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Steven J. B. Cooper

Steven J. B. Cooper

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
7247
World Ranking
3920
National Ranking
295

Overview

Steven J. B. Cooper is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these domains, key subfields include Ecology, Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their work addresses a range of main topics, notably subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, genomics and phylogenetic studies, wildlife ecology and conservation, genetic diversity and population structure, as well as marine biology and ecology research, including marine ecology and invasive species.

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Invertebrate Systematics
  • Diversity
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Scientific Reports

Their collaborative work features multiple frequent co-authors:

  • Andrew D. Austin
  • Tessa M. Bradford
  • William F. Humphreys
  • Perry G. Beasley-Hall
  • Mattia Saccò

Notable recent papers authored include:

  • "Fundamental research questions in subterranean biology", 2020, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "eDNA in subterranean ecosystems: Applications, technical aspects, and future prospects", 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem", 2023, Global Change Biology
  • "Integrative taxonomic investigation of Petaurus breviceps (Marsupialia: Petauridae) reveals three distinct species", 2020, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Comparative analysis of morabine grasshopper genomes reveals highly abundant transposable elements and rapidly proliferating satellite DNA repeats", 2020, BMC Biology

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

  • Evolution of subterranean diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporini, Bidessini) in the arid zone of Australia

    Remko Leys;Chris H. S. Watts;Steve J. B. Cooper;William F. Humphreys

  • Brief communication. Isolation of microsatellite loci from a social lizard, Egernia stokesii, using a modified enrichment procedure

    M. G. Gardner;S. J. B. Cooper;C. M. Bull;W. N. Grant

  • Is the Australian subterranean fauna uniquely diverse

    Michelle T. Guzik;Andrew D. Austin;Steven J. B. Cooper;Steven J. B. Cooper;Mark S. Harvey

  • Islands under the desert: molecular systematics and evolutionary origins of stygobitic water beetles (Coleoptera : Dytiscidae) from central Western Australia

    S. J. B. Cooper;S. Hinze;R. Leys;C. H. S. Watts

  • Subterranean archipelago in the Australian arid zone: mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of amphipods from central Western Australia.

    Steven J. B. Cooper;John H. Bradbury;John H. Bradbury;Kathleen M. Saint;Remko Leys

  • Social monogamy and extra-pair fertilization in an Australian lizard, Tiliqua rugosa

    C. Michael Bull;Steven J. B. Cooper;Ben C. Baghurst

  • Fundamental research questions in subterranean biology

    Stefano Mammola;Stefano Mammola;Isabel R Amorim;Maria E Bichuette;Paulo A V Borges

  • Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the large carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

    Remko Leys;Remko Leys;Steve J. B. Cooper;Mike P. Schwarz

  • Assessment of prey overlap between a native (Polistes humilis) and an introduced (Vespula germanica) social wasp using morphology and phylogenetic analyses of 16S rDNA

    Marta L. Kasper;Andrew F. Reeson;Steven J. B. Cooper;Steven J. B. Cooper;Kym D. Perry

  • Subterranean archipelago: mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of stygobitic isopods (Oniscidea:Haloniscus ) from the Yilgarn region of Western Australia

    Steven J. B. Cooper;Steven J. B. Cooper;Kathleen M. Saint;Stefano Taiti;Andrew D. Austin

  • DNA barcoding of stygofauna uncovers cryptic amphipod diversity in a calcrete aquifer in Western Australia's arid zone.

    T. Bradford;M. Adams;W. F. Humphreys;A. D. Austin

  • Multiple biogeographical barriers identified across the monsoon tropics of northern Australia: phylogeographic analysis of the brachyotis group of rock‐wallabies

    Sally Potter;Mark D.B. Eldridge;Mark D.B. Eldridge;David A. Taggart;Steven J.B. Cooper;Steven J.B. Cooper

  • Discrimination between related and unrelated individuals in the Australian lizard Egernia striolata

    C. Michael Bull;Clare L. Griffin;Matthew Bonnett;Michael G. Gardner

  • Phylogeography of the ancient Parabathynellidae (Crustacea : Bathynellacea) from the Yilgarn region of Western Australia

    M. T. Guzik;K. M. Abrams;S. J. B. Cooper;S. J. B. Cooper;W. F. Humphreys

  • Deep phylogeographic structuring of populations of the trapdoor spider Moggridgea tingle (Migidae) from southwestern Australia: evidence for long‐term refugia within refugia

    Steven J. B. Cooper;Steven J. B. Cooper;Steven J. B. Cooper;Mark S. Harvey;Kathleen M. Saint;Barbara Y. Main

  • Molecular phylogenetics of allodapine bees, with implications for the evolution of sociality and progressive rearing.

    Michael P. Schwarz;Nicholas J. Bull;Steven J. B. Cooper

  • Groundwater estuaries of salt lakes: buried pools of endemic biodiversity on the western plateau, Australia

    W. F. Humphreys;C. H. S. Watts;S. J. B. Cooper;S. J. B. Cooper;R. Leijs;R. Leijs

  • Molecular phylogenetics of the exoneurine allodapine bees reveal an ancient and puzzling dispersal from Africa to Australia

    Michael Philip Schwarz;Susan J Fuller;Simon M Tierney;Steven J B Cooper;Steven J B Cooper

  • Explosive radiation of the genus Schizopera on a small subterranean island in Western Australia (Copepoda : Harpacticoida): unravelling the cases of cryptic speciation, size differentiation and multiple invasions

    Tomislav Karanovic;Steven J. B. Cooper

  • Fine-scale comparative phylogeography of a sympatric sister species triplet of subterranean diving beetles from a single calcrete aquifer in Western Australia

    M. T. Guzik;S. J. B. Cooper;S. J. B. Cooper;W. F. Humphreys;W. F. Humphreys;A. D. Austin

Frequent Co-Authors

William F. Humphreys
William F. Humphreys Australian Museum
Andrew D. Austin
Andrew D. Austin University of Adelaide
Mark S. Harvey
Mark S. Harvey Australian Museum
Mark D. B. Eldridge
Mark D. B. Eldridge Australian Museum
Michael Schwarz
Michael Schwarz Flinders University
Mark I. Stevens
Mark I. Stevens South Australian Museum
Kliti Grice
Kliti Grice Curtin University
David A. Wheeler
David A. Wheeler Baylor College of Medicine
Christian Griebler
Christian Griebler University of Vienna
Roger K. Butlin
Roger K. Butlin University of Sheffield

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