Recent Publications [see also our Full Archive]

Eisemberg, C.C., Perini, F.A. and Georges, A. (2008). The Adventures of Piggy on the Kikori River. Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra ACT 2601 [ISBN 978 0 646 50191 8].

Pusey, B., Cooke, B. and Georges, A. (2011). Reptiles and Amphibians In Pusey, B. and Douglas, M. (Eds). Aquatic biodiversity in Northern Australia: patterns, threats and future. CDU Press, Darwin, in preparation.

Roe, J.H. and Georges, A. (2010). Responses of freshwater turtles to drought: The past, present and implications for future climate change in Australia. Chapter 11, Pp. 175-190 in Gow, K. and Paton, D. (Eds). Meltdown: Climate Change, Natural Disasters and other Catastrophes -- Fears and Concerns for the Future. Nova Science Publishers, New York.

Georges, A., Hone, L.J., and Norris, R.H. (2008). Applied Ecology. Pp. 227-232 in S.E. Jorgensen and B.D. Fath (Eds). Encyclopedia of Ecology, Volume 1, 1st Edition. Oxford: Elsevier.

Alacs EA, Georges A, FitzSimmons NN, Robertson J. (2010). DNA Detective: A Review of Molecular Approaches to Wildlife Forensics. Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology 6:180–94 [invited article].

Georges, A. and Thomson, S. (2010). Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1–37

Georges, A., Ezaz, T., Quinn, A.E. and Sarre, S.D. (2010). Are reptiles predisposed to temperature-dependent sex determination? Sexual Development 4:7-15.

Quinn, A.E., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D., Marshall Graves, J.A. and Georges, A. (2010). Isolation, conversion, and physical mapping of sex chromosome sequence in a dragon lizard. Heredity 104:410-417.

Wilson-Wilde L. (2010). Wildlife crime -- a global problem. Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology 6:221–222

Wilson-Wilde, L., Norman,J., Robertson, J., Sarre, S.D. and Georges, A. (2010). Current issues in species identification for forensic science and the validity of using the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene. Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology 6:233–241.

Alacs, E.A., Hillyer, M.J., Georges, A., FitzSimmons, N.N. and Hughes, J.M. (2009). Development of microsatellite markers in the Australasian snake-necked turtle Chelodina rugosa, and cross-species amplification Molecular Ecology Resources 9:350-353.

Buhlmann, K.A., Akre, T.S.B., Iverson, J.B., Karapatakis, D., Mittermeier, R.A., Georges, A., Rhodin, A.G.J., van Dijk, P.P. and Gibbons, J.W. (2009). A global analysis of tortoise and freshwater turtle distributions with identification of priority conservation areas. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 8:116-149.

Doody J.S., Roe J.H., Mayes P. and Ishiyama L. (2009). Telemetry tagging methods for some freshwater reptiles. Marine and Freshwater Research 60:293-298.

Doody, J.S. (2009). Superficial lizards in cold climates: Nest site choice along an elevational gradient. Austral Ecology 34:733-779

Doody, J.S., Green, B., Rhind, D., Castellano, C.M., Sims R. and Robinson, T. (2009). Population-level declines in Australian predators caused by an invasive species. Animal conservation 12:46-53

Ezaz T, Moritz B, Waters PD, Graves JAM, Georges A and Sarre SD (2009). The ZW sex microchromosomes of an Australian dragon lizard share no homology with those of other reptiles or birds. Chromosome Research 17:965-973

Ezaz T, Sarre SD, O’Meally and Graves JAM and Georges A (2009). Sex chromosome evolution in lizards: independent origins and rapid transitions. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 127:249-260.

Ezaz, T., Quinn, T.E., Sarre, S.D., O’Meally, D., Georges, A., and Marshall Graves, J.A. (2009). Molecular marker suggests rapid changes of sex-determining mechanisms in Australian dragon lizards. Chromosome Research 17:91-98.

Fearn, S. and Trembath, D.F. (2009). Body size, food habits, reproduction and growth in a population of black whip snakes (Demansia vestigiata) (Serpentes: Elapidae) in tropical Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 57:49-54

Fordham, D., Georges, A. and Brook, B. (2009). Experimental evidence for density dependent responses to mortality of snake-necked turtles. Oecologia 159:271-281.

Kennett, R., Roe, J.H., Hodges, K. and Georges, A. (2009). Chelodina longicollis (Shaw 1784) -- Eastern Long-necked Turtle. Chelonian Research Monographs 5: doi : 10.3854/crm.5.031.longicollis.v1.2009..

Praschag, P. Holloway, R., Georges, A., Packert, M., Hundsdorfer, A.K. and Fritz, U. (2009). A new subspecies of Batagur affinis (Cantor, 1847), one of the world’s most critically endangered chelonians (Testudines: Geoemydidae). Zootaxa 2233:57–68

Quinn, A.E., Radder, R.,S., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A., Ezaz, T. and Shine, R. (2009). Isolation and development of a molecular sex marker for Bassiana duperreyi, a lizard with XX/XY sex chromosomes and temperature-induced sex reversal. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 281:665–672

Radder, R.S., Pike, D.A., Quinn, A.E. and Shine. R. (2009). Offspring sex in a lizard depends on egg size. Current Biology 19:1–4.

Rees, M., Roe, J.H. and Georges, A. (2009). Life in the suburbs: behavior and survival of a freshwater turtle in response to drought and urbanization Biological Conservation 142:3172-3181.

Roe, J.H., Brinton, A.C. and Georges, A. (2009). Temporal and spatial variation in landscape connectivity for an Australian freshwater turtle in a temporally dynamic wetland system. Ecological Applications 19:1288-1299.

Sarre, S.D. and Georges, A. (2009). Genetics in conservation and wildlife management: A revolution since Caughley. Wildlife Research 36:70-80.

Thomson, S. and Georges, A. (2009). A new genus for Elseya latisternum and related forms of Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae). Zootaxa 2053:32-42

Trembath, D.F. (2009). Kyphosis of Emydura macquarii krefftii(Testudines: Chelidae) from Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 8:94-95.

Alacs, E.A., and Georges, A. (2008). Wildlife across our borders: A review of the illegal trade in Australia. Australian Journal of Forensic Science 40:199-212.

Eisemberg, C. C., Batistella, A. A., Drummond, G. M., Guilherme, M. B. F. and Vogt, R.C. (2008). Abnormalities in hatchlings of two species of Podocnemis (Testudines, Podocnemididae). Chelonian Conservation and Biology, in press.

Ezaz, T., O’Meally, D., Quinn, A.E., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. and Marshall-Graves, J.A. (2008). A simple non-invasive protocol to establish primary cell lines from tail and toe explants for cytogenetic studies in Australian dragon lizards (Squamata: Agamidae). Cytotechnology 58:135-139

Fordham, D., Georges, A. and Brook, B.W. (2008). Indigenous harvest, exotic pig predation and local persistence of a long-lived vertebrate: managing a tropical freshwater turtle for sustainability and conservation. Journal of Applied Ecology 45:52-62.

Georges, A., Alacs, E.,Pauza, M. Kinginapi, F., Ona, A. and Eisemberg, C. (2008). Freshwater turtles of the Kikori Drainage, Papua New Guinea, with special reference to the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta. Wildlife Research 35:700-711.

Georges, A., Doody, J.S., Eisemberg, C., Alacs, E.A. and Rose, M. (2008). Carettochelys insculpta Ramsay 1886 -- Pig-nosed Turtle, Fly River Turtle. Chelonian Research Monographs 5:9.1-9.17 [doi: 103854/crm.5.009.insculpta.v1.2008]

Gibbons, P., Briggs, S.V., Ayers, D.A., Doyle, S., Seddon, J., McElhinny, C., Jones, N., Sims, R., Doody, J.S. (2008). Rapidly quantifying reference conditions in modified landscapes. Biological Conservation 141:2483-2493.

Martinez, P. A., Ezaz, T., Valenzuela, N., Georges, A. and Marshall Graves, J.A. (2008). An XX/XY heteromorphic sex chromosome system in the Australian chelid turtle Emydura macquarii : A new piece in the puzzle of sex chromosome evolution in turtles. Chromosome Research 16: 815-825.

Radder, R.S., Quinn, A.E., Georges, A., Sarre, S.D. and Shine, R. (2008). Genetic evidence for the co-occurrence of chromosomal and thermal sex determining systems in a lizard. Biology Letters 4:176-178

Robinson, W.A. (2008). Selection and sharing of sheltered nest sites by ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in grasslands of the Australian Capital Territory. Australian Journal of Entomology 47:174–183.

Roe, J.H. and Georges, A. (2008). Terrestrial activity, movements, and spatial ecology of an Australian freshwater turtle, Chelodina longicollis in a temporally dynamic wetland system. Austral Ecology 33:1045-1056.

Roe, J.H. and Georges, A. (2008). Maintenance of variable responses for coping with wetland drying in freshwater turtles. Ecology 89:485-494.

Roe, J.H., Georges, A. and Green, B. (2008). Energy and water flux during terrestrial estivation and overland movement in a freshwater turtle. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81:570-583.

Trembath, D.F. and Fearn, S. (2008). Body sizes, activity times, food habits and reproduction of Brown Tree Snakes Boiga irregularis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from tropical north Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 56:173-178.

Roe, J.H. (2008). Chelodina longicollis (Eastern Long-necked Turtle). Drinking Behavior. Herpetoligical Review 39:212-213.

Trembath, D.F. (2008). A record of ophiophagy by the spotted python Antaresia maculosa (Serpentes: Pythonidae) from Murray Falls National Park, North Queensland, Australia. Herpetofauna. 38:81-83.

Georges, A. (2009). Comment on the proposed precedence of Chelodina rugosa Ogilby, 1890 (currently Macrochelodina rugosa; Reptilia, Testudines) over Chelodina oblonga Gray, 1841 (Case 3351; see BZN 63: 187–193, 64: 68, 127–128). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66(1), in press.

Ezaz, T., Georges, A., Quinn, A., OMeally, D., Marshall Graves, J.A., Gamble, T. and Sarre, S. (2010). Sex in lizards: Multiple transitions and independent evolution of sex chromosomes. Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, 4-8 July, Canberra.

Georges, A., Ezaz, T., Quinn, A.E. and Sarre, S.D. (2010). Are reptiles predisposed to temperature-dependent sex determination? Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, 4-8 July, Canberra..

OMeally, D., Sarre, S., Georges, A., Marshall Graves, J.A. and Ezaz, T. (2010). Snakes and ladders: The evolution of aminiote sex chromosomes. Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, 4-8 July, Canberra.

Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T., Quinn, D., OMeally, D., Marshall Graves, J.A., and Georges, A. (2010). Sex determination in reptiles: Evolutionary transitions along the continuum. Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, 4-8 July, Canberra.

Young, M.J., OMeally, D., Georges, A., Ward, J. and Ezaz, T. (2010). Understanding genome evolution -- characterising the chromosomes of the dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps (Agamidae). Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, 4-8 July, Canberra.

Baggiano, O., Hughes, J., Schmidt, D. and Georges, A. (2009). The importance of flood for the connectivity of freshwater turtle populations in the Moonie catchment in the upper Murray Darling Basin, Queensland, and its effect on their genetic structure. Minisymposium on the Biology and Conservation of Australasian Freshwater Turtles, Marine Turtle Symposium, Brisbane, Feb 14-19, 2009.

Bower, D. (2009). Water saving strategies conflict with turtle conservation in the Lower-Murray River. Joint Meeting of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand and the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Aukland February 20-23, 2009.

Bower, D., Fordham, D.A. and Georges, A. (2009). Freshwater turtles of the Lower-Murray River: Ecological studies for the management of rare and threatened species. Minisymposium on the Biology and Conservation of Australasian Freshwater Turtles, Marine Turtle Symposium, Brisbane, Feb 14-19, 2009.

Corey, B., Fordham, D.A. and Georges, A. (2009). Optimal conditions for egg storage, incubation and post-hatching growth for Chelodina rugosa: Science in support of an indigenous enterprise. Minisymposium on the Biology and Conservation of Australasian Freshwater Turtles, Marine Turtle Symposium, Brisbane, Feb 14-19, 2009.

Corey, B., Fordham, D.A., Georges, A. and Brook, B. (2009). Predation by feral pigs threatens the indigenous harvest and local persistence of snake-necked turtles in northern Australia. Joint Meeting of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand and the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Aukland February 20-23, 2009.

Doody, J.S. and Grainer, D. (2009). How Important are Pig-nosed Turtles to Diverse Communities in Australia? Minisymposium on the Biology and Conservation of Australasian Freshwater Turtles, Marine Turtle Symposium, Brisbane, Feb 14-19, 2009.

Eisemberg, C. (2009). The pig-nosed turtle and grassroots environmental education in Papua New Guinea. Wetlands Carers Forum, Batemans Bay, 16-17 June, 2009

Eisemberg, C.C., Georges, A., and Rose, M. (2009). Misfit, Missionary, Mercenary or Manna from Heaven –- Achieving conservation objectives for pig-nosed turtles in the Kikori. Minisymposium on the Biology and Conservation of Australasian Freshwater Turtles, Marine Turtle Symposium, Brisbane, Feb 14-19, 2009.

Eisemberg, C.C., Rose, M., Silva, R.F. and Georges, A. (2009). The decline of the Piku empire -- Harvest and conservation of the pignosed turtle on the Kikori Delta, Papua New Guinea. Joint Meeting of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand and the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Aukland February 20-23, 2009.

Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D., Quinn, A.E., OMeally, D., Marshall-Graves, J. and Georges, A. (2009). Sex in dragons: Evidence of multiple transitions between modes of sex determination. Fifth International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination. April 20-24, 2009. Kona, Hawaii. Pp. 68-69.

Fielder, D. (2009). Ancient phenotypes revealed through present day species – a morphological comparison of Australia’s threatened sawshelled turtles. Minisymposium on the Biology and Conservation of Australasian Freshwater Turtles, Marine Turtle Symposium, Brisbane, Feb 14-19, 2009.

Fielder, D., Vernes, K., Alacs, A. and Georges, A. (2009). The Bellinger River Emydura – Conserve or Eradicate? Minisymposium on the Biology and Conservation of Australasian Freshwater Turtles, Marine Turtle Symposium, Brisbane, Feb 14-19, 2009.

Fielder, D., Vernes, K., Alacs, E. and Georges, A. (2009). A phylogeny of Australias threatened sawshelled turtles using mtDNA. Joint Meeting of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand and the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Aukland February 20-23, 2009.

FitzSimmons, N.N., Tucker, A.D., Alacs, E., Georges, A. and Kuchling, G. (2009). Comparative phylogeography of two freshwater turtles in the Kimberley Plateau, Western Australia. Minisymposium on the Biology and Conservation of Australasian Freshwater Turtles, Marine Turtle Symposium, Brisbane, Feb 14-19, 2009.

Georges A. (2009). Wetlands. What can freshwater turtles tell us about their management and conservation? Wetlands Carers Forum, Batemans Bay, 16-17 June, 2009 [Keynote]

Georges, A. (2009). Temperature dependent sex determination in reptiles -- fact or furphy? Joint Meeting of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand and the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Aukland February 20-23, 2009.

Georges, A. and Thomson, S. (2009). Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy, keys to species and a web-based database of distributional data. Minisymposium on the Biology and Conservation of Australasian Freshwater Turtles, Marine Turtle Symposium, Brisbane, Feb 14-19, 2009.

Georges, A., Sarre, S.D. and Ezaz, T. (2009). Reptiles with TSD: Are they inherently resistent to climate change? Fifth International Symposium on the Biology of Sex Determination, April 20-24, 2009, Kona, Hawaii. Pp. 87-88.

Georges, A., Walsh, R., Spencer, R-J., Welsh, M. and Shaffer, H.B. (2009). The Bellinger River Emydura – Conserve or Eradicate? Minisymposium on the Biology and Conservation of Australasian Freshwater Turtles, Marine Turtle Symposium, Brisbane, Feb 14-19, 2009.

Hodges, K. (2009). Coupling genetic data and ecological-niche modeling for turtle conservation. 7th Meeting of the Turtle Survival Alliance, St Louis Missouri, USA. 5-8 August, 2009.

Hodges, K., Georges, A. and Donnellan, S. (2009). Maps and molecules — comparative phylogeography of Chelodina expansa and Chelodina longicollis. Minisymposium on the Biology and Conservation of Australasian Freshwater Turtles, Marine Turtle Symposium, Brisbane, Feb 14-19, 2009.

Hodges, K., Georges, A. and Donnellan, S. (2009). Comparative phylogeography of two Australian long-necked turtle species demonstrate how molecular data can answer ecological questions. 7th Meeting of the Turtle Survival Alliance, St Louis Missouri, USA. 5-8 August, 2009.

Hodges, K., Georges, A. and Donnellan, S. (2009). Integrating genetic data and ecological niche models to test alternative phylogeographic hypotheses. Joint Meeting of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand and the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Aukland February 20-23, 2009.

Hodges, K., Georges, A. and Donnellan, S. (2009). Maps and molecules — comparative phylogeography of Chelodina expansa and Chelodina longicollis. Joint Meeting of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand and the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Aukland February 20-23, 2009.

Martinez, P.A. (2009). The Y chromosome is sometimes bigger: A heteromorphic sex chromosome system in the turtle Emydura macquarii. Fifth International Symposium on the Biology of Sex Determination, April 20-24, 2009, Kona, Hawaii. Pp. 70.

OMeally, D., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. and Marshall-Graves, J. (2009). Sex chromosome repeats: Insights from snakes and birds. Fifth International Symposium on the Biology of Sex Determination, April 20-24, 2009, Kona, Hawaii. Pp. P45-46.

Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T., Quinn, A.E., Marshall-Graves, J. and Georges, A. (2009). Sex determination in reptiles: Evolutionary transitions along the continuum. Fifth International Symposium on the Biology of Sex Determination, April 20-24, 2009, Kona, Hawaii. Pp. 93-94.

Bower, D., Fordham, D., Hutchinson, M. and Georges, A. (2008). Broad-shelled turtles (Chelodina expansa) in the lower Murray – ecological studies for management of a rare and cryptic carnivore. Sixth World Congress for Herpetology, Manaus, Brasil. August 17-22, 2008.

Doody, J.E. and Moore, J. (2008). Environmental gradients in traits influencing the egg stage in Water Dragons, Physignathus lesueurii. Sixth World Congress for Herpetology, Manaus, Brasil. August 17-22, 2008.

Eisemberg, C.C., Georges, A. and Rose, M. (2008). Piku in trouble -- Conservation of the pig-nosed turtle in the Kikori Delta, Papua New Guinea. Sixth World Congress for Herpetology, Manaus, Brasil. August 17-22, 2008.

Ezaz, T., Quinn, A., Sarre, S., Georges, A., O’Meally,D., Graves, J.A.M. (2008). ZooFISH reveals homologous sex chromosomes among GSD and TSD Australian dragons. 55th Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, Adelaide, Australia. 7-10 July, 2008.

Georges, A. (2008). Sex as a threshold trait: revisiting traditional paradigms on the evolution of sex determination in reptiles. 2nd Australian Sex Summit. Flowerdale Estate, Victoria, Australia. December 3-5, 2008.

Georges, A., Quinn, A.E., Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T.E., and Marshall-Graves, J. (2008). Sex as a threshold trait: Overturning traditional paradigms on evolution and modes of sex determination in reptiles. Sixth World Congress for Herpetology, Manaus, Brasil. August 17-22, 2008.

Martinez, P.A. Ezaz, T. Valenzuela, N., Georges, A. and Marshall-Graves, J.A. (2008). A novel sex chromosome system in the Australian chelid turtle Emydura macquarii, a new piece in the ever increasing complexity of sex chromosome evolution. Joint Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the Herpetologists League, Montreal, Canada. July 23-28, 2008.

Martinez, P.A., Ezaz, T., Valenzuela, N., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. (2008). Sex chromosomes in the Australian chelid turtle Emydura macquarii. Annual Joint Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the Society of Systematic Biologists, Minneapolis, Minnesota. June 20-24, 2008.

O'Meally, D., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S., Georges, A., Graves, J. (2008). Tuatara DMRT1: duplication or separation? Poster Session, Lorne Genome Conference, Lorne, Australia

Roe, J. (2008). The urban ecology of a freshwater turtle Chelodina longicollis, in the Australian Capitol [sic] Territory. Annual meeting of the International Congress for Conservation Biology, Convention Center, Chattanooga, TN, Jul 10, 2008. http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p243203_index.html

Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T.E., Quinn, A.E., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. (2008). Sex Iin dragons: Comparative genomics and the molecular basis of sex determination Sixth World Congress of Herpetology, Manaus, Brazil. August 17-22.

Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T.E., Quinn, A.E., Georges, A. and Marshall-Graves, J. (2008). Sex in dragons: Comparative genomics and the molecular basis of genetic and environmental sex determination. Sixth World Congress for Herpetology, Manaus, Brasil. August 17-22, 2008.

Sarre, S.D., Georges, A., Quinn, A., Ezaz, T., Graves, J. (2008). Sex determination in reptiles: the temperature-genetic continuum. Lorne Genome Conference, Lorne, Australia (invited speaker)

Bower, D. (2006). Chelodina expansa –- Rare and endangered or cryptic and secure? Proceedings of the Australian Society of Herpetologists Conference, Healsville, Vic. 18-21 April, 2006.

Guarino, F. (2006). Habitat selection by the lace monitor, Varanus varius. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Herpetologists Conference, Healsville, Vic. 18-21 April, 2006.

Hodges, K. (2006). Population genetic structure of freshwater turtles in the Lower Murray. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Herpetologists Conference, Healsville, Vic. 18-21 April, 2006.

Kennard, M., Pusey, B., Boyden, J., Burrows, D., Leigh, C., Perna, C., Bayliss, P. and Georges, A. (2010). Compilation of species distribution datasets for use as biodiversity surrogates. Pp. 48-56 in Kennard, M. (2010). Identifying high conservation aquatic ecosystems in northern Australia. Final report for the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and the National Water Commission prepared by Charles Darwin University,

Georges, A. (2009). Kangaroo Cull Tag Allocations (Licence to Cull) for 2009. Assessment of the formula used to determine the number of tags allocated. Advice to the ACT Office of the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment prepared by the Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, June 2009.

Miller, C., Kroon, F., Georges, A., Lemckert, F. and Ellis, D. (2009). Review of Environmental Impact Statement [Traveston Crossing Dam, Mary River, SE Queensland]: Response to DEWHA Reviewers Reports. CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country, Technical review services, unpubl. report to Queensland Water Infrastructure Pty Ltd, May 2009.

Georges, A., and Merrin, L. (2008). Freshwater Turtles of Tropical Australia: Compilation of distributional data. Report to the CERF Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge (TRACK) Project, Charles Darwin University. January 2008.

Georges, A., Maher, W. and Norris, R.H. (2008). Expert scientific review of documents into an alleged pollution incident of Lake Kutubu, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Report commissioned by WWF- Australia, Canberra, February 2008.

Booksbank, J. [Georges] (2008). The Underwater Glider: The Unique Pig-nosed Turtle. Paradise: Inflight with Air Niugini. 2008(4):34-36.

Corey, B. and Fordham, D. (2008). Collaborative research demonstrates that turtle harvest in the Manigrida region is sustainable. Kantri Laif: News for North Australian Land and Sea Managers. Issue 4, August 2008, pp 34.

Eisemberg, C. (2008). Piku in Trouble: Indigenous communities in PNG work with Oil Search to conserve the pig-nosed turtle. Kantri Laif: News for North Australian Land and Sea Managers. Issue 4, August 2008, pp 7.

Georges, A., Eisemberg, C. and Bauer, L. (2008). In search of Keheko Elseya novaeguineae. REPTILIA Magazine, Barcelona, Spain 57: 59-63.

2009_Skilton [Eisemberg] (2009). Turtle tale tantalizes PNG pupils. Sunday Canberra Times, February 15, 2009.

Georges, A. (2009). End we might not like. Canberra Times, Times 2, 13-Apr-09

Georges, A. (2009). Island Sanctuaries Canberra Times, Times 2, May 25, 2009.

Georges, A. (2009). Wildlife Worries Spread Canberra Times, TIMES 2, Monday March 2, 2009.

Georges, A. (2009). Worrying for our wetlands. Canberra Times, Times 2, August 31, 2009.

Kaia, L. and Badi, D. [Eisemberg] (2009). Saving the 5 Toea icon for our children! The National Weekender [PNG] 24-April-09

Skilton [Georges] (2009). Animal Welfare, Conservation Clash Canberra Times, Saturday March 8, 2009.

Furlan, C. [Georges] (2008). Sema viabiliza visita científica em Reserva Biológica Reserva Biológica de Parazinho (criada desde1985), está sob a responsabilidade da Sema-AP [SEMA hosts a scientific visit to the Parazinho Biological Reserve] Governo do Estado do Amapa, 8-Aug-08.

ABC News [Georges] (2009). Roo Report Not Credible, Flawed ABC News, Nov 6, 2009

Bower, D. (2009). Symposium: Herpetological conservation in wetlands: Wetter and better or dryer and dire? Joint Meeting of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand and the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Aukland February 20-23, 2009.

Hare, K.M., Cree, A. and Georges, A. (2009). Symposium: How ecophysiology can support conservation of reptiles. Joint Meeting of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand and the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Aukland February 20-23, 2009.

Eisemberg, C.C. (2008). Amazônia-Austrália-Papua: Semelhanças e diferenças entre as regiões do hemisfério Sul. Simposio da Pos-Graduacao em Meio Ambiente da Universidade Federa do Amapa

Eisemberg, C.C. (2008). Amazônia-Austrália-Papua: Semelhanças e diferenças entre as regiões do hemisfério Sul. Seminar delivered to IEPA (Institute for Science and Technological Research), Macapa, Brasil. August 14, 2008.

Georges, A. (2008). Overview of turtle research and conservation projects conducted through the University of Canberra. Seminar delivered to IEPA (Institute for Science and Technological Research), Macapa, Brasil. August 14, 2008.

Georges, A. (2008). Sex as a threshold trait: Overturning traditional paradigms on evolution and modes of sex determination in reptiles. Seminar presented at CSIRO Entomology, Black Mountain, Canberra. 11-Sep-08

Rees, M. (2008). Impacts of urbanisation on the eastern long-necked turtle, Chelodina longicollis (Testudines: Chelidae). Honours Thesis, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, February 2008.

Alacs, E.A. (2008). Forensics, phylogeography and population genetics: A case study using the Australasian snake-necked turtle, Chelodina rugosa. PhD Thesis, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT Australia.

Quinn, A.E. (2008). Evolution of Sex Determining Mechanisms in Reptiles. PhD Thesis, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra ACT 2616 Australia.