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Overview

Janette A Norman is affiliated with Southern Cross University in Australia and has contributed to various fields focused on environmental science and wildlife research. Their work spans several interrelated disciplines including ecology, genetics, and ecological modeling.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, the subfields they focus on are:

  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Paleontology

Janette A Norman's main research topics cover:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Their recent publications reflect a focus on biodiversity and conservation, specifically regarding birds and marsupials. Key papers include:

  • A spatial genetic framework for koala translocations: where to? (2021), published in Wildlife Research
  • Trophic niche shifts and phenotypic trait evolution are largely decoupled in Australasian parrots (2021), published in BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • AviList: a unified global bird checklist (2025), published in Biodiversity and Conservation

These papers demonstrate involvement in genetic research, species niche and trait evolution, and comprehensive biodiversity checklists.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Les Christidis
  • Richard Schodde
  • Frank E. Rheindt
  • Paul F. Donald
  • David B. Donsker

Their published work appears regularly in journals such as Biodiversity and Conservation, Wildlife Research, and BMC Ecology and Evolution, illustrating a consistent presence in the fields of ecological and conservation studies.

Best Publications

  • The Toxicogenomic Multiverse: Convergent Recruitment of Proteins Into Animal Venoms

    Bryan G Fry;Kim Roelants;Donald E. Champagne;Holger Scheib

  • Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes

    Bryan G. Fry;Bryan G. Fry;Nicolas Vidal;Janette A. Norman;Freek J. Vonk

  • Evolution of an Arsenal Structural and Functional Diversification of the Venom System in the Advanced Snakes (Caenophidia)

    Bryan G. Fry;Holger Scheib;Louise van der Weerd;Bruce Young

  • A Gondwanan origin of passerine birds supported by DNA sequences of the endemic New Zealand wrens

    Per G. P. Ericson;Les Christidis;Alan Cooper;Martin Irestedt;Martin Irestedt

  • Philopatry of male marine turtles inferred from mitochondrial DNA markers.

    Nancy N. FitzSimmons;Colin J. Limpus;Janette A. Norman;Alan R. Goldizen

  • A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus (Megalania) priscus

    Bryan G Fry;Stephen Wroe;Wouter Teeuwisse;Matthias J P van Osch

  • Inter-familial relationships of the shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes) based on nuclear DNA sequence data.

    Per G P Ericson;Ida Envall;Martin Irestedt;Martin Irestedt;Janette A Norman

  • Speciation dynamics in the Australo-Papuan Meliphaga honeyeaters.

    Janette A. Norman;Frank E. Rheindt;Frank E. Rheindt;Diane L. Rowe;Les Christidis;Les Christidis;Les Christidis

  • Optimizing the use of shed feathers for genetic analysis

    Fiona E. Hogan;Raylene Cooke;Christopher P. Burridge;Janette A. Norman;Janette A. Norman

  • Systematic affinities of the lyrebirds (Passeriformes: Menura), with a novel classification of the major groups of passerine birds

    Per G.P Ericson;Les Christidis;Martin Irestedt;Martin Irestedt;Janette A Norman

  • Functional and Structural Diversification of the Anguimorpha Lizard Venom System

    Bryan Grieg Fry;Kelly Winter;Janette A. Norman;Kim Roelants;Kim Roelants

  • Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: evidence from the Campephagidae and other Crown Corvida (Aves).

    Knud Andreas Jønsson;Martin Irestedt;Jerome Fuchs;Per Gp Ericson

  • Novel Venom Proteins Produced by Differential Domain-Expression Strategies in Beaded Lizards and Gila Monsters (genus Heloderma)

    Bryan G Fry;Kim Roelants;Kim Roelants;Kelly Lee Winter;Wayne Clarence Hodgson

  • Current issues in species identification for forensic science and the validity of using the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene

    Linzi Wilson-Wilde;Linzi Wilson-Wilde;Janette Norman;Janette Norman;James Robertson;Stephen Sarre

  • Biogeographical history of cuckoo‐shrikes (Aves: Passeriformes): transoceanic colonization of Africa from Australo‐Papua

    Knud Andreas Jønsson;Knud Andreas Jønsson;Rauri C. K. Bowie;Johan A. A. Nylander;Les Christidis;Les Christidis

  • Identical Skin Toxins by Convergent Molecular Adaptation in Frogs

    Kim Roelants;Bryan G. Fry;Janette A. Norman;Janette A. Norman;Elke Clynen

  • Historical biogeography of an Indo-Pacific passerine bird family (Pachycephalidae): different colonization patterns in the Indonesian and Melanesian archipelagos

    Knud A. Jønsson;Knud A. Jønsson;Rauri C. K. Bowie;Robert G. Moyle;Les Christidis;Les Christidis

  • DNA evidence shows vocalizations to be a better indicator of taxonomic limits than plumage patterns in Zimmerius tyrant-flycatchers.

    Frank E Rheindt;Janette A Norman;Janette A Norman;Leslie Christidis;Leslie Christidis;Leslie Christidis

  • Molecular Data Confirms the Species Status of the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis

    Janette A. Norman;Les Christidis;Mike Westerman;F.A. Richard Hill

  • Unravelling a biogeographical knot: origin of the 'leapfrog' distribution pattern of Australo-Papuan sooty owls (Strigiformes) and logrunners (Passeriformes).

    J. A. Norman;L. Christidis;L. Joseph;B. Slikas

  • Molecular systematics and evolutionary origins of the genus Petaurus (Marsupialia: Petauridae) in Australia and New Guinea

    Mansoureh Malekian;Mansoureh Malekian;Steven J.B. Cooper;Steven J.B. Cooper;Janette A. Norman;Janette A. Norman;Les Christidis

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie Christidis
Leslie Christidis Southern Cross University
Bryan G. Fry
Bryan G. Fry University of Queensland
Martin Irestedt
Martin Irestedt Swedish Museum of Natural History
Knud A. Jønsson
Knud A. Jønsson Swedish Museum of Natural History
Jon Fjeldså
Jon Fjeldså University of Copenhagen
Per G. P. Ericson
Per G. P. Ericson Swedish Museum of Natural History
Rauri C. K. Bowie
Rauri C. K. Bowie University of California, Berkeley
Christopher P. Burridge
Christopher P. Burridge University of Tasmania
Robert G. Moyle
Robert G. Moyle University of Kansas
Christopher Shaw
Christopher Shaw King's College London

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