Prof Steven Chown - Researcher Profile

Biography

Steven works in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University as a Professor.

Steven's research interests cover a range of fields, including, most prominently: 1. Macrophysiology - the evolution of large-scale physiological variation and its ecological implications, especially in the context of adaptation to and mitigation of the impacts of envionmental change. 2. Invasion biology - understanding the impacts of non-indigenous organisms on all aspects of biodiversity. 3. The biology and conservation of Antarctic systems with particular emphasis on science and conservation policy in the region.

Steven is the recipient of numerous national and international awards. He currently represents the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research at the Committee for Environmental Protection of the Antarctic Treaty System.

 

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Keywords

Antarctica, biological invasions, ecology, climate change, insect physiology, macrophysiology

Publications

Books

Chown, S.L., Froneman, P.W. (eds), 2008, The Prince Edward Islands: Land-Sea Interactions in a Changing Ecosystem, SUN PReSS, South Africa.

Book Chapters

Gaston, K.J., Chown, S.L., 2013, Macroecological patterns in insect body size, in Animal Body Size: Linking Pattern and Process across Space, Time, and Taxonomic Group, eds Felisa A. Smith and S. Kathleen Lyons, University of Chicago Press, United Kingdom, pp. 13-61.

Chown, S.L., 2012, Insects, in Temperature Adaptation in a Changing Risk. Nature at Risk, eds Kenneth B. Storey and Karen Tanino, CABI, United Kingdom, pp. 45-66.

Chown, S.L., Convey, P., 2012, Spatial and temporal variability in terrestrial Antarctic biodiversity, in Antarctic Ecosystems An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, eds Alex D. Rogers, Nadine M. Johnston, Eugene J. Murphy and Andrew Clarke, Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex United Kingdom, pp. 13-43.

Chown, S.L., McGeoch, M., 2011, Measuring biodiversity in managed landscapes, in Biological Diversity Frontiers in Measurement and Assessment, eds Anne E. Magurran and Brian J. McGill, Oxford University Press, New York USA, pp. 252-264.

Chown, S.L., Terauds, A., Huntley, B.J., le Roux, P.C., Ramawiela, T., Shaw, J.D., McGeoch, M., 2011, South Africa's southern sentinel: Terrestrial environmental change at sub-Antarctic Marion Island, in Observations on Environmental Change in South Africa, eds Larry Zietsman, SUN PReSS, South Africa, pp. 139-147.

Chown, S.L., Klok, C.J., 2011, The ecological implications of physiological diversity in dung beetles, in Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles, eds Leigh W. Simmons and T. James Ridsdill-Smith, Wiley-Blackwell, United Kingdom, pp. 200-219.

Chown, S.L., Sinclair, B.J., 2010, The macrophysiology of insect cold-hardiness, in Low Temperature Biology of Insects, eds David L. Denlinger and Richard E. Lee, Jr., Cambridge University Press, United States, pp. 191-222.

Chown, S.L., Froneman, P.W., 2008, Conclusion: Change in terrestrial and marine systems, in The Prince Edward Islands: Land-Sea Interactions in a Changing Ecosystem, eds Steven L Chown and Pierre W Froneman, SUN PReSS, South Africa, pp. 351-372.

Chown, S.L., Marshall, D.J., Pakhomov, E.A., 2008, Regional membership: biogeograhpy, in The Prince Edward Islands: Land-Sea Interactions in a Changing Ecosystem, eds Steven L Chown and Pierre W Froneman, SUN PReSS, South Africa, pp. 277-300.

Chown, S.L., Froneman, P.W., 2008, The Prince Edward Islands in a global context, in The Prince Edward Islands: Land-Sea Interactions in a Changing Ecosystem, eds Steven L Chown and Pierre W Froneman, SUN PReSS, South Africa, pp. 1-16.

Journal Articles

Huiskes, A.H.L., Gremmen, N.J.M., Bergstrom, D.M., Frenot, Y., Hughes, K.A., Imura, S., Kiefer, K., Lebouvier, M., Lee, J.E., Tsujimoto, M., Ware, C., Van de Vijver, B., Chown, S.L., 2014, Aliens in Antarctica: Assessing transfer of plant propagules by human visitors to reduce invasion risk, Biological Conservation [P], vol 171, Elsevier Science, United Kingdom, pp. 278-284.

Treasure, A.M., Chown, S.L., 2014, Antagonistic effects of biological invasion and temperature change on body size of island ectotherms, Diversity And Distributions [P], vol 20, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey USA, pp. 202-213.

Shaw, J.D., Terauds, A., Riddle, M.J., Possingham, H.P., Chown, S.L., 2014, Antarctica's protected areas are inadequate, unrepresentative, and at risk, PLoS Biology [E], vol 12, issue 6, Public Library Science, United States, pp. 1-5.

Haupt, T.M., Sinclair, B.J., Chown, S.L., 2014, Chemosensory and thermal cue responses in the sub-Antarctic moth Pringleophaga marioni: do caterpillars choose Wandering Albatross nest proxies?, Polar Biology [P], vol 37, issue 4, Springer, United States, pp. 555-563.

Clusella-Trullas, S., Boardman, L., Faulkner, K.T., Peck, L.S., Chown, S.L., 2014, Effects of temperature on heat-shock responses and survival of two species of marine invertebrates from sub-Antarctic Marion Island, Antarctic Science [P], vol 26, issue 2, Cambridge University Press, United States, pp. 145-152.

Fraser, C., Terauds, A., Smellie, J.L., Convey, P., Chown, S.L., 2014, Geothermal activity helps life survive glacial cycles, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America [P], vol 111, issue 15, National Academy of Sciences, United States, pp. 5634-5639.

Faulkner, K.T., Clusella-Trullas, S., Peck, L.S., Chown, S.L., 2014, Lack of coherence in the warming responses of marine crustaceans, Functional Ecology [P], vol 28, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell, United Kingdom, pp. 895-903.

Clusella-Trullas, S., Chown, S.L., 2014, Lizard thermal trait variation at multiple scales: a review, Journal Of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic And Environmental Physiology [P], vol 184, issue 1, Springer, Germany, pp. 5-21.

Lee, J.E., Terauds, A., Chown, S.L., 2014, Natural dispersal to sub-Antarctic Marion Island of two arthropod species, Polar Biology [P], vol 37, issue 6, Springer, United States, pp. 781-787.

Rogers, A.M., Chown, S.L., 2014, Novel ecosystems support substantial avian assemblages: the case of invasive alien Acacia thickets, Diversity And Distributions [P], vol 20, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell, United States, pp. 34-45.

Kennicutt ll, M.C., Chown, S.L., Cassano, J.J., Liggett, D., Massom, R., Peck, L.S., Rintoul, S.R., Storey, J.W.V., Vaughan, D., Wilson, T.J., Sutherland, W.J., 2014, Six priorities for Antarctic science, Nature [P], vol 512, issue 7512, Nature, United Kingdom, pp. 23-25.

Haupt, T.M., Chown, S.L., 2014, Solving the puzzle of Pringleophaga - threatened, keystone detritivores in the sub-Antarctic, Insect Conservation and Diversity [P], vol 7, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell, United States, pp. 308-313.

Convey, P., Chown, S.L., Clarke, A., Barnes, D.K.A., Bokhorst, S., Cummings, V., Ducklow, H.W., Frati, F., Green, T., Gordon, S., Griffiths, H.J., Howard-Williams, C., Huiskes, A.H.L., Laybourn-Parry, J., Lyons, W., McMinn, A., Morley, S.A., Peck, L.S., Quesada, A., Robinson, S., Schiaparelli, S., Wall, D.H., 2014, The spatial structure of Antarctic biodiversity, Ecological Monographs [P], vol 84, issue 2, Ecological Society of America, United States, pp. 203-244.

Allen, J.L., Clusella-Trullas, S., Chown, S.L., 2014, Thermal tolerance of Cyrtobagous salviniae: a biocontrol agent in a changing world, Biocontrol [P], vol 59, issue 3, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 357-366.

Hill, M.P., Chown, S.L., Hoffmann, A.A., 2013, A predicted niche shift corresponds with increased thermal resistance in an invasive mite, Halotydeus destructor, Global Ecology and Biogeography [P], vol 22, issue 8, Wiley-Blackwell, United States, pp. 942-951.

Chown, S.L., le Roux, P.C., Ramaswiela, T., Kalwij, J.M., Shaw, J.D., McGeoch, M., 2013, Climate change and elevational diversity capacity: do weedy species take up the slack?, Biology Letters [P], vol 9, issue 1, Royal Society Publishing, London England, pp. 1-4.

Treasure, A.M., Chown, S.L., 2013, Contingent absences account for range limits but not the local abundance structure of an invasive springtail, Ecography [P], vol 36, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey United States, pp. 146-156.

Chown, S.L., Hoffmann, A.A., 2013, Ecophysiological forecasting for environmental change adaptation, Functional Ecology [P], vol 27, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell, United Kingdom, pp. 930-933.

McClelland, G.T.W., Cooper, J., Chown, S.L., 2013, Evidence of breeding by Diving Petrels and Storm Petrels at Marion Island after the eradication of feral cats, Ornithological Observations [E], vol 4, University of Cape Town - Animal Demography Unit, Australia, pp. 90-93.

Gonzalez-Wevar, c.A., Saucede, T., Morley, S.A., Chown, S.L., Poulin, E., 2013, Extinction and recolonization of maritime Antarctica in the limpet Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908) during the last glacial cycle: toward a model of Quaternary biogeography in shallow Antarctic invertebrates, Molecular Ecology [P], vol 22, issue 20, Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey USA, pp. 5221-5236.

Araujo, M., Ferri-Yanez, F., Bozinovic, F., Marquet, P., Valladares, F., Chown, S.L., 2013, Heat freezes niche evolution, Ecology Letters [P], vol 16, issue 9, Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey USA, pp. 1206-1219.

le Roux, P.C., Ramaswiela, T., Kalwij, J.M., Shaw, J.D., Ryan, P.G., Treasure, A.M., McClelland, G.T.W., McGeoch, M., Chown, S.L., 2013, Human activities, propagule pressure and alien plants in the sub-Antarctic: tests of generalities and evidence in support of management, Biological Conservation [P], vol 161, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxon England, pp. 18-27.

Weldon, C.W., Daniels, S.R., Clusella-Trullas, S., Chown, S.L., 2013, Metabolic and water loss rates of two cryptic species in the African velvet worm genus Opisthopatus (Onychophora), Journal Of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic And Environmental Physiology [P], vol 183, issue 3, Springer Heidelberg, Heidelberg Germany, pp. 323-332.

le Roux, P.C., Shaw, J.D., Chown, S.L., 2013, Ontogenetic shifts in plant interactions vary with environmental severity and affect population structure, New Phytologist [E], vol 200, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey USA, pp. 241-250.

Coetzee, B.W.T., le Roux, P.C., Chown, S.L., 2013, Scale effects on the body size frequency distributions of African birds: patterns and potential mechanisms, Global Ecology and Biogeography [P], vol 22, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey United States, pp. 380-390.

Treasure, A.M., Moloney, C.L., Bester, M.N., McQuaid, C.D., Findlay, K.P., Best, P.B., Cowan, D.A., Nico de Bruyn, P.J., Dorrington, R.A., Fagereng, A., Froneman, P.W., Grantham, G.H., Hunt, B.P.V., Meiklejohn, K.I., Pakhomov, E.A., Roychoudhury, A.N., Ryan, P.G., Smith, V.R., Chown, S.L., Ansorge, I.J., 2013, South African research in the Southern Ocean: New opportunities but serious challenges, South African Journal Of Science [P], vol 109, issue 3-4, AAAS, Washington USA, pp. 1-4.

Lee, J.E., le Roux, P.C., Meiklejohn, K.I., Chown, S.L., 2013, Species distribution modelling in low-interaction environments: Insights from a terrestrial Antarctic system, Austral Ecology [P], vol 38, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey United States, pp. 279-288.

Lyons, C.L., Coetzee, M., Chown, S.L., 2013, Stable and fluctuating temperature effects on the development rate and survival of two malaria vectors, Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus, Parasites & Vectors [E], vol 6, issue 104, BioMed Central, England, pp. 1-9.

Nyamukondiwa, C., Weldon, C.W., Chown, S.L., le Roux, P.C., Terblanche, J.S., 2013, Thermal biology, population fluctuations and implications of temperature extremes for the management of two globally significant insect pests, Journal of Insect Physiology [P], vol 59, issue 12, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 1199-1211.

Hoffmann, A.A., Chown, S.L., Clusella-Trullas, S., 2013, Upper thermal limits in terrestrial ectotherms: how constrained are they?, Functional Ecology [P], vol 27, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 934-949.

Cooke, S., Sack, L., Franklin, C.E., Farrell, A.P., Beardall, J., Wikelski, M., Chown, S.L., 2013, What is conservation physiology? Perspectives on an increasingly integrated and essential science, Conservation Physiology, vol 1, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 1-23.

Smith, G.F., Figueiredo, E., Klopper, R.R., Crouch, N.R., Janion-Scheepers, C., Chown, S.L., 2012, A new specific plant host for the agave snout weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal, 1838 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in South Africa: a destructive pest of species of Agave L. (Agavaceae), Bradleya [P], vol 30, British Cactus and succulent Society, United Kingdom, pp. 19-24.

White, C.R., Frappell, P.B., Chown, S.L., 2012, An information-theoretic approach to evaluating the size and temperature dependence of metabolic rate, Proceedings of the Royal Society - Biological Sciences (Series B) [E], vol 279, issue 1742, The Royal Society Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 3616-3621.

Chown, S.L., 2012, Antarctic marine biodiversity and deep-sea hydrothermal vents, Plos Biology [P], vol 10, issue 1, Public Library Science, San Francisco USA, pp. 1-4.

Chown, S.L., 2012, Biotic interactions modify the effects of oxygen on insect gigantism, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America [P], vol 109, issue 27, National Academy of Sciences, Washington USA, pp. 10745-10746.

Chown, S.L., Lee, J.E., Hughes, K.A., Barnes, J., Barrett, P.J., Bergstrom, D.M., Convey, P., Cowan, D.A., Crosbie, K., Dyer, G., Frenot, Y., Grant, S.M., Herr, D., Kennicutt ll, M.C., Lamers, M., Murray, A., Possingham, H., Reid, K., Riddle, M.J., Ryan, P.G., Sanson, L., Shaw, J.D., Sparrow, M.D., Summerhayes, C., Terauds, A., Wall, D.H., 2012, Challenges to the future conservation of the Antarctic, Science [P], vol 337, issue 6091, American Association of the Advancement of Science, Washington USA, pp. 158-159.

Liu, W.P.A., Janion, C., Chown, S.L., 2012, Collembola diversity in the critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and adjacent pine plantations, Pedobiologia [P], vol 55, issue 4, Elsevier GmbH, Jena Germany, pp. 203-209.

Terauds, A., Chown, S.L., Morgan, F., Peat, H.J., Watts, D.J., Keys, H., Convey, P., Bergstrom, D.M., 2012, Conservation biogeography of the Antarctic, Diversity And Distributions [P], vol 18, issue 7, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken USA, pp. 726-741.

Chown, S.L., Huiskes, A.H.L., Gremmen, N.J.M., Lee, J.E., Terauds, A., Crosbie, K., Frenot, Y., Hughes, K.A., Imura, S., Kiefer, K., Lebouvier, M., Raymond, B., Tsujimoto, M., Ware, C., Van de Vijver, B., Bergstrom, D.M., 2012, Continent-wide risk assessment for the establishment of nonindigenous species in Antarctica, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America [P], vol 109, issue 13, National Academy of Sciences, Washington USA, pp. 4938-4943.

Lee, J.E., Somers, M.J., Chown, S.L., 2012, Density, body size and sex ratio of an indigenous spider along an altitudinal gradient in the sub-Antarctic, Antarctic Science [P], vol 24, issue 1, Cambridge University Press, New York USA, pp. 15-22.

Bengtsson, J., Janion, C., Chown, S.L., Leinaas, H.P., 2012, Litter decomposition in fynbos vegetation, South Africa, Soil Biology and Biochemistry [P], vol 47, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxon England, pp. 100-105.

Bartish, I.V., Ainouche, A., Jia, D., Bergstrom, D.M., Chown, S.L., Winkworth, R.C., Hennion, F., 2012, Phylogeny and colonization history of Pringlea antiscorbutica (Brassicaceae), an emblematic endemic from the South Indian Ocean Province, Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution [P], vol 65, issue 2, Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, San Diego USA, pp. 748-756.

Mortimer, E., Jansen van Vuuren, B., Meiklejohn, K.I., Chown, S.L., 2012, Phylogeography of a mite, Halozetes fulvus, reflects the landscape history of a young volcanic island in the sub-Antarctic, Biological Journal Of The Linnean Society [P], vol 105, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 131-145.

Boardman, L., Terblanche, J.S., Hetz, S.K., Marais, E., Chown, S.L., 2012, Reactive oxygen species production and discontinuous gas exchange in insects, Proceedings of the Royal Society - Biological Sciences (Series B) [P], vol 279, issue 1730, Royal Society, London England, pp. 893-901.

Groenewald, B., Hetz, S.K., Chown, S.L., Terblanche, J.S., 2012, Respiratory dynamics of discontinuous gas exchange in the tracheal system of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, Journal Of Experimental Biology [P], vol 215, issue 13, The Company of Biologists Ltd, Cambridge England, pp. 2301-2307.

Braschler, B., Chown, S.L., Gaston, K.J., 2012, The Fynbos and Succulent Karoo Biomes do not have exceptional local ant richness, PLoS ONE [P], vol 7, issue 3, Public Library Science, San Francisco USA, pp. 1-9.

Allen, J.L., Clusella-Trullas, S., Chown, S.L., 2012, The effects of acclimation and rates of temperature change on critical thermal limits in Tenebrio molitor (Tenebrionidae) and Cyrtobagous salviniae (Curculionidae), Journal of Insect Physiology [P], vol 58, issue 5, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 669-678.

Lyons, C.L., Coetzee, M., Terblanche, J.S., Chown, S.L., 2012, Thermal limits of wild and laboratory strains of two African malaria vector species, Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus, Malaria Journal [P], vol 11, issue 226, BioMed Central, London England, pp. 1-14.

Chown, S.L., 2012, Trait-based approaches to conservation physiology: forecasting environmental change risks from the bottom up, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences [P], vol 367, issue 1596, Royal Society, London England, pp. 1615-1627.

Clusella-Trullas, S., Blackburn, T.M., Chown, S.L., 2011, Climatic predictors of temperature performance curve parameters in ectotherms imply complex responses to climatic change, American Naturalist [P], vol 177, issue 6, University Chicago Press, Chicago USA, pp. 738-751.

Clusella-Trullas, S., Chown, S.L., 2011, Comment on "Erosion of lizard diversity by climate change and altered thermal niches", Science [P], vol 332, issue 6029, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington USA, p. 537.

Veldtman, R., Lado, T.F., Botes, A., Proches, S., Timm, A.E., Geetsema, H., Chown, S.L., 2011, Creating novel food webs on introduced Australian acacias: Indirect effects of galling biological control agents, Diversity And Distributions [P], vol 17, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey USA, pp. 958-967.

Grobler, G.C., Bastos, A.D.S., Treasure, A.M., Chown, S.L., 2011, Cryptic species, biogeographic complexity and the evolutionary history of the Ectemnorhinus group in the sub-Antarctic, including a description of Bothrometopus huntleyi, n. sp., Antarctic Science [P], vol 23, issue 3, Cambridge University Press, New York USA, pp. 211-224.

Groenewald, C.W., Born, C., Chown, S.L., Jansen van Vuuren, B., 2011, Development of a microsatellite library for the flightless moth Pringleophaga marioni Viette (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), Conservation Genetics Resources [P], vol 3, issue 2, Springer, Dordrecht Netherlands, pp. 291-294.

Chown, S.L., 2011, Discontinuous gas exchange: New perspectives on evolutionary origins and ecological implications, Functional Ecology [P], vol 25, issue 6, Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey USA, pp. 1163-1168.

Terblanche, J.S., Hoffmann, A.A., Mitchell, K.A., Rako, L., le Roux, P.C., Chown, S.L., 2011, Ecologically relevant measures of tolerance to potentially lethal temperatures, Journal Of Experimental Biology [P], vol 214, issue 22, Company of Biologists Ltd, Cambridge England, pp. 3713-3725.

Hughes, K.A., Lee, J.E., Tsujimoto, M., Imura, S., Bergstrom, D.M., Ware, C., Lebouvier, M., Huiskes, A.H.L., Gremmen, N.J.M., Frenot, Y., Bridge, P.D., Chown, S.L., 2011, Food for thought: Risks of non-native species transfer to the Antarctic region with fresh produce, Biological Conservation [P], vol 144, issue 5, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxon England, pp. 1682-1689.

Grobler, G.C., Bastos, A.D.S., Chimimba, C.T., Chown, S.L., 2011, Inter-island dispersal of flightless Bothrometopus huntleyi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Island archipelago, Antarctic Science [P], vol 23, issue 3, Cambridge University Press, New York USA, pp. 225-234.

Gouws, E.J., Gaston, K.J., Chown, S.L., 2011, Intraspecific body size frequency distributions of insects, PLoS ONE [P], vol 6, issue 3, Public Library Science, San Francisco USA, pp. 1-8.

Wall, D.H., Lyons, w., Chown, S.L., Convey, P., Howard-Williams, C., Quesada, A., Vincent, W.F., 2011, Long-term ecosystem networks to record change: An international imperative, Antarctic Science [P], vol 23, issue 3, Cambridge University Press, New York USA, p. 209.

Mortimer, E., Jansen van Vuuren, B., Lee, J.E., Marshall, D.J., Convey, P., Chown, S.L., 2011, Mite dispersal among the Southern Ocean Islands and Antarctica before the last glacial maximum, Proceedings of the Royal Society - Biological Sciences (Series B) [P], vol 278, issue 1709, Royal Society, London England, pp. 1247-1255.

Cowan, D.A., Chown, S.L., Convey, P., Tuffin, M., Hughes, K.A., Pointing, S., Vincent, W.F., 2011, Non-indigenous microorganisms in the Antarctic: Assessing the risks, Trends in Microbiology [P], vol 19, issue 11, Elsevier Science, London England, pp. 540-548.

Lee, J.E., Chown, S.L., 2011, Quantification of intra-regional propagule movements in the Antarctic, Antarctic Science [P], vol 23, issue 4, Cambridge University Press, New York USA, pp. 337-342.

Abraham, S., Somers, M.J., Chown, S.L., 2011, Seasonal, altitudinal and host plant-related variation in the abundance of aphids (Insecta, Hemiptera) on sub-Antarctic Marion Island, Polar Biology [P], vol 34, issue 4, Springer, New York USA, pp. 513-520.

Terauds, A., Chown, S.L., Bergstrom, D.M., 2011, Spatial scale and species identity influence the indigenous-alien diversity relationship in springtails, Ecology [P], vol 92, issue 7, Ecological Society of America, Washington USA, pp. 1436-1447.

Janion, C., Bedos, A., Bengtsson, J., Deharveng, L., Jansen van Vuuren, B., Leinaas, H.P., Liu, A., Malmstrom, A., Porco, D., Chown, S.L., 2011, Springtail diversity in South Africa, South African Journal Of Science [P], vol 107, issue 11/12, Academy of Science for South Africa, South Africa, pp. 1-7.

Greve, M., Chown, S.L., van Rensburg, B.J., Dallimer, M., Gaston, K.J., 2011, The ecological effectiveness of protected areas: A case study for South African birds, Animal Conservation [P], vol 14, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 295-305.

Weldon, C.W., Terblanche, J.S., Chown, S.L., 2011, Time-course for attainment and reversal of acclimation to constant temperature in two Ceratitis species, Journal of Thermal Biology [P], vol 36, issue 8, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 479-485.

Bengtsson, J., Janion, C., Chown, S.L., Leinaas, H.P., 2011, Variation in decomposition rates in the fynbos biome, South Africa: The role of plant species and plant stoichiometry, Oecologia [P], vol 165, issue 1, Springer, New York USA, pp. 225-235.

Chown, S.L., Sorensen, J.G., Terblanche, J.S., 2011, Water loss in insects: An environmental change perspective, Journal of Insect Physiology [P], vol 57, issue 8, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 1070-1084.

Chown, S.L., Hoffmann, A.A., Kristensen, T.N., Angilletta Jr., M.J., Stenseth, N.C., Pertoldi, C., 2010, Adapting to climate change: A perspective from evolutionary physiology, Climate Research [P], vol 43, issue 1-2, Inter-Research, Oldendorf Luhe Germany, pp. 3-15.

Davies, R.G., Irlich, U.M., Chown, S.L., Gaston, K.J., 2010, Ambient, productive and wind energy, and ocean extent predict global species richness of procellariiform seabirds, Global Ecology and Biogeography [P], vol 19, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden USA, pp. 98-110.

Chown, S.L., Gaston, K.J., 2010, Body size variation in insects: A macroecological perspective, Biological Reviews [P], vol 85, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey USA, pp. 139-169.

Terblanche, J.S., Chown, S.L., 2010, Effects of flow rate and temperature on cyclic gas exchange in tsetse flies (Diptera, Glossinidae), Journal of Insect Physiology [P], vol 56, issue 5, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 513-521.

McGaughran, A., Convey, P., Stevens, M.I., Chown, S.L., 2010, Metabolic rate, genetic and microclimate variation among springtail populations from sub-Antarctic Marion Island, Polar Biology [P], vol 33, issue 7, Springer, New York USA, pp. 909-918.

Stevens, M.M., Jackson, S., Bester, S.A., Terblanche, J.S., Chown, S.L., 2010, Oxygen limitation and thermal tolerance in two terrestrial arthropod species, Journal Of Experimental Biology [P], vol 213, issue 13, Company of Biologists Ltd, Cambridge England, pp. 2209-2218.

Hui, C., Terblanche, J.S., Chown, S.L., McGeoch, M.A., 2010, Parameter landscapes unveil the bias in allometric prediction, Methods in Ecology and Evolution [P] , vol 1, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 69-74.

Terblanche, J.S., Clusella-Trullas, S., Chown, S.L., 2010, Phenotypic plasticity of gas exchange pattern and water loss in Scarabaeus spretus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Deconstructing the basis for metabolic rate variation, Journal Of Experimental Biology [P], vol 213, issue 17, Company of Biologists Ltd, Cambridge England, pp. 2940-2949.

Clusella-Trullas, S., Terblanche, J.S., Chown, S.L., 2010, Phenotypic plasticity of locomotion performance in the seed harvester Messor capensis (Formicidae), Physiological and Biochemical Zoology [P], vol 83, issue 3, University of Chicago Press, Chicago USA, pp. 519-530.

Chown, S.L., Gaston, K.J., van Kleunen, M., Clusella-Trullas, S., 2010, Population responses within a landscape matrix: A macrophysiological approach to understanding climate change impacts, Evolutionary Ecology [P], vol 24, issue 3, Springer, Dordrecht Netherlands, pp. 601-616.

Worland, M.R., Janion, C., Treasure, A.M., Chown, S.L., 2010, Pre-freeze mortality in three species of aphids from sub-Antarctic Marion Island, Journal of Thermal Biology [P], vol 35, issue 6, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 255-262.

Braschler, B., Mahood, K., Karenyi, N., Gaston, K.J., Chown, S.L., 2010, Realizing a synergy between research and education: How participation in ant monitoring helps raise biodiversity awareness in a resource-poor country, Journal Of Insect Conservation [P], vol 14, issue 1, Springer, Dordrecht Netherlands, pp. 19-30.

Chown, S.L., 2010, South Africa: big science should stay on the agenda, Nature [P], vol 464, issue 7285, Nature, London England, p. 30.

Shaw, J.D., Spear, D., Greve, M., Chown, S.L., 2010, Taxonomic homogenization and differentiation across Southern Ocean Islands differ among insects and vascular plants, Journal Of Biogeography [P], vol 37, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 217-228.

Chown, S.L., 2010, Temporal biodiversity change in transformed landscapes: A southern African perspective, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences [P], vol 365, issue 1558, The Royal Society, London England, pp. 3729-3742.

Janion, C., Leinaas, H.P., Terblanche, J.S., Chown, S.L., 2010, Trait means and reaction norms: The consequences of climate change/invasion interactions at the organism level, Evolutionary Ecology [P], vol 24, issue 6, Springer, Dordrecht Netherlands, pp. 1365-1380.

Veldtman, R., Chown, S.L., McGeoch, M.A., 2010, Using scale-area curves to quantify the distribution, abundance and range expansion potential of an invasive species, Diversity And Distributions [P], vol 16, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden USA, pp. 159-169.

Chown, S.L., Spear, D., Lee, J.E., Shaw, J.D., 2009, Animal introductions to southern systems: Lessons for ecology and for policy, African Zoology [P], vol 44, issue 2, Zoological Society of Southern Africa, Scottsville South Africa, pp. 248-262.

Janion, C., Worland, M.R., Chown, S.L., 2009, Assemblage level variation in springtail lower lethal temperature: The role of invasive species on sub-Antarctic Marion Island, Physiological Entomology [P], vol 34, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 284-291.

Cooper, J., Bester, M.N., Chown, S.L., Crawford, R.J., Daly, R., Heyns, E., Lamont, T., Ryan, P.G., Shaw, J.D., 2009, Biological survey of the Prince Edward Islands, December 2008, South African Journal Of Science [P], vol 105, issue 7-8, Academy of Science for South Africa, South Africa, pp. 317-320.

Lee, J.E., Chown, S.L., 2009, Breaching the dispersal barrier to invasion: Quantification and management, Ecological Appplications [P], vol 19, issue 7, The Ecological Society of America, Washington USA, pp. 1944-1959.

Yeates, G.W., Scott, M.B., Chown, S.L., Sinclair, B.J., 2009, Changes in soil nematode populations indicate an annual life cycle at Cape Hallett, Antarctica, Pedobiologia [P], vol 52, issue 6, Elsevier, Jena Germany, pp. 375-386.

Bini, L., Diniz-Filho, J.A.F., Rangel, T.F.L., Akre, T.S.B., Albaladejo, R.G., Albuquerque, F., Aparicio, A., Araujo, M., Baselga, A., Beck, J., Bellocq, I., Bohning-Gaese, K., Borges, P.A.V., Castro-Parga, I., Chey, V.K., Chown, S.L., De Marco, P., Dobkin, D.S., Ferrer-Castan, D., Field, R., Filloy, J., Fleishmann, E., Gomez, J.F., Hortal, J., Iverson, J.B., Kerr, J.T., Kissling, D., Kitching, I.J., Leon-Cortes, J., Lobo, J.M., Montoya, D., Morales-Castilla, I., Moreno, J.C., Oberdorff, T., Olalla-Tarraga, M.A., Pausas, J.G., Qian, H., Rahbek, C., Rodriguez, M.A., Rueda, M., Ruggiero, A., Sackmann, P., Sanders, N.J., Terribile, L.C., Vetaas, O., Hawkins, B.A., 2009, Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: An empirical evaluation of spatial and non-spatial regression, Ecography [P], vol 32, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 193-204.

Terblanche, J.S., Clusella-Trullas, S., Deere, J.A., Jansen van Vuuren, B., Chown, S.L., 2009, Directional evolution of the slope of the metabolic rate-temperature relationship is correlated with climate, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology [P], vol 82, issue 5, University of Chicago Press, Chicago USA, pp. 495-503.

Proches, S., Forest, F., Veldtman, R., Chown, S.L., Cowling, R.M., Johnson, S.D., Richardson, D.M., Savolainen, V., 2009, Dissecting the plant-insect diversity relationship in the Cape, Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution [P], vol 51, issue 1, Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, San Diego USA, pp. 94-99.

Leinaas, H.P., Slabber, S., Chown, S.L., 2009, Effects of thermal acclimation on water loss rate and tolerance in the collembolan Pogonognathellus flavescens, Physiological Entomology [P], vol 34, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 325-332.

Hui, C., McGeoch, M., Reyers, B., le Roux, P.C., Greve, M., Chown, S.L., 2009, Extrapolating population size from the occupancy-abundance relationship and the scaling pattern of occupancy, Ecological Appplications [P], vol 19, issue 8, Ecological Society of America, Washington USA, pp. 2038-2048.

Bergstrom, D.M., Lucieer, A., Kiefer, K., Wasley, J., Belbin, L., Pedersen, T.K., Chown, S.L., 2009, Indirect effects of invasive species removal devastate World Heritage Island, Journal Of Applied Ecology [P], vol 46, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 73-81.

Irlich, U.M., Terblanche, J.S., Blackburn, T.M., Chown, S.L., 2009, Insect rate-temperature relationships: Environmental variation and the metabolic theory of ecology, American Naturalist [P], vol 174, issue 6, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago USA, pp. 819-835.

Marais, E., Terblanche, J.S., Chown, S.L., 2009, Life stage-related differences in hardening and acclimation of thermal tolerance traits in the kelp fly, Paractora dreuxi (Diptera, Helcomyzidae), Journal of Insect Physiology [P], vol 55, issue 4, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 336-343.

Gaston, K.J., Chown, S.L., Calosi, P., Bernardo, J., Bilton, D.T., Clarke, A., Clusella-Trullas, S., Ghalambor, C.K., Konarzewski, M., Peck, L., Porter, W., Portner, H.O., Rezende, E.L., Schulte, P., Spicer, J.I., Stillman, J.H., Terblanche, J.S., van Kleunen, M., 2009, Macrophysiology: A conceptual reunification, American Naturalist [P], vol 174, issue 5, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago USA, pp. 595-612.

Bergstrom, D.M., Lucieer, A., Kiefer, K., Wasley, J., Belbin, L., Pedersen, T.K., Chown, S.L., 2009, Management implications of the Macquarie Island trophic cascade revisited: A reply to Dowding et al. (2009), Journal Of Applied Ecology [P], vol 46, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 1133-1136.

Spear, D., Chown, S.L., 2009, Non-indigenous ungulates as a threat to biodiversity, Journal of Zoology [P], vol 279, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 1-17.

Chown, S.L., Jumbam, K.R., Sorensen, J.G., Terblanche, J.S., 2009, Phenotypic variance, plasticity and heritability estimates of critical thermal limits depend on methodological context, Functional Ecology [P], vol 23, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 133-140.

Lee, J.E., Janion, C., Marais, E., Jansen van Vuuren, B., Chown, S.L., 2009, Physiological tolerances account for range limits and abundance structure in an invasive slug, Proceedings of the Royal Society - Biological Sciences (Series B) [P], vol 276, issue 1661, Royal Society, London England, pp. 1459-1468.

Lee, J.E., Chown, S.L., 2009, Quantifying the propagule load associated with the construction of an Antarctic research station, Antarctic Science [P], vol 21, issue 5, Cambridge University Press, New York USA, pp. 471-475.

Phiri, E.E., McGeoch, M.A., Chown, S.L., 2009, Spatial variation in structural damage to a keystone plant species in the sub-Antarctic: interactions between Azorella selago and invasive house mice, Antarctic Science [P], vol 21, issue 3, Cambridge University Press, New York USA, pp. 189-196.

Lee, J.E., Chown, S.L., 2009, Temporal development of hull-fouling assemblages associated with an Antarctic supply vessel, Marine Ecology-Progress Series [P], vol 386, Inter-Research, Oldendorf Luhe Germany, pp. 97-105.

Warren, M., McGeoch, M.A., Chown, S.L., 2009, The detection of spatial structure in populations and communities: an empirical case study, Ecoscience [P], vol 16, issue 1, University Laval, Quebec Canada, pp. 95-110.

Spear, D., Chown, S.L., 2009, The extent and impacts of ungulate translocations: South Africa in a global context, Biological Conservation [P], vol 142, issue 2, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxon England, pp. 353-363.

Chown, S.L., 2009, Unpredictable change in Antarctic terrestrial systems: A consequence of science and policy priorities?, Antarctic Science [P], vol 21, issue 4, Cambridge University Press, New York USA, p. 315.

Jumbam, K.R., Jackson, S., Terblanche, J.S., McGeoch, M.A., Chown, S.L., 2008, Acclimation effects on critical and lethal thermal limits of workers of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, Journal of Insect Physiology [P], vol 54, issue 6, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 1008-1014.

White, C.R., Terblanche, J.S., Kabat, A.P., Blackburn, T.M., Chown, S.L., Butler, P.J., 2008, Allometric scaling of maximum metabolic rate: The influence of temperature, Functional Ecology [P], vol 22, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 616-623.

Marais, E., Chown, S.L., 2008, Beneficial acclimation and the Bogert effect, Ecology Letters [P], vol 11, issue 10, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 1027-1036.

Gray, E.M., Chown, S.L., 2008, Bias, precision and accuracy in the estimation of cuticular and respiratory water loss: a case study from a highly variable cockroach, Perisphaeria sp., Journal of Insect Physiology [P], vol 54, issue 1, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 169-179.

Chown, S.L., Lee, J.E., Shaw, J.D., 2008, Conservation of Southern Ocean Islands: invertebrates as exemplars, Journal Of Insect Conservation [P], vol 12, issue 3-4, Springer, Dordrecht Netherlands, pp. 277-291.

Terblanche, J.S., Marais, E., Hetz, S.K., Chown, S.L., 2008, Control of discontinous gas exchange in Samia cynthia: Effects of atmospheric oxygen, carbon dioxide and moisture, Journal Of Experimental Biology [P], vol 211, issue 20, Company of Biologists Ltd, Cambridge England, pp. 3272-3280.

Jumbam, K.R., Terblanche, J.S., Deere, J.A., Somers, M.J., Chown, S.L., 2008, Critical thermal limits and their responses to acclimation in two sub-Antarctic spiders: Myro kerguelenensis and Prinerigone vagans, Polar Biology [P], vol 31, issue 2, Springer, New York USA, pp. 215-220.

Chown, S.L., Sinclair, B.J., Jansen van Vuuren, B., 2008, DNA barcoding and the documentation of alien species establishment on sub-Antarctic Marion Island, Polar Biology [P], vol 31, issue 5, Springer, New York USA, pp. 651-655.

Tolley, K.A., Davies, S.J., Chown, S.L., 2008, Deconstructing a controversial local range expansion: Conservation biogeography of the painted reed frog (Hyperolius marmoratus) in South Africa, Diversity And Distributions [P], vol 14, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 400-411.

Gaston, K.J., Chown, S.L., Evans, K.L., 2008, Ecogeographical rules: Elements of a synthesis, Journal Of Biogeography [P], vol 35, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 483-500.

Greve, M., Gaston, K.J., van Rensburg, B.J., Chown, S.L., 2008, Environmental factors, regional body size distributions and spatial variation in body size of local avian assemblages, Global Ecology and Biogeography [P], vol 17, issue 4, Blackwell Publishing, Oxon England, pp. 514-523.

Proches, S., Wilson, J.R.U., Richardson, D.M., Chown, S.L., 2008, Herbivores, but not other insects, are scarce on alien plants, Austral Ecology [P], vol 33, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 691-700.

Clusella-Trullas, S., Chown, S.L., 2008, Investigating onychophoran gas exchange and water balance as a means to inform current controversies in arthropod physiology, Journal Of Experimental Biology [P], vol 211, issue 19, Company of Biologists Ltd, Cambridge England, pp. 3139-3146.

Chown, S.L., Gaston, K.J., 2008, Macrophysiology for a changing world, Proceedings of the Royal Society - Biological Sciences (Series B) [P], vol 275, issue 1642, The Royal Society, London England, pp. 1469-1478.

Makarieva, A.M., Gorshkov, V.G., Li, B., Chown, S.L., Reich, P., Gavrilov, V.M., 2008, Mean mass-specific metabolic rates are strikingly similar across life's major domains: Evidence for life's metabolic optimum, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America [P], vol 105, issue 44, The National Academy of Sciences of the USA, Washington USA, pp. 16994-16999.

Chown, S.L., Sorensen, J.G., Sinclair, B.J., 2008, Physiological variation and phenotypic plasticity: A response to 'Plasticity in arthropod cryotypes' by Hawes and Bale, Journal Of Experimental Biology [P], vol 211, issue 21, Company of Biologists Ltd, Cambridge England, pp. 3353-3357.

Terblanche, J.S., White, C.R., Blackburn, T.M., Marais, E., Chown, S.L., 2008, Scaling of gas exchange cycle frequency in insects, Biology Letters [P], vol 4, issue 1, The Royal Society, London England, pp. 127-129.

Spear, D., Chown, S.L., 2008, Taxonomic homogenization in ungulates: patterns and mechanisms at local and global scales, Journal Of Biogeography [P], vol 35, issue 11, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 1962-1975.

Clusella-Trullas, S., Terblanche, J.S., Blackburn, T.M., Chown, S.L., 2008, Testing the thermal melanism hypothesis: A macrophysiological approach, Functional Ecology [P], vol 22, issue 2, Blackwell Publishing, Oxon England, pp. 232-238.

Terblanche, J.S., Clusella-Trullas, S., Deere, J.A., Chown, S.L., 2008, Thermal tolerance in a south-east African population of the tsetse fly Glossina pallidipes (Diptera, Glossinidae): implications for forecasting climate change impacts, Journal of Insect Physiology [P], vol 54, issue 1, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 114-127.

Terblanche, J.S., Deere, J.A., Clusella-Trullas, S., Janion-Scheepers, C., Chown, S.L., 2007, Critical thermal limits depend on methodological context, Proceedings of the Royal Society - Biological Sciences (Series B) [P], vol 274, issue 1628, Royal Society, United Kingdom, pp. 2935-2942.

Botes, A., McGeoch, M., Chown, S.L., 2007, Ground-dwelling beetle assemblages in the northern Cape Floristic Region: Patterns, correlates and implications, Austral Ecology [P], vol 32, issue 2, Blackwell Publishing, Oxon England, pp. 210-224.

Chown, S.L., Slabber, S., McGeoch, M.A., Janion, C., Leinaas, H.P., 2007, Phenotypic plasticity mediates climate change responses among invasive and indigenous arthropods, Proceedings of the Royal Society - Biological Sciences (Series B) [P], vol 274, issue 1625, Royal Society, London England, pp. 2531-2537.

Terblanche, J.S., Janion-Scheepers, C., Chown, S.L., 2007, Variation in scorpion metabolic rate and rate-temperature relationships: implications for the fundamental equation of the metabolic theory of ecology, Journal Of Evolutionary Biology [P], vol 20, issue 4, Blackwell Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 1602-1612.

Other

Chown, S.L., Lee, J.E., 2009, Antarctic Islands, Biology, Encyclopedia of Islands, vol encyclopedia, University of California Press, United Kingdom, pp. 10-17.

Grants

Title:

A high throughput phenomics facility for pace of life traits in animals.

Investigators:

Marshall, D, White, C, Dowling, D, Hall, M, Hoffmann, A, Phillips, B, Kearney, M, Sgro, C, Chown, S

Funding:

(2015). Australian Research Council (ARC) [arc, AUS, ACT].

(2015). Monash University [monash, AUS, VIC].

(2015). The University of Melbourne [unimelb, AUS, VIC].

(2015). The University of Queensland [uq, AUS, QLD].

Title:

Will life be tougher in the tropics? The evidence for latitudinal variation in vulnerability to climate change.

Investigators:

Sgro, C, Chown, S

Funding:

(2014 - 2016). Australian Research Council (ARC) [arc, AUS, ACT].

Title:

Hydroregulation a missing piece of the climate change puzzle.

Investigators:

Chown, S, Kearney, M

Funding:

(2014 - 2016). Australian Research Council (ARC) [arc, AUS, ACT].

Title:

The functional roles of plant communities and invertebrate biodiversity for leaf litter decomposition in revegetated farmland.

Investigators:

Brown, A, Cavagnaro, T, McGeoch, M, Chown, S, Cunningham, S

Funding:

(2013 - 2015). Philanthropy, ANZ Trustees.

Title:

The Antarctic Conservation Strategy.

Investigators:

Chown, S

Funding:

(2013 - 2014). Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research [scar, GBR, CAM].

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Landscape processes affecting the community assemblage of planthoppers and allies (Insecta: Auchenorrhyncha).

Supervisors:

Mcgeoch, M (Main), Chown, S (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Testing the generality of community responses to environmental heterogeneity in modified landscapes.

Supervisors:

Mcgeoch, M (Main), Chapple, D (Associate), Chown, S (Associate).