Publications: Wooller, Ron

2013

Cannell, B., Chambers, L., Bunce, M., Murray, D., Wooller, R. and Bradley, S. (2013) Impact of the marine heatwave on the Little Penguin: Change in diet and the lowest breeding success since records began in 1986. In: Invited speaker at South West Marine Conference, 9 May, Bunker Bay, Western Australia.

Cannell, B., Chambers, L., Bunce, M., Murray, D., Wooller, R. and Bradley, S. (2013) Impact of the marine heatwave on the Little Penguin: Change in diet and the lowest breeding success since records began in 1986. In: Invited speaker at Department of Fisheries workshop- “Marine heatwave- 2 years on”, 11 March, Perth, Western Australia.

2012

Cannell, B.L., Chambers, L.E., Wooller, R.D. and Bradley, J.S. (2012) Poorer breeding by little penguins near Perth, Western Australia is correlated with above average sea surface temperatures and a stronger Leeuwin Current. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63 (10). pp. 914-925.

2011

Cannell, B., Pollock, K.H., Bradley, S., Wooller, R., Sherwin, W. and Sinclair, J. (2011) Augmenting mark-recapture with beach counts to estimate the abundance of little penguins on Penguin Island, Western Australia. Wildlife Research, 38 (6). pp. 491-500.

2010

Cannell, B., Bradley, S., Wooller, R., Sinclair, J. and Sherwin, W. (2010) 2008: The year of the global financial crisis and the Perth penguin crisis? In: Abstracts of the Seventh International Penguin Conference, 30 August - 3 September, Boston, USA.

2009

Richardson, K.C., Wooller, R.D. and Collins, B.G. (2009) Adaptations to a diet of nectar and pollen in the marsupial Tarsipes rostratus (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae). Journal of Zoology, 208 (2). pp. 285-297.

Wooller, R.D., Renfree, M.B., Russell, E.M., Dunning, A., Green, S.W. and Duncan, P. (2009) Seasonal changes in a population of the nectar-feeding marsupial Tarsipes spencerae (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae). Journal of Zoology, 195 (2). pp. 267-279.

2008

Wooller, R.D., Saunders, D.A., Bradley, J.S. and Reberia, C.P. (2008) Geographical variation in size of an Australian honeyeater (Aves: Meliphagidae): an example of Bergmann's rule. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 25 (4). pp. 355-363.

2007

Powell, Christopher D.L., Wooller, R.D. and Bradley, J.S. (2007) Breeding biology of the Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes) on Woody Island, Western Australia. Emu, 107 (4). pp. 275-283.

Cannell, B., Bradley, S., Wooller, R., Ropert-Coudert, Y. and Kato, A. (2007) Little Penguins use of Perth metropolitan waters exposes them to risk of injury from watercraft. In: Fourth Biennial Australasian Ornithological Conference, 3 - 5 December, Perth, Western Australia.

2004

Garkaklis, M.J., Bradley, J.S. and Wooller, R.D. (2004) Digging and soil turnover by a mycophagous marsupial. Journal of Arid Environments, 56 (3). pp. 569-578.

Wooller, S.J. and Wooller, R.D. (2004) Seed viability in relation to pollinator availability in Banksia baxteri. Australian Journal of Botany, 52 (2). pp. 195-1999.

Wooller, R.D., Richardson, K.C., Saffer, V.M., Garavanta, C.A.M., Bryant, K.A. and Everaardt, A.N. (2004) The honey possum Tarsipes rostratus: an update. In: Goldingay, R. and Jackson, S., (eds.) The biology of Australian possums and gliders. Surey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, N.S.W, pp. 312-317.

2003

Surman, C.A. and Wooller, R.D. (2003) Comparative foraging ecology of five sympatric terns at a sub-tropical island in the eastern Indian Ocean. Journal of Zoology, 259 (3). pp. 219-230.

Arena, P.C. and Wooller, R.D. (2003) The reproduction and diet of Egernia kingii (Reptilia : Scincidae) on Penguin Island, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 51 (5). pp. 495-504.

Wooller, R.D. and Wooller, S.J. (2003) The role of non-flying animals in the pollination of Banksia nutans. Australian Journal of Botany, 51 (5). pp. 503-507.

2002

Wooller, S.J. and Wooller, R.D. (2002) Mixed mating in Banksia media. Australian Journal of Botany, 50 (5). pp. 627-631.

Wooller, S.J., Wooller, R.D. and Brown, K.L. (2002) Regeneration by three species of Banksia on the south coast of Western Australia in relation to fire interval. Australian Journal of Botany, 50 (3). pp. 311-317.

Comer, S.J. and Wooller, R.D. (2002) A comparison of the passerine avifaunas of a rehabilitated minesite and a nearby reserve in south-western Australia. Emu, 102 (3). pp. 305-311.

2001

Wooller, S.J. and Wooller, R.D. (2001) Seed set in two sympatric banksias, Banksia attenuata and B. baxteri. Australian Journal of Botany, 49 (5). pp. 597-602.

Dunlop, J.N., Surman, C.A. and Wooller, R.D. (2001) The marine distribution of seabirds from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Emu, 101 (1). pp. 19-24.

Morris, W.J. and Wooller, R.D. (2001) The structure and dynamics of an assemblage of small birds in a semi-arid eucalypt woodland in south-western Australia. Emu, 101 (1). pp. 7-12.

2000

Wienecke, B.C., Bradley, J.S. and Wooller, R.D. (2000) Annual and seasonal variation in the growth rates of young little penguins Eudyptula minor in Western Australia. Emu, 100 (2). pp. 139-147.

Garavanta, C.A.M. and Wooller, R.D. (2000) Courtship behaviour and breeding biology of bridled TernsSterna anaethetus on Penguin Island, Western Australia. Emu, 100 (3). pp. 169-174.

Garkaklis, M.J., Bradley, J.S. and Wooller, R.D. (2000) Digging by vertebrates as an activity promoting the development of water-repellent patches in sub-surface soil. Journal of Arid Environments, 45 (1). pp. 35-42.

Cannell, B.L., Wooller, R.D. and Bradley, S. (2000) Do nearby nursery areas for clupeoid fish dictate the breeding success of Little Penguins Eudyptula minor? In: Abstracts of the Fourth International Penguin Conference, Coquimbo, Chile.

Garavanta, C.A.M., Wooller, R.D. and Richardson, K.C. (2000) Movement patterns of honey possums, Tarsipes rostratus, in the Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia. Wildlife Research, 27 (2). pp. 179-183.

Wooller, R.D., Richardson, K.C., Garavanta, C.A.M., Saffer, V.M. and Bryant, K.A. (2000) Opportunistic breeding in the polyandrous honey possum, Tarsipes rostratus. Australian Journal of Zoology, 48 (6). p. 669.

Bradley, J.S., Cox, J.M., Nicholson, L.W., Wooller, R.D., Hamer, K.C. and Hill, J.K. (2000) Parental influence upon the provisioning schedules of nestling Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris. Journal of Avian Biology, 31 (4). pp. 522-526.

Surman, C.A. and Wooller, R.D. (2000) Seabirds off the South-western coast of Australia. Emu, 100 (4). pp. 312-317.

1999

Wooller, R.D., Richardson, K.C. and Bradley, G.O. (1999) Dietary constraints upon reproduction in an obligate pollen- and nectar-feeding marsupial, the honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus). Journal of Zoology, 248 (3). pp. 279-287.

1998

Wooller, R.D. and Wooller, S.J. (1998) Consistent individuality in the timing and magnitude of flowering by Adenanthos obovatus (Proteaceae). Australian Journal of Botany, 46 (6). pp. 595-608.

Garkaklis, M.J., Bradley, J.S. and Wooller, R.D. (1998) The effects of Woylie (Bettongia penicillata) foraging on soil water repellency and water infiltration in heavy textured soils in southwestern Australia. Austral Ecology, 23 (5). pp. 492-496.

Wooller, R.D., Richardson, K.C., Garavanta, C.A.M., Saffer, V.M., Anthony, C. and Wooller, S.J. (1998) The influence of annual rainfall upon capture rates of a nectar-dependent marsupial. Wildlife Research, 25 (2). pp. 165-169.

Calver, M.C.ORCID: 0000-0001-9082-2902 and Wooller, R.D. (1998) A non-destructive laboratory exercise for teaching some principles of predation. Journal of Biological Education, 33 (1). pp. 45-48.

1997

Surman, C.A., Cheshire, N.G. and Wooller, R.D. (1997) Gould's petrel Pterodroma leucoptera off South-Western Australia. Marine Ornithology, 25 (1-2). pp. 70-71.

Hamer, K.C., Nicholson, L.W., Hill, J.K., Wooller, R.D. and Bradley, J.S. (1997) Nestling obesity in procellariiform seabirds: temporal and stochastic variation in provisioning and growth of short-tailed shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris. Oecologia, 112 (1). pp. 4-11.

1993

Meathrel, C.E., Bradley, J.S., Wooller, R.D. and Skira, I.J. (1993) The effect of parental condition on egg-size and reproductive success in short-tailed shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris. Oecologia, 93 (2). pp. 162-164.

Wooller, R.D., Richardson, K.C. and Collins, B.G. (1993) The relationship between nectar supply and the rate of capture of a nectar-dependent small marsupial Tarsipes rostratus. Journal of Zoology, 229 (4). pp. 651-658.

1992

Wooller, R.D., Bradley, J.S. and Croxall, J.P. (1992) Long-term population studies of seabirds. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 7 (4). pp. 111-114.

Wooller, R.D. and Richardson, K.C. (1992) Reduction in the number of young during pouch-life in a small marsupial. Journal of Zoology, 226 (3). pp. 445-454.

1991

Richardson, K.C., Wooller, R.D. and Casotti, G. (1991) The relative sizes and asymmetry of kidneys in passerine birds from Australia and North America. Journal of Anatomy, 175 . pp. 181-5.

Klomp, N.I. and Wooller, R.D. (1991) Patterns of arrival and departure by breeding little penguins at Penguin Island, Western Australia. Emu, 91 (1). pp. 32-35.

Wooller, R.D., Dunlop, J.N., Klomp, N.I., Meathrel, C.E. and Wienecke, B.C. (1991) Seabird abundance, distribution and breeding patterns in relation to the Leeuwin Current. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 74 . pp. 129-132.

Klomp, N.I., Meathrel, C.E., Wienecke, B.C. and Wooller, R.D. (1991) Surface nesting by little penguins on Penguin Island, Western Australia. Emu, 91 (3). pp. 190-193.

Richardson, K.C. and Wooller, R.D. (1991) The effect of fire on honey possum populations. World Wide Fund for Nature

1990

Richardson, K.C. and Wooller, R.D. (1990) Adaptations of the alimentary tracts of some Australian lorikeets to a diet of pollen and nectar. Australian Journal of Zoology, 38 (6). pp. 581-586.

Wooller, R.D., Richardson, K.C. and Wells, D.R. (1990) Allometric relationships of the gastrointestinal tracts of insectivorous passerine birds from Malaysia, New Guinea and Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 38 (6). pp. 665-340.

Landwehr, G.O., Richardson, K.C. and Wooller, R.D. (1990) Sugar preferences of honey possums Tarsipes rostratus and Western pigmy possums Cercartetus concinnus. Australian Mammalogy, 13 .

1989

Serventy, D.L., Gunn, B.M., Skira, I.J., Bradley, J.S. and Wooller, R.D. (1989) Fledgling translocation and philopatry in a seabird. Oecologia, 81 (3). pp. 428-429.

Withers, P.C., Richardson, K.C. and Wooller, R.D. (1989) Metabolic physiology of euthermic and torpid honey possums, Tarsipes rostratus. Australian Journal of Zoology, 37 (6). pp. 685-693.

Trayler, K.M., Brothers, D.J., Wooller, R.D. and Potter, I.C. (1989) Opportunistic foraging by three species of cormorants in an Australian estuary. Journal of Zoology, 218 (1). pp. 87-98.

Yamada, J., Richardson, K.C. and Wooller, R.D. (1989) An immunohistochemical study of gastrointestinal endocrine cells in a nectarivorous marsupial, the honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus). Journal of Anatomy, 162 . pp. 157-168.

1988

Wooller, R.D. and Calver, M.C.ORCID: 0000-0001-9082-2902 (1988) Changes in an assemblage of small birds in the understorey of dry sclerophyll forest in south-western Australia after fire. Australian Wildlife Research, 15 (3). pp. 331-338.

Saunders, D.A. and Wooller, R.D. (1988) Consistent individuality of voice in birds as a management tool. Emu, 88 (1). pp. 25-32.

Wooller, R.D. and Richardson, K.C. (1988) Morphological relationships of passerine birds from Australia and New Guinea in relation to their diets. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 94 (2). pp. 193-201.

Collins, B.G., Wooller, R.D. and Richardson, K.C. (1988) Torpor for the Honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus) (Marsupialia : Tarsipedidae) in response to food shortage and low environmental temperature. Australian Mammalogy, 11 (1). pp. 51-57.

Richardson, K.C. and Wooller, R.D. (1988) The alimentary-tract of a specialist frugivore, the mistletoebird, dicaeum-hirundinaceum, in relation to its diet. Australian Journal of Zoology, 36 (4). pp. 373-382.

Wooller, R.D., Richardson, K.C. and Pagendham, C.M. (1988) The digestion of pollen by some Australian birds. Australian Journal of Zoology, 36 (4). pp. 357-362.

Richardson, K.C., Yamada, J. and Wooller, R.D. (1988) An immunohistochemical study of the gastrointestinal endocrine-cells of the new holland honeyeater, phylidonyris-novaehollandiae. Australian Journal of Zoology, 36 (5). pp. 483-496.

1986

Richardson, K.C. and Wooller, R.D. (1986) The structures of the Gastrointestinal Tracts of honeyeaters and other small birds in relation to their diets. Australian Journal of Zoology, 34 (2). pp. 119-117.

1984

Wooller, R.D. (1984) Bill shape and size in honeyeaters and other small insectivorous birds in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 32 (5). pp. 657-613.

Wooller, R.D., Saunders, D.A. and Rebeira, C.P.D (1984) Consistent individuality in the calls of Australian Shelducks Tadorna tadornoideson Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Emu, 84 (3). pp. 175-177.

Richardson, K.C., Wooller, R.D. and Collins, B.G. (1984) The diet of the honey possum Tarsipes rostratus. In: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia, V9, Ninth Annual Scientific Meeting, November, Armidale, NSW, Australia pp. 110-113.

1983

Wooller, R.D., Russell, E.M., Renfree, M.B. and Towers, P.A. (1983) A comparison of seasonal changes in the pollen loads of nectarivorous marsupials and birds. Wildlife Research, 10 (2). pp. 311-317.

Wooller, R.D., Russell, E.M. and Renfree, M.B. (1983) A technique for sampling pollen carried by vertebrates. Wildlife Research, 10 (2). pp. 433-434.

1982

Tullis, K.J., Calver, M.C.ORCID: 0000-0001-9082-2902 and Wooller, R.D. (1982) The invertebrate diets of small birds in Banksia woodland near Perth, W.A., during winter. Australian Wildlife Research, 9 (2). pp. 303-309.

Calver, M.C.ORCID: 0000-0001-9082-2902 and Wooller, R.D. (1982) A technique assessing the taxa, length, dry weight and energy content of the arthropod prey of birds. Australian Wildlife Research, 9 (2). pp. 293-301.

1981

Wooller, R.D. and Dunlop, J.N. (1981) Annual variation in the clutch and egg sizes of silver gulls, larus novaehollandiae. Wildlife Research, 8 (2). pp. 431-433.

Wooller, R.D. and Bradley, J.S. (1981) Consistent individuality in the calls of Spinifex birds Eremiornis carteri on Barrow Island, WA. Emu, 81 (1). p. 40.

Wooller, R.D. and Calver, M.C.ORCID: 0000-0001-9082-2902 (1981) Diet of three insectivorous birds on Barrow Island, WA. Emu, 81 (1). pp. 48-50.

Wooller, R.D. and Calver, M.C.ORCID: 0000-0001-9082-2902 (1981) Feeding Segregation within an Assemblage of Small Birds in the Karri Forest Understorey. Australian Wildlife Research, 8 (2). pp. 401-410.

Wooller, R.D. (1981) Seasonal changes in a community of honeyeaters in South-Western Australia. Emu, 81 (1). pp. 50-51.

Calver, M.C.ORCID: 0000-0001-9082-2902 and Wooller, R.D. (1981) Seasonal differences in the diets of small birds in the karri forest understorey. Australian Wildlife Research, 8 (3). pp. 653-657.

Wooller, R.D. and Milewski, A.V. (1981) Site-fidelity in some birds of the understorey in Karri forest. Emu, 81 (3). pp. 171-174.

Wooller, R.D. and Dunlop, J.N. (1981) The use of a single external measurement for determining sex in a population of silver gulls, Larus novaehollandiae. Wildlife Research, 8 (3). p. 679.

1980

Wooller, R.D. and Brooker, K.S. (1980) The effects of controlled burning on some birds of the understorey in Karri forest. Emu, 80 (3). pp. 165-166.

Wooller, R.D. and Dunlop, J.N. (1980) The use of simple measurements to determine the age of silver gull eggs. Wildlife Research, 7 (1). pp. 113-115.

1979

Wooller, R.D. and Dunlop, J.N. (1979) Multiple laying by the silver gull, lams novaehollandiae stephens, on Carnac Island, Western Australia. Wildlife Research, 6 (3). pp. 325-335.