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Dianne M. Gleeson

Dianne M. Gleeson

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Ecology and Evolution

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Overview

Dianne M. Gleeson is affiliated with the University of Canberra in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a pronounced focus on the subfields of Ecology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Identification and Quantification in Food, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Dianne M. Gleeson has published in a range of journals and venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Environmental DNA
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • New Zealand Journal of Zoology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Genome Biology and Evolution

Their recent papers include:

  • Genomic Tools in Biological Invasions: Current State and Future Frontiers (2023, Genome Biology and Evolution)
  • Improving the detection of rare native fish species in environmental DNA metabarcoding surveys (2021, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems)
  • Detection of Khapra Beetle Environmental DNA Using Portable Technologies in Australian Biosecurity (2022, Frontiers in Insect Science)
  • Considerations for future environmental DNA accreditation and proficiency testing schemes (2021, Environmental DNA)
  • Sucked in by eDNA - a promising tool for complementing riverine assessment of freshwater fish communities in Aotearoa New Zealand (2021, New Zealand Journal of Zoology)

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Alejandro Trujillo-González
  • Elise M. Furlan
  • Sam Godwin
  • Jack Rojahn
  • Jonas Bylemans

Best Publications

  • Methods to maximise recovery of environmental DNA from water samples.

    Rheyda Hinlo;Dianne Gleeson;Mark Lintermans;Elise Furlan

  • A framework for estimating the sensitivity of eDNA surveys.

    Elise M. Furlan;Dianne Gleeson;Christopher M. Hardy;Christopher M. Hardy;Richard P. Duncan

  • Ecdysozoan Mitogenomics: Evidence for a Common Origin of the Legged Invertebrates, the Panarthropoda

    Omar Rota-Stabelli;Ehsan Kayal;Dianne Gleeson;Jennifer Daub

  • An environmental DNA-based method for monitoring spawning activity: a case study, using the endangered Macquarie perch (Macquaria australasica)

    Jonas Bylemans;Jonas Bylemans;Elise M. Furlan;Elise M. Furlan;Christopher M. Hardy;Prudence McGuffie;Prudence McGuffie

  • Does Size Matter? An Experimental Evaluation of the Relative Abundance and Decay Rates of Aquatic Environmental DNA.

    Jonas Bylemans;Elise M. Furlan;Dianne M. Gleeson;Christopher M. Hardy

  • Effect of Vegetation Matrix on Animal Dispersal: Genetic Evidence from a Study of Endangered Skinks

    Oliver Berry;Mandy D. Tocher;Dianne M. Gleeson;Stephen D. Sarre

  • Relationship between avian malaria distribution and an exotic invasive mosquito in New Zealand

    D. M. Tompkins;D. M. Gleeson

  • Toward an ecoregion scale evaluation of eDNA metabarcoding primers: A case study for the freshwater fish biodiversity of the Murray-Darling Basin (Australia).

    Jonas Bylemans;Jonas Bylemans;Dianne M. Gleeson;Dianne M. Gleeson;Christopher M. Hardy;Christopher M. Hardy;Elise Furlan;Elise Furlan

  • A performance evaluation of targeted eDNA and eDNA metabarcoding analyses for freshwater fishes

    Jonas Bylemans;Jonas Bylemans;Dianne M. Gleeson;Dianne M. Gleeson;Richard P. Duncan;Christopher M. Hardy;Christopher M. Hardy

  • Environmental DNA monitoring and management of invasive fish: comparison of eDNA and fyke netting

    Rheyda Hinlo;Elise Furlan;Lara Suitor;Dianne Gleeson

  • Incorporating genotype uncertainty into mark-recapture-type models for estimating abundance using DNA samples.

    Janine A. Wright;Richard J. Barker;Matthew R. Schofield;Alain C. Frantz

  • Support for vicariant origins of the New Zealand Onychophora

    Julia Allwood;Julia Allwood;Dianne Gleeson;Georg Mayer;Georg Mayer;Savel Daniels

  • Multiple Mutations and Gene Duplications Conferring Organophosphorus Insecticide Resistance Have Been Selected at the Rop-1 Locus of the Sheep Blowfly, Lucilia cuprina

    Richard D. Newcomb;Dianne M. Gleeson;Catherine G. Yong;Robyn J. Russell

  • Cannabinoid receptors in invertebrates.

    J. M. McPARTLAND;J. Agraval;D. Gleeson;K. Heasman

  • Genetic variation, population structure and cryptic species within the black mudfish, Neochanna diversus, an endemic galaxiid from New Zealand

    D. M. Gleeson;R. L. J. Howitt;N. Ling

  • Reinvasion by ship rats (Rattus rattus) of forest fragments after eradication

    Carolyn M. King;John G. Innes;Dianne M. Gleeson;Neil Fitzgerald

  • Phylogenetic Relationships among Onychophora from Australasia Inferred from the Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I Gene

    D.M. Gleeson;D.M. Rowell;N.N. Tait;D.A. Briscoe

  • Phylogeography of the spotted skink (Oligosoma lineoocellatum) and green skink (O. chloronoton) species complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in New Zealand reveals pre-Pleistocene divergence.

    Stephanie N.J. Greaves;David G. Chapple;Dianne M. Gleeson;Charles H. Daugherty

  • Monitoring riverine fish communities through eDNA metabarcoding: determining optimal sampling strategies along an altitudinal and biodiversity gradient

    Jonas Bylemans;Dianne M. Gleeson;Mark Lintermans;Christopher M. Hardy

  • A simple and effective method for obtaining mammal DNA from faeces

    Ana Ramón-Laca;Laura Soriano;Dianne Gleeson;José Antonio Godoy

  • Performance of eDNA assays to detect and quantify an elusive benthic fish in upland streams

    Rheyda Hinlo;Mark Lintermans;Dianne Gleeson;Ben Broadhurst

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen D. Sarre
Stephen D. Sarre University of Canberra
Thomas R. Buckley
Thomas R. Buckley Landcare Research
Richard P. Duncan
Richard P. Duncan University of Canberra
Mark Lintermans
Mark Lintermans University of Canberra
David G. Chapple
David G. Chapple Monash University
Charles H. Daugherty
Charles H. Daugherty Victoria University of Wellington
Lee F. Skerratt
Lee F. Skerratt University of Melbourne
Richard D. Newcomb
Richard D. Newcomb Plant & Food Research
Richard Speare
Richard Speare James Cook University
Daniel M. Tompkins
Daniel M. Tompkins Landcare Research

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