Yvette is currently the Network Coordinator for NCCARF-Terrestrial Biodiversity Adaptation Research as well as the Research Coordinator for the Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change. The NCCARF Terrestrial Biodiversity Network aims to provide management outcomes for the adaptation of biodiversity to climate change. In this role, she coordinates all network activities. To find out more see: http://nccarf.jcu.edu.au/terrestrialbiodiversity/

Interests

Research

• Yvette's PhD research investigated ecological differences between rare and common species of Microhylid frogs in the Wet Tropic Biogeographic area in Queensland. This research looked at the diet, macro and micro habitat selection, dispersal and ecology of 11 different species of microhylid frogs to determine if these traits could explain differences seen in geographic range size of such closely related species. Her research showed that no single ecological trait could explain differences in geographic distribution of rare and common species but that they all compensate in different ways to persist through time. While her main research interests are in conservation biology and reducing anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity and our natural environment, she is also interested in project management and working with diverse groups of people.

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Journal Articles

• Shoo L, Wilson R, Williams Y and Catterall C (2014) Putting it back: woody debris in young restoration plantings to stimulate return of reptiles. Ecological Management and Restoration, 15 (1). pp. 84-87
• Shoo L, Hoffmann A, Garnett S, Pressey R, Williams Y, Taylor M, Falconi L, Yates C, Scott J, Alagador D and Williams S (2013) Making decisions to conserve species under climate change. Climatic Change, 119 (2). pp. 239-246
• Shoo L, Storlie C, Williams Y and Williams S (2010) Potential for mountaintop boulder fields to buffer species against extreme heat stress under climate change. International Journal of Biometeorology, 54 (4). pp. 475-478
• Williams S, VanDerWal J, Isaac J, Shoo L, Storlie C, Fox S, Bolitho E, Moritz C, Hoskin C and Williams Y (2010) Distributions, life history specialisation, and phylogeny of the rainforest vertebrates in the Australian Wet Tropics. Ecology, 91 (8). p. 2493
• Williams S, Williams Y, VanDerWal J, Isaac J, Shoo L and Johnson C (2009) Ecological specialization and population size in a biodiversity hotspot: how rare species avoid extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106. pp. 19737-19741
• Williams Y, Williams S, Alford R, Waycott M and Johnson C (2006) Niche breadth and geographical range: ecological compensation for geographical rarity in rainforest frogs. Biology Letters, 2 (4). pp. 532-535
• Kutt A, Kemp J, McDonald K, Williams Y, Williams S, Hines H, Hero J and Torr G (2005) Vertebrate fauna survey of White Mountains National Park in the Desert Uplands Bioregion, central-north Queensland. Australian Zoologist, 33 (1). pp. 17-28
• Shoo L and Williams Y (2004) Altitudinal distribution and abundance of microhylid frogs (Cophixalus and Austrochaperina) of north-eastern Australia: baseline data for detecting biological responses to future climate change. Australian Journal of Zoology, 52 (6). pp. 667-676

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• Williams, S. (2011) Distributions and ecology of rain forest vertebrates in the Australian Wet Tropics. James Cook University