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About

I have over 20 years experience of research into the ecology and physiology of vertebrates in the lab and field, specialising in the physiology and ecology of marsupials. Recently I have been working on the physiological mechanisms of impacts of changing climates on endemic vertebrates of Australia’s wet tropics, including rainforest ringtail possums and microhylid frogs, as well as the ecology and conservation biology of rainforest marsupial folivores.

Interests

Research

Ecophysiology

Experience

1997 to 2013 - Lecturer etc, JCU (Cairns)
1995 to 1996 - Professional Officer, UNSW (Sydney)
1993 to 1994 - Post-doctoral fellow, University of Washington (Seattle)

Research Disciplines

Socio-Economic Objectives

Honours

Fellowships

1993 to 1994 - University of Sydney Eleanor Sophia Wood Travelling Post-doctoral Fellowship

Publications

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Journal Articles

Pattiselanno F and Krockenberger A (2021) Road development and Indigenous hunting in Tanah Papua: connecting the facts for future wildlife conservation agendas. Forest and Society, 5 (1), pp. 181-189, DOI:10.24259/fs.v5i1.12528.
McGregor D, Padovan A, Georges A, Krockenberger A, Yoon H and Youngentob K (2020) Genetic evidence supports three previously described species of greater glider, Petauroides volans, P. minor, and P. armillatus. Scientific Reports, 10, Article: 19284, DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-76364-z.
Banks C, Liu X, Jennings C, Tjaturadi B, Peters A, Krockenberger A, Nason D, Kusrini M, Clulow S, Skerratt L, Mack A, Georges A, Li Y, Schwarzkopf L, Webb R, Richards S, Noro J, Eisemberg C, Amepou Y, Dahl C, Nagombi E, Supuma M, Dabek L, Berger L, Ziembicki M, Bower D, Gillespie G, Hamidy A, Alford R and Lips K (2019) Island of opportunity: can New Guinea protect amphibians from a globally emerging pathogen? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 17 (6), pp. 348-354, DOI:10.1002/fee.2057.
Kjeldsen S, Raadsma H, Leigh K, Tobey J, Phalen D, Krockenberger A, Ellis W, Hynes E, Higgins D and Zenger K (2019) Genomic comparisons reveal biogeographic and anthropogenic impacts in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): a dietary-specialist species distributed across heterogeneous environments. Heredity, 122 (5), pp. 525-544, DOI:10.1038/s41437-018-0144-4.
Meade J, VanDerWal J, Storlie C, Williams S, Gourret A, Krockenberger A and Welbergen J (2018) Substantial reduction in thermo-suitable microhabitat for a rainforest marsupial under climate change. Biology Letters, 14 (12), DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0189.
Nuske S, Vernes K, May T, Claridge A, Congdon B, Krockenberger A and Abell S (2017) Data on the fungal species consumed by mammal species in Australia. Data in Brief, 12, pp. 251-260, DOI:10.1016/j.dib.2017.03.053.
Nuske S, Vernes K, May T, Claridge A, Congdon B, Krockenberger A and Abell S (2017) Redundancy among mammalian fungal dispersers and the importance of declining specialists. Fungal Ecology, 27, pp. 1-13, DOI:10.1016/j.funeco.2017.02.005.
Pintor A, Schwarzkopf L and Krockenberger A (2016) Hydroregulation in a tropical dry-skinned ectotherm. Oecologia, 182 (4), pp. 925-931, DOI:10.1007/s00442-016-3687-1.
Pintor A, Schwarzkopf L and Krockenberger A (2016) Extensive acclimation in ectotherms conceals interspecific variation in thermal tolerance limits. PLoS ONE, 11 (3), Article: e0150408, pp. 1-15, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0150408.
Briscoe N, Krockenberger A, Handasyde K and Kearney M (2015) Bergmann meets Scholander: geographical variation in body size and insulation in the koala is related to climate. Journal of Biogeography, 42 (4), pp. 791-802, DOI:10.1111/jbi.12445.
Pintor A, Schwarzkopf L and Krockenberger A (2015) Rapoport's Rule: do climatic variability gradients shape range extent? Ecological Monographs, 85 (4), pp. 643-659, DOI:10.1890/14-1510.1.
Briscoe N, Handasyde K, Griffiths S, Porter W, Krockenberger A and Kearney M (2014) Tree-hugging koalas demonstrate a novel thermoregulatory mechanism for arboreal mammals. Biology Letters, 10 (6), pp. 1-5, DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2014.0235.

More: ResearchOnline@JCU stores 56+ research outputs authored by Prof Andrew Krockenberger from 2000 onwards.

Current Funding

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment - Future Drought Fund - Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub

Tropical North Queensland Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (TNQHub)

Indicative Funding: $8,000,000 over 3 years, in partnership with NQ Dry Tropics ($120,000); Sensand Technologies Pty Ltd ($19,970); Southern Gulf NRM Ltd ($200,000); the Fitzroy Basin Association ($60,000); the Northern Gulf Resource Management Group ($20,000) and the Reef Catchments Limited ($80,000)
Summary: This project will establish, implement and manage the TNQHub (?Hub?) activities including collaborative research, development, extension, adoption and commercialisation (RDEA&C). The Hub will help Australian farmers and communities become more prepared for, and resilient to, the impacts of drought. The objective is to invest in RDEA&C activities, which involves: - Cross-sectoral innovative and transformative RDEA&C - Focus on the needs of end users, involving them in the co-design and adoption phases of research and development - Delivery of effective communication of new and existing knowledge and technologies - Co-investment in national drought resilience RDEA&C priorities with collaboration and co-design between governments, primary producers, community groups, research and training provider
Investigators: Andrew Krockenberger in collaboration with Daniel Christie, Rachel Hay, Rocky de Nys, Yvette Everingham, Luke Deacon, Hurriyet Babacan, Allan Dale, Anne Steinemann, Ian Atkinson, Diane Jarvis, Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar, John Cavalieri, Chris Gardiner, Aduli Malau-Aduli, Nathan Waltham, Ron White, Maxine Whittaker and Stewart Lockie (Research Infrastructure, College of Science & Engineering, College of Business, Law & Governance, Cairns Institute, College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences and TropWATER)
Keywords: Drought; Agriculture; Resilience

WV Scott Charitable Trust - Research Grant

Greater glider (Petauroides Volans) mechanisms for adaptation in extreme environments

Indicative Funding: $44,500 over 8 years
Summary: Greater gliders north of the Tropic of Capricorn are half the size of those occurring in southern Australia and may constitute a subspecies. The mechanism behind these size differences in endotherms is highly controversial. The prevailing theory is heat conservation, due to a decreased surface area to mass ratio in larger animals; however alternative mechanisms have been suggested. This study will be the first to examine divergence in their phylogeny, physiology and differences in thermal tolerance between populations ranging from tropical to temperate forests. Underlying mechanisms will be investigated including water/nutrient availability, seasonality, thermal responses, microhabitat, insulation, and predator/competitor pressure.
Investigators: Denise McGregor, Andrew Krockenberger, Lin Schwarzkopf and Sarah Kerr (College of Science & Engineering and Research Infrastructure)
Keywords: Bergmann's rule; Thermoregulation; Greater glider; Petauroides Volans- Pseudocheiridae; Body Size; Genetic divergence

Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment - National Environmental Science Program 2 (NESP 2) - Resilient Landscapes Hub

Mission Research ? Threatened and migratory species and threatened ecological communities

Indicative Funding: $300,000 over 2 years (administered by University of Western Australia)
Summary: This project will provide the research foundation for the `Threatened and Migratory Species and Threatened Ecological Communities? functional Mission to support policy development, program management and regulatory processes to protect Australia?s environmental assets in terrestrial, Ramsar and marine environments. It will also facilitate the Resilient Landscapes (RL)Hub?s contribution to the three other Missions. It will identify prospective research projects through scoping, reviews and workshops and will support the co-design process with research users and researchers. Outputs include a review and priority co-designed project proposals for submission in subsequent research plans of all four Hubs and an overall research plan for this Mission.
Investigators: Helene Marsh, Stephen Williams, Andrew Krockenberger and Damien Burrows (TropWATER, College of Science & Engineering and Research Infrastructure)
Keywords: threatened species; threatened ecological communities; migratory species; extreme events; development concern

Supervision

Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

Ecological Predictors of Range-Wide Patterns of Abundance and Genetic Divrsity of Mammals. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Determinants of spatial variation in population density in a tropical folivore community: Conservation implications in a changing environment (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
Environmental influences on geographic variations in body size in greater gliders (Petauroides volans) (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
Evaluation of hunting Sustainablility and the Potential Role of Protected Areas in YUS: Implications for Conservation. (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)

Completed

The effects of changing climates on seed production and seed viability on tropical plant species (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Endemic birds in Papua New Guinea's montane forests: human use and conservation (2018, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
The vulnerability of microhylid frogs, Cophixalus spp., to climate change in the Australian Wet Tropics (2018, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Wildlife Hunting, Alternative Protein Sources and Biodiversity Conservation on The Bird?s Head Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia (2020, PhD , Primary Advisor)
The importance of declining mammalian fungal specialists for ectomycorrhizal fungal dispersal (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Addressing koala conservation management needs: applying novel genomic methods and assessing ecological exchangeability and genetic diversity across the species range. (2021, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Data

These are the most recent metadata records associated with this researcher. To see a detailed description of all dataset records, visit Research Data Australia.

Pintor, A. (2015) Hydroregulation in the tropical skink Carlia rubrigularis. James Cook University
Pintor, A. (2015) Latitudinal trends in thermal traits in a clade of small reptilian ectotherms. James Cook University
Pintor, A. (2015) Acclimation of cold tolerance in Carlia longipes. James Cook University
Pintor, A. (2015) Physiological determinants of tolerance to climatic extremes in small ectotherms. James Cook University
Pintor, A. (2015) Tests of the Climatic Variability Hypothesis in Australian Skinks. James Cook University

Collaboration

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