Associate Professor Nigel Andrew
Associate Professor (Entomology), Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences
Qualifications
BSc(Hons)/BA(W'gong), PhD(Macq), GCHE (NE)
Contact
| Email: | nigel.andrew@une.edu.au |
| Room: | S1 Room 142 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2937 (or +61 2 6773 2937 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3814 |
Areas of Teaching
I am the unit coordinator of Entomology (200-level first semester) and Insect Plant Interactions (300/500 level second semester external), and contribute lectures to first-year Biology (100 level first semester) on animal diversity and evolution.
Research Interests
- insect herbivores
- potential impacts of climate change on insect interactions, physiology & behaviour
- insect community structure along environmental and evolutionary gradients
- tri-trophic interactions (plant → insect herbivores → predators & parasitoids)
- insect herbivory
- importance of Carbon: Nitrogen: Phosphorous (C:N:P) stoichiometry in shaping insect interactions with their environment
- arthropod/bryophyte communities
For more information on research visit the Insect Ecology Laboratory web pages
Publications
Scholarly Book Chapters
Andrew, N.R. & Terblanche, J.S. (2013). Chapter 16: Insects. In Climate of Change: Living in a Warmer World (ed. by J. Salinger), pp. 142-149. David Bateman Ltd Auckland. Accepted 26th July 2010.
Andrew, N.R (2013) Population dynamics of insect populations along latitudinal gradients. In Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium in Populations and Communities (ed by K Rohde). pp. 311-324. Cambridge University Press.
Rohde, K., Ford, H., Andrew, N.R. & Heatwole, H. (2013) How to conserve biodiversity in a nonequilibrium world. The Balance of Nature and Climate Change (ed. K. Rohde), pp. 393-406. Cambridge University Press.
Refereed Journal Artlicles
Andrew, N.R., Hill, S.J., Binns, M., Bahar, H., Fife, C., Jung, M.-P., Khusro, M., Ridley, E. & Yates, M. (2013) Assessing insect responses to climate change: What are we testing for? Where should we be heading? PeerJ.
Moles, A.T., Wallis, I.R., Foley, W.J., Warton, D.I., Stegen, J.C., Bisigato, A.J., Cella-Pizarro, L., Clark, C.J., Cohen, P.S., Cornwell, W.K., Edwards, W., Ejrnæs, R., Gonzales-Ojeda, T., Graae, B.J., Hay, G., Lumbwe, F.C., Magaña-Rodríguez, B., Moore, B.D., Peri, P.L., Poulsen, J.R., Veldtman, R., von Zeipel, H., Andrew, N.R., Boulter, S.L., Borer, E.T., Campón, F.F., Coll, M., Farji-Brener, A.G., De Gabriel, J., Jurado, E., Kyhn, L.A., Low, B., Mulder, C.P.H., Reardon-Smith, K., Rodríguez-Velázquez, J., Seabloom, E.W., Vesk, P.A., van Cauter, A., Waldram, M.S., Zheng, Z., Blendinger, P.G., Enquist, B.J., Facelli, J.M., Knight, T., Majer, J.D., Martínez-Ramos, M., McQuillan, P. & Prior, L.D. (2013) Correlations between physical and chemical defences in plants: Trade-offs, syndromes, or just many different ways to skin a herbivorous cat? New Phytologist, 191.
Andrew, N.R., Roberts, I. & Hill, S.J. (2012) Insect herbivory along environmental gradients. Open Journal of Ecology, 2, 202-213. doi: 10.4236/oje.2012.24024.
Danks, M., Lebel, T., Vernes, K. & Andrew, N.R. (2012) Truffle-like (sequestrate) fungi sporocarps in a eucalypt-dominated landscape: patterns in diversity and community structure Fungal Ecology, OE. doi: 10.1007/s13225-012-0193-6.
Mooney, T.J., King, C.K., Wasley, J. & Andrew, N.R. (2012) Toxicity of diesel contaminated soils to the subantarctic earthworm Microscolex macquariensis. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, OE. doi: 10.1002/etc.2060.
Pol, C., Martin, B., Gunning, R. & Andrew, N.R. (2012) The effects of thermal acclimation on lethal temperatures and critical thermal limits in the green vegetable bug, Nezara viridula (L.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Frontiers in Invertebrate Physiology. 3:465. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00465.
Khusro, M., Andrew, N.R. & Nicholas, A. (2012) Insects as poultry feed: a scoping study for poultry production systems in Australia. World's Poultry Science Journal. 68, 435-446.
Yates M., Gibb H., Andrew N. R. (2011) Habitat characteristics may override climatic influences on ant assemblage composition: a study using a 300-km climatic gradient. Australian Journal of Zoology, 59, 332-338.
Andrew N. R., Hart R. A., Terblanche J. S. (2011) Limited plasticity of low temperature tolerance in an Australian cantharid beetle Chauliognathus lugubris. Physiological Entomology. 36, 385-391.
Moles, A.T., Wallis, I. R., Foley, W. J., Warton, D. I., Stegen, J. C., Bisigato, A. J., Pizarro, L. C., Clark, C. J., Cohen, P. S., Cornwell, W. K., Edwards, W., Ejrnæs, R., Gonzales-Ojeda, T., Graae, B. J., Hay, G., Lumbwe, F. C., Magaña-Rodríguez, B., Moore, B. D., Peri, P. L., Poulsen, J. R., Veldtman, R., von Zeipel, H., Andrew, N. R., Boulter, S. L., Borer, E. T., Campón, F. F., Coll, M., Farji-Brener, A. G., Jurado, E., Kyhn, L. A., Low, B., Mulder, C. P. H., Reardon-Smith, K., Rodríguez-Velázquez, J., Seabloom, E. W., Vesk, P. A., van Cauter, A., Waldram, M. S., Zheng, Z., Blendinger, P. G., Enquist, B. J., Facelli, J. M., Knight, T., Majer, J. D., Martínez-Ramos, M., McQuillan, P., Prior, L. D. (2011) Putting plant defenses on the map: are tropical plants nastier? New Phytologist, 191, 777-788.
Yates, M. & Andrew, N.R. (2011) Comparison of ant community composition across different land-use types: assessing morphological traits with more common methods. Australian Journal of Entomology, 50, 118-124.
Andrew, N.R., Clarke, C., & Mackay, L. (2010) Introducing a Scenario-Based, Modularized Architecture for Learning Entomology. American Entomologist, 56, 6-10.
Bairstow, K.A., Clarke, K.L., McGeoch, M.A., & Andrew, N.R. (2010) Leaf miner and plant galler species richness on Acacia: relative importance of plant traits and climate. Oecologia, 163, 437-448.
Michael, C. & Andrew, N. R. (2010) Co-assortment in integron-associated gene cassette assemblages in environmental DNA samples. BMC Genetics, 11, 75-85.
Andrew, N.R. & Hughes, L. (2008) Abundance-body mass relationships among insects along a latitudinal gradient. Austral Ecology, 33, 253-260.
Andrew, N. R., and Hughes, L. (2007) Potential host colonization by insect herbivores in a warmer climate: a transplant experiment. Global Change Biology 13, 1539-1549. PDF. This is an electronic
version of an article published in Global Change Biology: complete citation information for the final version of the paper, as published in the print edition of Global Change Biology, is available on the Blackwell Synergy online delivery service, accessible via the journal's website at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/GCB or http://www.blackwell-synergy.com.
Andrew, N.R. & Hughes, L. (2005) Diversity and assemblage structure of phytophagous Hemiptera along a latitudinal gradient: predicting the potential impacts of climate change. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14, 249-262 PDF available online at Blackwell Synergy (www.blackwell-synergy.com)
Andrew, N. R. and Hughes, L. (2005) Arthropod community structure along a latitudinal gradient: implications for future impacts of climate change. Austral Ecology 30, 281-297. PDF available online at Blackwell Synergy (www.blackwell-synergy.com)
Andrew, N. R. and Hughes, L. (2005) Herbivore damage along a latitudinal gradient: relative impacts of different feeding guilds. Oikos 108, 176-182. PDF available online at Blackwell Synergy (www.blackwell-synergy.com)
Andrew, N. R. and Hughes, L. (2004) Species diversity and structure of phytophagous beetle assemblages along a latitudinal gradient: predicting the potential impacts of climate change. Ecological Entomology 29, 527-542. PDF available online at Blackwell Synergy (www.blackwell-synergy.com)
Michael, C. A., Gillings, M. R., Holmes, A. J., Hughes, L., Andrew, N. R., Holley, M. P. & Stokes, H. W. (2004) Mobile gene cassettes: a fundamental resource for bacterial evolution. American Naturalist 164, 1-12. PDF
Andrew, N. R., Rodgerson, L., and Dunlop, M. (2003) Variation in invertebrate-bryophyte community structure at different spatial scales along altitudinal gradients. Journal of Biogeography 30, 731-746. PDF available online at Blackwell Synergy (www.blackwell-synergy.com)
Andrew, N., Rodgerson, L. & York, A. (2000) Frequent fuel-reduction burning: the role of logs and associated leaf litter in the conservation of ant biodiversity. Austral Ecology 25, 99-107 PDF available online at Blackwell Synergy (www.blackwell-synergy.com)
Andrew, N. and Rodgerson, L. (1999) Extracting invertebrates from bryophytes. Journal of Insect Conservation 3, 53-55
Book Reviews
Andrew, N. (2006) Book Review Insect Evolutionary Ecology Austral Ecology 31(4), 548.