Dr Greg Johnston

Position/s:Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Phone: +61 8 82015677
Email:
Location: Biological Sciences (110)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Qualifications

BSc Zoology   University of Adelaide   1989
BSc(Hons)    Anatomy & Histology    University of Adelaide   1990
PhD   Biological Sciences Flinders University    1997

Honours, awards and grants

  • Kreitman Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ben Gurion University, Israel 1997-1999
  • Smithsonian Research Fellowship 2000
  • Churchill Fellowship 2004
  • Honorary Research Associate, South Australian Museum
  • Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Adelaide

Research and supervision

RHD research supervision

Current

Associate supervisor: Biology (2);

Publications

Book chapters
Johnston, G. and Wiebkin, A. (2008). Birds of Gulf St Vincent. In S A Shepherd, S Bryars, I kirkegaard, P harbison & J Jennings, ed. Natural History of Gulf St Vincent. Adelaide, South Australia: Royal Society of South Australia, pp. 324-338.
Johnston, G. and Harbison, P. (2005). The Barker Inlet-Port River Estuary. In Christopher B Daniels & Catherine J tait, ed. Adelaide: nature of a city. Adelaide, SA: Biocity: Centre for Urban Habitats, pp. 286-311.
Refereed journal articles
Hogan, F., Weaving, M., Johnston, G. and Gardner, M.G. (2012). Isolation and characterisation via 454 sequencing of microsatellites from the tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides (Class Aves, Family Podargidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 60(2), pp.133-136. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO12062.
Riordan, J.A., Gardner, M.G., Fitch, A.J. and Johnston, G. (2012). Isolation, via 454 sequencing, and characterisation of microsatellites for Phalacrocorax fuscescens, the black-faced cormorant (Aves:Phalacrocoracidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 60(5), pp.340-342. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO12084.
Boonseub, S., Johnston, G. and Linacre, A.M.T. (2012). Identification of protected avian species using a single feather barb. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 57(6), pp.1574-1577. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02206.x.
Read, J., Johnston, G. and Morley, T. (2011). Predation by snakes thwarts trial reintroduction of the endangered woma python aspidites ramsayi. Oryx, 45(4), pp.505-512. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605310001110.
Sanderson, K.J., Napier, G.M. and Johnston, G. (2010). Observations of a large colony of bats roosting in a church. Australian Mammalogy, 32, pp.161-163.
Johnston, G. (2010). Growth and survivorship as proximate causes of sexual size dimorphism in peninsula dragon lizards Ctenophorus fionni. Austral Ecology. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02113.x.
Caldwell, M.S., Johnston, G., McDaniel, J.G. and Warkentin, K.M. (2010). Vibrational signalling in the agonistic interactions of red-eyed treefrogs. Current Biology, 20(11), pp.1012-1017. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.03.069.
Stirnemann, I., Johnston, G., Rich, B., Robertson, G.J. and Kleindorfer, S.M. (2009). Phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) response and bill-hue wavelength increase with carotenoid supplementation in Diamond Firetails (Stagonopleura guttata). Emu, 109(4), pp.344-351. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MU08069.

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Book chapters
Daniels, C.B., Johnston, G. and Gray, C. (2010). Biodiversity of the waterways. In C.B. Daniels, ed. Adelaide?: Water of a city. Adelaide, South Australia: Wakefield Press, pp. 103-127. [online]. http://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/downloadableitems/Adelaide_Water_of_a_City_TOC+Sample_pages.pdf.
Johnston, G., Read, J. and Morley, T. (2010). Trial reintroduction of the woma python in northern South Australia. In Pritpal S. Soorae, ed. Global Re-introduction Perspectives 2010: Additional case-studies from around the globe. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: IUCB/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group, pp. 104-107.
Johnston, G. and Wiebkin, A. (2008). Birds of Gulf St Vincent. In S A Shepherd, S Bryars, I kirkegaard, P harbison & J Jennings, ed. Natural History of Gulf St Vincent. Adelaide, South Australia: Royal Society of South Australia, pp. 324-338.
Johnston, G. and Harbison, P. (2005). The Barker Inlet-Port River Estuary. In Christopher B Daniels & Catherine J tait, ed. Adelaide: nature of a city. Adelaide, SA: Biocity: Centre for Urban Habitats, pp. 286-311.
Refereed journal articles
Riordan, J.A., Gardner, M.G., Fitch, A.J. and Johnston, G. (2012). Isolation, via 454 sequencing, and characterisation of microsatellites for Phalacrocorax fuscescens, the black-faced cormorant (Aves:Phalacrocoracidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 60(5), pp.340-342. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO12084.
Boonseub, S., Johnston, G. and Linacre, A.M.T. (2012). Identification of protected avian species using a single feather barb. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 57(6), pp.1574-1577. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02206.x.
Hogan, F., Weaving, M., Johnston, G. and Gardner, M.G. (2012). Isolation and characterisation via 454 sequencing of microsatellites from the tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides (Class Aves, Family Podargidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 60(2), pp.133-136. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO12062.
Read, J., Johnston, G. and Morley, T. (2011). Predation by snakes thwarts trial reintroduction of the endangered woma python aspidites ramsayi. Oryx, 45(4), pp.505-512. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605310001110.
Johnston, G. (2010). Growth and survivorship as proximate causes of sexual size dimorphism in peninsula dragon lizards Ctenophorus fionni. Austral Ecology. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02113.x.
Caldwell, M.S., Johnston, G., McDaniel, J.G. and Warkentin, K.M. (2010). Vibrational signalling in the agonistic interactions of red-eyed treefrogs. Current Biology, 20(11), pp.1012-1017. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.03.069.
Sanderson, K.J., Napier, G.M. and Johnston, G. (2010). Observations of a large colony of bats roosting in a church. Australian Mammalogy, 32, pp.161-163.
Stirnemann, I., Johnston, G., Rich, B., Robertson, G.J. and Kleindorfer, S.M. (2009). Phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) response and bill-hue wavelength increase with carotenoid supplementation in Diamond Firetails (Stagonopleura guttata). Emu, 109(4), pp.344-351. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MU08069.
Young, K.M., Daniels, C.B. and Johnston, G. (2007). Species of street tree is important for southern hemisphere bird trophic guilds. Austral Ecology, 32(5), pp.541-550. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01726.x.
Johnston, G. and McCarthy, P. (2007). Susceptibility of bush stone-curlews (Burhinus grallarius) to sodium fluoroacetate (1080) poisoning. Emu, 107(1), pp.69-73. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MU06034.
Johnston, G. and Bouskila, A. (2007). Sexual dimorphism and ecology of the gecko, Ptyodactylus Guttatus. Journal of Herpetology, 41(3), pp.506-513. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[506:SDAEOT]2.0.CO;2.
Stuart-Fox, D. and Johnston, G. (2005). Experience overrides colour in lizard contests. Behaviour, 142(3), pp.329-350. [online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539053778265.
Johnston, G. (2005). Ctenophorus fionni (Peninsula Dragon Lizard). Cannibalism. Herpetological Review, 36(2), pp.175-175.
Stuart-Fox, D., Moussalli, A., Johnston, G. and Owens, I. (2004). Evolution of color variation in dragon lizards: quantitative tests of the role of crypsis and local adaptation. Evolution, 58(7), pp.1549-1559.
Refereed conference papers
Johnston, G., Bird, T. and Sanderson, K.J. (2003). Quantifying calls for conservation: we talk to the animals. In Mark Craig, ed. Education: the key to conservation. Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria Conference.
Journal articles
McGuire, A., Johnston, G., Robertson, G. and Kleindorfer, S.M. (2011). Comparison of survey methods for detection of the elusive Western Whipbird, Psophodes nigrogularis, with notes on its distribution. South Australian Ornithologist, 37, pp.49-59.
Morley, T. and Johnston, G. (2005). An albino Hosmer's Skink, Egernia hosmeri. Herpetofauna, 35(1), pp.62-62.
Other public research outputs
Johnston, G. and Daniels, C.B. (2006). Guest editor. Austral Ecology Special Issue - City life: new perspectives in urban ecology, 31(2), pp.113-292.

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Professional and community engagement

Expertise for media contact

  • Animal Behaviour, Ecology, Evolution & Conservation

Subject/s

  • Aggression
  • Animals
  • Behaviour
  • Biodiversity
  • Birds
  • Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Family
  • Lizards
  • Reptiles
  • Wildlife
  • Zoology


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