Publications: Spencer, Peter

Journal Article

Pacioni, C., Wayne, A.F. and Spencer, P.B.S. (2013) Genetic outcomes from the translocations of the critically endangered woylie. Current Zoology, 59 (3).

Harradine, E., How, R.A., Schmitt, L.H., de Hass, C. and Spencer, P.B.S. (2013) Isolation and characterisation of 36 polymorphic microsatellite markers using 454 sequencing in the bar-shouldered skink, Ctenotus inornatus. Conservation Genetics Resources, 5 (1). pp. 207-210.

Haouchar, D., Haile, J., Spencer, P.B.S. and Bunce, M. (2013) The identity of the Depuch Island rock-wallaby revealed through ancient DNA. Australian Mammalogy, 35 (1). pp. 101-106.

Coghlan, M.L., White, N.E., Parkinson, L., Haile, J., Spencer, P.B.S. and Bunce, M. (2012) Egg forensics: An appraisal of DNA sequencing to assist in species identification of illegally smuggled eggs. Forensic Science International: Genetics, 6 (2). pp. 268-273.

Spencer, P.B.S., Giustiniano, D., Hampton, J.O., Gee, P., Burrows, N., Rose, K., Martin, G.R. and Woolnough, A.P. (2012) Identification and management of a single large population of wild dromedary camels. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 76 (6). pp. 1254-1263.

Dixon, R.R.M., Huisman, J.M., Buchanan, J., Gurgel, C.F.D. and Spencer, P. (2012) A morphological and molecular study of austral sargassum (fucales, phaeophyceae) supports the recognition of phyllotricha at genus level, with further additions to the genus sargassopsis. Journal of Phycology, 48 (5). pp. 1119-1129.

Pacioni, C., Wayne, A.F. and Spencer, P.B.S. (2011) Effects of habitat fragmentation on population structure and long-distance gene flow in an endangered marsupial: the woylie. Journal of Zoology, 283 (2). pp. 98-107.

Alacs, E.A., Spencer, P.B.S., Tores, P.J. and Krauss, S.L. (2011) Population genetic structure of island and mainland populations of the quokka, Setonix brachyurus (Macropodidae): a comparison of AFLP and microsatellite markers. Conservation Genetics, 12 (1). pp. 297-309.

Allentoft, M.E., Oskam, C.L., Houston, J., Hale, M.L., Gilbert, M.T.P, Rasmussen, M., Spencer, P., Jacomb, C., Willerslev, E., Holdaway, R.N. and Bunce, M. (2011) Profiling the dead: generating microsatellite data from fossil bones of extinct Megafauna — protocols, problems, and prospects. PLoS ONE, 6 (1). e16670.

White, N.E., Phillips, M.J., Gilbert, M.T.P., Alfaro-Núñez, A., Willerslev, E., Mawson, P.R., Spencer, P.B.S. and Bunce, M. (2011) The evolutionary history of cockatoos (Aves: Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59 (3). pp. 615-622.

Spencer, P.B.S. and Woolnough, A.P. (2010) Assessment and genetic characterisation of Australian camels using microsatellite polymorphisms. Livestock Science, 129 (1-3). pp. 241-245.

Pacioni, C. and Spencer, P.B.S. (2010) Capturing genetic information using non-target species markers in a species that has undergone a population crash. Australian Mammalogy, 32 (1). pp. 33-38.

Spencer, P.B.S., Schmidt, D. and Hummel, S. (2010) Identification of historical specimens and wildlife seizures originating from highly degraded sources of kangaroos and other macropods. Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, 6 (3). pp. 225-232.

Spencer, P.B.S., Wilson, K.J. and Tinson, A. (2010) Parentage testing of racing camels (Camelus dromedarius) using microsatellite DNA typing. Animal Genetics, 41 (6). pp. 662-665.

White, N.E., Mawson, P.R., Dawson, R., Bunce, M.A. and Spencer, P.B.S. (2009) Characterisation and cross-species utility of 20 microsatellite markers for population and forensic applications in the endangered Carnaby’s Black-cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus latirostris. Conservation Genetics Resources, 1 (1). pp. 341-345.

Salinas, M., Bunce, M., Cancilla, D., Alpers, D.L. and Spencer, P.B.S. (2009) Divergent lineages in the heath mouse (Pseudomys shortridgei) are indicative of major contraction to geographically isolated refugia on the eastern and western sides of Australia during the early Pleistocene. Australian Journal of Zoology, 57 (1). pp. 41-47.

Allentoft, M.E., Schuster, S., Holdaway, R., Hale, M., McLay, E., Oskam, C.L., Gilbert, M.T.P., Spencer, P., Willerslev, E. and Bunce, M. (2009) Identification of microsatellites from an extinct moa species using high-throughput (454) sequence data. BioTechniques, 46 (3). pp. 195-200.

How, R.A., Spencer, P.B.S. and Schmitt, L.H. (2009) Island populations have high conservation value for northern Australia's top marsupial predator ahead of a threatening process. Journal of Zoology, 278 (3). pp. 206-217.

Clark, P. and Spencer, P.B.S. (2007) Description of three new species of Theileria bettencourt, franca & borges, 1907 from macropodoidea in Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 131 (1). pp. 100-106.

Spencer, P.B.S., Cardoso, M., How, R.A., Williams, J., Bunce, M. and Schmitt, L.H. (2007) Cross-species amplification at microsatellite loci in Australian quolls including the description of five new markers from the Chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii). Molecular Ecology Notes, 7 (6). pp. 1100-1103.

Cowled, B.D., Lapidge, S.J., Hampton, J.O. and Spencer, P.B.S. (2006) Measuring the Demographic and Genetic Effects of Pest Control in a Highly Persecuted Feral Pig Population. Journal of Wildlife Management, 70 (6). pp. 1690-1697.

Hulme-Moir, K.L., Clark, P. and Spencer, P.B.S. (2006) Effects of temperature and duration of sample storage on the haematological characteristics of western grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus). Australian Veterinary Journal, 84 (4). pp. 143-147.

Clark, P. and Spencer, P.B.S. (2006) Haematological characteristics of wild quokka (Setonix brachyurus). Comparative Clinical Pathology, 15 (2). pp. 82-86.

Wicks, R.M., Spencer, P.B.S., Moolhuijzen, P. and Clark, P. (2006) Morphological and molecular characteristics of a species of Hepatozoon Miller, 1908 (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) from the blood of Isoodon obesulus (Marsupialia: Peramelidae) in Western Australia. Systematic Parasitology, 65 (1). pp. 19-25.

Hampton, J., Spencer, P.B.S., Elliot, A.D. and Thompson, R.C.A. (2006) Prevalence of zoonotic pathogens from feral pigs in major public drinking water catchments in Western Australia. EcoHealth, 3 (2). pp. 103-108.

Charles, W., Cord-Ruwisch, R., Ho, G., Costa, M. and Spencer, P. (2006) Solutions to a combined problem of excessive hydrogen sulfide in biogas and struvite scaling. Water Science & Technology, 53 (6). pp. 203-210.

Spencer, P.B.S., Hampton, J., Lapidge, S.J., Mitchell, J., Lee, J. and Pluske, J.R. (2006) An assessment of the genetic diversity and structure within and among populations of wild pigs (Sus scrofa) from Australia and Papua New Guinea. Journal of Genetics, 85 (1). pp. 63-66.

McInnes, L.M., Dadour, I.R., Stewart, M.E., Ditcham, W.G.F., Mawson, P. and Spencer, P.B.S. (2005) Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Carnaby's cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) and related black cockatoo species. Molecular Ecology Notes, 5 (3). pp. 504-506.

Spencer, P.B.S. and Hampton, J.O. (2005) Illegal translocation and genetic structure of feral pigs in Western Australia. Journal of Wildlife Management, 69 (1). pp. 377-384.

Spencer, P.B.S., Lapidge, S.J., Hampton, J.O. and Pluske, J.R. (2005) The sociogenetic structure of a controlled feral pig population. Wildlife Research, 32 (4). pp. 297-304.

Hampton, J.O., Spencer, P.B.S., Alpers, D.L., Twigg, L.E., Woolnough, A.P., Doust, J., Higgs, T. and Pluske, J.R. (2004) Molecular techniques, wildlife management and the importance of genetic population structure and dispersal: a case study with feral pigs. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41 (4). pp. 735-743.

Hampton, J., Pluske, J.R. and Spencer, P.B.S. (2004) A preliminary genetic study of the social biology of feral pigs in south-western Australia and the implications for management. Wildlife Research, 31 (4). pp. 375-381.

Munshi, M.A., Taylor, N.M., Mikosza, A.S.J., Spencer, P.B.S. and Hampson, D.J. (2003) Detection by PCR and isolation assays of the anaerobic intestinal spirochete Brachyspira aalborgi from the feces of captive nonhuman primates. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41 (3). pp. 1187-1191.

Spencer, P.B.S. and Bryant, K.A. (2000) Characterization of highly polymorphic microsatellite markers in the marsupial honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus). Molecular Ecology Notes, 9 (4). pp. 492-494.

Conference Item

de Tores, P., Wayne, A., Warren, K., Calver, M., Fleming, P., Spencer, P., Bencini, R., Clarke, J., Grimm, H., Bryant, G., Wilson, K., Yokochi, K. and Elscot, S. (2010) The western ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus occidentalis, (Thomas, 1888). In: Threatened Species Research Forum, 9 July, Perth, Western Australia.

Pacioni, C., Spencer, P. and Wayne, A. (2008) Understanding woylie decline: a molecular perspective. In: 21st Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference, 24 - 27 November, Fremantle, Western Australia.