Publications: Articles

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Pearce S., Gibson R., Polaszek A., Morris R., Craze, P., Symondson W.O.C. & Memmott J. (2008) Biodiversity and ecosystem sevices on organic and conventional farms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Submitted for consideration Feb. 2008.

Gibson R.H., Pearce S. , Morris R.J., Symondson W.O.C., and Memmott J. (2007) Plant diversity and land use under organic and conventional agriculture: a whole-farm approach. Journal of Applied Ecology. 44(4): 792-803.

Memmott J., Gibson R., Gigante Caravalheiro L., Henson K., Huttel Heleno R., Lopezaraiza Mikel L. & Pearce S. (2007) The Conservation of Ecological Interactions. In (eds. A.J.A. Stewart, T.R. New & O.T. Lewis) Insect Conservation Biology. The Royal Entomological Society. Chapter 10, pp226-244.

Pearce S. and Zalucki M.P. (2006) Do predators aggregate in response to pest density in agroecosystems: Within-field spatial patterns? Journal of Applied Ecology. 43: 128-140. Download PDF file (226 KB)

Oliver I., Pearce S., Greenslade P.J. and Britton D. R. (2006) Contribution of paddock trees to the conservation of terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity within grazed native pastures. Austral Ecology. 31: 1-12. Download PDF file (292 KB)

Pearce S. and Zalucki M.P. (2005) Does the harvesting of lucerne (Medicago sativa) encourage the movement of arthropod pests and predators into the adjacent crop? The Australian Journal of Entomology. 44: 219-225. Download PDF file (113 KB)

Pearce S., Zalucki M.P. and Hassan E. (2005) Spider ballooning in soybean crops and non-crop areas of southeast Queensland. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 105: 273-281. Download PDF file (131 KB)

Pearce S., Hebron W., Raven R., Zalucki M.P. and Hassan E. (2004) The spider fauna of soybean crops in Southeast Queensland and their potential as predators of Helicoverpa spp. The Australian Journal of Entomology. 43: 85-93. Download PDF file (176 KB)

Pearce S., Newton R.A., Nair S. V. and Raftos D. (2001) Humoral opsonins of the tunicate, Pyura stolonifera. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 25:377-385. Download PDF file (273 KB)

Nair S. V., Pearce S., Green P. L., Mahajan D., Newton R. A. and Raftos, D. A. (1999) A collectin-like protein from tunicates. Journal of Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B 125:279-289.

Publications: Industry Articles

Pearce S. (2004) The use of naturally occurring arthropod predators for the control of Helicoverpa spp. in grain crops in southeast Queensland . Ph.D. abstract. Bulletin of the Ecology Society of Australia. 34(1): 30-31.

Johnson M.L., Pearce S., Wade M., Davies A., Silberbauer L., Gregg P. and Zalucki M.P. (2000) A Review of Beneficials in Australian Cotton Farming Systems. Report for the Cotton Research and Development Corporation. Download PDF files

Pearce S. and Zalucki M.P. (2002) Spider ballooning in crops: A web of intrigue. Australian Grain 12(4):vi-vii.

Pearce S. and Zalucki M.P. (2002) A wolf with a beneficial bite. Australian Grain 12(5):vi-vii.

Photo: Damsel bug feeding on Helicoverpa spp. eggs (A. O'Toole).

Publications: Presentations

Pearce S. and Zalucki M.P. (2004) Caught in the web: Assessing spider assemblages as ecological indicators in agroecosystems. Oral paper. Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Australia. Download abstract of talk (16KB)

Pearce S. and Zalucki M.P. (2004) Lycosidae: Dispersal, Movement and Spatial Abundance in Australian grain crops. Oral paper. Proceedings of the 16 th International Congress of Arachnology, Gent, Belgium. Download abstract of talk (16KB)

Pearce S. and Zalucki M. P. (2001) Spider ballooning: for crop colonization and movement. Poster presentation. Proceedings of the Australian Entomological Society 32nd AGM and Scientific Conference, Sydney.
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Pearce S. and Zalucki M.P. (2002) Predation of Helicoverpa spp. eggs in the field: Measuring ecosystem services provided by generalist predators. Oral paper. Proceedings of The Ecological Society of Australia Annual General meeting, Cairns.

Oral presentation at Postgraduate course in Current Ecology and Evolution, Cairns (2002).

Pearce S. and Zalucki M. P. (2002) Detecting predation in the field using molecular methods. Oral paper. Proceedings of the Australian Entomological Society 33rd AGM and Scientific conference, Fremantle.

2000, 2001, 2002 Presentations at The School of Life Science annual postgraduate meetings. The University of Queensland.

Photo: Oxyopidae female with egg sac (A. O'Toole).