School of Environmental Sciences
Assoc Prof David Watson
Selected Publications
Watson DM. 2005. Diagnosable versus distinct: evaluating species limits in birds. BioScience 55: 60-68. (PDF) [Appendix 1] [Appendix 2]
Watson, DM 2004. Beyond impact factors: using the media to ensure our research has real impact. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2: 289-291. (PDF)
Watson, DM 2004. Comparative evaluation of new approaches to survey birds. Wildlife Research 31: 1-11 (PDF)
Watson DM. 2003. Invited book review. Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: Classic Papers with Commentaries. Austral Ecology
Green DG, Watson DM. In press. Interspecific relationships. In Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Biodiversity and Conservation. Editor G. McKay. Cambridge University Press.
Watson, DM. In press. Mistletoe—a unique constituent of canopies worldwide. In: In Forest Canopies. 2nd Edition (fully revised), ed. M Loman, B Rinker, 17 ms pp. Academic Press.
Watson, DM. 2003. The “standardized search”: an improved way to conduct bird surveys. Austral Ecology 28: 515-525. (PDF)
Watson DM. 2003. Long-term consequences of habitat fragmentation: highland birds in Oaxaca, Mexico. Biological Conservation 111: 283–303. (PDF)
Watson DM. 2002. Effects of mistletoe on diversity: a case-study from southern New South Wales. Emu 102: 275–81. (PDF)
Watson DM. 2002. A conceptual framework for the study of species composition in islands, fragments and other patchy habitats. Journal of Biogeography 29: 823–34. (PDF)
Restrepo C, Sargent S, Levey D, and Watson DM. 2002. The role of vertebrates in the diversification of New World mistletoes. In: Seed Dispersal and Frugivory; Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, ed: DJ Levey, WR Silva, M Galetti. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Pp 83–98.
Watson DM. 2001 Mistletoe—a keystone resource in forests and woodlands worldwide. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 32:219–49. (PDF)
Watson DM. 2001. Mistletoe—a natural part of our forests and woodlands. Bogong (The journal of the Canberra and South-east Region Environment Centre 22(2):10–12
Watson DM. 2001. Mistletoe—nature’s one-stop shop. Wingspan 11(3):8–11
Watson, D. M., R. C. Mac Nally, and A. F. Bennett. 2000. The avifauna of remnant Buloke (Allocasuarina luehmanni) woodlands in western Victoria. Pacific Conservation Biology 6: 46–60.
Watson, D. M. 1999. Observations of pine-oak forest birds in southern Mexico. Cotinga 12: 66–69.
Watson, D. M. and Peterson, A. T. 1999. Determinants of diversity in a naturally fragmented landscape: bird faunas of humid montane forests in Mesoamerica. Ecography (Copenhagen)22: 582–589. (PDF)
Watson, D. M. and Benz, B. W. 1999. The Paint-billed Crake breeding in Costa Rica. The Wilson Bulletin 111: 422–424.
Peterson, A. T. and D. M. Watson 1998. Problems with areal definitions of endemism: the effects of spatial scale. Diversity and Distributions (formerly Biodiversity Letters) 4: 189–194. (PDF)
Watson, D. M. 1998. Invited book review; Tropical Forest Remnants: Ecology, management and conservation of fragmented communities. Journal of Mammalogy 79: 1084–1088.
Watson, D. M. 1997. The importance of mistletoe to the White-fronted Honeyeater Phylidonyris albifrons in Western Victoria. Emu 97: 174–177. (PDF)
Mac Nally, R.C. and D. M. Watson. 1997. How does habitat-island area affect species richness? Birds in Victorian Buloke remnants. Australian Journal of Ecology 22: 227–232
Watson, D. M. 1995. Black Honeyeaters in the Wimmera. Australian Bird Watcher 16: 166–167.
Selected Presentations
2002: Towards an improved approach to terrestrial bird surveys. Second joint conference of the Ecological Society of Australia and the New Zealand Ecological Society. Cairns.
2002: The relationship between body mass and clutch volume in birds. Co-authored with, and presented by Susan E. Anderson. XXIII International Ornithological Congress, Beijing China.
2002: Mistletoe as a keystone resource—a progress report. 3rd International Canopy Conference, Cairns.
2001: The relationship between body mass and clutch volume in birds. Co-authored with, and presented by Susan E. Anderson. Inaugural Australian Ornithological Conference, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst.
2001: Effects of mistletoe on diversity: an experimental vignette from southern New South Wales. Inaugural Australian Ornithological Conference, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst.
2001: Avian dynamics in an open forest fragment: insights from a 27-year banding study. Co-authored with Andrew Fisher and David Goldney, presented by Andrew Fisher. Inaugural Australian Ornithological Conference, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst.
2001: Fragments, Islands and the neglected role of history. Featured in introductory session of Ecology of Insular Biotas Conference, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
2000: Mistletoe—a determinant of diversity in forests and woodlands? 2nd Southern Hemisphere Ornithological Congress, Griffith University, Brisbane.
1999: Determinants of diversity in Mesoamerican highland birds: history, ecology, and latitude. Joint meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution and the American Society of Naturalists. University of Wisonsin, Madison.
Long-term effects of habitat fragmentation: bird faunas of montane forests in Oaxaca, Mexico. 117th Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
1998: The importance of temporal scale on the effects of habitat fragmentation: an overview. North American Ornithological Congress, St. Louis, Missouri.
The long-term effects of habitat fragmentation: a review. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in conjunction with the American Institute of Biological Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland.
The application of habitat ordinations to ornithology: botany for birders. 50th Annual Meeting of the Kansas Ornithological Society, Lawrence, Kansas.
1997: Mistletoe: a key determinant of bird diversity in Australian woodlands. 78th Annual Meeting of the Wilson Ornithological Society and the Annual Spring Meeting of the Kansas Ornithological Society, Manhattan, Kansas.
1996: Bird faunas of the humid montane forests of Mesoamerica: an analysis of distribution and diversity patterns. 114th Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union and 1996 meeting of the Raptor Research Foundation, Boise Idaho.
1995: The dynamics of bird communities in a fragmented landscape—a case study from southern Australia. 113th Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Cincinnati Ohio.