Dr Bill Ellis
Research Fellow & Research Fellow
School of the Environment
Researcher biography
Dr Bill Ellis is an ecological researcher based in the School of The Environment. He gained a BSc with honours in Zoology at The Australian National University and holds a Master of Environmental Law from the same institution. Bill graduated with a PhD in Zoology from The University of Queensland in 1998 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at San Diego Zoo's Centre for Research on Endangered Species in 2011.
Publications
Book
St. George, T. D., Bellis, Glen, Bishop, Alan, Cameron, Angus, Doherty, Bill, Ellis, Trevor, Gard, Geoff, Johnson, Steve, Kirkland, Peter, Melville, Lorna, Muller, Mike, Postle, Tony and Roe, Dick (2001). The history of bluetongue akabane and ephemeral fever viruses and their vectors in Australia 1975 – 1999. Canberra, Australia: Animal Health Australia.
Book Chapters
Martin, R. W., Handasyde, K. A., Krockenberger, A., Ellis, W. and Lunney, D. (2023). Koala: Phascolarctos cinereus. Strahan's Mammals of Australia. (pp. 201-203) Wahroonga, NSW Australia: New Holland Publishers.
Barnes, Tamsin S., Palmieri, Chiara, Blyde, David and Ellis, William (2015). Health and disease. Marsupials and monotremes: nature's enigmatic mammals. (pp. 315-358) edited by Athol Klieve, Lindsay Hogan, Stephen Johnston and Peter Murray. New York, United States: Nova Science.
Johnston, Stephen, Mucci, Al and Ellis, William (2013). The role of captive koalas in koala conservation. Conserving central Queensland's koalas. (pp. 54-59) edited by Nicole Flint and Alistair Melzer. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Central Queensland University.
Journal Articles
Ellis, W., Melzer, A., FitzGibbon, S., Hulse, L., Gillett, A. and Barth, B. (2022). Koalas of the Clarke Connors Range. Australian Mammalogy, 45 (2), 160-170. doi: 10.1071/am22026
Jiang, Alex Zijian, Murray, Peter, Phillips, Clive, Tribe, Andrew and Ellis, William (2022). Movement of free-ranging koalas in response to male vocalisation playbacks. Animals, 12 (3) 287, 287. doi: 10.3390/ani12030287
Adam, D., Johnston, S. D., Beard, L., Nicolson, V., Lisle, A. T., Gaughan, J. B., Larkin, R., Theilemann, P. and Ellis, W. (2022). Temporal effect of feeding on the body temperature and behaviour of captive koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Australian Mammalogy, 44 (1), 16-23. doi: 10.1071/AM20024
Quigley, Bonnie L., Melzer, Alistair, Ellis, William, Tzipori, Galit, Nilsson, Karen, Olagoke, Olusola, Robbins, Amy, Hanger, Jonathan and Timms, Peter (2021). Koala retrovirus in northern Australia shows a mixture of stable endogenization and exogenous lineage diversification within fragmented koala populations. Journal of Virology, 95 (7) e02084-20. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02084-20
Richardson, Allie, FitzGibbon, Sean, Barth, Benjamin, Gillett, Amber and Ellis, William (2021). Application of low-power wide-area network GPS to koala monitoring. Australian Mammalogy, 44 (2), 287-290. doi: 10.1071/AM21001
Adam, D., Johnston, S. D., Beard, L., Nicolson, V., Gaughan, J. B., Lisle, A. T., FitzGibbon, S., Barth, B. J., Gillett, A., Grigg, G. and Ellis, W. (2020). Body temperature of free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in south-east Queensland. International Journal of Biometeorology, 64 (8), 1305-1318. doi: 10.1007/s00484-020-01907-y
Barth, Benjamin J., Fitzgibbon, Sean I., Gillett, Amber, Wilson, Robbie S., Moffitt, Beth, Pye, Geoffrey W., Adam, Dalene, Preece, Harriet and Ellis, William A. (2020). Scattered paddock trees and roadside vegetation can provide important habitat for koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in an agricultural landscape. Australian Mammalogy, 42 (2), 194-203. doi: 10.1071/AM18031
Hulse, Lyndal S., Beagley, Kenneth, Ellis, William, Fitzgibbon, Sean, Gillett, Amber, Barth, Ben, Robbins, Amy, Pyne, Michael, Larkin, Rebecca and Johnston, Stephen D. (2020). Epidemiology of chlamydia-induced reproductive disease in male koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) from Southeast Queensland, Australia as assessed from penile urethral swabs and semen. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 56 (1) 2019-03-062, 82-92. doi: 10.7589/2019-03-062
Kjeldsen, Shannon R., Raadsma, Herman W., Leigh, Kellie A., Tobey, Jennifer R., Phalen, David, Krockenberger, Andrew, Ellis, William A., Hynes, Emily, Higgins, Damien P. and Zenger, Kyall R. (2018). Genomic comparisons reveal biogeographic and anthropogenic impacts in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): a dietary-specialist species distributed across heterogeneous environments. Heredity, 122 (5), 525-544. doi: 10.1038/s41437-018-0144-4
Adam, D., Beard, L., Johnston, S. D., Nicolson, V., Lisle, A., McKinnon, A., Larkin, R., Theilemann, P., Gillett, A., Brackin, K., FitzGibbon, S., Barth, B. and Ellis, W. (2018). Recording body temperature in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus): a comparison of techniques. Australian Veterinary Journal, 96 (8), 308-311. doi: 10.1111/avj.12719
McCallum, Hamish, Kerlin, Douglas H., Ellis, William and Carrick, Frank (2018). Assessing the significance of endemic disease in conservationkoalas, chlamydia, and koala retrovirus as a case study. Conservation Letters, 11 (4) e12425, e12425. doi: 10.1111/conl.12425
Hulse, Lyndal S., Hickey, Danica, Mitchell, Jessica M., Beagley, Kenneth W., Ellis, William and Johnston, Stephen D. (2018). Development and application of two multiplex real-time PCR assays for detection and speciation of bacterial pathogens in the koala. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 30 (4), 1040638718770490-529. doi: 10.1177/1040638718770490
Grogan, Laura F., Peel, Alison J., Kerlin, Douglas, Ellis, William, Jones, Darryl, Hero, Jean-Marc and McCallum, Hamish (2018). Is disease a major causal factor in declines? An Evidence Framework and case study on koala chlamydiosis. Biological Conservation, 221, 334-344. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.03.030
Grogan, Laura F., Ellis, William, Jones, Darryl, Hero, Jean-Marc, Kerlin, Douglas H. and McCallum, Hamish (2017). Current trends and future directions in koala chlamydial disease research. Biological Conservation, 215, 179-188. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.09.001
Fitzgibbon, Sean I. , Gillett, Amber K. , Barth, Ben J. , Taylor, Brendan and Ellis, William A. (2017). Do koalas really get the blues? Critique of 'Aversive behaviour by koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) during the course of a music festival in northern New South Wales, Australia'. Australian Mammalogy, 39 (1), 108-112. doi: 10.1071/AM16016
Ellis, William A., FitzGibbon, Sean I., Barth, Benjamin J., Niehaus, Amanda C., David, Gwendolyn K., Taylor, Brendan D., Matsushige, Helena, Melzer, Alistair, Bercovitch, Fred B., Carrick, Frank, Jones, Darryl N., Dexter, Cathryn, Gillett, Amber, Predavec, Martin, Lunney, Dan and Wilson, Robbie S. (2016). Daylight saving time can decrease the frequency of wildlife-vehicle collisions. Biology Letters, 12 (11). doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0632
Adam, D., Johnston, S. D., Beard, L., Nicholson, V., Lisle, A., Gaughan, J., Larkin, R., Theilemann, P., Mckinnon, A. and Ellis, W. (2016). Surgical implantation of temperature-sensitive transmitters and data-loggers to record body temperature in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Australian Veterinary Journal, 94 (1-2), 42-47. doi: 10.1111/avj.12393
McAlpine, Clive, Lunney, Daniel, Melzer, Alistair, Menkhorst, Peter, Phillips, Stephen, Phalen, David, Ellis, William, Foley, William, Baxter, Greg, de Villiers, Deidre, Kavanagh, Rodney, Adams-Hosking, Christine, Todd, Charles, Whisson, Desley, Molsher, Robyn, Walter, Michele, Lawler, Ivan and Close, Robert (2015). Conserving koalas: a review of the contrasting regional trends, outlooks and policy challenges. Biological Conservation, 192, 226-236. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.09.020
Kjeldsen, Shannon R., Zenger, Kyall R., Leigh, Kellie, Ellis, William, Tobey, Jenifer, Phalen, David, Melzer, Alistair, FitzGibbon, Sean and Raadsma, Herman W. (2015). Genome-wide SNP loci reveal novel insights into koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) population variability across its range. Conservation Genetics, 17 (2), 337-353. doi: 10.1007/s10592-015-0784-3
Ellis, William, FitzGibbon, Sean, Pye, Geoff, Whipple, Bill, Barth, Ben, Johnston, Stephen, Seddon, Jenny, Melzer, Alistair, Higgins, Damien and Bercovitch, Fred (2015). The role of bioacoustic signals in koala sexual selection: Insights from seasonal patterns of associations revealed with GPSProximity units. PLoS ONE, 10 (7) e0130657, e0130657. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130657
Kuchel, Louise, Wilson, Robbie S. and Ellis, William H. (2015). Cameras, competition and creativity: assessing 1st year ecology in the field. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 23 (2), 34-45.
Craig, Andrew P., Hanger, Jon, Loader, Jo, Ellis, William A. H., Callaghan, John, Dexter, Cathryn, Jones, Darryl, Beagley, Kenneth W., Timms, Peter and Wilson, David P. (2014). A 5-year Chlamydia vaccination programme could reverse disease-related koala population decline: predictions from a mathematical model using field data. Vaccine, 32 (33), 4163-4170. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.05.049
Schmidt, Debra A., Pye, Geoffrey W., Dipl, A. C.Z.M., Hamlin-Andrus, Chris C., Ellis, William A., Bercovitch, Fred B., Ellersieck, Mark R., Chen, Tai C. and Holick, Michael F. (2014). Erratum: Fat-soluble vitamin and mineral comparisons between zoobased and free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctoscinereus) (Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (2014) 44:4 (1079-1082)). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 45 (2), 466-466. doi: 10.1638/1042-7260-45.2.466
Ellis, William, Attard, Rachel, Johnston, Stephen, Theileman, Peter, McKinnon, Allan and Booth, David (2014). Faecal particle size and tooth wear of the koala (Phascolartcos cinereus). Australian Mammalogy, Online Early (1), 1-5. doi: 10.1071/AM13033
Seddon, Jennifer M., Lee, Kristen E., Johnston, Stephen D., Nicolson, Vere N., Pyne, Michael, Carrick, Frank N. and Ellis, William A. H. (2014). Testing the regional genetic representativeness of captive koala populations in South-East Queensland. Wildlife Research, 41 (4), 277-286. doi: 10.1071/WR13103
Melzer, Alistair, Cristescu, Romane, Ellis, William, FitzGibbon, Sean and Manno, Gabriella (2014). The habitat and diet of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in Queensland. Australian Mammalogy, 36 (2), 189-199. doi: 10.1071/AM13032
Kollipara, Avinash, Polkinghorne, Adam, Wan, Charles, Kanyoka, Pride, Hanger, Jon, Loader, Joanne, Callaghan, John, Bell, Alicia, Ellis, William, Fitzgibbon, Sean, Melzer, Alistar, Beagley, Kenneth and Timms, Peter (2013). Genetic diversity of Chlamydia pecorum strains in wild koala locations across Australia and the implications for a recombinant C. pecorum major outer membrane protein based vaccine. Veterinary Microbiology, 167 (3-4), 513-522. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.08.009
Lee, Kristen E., Ellis, William A.H., Carrick, Frank N., Corley, Sean W., Johnston, Stephen D., Baverstock, Peter R., Nock, Catherine J., Rowe, Kevin C. and Seddon, Jennifer M. (2013). Anthropogenic changes to the landscape resulted in colonization of koalas in north-east New South Wales, Australia. Austral Ecology, 38 (3), 355-363. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02414.x
Matthews, Alison, Ruykys, Laura, Ellis, Bill, FitzGibbon, Sean, Lunney, Daniel, Crowther, Mathew S., Glen, Alistair S., Purcell, Brad, Moseby, Katherine, Stott, Jenny, Fletcher, Don, Wimpenny, Claire, Allen, Benjamin L., Van Bommel, Linda, Roberts, Michael, Davies, Nicole, Green, Ken, Newsome, Thomas, Ballard, Guy, Fleming, Peter, Dickman, Christopher R., Eberhart, Achim, Troy, Shannon, Mcmahon, Clive and Wiggins, Natasha (2013). The success of GPS collar deployments on mammals in Australia. Australian Mammalogy, 35 (1), 65-83. doi: 10.1071/AM12021
Schmidt, Debra A., Pye, Geoffrey W., Hamlin-Andrus, Chris C., Ellis, William A., Ellersieck, Mark R., Chen, Tai C. and Holick, Michael F. (2013). Fat-soluble vitamin and mineral comparisons between zoo-based and free-ranging koalas (phascolarctos cinereus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 44 (4), 1079-1082. doi: 10.1638/2012-0207R1.1
Ellis, William, FitzGibbon, Sean, Melzer, Alistair, Wilson, Robbie, Johnston, Steve, Berkovitch, Fred, Dique, David and Carrick, Frank (2013). Koala habitat use and population density: using field data to test the assumptions of ecological models. Australian Mammalogy, 35 (2), 160-165. doi: 10.1071/AM12023
Pye, Geoffrey W., Ellis, William, FitzGibbon, Sean, Opitz, Brian, Keener, Laura and Hollis, Bruce W. (2013). Serum vitamin D levels in free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 44 (2), 480-483. doi: 10.1638/2012-0032R.1
Johnston, S. D., Booth, R. A., Pyne, M., Keeley, T., Mackie, J. T., Hulse, L. and Ellis, W. (2013). Preliminary study of faecal cortisol and corticosterone as an index of acute cortisol secretion in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Australian Veterinary Journal, 91 (12), 534-537. doi: 10.1111/avj.12125
Charlton, Benjamin D., Ellis, William A. H., Brumm, Jacqui, Nilsson, Karen and Fitch, W. Tecumseh (2012). Female koalas prefer bellows in which lower formants indicate larger males. Animal Behaviour, 84 (6), 1565-1571. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.09.034
Charlton, Benjamin D., Reby, David, Ellis, William A. H., Brumm, Jacqui and Fitch, W. Tecumseh (2012). Estimating the active space of male koala bellows: propagation of cues to size and identity in a eucalyptus forest. PLoS ONE, 7 (9) e45420, e45420. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045420
Charlton, Benjamin D., Ellis, William A. H., Larkin, Rebecca and Fitch, W. Tecumseh (2012). Perception of size-related formant information in male koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Animal Cognition, 15 (5), 999-1006. doi: 10.1007/s10071-012-0527-5
Woosnam-Merchez, Olivia, Cristescu, Romane, Dique, David, Ellis, Bill, Beeton, Robert J. S., Simmonds, Jeremy and Carrick, Frank (2012). What faecal pellet surveys can and can’t reveal about the ecology of koalas Phascolarctos cinereus. Australian Zoologist, 36 (2), 192-200. doi: 10.7882/AZ.2012.030
Pye, Geoffrey W., Ellis, William, FitzGibbon, Sean, Opitz, Brian, Keener, Laura, Arheart, Kristopher L. and Cray, Carolyn (2012). Serum protein electrophoresis values for free-ranging and zoo-based koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 43 (1), 177-180. doi: 10.1638/2011-0071.1
Lee, Kristen E., Seddon, Jennifer M., Johnston, Stephen, FitzGibbon, Sean I., Carrick, Frank, Melzer, Alistair, Bercovitch, Fred and Ellis, William (2012). Genetic diversity in natural and introduced island populations of koalas in Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology, 60 (5), 303-310. doi: 10.1071/ZO12075
Charlton, Benjamin D., Ellis, William A. H., McKinnon, Allan J., Cowin, Gary J., Brumm, Jacqui, Nilsson, Karen and Fitch, W. Tecumseh (2011). Cues to body size in the formant spacing of male koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) bellows: Honesty in an exaggerated trait. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214 (20), 3414-3422. doi: 10.1242/jeb.061358
Ellis, William A. H. and Bercovitch, Fred B. (2011). Body size and sexual selection in the koala. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65 (6), 1229-1235. doi: 10.1007/s00265-010-1136-4
Charlton, Benjamin D., Ellis, William A. H., McKinnon, Allan J., Brumm, Jacqui, Nilsson, Karen and Fitch, W. Tecumseh (2011). Perception of male caller identity in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus): Acoustic analysis and playback experiments. PLoS One, 6 (5) e20329, e20329.1-e20329.8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020329
Ellis, W., Bercovitch, F., FitzGibbon, S. I., Roe, P., Wimmer, J., Melzer, A. and Wilson, R. (2011). Koala bellows and their association with the spatial dynamics of free-ranging koalas. Behavioral Ecology, 22 (2), 372-377. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arq216
Melzer, Alistair, Ellis, William, Gordon, Greg, Tucker, Gail, Kindness, Robyn and Carrick, Frank (2011). Unusual patterns of tooth wear among koalas Phascolarctos cinereus from St Bees Island, Queensland, require re-evaluation of criteria for aging koalas by tooth-wear class. Australian Zoologist, 35 (3), 550-554. doi: 10.7882/AZ.2011.006
Cristescu, R., Ellis, W., de Villiers, D., Lee, K., Woosnam-Merchez, O., Frere, C., Banks, P. B., Dique, D., Hodgkison, S., Carrick, H., Carter, D., Smith, P. and Carrick, F. (2011). North Stradbroke Island: An island ark for Queensland's koala population?. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 117, 309-333.
Melzer, A., Baudry, C., Kadiri, M. and Ellis, W. (2011). Tree use, feeding activity and diet of koalas on St Bees Island, Queensland. Australian Zoologist, 35 (3), 870-875. doi: 10.7882/AZ.2011.040
Lee, Kristen E., Seddon, Jennifer M., Corley, Sean W., Ellis, William A. H., Johnston, Stephen D., de Villiers, Deidré L., Preece, Harriet J. and Carrick, Frank N. (2010). Genetic variation and structuring in the threatened koala populations of Southeast Queensland. Conservation Genetics, 11 (6), 2091-2103. doi: 10.1007/s10592-009-9987-9
Melzer, A., Ellis, W. A. and Bercovitch, F. B. (2010). Observations of male-on-male aggression among Queensland koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) from central Queensland. Queensland Naturalist, 48 (1-3), 36-44.
Ellis, W., Melzer, A., Clifton, I.D. and Carrick, F.N. (2010). Climate change and the koala Phascolarctos cinereus: energy and water. Australian Zoologist, 35 (2), 369-377. doi: 10.7882/AZ.2010.025
Ellis, William, Bercovitch, Fred, Fitzgibbon, Sean, Melzer, Alistair, De Villiers, Diedre and Dique, David (2010). Koala birth seasonality and sex ratios across multiple sites in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Mammalogy, 91 (1), 177-182. doi: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-358R.1.
Ellis, William, Bercovitch, Fred, FitzGibbon, Sean, Melzer, Alistair, de Villiers, Diedre and Dique, David (2010). Koala birth seasonality and sex ratios across multiple sites in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Mammalogy, 91 (1), 177-182. doi: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-358R.1
Ellis, WAH, Melzer, A and Bercovitch, FB (2009). Spatiotemporal dynamics of habitat use by koalas: the checkerboard model. Behavioral Ecology And Sociobiology, 63 (8), 1181-1188. doi: 10.1007/s00265-009-0761-2
Woodward, W., Ellis, W.A., Carrick, F.N., Tanizaki, M., Bowen, D. and Smith, P. (2008). Koalas on North Stradbroke Island: Diet, tree use and reconstructed landscapes. Wildlife Research, 35 (7), 606-611. doi: 10.1071/WR07172
Clifton, I. D., Ellis, W. A. H., Melzer, A. and Tucker, G. (2007). Water turnover and the northern range of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Australian Mammalogy, 29 (1), 85-88. doi: 10.1071/AM07010
Tucker, G., Melzer, A. and Ellis, W. (2007). The development of habitat selection by subadult koalas. Australian Journal of Zoology, 55 (5), 285-289. doi: 10.1071/ZO07035
Pfeiffer, Aubris, Melzer, Alistair, Tucker, Gail, Clifton, Delma and Ellis, William (2005). Tree use by koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) on St Bees Island, Queensland – report of a pilot study. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 112, 47-51.
Ellis, W. A. H. (2003). Integration of natural resources management under Queensland mining legislation. Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 20 (1), 66-77.
Ellis, W. A. H., Melzer, A., Carrick, F. N. and Hasegawa, M. (2002). Tree use, diet and home range of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) at Blair Athol, central Queensland. Wildlife Research, 29 (3), 303-311. doi: 10.1071/WR00111
Ellis, W. A., Hale, P. T. and Carrick, F. (2002). Breeding dynamics of koalas in open woodlands. Wildlife Research, 29 (1), 19-25. doi: 10.1071/WR01042
Ellis, W. A. H., Carrick, F. N., Lundgren, P. B., Veary, A. and Cohen, B. (1999). The use of faecal cuticle examination to determine the dietary composition of koalas. Australian Zoologist, 31 (1), 127-133. doi: 10.7882/AZ.1999.013
Houlden, B. A., Costello, B. H., Sharkey, D., Fowler, E. V., Melzer, A., Ellis, W., Carrick, F. N., Baverstock, P. R. and Elphinstone, M.S. (1999). Phylogeographic differentiation in the mitochondrial control region in the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss 1817). Molecular Ecology, 8 (6), 999-1011. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1999.00656.x
Ellis, W. A. H., Sullivan, B. J., Lisle, A. T. and Carrick, F. N. (1998). The spatial and temporal distribution of koala faecal pellets. Wildlife Research, 25 (6), 663-668. doi: 10.1071/WR97028
ELLIS, WAH, MELZER, A, GREEN, B, NEWGRAIN, K, HINDELL, MA and CARRICK, FN (1995). SEASONAL-VARIATION IN WATER FLUX, FIELD METABOLIC-RATE AND FOOD-CONSUMPTION OF FREE-RANGING KOALAS (PHASCOLARCTOS-CINEREUS). Australian Journal of Zoology, 43 (1), 59-68. doi: 10.1071/ZO9950059
Girjes A.A., Ellis W.A., Lavin M.F. and Carrick F.N. (1993). Immuno-dot blot as a rapid diagnostic method for detection of chlamydial infection in koalas (Phasolarctos cinereus).. Veterinary Record, 133 (6), 136-141. doi: 10.1136/vr.133.6.136
Ellis W.A., Girjes A.A., Carrick F.N. and Melzer A. (1993). Chlamydial infection in koalas under relatively little alienation pressure.. Australian veterinary journal, 70 (11), 427-428. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1993.tb06086.x
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Ellis W. and Carrick F.N. (1992). Total body water and the estimation of fat in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).. Australian veterinary journal, 69 (9), 229-231. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1992.tb09933.x
ELLIS, WAH, MARPLES, TG and PHILLIPS, WR (1991). THE EFFECTS OF A TEMPERATURE-DETERMINED FOOD-SUPPLY ON THE ANNUAL ACTIVITY CYCLE OF THE LESSER LONG-EARED BAT, NYCTOPHILUS-GEOFFROYI LEACH, 1821 (MICROCHIROPTERA, VESPERTILIONIDAE). Australian Journal of Zoology, 39 (3), 263-271. doi: 10.1071/ZO9910263
ELLIS, WAH, WHITE, NA, KUNST, ND and CARRICK, FN (1990). RESPONSE OF KOALAS (PHASCOLARCTOS-CINEREUS) TO REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD AFTER REHABILITATION. Australian Wildlife Research, 17 (4), 421-426. doi: 10.1071/WR9900421
Conference Papers
FitzGibbon, Sean, Ellis, William and Carrick, Frank (2013). Koala reproduction and the effect of drought in central Queensland; lessons from the Koala Venture project. Conserving Central Queensland's Koalas Workshop, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia, 1–3 February 2012. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland.
FitzGibbon, Sean, Ellis, William and Carrick, Frank (2013). The Koala Venture research partnership: an overview of 24 years of regional koala research in central Queensland. Conserving Central Queensland's Koalas Workshop, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia, 1–3 February 2012. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland.
Melzer, Alistair, Ellis, William, FitzGibbon, Sean and Carrick, Frank (2013). Overview of Koala Research Centre study sites. Conserving Central Queensland's Koalas Workshop, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia, 1–3 February 2012. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland.
Melzer, Alistair, Ellis, William, FitzGibbon, Sean and Carrick, Frank (2013). Managing Central Queensland’s koala islands. Conserving Central Queensland's Koalas Workshop, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia, 1–3 February 2012. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland.
Ellis, William, Johnston, Steve, Melzer, Alistair, Carrick, Frank, Pyne, Michael and Fitzgibbon, Sean (2013). Disease and ecology in Central Queensland. Conserving Central Queensland's Koalas Workshop, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia, 1–3 February 2012. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland.
Ellis, William, FitzGibbon, Sean and Melzer, Alistair (2013). Regional research: perspectives from the field in central Queensland. Conserving Central Queensland's Koalas: A Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland Workshop, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia, 1-3 February, 2012. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland.
Melzer, Alistair, Ellis, William, FitzGibbon, Sean and Carrick, Frank (2013). Drought and the koala: two case studies from the central highlands. Conserving Central Queensland's Koalas Workshop, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia, 1–3 February 2012. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland.
FitzGibbon, Sean, Ellis, William and Carrick, Frank (2013). The Koala Venture Partnership: habitat clearing and restoration. Conserving Central Queensland's Koalas Workshop, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia, 1–3 February 2012. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland.
Ellis, WA, Fitzgibbon, SI, Roe, P, Bercovitch, FB and Wilson, R (2010). Unraveling the mystery of koala vocalisations: acoustic sensor network and GPS technology reveals males bellow to serenade females. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Seattle WA, JAN 03-07, 2010.
Melzer, A. and Ellis, W. A. (2009). Integrating research and conservation land management - A case study from koala research in St Bees Island National Park. 1st Australian Protected Areas Congress (APAC08), Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 24-28 November, 2008. Australia: Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand. doi: 10.1080/14486563.2009.9725239
Seddon, J., Lee, K., Ellis, W., Johnston, S., De Villiers, D., Preece, H. and Carrick, F. (2008). Incorporating spatial data into analysis of koala populations in South-East Queensland. Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution 2008, Barcelona, Spain, 5-8 June, 2008. Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution.
Carrick, Frank, Ellis, Bill, Fitzgibbon, Sean and Melzer, Alistair (2007). Planned Long-term Ecological Research Sites Preview Likely Effects of Climate Change on Tropical Koalas. Ecological Society of Australia Conference 2007: Adapting to Change (EAS 2007), Perth Convention Centre, Perth, Western Australia, 25-30 November 2007.
Lee, K., Seddon, J., Ellis, W., Johnston, S., de Villiers, D., Preece, H. and Carrick, Francis N. (2007). Fine-scale genetic variation in declining Koala populations in South-east Queensland. Fenner Conference on the Environment, Canberra, ACT, 2nd - 5th December 2007. Australasian Wildlife Management Society.
Carrick, F. N., Ellis, W. A. and Fitzgibbon, S. (2007). Seeing Forest (Fauna) instead of Trees - Lessons from the Long-term Study of an Arid Zone Koala Population. Fenner Conference on the Environment, Canberra, ACT, 2nd - 5th December 2007. Australasian Wildlife Management Society.
Carrick, F. N., Fitzgibbon, S. and Ellis, W. A. (2007). Long-term research on a long-lived species in a variable environment. Ecological Society of Australia 2007 Conference: Adapting to Change: Society - Environment - Science, Perth Convention Centre, Perth, Australia, 25-30 November, 2007. Ecological Society of Australia (ESA).
Lee, K., Seddon, J., Ellis, W., Johnston, S. and Carrick, F. N. (2007). Genetic variation of closed (captive and island) and open (mainland) Koala populations in Queensland. 53rd meeting of the Australian Mammal Society Conference, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 2-4 July 2007.
Ellis, Bill and Fitzgibbon, Sean (2006). Koala ecology: "Known knowns, known unknowns or unknown unknowns?". Ecology Across the Tasman - 3rd Joint Conference of the Ecological Society of Australia and the New Zealand Ecological Society, Wellington, New Zealand, 28 August - 1 September 2006.
Woodward, William, Ellis, Bill, Carrick, Frank, Bowen, Dave and Smith, Paul (2005). Use by koalas of reconstructed landscapes, key inputs for land managers. Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference: 18th Scientific Meeting and Annual General Meeting, Hobart, Tasmania, 21-24 November 2005.
Carrick, F. N., Dique, D., Ellis, W., Thompson, J., Melzer, A. and Gordon, G. (2004). Koala Research and Management in Queensland. 17th Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Wildlife Management Society, Kangaroo Island S.A., 29thNov – 2nd Dec, 2004.
Ellis, W. A. H., Hale, P. T., Carrick, F. N., Hasegawa, M., Neilson, M. and Esser, D. (2001). Aspects of the ecology of koalas at Blair Athol Coal Mine. The Research and Management of Non-Urban Koala Populations, Emerald, Queensland, 2-4 July, 1997. Rockhampton, Australia: Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland.
Ellis, W. A. and Carrick, F. N. (2001). The ecology of koalas in central Queensland. 16th International Symposium on Biotelemetry (16th ISOB), Vienna, Austria, 6-11 May, 2001.
Research Report
McAlpine, Clive A., Melzer, Alistair, Lunnery, Dan, Foley, Bill, Adams-Hosking, Christine, Lawler, Ivan, Whisson, Desley, Phillips, Steve, Kavanagh, Rod, Whisson, Steve, Baxter, Greg, Gordon, Greg, Ellis, Bill, De Villiers, Deidre, Walter, Michele, Molsher, Robyn, Todd, Charles, Moore, Ben, Menkhorst, Peter, Close, Rob, Phalen, David and Rhodes, Jonathan (2012). Conserving koalas in the 21st century: synthesising the dynamics of Australia's koala populations. Australia: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network.
Thesis
Ellis, William Anthony Howell (1997). Stressors, prevalence of disease and cortisol concentrations in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) : a thesis. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/365843