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Selected Publications and Conference Presentations

Beggs, K. 2010. Effects of exotic pasture grass on biodiversity in the Mary River Catchment, Northern Territory. PhD thesis, Charles Darwin University, Darwin. (available to download here).

Tobin, RC, Beggs, K., Sutton, S. G., Penny, A., Maroske, J. and Williams, L. 2009. Baseline socio-economic data for Queensland east-coast inshore and rocky reef fishery stakeholders. Part B: Charter Inshore and Rocky Reef Fishers. FRDC Project No. 2007/048. Fishing and Fisheries Research Centre Technical Report No. 6. James Cook University, Townsville.

Tobin, R. C., Beggs, K., Sutton, S. G. and Penny, A. 2009. Baseline socio-economic data for Queensland east-coast inshore and rocky reef fishery stakeholders. Part C: Recreational fishers. FRDC Project No. 2007/048. Fishing and Fisheries Research Centre Technical Report No. 7. James Cook University, Townsville.

Beggs, K. E., Armstrong, M. And Woinarski, J. 2007. Yellow-snouted gecko, Diplodactylus occultus. In ‘Lost from our landscape: threatened species of the Northern Territory.’pp 165. (Eds J. Woinarski, C. Pavey, R. Kerrigan, I. Cowie and S. Ward). (Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts, Palmerston NT).

Ferdinands, K., Beggs, K. E. and Whitehead, P. J. 2005. Biodiversity and invasive grass species: Multiple-use or monoculture? Wildlife Research 32(5): 447–457.

Georges, A., Beggs, K. E., Young, J. E. and Doody, J. S. (2005).  Modelling development of reptile embryos under fluctuating temperature regimes. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78(1): 18–30.

Georges, A., Doody, J. S., Beggs, K. and Young, J. E. (2004). Thermal models of TSD under laboratory and field conditions. In ‘Temperature dependent sex determination in reptiles’. pp 79–89. (Eds N. Valenzuela and V. Lance). (Smithsonian Institute, Washington.)

Beggs, K. E. (2003). Wetland grazing and biodiversity: a brief review of the issues, documented effects and research priorities in the Northern Territory. In ‘Wise use of wetlands in northern Australia: grazing management in wetlands and riparian habitats. Proceedings of a workshop held at Northern Territory University, Darwin, NT, 2–4 October 2001.’ (Eds B. Myers, M. McKaige, P. Whitehead and M. Douglas). pp 30–32. (Centre for Tropical Wetlands Management, NTU, Darwin, Australia.)

Beggs, K. E ., Ferdinands, K, Whitehead, P. J. and Woinarski, J. C. Z. (2003). ‘Balancing wildlife conservation and pastoralism: an adaptive management case study on multiple land use, from northern Australia’s Mary River region.’ Presentation at the 3rd International Wildlife Management Congress, Christchurch NZ, 1 – 5 December, 2003

Ferdinands, K, Beggs, K. E., Whitehead, P. J. and Devonport, C. ‘Using spatial technologies to develop an adaptive management framework for wildlife habitat conservation: a case study from the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia.’ Presentation at the 3rd International Wildlife Management Congress, Christchurch NZ, 1 – 5 December, 2003.

Beggs, K. E. and Ferdinands, K. ‘Wet, wild and weedy: exotic pastures and biodiversity conservation in the lower Mary River catchment, NT.’ Poster presentation at the National Landcare Conference, 29 April – 1 May 2003, Darwin.

Armstrong, M., Woinarski, J., Hempel, C., Connors, G., and Beggs, K. E. (2002). A plan for the conservation of biodiversity in the Mary River catchment, Northern Territory. A report prepared for Project 97151 of the Natural Heritage Trust. Parks and Wildlife, Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment, Darwin.

Beggs, K. E. ‘Conservation versus pastoralism: herpetofauna as indicators of ecological change in the Mary River region, Northern Territory.’ Presentation at the 29th meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, July 11 – 15, 2002, Canberra ACT.

Woinarski, J., Beggs, K. E., Hempel, C., Price, O., and Fisher, A. (2001). The distribution and timber resource of Cooktown Ironwood Erythrophleum chlorostachys in the Northern Territory, Australia. A report to the National Forest Inventory. Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin.

Beggs, K. E. (2001). Background Paper 4: Approaches to broad scale monitoring of biological diversity – a brief review of international experience. In ‘Developing an adaptive framework for monitoring biodiversity in Australia’s rangelands. A Report by the Tropical Savannas CRC for the National Land and Water Resources Audit’. (P. J. Whitehead, J.C. Z. Woinarski, A. Fisher, R. Fensham, and K. Beggs). pp 407–428. (Tropical Savannas CRC, Darwin).

Beggs, K. E ., Young, J. E., Georges, A. and West, P. 2000 Ageing the eggs and embryos of the pig-nosed turtle Carettochelys insculpta (Chelonia: Carettochelydidae) from northern Australia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78(3): 373–392.

Davis, K. M., Kearney, R. E. and Beggs, K. E. 2000. Research priorities for Australia’s freshwater fisheries. Australian Journal of Environmental Management 7(1): 28–37.

Norris, R. H., Simpson, J. and Beggs, K. E. (1998). Assessing water quality in Kosciuszko National Park using AusRivAS. Water 25: 28–29.

Beggs, K. E. and Norris, R. H. (1996). Biological Monitoring of water quality in four streams in Kosciusko National Park, NSW, May 1995 to November 1995. Report to the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology and University of Canberra, ACT.