By Professor Shawn Laffan

Journal articles

Cowled BD; Ward MP; Laffan SW; Negus K; Galea F; Garner MG; MacDonald A; Marsh I; Muellner P; Sarre S; Quasim S; Woolnough A, 2012, 'Integrating survey and molecular approaches to better understand wildlife disease ecology', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. Article numbere46310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046310

Burley HM; Laffan SW; Williams KJ, 2012, 'Spatial non-stationarity and anisotropy of compositional turnover in eastern Australian Myrtaceae species', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 26, pp. 2065 - 2081, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2012.692371

Amboni M; Laffan SW, 2012, 'The effect of species range estimation methods on richness and phylogenetic diversity estimates: A comparison of four methods using Australian marsupials', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 26, pp. 2097 - 2109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2012.717627

Kooyman RM; Rossetto M; Laffan SW, 2012, 'Using Australian Virtual Herbarium data to find all the woody rain forest plants in Australia', Cunninghamia, 12, pp. 177 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.7751/cunninghamia.2012.12.014

Ward MP; Laffan SW; Highfield L, 2011, 'Disease spread models in wild and feral animal populations: application of artificial life models', Revue Scientifique et Technique de L Office International des Epizooties, 30, pp. 437 - 446, http://web.oie.int/boutique/index.php?page=ficprod&id_produit=944&fichrech=1&lang=en

Zhang K; Laffan SW; Ramp D; Webster E, 2011, 'Incorporating a distance cost in systematic reserve design', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 25, pp. 393 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2010.517753

Gold A; Ramp D; Laffan SW, 2011, 'Potential lantana invasion of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area under climate change', Pacific Conservation Biology, 17, pp. 54 - 67, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=300638286674943;res=IELHSS

Roger E; Laffan SW; Ramp D, 2011, 'Road impacts a tipping point for wildlife populations in threatened landscapes', Population Ecology, 53, pp. 215 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10144-010-0209-6

Gonzales-Orozco CE; Laffan SW; Miller JT, 2011, 'Spatial distribution of species richness and endemism of the genus Acacia in Australia', Australian Journal of Botany, 59, pp. 600 - 608, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT11112

Laffan SW; Wang Z; Ward MP, 2011, 'The effect of neighbourhood definitions on spatio-temporal models of disease outbreaks: separation distance versus range overlap', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 102, pp. 218 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.07.009

Kulheim C; Yeoh S; Wallis IR; Laffan SW; Moran GF; Foley WJ, 2011, 'The molecular basis of quantitative variation in foliar secondary metabolites in Eucalyptus globulus', New Phytologist, 191, pp. 1041 - 1053, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03769.x

Van Niel K; Laffan SW, 2011, 'There is no good excuse for a bad random number generator: a reply to Barry', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 25, pp. 531 - 539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658811003702154

Laffan SW; Lubarsky E; Rosauer DF, 2010, 'Biodiverse, a tool for the spatial analysis of biological and related diversity', Ecography, 33, pp. 643 - 647, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06237.x

Laffan SW, 2010, 'The citation relationships between journals of geography and cognate disciplines', Geographical Research, 48, pp. 166 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-5871.2009.00617.x

Constantinou NE; Rogers TL; Laffan SW; Warton DI, 2010, 'Determining the spatial distribution of an Antarctic top predator using passive acoustics.', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127, pp. 1825 - 1825, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.3384228

Highfield LD; Ward MP; Laffan SW; Norby B; Wagner GG, 2010, 'Critical parameters for modelling the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in wildlife', Epidemiology and Infection, 138, pp. 125 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268809002829

Zhang K; Laffan SW; Zhang S, 2010, 'A spatial approach to select pilot counties for programs to correct the biased sex ratio at birth in Shandong province, China', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 24, pp. 403 - 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658810902839174

Wang D; Laffan SW; Liu Y; Wu L, 2010, 'Morphometric characterisation of landform from DEMs', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 24, pp. 305 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658810802467969

Highfield L; Ward MP; Laffan SW; Norby B; Wagner GS, 2010, 'The impact of potential mitigation strategies on the predicted spread of foot and mouth disease in white-tailed deer in south Texas', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 94, pp. 282 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.01.015

Huang Z; Laffan SW, 2009, 'Sensitivity analysis of a decision tree classification to input data errors using a general Monte Carlo error sensitivity model', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 23, pp. 1433 - 1452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658810802634949

Rosauer D; Laffan SW; Crisp MD; Donnellan SC; Cook LG, 2009, 'Phylogenetic endemism: A new approach for identifying geographical concentrations of evolutionary history', Molecular Ecology, 18, pp. 4061 - 4072, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04311.x

Highfield LD; Ward MP; Laffan SW; Norby B; Wagner G, 2009, 'The impact of seasonal variability in wildlife populations on the predicted spread of foot and mouth disease', Veterinary Research, 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/vetres:2009001

Moles AT; Warton DI; Warman L; Swenson N; Laffan SW; Zanne A; Pitman AJ; Hemmings F; Leishman M, 2009, 'Global patterns in plant height', Journal of Ecology, 97, pp. 923 - 932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01526.x

Ward MP; Laffan SW; Highfield L, 2009, 'Modelling spread of foot-and-mouth disease in wild white-tailed deer and feral pig populations using a geographic-automata model and animal distributions', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 91, pp. 55 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.05.005

Ladd BM; Bonser SP; Peri PL; Larsen JR; Laffan SW; Pepper DA; Cendón DI, 2009, 'Towards a physical description of habitat: quantifying environmental adversity (abiotic stress) in temperate forest and woodland ecosystems', Journal of Ecology, 97, pp. 964 - 971, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01530.x

Jones SC; Laffan SW, 2008, 'Lexical similarity and endemism in historical wordlists of Australian Aboriginal languages of the greater Sydney region', Transactions of the Philological Society, 106, pp. 456 - 486, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-968X.2008.00209.x

Highfield L; Laffan SW; Ward MP, 2008, 'Representation of animal distributions in space: how geostatistical estimates impact simulation modeling of foot-and-mouth disease spread', Veterinary Research, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/vetres:2007055

Roger E; Laffan SW; Ramp D, 2007, 'Habitat selection by the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) in disturbed environments: Implications for the conservation of a `common` species', Biological Conservation, 137, pp. 437 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2007.03.001

Ward M; Laffan SW; Highfield L, 2007, 'The potential role of wild and feral animals as reservoirs of foot-and-mouth disease', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 80, pp. 9 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.01.009

Taylor MD; Laffan SD; Fielder DS; Suthers IM, 2006, 'Key habitat and home range of mulloway Argyrosomus japonicus in a south-east Australian estuary: Finding the estuarine niche to optimise stocking', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 328, pp. 237 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps328237

Bickford SA; Laffan SW, 2006, 'Multi-extent analysis of the relationship between pteridophyte species richness and climate', Global Ecology and Biogeography, pp. 060811081017003 - ???, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-822x.2006.00250.x

Laffan SW, 2006, 'Assessing regional scale weed distributions, with an Australian example using Nassella trichotoma', Weed Research, 46, pp. 194 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3180.2006.00491.x

Bickford S; Laffan SW, 2006, 'Multi-extent analysis of the relationship between pteridophyte species richness and climate', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 15, pp. 588 - 601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00250.x

Galloway M; Laffan SW; Smith P, 2006, 'Urban stormwater pollutants: A survey in three Sydney sub-catchments', Water, 33, pp. 67 - 70

Doran R; Laffan SW, 2005, 'Simulating the spatial dynamics of foot and mouth disease outbreaks in feral pigs and livestock in Queensland, Australia, using a susceptible-infected-recovered cellular automata model', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 70, pp. 133 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.03.002

Laffan SW; Nielsen O; Silcock H; Hegland M, 2005, 'Sparse grids: a new predictive modelling method for the analysis of geographic data', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 19, pp. 267 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658810512331319118

Van Niel K; Laffan SW; Lees BG, 2004, 'Effect of error in the DEM on environmental variables for predictive vegetation modelling', Journal of Vegetation Science, 15, pp. 747 - 756, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02317.x

Van Niel KP; Laffan SW; Lees BG, 2004, 'Effect of error in the DEM on environmental variables for predictive vegetation modelling', Journal of Vegetation Science, 15, pp. 747 - 747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1658/1100-9233(2004)015[0747:eoeitd]2.0.co;2

Laffan SW; Lees BG, 2004, 'Predicting regolith properties using environmental correlation: a comparison of spatially global and spatially local approaches', Geoderma, 120, pp. 241 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.09.007

Bickford S; Laffan SW; Kok R; Orthia L, 2004, 'Spatial analysis of taxonomic and genetic patterns and their potential for understanding evolutionary histories', Journal of Biogeography, 31, pp. 1715 - 1733, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01127.x

Whiteway T; Laffan SW; Wasson RJ, 2004, 'Using sediment budgets to investigate the pathogen flux through catchments', Environmental Management, 34, pp. 516 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-003-0168-1

Laffan SW; Crisp MD, 2003, 'Assessing endemism at multiple spatial scales with an example from the Australian vascular flora', Journal of Biogeography, 30, pp. 511 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00875.x

Van Niel K; Laffan SW, 2003, 'Gambling with randomness: The use of pseudorandom number generators in GIS', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 17, pp. 49 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713811743

Laffan SW, 2002, 'Using process models to improve spatial analysis', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 16, pp. 245 - 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658810110099107

Crisp MD; Laffan SW; Linder HP; Monro A, 2001, 'Endemism in the Australian flora', Journal of Biogeography, 2001, pp. 183 - 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00524.x

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