• Abbreviated CV
• Research Interests
• General
• Specific
• Transfer of research into practice
  
• Publications
• Books (refereed)
• Proceedings and Monographs (refereed)
• Book Chapters (refereed)
• Professional Journal Articles (refereed) - Full text available on-line for some
• Miscellaneous Publications (some refereed)
• Conference Proceedings (some refereed)
• Book Reviews
• Consultancy Reports

Book Chapters (refereed)

Majer, J. D. (1982). Ant-plant interactions in the Darling Botanical District of Western Australia. In: (ed. R. Buckley) Ant-Plant Interactions in Australia. Dr W. Junk, Dordrecht. 45-61.

Majer, J. D. (1982). Ant manipulation in agro- and forest-ecosystems. In: (ed. M. Breed) The Biology of Social Insects.. Westview Press, Boulder. 91-97.

Majer, J. D. (1984). Ant return in rehabilitated mineral sand mines on North Stradbroke Island. In: (eds. R. J. Coleman, J. Covacevich & P. Davies) Focus on Stradbroke: New Information on North Stradbroke Island and Surrounding Areas, 1974-1984. Boolarong Press, Brisbane. 325-332.

Majer, J. D. (1985). Fire effects on invertebrate fauna of forest and woodland. In: (ed. J.R. Ford) Fire ecology and management of Western Australian ecosystems. Western Australian Institute of Technology, Perth. 103-106.

Majer, J. D. (1985). Invertebrates. In: Worsley Alumina Project. Flora and Fauna Studies Phase Two. Worsley Alumina Pty. Ltd., Perth. 133-175.

Majer, J. D. (1986). Utilising economically beneficial ants. In: (ed. S. Bradleigh Vinson) Economic Impact and Control of Social Insects. Praeger, New York. 314-331.

Majer, J. D. (1987). The conservation and study of invertebrates in remnants of native vegetation. In: (eds. D. Saunders, A. Burbidge & A. Hopkins) Nature Conservation: The Role of Remnants of Native Vegetation. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney. 353-354.

Majer, J. D. & I. Abbott (1988). Invertebrates of the jarrah forest. In: (eds. B. Dell, J. Havel and N. Maluczek) The Jarrah Forest. A Complex Mediterranean Ecosystem. Kluwer Academic Publications, Dordrecht. 111-122.

Majer, J. D. & P. Greenslade (1988). Soil and litter invertebrates. In: (ed. R. Specht) Mediterranean-type Ecosystems: A Data Source Book. Kluwer Academic Publications, Dordrecht. 197-226. #9

Catling, P. C., P. H. Daget, B. J. Fox, P. Greenslade, J. D. Majer, G. Orsham, P. W. Rundell, R. L. Specht & W. E. Westman (1988). Climate, vegetation, vertebrates and soil/litter invertebrates of mediterranean-type ecosystems - data banks. In: (ed. R. Specht) Mediterranean-type Ecosystems: A Data Source Book. Kluwer Academic Publications, Dordrecht. 3-9.

Majer, J. D. (1989). Fauna and land reclamation technology - a review of the history and need for such studies. In: (ed. J. D. Majer) Animals in Primary Succession. The Role of Fauna in Reclaimed Land. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 5-33.

Majer, J. D. (1989). Long-term colonisation of fauna in reclaimed land. In: (ed. J. D. Majer) Animals in Primary Succession. The Role of Fauna in Reclaimed Land. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 143-174.

Butcher, J., J. D. Majer & P. Unsworth (1989). Bibliography of fauna studies in reclaimed lands. In: (ed. J. D. Majer) Animals in Primary Succession. The Role of Fauna in Reclaimed Land. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 451-516.

Nichols, O., J. D. Majer & B. J. Wykes (1989). The return of vertebrate and invertebrate fauna to bauxite mined areas in Australia. In: (ed. J. D. Majer) Animals in Primary Succession. The Role of Fauna in Reclaimed Land. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 397-422.

Majer, J. D. (1990). Rehabilitation of disturbed lands: long-term prospects for the recolonisation of fauna. In: (eds. D. Saunders, R. How & A. Hopkins) Australian Ecosystems: 200 Years of Utilisation, Degradation and Reconstruction. Blackwell, Melbourne. 509-519.

Majer, J. D. (1990). The role of ants in land reclamation seeding operations. In: (eds. R. K. Vander Meer, K. Jaffe & A. Cedeño) Applied Myrmecology: a World Perspective. Westview Press, Boulder. 544-554.

Andersen, A. N. & J. D. Majer (1991). The structure and biogeography of rainforest ant communities in the Kimberley region of north-western Australia. In: (eds. N. L. McKenzie, R. B. Johnston & P. J. Kendrick) Kimberley Rainforests. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Sydney. 333-346.

Keals, N. & J. D. Majer (1991). The conservation status of ant communities along the Wubin-Perenjori Corridor. In: (eds. D. A. Saunders & R. J. Hobbs) Nature Conservation 2: The Role of Corridors. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Sydney. 387-393.

Kock de, A. E., J. H.Giliomee, K. L. Pringle & J. D. Majer (1992). The influence of fire, vegetation age and Argentine ants (Iridomyrmex humilis) on ant communities in Swartsboskloof. In: (eds. B. W. van Wilgen, D. M. Richardson, F. J. Kruger & H. J. van Hensbergen) Fire in South African Mountain Fynbos. Springer, Heidelberg. 203-215.

Postle, A. C., J. D. Majer, & D. T. Bell (1991). A survey of selected soil and litter invertebrate species from the northern Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest of Western Australia, with particular reference to soil-type, stratum, seasonality and the conservation of forest fauna. In: (ed. D. Lunney) Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman. 193-203.

Majer, J. D. (1992). Comparison of the arboreal ant mosaic in Ghana, Brasil, Papua New Guinea and Australia - its structure and influence on ant diversity. In: (eds. J. LaSalle & I. Gauld) Hymenoptera and Biodiversity. CAB International, Wallingford. 115-141.

Majer, J. D. (1992). Maintaining and restoring diversity. In: (ed. R. J. Hobbs) Function of Biodiversity in Mediterranean Ecosystems: An Australian Perspective. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton. 169-191.

Majer, J. D. (1994). Spread of Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) with special reference to Western Australia. In: (ed. D. Williams) Exotic Ants: Biology, Impact and Control of Introduced Species. Westview Press, Boulder. 163-173.

Scougall, A., J. D. Majer & R. Hobbs (1993). Edge effects in grazed and ungrazed Western Australian wheatbelt remnants in relation to ecosystem reconstruction In: (ed. D. A. Saunders, R. J. Hobbs & P. R. Erhlich) Nature conservation 3: Reconstruction of Fragmented Ecosystems. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton. 163-178.

Hobbs, R. J., R. H. Groves, S. D. Hopper, R. J. Lambeck, B. B. Lamont, S. Lavorel, A. R. Main, J. D. Majer, & D. A. Saunders (1994). In: (ed. H. Mooney) Function ofBiodiversity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems in Southwestern Australia. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. 233-284.

Brandenburg, S. A. & J. D. Majer, (1995). A database for revegetated areas in the Tammin region of Western Australia: implications for land owners, managers and researchers. In: (eds. D. A. Saunders, J. L. Craig & E. M. Mattiske). Nature Conservation 4: The Role of Networks. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton. 258-270.

Majer, J. D., H. F. Recher, A. B. Wellington, J. C. Z. Woinarski & A. L. Yen (1997) Invertebrates of eucalypt formations. In: (eds. J. E. Williams & J. H. Z. Woinarski) Eucalyptus Biology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 278 - 302.

Woinarski, J. C. Z., H. F. Recher & J. D. Majer (1997). Vertebrates of eucalypt formations In: (ed. J. E. Williams & J. H. Z. Woinarski) Eucalyptus Biology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 303 - 339.

Majer, J. D. (1997). Invertebrates assist the restoration process: An Australian perspective. In: (eds. K. M. Urbanska, N. R. Webb & P. J. Edwards) Restoration Ecology and Sustainable Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 212 - 237.

Kaspari, M., J.D. Majer. (2000). Using Ants to Monitor Environmental Change. Pp. 89-98, in: Agosti, D., Majer, J., Alonso, E. and Schultz, T., (eds.). Ants: Standard Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity. Biological Diversity Handbook Series. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington D.C., 20+280pp.

Delabie, J.H.C., B.L. Fisher, J.D. Majer, and I.W. Wright. 2000. Sampling Effort and Choise of Methods. 145-154, in: Agosti, D., Majer, J., Alonso, E. and Schultz, T., (eds.). Ants: Standard Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity. Biological Diversity Handbook Series. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington D.C., 20+280pp.

Fisher, B.L., A.K.F. Malsch, R. Gadagkar, J.H.C. Delabie, H.L. Vasconcelos, and J.D. Majer. 2000. Applying the ALL Protocol: Selected Case Studies. Pp. 207-214, in: Agosti, D., Majer, J., Alonso, E. and Schultz, T., (eds.). Ants: Standard Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity. Biological Diversity Handbook Series. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington D.C., 20+280pp.

Majer, J. D. (2000). Visualisation of succession. In: ( eds. D. Agosti, J. D. Majer, L. E. Alonso, and T. R. Schultz).Sampling Ground-dwelling Ants: Case Studies from the Worlds' Rain Forests. Curtin UniversitySchool of Environmental Biology Bulletin No. 18, 71-75.

Andersen, A. N. & J. D. Majer, (2000). - The Australian rain forest ant fauna: A biogeographic overview. In: ( eds. D. Agosti, J. D. Majer, L. E. Alonso, and T. R. Schultz). . Sampling Ground-dwelling Ants: Case Studies from the Worlds' Rain Forests. Curtin UniversitySchool of Environmental Biology Bulletin No. 18, 51-58.

Majer, J. D., H. F. Recher, & N. Keals, (1999). Canopy arthropod faunas in fragmented agricultural landscapes. In: (eds. R. J. Hobbs & C. Yates) Conservation of Australia’s Temperate Woodlands. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton. 235-247.

Bisevac, L. & J. D. Majer (1999). An evaluation of invertebrates for use as success indicators for minesite rehabilitation. In: (eds. W. Ponder & D. Lunney). The Other 99%.The Conservation and Biodiversity of Invertebrates. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman. 46-49.

Mawson, P. R. & J. D. Majer (1999). The Western Australian Threatened Species Committee: lessons from invertebrates. ). The Other 99%.The Conservation and Biodiversity of Invertebrates. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman. 369-373.

Horwitz, P., H. F. Recher & J. D. Majer (1999). Putting invertebrates on the agenda: political and beaurocratic challenges. ). The Other 99%.The Conservation and Biodiversity of Invertebrates. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman. 398-406.

Majer, J. D. (1999). Invertebrate fauna. In: Worsley Alumina Boddington Gold Mine Project. Flora and Fauna Studies. Worsley Alumina Pty. Ltd., Perth. 91-126.

Majer, J. D., Brennan, K. & Bisevac, L. (2002). Terrestrial invertebrates. In: (eds. A. J. Davy & M. R. Perrow). Handbook of Ecological Restoration. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 279-299.

Majer, J. D., & Brennan, K. (2004). Conservation and biodiversity of spiders in Western Australian jarrah forest: untangling multiple disturbance effects from burning and mining. In: (ed. D. Lunney) Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman 914-935.

Dunn, R., Gove, A. & Majer, J. (in press). Seed dispersal mutualisms with ants and patterns of plant diversity in western Australia . In: (eds Vilela, E. F., Santos, I. A., Schoereder, J. H. Campos, L. A. O. & Serrão, J. E.). Fronteiras do conhecimento em Insetos Socais. Editora Universidade Federal de Viçosa, MG. 178 p.

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