By Professor Shawn Laffan

Journal articles

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

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

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

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

Highfield L; Ward MP; Laffan SW; Norby B; Wagner GS, 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

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

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

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

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

Rosauer DF; Laffan SW; Crisp MD; Donnellan S; Cook L, 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

Huang ZF; Laffan SW, 2009, 'Sensitivity analysis of a decision tree derived forest type mapping to input data errors', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 23, pp. 1433 - 1452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658810802634949

Highfield L; Ward MP; Laffan SW; Norby B; Wagner GS, 2009, 'The impact of seasonal variability in wildlife populations on the predicted spread of foot and mouth disease', Veterinary Research, 40, pp. 18 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/vetres:2009001

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

Bickford SA; 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

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

Taylor MD; Laffan SW; Fielder D; 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

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

Van Niel K; Laffan SW, 2003, 'Gambling with randomness: the use of pseudo-random number generators in GIS', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE, 17, pp. 49 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713811743

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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