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Conference Proceedings (some refereed)

Majer, J. D. (1972). Studies on the flushing of cocoa in Ghana. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Cocoa Research Conference, St Augustine, Trinidad, 8-18th January, 1972, 287-295. #1

Majer, J. D. (1974). A list of insects and other invertebrates associated with cocoa (Theobroma cacao) in a Ghana cocoa farm. In: Proceedings of the 4th Conference of West African Cocoa Entomologists, Legon, Ghana, 9-13th December, 1974, 89-101. #2

Majer, J. D. (1974). The use of ants in an integrated control scheme for cocoa. In: Proceedings of the 4th Conference of West African Cocoa Entomologists, Legon, Ghana, 9-13th December, 1974, 181-190. #3

Majer, J. D. (1974). The ant mosaic in a Ghana cocoa farm and the results of its manipulation. In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London,B, 38, 22. (abstract). #4

Majer, J. D. (1977). The possible use of ant fauna as indicators of land use and of the success of rehabilitation attempts. In: Proceedings of Western Australian Entomology Workshop, Perth, 2 December, 1977, 8 (abstract). #5

Majer, J. D. (1977). A comparison of the epigaeic invertebrate fauna, with particular reference to ants, in areas of different land use at Dwellingup, Western Australia. In: Ninth Annual General Meeting of the Australian Entomological Society, Melbourne, August, 1977, (abstract). #6

Majer, J. D. (1978). The importance of invertebrates in successful land reclamation with particular reference to bauxite mine rehabilitation. In: Rehabilitation of mined lands in Western Australia (workshop proceedings), Perth, 11 October, 1978, 47-61. #7

Majer, J. D. (1978). The ecology of ants in relation to bauxite mining. In: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of Australia, 8, 9 (abstract). #8

Majer, J. D. & E. D. Kabay (1979). A case for considering invertebrates in rehabilitated areas. In: Australian Mining Industry Council 1979 Environmental Workshop Working Papers, Bunbury, September, 1979, unpaginated. #9

Majer, J. D., C. C. Portlock & S. J. Sochacki (1979). Ant-seed interactions in the northern Jarrah forest. In: Symposium on the Biology of Native Australian Plants, Perth, 6-10 August, 1979, 25 (abstract). #10

Majer, J. D. (1980). The role of invertebrates in environmental surveys. In: Ecology and Environmental Assessment in Western Australia workshop proceedings, Perth, 15 October, 1980, 41-45. #11

Majer, J. D., J. E. Day, E. D. Kabay & W. S. Perriman (1980). Recolonisation by ants in bauxite mines rehabilitated by a number of different methods. In: 11th Annual General Meeting of the Australian Entomological Society, Lyndoch, May 1980 (abstract). #12

Greenslade, P. & J. D. Majer (1980). Collembola of rehabilitated minesites in Western Australian. In: Proceedings of the 7th Inter-national Colloquium of Soil Zoology. 397-408. #13

Majer, J. D. (1981). Soil and litter invertebrates of the jarrah forest and woodland regions. In: Proceedings of Workshop on Managing Nitrogen Economies of Natural and Man-Made Forest Eco-systems, Mandurah, October 1980, 47-61. #14

Majer, J. D., M. Sartori, R. Stone & W. S. Perriman (1981). Recolonisation by ants and other invertebrates in rehabilitated mineral sand mines near Eneabba, Western Australia. In: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of Australia, 11, 3 (abstract). #15

Majer, J. D. (1982). Ants - useful bio-indicators of minesite rehabilitation, land use, or land conservation. In: The Biology of Social Insects, Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of IUSSI, Westview Press, Boulder, 105., (abstract). #16

Twigg, L., J. D. Majer and B. A. Stynes (1982). Influence of seed harvesting ants in annual ryegrass and their possible effects on the epidemiology of ryegrass toxicity. In: Proceedings of the 3rd Australasian Conference on Grassland Invertebrate Ecology, Adelaide, 30th November - 4th December, 1981, (ed. K. E. Lee). S. A. Govt. Printer Adelaide. 235-243. #17

Majer, J. D. (1983). Why should miners consider animals? In: Australian Mining Industry Council 1983 Environmental Workshop Papers, 1-17. #18

Majer, J. D. (1983). The role of fauna in mined land rehabilitation. In: 53rd ANZAAS Conference,Perth, May 1983, (abstract). #19

Majer, J. D. (1983). Assessing and promoting invertebrate return in revegetated minesites. In: Australian Mining Industry Council 1983 Environmental Workshop Papers,18-36. #20

Majer, J. D. (1984). Ant return in rehabilitated mines - an indicator of ecosystem resilience. In: (ed. B. Dell) Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Mediterranean Ecosystems, 105-106. #21

Majer, J. D.(1986). The abundance and diversity of arboreal ants in Australian sub-tropical rainforests. In: 17th AGM of the Australian Entomological Society, Tanunda. (abstract). #22

Majer, J. D. (1987). Overcoming vertigo: studies on tree canopy insect. In: 18th AGM of theAustralian Entomological Society, Cairns. (abstract). #23

Majer, J. D. (1987). Dealing with data from extensive invertebrate surveys. In: (ed. J. D. Majer) In: The Role of Invertebrates in Conservation and Biological Survey. W. A. Department of Conservation and Land Management Report, 53-64. #24

Samuel, D. E. and J. D. Majer (1988). The reclamation of lands for outdoor recreation. In: Proceedings of the 1988 International AMIC Environmental Workshop, Vol. 1, 191-232. #25

Majer, J. D. and P. Camer-Pesci (1989). The ant mosaic in tropical Australian tree crops and native ecosystems. In: Symposium on Ant-Plant Interactions, Oxford University, July 1989 (abstract). #26

Majer, J. D. (1989). Conservation status of ant communities in the Wubin-Perenjori Corridor. In: 20th AGM of the Australian Entomological Society, Sydney. (abstract). #27

Majer, J. D. (1990). Rehabilitation of disturbed land: long-term prospects for the recolonisation of fauna. In: Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia, 16, 509-517. #28

Majer, J. D. (1990). The Greening of Australia: Taking the animals into account. In: Sowing the Seeds. Direct Seeding and Natural Regeneration Conference. Greening Australia, Deakin, ACT. 17-25. #29

Majer, J. D. (1990). Ant recolonisation patterns in rehabilitated bauxite mines of southern Brasil. In: Proceedings of the 11th Conference of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Bangalore, India. 708-709. #30

Majer, J. D. & M. V. B. Queiroz (1990). The composition of ant communities in Brazilian Atlantic rainforest. In: Proceedings of the 11th Conference of the International Union for the Study of Social Insect, Bangalore, India. 704-705. #31

Kock, de A., J. D. Majer & C. Jones (1991). Ant recolonisation of sand mines near Richards Bay, South Africa - an evaluation of progress with rehabilitation. In: Proceedings of the 8th Congress of the Entomological Society of South Africa, Bloemfontein, July 1991, 138 (abstract). #32

Scougall, A. and J. D. Majer (1991). The impact of fencing on soil, flora and soil fauna in remnants of open Jam-York Gum woodlands in the Western Australian wheatbelt. In: Proceedings of the Australian Soil Science (WA Branch) Conference, Albany, September 1991, 11-30. #33

Beattie, A., B Auld,. P. Greenslade, G. Harrington, J. D. Majer, S. Morton, H. F. Recher & M. Westoby (1992). Changes in Australian terrestrial biodiversity since European settlement and into the future. In: Australia's Renewable Resources: Global Change and Sustainability, Bureau of Rural Resources Proceedings No. 14, 189-202. #34

Recher, H. F., J. D. Majer, & H. A. Ford (1991). Temporal and spatial variation in the abundance of eucalypt canopy invertebrates: the response of forest birds. In: Acta XX Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici, 1568-1575. #35

Majer, J. D. (1992). Re-establishment of ecosystem functioning in rehabilitated lands. In: (eds. J. E. Epps, D. P. Woodside & D. R. O'Neill). Proceedings of Enviromine Australia, Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Zoological Parks Board of NSW, unpaginated. #36

Majer, J. D. & P. A. Varris (1992). Prospects for ecosystem development in the Goldfields. In: Proceedings of Workshop on the Rehabilitation of Arid and Semi-Arid Areas, Goldfields Land Rehabilitation Group, Boulder. 87-96. #37

Majer, J. D. & H. F. Recher (1992). Linking of invertebrates with vertebrates - one way to promote the conservation of invertebrates. In: 23rd Annual General Meeting of Scientific Conference of the Australian Entomological Society, 20-21. (abstract). #38

Park, H. C., T. V Bae, and J. D. Majer (1993). The role of the wheatbelt termite, Drepanotermes tamminensis (Hill) in nutrient cycling within native shrubland and woodland. In: Conference of the Korean Society of Applied Entomology, 12, (abstract). #39

Majer, J. D. (1993). Costs of biodiversity assessment. In: (ed. A. J. Beattie). In: Rapid Biodiversity Assessment, Macquarie University, Sydney. 35-39. #40

Beattie, A. J., Majer, J. D. and Oliver, I. (1993). Rapid biodiversity assessment: a review. In: (ed. A. J. Beattie). In: Rapid Biodiversity Assessment, Macquarie University, Sydney. 4-14. #41

Majer, J. D., G. Beeston, S. A. Brandenburg & P. A. Varris (1994). Changes Western Australian ant biodiversity as a result of various land use practices. In: (eds. A. Lenoir, G. Arnold & M. Lepage) Les Insectes Sociaux; Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insectes,. University Paris Nord, Paris. 32, (abstract). #42

Majer, J. D., G Beeston. & S. A. Brandenburg (1994). Changes in Western Australian ant biodiversity as a result of various land use practices. In: 25th Annual General Meeting of Scientific Conference of the Australian Entomological Society, 50, (abstract). #43

Majer, J. D. & H. F. Recher (1994). Revegetation in urban areas: an opportunity for wildlife conservation. In: (ed. M. A. Scheltema). A Vision for a Greener City: The Role of Vegetation in Urban Environments,Greening Australia, Canberra. 77-89. #44

Recher, H. F., J. D. Majer, & S. Ganeshanandam (1994). Eucalypts, insects and birds: a model of forest biodiversity. In: (ed. T. Norton) Conserving Biological Diversity in Temperate Forest Ecosystems- Towards Sustainable Development, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, A. N. U., Canberra, 180-181. #45

Majer, J. D. & A. Brandenburg (1995). Invertebrate studies performed through Curtin University. In (ed. K. Wallace) Remnant Native Vegetation - Ten Years On, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth. 41-47. #46

Abensperg-Traun, M., G. W. Arnold, D. E. Steven, L. Atkins, J. Viveen, M. Gutter, & J. D. Majer (1995). Biodiversity indicators in native remnants in agricultural Western Australia. In: Conference on Invertebrate Biodiversity and Conservation, Melbourne, 27 November - 1 December, 1995. (abstract). #47

Agosti, D., J. D. Majer, L. Tennant & E. Schultz (1997).Measuring and monitoring biodiversity: Standard methods for ground-living ants. In: Tropical diversity: Origins, Maintenance and Conservation,Association for Tropical Biology, Costa Rica. 33 (abstract). #48

Majer, J. D. & E. Brown, (1998). The role of invertebrates in ecological functioning. In: (eds. C. J. Asher & L. C. Bell) Fauna Habitat Reconstruction after Mining Workshop, Australian Centre for Minesite Rehabilitation Research, Brisbane. 13-29. #49

Majer, J. D., H. F. Recher & N. Keals (1997). Canopy arthropod faunas in fragmented agricultural landscapes. In: 28th Annual General Meeting of Scientific Conference of the Australian Entomological Society, 70, (abstract). #50

Majer, J. D. (1997). The future of entomological education in Australia: A personal viewpoint. In: 28thAnnual General Meeting of Scientific Conference of the Australian Entomological Society, 23, (abstract). #51

Majer, J. D. (in press). Control of Argentine ants (Iridomyrmex humilis) in Western Australia. In: Proceedings of the International Course Update on Pest Ant Control. Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. #52

Majer, J. D. (in press). Spread of Argentine ants (Iridomyrmex humilis), with special reference to Western Australia. In: Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Pest Ants. Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. #53

Majer, J. D. (in press). Do ants play a beneficial role in Brazilian tree crops? In: Proceedings of the International Course update on Pest Ant Control. Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. #54

Majer, J. D. and M. V. B. Queiroz (in press). Distribution and abundance of ants in a Brazilian subtropical coffee plantation. In: Proceedings of the Simposio Latinoamericano Sobre Insetos Sociais Neo-tropicais, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brasil. #55

Majer, J. D. and J. H. C. Delabie (1998) Impact of fragmentation and tree isolation on arboreal and ground ant communities in cleared pasture in the Atlantic rain forest region of Bahia, Brazil. In: Proceedings of the XIII International Conference of IUSSI, 296 (abstract). #56

Majer, J. D., R. L. Kitching and B. Heterick (1998). North-South patterns within arboreal ant assemblages drom rain forests in eastern Australia. In: Proceedings of the XIII International Conference of IUSSI, 297 (abstract). #57

Majer, J. D. & H. F. Recher (1999). The insects in the trees: Are they important? Proceedings of the International Symposium on Development of Agricultural life Science and technology towards the 21 st Century. Miryang, Korea. 2-3. #58

Majer, J. D. & H. F. Recher (1999). The insects in the trees: Are they important? Proceedings of the Joint Symposia of the Korean Society of Applied Entomology and the Entomological Society of Korea. , Korea. 15-17. #59

Delabie, J. H. C. & J. D. Majer (1995) Potencial de espécies de Formicidae arborícoles dominantes paras controle biológico das pragas do cacauoreiro. Informe de pesquisas, CEPLAC, Brazil. 210 (abstract). #60

Day, C. & Majer, J. D. (1999). Leaf litter invertebrates in the Western Australian wheatbelt; recolonization of revegetation and its implications in restoring ecosystem functions and biodiversity. In: (ed. J. N. Matthiessen) Proceedings of the Seventh Australasian Conference on Grassland Invertebrate Ecology, 184-194. #61

Lyons, A. & Majer, J. D. (1999). The value of farm alleys as refugia for beneficial arthropods. In; (ed. J. N. Matthiessen) Proceedings of the Seventh Australasian Conference on Grassland Invertebrate Ecology, 165-176 #62

Ladhams, E. J., Wills, R. T. & Majer, J. D. (1999). The impact of fire on beetles and other invertebrates in dry sclerophyll bushland. In: Handbook of the 1999 Meeting of the Ecological Society of Australia. 78 (abstract) #63

Bisevac, L. & Majer, J. D. (1999). Invertebrates as success indicators for mine site rehabilitation. In: (eds. C. J. Asher & L. C. Bell) Workshop on Indicators of Ecosystem Rehabilitation Success. Australian Centre for Minesite Rehabilitation Research, Brisbane. 47-52. #64

Ladhams, E. J., Wills, R. T., Majer, J. D. & Brennan, K. C. (in press). The influence of fire regime on litter structure and associated invertebrates, with particular emphasis on beetles (Coleoptera), in Kings Park, Perth, western Australia. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Wildlife Conservation, Arizona, USA. xx-xx. #65

Radho-Toly, S., Majer, J. D. & Yates, C. (2000) The impact of herbivores on native and introduced eucalypts in burnt and unburnt areas of Kings Park bushland, Perth, Western Australia. In: Handbook of the Symposium on Insect Eucalypts Interactions, Canberra,23 (abstract). #66

Norwood, C. Y., H. F. Recher, J. D. Majer & B. Heterick (2000). The importance of bark as a foraging substance for birds. In: Handbook of the Ninth Southern hemisphere Ornithological Conference, Brisbane, 103 (abstract). #67

Heterick, B. E., J. Casella, J. E. May & J. D. Majer (2000). Influence of Argentine and coastal brown ant (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) invasions on richness and species composition of ants in gardens iin Perth, Western Australia. In: Handbook of the 23 rd International Congress of Entomology, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, 861 (abstract). #68

Majer, J. D. & L. Bisevac (2000). An evaluation of arthropods for possible use in completion criteria for minesite rehabilitation. In: Handbook of the 23 rd International Congress of Entomology, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, 108 (abstract). #69

Brennan, K. E. C., J. D. Majer, L. Ashby, M., L. Moir, J. M. Koch & O. G. Nichols (2000). Using fire to facilitate faunal colonisation following mining: an assessment using spiders. In:Proceedings of Remade Lands 2000, Fremantle, Western Australia, 46-47. #70

Recher, H. F. & Majer, D. D. (2001). Sustainable human environments and biodiversity in Western Australia. In: Sustainability 2001-The Way Ahead. Conservation Council, Perth, Western Australia, CD 1-10.

Majer, J. D. (2001). Managing the impacts of the Australian minerals industry on biodiversity. In: Mining and Sustainable Development – Making the Transition. Perth, Western Australia, unpaginated.

Majer, J. D. (2001). Invertebrates as indicators. In: Proceedings of Indicators of rehabilitation Success Workshop. Perth, Western Australia, unpaginated.

Wallis, N., Majer, J. D. & Heterick, B. E. (2001). Comparative study of ant communities of rehabilitated gold and nickel mines near Kambalda, Western Australia. In: Proceedings of Workshop on Vegetation recovery in Degraded Land Areas, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. 37-51.

Majer, J. D. (2002). Revegetation programs encourage arthropods and insectivorous birds. In: Handbook of the Third International Canopy Conference, Cairns (abstract)

Recher, H. F. & Majer J. D. (2002). Effects of bird predation on canopy arthropods in eucalypt forest. P. 26. . In: 33rd Annual General Meeting of Scientific Conference of the Australian Entomological Society, 24, (abstract).

Moir, M.L., Majer, J. D. & Koch, J. M. (2002). Evaluating sampling methods for Hemiptera on understorey plant species in the jarrah forest and rehabilitated bauxite mine sites. In: 33rd Annual General Meeting of Scientific Conference of the Australian Entomological Society, Fremantle, 22, (abstract).

Brennan, K. E. C., Majer, J. D. & Koch, J. M. (2002). Burning, mining and jarrah forest spiders: Untangling a web of multiple disturbance effects during restoration in Western Australian Jarrah forest. In: 33rd Annual General Meeting of Scientific Conference of the Australian Entomological Society, Fremmantle, 23, (abstract).

Heterick, B. E., Casella, J. & Majer, J. D. (2002). Influence of Argentine and coastal brown ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) invasions on ant communities in Perth gardens, Weatern Australia. In: 33rd Annual General Meeting of Scientific Conference of the Australian Entomological Society, Fremantle, 23, (abstract).

Majer, J. D. (2002). Assessment of biodiversity integrity: An illustration using ants and reptiles. In: Indopacific Ecosystem Health Conference 2002, Perth,.unpaginated (abstract)

Brennan, K. E. C. & Majer, J. D. (2002). Measuring humpty-dumpty: Reviewing the success of all the king’s horses and men with terrestrial invertebrates following mining. In: Indopacific Ecosystem Health Conference 2002, Perth,.unpaginated (abstract)

Brennan, K. E. C., Majer, J. D. & Koch, J. M. (2002). Burning, mining and jarrah forest spiders: untangling the web of multiple disturbance effects during restoration in Western Australian jarrah forest. Ecology 2002 Conference, Cairns, 30, (abstract)

Moir, M.L., Majer, J. D. & Koch, J. M. (2002). Bringing back the bugs: Hemipteran host-specificity in rehabilitated bauxite mines and Jarrah forest in Western Australia. Ecology 2002 Conference, Cairns, 110, (abstract)

Gunawardene, N. & J. D. Majer (2003).. An investigation into the effect of fire on ant communities in the Gibson Desert Nature reserve, Western Australia. In: 34th Australian Entomological Society/ 6th Invertebrate Biodiversity and Conservation Combined Conference, Hobart, 64, (abstract)

Minkey, D., H. Spafford Jacob & J. Majer (2003). The significance and variability of predation of weed seeds in an agricultural landscape in Western Australia. XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Canberra, 131.

Majer, J. D. & A. D. Gove (2003). Isolated trees as a tool in landscape rehabilitation – the case of ant communities. Preservation and Ecological Restoration in tropical Mining Environments, Noumea 14-15.

Majer, J. D., H. F. Recher & C, Norwood (2004). Trunk invertebrate faunas of Western Australian forests and woodlands: relationships with avifauna usage. XX11 International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, CD—rom.

Bisevac, L. & J. D. Majer (2004). Reliability of plants and various groups of animals as indicators of environmental conditions: A cross taxon analysis. XX11 International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, CD—rom.

Brennan K. E. C., O. G. Nichols & J. D. Majer (2006). A review of innovative techniques for promoting fauna return to rehabilitated sites following mining. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Challenges to the Establishment of Mined Lands, Townsville, Queensland, 30 June – 1 July 2005 edited by Bell. L.C. Australian Centre for Minerals Extension and Research, Brisbane. 55-60.

Dunn, R. R. A. D. Gove & J. D. Majer (2005). Can mutualisms with ants drive patterns of diversity? In 1st Simposió de Insetos Sociais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 7-9 December 2005. (abstract)

Gove, A. D., R. R. Dunn & J. D. Majer (2005). Extinction in a biodiversity hotspot: Are most Australian plant species found only in areas not under conservation management? Ecological Society of Australia Conference. Brisbane, Queensland. 28 November- 2 December 2005. (abstract)

Callan, S. K. & J. D Majer (2005). Impact of coastal brown ants (Pheidole megacephala) on structure and function of a threatened ecosysten, Tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) open forest. Ecological Society of Australia Conference. Brisbane, Queensland. 28 November- 2 December 2005. (abstract)

Callan, S. K. & J. D Majer (2005). Impact of coastal brown ants (Pheidole megacephala) on structure and function of ant communities in an urban bushland remnant. Seventh Invertebrate Biodiversity and Conservation Conference. Canberra, 4-9 December 2005. (abstract)

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Prof. Jonathan Majer