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Jane Melville

Jane Melville

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
30
Citations
3989
World Ranking
8336
National Ranking
652

Overview

Jane Melville is affiliated with Museums Victoria in Australia and specializes in Environmental Science with a focus on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Genetics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation. Their work addresses various topics including Species Distribution and Climate Change, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Fire effects on ecosystems, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Plant and animal studies.

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time-bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019-2020 Australian megafires (2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction (2020, Pacific Conservation Biology)
  • Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk (2021, Biological Conservation)
  • Animal population decline and recovery after severe fire: Relating ecological and life history traits with expert estimates of population impacts from the Australian 2019-20 megafires (2023, Biological Conservation)
  • A return-on-investment approach for prioritization of rigorous taxonomic research needed to inform responses to the biodiversity crisis (2021, PLoS Biology)

Jane Melville frequently publishes in venues such as Biological Conservation, Australian Journal of Taxonomy, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including Joanna Sumner, David G. Chapple, Conrad J. Hoskin, Michael Mahony, and Damian Michael.

Best Publications

  • Birth of a biome: insights into the assembly and maintenance of the Australian arid zone biota.

    M. Byrne;D.K. Yeates;L. Joseph;M. Kearney

  • Decline of a biome: Evolution, contraction, fragmentation, extinction and invasion of the Australian mesic zone biota

    Margaret Byrne;Dorothy Steane;Leo Joseph;David K. Yeates

  • Evolutionary relationships between morphology, performance and habitat openness in the lizard genus Niveoscincus (Scincidae: Lygosominae)

    Jane Melville;Roy Swain

  • Intercontinental community convergence of ecology and morphology in desert lizards

    Jane Melville;Luke J. Harmon;Jonathan B. Losos

  • The role of geography and ecological opportunity in the diversification of day geckos (Phelsuma).

    Luke J. Harmon;Jane Melville;Allan Larson;Jonathan B. Losos

  • The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time‐bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019–2020 Australian megafires

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  • Evidence of constrained phenotypic evolution in a cryptic species complex of agamid lizards

    Katie L. Smith;Katie L. Smith;Luke J. Harmon;Luke P. Shoo;Jane Melville

  • Correlates of active body temperatures and microhabitat occupation in nine species of central Australian agamid lizards

    Jane Melville;James A. Schulte

  • Identifying hybridization and admixture using SNPs: application of the DArTseq platform in phylogeographic research on vertebrates.

    Jane Melville;Margaret L. Haines;Katja Boysen;Luke Hodkinson

  • Molecular phylogenetic evidence for ancient divergence of lizard taxa on either side of Wallace's Line

    James A. Schulte;Jane Melville;Allan Larson

  • A molecular phylogenetic study of ecological diversification in the Australian lizard genus Ctenophorus.

    Jane Melville;Jane Melville;James A. Schulte;Allan Larson

  • Historical biogeography, phylogenetic relationships and intraspecific diversity of agamid lizards in the Central Asian deserts of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

    Jane Melville;Joshua Hale;Joshua Hale;Georgia Mantziou;Natalia B. Ananjeva

  • Diversification patterns of pebble-mimic dragons are consistent with historical disruption of important habitat corridors in arid Australia

    L.P. Shoo;R. Rose;P. Doughty;J.J. Austin

  • Geographic and taxonomic patterns of extinction risk in Australian squamates

    Reid Tingley;Stewart L. Macdonald;Nicola J. Mitchell;John C.Z. Woinarski

  • Competition and character displacement in two species of scincid lizards

    Jane Melville;Jane Melville

  • Evolutionary origins and diversification of dragon lizards in Australia's tropical savannas

    J. Melville;E.G. Ritchie;E.G. Ritchie;E.G. Ritchie;S.N.J. Chapple;R.E. Glor

  • A molecular study of phylogenetic relationships and evolution of antipredator strategies in Australian Diplodactylus geckos, subgenus Strophurus

    Jane Melville;Jane Melville;James A. Schulte;Allan Larson

  • Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction

    Hayley M. Geyle;Reid Tingley;Andrew P. Amey;Hal Cogger

  • A new species of Velvet Gecko ( Oedura : Diplodactylidae) from the limestone ranges of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia

    Paul M Oliver;Rebecca J Laver;Jane Melville;Paul Doughty

  • Genetic erosion and escalating extinction risk in frogs with increasing wildfire frequency

    Dominique A. Potvin;Kirsten M. Parris;Katie L. Smith Date;Claire C. Keely;Claire C. Keely

  • Geographic variation in hybridization and ecological differentiation between three syntopic, morphologically similar species of montane lizards.

    Margaret Haines;Margaret Haines;Jane Melville;Joanna Sumner;Nicholas Clemann;Nicholas Clemann

  • Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk

    David G. Chapple;Uri Roll;Monika Böhm;Rocío Aguilar;Rocío Aguilar

  • Mountain barriers and river conduits: phylogeographical structure in a large, mobile lizard (Varanidae: Varanus varius) from eastern Australia

    Peter J. Smissen;Peter J. Smissen;Jane Melville;Joanna Sumner;Tim S. Jessop

  • Incorporating historical museum specimens into molecular systematic and conservation genetics research

    Jeremy J. Austin;Jeremy J. Austin;Jane Melville

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy J. Austin
Jeremy J. Austin University of Adelaide
Paul Doughty
Paul Doughty Western Australian Museum
David G. Chapple
David G. Chapple Monash University
Euan G. Ritchie
Euan G. Ritchie Deakin University
J. Scott Keogh
J. Scott Keogh Australian National University
Luke P. Shoo
Luke P. Shoo University of Queensland
James A. Schulte
James A. Schulte Clarkson University
Craig Moritz
Craig Moritz Australian National University
Kirsten M. Parris
Kirsten M. Parris University of Melbourne
Mark N. Hutchinson
Mark N. Hutchinson South Australian Museum

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