JCU > Research Portfolio > Dr Peter Yeeles

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Teaching

BZ3745: Tropical Entomology (Level 3; CNS)
BZ5745: Tropical Entomology (Level 5; CNS)

Research Disciplines

Socio-Economic Objectives

Publications

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Journal Articles

Staunton K, Crawford J, Cornel D, Yeeles P, Desnoyer M, Livni J, Holeman J, Mulligan S, Snoad N and Ritchie S (2020) Environmental influences on Aedes aegypti catches in Biogents Sentinel traps during a Californian "rear and release" program: implications for designing surveillance programs. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14 (6), Article: e0008367, DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008367.
Staunton K, Yeeles P, Townsend M, Nowrouzi S, Paton C, Trewin B, Pagendam D, Bondarenco A, Devine G, Snoad N, Beebe N and Ritchie S (2019) Trap location and premises condition influences on Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) catches using Biogents Sentinel traps during a ‘rear and release’ program: implications for designing surveillance programs. Journal of Medical Entomology, 56 (4), pp. 1102-1111, DOI:10.1093/jme/tjz018.
Yeeles P, Lach L, Hobbs R, van Wees M and Didham R (2017) Woody plant richness does not influence invertebrate community reassembly trajectories in a tree diversity experiment. Ecology, 98 (2), pp. 500-511, DOI:10.1002/ecy.1662.
Asfiya W, Yeeles P, Lach L, Majer J, Heterick B and Didham R (2016) Abiotic factors affecting the foraging activity and potential displacement of native ants by the invasive African big-headed ant Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News, 22, pp. 43-54.

Current Funding

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Wet Tropics Management Authority - Contract Research

Research to inform yellow crazy ant management in the Wet Tropics

Indicative Funding: $740,187 over 3 years
Summary: Continuation and consolidation of four years of scientific activities to support yellow crazy ant eradication in the Wet Tropics (data analysis, monitoring non-target effects of baiting, probability of detection).
Investigators: Lori Lach, Sourav Das, Peter Yeeles and Angela Strain (College of Science & Engineering)
Keywords: Yellow Crazy Ants (Formicidae); Detection; Baiting; Population Dynamics; Wet Tropics World Heritage Area; Non-target effects

Collaboration

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