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Professor Shawn Laffan
Professor

Professor Shawn Laffan

Science
School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

My broad research area is in spatial data analysis using GIS and geocomputational tools to understand and address geographic problems and issues.  My current research focus is on biodiversity and terrain analysis.

Spatial data analysis can be applied across the biophysical-social spectrum, and recent applications include investigating the spatio-temporal spread of disease in animal populations, the spatial variation in genetic and taxonomic diversity at continental scales, identifying potential language groupings from historical word lists, environmental correlation analysis and predictions, the effect of error on spatial analyses, the spatial variation of weed infestations, and non-geometric models of spatial sampling for use in geostatistical modelling.
Phone
+61 2 9385 8093
E-mail
shawn.laffan@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room G14G Samuels Building (F25) UNSW, Kensington 2052
  • Book Chapters | 2022
    2022, 'Intelligent spatial technologies for gender inclusive urban environments in today's smart cities', in Intelligent Environments: Advanced Systems for a Healthy Planet, Second Edition, Elsevier, pp. 285 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820247-0.00012-6
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Laffan S, 2018, 'Phylogeny-based measurements at global and regional scales', in Scherson R; Faith D (ed.), Phylogenetic Diversity: Applications and Challenges in Biodiversity Science, Springer, pp. 111 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93145-6_6
    Book Chapters | 2017
    2017, 'Biodiversity and bioregionalisation perspectives on the historical biogeography of Australia', in Handbook of Australasian Biogeography, CRC Press, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315373096
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Laffan SW, 2014, 'GeoComputation: Applications in Biology', in Abrahart RJ; See L (ed.), GeoComputation, 2nd edn, edn. 2nd, CRC Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b17091-7
    Book Chapters | 2014
    2014, 'GeoComputation: Applications in Biology', in GeoComputation, Second Edition, pp. 125 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b17091-13
    Book Chapters | 2008
    2008, 'The impact of DEM Error on predictive vegetation mapping', in Zhou Q; Lees B; Tang G-A (ed.), Advances in Digital Terrain Analysis, edn. 199049, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 349 - 362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77800-4_19
  • Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Latitudinal gradients in the skull shape and assemblage structure of delphinoid cetaceans', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 138, pp. 470 - 480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blac128
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'A geographically partitioned cellular automata model for the expansion of residential areas', Transactions in GIS, 26, pp. 1548 - 1571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12866
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Assessing the immediate impacts of the 2019/2020 bushfires on land snails in northeastern New South Wales', Australian Zoologist, 42, pp. 386 - 461, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.010
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Estimating door-to-door travel time using a synthetic population enriched with smart card data', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 36, pp. 1699 - 1718, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2022.2050733
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Estimating the steps made by public transport commuters using a synthetic population enriched with smart card data', Journal of Transport and Health, 27, pp. 101530 - 101530, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101530
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Impact of Black Summer 2019/20 Wildfires on True Bug Priority Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in the Northeast Forests of New South Wales', Australian Zoologist, 42, pp. 352 - 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.032
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Spatial phylogenetics of the Chinese angiosperm flora provides insights into endemism and conservation', Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 64, pp. 105 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13189
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'The impact of the 2019-2020 wildfires on beetles (Coleoptera) in the forests of north-eastern New South Wales', Australian Zoologist, 42, pp. 462 - 478, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.030
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Phylogenetic diversity and conservation of crop wild relatives in Colombia', Evolutionary Applications, 14, pp. 2603 - 2617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.13295
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Spatial phylogenetics of butterflies in relation to environmental drivers and angiosperm diversity across North America', iScience, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102239
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'A hairy situation: Plant species in warm, sunny places are more likely to have pubescent leaves', Journal of Biogeography, 47, pp. 1934 - 1944, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13870
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Land use change simulation and analysis using a vector cellular automata (CA) model: A case study of Ipswich City, Queensland, Australia', Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 47, pp. 1605 - 1621, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2399808319830971
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Macroecological patterns in flower colour are shaped by both biotic and abiotic factors', New Phytologist, 228, pp. 1972 - 1985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.16737
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Modeling movement, distributions, diversity, and disturbance: introduction to the fifth special issue on spatial ecology', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 34, pp. 1503 - 1507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2020.1725017
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Quantifying vertebrate zoogeographical regions of Australia using geospatial turnover in the species composition of mammals, birds, reptiles and terrestrial amphibians', Zootaxa, 4802, pp. 61 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4802.1.4
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Spatial phylogenetics of butterflies in relation to environmental drivers and angiosperm diversity across North America', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.22.216119
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Spatial phylogenetics of the North American flora', Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 58, pp. 393 - 405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jse.12590
    Journal articles | 2019
    Duarte-Guardia S; Peri PL; Amelung W; Sheil D; Laffan SW; Borchard N; Bird MI; Dieleman W; Pepper DA; Zutta B; Jobbagy E; Silva LC R; Bonser SP; Berhongaray G; Piñeiro G; Martinez MJ; Cowie AL; Ladd B, 2019, 'Better estimates of soil carbon from geographical data: a revised global approach', Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 24, pp. 355 - 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11027-018-9815-y
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'A revision of the bioregionalisation of freshwater fish communities in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics', Ecology and Evolution, 9, pp. 4568 - 4588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5059
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Do phytogeographic patterns reveal biomes or biotic regions?', Cladistics : the international journal of the Willi Hennig Society, 35, pp. 654 - 670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cla.12381
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Do phytogeographic patterns reveal biomes or biotic regions?', Cladistics, 35, pp. 654 - 670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cla.12381
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Geographic hot spots of dingo genetic ancestry in southeastern Australia despite hybridisation with domestic dogs', Conservation Genetics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01230-z
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Spatial Phylogenetics of Florida Vascular Plants: The Effects of Calibration and Uncertainty on Diversity Estimates', iScience, 11, pp. 57 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2018.12.002
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Substantial declines in urban tree habitat predicted under climate change', Science of the Total Environment, 685, pp. 451 - 462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.287
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'The Lande of Java on the Jean Rotz Mappa Mundi', The Globe, 85, pp. 1 - 12
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Zoogeographical regions and geospatial patterns of phylogenetic diversity and endemism of New World bats', Ecography, 42, pp. 1188 - 1199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04194
    Journal articles | 2018
    Burley HM; Mokany K; Laffan SW; Williams KJ; Metcalfe D; Murphy HT; Ford A; Harwood TD; Ferrier S, 2018, 'Primary productivity is related to niche width in the Australian Wet Tropics', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, pp. 1300 - 1313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12798
    Journal articles | 2018
    Dalrymple RL; Flores-Moreno H; Kemp DJ; White TE; Laffan SW; Hemmings FA; Hitchcock TD; Moles AT, 2018, 'Abiotic and biotic predictors of macroecological patterns in bird and butterfly coloration', Ecological Monographs, 88, pp. 204 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1287
    Journal articles | 2018
    Guedes TB; Sawaya RJ; Zizka A; Laffan S; Faurby S; Pyron RA; Bérnils RS; Jansen M; Passos P; Prudente AL C; Cisneros-Heredia DF; Braz HB; Nogueira CD C; Antonelli A, 2018, 'Patterns, biases and prospects in the distribution and diversity of Neotropical snakes', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, pp. 14 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12679
    Journal articles | 2018
    Link-Pérez MA; Laffan SW, 2018, 'Fern and lycophyte diversity in the Pacific Northwest: Patterns and predictors', Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 56, pp. 498 - 522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jse.12430
    Journal articles | 2018
    Lopez-Aguirre C; Hand SJ; Laffan S; Archer M, 2018, 'Phylogenetic diversity, differential endemism and the evolutionary history of New World bats', Ecography, 41, pp. 1955 - 1966, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03260
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Invasive cane toads might initiate cascades of direct and indirect effects in a terrestrial ecosystem', Biological Invasions, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1665-8
    Journal articles | 2017
    Di Virgilio G; Laffan SW; Nielsen SV; Chapple DG, 2017, 'Does range-restricted evolutionary history predict extinction risk? A case study in lizards', Journal of Biogeography, 44, pp. 605 - 614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12875
    Journal articles | 2017
    Kooyman RM; Laffan SW; Westoby M, 2017, 'The incidence of low phosphorus soils in Australia', Plant and Soil, 412, pp. 143 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-3057-0
    Journal articles | 2017
    López-Aguirre C; Archer M; Hand SJ; Laffan SW, 2017, 'Extinction of South American sparassodontans (Metatheria): environmental fluctuations or complex ecological processes?', Palaeontology, 60, pp. 91 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pala.12272
    Journal articles | 2017
    Prentice E; Knerr N; Schmidt-Lebuhn AN; González-Orozco CE; Bui EN; Laffan S; Miller JT, 2017, 'Do soil and climate properties drive biogeography of the Australian proteaceae?', Plant and Soil, 417, pp. 317 - 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3261-6
    Journal articles | 2017
    Taylor MD; Laffan SW; Fairfax AV; Payne NL, 2017, 'Finding their way in the world: Using acoustic telemetry to evaluate relative movement patterns of hatchery-reared fish in the period following release', Fisheries Research, 186, pp. 538 - 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2016.07.003
    Journal articles | 2017
    Tindall ML; Thomson FJ; Laffan SW; Moles AT, 2017, 'Is there a latitudinal gradient in the proportion of species with spinescence?', Journal of Plant Ecology, 10, pp. 294 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtw031
    Journal articles | 2016
    Beaumont LJ; Graham E; Duursma DE; Wilson PD; Cabrelli A; Baumgartner JB; Hallgren W; Esperón-Rodríguez M; Nipperess DA; Warren DL; Laffan SW; VanDerWal J, 2016, 'Which species distribution models are more (or less) likely to project broad-scale, climate-induced shifts in species ranges?', Ecological Modelling, 342, pp. 135 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.10.004
    Journal articles | 2016
    Burley HM; Mokany K; Ferrier S; Laffan SW; Williams KJ; Harwood TD, 2016, 'Macroecological scale effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functions under environmental change', Ecology and Evolution, 6, pp. 2579 - 2593, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2036
    Journal articles | 2016
    Burley HM; Mokany K; Ferrier S; Laffan SW; Williams KJ; Harwood TD, 2016, 'Primary productivity is weakly related to floristic alpha and beta diversity across Australia', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25, pp. 1294 - 1307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12487
    Journal articles | 2016
    González-Orozco CE; Pollock LJ; Thornhill AH; Mishler BD; Knerr N; Laffan SW; Miller JT; Rosauer DF; Faith DP; Nipperess DA; Kujala H; Linke S; Butt N; Külheim C; Crisp MD; Gruber B, 2016, 'Phylogenetic approaches reveal biodiversity threats under climate change', Nature Climate Change, 6, pp. 1110 - 1114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3126
    Journal articles | 2016
    Hallgren W; Beaumont L; Bowness A; Chambers L; Graham E; Holewa H; Laffan S; Mackey B; Nix H; Price J; Vanderwal J; Warren R; Weis G, 2016, 'The Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory: Where ecology meets big data', Environmental Modelling and Software, 76, pp. 182 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.10.025
    Journal articles | 2016
    Laffan SW; Rosauer DF; Di Virgilio G; Miller JT; González-Orozco CE; Knerr N; Thornhill AH; Mishler BD, 2016, 'Range-weighted metrics of species and phylogenetic turnover can better resolve biogeographic transition zones', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7, pp. 580 - 588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12513
    Journal articles | 2016
    Laffan SW; Skidmore AK; Franklin J, 2016, 'Space, time, connectivity and conflict in biological landscapes: the fourth special issue on spatial ecology', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 30, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2015.1090001
    Journal articles | 2016
    Miller I; Forster BC; Laffan SW; Brander RW, 2016, 'Bidirectional reflectance of coral growth-forms', International Journal of Remote Sensing, 37, pp. 1553 - 1567, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2016.1154220
    Journal articles | 2016
    Sheil D; Ladd B; Silva LC R; Laffan SW; Van Heist M, 2016, 'How are soil carbon and tropical biodiversity related?', Environmental Conservation, 43, pp. 231 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0376892916000011
    Journal articles | 2016
    Stone OM L; Herries AI R; Brink JS; Laffan SW, 2016, 'The chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) through time: a model of potential core habitat regions during a glacial–interglacial cycle', Evolutionary Ecology, 30, pp. 755 - 782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10682-016-9833-8
    Journal articles | 2016
    Thornhill AH; Mishler BD; Knerr NJ; González-Orozco CE; Costion CM; Crayn DM; Laffan SW; Miller JT, 2016, 'Continental-scale spatial phylogenetics of Australian angiosperms provides insights into ecology, evolution and conservation', Journal of Biogeography, 43, pp. 2085 - 2098, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12797
    Journal articles | 2016
    2016, 'Understanding spatial patterns of biodiversity: How sensitive is phylogenetic endemism to the randomisation model?', International Conference on GIScience Short Paper Proceedings, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.21433/b3110cq8c6dd
    Journal articles | 2015
    González-Orozco CE; Mishler BD; Miller JT; Laffan SW; Knerr N; Unmack P; Georges A; Thornhill AH; Rosauer DF; Gruber B, 2015, 'Assessing biodiversity and endemism using phylogenetic methods across multiple taxonomic groups', Ecology and Evolution, 5, pp. 5177 - 5192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1747
    Journal articles | 2015
    Laity T; Laffan SW; González-Orozco CE; Faith DP; Rosauer DF; Byrne M; Miller JT; Crayn D; Costion C; Moritz CC; Newport K, 2015, 'Phylodiversity to inform conservation policy: An Australian example', Science of the Total Environment, 534, pp. 131 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.113
    Journal articles | 2015
    Letnic MI; Laffan SW; Greenville AC; Russell BG; Mitchell B; Fleming PJ S, 2015, 'Artificial watering points are focal points for activity by an invasive herbivore but not native herbivores in conservation reserves in arid Australia', Biodiversity and Conservation, 24, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0770-y
    Journal articles | 2015
    Nagalingum NS; Knerr N; Laffan S; González-Orozco CE; Thornhill AH; Miller J; Mishler BD, 2015, 'Continental scale patterns and predictors of fern richness and phylogenetic diversity', Frontiers in Genetics, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2015.00132
    Journal articles | 2015
    Rossetto M; Kooyman R; Yap JY S; Laffan SW, 2015, 'From ratites to rats: The size of fleshy fruits shapes species’ distributions and continental rainforest assembly', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1998
    Journal articles | 2015
    Stephenson RL; Power MJ; Laffan SW; Suthers IM, 2015, 'Tests of larval retention in a tidally energetic environment reveal the complexity of the spatial structure in herring populations', Fisheries Oceanography, 24, pp. 553 - 570, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fog.12129
    Journal articles | 2015
    2015, 'Birds, butterflies and flowers in the tropics are not more colourful than those at higher latitudes', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24, pp. 1424 - 1432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12368
    Journal articles | 2015
    2015, 'Potential human impact on the environmental central niche of the chacma baboon', South African Journal of Science, 111, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2015/20140279
    Journal articles | 2014
    Di Virgilio G; Laffan SW; Ebach MC; Chapple DG, 2014, 'Spatial variation in the climatic predictors of species compositional turnover and endemism', Ecology and Evolution, 4, pp. 3264 - 3278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1156
    Journal articles | 2014
    Di Virgilio G; Laffan SW, 2014, 'Using maps of continuous variation in species compositional turnover to supplement uniform polygon species range maps', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 28, pp. 1658 - 1673, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2013.871725
    Journal articles | 2014
    González-Orozco CE; Ebach MC; Laffan S; Thornhill AH; Knerr NJ; Schmidt-Lebuhn AN; Cargill CC; Clements M; Nagalingum NS; Mishler BD; Miller JT, 2014, 'Quantifying phytogeographical regions of Australia using geospatial turnover in species composition', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092558
    Journal articles | 2014
    Kooyman RM; Wilf P; Barreda VD; Carpenter RJ; Jordan GJ; Kale Sniderman JM; Allen A; Brodribb TJ; Crayn D; Feild TS; Laffan SW; Lusk CH; Rossetto M; Weston PH, 2014, 'Paleo-Antarctic rainforest into the modern old world tropics: The rich past and threatened future of the "southern wet forest survivors"', American Journal of Botany, 101, pp. 2121 - 2135, http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1400340
    Journal articles | 2014
    Ladd B; Peri PL; Pepper DA; Silva LC R; Sheil D; Bonser SP; Laffan SW; Amelung W; Ekblad A; Eliasson P; Bahamonde H; Duarte-Guardia S; Bird M, 2014, 'Carbon isotopic signatures of soil organic matter correlate with leaf area index across woody biomes', Journal of Ecology, 102, pp. 1606 - 1611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12309
    Journal articles | 2014
    Laffan SW; Skidmore AK; Franklin J, 2014, 'Species distribution and diversity, habitat selection and connectivity: introduction to the Third Special Issue on Spatial Ecology', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 28, pp. 1527 - 1530, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2014.902950
    Journal articles | 2014
    Mishler BD; Knerr N; González-Orozco CE; Thornhill AH; Laffan SW; Miller JT, 2014, 'Phylogenetic measures of biodiversity and neo-and paleo-endemism in Australian acacia', Nature Communications, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5473
    Journal articles | 2014
    Peco B; Laffan SW; Moles AT, 2014, 'Global patterns in post-dispersal seed removal by invertebrates and vertebrates', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091256
    Journal articles | 2014
    Watts LM; Laffan SW, 2014, 'Effectiveness of the BFAST algorithm for detecting vegetation response patterns in a semi-arid region', Remote Sensing of Environment, 154, pp. 234 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2014.08.023
    Journal articles | 2014
    2014, 'Which is a better predictor of plant traits: Temperature or precipitation?', Journal of Vegetation Science, 25, pp. 1167 - 1180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12190
    Journal articles | 2013
    González-Orozco CE; Knerr N; Miller JT; Laffan SW, 2013, 'A biogeographical regionalization of Australian Acacia species', Journal of Biogeography, 40, pp. 2156 - 2166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12153
    Journal articles | 2013
    Kooyman RM; Rossetto M; Sauquet H; Laffan SW, 2013, 'Landscape patterns in rainforest phylogenetic signal: Isolated islands of refugia or structured continental distributions', PLoS ONE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080685
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Biogeographical regions and phytogeography of the eucalypts', Diversity and Distributions, 20, pp. 46 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12129
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Estimates of soil carbon concentration in tropical and temperate forest and woodland from available GIS data on three continents', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, pp. 461 - 469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00799.x
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Growth form and functional traits influence response of woody plants to fragmentation of subtropical rain forest', Conservation Biology, in press, pp. 1468 - 1477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12088
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Phylogenetic generalised dissimilarity modelling: a new approach to analysing and predicting spatial turnover in the phylogenetic composition of communities', Ecography, 37, pp. 21 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00466.x
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Quantifying high resolution transitional breaks in plant and mammal distributions at regional extent and their association with climate, topography and geology', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e59227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059227
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Salmonella infection in a remote, isolated wild pig population', Veterinary Microbiology, 162, pp. 921 - 929, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.11.036
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Semi-automated GIS techniques for detecting floodplain earthworks', Hydrological Processes, 27, pp. 579 - 591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9244
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'The Spatial Distribution of Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) Habitat Based on an Environmental Envelope Model', International Journal of Primatology, 34, pp. 407 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10764-013-9669-9
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Using endemism to assess representation of protected areas - the family Myrtaceae in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area', Journal of Biogeography, 40, pp. 570 - 578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12001
    Journal articles | 2012
    Kooyman RM; Rossetto M; Laffan SW, 2012, 'Using Australian Virtual Herbarium data to find all the woody rain forest plants in Australia', Cunninghamia, 12, pp. 177 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.7751/cunninghamia.2012.12.014
    Journal articles | 2012
    Peri PL; Ladd B; Pepper DA; Bonser SP; Laffan SW; Amelung W, 2012, 'Carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope composition in plant and soil in Southern Patagonia's native forests', Global Change Biology, 18, pp. 311 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02494.x
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Distribution and population estimate for the Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa', Primates, 53, pp. 337 - 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10329-012-0303-9
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Fine scale quantification of floral and faunal breaks and their geographic correlates, with an example from south-eastern Australia', Journal of Biogeography, 39, pp. 1862 - 1876, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02739.x
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Geospatial analysis of species, biodiversity and landscapes: Introduction to the Second Special Issue on Spatial Ecology', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 26, pp. 2003 - 2007, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2012.721557
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Integrating survey and molecular approaches to better understand wildlife disease ecology', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. Article numbere46310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046310
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Spatial non-stationarity and anisotropy of compositional turnover in eastern Australian Myrtaceae species', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 26, pp. 2065 - 2081, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2012.692371
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'The effect of species range estimation methods on richness and phylogenetic diversity estimates: A comparison of four methods using Australian marsupials', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 26, pp. 2097 - 2109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2012.717627
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'Disease spread models in wild and feral animal populations: application of artificial life models', Revue Scientifique et Technique de L Office International des Epizooties, 30, pp. 437 - 446, http://dx.doi.org/10.20506/rst.30.2.2042
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'Incorporating a distance cost in systematic reserve design', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 25, pp. 393 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2010.517753
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'Potential lantana invasion of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area under climate change', Pacific Conservation Biology, 17, pp. 54 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PC110054
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'Road impacts a tipping point for wildlife populations in threatened landscapes', Population Ecology, 53, pp. 215 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10144-010-0209-6
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'Spatial distribution of species richness and endemism of the genus Acacia in Australia', Australian Journal of Botany, 59, pp. 600 - 608, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT11112
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'The effect of neighbourhood definitions on spatio-temporal models of disease outbreaks: separation distance versus range overlap', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 102, pp. 218 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.07.009
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'The molecular basis of quantitative variation in foliar secondary metabolites in Eucalyptus globulus', New Phytologist, 191, pp. 1041 - 1053, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03769.x
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'There is no good excuse for a bad random number generator: a reply to Barry', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 25, pp. 531 - 539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658811003702154
    Journal articles | 2010
    Constantinou NE; Rogers TL; Laffan SW; Warton DI, 2010, 'Determining the spatial distribution of an Antarctic top predator using passive acoustics.', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127, pp. 1825 - 1825, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.3384228
    Journal articles | 2010
    Highfield LD; Ward MP; Laffan SW; Norby B; Wagner GG, 2010, 'Critical parameters for modelling the spread of foot and mouth disease in wildlife', Epidemiology and Infection, 138, pp. 125 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268809002829
    Journal articles | 2010
    Laffan SW; Lubarsky E; Rosauer DF, 2010, 'Biodiverse, a tool for the spatial analysis of biological and related diversity', Ecography, 33, pp. 643 - 647, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06237.x
    Journal articles | 2010
    Laffan SW, 2010, 'The citation relationships between journals of Geography and cognate disciplines', Geographical Research, 48, pp. 166 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-5871.2009.00617.x
    Journal articles | 2010
    2010, 'A spatial approach to select pilot counties for programs to correct the biased sex ratio at birth in Shandong province, China', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 24, pp. 403 - 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658810902839174
    Journal articles | 2010
    2010, 'Morphometric characterisation of landform from DEMs', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 24, pp. 305 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658810802467969
    Journal articles | 2010
    2010, 'The impact of potential mitigation strategies on the predicted spread of foot and mouth disease in white-tailed deer in south Texas', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 94, pp. 282 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.01.015
    Journal articles | 2009
    Highfield LD; Ward MP; Laffan SW; Norby B; Wagner G, 2009, 'The impact of seasonal variability in wildlife populations on the predicted spread of foot and mouth disease', Veterinary Research, 40, pp. 18 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/vetres:2009001
    Journal articles | 2009
    Huang Z; Laffan SW, 2009, 'Sensitivity analysis of a decision tree derived forest type mapping to input data errors', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 23, pp. 1433 - 1452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658810802634949
    Journal articles | 2009
    Rosauer D; Laffan SW; Crisp MD; Donnellan SC; Cook LG, 2009, 'Phylogenetic endemism: A new approach for identifying geographical concentrations of evolutionary history', Molecular Ecology, 18, pp. 4061 - 4072, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04311.x
    Journal articles | 2009
    2009, 'Global patterns in plant height', Journal of Ecology, 97, pp. 923 - 932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01526.x
    Journal articles | 2009
    2009, 'Modelling spread of foot-and-mouth disease in wild white-tailed deer and feral pig populations using a geographic-automata model and animal distributions', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 91, pp. 55 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.05.005
    Journal articles | 2009
    2009, 'Towards a physical description of habitat: quantifying environmental adversity (abiotic stress) in temperate forest and woodland ecosystems', Journal of Ecology, 97, pp. 964 - 971, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01530.x
    Journal articles | 2008
    2008, 'Lexical similarity and endemism in historical wordlists of Australian Aboriginal languages of the greater Sydney region', Transactions of the Philological Society, 106, pp. 456 - 486, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-968X.2008.00209.x
    Journal articles | 2008
    2008, 'Representation of animal distributions in space: how geostatistical estimates impact simulation modeling of foot-and-mouth disease spread', Veterinary Research, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/vetres:2007055
    Journal articles | 2007
    2007, 'Habitat selection by the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) in disturbed environments: Implications for the conservation of a `common` species', Biological Conservation, 137, pp. 437 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2007.03.001
    Journal articles | 2007
    2007, 'The potential role of wild and feral animals as reservoirs of foot-and-mouth disease', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 80, pp. 9 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.01.009
    Journal articles | 2006
    Bickford SA; Laffan SW, 2006, 'Multi-extent analysis of the relationship between pteridophyte species richness and climate', GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, 15, pp. 588 - 601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00250.x
    Journal articles | 2006
    Taylor MD; Laffan SD; Fielder DS; Suthers IM, 2006, 'Key habitat and home range of mulloway Argyrosomus japonicus in a south-east Australian estuary: finding the estuarine niche to optimise stocking', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 328, pp. 237 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps328237
    Journal articles | 2006
    2006, 'Assessing regional scale weed distributions, with an Australian example using Nassella trichotoma', Weed Research, 46, pp. 194 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3180.2006.00491.x
    Journal articles | 2006
    2006, 'Multi-extent analysis of the relationship between pteridophyte species richness and climate', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 15, pp. 588 - 601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00250.x
    Journal articles | 2006
    2006, 'Urban stormwater pollutants: A survey in three Sydney sub-catchments', Water, 33, pp. 67 - 70
    Journal articles | 2005
    2005, 'Simulating the spatial dynamics of foot and mouth disease outbreaks in feral pigs and livestock in Queensland, Australia, using a susceptible-infected-recovered cellular automata model', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 70, pp. 133 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.03.002
    Journal articles | 2005
    2005, 'Sparse grids: a new predictive modelling method for the analysis of geographic data', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 19, pp. 267 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658810512331319118
    Journal articles | 2004
    Van Niel KP; Laffan SW; Lees BG, 2004, 'Effect of error in the DEM on environmental variables for predictive vegetation modelling', Journal of Vegetation Science, 15, pp. 747 - 747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1658/1100-9233(2004)015[0747:eoeitd]2.0.co;2
    Journal articles | 2004
    2004, 'Effect of error in the DEM on environmental variables for predictive vegetation modelling', Journal of Vegetation Science, 15, pp. 747 - 756, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02317.x
    Journal articles | 2004
    2004, 'Predicting regolith properties using environmental correlation: a comparison of spatially global and spatially local approaches', Geoderma, 120, pp. 241 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.09.007
    Journal articles | 2004
    2004, 'Spatial analysis of taxonomic and genetic patterns and their potential for understanding evolutionary histories', Journal of Biogeography, 31, pp. 1715 - 1733, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01127.x
    Journal articles | 2004
    2004, 'Using sediment budgets to investigate the pathogen flux through catchments', Environmental Management, 34, pp. 516 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-003-0168-1
    Journal articles | 2003
    Van Niel K; Laffan SW, 2003, 'Gambling with randomness: the use of pseudo-random number generators in GIS', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE, 17, pp. 49 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713811743
    Journal articles | 2003
    2003, 'Assessing endemism at multiple spatial scales with an example from the Australian vascular flora', Journal of Biogeography, 30, pp. 511 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00875.x
    Journal articles | 2003
    2003, 'Gambling with randomness: The use of pseudorandom number generators in GIS', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 17, pp. 49 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713811743
    Journal articles | 2002
    2002, 'Using process models to improve spatial analysis', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 16, pp. 245 - 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658810110099107
    Journal articles | 2001
    2001, 'Endemism in the Australian flora', Journal of Biogeography, 2001, pp. 183 - 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00524.x
  • Conference Papers | 2022
    2022, 'THE INTEGRATION OF CELLULAR AUTOMATA AND WHAT IF? FOR SCENARIO PLANNING: FUTURE RESIDENTIAL EXPANSION IN THE CITY OF IPSWICH', in ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Sydney, Australia, pp. 151 - 158, presented at ISPRS TC IV 7th International Conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities (SDSC), Sydney, Australia, 19 October 2022 - 21 October 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W3-2022-151-2022
    Preprints | 2022
    2022, canaper: Categorical analysis of neo- and paleo-endemism in R, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.06.511072
    Conference Papers | 2020
    2020, 'Using spatial randomisations to improve the utility of geographically weighted regression model results', in MODSIM 2005 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings, pp. 1396 - 1401
    Preprints | 2020
    2020, Spatial phylogenetics of the Chinese angiosperm flora provides insights into endemism and conservation, , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.15239/v2
    Preprints | 2020
    2020, Spatial phylogenetics of the Chinese angiosperm flora provides insights into endemism and conservation, , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.15239/v3
    Preprints | 2019
    2019, Spatial phylogenetics of the Chinese angiosperm flora provides insights into endemism and conservation, , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.15239/v1
    Conference Papers | 2018
    2018, 'The use of particle swarm optimization for a vector cellular automata model of land usechange', in Winter S; Griffin A; Sester M (eds.), Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs, Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 42:1 - 42:6, presented at 10th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2018)., Melbourne, Australia, 28 August 2018 - 31 August 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2018.42
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    2016, 'Phylogenetic diversity, differential endemism and the evolutionary history of New World bats', presented at 17th International Bat Research Conference, Durban, South Africa, 01 August 2016 - 06 August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03260
    Conference Papers | 2015
    2015, 'The Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory: How Ecology and Big Data can be utilised in the fight against vector-borne diseases', in Weber A; McPhee M (ed.), 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2015), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Gold Coast, Australia, pp. 1448 - 1454, presented at MODSIM 2015, Gold Coast, Australia, 29 November 2015 - 04 December 2015, http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2015/F13/hallgren.pdf
    Reports | 2014
    2014, HETEROPTERA INTEGRATION AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS
    Conference Papers | 2013
    2013, 'FishTracker: A GIS toolbox for kernel density estimation of animal home ranges that accounts for transit times and hard boundaries', in Piantadosi J; Boland J (ed.), 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION (MODSIM2013), MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC, Adelaide, pp. 1617 - 1623, presented at 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Adelaide, 01 December 2013 - 06 December 2013, http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2013
    Conference Papers | 2013
    2013, 'Sensitivity of the BFAST algorithm to MODIS satellite and vegetation index', in Boland J; Anderssen RS; Piantadosi J (eds.), Proceedings MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand,, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, pp. 1638 - 1644, presented at MODSIM2013 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Adelaide, 01 December 2013 - 06 December 2013, http://mssanz.org.au/modsim2013/H2/watts.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2012
    2012, 'Development of a model to correct multi-view angle above water measurements for the analysis of the bidirectional reflectance of coral and other reef substrates', in ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, ISPRS, Melbourne, pp. 19 - 24, presented at XXII ISPRS Congress, Melbourne, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprsannals-I-7-19-2012
    Conference Papers | 2011
    2011, 'Spatial non-stationarity, anisotropy and scale: The interactive visualisation of spatial turnover', in MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty, Modelling and Simulation Society, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia, pp. 1888 - 1894, presented at MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty, Perth, WA, 12 December 2011 - 16 December 2011, http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2011/E3/laffan.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2009
    2009, 'Characterisation of valleys from DEMs', in 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings, pp. 2014 - 2020
    Conference Papers | 2009
    2009, 'Characterisation of valleys from DEMs', in Proceedings of the 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM and IMAC, Australia, pp. 2014 - 2020, presented at 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Cairns, Australia, 13 July 2009 - 17 July 2009, http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim09/F4/wang_d.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2007
    2007, 'A Geographic Automata System for Modelling Disease Outbreaks', in MODSIM 2007: International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ, pp. 1252 - 1257, presented at MODSIM 2007: International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ, 10 December 2007 - 13 December 2007, http://www.mssanz.org.au/MODSIM07/papers/21_s46/AGeographic_s46_Taffan_.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Lees BG; Van Niel K; Laffan SW, 2006, 'Predictive Vegetation mapping and DEM Error', in International Symposium on Terrain and Digital Terrain Modelling, International Symposium on Terrain Analysis and Digital Terrain Modelling (TADTM 2006), Nanjing, China, pp. 1 - 7, presented at International Symposium on Terrain Analysis and Digital Terrain Modelling (TADTM 2006), Nanjing, China, 23 November 2006 - 25 November 2006
    Conference Papers | 2005
    2005, 'Using spatial randomisations to improve the utility of Geographically Weighted Regression model results', in MODSIM 2005: International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Melbourne, pp. 1396 - 1401, presented at MODSIM 2005: International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Melbourne, 12 December 2005 - 15 December 2005, http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim05/papers/laffan.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2003
    Hegland M; Laffan SW, 2003, 'Mining geographical data using sparse grids', in 2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation CEC 2003, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2003), Canberra, presented at IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2003), Canberra, 08 December 2003 - 12 December 2003
    Conference Papers | 2003
    2003, 'A new approach to analysing spatial data using sparse grids', in MODSIM 2003: International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, UNIV WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Townsville, Qld, pp. 708 - 712, presented at MODSIM 2003: International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Townsville, Qld, 14 July 2003 - 17 July 2003, http://www.mssanz.org.au/MODSIM03/proceedings.html