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Dr Maria Melo Hurtado

Research Officer
School of the Environment
m.melo@uq.edu.au
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Publications

Journal Articles (11)
Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Melo, Maria C., Wyckhuys, Kris A. G., Dhoj, G. C. Yubak and Furlong, Michael J. (2024). Pest management research is not geared toward transformability. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 8 1375065, 1-6. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1375065
Wyckhuys, Kris A. G., Leatemia, Johanna Audrey, Fanani, Muhammad Zainal, Furlong, Michael J., Gu, Baogen, Hadi, Buyung Asmara Ratna, Hasinu, Jeffij Virgowat, Melo, Maria C., Noya, Saartje Helena, Rauf, Aunu, Taribuka, Johanna and Gc, Yubak Dhoj (2023). Generalist predators shape biotic resistance along a tropical island chain. Plants, 12 (18) 3304, 3304. doi: 10.3390/plants12183304
Akter, Salma, Rizvi, Syed Z. M., Haque, Ahsanul, Reynolds, Olivia L., Furlong, Michael J., Melo, Maria C., Osborne, Terry, Mo, Jianhua, McDonald, Simon, Johnson, Anne C. and Gurr, Geoff M. (2023). Continent‐wide evidence that landscape context can mediate the effects of local habitats on in‐field abundance of pests and natural enemies. Ecology and Evolution, 13 (1) e9737, 1-11. doi: 10.1002/ece3.9737
Wyckhuys, Kris A. G., Sanchez Garcia, Francisco J., Santos, Ana M. C., Canal, Nelson A., Furlong, Michael J., Melo, Maria C., Dhoj, G. C. Yubak and Pozsgai, Gabor (2022). Island and mountain ecosystems as testbeds for biological control in the anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10 912628. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.912628
Rizvi, Syed Z. M., Reynolds, Olivia L., Haque, Ahsanul, Furlong, Michael J., Mo, Jianhua, Melo, Maria C., Akter, Salma, Sandoval-Gomez, Vivian E., Johnson, Anne C. and Gurr, Geoff M. (2022). Prospects for habitat management to suppress vegetable pests in Australia. Austral Entomology, 61 (1), 3-28. doi: 10.1111/aen.12588
Albert, Simon, Amarilla, Alberto A., Trollope, Ben, Sng, Julian D.J., Setoh, Yin Xiang, Deering, Nathaniel, Modhiran, Naphak, Weng, Sung-Hsia, Melo, Maria C., Hutley, Nicholas, Nandy, Avik, Furlong, Michael J., Young, Paul R., Watterson, Daniel, Grinham, Alistair R. and Khromykh, Alexander A. (2021). Assessing the potential of unmanned aerial vehicle spraying of aqueous ozone as an outdoor disinfectant for SARS-CoV-2. Environmental Research, 196 110944, 110944. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.110944
Merrill, Richard M., Rastas, Pasi, Martin, Simon H., Melo, Maria C., Barker, Sarah, Davey, John, McMillan, W. Owen and Jiggins, Chris D. (2019). Genetic dissection of assortative mating behavior. PLOS Biology, 17 (2) e2005902, 1-21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005902
Baack, Eric, Melo, Maria Clara, Rieseberg, Loreb H. and Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel (2015). The origins of reproductive isolation in plants. New Phytologist, 207 (4), 968-984. doi: 10.1111/nph.13424
Melo, Maria C., Grealy, Alicia, Brittain, Beth, Walter, Greg M. and Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel (2014). Strong extrinsic reproductive isolation between parapatric populations of an Australian groundsel. New Phytologist, 203 (1), 323-334. doi: 10.1111/nph.12779
Roda, Federico, Liu, Huanle, Wilkinson, Melanie J., Walter, Gregory M., James, Maddie E., Bernal, Diana M., Melo, Maria C., Lowe, Andrew, Rieseberg, Loren H., Prentis, Peter and Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel (2013). Convergence and divergence during the adaptation to similar environments by an Australian groundsel. Evolution, 67 (9), 2515-2529. doi: 10.1111/evo.12136
Melo, Maria C., Salazar, Camilo, Jiggins, Chris D. and Linares, Mauricio (2009). ASSORTATIVE MATING PREFERENCES AMONG HYBRIDS OFFERS A ROUTE TO HYBRID SPECIATION. Evolution, 63 (6), 1660-1665. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00633.x

Thesis

Melo Hurtado, Maria Clara (2014). Ecological speciation in Senecio lautus. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2014.387
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