1993). Review of the ecology and control of the introduced bark beetle, Ips grandicollis (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Western Australia, 1952-1990. CALMScience 1, pp. 35–46
Abbott I (1993). Minimising insect pests in eucalypt plantations: a review in the context of the concepts of optimal area, polycultures and patchiness. Australian Forestry 56, pp. 385–390
Abbott I, van Heurck P, Burbidge T (1993). Impact of frequency and intensity of defoliation on growth of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata): an experimental study with saplings. Forest Ecology and Management 56, pp. 175–183
Abbott I, van Heurck P, Burbidge T (1993). Ecology of the pest insect jarrah leafminer (Lepidoptera) in relation to fire and timber harvesting in jarrah forest in Western Australia. Australian Forestry 56, pp. 264–275
Abbott I, van Heurck P, Burbidge T, Williams M (1993). Damage caused by insects and fungi to eucalypt foliage: spatial and temporal patterns in Mediterranean forest of Western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 58, pp. 85–110
Abbott I (1992). Records of outbreaks of defoliating insects in jarrah forests, south-west Western Australia, from 1960 to 1990. 28, pp. 1–29
Abbott I (1992). Ecological implications of insect pests in jarrah and karri forests. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia, Occasional Paper 2/92, pp. 77–98
Abbott I (1992). Biogeography of grasses (Poaceae) on islands of southwestern Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 17, pp. 289–296
Abbott I, Burbidge T, Williams M, van Heurck P (1992). Arthropod fauna of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) foliage in Mediterranean forest of Western Australia: spatial and temporal variation in abundance, biomass, guild structure and species composition. Australian Journal of Ecology 17, pp. 263–274
Abbott I, Burbidge T, Wills A (1992). 1992 jarrah leafminer survey (MAP). Department of Conservation and Land Management, Como, WA.
McCredie TA, Parker CA, Abbott I (1992). Population dynamics of the earthworm Aporrectodea trapezoides (Annelida: Lumbricidae) in a Western Australian pasture soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils 12, pp. 285–289
Abbott I (1991). Annual activity of a population of Catasarcus asphaltinus Thompson (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Perth, Western Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 18, pp. 21–24
Abbott I, Burbidge T, Wills A (1991). 1991 jarrah leafminer survey (MAP). Department of Conservation and Land Management, Como, WA.
Abbott I, Smith R, Williams M, Voutier R (1991). Infestation of regenerated stands of karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) by bullseye borer (Tryphocaria acanthocera: Cerambycidae) in Western Australia. Australian Forestry 54, pp. 66–74
Blyth J, Abbott I (1991). Spineless wonders: are invertebrates second-class citizens?. Landscope 6(3), pp. 28–33
Postle A, Abbott I (1991). Termites of economic significance in suburban Perth, Western Australia: a preliminary study of their distribution and association with types of wood (Isoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30, pp. 183–186
Williams MR, Abbott I (1991). Quantifying average defoliation using leaf-level measurements. Ecology 72, pp. 1510–1511
Abbott I (1990). Insect outbreaks in forests of Western Australia. In Population Dynamics of Forest Insects (eds AD Watt, SR Leather, MD Hunter et al.). Intercept, Andover. pp. 95–103
Abbott I (1990). Insect outbreaks in Eucalyptus globulus plantations: report for Plantations Policy Panel. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Como, WA. 15 p.
Abbott I (1990). Insect outbreaks in forest in south-western Australia. Tree Decline and Revegetation Newsletter 2, p. 9
Abbott I (1990). Insects known to be injurious to trees. In Insect Manual: Identification and Control of Insect Pests in Plantations: Technical Instructions Department of Conservation and Land Management, Como, WA. pp. 1–19
Abbott I (1990). Impact of pest populations of gumleaf skeletonizer and jarrah leafminer on other invertebrates living in jarrah foliage (ABSTRACT). p. 6
Abbott I (1990). Jarrah leafminer results. CALM News Apr, p. 4
Abbott I (1989). The influence of fauna on soil structure. In Animals in Primary Succession: the Role of Fauna in Reclaimed Lands (ed JD Majer). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp. 39–50
Abbott I (1989). Scientific excellence, effectiveness and productivity. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 56 p.
Abbott I (1989). Book provides a forest focus (BOOK REVIEW). CALM News May, p. 6
Abbott I (1989). Jarrah leafminer. Tree Decline and Revegetation Newsletter 1, p. 8
Abbott I (1989). Out on a limb. Landscope 4(3), pp. 18–21
Abbott I (1989). Plantation entomology: report for Executive Director. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Como, WA. 9 p.
Abbott I, Dell B, Loneragan O (1989). The jarrah plant. In The Jarrah Forest: a Complex Mediterranean Ecosystem (eds B Dell, JJ Havel, N Malajczuk). Kluwer, Dordrecht. pp. 41–51
Abbott LK, Abbott IJ (1989). Effects of agricultural practices on the soil biological environment for plant growth. Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Division of Resource Management, Technical Report 95, pp. 91–103
Burbidge AA, Abbott I (1989). Management of Australian islands for mammal conservation (ABSTRACT). p. 12
Christensen P, Abbott I (1989). Impact of fire in the eucalypt forest ecosystem of southern Western Australia: a critical review. Australian Forestry 52, pp. 103–121
Majer JD, Abbott I (1989). Invertebrates of the jarrah forest. In The Jarrah Forest: a Complex Mediterranean Ecosystem (eds B Dell, JJ Havel, N Malajczuk). Kluwer, Dordrecht. pp. 111–122
Abbott I (1988). Defoliating insects in the southern jarrah forest of Western Australia. Research into Rural Tree Decline Annual Newsletter 4, p. 18
Abbott I (1988). Leafminer faces fire. CALM News 4(42), p. 3
Abbott I (1988). Biogeography and its use for setting of priorities for management. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia, Occasional Paper 1/88, pp. 45–50
Abbott I (1988). More boring insects. Landscope 4(1), pp. 42–46
Abbott I, van Heurck P (1988). Widespread regeneration failure of Persoonia elliptica (Proteaceae) in the northern jarrah forest of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 71, pp. 15–22
Abbott I (1987). Jarrah forest insect problem. CALM News 3(24), p. 4
Abbott I (1987). Defoliating insects in the southern jarrah forest of Western Australia. Research into Rural Tree Decline Annual Newsletter 3, p. 17
Abbott I (1987). Review of past and current research into insect problems in the jarrah forest, with recommendations about the future direction of research. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 72 p.
Abbott I, Black R (1987). Diversity of terrestrial invertebrates on islets: interrelationships among floristics, vegetation, microhabitats and sampling effort. In Readings in Australian Geography: Proceedings of the 21st Institute of Australian Geographers' Conference: Perth, 10-18 May, 1986 (ed A Conacher). Institute of Australian Geographers (W.A. Branch), Perth. pp. 476–481
Christensen P, Abbott I (1987). A critical review of the effects of fire in the jarrah and karri forests of Western Australia. In Prescribed Burning in W.A. Forests: a Report to the NPNCA Department of Conservation and Land Management, Como, WA. pp. 4–35
Abbott I, Loneragan O (1986). Ecology of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) in the northern jarrah forest of Western Australia. 1, 137 p.
Abbott I, Majer JD, Mazanec Z (1986). Annotated bibliography of forest entomology in Western Australia to 1985. 14, 70 p.
Abbott I, Ross JS, Parker CA (1986). Ecology of the large indigenous earthworm, Megascolex imparicystis in relation to agriculture near Lancelin, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 68, pp. 13–15
Aplin TEH, Edmiston RJ, Abbott I (1986). A Eucalyptus study tour of south-western Australia. 3, 79 p.
Abbott I (1985). Reproductive ecology of Banksia grandis (Proteaceae). New Phytologist 99, pp. 129–148
Abbott I (1985). Influence of some environmental factors on indigenous earthworms in the northern jarrah forest of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Soil Research 23, pp. 271–290
Abbott I (1985). Forest entomology research in Western Australia. 2, pp. 1–75
Abbott I (1985). Comparison of insects and vertebrates as removers of seed and fruit in a Western Australian forest. Australian Journal of Ecology 10, pp. 165–168
Abbott I (1985). Distribution of introduced earthworms in the northern jarrah forest of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Soil Research 23, pp. 263–270
Abbott I (1985). Recruitment and mortality in populations of Banksia grandis Willd. in Western Australian forest. Australian Journal of Botany 33, pp. 261–270
Abbott I (1985). Rate of growth of Banksia grandis Willd. (Proteaceae) in Western Australian forest. Australian Journal of Botany 33, pp. 381–391
Abbott I, van Heurck P (1985). Response of bird populations in jarrah and yarri forest in Western Australia following removal of half the canopy of the jarrah forest. Australian Forestry 48, pp. 227–234
Abbott I, van Heurck P (1985). Tree species preferences of foraging birds in jarrah forest in Western Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 12, pp. 461–466
Abbott I (1984). Comparisons of spatial pattern, structure and tree composition between virgin and cut-over jarrah forest in Western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 9, pp. 101–126
Abbott I (1984). Changes in the abundance and activity of certain soil and litter fauna in the jarrah forest of Western Australia after a moderate intensity fire. Australian Journal of Soil Research 22, pp. 463–469
Abbott I (1984). Original names. Forest Focus 31, pp. 28–31
Abbott I (1984). Ecological features of an outlying stand of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) at Jilakin Rock, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 66, pp. 107–110
Abbott I (1984). Emergence, early survival and growth of seedlings of six tree species in Mediterranean forest of Western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 9, pp. 51–66
Abbott I, Loneragan O (1984). King jarrah. Forest Focus 31, pp. 12–20
Abbott I, Loneragan O (1984). Growth rate and long-term population dynamics of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata Donn ex Sm.) regeneration in Western Australian forest. Australian Journal of Botany 32, pp. 353–362
Abbott I, van Heurck P, Wong L (1984). Responses to long-term fire exclusion: physical, chemical and faunal features of litter and soil in a Western Australian forest. Australian Forestry 47, pp. 237–242
Abbott I (1983). Aboriginal names for plant species in south-western Australia. 5, pp. 1–28
Abbott I (1983). The meaning of z in species/area regressions and the study of species turnover in island biogeography. Oikos 41, pp. 385–390
Abbott I, Loneragan O (1983). Growth rate of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) in relation to site quality in cut-over forest, Western Australia. Australian Forestry 46, pp. 91–102
Abbott I, Loneragan O (1983). Response of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) regrowth to thinning. Australian Forest Research 13, pp. 217–229
Abbott I, Loneragan O (1983). Influence of fire on growth rate, mortality and butt damage in Mediterranean forest of Western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 6, pp. 139–153
Abbott I (1982). Guide to the Aboriginal names for some plant species of the forests and woodlands of Western Australia. Forests Department, 13 p.
Abbott I (1982). The vascular flora of the Porongurup Range, south-western Australia. Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes 7, pp. 1–16
Abbott I (1982). The distribution of earthworms in the Perth metropolitan area. Records of the Western Australian Museum 10, pp. 11–34
Abbott I, Loneragan O (1982). Growth rate of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) coppice. Australian Forest Research 13, pp. 67–73
Abbott I (1981). The composition of landbird faunas of islands around south-western Australia: is there evidence for competitive exclusion?. Journal of Biogeography 8, pp. 135–144
Abbott I (1981). Vegetation maps of four large islands near Albany, Western Australia. Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes 5, pp. 5–18
Abbott I (1981). Two species of lumbricid earthworm newly recorded from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 9, pp. 273–277
Abbott I (1981). The avifauna of the Porongurup Range: an isolated habitat in south-western Australia. Emu 81, pp. 91–96
Abbott I, Parker CA (1981). Interactions between earthworms and their soil environment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 13, pp. 191–197
Marchant NG, Abbott I (1981). Historical and recent observations of the flora of Garden Island, Western Australia. Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes 5, pp. 49–62
Abbott I (1980). Do earthworms compete for food?. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 12, pp. 523–530
Abbott I (1980). The transition from mainland to island, illustrated by the flora & landbird fauna of headlands, peninsulas & islands near Albany, Western Australia. Appendices 1 and 2. Forests Department, 19 p.
Abbott I (1980). Aboriginal man as an exterminator of wallaby and kangaroo populations on islands round Australia. Oecologia 44, pp. 347–354
Abbott I (1980). Theories dealing with the ecology of landbirds on islands. Advances in Ecological Research 11, pp. 329–371
Abbott I, Black R (1980). Changes in species composition of floras on islets near Perth, Western Australia. Journal of Biogeography 18, pp. 399–410
Abbott I, Parker CA (1980). The occurrence of earthworms in the wheat-belt of Western Australia in relation to land use and rainfall. Australian Journal of Soil Research 18, pp. 343–352
Abbott I, Watson JR (1978). The soils, flora, vegetation and vertebrate fauna of Chatham Island, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 60, pp. 65–70
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