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Professor Jonathan Majer
Head, Department of Environmental Biology

Email: J.Majer@curtin.edu.au
Phone: +61 8 9266 7041
Fax: +61 8 9266 2495
Address: Curtin University of Technology,
GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845


Professional Journal Articles (refereed)

Majer, J. D. (1972). The ant mosaic in Ghana cocoa farms. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 62, 151-160.

Majer, J. D. (1973). Observations on the activity pattern of the forest giant rat Cricetomys emini (Mammalia: Cricetidae). Mammalia, 37, 390-393

Majer, J. D. (1973). Seasonality of the cocoa-pod-husk miner (Marmara sp., Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science, 6, 177-184.

Majer, J. D. (1975). The pattern of leaf production in cocoa and its influence on insect distribution and abundance. Cocoa Growers' Bulletin, 22, 18-24.

Majer, J. D. (1976). The ant mosaic in Ghana cocoa farms: further structural considerations. Journal of Applied Ecology, 13, 145-155.

Majer, J. D. (1976). The maintenance of the ant mosaic in Ghana cocoa farms. Journal of Applied Ecology, 13, 123-144.

Majer, J. D. (1976). The influence of ants and ant manipulation on the cocoa farm fauna. Journal of Applied Ecology,13, 157-175.

Majer, J. D. (1977). Preliminary survey of the epigaeic invertebrate fauna, with particular reference to ants, in areas of different land use a Dwellingup, Western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management, 1, 321-334.

Majer, J. D. (1978). An improved pitfall trap for sampling ants and other epigaeic invertebrates. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society,17, 261-262.

Majer, J. D. (1978). The influence of blanket and selective spraying on ant distribution in a West African cocoa farm. Revista Theobroma (Brasil), 8, 87-93.

Majer, J. D. (1980). The influence of ants on broadcast and naturally spread seed in rehabilitated bauxite mined areas. Reclamation Review, 3, 3-9.

Majer, J. D. (1980). A flowering calendar for Karragullen, a northern Jarrah forest locality. W. A. Herbarium Research Notes, No. 5, 19-28.

Koch, L. E. and J. D. Majer (1980). A phenological investigation of various invertebrates in forest and woodland areas in the south-west of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 63, 21-28. -
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000180/>

Woodroff, S. & J. D. Majer (1981). Colonisation of ants on the exposed banks of the Canning Cam reservoir. Australian Entomological Magazine,8, 41-46. -
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000182/>

Majer, J. D. (1982). The foraging activity of some West African cocoa farm ants. Revista Theobroma (Brasil), 12, 155-162.

Majer, J. D & L. E. Koch (1982). Seasonal activity of hexapods in wood-land and forest leaf litter in the south-west of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 63, 37-45. -
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000179/>

Majer, J. D., M. Sartori, R. Stone & W. S. Perriman (1982). Recolonisation by ants and other invertebrates in rehabilitated mineral sand mines near Eneabba, Western Australia. Reclamation and Revegetation Research, 1, 63-81.

Southwell, L. T. & J. D. Majer (1982). The survival and growth of Eisenia foetida (Savigny) (Lumbricidae: Oligochaeta) in alkaline red mud soils associated with the bauxite refining process. Pedobiologia, 23, 42-52.

Majer, J. D. (1983). Notes on a deformed worker of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Entomological Magazine, 10, 11-12. -
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000183/>

Majer, J. D. (1983). Ants - useful bioindicators of minesite rehabilitation, land use and land conservation status. Environmental Management, 7, 375-383.

Rossbach, M. H. & J. D. Majer (1983). A preliminary survey of the ant fauna of the Darling Plateau and Swan Coastal Plain near Perth. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 66, 85-90. -
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000178/>

Majer, J. D. (1984). Short-term responses of soil and litter invertebrates to a cool autumn burn in jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest in Western Australia. Pedobiologia, 26, 229-247.

Majer, J. D. (1984). Recolonisation of ants in rehabilitated open-cut mines in northern Australia. Reclamation and Revegetation Review, 2, 279-298.

Majer, J. D. (1984). The influence of ants on seeding operations in northern Australian mined areas. Reclamation and Revegetation Review, 2, 299-313.

Majer, J. D., J. E. Day, E. D. Kabay & W. S. Perriman (1984). Recolonisation by ants in bauxite mines rehabilitated by a number of different methods. Journal of Applied Ecology, 21, 355-375.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000274/>

Majer, J. D. (1985). Recolonisation by ants of rehabilitated mineral sand mines on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, with particular reference to seed removal. Australian Journal of Ecology, 10, 31-48.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000166/>

Majer, J. D. and B. B. Lamont (1985). Removal of seed of Grevillea pteridifolia by ants. Australian Journal of Botany, 33, 611-618.

Faithfull, M. J., J. D. Majer & A. C. Postle (1985). Some notes on the occurrence and seasonality of Austromerope poultoni Killington (Mecoptera) in Western Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine, 12, 57-60.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000184/>

Majer, J. D. & K. R. Brown (1986). The effects of urbanisation on the ant fauna of the Swan Coastal Plain near Perth, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 69, 13-17.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000177/>

Postle, A. C., J. D. Majer & D. T. Bell (1986). Soil and litter invertebrates and litter decomposition in jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest affected by jarrah dieback fungus (Phytophthora cinnamomi). Pedobiologia, 29, 47-69.

Majer, J. D. & H. F. Recher (1988). Invertebrate communities on Western Australian eucalypts: a comparison of branch clipping and chemical knockdown procedures. Australian Journal of Ecology, 13, 269-278.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000165/>

Majer, J. D. (1989). Terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Banksia woodlands. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 71, 95-96.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000176/>

Majer, J. D. (1990). The arboreal ants in some Australian forests, with particular reference to their abundance and diversity in rainforests. Biotropica, 21, 193-220.

Majer, J. D., H. F. Recher, W. S. Perriman & N. Achuthan (1990). Spatial variation of invertebrate abundance within the canopies of two Australian eucalypt forests. Studies in Avian Biology, 13, 65-72.

Portlock, C. C., S. R. Shea, J. D. Majer & D. T. Bell (1990). Stimulation of germination of Acacia pulchella: laboratory basis for forest management options. Journal of Applied Ecology,27, 319-324.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000273/>

Majer, J. D. (1992). Ant recolonisation of rehabilitated bauxite mines of Poços de Caldas, Brasil. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 8,97-108.

Majer, J. D. & P. Camer-Pesci (1991). The ant mosaic in tropical Australian tree crops and native ecosystems - Is there a mosaic? Biotropica,23,173-181.

Majer, J. D. & A. E. de Kock (1992). Ant recolonisation of sand mines near Richards Bay, South Africa - an evaluation of progress with rehabilitation. South African Journal of Science, 88, 31-36.

Van Schagen, J. J., J. D. Majer & R. J. Hobbs (1992) Biology of Ochrogaster lunifer Herrich-Schaeffer (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoedae), a defoliator of Acacia acuminata Bentham, in the Western Australian wheatbelt. Australian Entomological Magazine, 19, 19-24. Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000185/>

Ward, S. C., J. D. Majer & A. M. O'Connell (1991). Decomposition of eucalypt litter on rehabilitated bauxite mines. Australian Journal of Ecology,16,251-257.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000164/>

Majer, J. D., H. F. Recher & S. Ganeshanandam (1992). Variation in foliar nutrients in Eucalyptus trees in eastern and Western Australian. Australian Journal of Ecology, 17, 383-393.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000163/>

Van Schagen, J. J., R. J. Hobbs & J. D. Majer (1992). Defoliation of trees in roadside corridors and remnant vegetation in the Western Australian wheatbelt. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 75, 75-81.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000175/>

Greenslade, P. & J. D. Majer (1993). Recolonisation by Collembola of rehabilitated bauxite mines in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology, 18, 385-394.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000162/>

Burbidge, A. H., K. Leicester, S. McDavitt, & J. D. Majer (1992). Ants as indicators of disturbance at Yanchep National Park, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 75, 89-95.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000174/>

Majer, J. D. & M. V. B. Queiroz (1993). Distribution and abundance of ants in a Brazilian subtropical coffee plantation. Papua New Guinea Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 36, 29-35.

Park, H. C., J. D Majer,. R. J. Hobbs & T. V. Bae (1993). Harvesting rate of the termite, Drepanotermes tamminensis (Hill) within native woodland and shrubland of the Western Australian wheatbelt. Ecological Research, 8, 269-275.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000186/>

Park, H. C., J. D. Majer & R. J. Hobbs (1994) Influence of vegetation and soil types on the wheatbelt termite, Drepanotermes tamminensis (Hill), in the Western Australian wheatbelt. Ecological Research, 9, 151 - 158.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000187/>

Majer, J. D. (1993). Control of argentine ants, Linepithema humile (Mayr), in Western Australia - the past, present and future. Harvest, 15, 10-12.

Majer, J. D., J. H. C. Delabie & M. R. B. Smith (1994). Arboreal ant community patterns in Brazilian cocoa farms. Biotropica, 26, 73 - 83.

Majer, J. D. & J. H. C. Delabie (1993). An evaluation on Brazilian cocoa farm ants as potential biological control agents. Journal of Plant Protection in the Tropics, 10, 43-49.

Majer, J. D. & J. H. C. Delabie (1994). Comparison of the ant communities of annually inundated and terra firme forests at Trombetas in the Brazilian Amazon. Insectes Sociaux, 41, 343-359.

Majer, J. D., H. F. Recher & A. C. Postle,(1994). Comparison of arthropod species richness in eastern and western Australian canopies: a contribution to the species number debate. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 36, 121 - 131.

Recher, H. F. & J. D. Majer (1994). On the selection of tree species by Acanthizidae in open-forest near Sydney, New South Wales. Emu, 94, 239-245.

Majer, J. D. (1994). Introduction of ants as potential biological control agents, with particular reference to cocoa. Harvest, 16, 1 -4.

Park, H. C., J. D. Majer & R. J. Hobbs (1994). Contribution of the Western Australian wheatbelt termite, Drepanotermes tamminensis (Hill), to the soil nutrient budget. Ecological Research, 9, 351-356.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000188/>

Majer, J. D. & H. F. Recher (1994). Restoration ecology: an international science. Restoration Ecology,2, 215-217.

Simmonds, S. J., J. D. Majer & O. G. Nichols (1994). A comparative study of spider (Araneae) communities of rehabilitated bauxite mines and surrounding forest in the south west of Western Australia. Restoration Ecology,2, 247-260.

Majer, J. D. (1996). Ant recolonization of rehabilitated bauxite mines at Trombetas, Pará, Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology,12, 257 - 273.

Park, H. C., T. V. Bae, & J. D. Majer (1994). Influence of vegetation and soil types on the mound density and distribution of the wheatbelt termite in Western Australia using a geographic information system. Korean Journal of Entomology,33, 153-158.

Majer, J. D. & G. Beeston (1996). Biodiversity integrity index: An illustration using ants in Western Australia. Conservation Biology,10, 65-73.

Recher, H. F., J. D. Majer & S. Ganesh (1996). Seasonality of canopy invertebrate communities in eucalypt forests of eastern and western Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology, 21, 64-80.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000161/>

Recher, H. F., Majer, J. D. and Ganesh, S. (1996). Eucalypts, insects and birds: on the relationship between foliar nutrients and species richness. Forest Ecology and Management, 85, 177-195.

Norwood, C., G Wardell-Johnson, J. D. Majer & M. Williams (1995). Short-term influences of edge and gap creation on bird populations in jarrah forest near Dwellingup, Western Australia. Australian Forestry,58, 48-57.

Majer, J. D., H. F. Recher & N. Keals (1996) Branchlet shaking: a method for sampling tree canopy arthropods under windy conditions. Australian Journal of Ecology, 21,229-234.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000160/>

Park, H. C., J. P. G. Orsini, J. D. Majer, & R. J. Hobbs (1996) A model of litter harvesting by the Western Australian wheatbelt termite, Drepanotermes tamminensis (Hill), with particular reference to nutrient dynamics. Ecological Research, 11, 69-78.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000189/>

Majer, J. D. (1996). The use of pitfall traps for sampling ants and other invertebrate fauna. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria, 56, 323 - 329.

Majer, J. D., J. H. C. Delabie & N. L. McKenzie (1997). Effect of forest edges on the litter ant fauna of Atlantic rain forest in Bahia, Brazil. Insectes Sociaux, 44,255-266.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000283/>

Majer, J. D. & O. G. Nichols (1998). Long-term recolonization patterns of ants in Western Australian rehabilitated bauxite mines, with reference to use as indicators of restoration success. Journal of Applied Ecology, 35, 161-181.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000272/>

Tassone, R. & . J. D. Majer (1997). Abundance of arthropods in tree canopies of Banksia woodland on the Swan Coastal Plain. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 80, 281-286.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000173/>

Bisevac, L. & J. D. Majer (1999). Comparative study of ant communities of rehabilitated mineral sand mines and surrounding heathland, Western Australia. Restoration Ecology.7. 117-126.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000181/>

Majer, J. D. & H. F. Recher (1999). Are eucalypts Brazils friend or foe? An entomological viewpoint. Annals of the Entomological Society of Brazil.28, 185-200.

Majer, J. D. & J. H. C. Delabie (1999). Impact of tree isolation on ground ant communities in cleared pasture in the Atlantic rain forest region of Bahia, Brazil. Insectes Sociaux.46, 281-290.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000285/>

Brennan, K. E. C., J. D. Majer & N. Reygaert (1999). Determination of an optimal pitfall trap size for sampling spiders in a Western Australian Jarrah forest. Invertebrate Biodiversity and Conservation.3, 297-307.

Majer, J. D., Recher, H. F. & Ganesh, S. (2000). Diversity patterns of eucalypt canopy arthropods in eastern and western Australia. Ecological Entomology 25, 295-306.

Bhullar, S. & Majer, J. D. (2000). Street trees for wildlife and for people. Pacific Conservation Biology, 6, 171-173.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000240/>

Evelegh, N. C. P., Majer, J. D. & Recher, H. F. (2001). The effects of reducing bird predation on canopy arthropods of marri Eucalyptus calophylla saplings on the Swan Coastal Plain. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 84, 13-21.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000172/>

Saffer, V. M., Brown, E. M., Hopper, S. D., Dell, J., Wills, R. T., Burbidge, A. H. & Majer, J. D. (2000). Pollination and revegetation in the south west of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 22, 221-279.

Majer, J. D. (2000). The biodiversity integrity index; an example using ants in the Avon River Basin. Ecological Management and Restoration 1,232- 234.

Radho-Toly, S., J. D. Majer & C. Yates (2001) Influence of fire on leaf nutrients, arthropod fauna and herbivory of native and exotic eucalypts in Kings park, Perth, Western Australia. Austral Ecology, 26, 500-506.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000168/>

Majer, J. D., R. L. Kitching, B. E. Heterick, K. Hurley & K. E. C. Brennan (2001). North-South patterns within arboreal ant assemblages from rain forests in eastern Australia. Biotropica, 33, 643-661.

Heterick, B. E., J. Casella & J. D. Majer (2000). Influence of Argentine and coastal brown ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) invasions on ant communities in Perth gardens, Western Australia. Urban Ecosystems, 4, 277-292.

Kain, J., B. E. Heterick & J. D. Majer (2002). Colonisation by ants of a planted bush garden plot in Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 23, 173-180.

Majer, J. D., H. F. Recher, B. E. Heterick & A. C. Postle (2002). The canopy, bark, soil and litter fauna of the Darling Plateau and adjacent woodland near Perth, Western Australia, with reference to the diversity of forest and woodland invertebrates. Pacific Conservation Biology 7, 229-239.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000241/>

Brennan, K. E. C., M. L. Moir & J. D. Majer (in press). Exhaustive sampling in a Southern Hemisphere global biodiversity hotspot: Inventorying species richness and assessing endemicity of the little known jarrah forest spiders. Pacific Conservation Biology X, xxx-xxx.

dos Anjos, N., J . D. Majer & A . D. Loch (2002).Occurrence of the eucalypt leaf beetle, Cadmus excrementarius Suffrian (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae), in Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 85, 161-164 .
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000169/>

dos Anjos, N., J. D. Majer & A. D. Loch (2002). Spatial distribution of a chrysomelid leaf beetle (Cadmus excrementarius Suffrian) and potential damage in a Eucalyptus globules subsp. globulus plantation. Australian Forestry 65, 229-231.

Brennan, K.E.C. & Majer J.D. accepted. Refining sampling protocols for inventorying spider biodiversity: influence of drift-fence length and pitfall trap diameter. Journal of Arachnology X, xx-xx.

Moir, M. L., J. D. Majer & M. J. Fletcher (2003). New records for Hemiptera species in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 21, 353-357.

Brennan, K. E. C., J. D. Majer & J. M. Koch (2003). Using fire to facilitate faunal colonization following mining: An assessment using spiders in Western Australian jarrah forest. Ecological Management & Restoration 4, 145-147.

Majer, J. D., H. F. Recher & B. E. Heterick (2003). Trunk invertebrate faunas of Western Australian forests: Implications for global warming. Ecological Management & Restoration 4, 143-145.

Majer, J. D., H. F. Recher, R. Graham & R. Gupta (2003). Trunk invertebrate faunas of Western Australian forests and woodlands: Influence of tree species and season. Austral Ecology 28, 629-641.
Full text available at <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000167/>

Bisevac, L. & J. D. Majer (2002). Cost-effectiveness and data-yield of biodiversity surveys. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 85, 129-132.
Full text available at: <http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000171/>

Majer, J. D., S. O. Shattuck, A. N. Andersen & A. J. Beattie (2004). Australian ant research: fabulous fauna, functional groups, pharmaceuticals, and the Fatherhood. Australian Journal of Entomology 43, xx-xx.

Majer, J. D. & H. F. Recher (in press). Effects of bird predation on canopy arthropods in wandoo Eucalyptus wandoo woodland. Austral Ecology, X, xx-xx.

Majer, J. D., R. D. Cocquyt & H. F. Recher (in press). Powdery bark in Eucalyptus accedens deters arthropods? An evaluation using ants. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 87, 81-83.

Gunawardene, N. & J. D. Majer (2004). Ants of the southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia: An investigation into patterns of association. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 22, 219-239.

Andersen, A. N. & J. D. Majer (2004). Ants show the way Down-Under: invertebrates as bioindicators in land management: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2, 291-298.

Moir, M. L., K. E. C. Brennan, J. D. Majer, M. L. Fletcher & J. M. Koch (2005). Toward an optimal sampling protocol for Hemiptera on understorey plants. Journal of Insect Conservation, 9, 3-20.

Gunawardene, N. R. & J. D. Majer (in press). An investigation into the effects of fire on ant communities in the Gibson Desert Nature Reserve, Western Australia. Journal of Arid Environments, 63, 725-739.

Gove, A. D., J. D. Majer & V. Rico-Gray (in press). Methods for conservation outside of formal reserve systems: the case of ants in the seasonally dry tropics of Veracruz, Mexico. Biological Conservation, 126, 328-338. (PDF file available from Jonathan Majer)

Moir, M. L., K. E. C. Brennan, J. D. Majer, M. L. Fletcher & J. M. Koch in press. Restoration of a forest ecosystem: the effects of vegetation and dispersal capabilities on the reassembly of plant-dwelling arthropods. Forest Ecology and Management, 217, 294-306. (PDF file available from Jonathan Majer)

Turner, S. R., B. Pearce, D. Rokich, R. R. Dunn, D. J. Merritt, J. Majer and K. W. Dixon in press. Influence of Polymer Seed coatings, soil Raking, and time of sowing on seedling performance in post mining restoration. Restoration Ecology X, xx-xx.

Majer, J. D., K. E. C. Brennan & M. L. Moir in press. Invertebrates in ecosystem restoration: Thirty years of research in land rehabilitation following mining. Restoration Ecology X, xx-xx.

Majer, J. D., H. F. Recher, R. Graham & R. Gupta in press. Trunk invertebrate faunas of Western Australian forests and woodlands: Seeking causes of patterns along a west-east gradient. Austral Ecology X, xx-xx. #104 (PDF file available from Jonathan Majer)

Gove, A. D. & J. D. Majer (2006). Do isolated trees encourage arboreal ant foraging at ground level? Quantification of ant activity and the influence of season, in Veracruz, Mexico. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 113, 272-276. #105 (PDF file available from Jonathan Majer)

Brennan, K. E. C., L. Ashby, J. D Majer, M. L. Moir & J. M. Koch (in press). Higher taxon surrogacy and the reassembly of a forest spider (Araneae) assemblage following prescribed burning. Forest Ecology and Management X, xx-xx.

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Prof. Jonathan Majer
Prof. Jonathan Majer