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Melina Gillespie

Position Research Officer
Field Plant Ecology
E-mail m.gillespie@uq.edu.au
Phone +61 7 334 64059
Fax +61 7 334 64056
Scientific Interests
  • Native species re-establishment
  • Soil seed bank dynamics
  • Seed biology
Current/Recent Projects Biosolids Research at the Thiess Swanbank Landfill Site.
Kidston Gold Mine Rehabilitation Monitoring Program.
Recent/Key Publications
  • CMLR (2005). Field Revegetation Research Trial on Bauxite Residue at Alcan Gove. Outcome Report to Alcan Gove Pty Ltd. Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland.
  • Lockhart, C. and Gillespie, M. (2004). Ibis and Yarraman mine revegetation – 2004 Initial Establishment Monitoring. A report to Consolidated Rutile Ltd. Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland.
  • Gillespie, M., Amies, L. and Grigg, A. (2004). Assessment of plant growth responses using a Biosolids Soil Product at the Thiess Swanbank Landfill Site. Stage 1. Final Report. Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Qld.
  • Gillespie, M. J. and Mulligan, D. R. (2003). Native Understorey Species Regeneration at Coal Mines in New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the Mining and Environment Conference. Sudbury, Canada 2003.
  • Gillespie, M. and Grigg, A. (2003). Nutritional limitations to plant growth on tailings from the Pajingo Gold Mine, North Queensland. Final Report. Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Qld.
  • Gillespie, M. J., Baker, K. S. & Mulligan, D. R. (2001). Native Understorey Species Regeneration at New South Wales Coal Mines, ACARP Project C7010 Final Report - In works. Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland.
  • Bellairs, S. M. and Gillespie, M. J. (2000). Recent directions in native vegetation establishment and rehabilitation of minesites in the eastern states of Australia. Ecological Management & Restoration 1:1, pp. 72-73.
  • Mulligan, D. R. & Gillespie, M. J. (1999). Establishment of native understorey species following coal mining in the Hunter Valley. In: Synoptic Plan for Integrated Landscapes. Part 2 Invited Papers, NSW Department of Mineral Resources, 1999, pp. 73-90
  • Toh, I., Gillespie, M. & Lamb, D. (1999). The role of isolated trees in facilitating tree seedling recruitment at a degraded sub-tropical rainforest site. Restoration Ecology, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 288-297.
  • Gillespie, M. J., Murray, M., Mulligan, D. R. & Bellairs, S. M. (1998). Native Understorey Species Regeneration at New South Wales Coal Mines, ACARP Project C4009 Final Report. Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland.
  • Gillespie, M. J., Bellairs, S. B. & Mulligan, D. R. (1996). Native Understorey Species Regeneration at New South Wales Coal Mines, Preliminary Report on Germination Trials. Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland.
  • Gillespie, M. J., Bellairs, S. B. & Mulligan, D. R. (1996). Germination of native understorey species for revegetation of New South Wales coal mines. In: Proceedings of the Second Australian Workshop on Native Seed Biology for Revegetation (Eds S. M. Bellairs & J. M. Osborne), Newcastle, 1996, pp. 113-120

 

   

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