The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Professor Michael Mahony
School: School of Environmental and Life Sciences
Personal URL: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/staff/research-profile/Michael_Mahony/

Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Professor Michael Mahony 2011 3 NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water Project Grant Monitoring the effects of climate change - a survey and report on the status of endemic high altitude frogs in the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area CONTRACT DECCW -720-2010   170000  
Professor Michael Mahony 2011 3 NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water Project Grant Amphibian chytrid fungus impact assessment and management recommendations for the southern section of the Gondwana Rainforests - south from Washpool   65000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Ms Michelle Stockwell;Mr Simon Clulow 2011 5 Newcastle Innovation Administered Research Research and monitoring program for BHP Billiton's Litoria Aurea (Green and Golden Bell frog) compensatory habitat program for the period 2010-2015   1405781  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Ms Michelle Stockwell;Mr Simon Clulow 2010 3 Port Waratah Coal Services Limited Research Project Landscape and population dynamics of Kooroogang and Ash Island bell frogs   216295  
Professor Michael Mahony 2010 1 Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities Review of Duralie Coal extension project documentation   4000  
Professor Michael Mahony 2010 1 University of Newcastle Special Project Grant Next generation sequencing approaches to molecular genetic marker discovery in endangered fauna   10000  
Mr Simon Clulow;Ms Michelle Stockwell;Doctor John Clulow;Professor Michael Mahony 2010 2 Newcastle Innovation Administered Research Establishing a captive breeding and translocation program for the reintroduction of the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog into trial habitat areas on Kooragang and Ash Island   262811  
Professor Michael Mahony;Mr Simon Clulow;Doctor John Clulow 2010 1 Trade and Investment NSW Recreational Fishing Trust Continuation of established transect monitoring for the study of trout impacts on endangered frog demographics in the Styx river catchment - Year 4   9990  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Ms Rachael Peak 2009 1 Australia and Pacific Science Foundation Research Grant Investigating the co-operative breeding behaviour in the hip pocket frog; Assa Darlingtoni   13132  
Professor Michael Mahony 2009 1 Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority Project Grant The ecology of Mormopterus nortolkensis (the East Coast Freetail bat), a threatened species, in the Hunter Region   5950  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Dr S Donnellan;Dr Ashley Ward;Mr Evan Pickett 2009 3 Roads and Traffic Authority Linkage Projects Partner funding Building sound ecological restoration strategies for endangered amphibians   10020  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Dr S Donnellan;Dr Ashley Ward;Mr Evan Pickett 2009 3 Strathfield Council Linkage Projects Partner funding Building sound ecological restoration strategies for endangered amphibians   15000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Dr S Donnellan;Dr Ashley Ward;Mr Evan Pickett;Mr Matthew DeBoo 2009 5 Australian Research Council Linkage Projects Building sound ecological restoration strategies for endangered amphibians   775000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Dr S Donnellan;Dr Ashley Ward;Mr Evan Pickett 2009 5 Sydney Olympic Park Authority Linkage Projects Partner funding Building sound ecological restoration strategies for endangered amphibians   475000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Ms Michelle Stockwell 2008 1 NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water Project Grant Establishment of trial sites for the investigation of frog chytrid disease   28190  
Professor Michael Mahony 2008 1 Wambo Coal Pty Ltd - Peabody Project Grant The Ecology of the East Coast Freetail Bat (Mormopterus norfolkensis) in the Hunter Region   2000  
Professor Michael Mahony 2008 1 Royal Zoological Society of NSW Ethel Mary Reid Award The Ecology of the East Coast Freetail Bat (Mormopterus norfolkensis) in the Hunter Region   1500  
Professor Michael Mahony;Ms Rachael Peak 2008 8 Earthwatch Research Grant Australia's vanishing frogs   48000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Ms Anna McConville 2008 1 The Australian Geographic Society Australia Research Grant The Ecology of the East Coast Freetail Bat (Mormopterus norfolkensis) in the Hunter Region   1000  
Professor Michael Mahony 2008 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant Sixth World Congress of Herpetology, Manaus, Brazil, 17/8/2008 - 22/8/2008   2500  
Doctor John Clulow;Professor Michael Mahony 2008 1 University of Newcastle Pilot Grant Development of a novel methodology for the production of sperm derived amphibian embryos by androgenesis   5000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Miss Kathryn Haythorpe 2008 1 Lake Macquarie City Council Lake Macquarie Environmental Research Grant Bell Miner associated dieback in eucalypt forests   3725  
Professor Michael Mahony 2007 1 NSW Department of Environment and Conservation Consultancy Amphibian monitoring in the World Heritage Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves: Baseline measures for selected rainforest stream species in New South Wales   10000  
Professor Michael Mahony 2007 1 NSW Department of Environment and Conservation Consultancy Monitoring Fleays Barred Frog Populations 2006-07   25000  
Professor Michael Mahony 2006 1 Wyong Shire Council Farrell Institute Partnership Investigation of the Impacts of Future Developments and Water Management in the Wyong Shire on Amphibians and their Habitats   5000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Dr Shae-Lee Cox;Dr Jillian Shaw 2006 1 University of Newcastle Near Miss Grant Preventing species extinction and the loss of population genetic diversity among amphibians.   20000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Doctor John Fitter 2005 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Endocrine Regulation of Normal and Stress-Induced Metamorphosis in an Australian Frog: Limnodynastes peronii   7537  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow 2005 4 NSW Department of Primary Industries (Fisheries) Project Grant Status of populations of threatened frogs in the catchments of the Styx River on the New England Tableland   27798  
Professor Michael Mahony 2005 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant Fifth World Congress of Herpetology, 19-24 June 2005   2400  
Professor Michael Mahony 2005 1 Sydney Olympic Park Authority Ecological Study Program Monitoring of the Green and Golden Bell Frog population at Sydney Olympic Park for Chytrid Fungus Infection   2315  
Professor Michael Mahony 2005 2 NSW Department of Environment and Conservation Consultancy Monitoring Mixophyes Fleayi populations in NSW   31800  
Professor Michael Mahony 2005 3 Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority Project Grant Conservation of the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog with an Emphasis on Rehabilitation of Habitat Features for Survival   27000  
Doctor John Clulow;Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Fitter 2004 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Endocrine regulation of normal and stress-induced metamorphosis in an Australian Frog: Limnodynastes peronii   11000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow 2004 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Development of reproductive technologies for endangered amphibians.   8000  
Doctor John Clulow;Professor Michael Mahony 2003 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Development of nuclear transfer and intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection procedures on a model Australian frog - Limnodynastes tasmaniensis   6000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Doctor John Fitter 2003 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Interactions of genome, phenome and environmental stress on tadpole metamorphosis   12000  
Doctor John Clulow;Professor Michael Mahony 2002 1 World Wide Fund for Nature Research Grant Cryobiology and other assisted reproductive technologies for conserving endangered frogs   5000  
Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Mr Michael Cole;Professor Michael Mahony;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Mr G Marschke 2002 3 Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd Linkage Projects Partner funding Rebuilding Systainable and Functional Biodiversity following Coal Mining.   15000  
Professor Michael Mahony 2002 1 Hunter Water Corporation Research Grant Survey of vertebrate pests in the Port Stephens region.   3000  
Professor Michael Mahony 2002 1 Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force Research Grant Applied conservation biology of a threatened forest dependent frog.   1725  
Professor Michael Mahony 2002 3 Hunter Water Corporation Collaborative Research Grant Use of Macroinertebrate Bio-indicators for Assessing Environmental Water Quality.   33418  
Doctor John Clulow;Professor Michael Mahony 2002 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Storage and Retrieval of Viable Amphibian Genomes   6000  
Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Mr Michael Cole;Professor Michael Mahony;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Mr G Marschke;Mr Nigel Fisher 2002 4 Australian Research Council Linkage Projects Rebuilding Sustainable and Functional Biodiversity following Coal Mining   79829  
Professor Michael Mahony 2002 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Molecular phylogenetics of myobatrachid frogs, paterns of speiation and ecological differentiation   10000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Mr F Lemckert;Mr R Haering;Dr Trent Penman 2001 3 Australian Research Council Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research & Training Scheme (SPIRT) Applied conservation biology of a threatened forest dependent frog.   66876  
Doctor John Clulow;Professor Michael Mahony 2001 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Retrieval of Viable Amphibians from Frozen Sperm by Androgenesis.   5000  
Professor Michael Mahony 2001 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant Fourth World Congress of Herpetology, Sri Lanka 2-9 December 2001   2500  
Professor Michael Mahony;Mr F Lemckert;Mr R Haering 2001 3 State Forests of New South Wales SPIRT Partner funding Applied conservation biology of a threatened forest dependent frog.   15000  
Doctor John Fitter;Professor Michael Mahony;Conjoint Professor Anthony Leong 2001 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant The role of CRH and the CRH receptor in hormonal control of frog metamorphosis   5000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Mr F Lemckert;Mr R Haering 2001 1 NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service Collaborative Research Grant Applied conservation biology of a threatened forest dependent frog.   3000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow 2000 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Reproductive Technologies to Prevent Amphibian Extinctions.   8000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Mr Harko Werkman 2000 4 Australian Research Council Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research & Training Scheme (SPIRT) Effects of forest management practices on stream frog communities   74909  
Professor Michael Mahony;Mr F Lemckert 2000 3 State Forests of New South Wales SPIRT Partner funding Effects of forest management practices on stream frog communities.   21000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow 1999 3 Australian Research Council Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research & Training Scheme (SPIRT) Estuarine habitat restoration and rehabilitation with emphasis on conservation of the endangered green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea)   63240  
Professor Michael Mahony 1999 1 NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service Consultancy Developing a means to identify the presence or absence of the Chytrid fungus in the field.   10000  
Professor Michael Mahony 1999 3 Hunter Catchment Management Trust Research Grant Estuarine habitat restorationand rehabiliation with emphasis on conservation of the endangered green and golden bell frog.1999 SPIRT PARTNER.   36000  
Professor Michael Mahony 1999 1 NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service Consultancy Survey for Litonia Castanea in the Orange Area.   3000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow 1999 2 University of Newcastle Project Grant Development of Reproductive Technologies for Endangered Amphibians   25781  
Professor Michael Mahony 1998 1 NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service Consultancy Genetic and Morphometric Pilot Study of Wallum Froglet Crinia Tinnula   5000  
Professor Michael Mahony 1998 3 Hunter Catchment Management Trust Research Grant Conservation of the Green and Golden Bell Frog with Emphasis on Relocation and Habitat Creation   128000  
Professor Michael Mahony 1998 1 NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service Consultancy Mt Royal Fauna Survey   7000  
Professor Michael Mahony 1998 1 NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service Consultancy Resolution of the Systematics of the Various Populations of Litoria subglandulosa and the Philoria Species of Northern New South Wales   10600  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow 1997 2 Australian Research Council Large Grant Development of Reproductive Technologies for Endangered Amphibians.   65000  
Professor Michael Mahony 1997 2 Roads and Traffic Authority State Forests Joint Project Green-thighed Frog Project   66058  
Professor Michael Mahony 1996 1 Lake Macquarie City Council Lake Macquarie Environmental Research Grant Aspects of the Ecology of the Squirrel Glider.   3968  
Professor Michael Mahony 1996 1 Lake Macquarie City Council Lake Macquarie Environmental Research Grant Bat Fauna of the Lake Macquarie City area.   8735  
Professor Michael Mahony 1996 2 NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service Consultancy Survey and Monitoring of the Great Barred River Frogs in Far Northeast NSW   6600  
Andrew Clark;Professor Michael Mahony 1996 3 Newcastle Innovation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Experimental Studies of Methods to Produce Reproductively Competent Sterile Male Cane Toads   46092  
Professor Michael Mahony 1995 1 Lake Macquarie City Council Lake Macquarie Environmental Research Grant Characterisation and Identification of Forest Habitats Utilised by an Endangered Species, the Powerful Owl Ninox Strenua   2200  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow 1994 2 CSIRO - Research Management Committee Collaborative Research Grant 94,95 GRANT. Experimental studies of methods to produce sterile male cane toads that are not impotent.   24226  
Professor Michael Mahony 1994 2 NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service Consultancy Great Barred River Frogs   45000  
Professor Michael Mahony 1994 1 Queensland Department of Environment & Heritage Research Grant Survey of the distribution and abundance of declining frog species in northern New South Wales   16750  
Professor Michael Mahony 1994 1 Lake Macquarie City Council Lake Macquarie Environmental Research Grant Characterisation and identification of forest habitats utilised by a endangered species, the powerful owl Niox strenua.   2200  
Professor Michael Mahony 1994 2 NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service Consultancy Yellow-spotted and Peppered Tree Frogs   26000  
Professor Michael Mahony 1993 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant The Genetics of Bisexual Polyploidy in the Australian Frog Genus Neobatrachus   6460  
Professor Michael Mahony 1993 1 University of Newcastle Teaching Committee Teaching Grants Developing directed learning exercises to provide knowledge and skills in the area of Geographical Information Systems technology   6500  
Professor Michael Mahony 1993 1 Wet Tropics Management Authority Research Grant The cause of local extinction and population decline in the Day Frogs of the Wet Tropics Heritage Area.   18000  
Professor Michael Mahony 1992 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Identification And Distribution Of Cryptic Species Of Frogs Froam The Wet Forests Of Eastern Australia   9000  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
M Philosophy (Biological Sc) Principal Supervisor Population Ecology, Distribution and Management of the Threatened Ground Frog Species Crinia Tinnula
M Philosophy (Biological Sc) Principal Supervisor The Correlation Between Ecosystem Quality and Presence of Chytrid Fungus in Amphibians
PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Developing an Adaptive Management Framework for the Conservation of an Endangered Amphibian
PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Foraging ecology of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Impact and Mitigation of the Emerging Infectious Disease Chytridiomycosis on the Endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog
PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Manipulations of Reproduction and Development to Investigate Amphibian Plasticity and Fitness
PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Population Ecology and Viability of the Green and Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea)
PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Tadpoles and Frog Eggs of Australia
PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Use Of Macroinvertebrates To Assess Impact Of Effluent On Streams
PhD (Design) Co-Supervisor Depicting Images: Amphibian Images Made into Illustrations as a Visually Descriptive Field Guide
PhD (Environmental Sc) Principal Supervisor Population Biology and Ecology of the Endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog
PhD (Environmental Sc) Co-Supervisor The Ecology of the East Coast Freetail Bat (Mormopterus Norfolkensis) within the Hunter Region
PhD (Environmental Sc) Principal Supervisor Using Population Genetics to Inform Building Sound Ecological Strategies for Endangered Amphibians
PhD (Environmental Sc) Principal Supervisor What Makes an Endangered Weed? Understanding the Ecological Aspects That Cause an r-strategist Amphibian (Litoria aurea) to Decline
PhD (Sustainable Res Mngt) Principal Supervisor Pussyfooting Around - A Study on the Politics and Complexities of Domestic Cat Management

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
Masters 0.800
PhD 7.400

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2002 Storage of amphibian gametes at low temperatures
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2003 Ecology of the endangered green and golden bell frog Litoria aurea: roles of habitat determinants, spatial dynamics, population demography and threatening processes
M Sc (Biological Sc) [R] 2004 Studies of Assisted Reproduction in the Spotted Grass Frog Limnodynastes Tasmaniensis
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2004 The Role of Bet-Hedging in the Life-History Strategy of the Red-Crowned Toadlet, Pseudophryne Australis (Gray, 1835) (Anura: Myobatrachidae)
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2005 Applied Conservation Biology of a Threatened Forest Dependent Frog, Heleioporus australiacus
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2007 Ecological Studies in Restoration of Estuarine Wetland Habitats in Eastern Australia
M Sc (Environmental Sc) [R] 2010 Biodiversity Impacts of Small-scale Infestations of Lantana camara Upon Vegetation Floristics and Leaf-litter Invertebrates in the Lower Hunter Region of New South Wales
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2010 Managing Pond Breeding Frogs in the Forests of Eastern New South Wales

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Shoo Luke P, Olson Deanna H, McMenamin Sarah K, Murray Kris A, Van Sluys Monique, Donnelly Maureen A, Stratford Danial, Terhivuo Juhani, Merino-Viteri Andres, Herbert Sarah M, Bishop Phillip J, Corn Paul S, Dovey Liz, Griffiths Richard A, Lowe Katrin, Mahony Michael Joseph, McCallum Hamish, Shuker Jonathon D, Simpkins Clay, Skerratt Lee F, Williams Stephen E, Hero Jean-Marc, ’Engineering a future for amphibians under climate change’, Journal of Applied Ecology, 48 487-492 (2011) [C3]

Gillespie Graeme R, Scroggie Michael P, Roberts J Dale, Cogger Harold G, Mahony Michael Joseph, McDonald Keith R, ’The influence of uncertainty on conservation assessments: Australian frogs as a case study’, Biological Conservation, 144 1516-1525 (2011) [C1]

Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Efficacy of SYBR 14/propidium iodide viability stain for the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis’, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 88 177-181 (2010) [C1]

Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Host species determines whether infection load increases beyond disease-causing thresholds following exposure to the amphibian chytrid fungus’, Animal Conservation, 13 62-71 (2010) [C1]

Hamer Andrew Joseph, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Rapid turnover in site occupancy of a pond-breeding frog demonstrates the need for landscape-level management’, Wetlands, 30 287-299 (2010) [C1]

Lemckert Francis Laurence, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The relationship among multiple-scale habitat variables and pond use by anurans in Northern New South Wales, Australia’, Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 5 537-547 (2010) [C1]

Hamer A J, Lane Simon John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Using probabilistic models to investigate the disappearance of a widespread frog-species complex in high-altitude regions of South-Eastern Australia’, Animal Conservation, 13 275-285 (2010) [C1]

Penman T D, Lemckert Francis Laurence, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Applied conservation management of a threatened forest dependent frog, Heleioporus australiacus’, Endangered Species Research, 5 45-53 (2008) [C1]

Lemckert Francis Laurence, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Core calling periods of the frogs of temperate New South Wales, Australia’, Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 3 71-76 (2008) [C1]

Hamer A J, Lane S J, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Movement patterns of adult Green and Golden Bell Frogs Litoria aurea and the implications for conservation management’, Journal of Herpetology, 42 397-407 (2008) [C1]

Penman Trent D, Lemckert Francis Laurence, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Spatial ecology of the giant burrowing frog (Heleioporus australiacus): implications for conservation prescriptions’, Australian Journal of Zoology, 56 179-186 (2008) [C1]

Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Clulow Simon, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The impact of the amphibian Chytrid Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on a Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea reintroduction program at the Hunter Wetlands Centre Australia in the Hunter Region of NSW’, Australian Zoologist, 34 379-386 (2008) [C1]

Lane Simon John, Hamer Andrew Joseph, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Habitat correlates of five amphibian species and of species-richness in a wetland system in New South Wales, Australia’, Applied Herpetology, 4 65-82 (2007) [C1]

Penman Trent Douglas, Lemckert Francis Laurence, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Heleioporus australiacus (Giant burrowing frog) predation’, Herpetological Review, 38 185-186 (2007) [C3]

Hamer Andrew Joseph, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Life history of an endangered amphibian challenges the declining species paradigm’, Australian Journal of Zoology, 55 79-88 (2007) [C1]

Fitzsimmons Chantel, McLaughlin Eileen Anne, Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’Optimisation of handling, activation and assessment procedures for Bufo marinus spermatozoa’, Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 19 594-601 (2007) [C1]

Penman Trent Douglas, Mahony Michael Joseph, Towerton A L, Lemckert F L, ’Spatial models of giant burrowing frog distributions’, Endangered Species Research, 3 115-124 (2007) [C1]

Thumm Karen Margaret, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The effect of water level reduction on larval duration in the red-crowned toadlet Pseudophryne australis (Anura: Myobatrachidae): Bet-hedging or predictive plasticity?’, Amphibia-Reptilia, 27 11-18 (2006) [C1]

Penman Trent Douglas, Lemckert F L, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’A preliminary investigation into the potential impacts of fire on a forest dependent burrowing frog species’, Pacific Conservation Biology, 12 78-83 (2006) [C1]

Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Amphibians of the Gibraltar Range’, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 127 83-91 (2006) [C1]

Lemckert Francis Laurence, Haywood Andrew, Brassil Traecey, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Correlations between frogs and pond attributes in central New South Wales, Australia: What makes a good pond?’, Applied Herpetology, 3 67-81 (2006) [C1]

Penman Trent Douglas, Lemckert F L, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Meteorological effects on the activity of the giant burrowing frog (Heleioporus australiacus) in south-eastern Australia’, Wildlife Research, 33 35-40 (2006) [C1]

Hero Jean-Marc, Morrison Clare, Gillespie Graeme, Roberts J Dale, Newell David, Meyer Ed, McDonald Keith, Lemckert Frank, Mahony Michael Joseph, Osborne Will, Hines Harry, Richards Steve, Hoskin Conrad, Clarke John, Doak Naomi, Shoo Luke, ’Overview of the conservation status of Australian frogs’, Pacific Conservation Biology, 12 313-320 (2006) [C1]

Mahony Michael Joseph, Donnellan S C, Richards S J, McDonald K, ’Species boundaries among barred river frogs, Mixophyes (Anura : Myobatrachidae) in north-eastern Australia, with descriptions of two new species’, Zootaxa 35-60 (2006) [C1]

Lemckert Francis, Mahony Michael Joseph, Brassil Traecey, Slatyer Cameron, ’The biology of the threatened Green-thighed frog Litoria brevipalmata (Anura: Hylidae) in the central and mid-north coastal areas of New South Wales’, Australian Zoologist, 33 337-344 (2006) [C1]

Penman Trent Douglas, Lemckert Francis Laurence, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’A cost-benefit analysis of automated call recorders’, Applied Herpetology, 2 389-400 (2005) [C1]

Penman Trent Douglas, Mahony Michael Joseph, Towerton A L, Lemckert F L, ’Bioclimatic analysis of disjunct populations of the giant burrowing frog, Heleioporus australiacus’, Journal of Biogeography, 32 397-405 (2005) [C1]

Thumm Karen Margaret, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Is variable egg size the proximate cause of diversified bet-hedging in the hatching dynamics of the red-crowned toadlet (Pseudophryne australis) (Anura : Myobatrachidae)?’, Herpetologica, 61 9-19 (2005) [C1]

Penman Trent Douglas, Lemckert Francis Laurence, Slade Chris, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Non-breeding habitat requirements of the giant burrowing frog, Heleioporus australiacus (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in south-eastern Australia’, Australian Zoologist, 33 251-257 (2005) [C1]

Penman Trent Douglas, Mahony Michael Joseph, Lemckert Francis Laurence, ’Soil disturbance in integrated logging operations and the potential impacts on a fossorial Australian frog’, Applied Herpetology, 2 415-424 (2005) [C1]

Donnellan, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Allozyme, chromosomal and morphological variability in the Litoria lesueuri species group (Anura:Hylidae), including a description of a new species’, Australian Journal of Zoology, 52 1-28 (2004) [C1]

Hamer Andrew Joseph, Makings Julie Ann, Lane Simon John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Amphibian decline and fertilizers used on agricultural land in south-eastern Australia’, Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 102 299-305 (2004) [C1]

Berger L, Speare R, Hines H B, Marantelli G, Hyatt A D, McDonald K R, Skerratt L F, Olsen V, Clarke J M, Gillespie G, Mahony Michael Joseph, Sheppard N, Williams C, Tyler M J, ’Effect of season and temperature on mortality in amphibians due to chytridiomycosis’, Australian Veterinary Journal, 82 434-439 (2004) [C1]

Edwards D L, Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’Effect of sperm concentration, medium osmolality and oocyte storage on artificial fertilisation success in a myobatrachid frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis)’, Reproduction Fertility and Development, 16 347-354 (2004) [C1]

Knowles Ross, Mahony Michael Joseph, Armstrong Jan, Donnellan Stephen, ’Systematics of Sphagnum Frogs of the Genus Philoria (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in Eastern Australia, With the Description of Two New Species’, Records of the Australian Museum, 56 57-74 (2004) [C1]

Penman Trent Douglas, Lemckert F, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Two hundred and ten years looking for the Giant Burrowing Frog’, Australian Zoologist, 32 597-604 (2004) [C1]

Hamer Andrew Joseph, Lane Simon John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Retreat site selection during winter in the Green and Golden Bell Frog, Litoria aurea Lesson’, Journal of Herpetology, 37 541-545 (2003) [C1]

Browne Robert Kenneth, Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’A comparison of sucrose, saline, and saline with egg-yolk diluents on the cryopreservation of cane toad (Bufo marinus) sperm’, Cryobiology, 44 251-257 (2002) [C1]

Schmid M, Haaf T, Steinlein C, Nanda I, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Chromosome banding in amphibia. XXV. Karyotype evolution and heterochromatin characterization in Australian Mixophyes (Anura, Myobatrachidae)’, Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 97 239-253 (2002) [C1]

Thumm Karen Margaret, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Evidence for continuous iteroparity in a temperate-zone frog, the red-crowned toadlet, Pseudophryne australis (Anura: Myobatrachidae)’, Australian Journal of Zoology, 50 151-167 (2002) [C1]

Thumm Karen Margaret, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Hatching dynamics and bet-hedging in a temperate frog, Pseudophryne australis (Anura: Myobatrachidae)’, Amphibia-Reptilia, 23 433-444 (2002) [C1]

Lane Simon John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Larval anurans with synchronous and asynchronous development periods: contrasting responses to water reduction and predator presence’, Journal of Animal Ecology, 71 780-792 (2002) [C1]

Hamer Andrew Joseph, Lane Simon John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Management of freshwater wetlands for the endangered green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea): roles of habitat determinants and space’, Biological Conservation, 106 413-424 (2002) [C1]

Hamer Andrew Joseph, Lane Simon John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The role of introduced mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) in excluding the native green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea) from original habitats in south-eastern Australia’, Oecologia, 132 445-452 (2002) [C1]

Browne Robert Kenneth, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The short-term storage and cryopreservation of spermatozoa from hylid and myobatrachid frogs’, Cryo Letters, 23 129-136 (2002) [C1]

Browne Robert Kenneth, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Short-term storage of cane toad (Bufo marinus) gametes’, Reproduction, 121 167-173 (2001) [C1]

Mahony Michael Joseph, Knowles Ross, Foster R, Donnellan S, ’Systematics of the Litoria citropa (Anura: Hylidae) complex in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia, with the description of a new species’, Records of the Australian Museum, 53 37-48 (2001) [C1]

Donnellan S C, McGuigan K, Knowles Ross, Mahony Michael Joseph, Moritz C, ’Genetic evidence for species boundaries in frogs of the Litoria citropa species-group (Anura: Hylidae)’, Australian Journal of Zoology, 47 275-293 (1999) [C1]

Browne Robert Kenneth, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, Clark Andrew Kingsley, ’Successful recovery of motility and fertility of cryopreserved cane toad (Bufo marinus) sperm’, Cryobiology, 37 339-345 (1998) [C1]

Conference Publication

Pickett Evan John, Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Garnham James Ian, Pollard Carla Jean, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Population viability of an endangered generalist amphibian’, Australian Society of Herpetologists: Conference Abstracts, Barmera, South Australia (2010) [E3]

Garnham James Ian, Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’Temporal variation of chytrid infection and its effect on sodium and potassium exchange of the endangered green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea)’, Emerging Amphibian Diseases Conference, James Cook University, Australia (2010) [E3]

Pollard Carla Jean, Stockwell J I, Garnham James Ian, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The effectiveness of pond draining and its role in the adaptive management of a green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea) population’, Australian Society of Herpetologists: Conference Abstracts, Barmera, South Australia (2010) [E3]

Garnham James Ian, Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The role of overwintering habitat on the body temperature of an endangered amphibian (Litoria aurea) and its effect on a pathogenic fungus’, Australian Society of Herpetologists: Conference Abstracts, Barmera, South Australia (2010) [E3]

Clulow Simon, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Understanding phenotypic plasticity in amphibian metamorphosis: could the costs outweigh the benefits?’, Australian Society of Herpetologists: Conference Abstracts, Barmera, South Australia (2010) [E3]

Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Identification of an environmental inhibitor of the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)’, 10th International Congress of Ecology Abstracts, Brisbane, QLD (2009) [E3]

Mahony Michael Joseph, Knowles Ross, ’Impacts of global climate change on frogs with specialised life history strategies adapted to cool montane environments’, 10th International Congress of Ecology Abstracts, Brisbane, QLD (2009) [E3]

Wooi Khim Han, Mahony Michael Joseph, Shaw Jill, Clulow John, ’Oocyte and follicular cell cryopreservation of the cane toad Bufo Marinus, a useful model species for genome banking’, Conservation Management of Herpetofauna: Second Meeting of the Australasian Societies for Herpetology, Auckland, NZ (2009) [E3]

Clulow Simon, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Predicting amphibian occurrence and distribution by habitat association: A case study of two threatened stream frogs in south-east Australia’, 10th International Congress of Ecology Abstracts, Brisbane, QLD (2009) [E3]

Clulow Simon, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The relationship between habitat attributes and the occurence and distribution of two threatened stream frogs in south-east Australia (stuttering frog, Mixophyes balbus and glandular frog, Litoria subglandulosa): Implications for conservation and man agement’, Conservation Management of Herpetofauna: Second Meeting of the Australasian Societies for Herpetology, Auckland, NZ (2009) [E3]

Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’Assisted reproductive technologies for endangered amphibians’, 6th World Congress of Herpetology CD-ROM, Manaus, Brazil (2008) [E3]

Clulow Simon, Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’Developmental plasticity in an Australian anuran wet forest ephemeral specialist: The Sandpaper frog, Lechriodus fletcheri’, 6th World Congress of Herpetology CD-ROM, Manaus, Brazil (2008) [E3]

Peak Rachael Anne, Macfarlane Geoffrey Robert, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Investigations into the synchronous calling behaviour of the hip-pocket frog Assa darlingtoni (ANURA: Myobatrachidae)’, 6th World Congress of Herpetology CD-ROM, Manaus, Brazil (2008) [E3]

Lemckert Francis Laurence, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The relationships between habitat and pond use by frogs in NSW’, 6th World Congress of Herpetology CD-ROM, Manaus, Brazil (2008) [E3]

Clulow John, Fitzsimmons Chantel, Curphey Lauren, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Amphibian genome cryobanking - success in sperm cryopreservation but the block to embryo cryopreservation remains’, Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Society for Reproductive Biology, Christchurch, New Zealand (2007) [E3]

Clulow Simon, Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’The evolution of developmental plasticity in an amphibian ephemeral specialist: A density and food recouse independent model of phenotypic plasticity in the Sandpiper Frog, Lechriodus fletcheri’, ASH 2007 Program and Abstracts, Albany, W.A. (2007) [E3]

Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Water solutes inhibit the growth and infective capacity of the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)’, ASH 2007 Program and Abstracts, Albany, W.A. (2007) [E3]

Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’Control of cane toads by sterile male realise and inherited sterility’, Conference Proceedings, Brisbane, QLD (2006) [E3]

K L Minahan, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, Smith Roger, Fitter John Thomas, ’Different environmental stresses elicit differential CRH responses in limnodynastes peronii’, Endocrine Journal-Continuation of Endocrinologia Japonica, Queensland, Australia (2006) [E3]

Franks Catherine A, Mahony Michael Joseph, Franks Stewart William, ’Measuring river health: The uncertainty associated with impact assessment using a single sample biological assessment technique’, Dynamics and Biogeochemistry of River Corridors and Wetlands: Proceedings of symposium S4 held during the Seventh IAHS Scientific Assembly at Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, April 2005, Foz de Iguacu, Brazil (2005) [E1]

Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’Assisted Reproductive Technologies for Endangered Amphibians’, Ithala 2004, Ithala Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2004) [E3]

Penman Trent Douglas, Mahony Michael Joseph, Towerton A L, Lemckert F L, ’Can Spatial Modelling Predict the Distribution of Cryptic Species’, Proceedings of the XIXth International Congress of Zoology, Beijing, China (2004) [E3]

Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The inadequacy of standard conservation management aproaches to the disappearances and declines of amphibians: a role for assisted reproductive technologies’, Proceedings of the XIXth International Congress of Zoology, Beijing, China (2004) [E3]

Hines H, Mahony Michael Joseph, MacDonald K, ’An assessment of Frog Declines in Wet Subtropical Australia’, declines and disappearances of Australian Frogs, Canberra, ACT (1999) [E1]

Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, Browne Robert Kenneth, Pomering Melissa, Clark Andrew Kingsley, ’Applications of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) to endangered anuran amphibians’, Declines and disappearances of Australian Frogs, Canberra ACT (1999) [E1]

Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, Browne Robert Kenneth, Pomering Melissa, ’Declines and disappearances of frogs: risk assessment and contingency strategies’, Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs, Canberra Act (1999) [E1]

Thumm Karen Margaret, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Loss and Degradation of Red-Crowned toadlet habitat in the Sydney Region’, Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs, Canberra ACT (1999) [E1]

Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Review of the declines and disappearances within the bell frog species group (Litoria aurea species group) in Australia’, Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs, Canberra ACT (1999) [E1]

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