Dr Alister Spain
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow M.Agr.Sc., Ph.D. (ANU) |
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Research
Biology and ecology of soils, rehabilitation of degraded lands (notably mine sites).
Selected Publications
Blackman, J.G., Spain, A.V., Preece, H.J. and Whiteley, L.A. 1993. Queensland, pp. 6-1 to 6-115 in A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia, (eds S. Usback and R. James), Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra.
Dawes-Gromadzki, T. and Spain, A.V. 2003. Seasonal patterns in the activity and species richness of surface-foraging termites (Isoptera) at paper baits in a tropical Australian savanna. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 19, 449-456.
Lavelle, P. and Spain, A.V. (2001) Soil Ecology, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, 654 pp, (reprinted with minor changes April, 2005).
Spain, A.V., Esterle, J. and McLennan, T.P.T. 1995. Information from geology: implications for soil formation and rehabilitation in post coalmining environment, Bowen Basin, Australia.pp. 147-151 in Bowen Basin Symposium 1995 - 150 Years On, (eds I.L. Follington, J.W. Beeston and L.H. Hamilton), Geological Society of Australia Incorporated, Coal Geology Group, Brisbane.
Spain, A.V ., Ludwig, J., Tibbett, M., Tongway, D. 2009. Ecological and Minesoil Development Studies at the Rio Tinto Alcan Gove Mine Site, Gove, NT, Final Report, Volume One - Text. Centre for Land Rehabilitation, University of Western Australia, Perth, 455pp. (ISBN: 978 1 74052 170 3).
Taylor, G., A. Spain, Nefiodovas, A., Timms, G., Kuznetsov, V. and Bennett, J. 2003. Determination of the reasons for deterioration of the Rum Jungle waste rock cover.Australian Centre for Mining Environmental Research, PO Box 883, Kenmore Qld 4069, Australia (ISBN 0 9577966 9 2 (CD-ROM), ISBN 0 9577966 8 4 (Paperback)).
Worrall, R., Spain, A.V. and Tibbett, M. 2008. Establishment of native tree species on coal tailings—lessons from Ebenezer Mine, Queensland, Australia, in A.B. Fourie, A.B., Tibbett, M., Weiersbye, I.M. and Dye, P.J. (eds) Mine Closure 2008, Proceedings of the Third International Seminar on Mine Closure, 14-17th October 2008, Johannesburg, South Africa, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, ISBN 978-0-9804185-6-9, pp 739-750.
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