Dr Donald McKnight ~ Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research Disciplines

• Ecology (3103)
• Genetics (3105)
• Zoology (3109)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Fresh, ground and surface water systems and management (1803)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Maclaine A, Wirth W, McKnight D, Burgess G and Ariel E (2020) Ranaviruses in captive and wild Australian lizards. Facets, 5 (1), pp. 758-768, DOI:10.1139/facets-2020-0011.
• McKnight D, Zenger K, Alford R and Huerlimann R (2020) Microbiome diversity and composition varies across body areas in a freshwater turtle. Microbiology, 166 (5), pp. 440-452, DOI:10.1099/mic.0.000904.
• McKnight D, Carr L, Bower D, Schwarzkopf L, Alford R and Zenger K (2020) Infection dynamics, dispersal, and adaptation: understanding the lack of recovery in a remnant frog population following a disease outbreak. Heredity, 125, pp. 110-123, DOI:10.1038/s41437-020-0324-x.
• McKnight D, Nordine J, Jerrett B, Murray M, Murray P, Moss R, Northey M, Simard N, Alford R and Schwarzkopf L (2020) Do morphological adaptations for gliding in frogs influence clinging and jumping? Journal of Zoology, 310 (1), pp. 55-63, DOI:10.1111/jzo.12725.
• McKnight D, Huerlimann R, Bower D, Schwarzkopf L, Alford R and Zenger K (2019) microDecon: a highly accurate read‐subtraction tool for the post‐sequencing removal of contamination in metabarcoding studies. Environmental DNA, 1 (1), pp. 14-25, DOI:10.1002/edn3.11.
• McKnight D, Lal M, Bower D, Schwarzkopf L, Alford R and Zenger K (2019) The return of the frogs: the importance of habitat refugia in maintaining diversity during a disease outbreak. Molecular Ecology, 28 (11), pp. 2731-2745, DOI:10.1111/mec.15108.
• McKnight D, Huerlimann R, Bower D, Schwarzkopf L, Alford R and Zenger K (2019) Methods for normalizing microbiome data: an ecological perspective. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10 (3), pp. 389-400, DOI:10.1111/2041-210X.13115.
• Galvez Á, McKnight D and Monrós J (2018) Habitat preferences of breeding amphibians in eastern spain. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 13 (2), pp. 453-463.
• McKnight D, Hollender E, Howell H, Carr J, Buhlmann K and Ligon D (2018) Egg and clutch sizes of western chicken turtles (Deirochelys reticularia miaria). Acta Herpetologica, 13 (2), pp. 191-194, DOI:10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-22955.
• McKnight D, Howell H, Hollender E and Ligon D (2017) Good vibrations: a novel method for sexing turtles. Acta Herpetologica, 12 (1), pp. 117-121, DOI:10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-19982.
• McKnight D and Ligon D (2017) Correcting for unequal catchability in sex ratio and population size estimates. PLoS ONE, 12 (8), DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0184101.
• McKnight D, Schwarzkopf L, Alford R, Bower D and Zenger K (2017) Effects of emerging infectious diseases on host population genetics: a review. Conservation Genetics, 18, pp. 1235-1245, DOI:10.1007/s10592-017-0974-2.

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 14+ research outputs authored by Dr Donald McKnight from 2017 onwards.

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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

• The Value of Animal Vocalisations to Assess Overall Vertebrate Biodiversity (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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