Professor Peter Jarman

Emeritus Professor - School of Environmental and Rural Science

Peter Jarman

Email: pjarman@une.edu.au

Biography

After a research and management career in Africa, I joined UNE (in 1974) to  teach and research in Wildlife Management, a discipline that has attracted  students ever since awards in natural resource management began at UNE. Current  coursework units in that area include: Australian Wildlife: Evolution, Ecology  and Land-use Impacts (EM 251/561); Wildlife Management (EM 423/523); and  Biological Conservation (EM 453/553).

I have supervised on-campus and off-campus research projects in wildlife  ecology, behaviour and management, for bachelors (B Nat Res, B Sc, & B Env  Sc), diploma (Grad Dip Nat Res), masters (M Res Sc, M Nat Res, M Sc) and  doctoral (Ph D) awards. UNE wildlife graduates now serve in every national parks  service or fauna agency in Australia (and some overseas countries).

In retirement I continue my career-long research interest in the behaviour  and ecology of large mammalian herbivores.

Qualifications

  • M.A. (Oxford University, U.K.)
  • Ph.D. (Manchester University, U.K.)
  • Grad. Cert. Higher Ed. (University of New England)

Research Interests

My more recent research focuses upon two major topics;

1. The behavioural ecology of brush-tailed rock-wallabies.

Rock-wallabies are restricted in their foraging to resources available within  short distances of their refuges; they also compete for access to secure  refuges. These traits distinguish rock-wallabies from larger macropods such as  eastern grey kangaroos. I am interested in the effects that such restriction and  competition have upon the activities, social behaviour and reproductive success  of individual brush-tailed rock-wallabies.

2. Concepts in the behavioural ecology of large mammalian herbivores.

I have a long-standing research interest in the behavioural ecology of  mammalian herbivores. My current interests are in sexual dimorphism, sexual  segregation, and activity scheduling and behavioural ecology of species that  differ in being tied to, or free of, shelter sites.

Publications

Books

Jarman, P.J. & Johnson, K. 1996 (eds) Land Use in a Changing Climate:  Maurice Wyndham Series 1996. Department of Continuing Education, University  of New England, Armidale NSW 2351, Australia.

Jarman, P.J. and Rossiter, A. (eds) 1994. Animal Societies: Individuals,  Interactions and Organisation. Kyoto University Press, Japan.

Grigg, G., Jarman, P.J. & Hume, I.D. (eds) 1989 Kangaroos, Wallabies  and Rat-kangaroos. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW.

Book Chapters

Jarman, P.J. 2001. Kangaroos and Wallabies. Pages 840-848 in  Macdonald, D. The New Encyclopedia of Mammals, Oxford University Press, Oxford,  UK.

Jarman, P.J. 2000. Males in Macropod Society. Pages 21-33 in Kappeler,  P.M. (ed) Primate Males: Causes and Consequences of Variation ir Group  Composition. Proceedings of the Göttinger Freilandtage, Deutsches  Primatenzentrum, December 1997. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Jarman, P.J. 2000 Dimorphism in social Artiodactyla: selection upon  females. Pages 171-179 in Vrb, E.S. & Schaller, G.B. (eds) Antelopes,  Deer, and Relatives. Fossil Record, Behavioral Ecology, Systematics, and Conservation. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

Brock, M.A. & Jarman, P.J. Wetland use and conservation in the  agricultural environment: managing processes for the components. Pages  258-268 in Craig, J.L., Mitchell, N. & Saunders, D.A. (eds) Nature  Conservation 5. Nature Conservation in Production Environments. Surrey Beatty  & Sons, Chipping Norton, Australia.

Jarman, P.J. & Kruuk, H. 1996 Phylogeny and spatial organisation in  mammals. Pp 80-101 in Comparison of Marsupial and Placental Behaviour,  Croft, D.B. & Ganslosser, U. (eds), Filander Verlag Gmbh. Fuerth, Germany.

Jarman, P.J. 1996 The Impact of Keeping Stock, Pp43-64 in Unwanted  Aliens, Australia's Introduced Animals (proceedings of a Seminar held Sydney  23-24 September 1994), Nature Conservation Council of NSW.

Jarman, P.J., Brock, M.A. 1996 Collaboration of science and management in  endangered species recovery, Pp 74-78 in Back from the Brink: Refining the  Threatened Species Recovery Process¸ ed. S.Stephens and S. Maxwell, Surrey  Beatty & Sons, 1996.

Jarman, P.J. 1996 Realism in response to the ecological performance of  populations in recovery programmes, Pp185-189 in Back from the Brink:  Refining the Threatened Species Recovery Process ed S. Stephens and S. Maxwell,  Surrey Beatty & Sons, 1996.

Rudran, R., Kunz, T.H., Jarman, P.J. and Smith, A.P. 1996 Observational  Techniques for Nonvolant Mammals Pp81-104 in Wilson, D.E., Cole, F.R.,  Nichols, J.D., Rudran, R. & Foster, M.S. (eds) Measuring and Monitoring  Biological Diversity Standard Methods for Mammals, Smithsonian Institution  Press, Washington and London, 1996.

McLean, I.G., Lundie-Jenkins, G. and Jarman, P.J. 1995 Training Captive  Rufous Hare wallabies to recognise predators Pp177-182 in Serena, M. (ed)  Reintroduction Biology of Australian and New Zealand Fauna, Surrey Beatty &  Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW.

Jarman, P.J. 1994. An Overview of the Impact of Feral Predators and  Competitors on Australia's Ecosystems. PP 5-15 in Siewert, R., Robinson, N.  and Horwitz, P. (eds). Impact and Control of Feral Animals in South-western  Australia. Conservation Council of Western Australia.

Jarman, P.J. 1994. Individual Behaviour and Social Organisation of  Kangaroos. Pp 70-85 in Jarman, P.J. and Rossiter, A. (eds). Animal  Societies: Indiviuals, Interactions and Organisation. Kyoto University Press, Japan.

Jarman, P.J. 1993. Control of feral animals. Chapter 6 (10pp) in:  Threatened Species and Local Government: Policies for Protection. Threatened  Species Network, Total Environment Centre, Sydney.

Jarman, P.J. 1993. Plant communities and the social organization and  community structure of herbivorous mammals. Chapter 7, pp. 109-32, in  Mutualism and Community Organization. Behavioural, Theoretical, and Food-Web  Approaches. Edited by Kawanabe, H., Cohen, J.E. and Iwasaki, K. Oxford  University Press, Oxford.

Journal Articles

Johnson, C.N., Clinchy, M., Taylor, A.C., Krebs, C.J., Jarman, P.J., Payne,A. & Ritchie, E.G. (2001) Adjustment of offspring sex ratios in relation to the  availability of resources for philopatric offstring in the common brushtail  possum. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B (Biological  Sciences)268,2001-2005.

Clinchy, M., Krebs, C.J. & Jarman, P.J. (2001) Dispersal sinks and  handling effects: interpreting the role of immigration in common brushtail possum populations. Journal of Animal Ecology 70, 515-526.

McLean, I.G., Schmitt, N.T., Jarman, P.J., Duncan, C. & Wynne, C.D.L. (2000) Learning for Life: training marsupials to recognise introduced predators.  Behaviour137, 1361-1376.

Brock, M.A., Smith, R.G.B., & Jarman, P.J. (1999) Drain it, dam it:  alteration of water regime in shallow wetlands on the New England Tableland of  New South Wales, Australia. Wetlands Ecology and Management 7, 37-46.

Evans, M.C. & Jarman, P.J. (1999) Diets and feeding selectivities of  bridled nailtail wallabies and black-striped wallabies. Wildlife Research  26, 1-19

Payne, A.L. & Jarman, P.J. (1999) Macropod studies at Wallaby Creek.  X. Responses of eastern grey kangaroos to cattle. Wildlife Research 26,  215-225

Jarman, P.J. & Bayne, P. (1997) Behavioural ecology of Petrogale  penicillata in relation to conservation. Australian Mammalogy 19,  219-228

Jarman, P.J. & Capararo, S.M. (1997) Use of rock-wallaby faecal  pellets for detecting and monitoring populations and examining habitat use.  Australian Mammalogy 19, 257-264

Clarke, J.L., Jones, M.E. & Jarman, P.J. (1995) Diurnal and nocturnal  grouping and foraging behaviours of free-ranging eastern grey kangaroos.  Australian Journal of Zoology 43, 519-529.

Kruuk, H. & Jarman, P.J. 1995 Latrine use by the spotted-tailed quoll  (Dasyurus maculatus: Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) in its natural habitat.  Journal of Zoology, London 236, 345-349.

Jarman, P.J. 1995 Bettongs: the rat-kangaroos we have almost lost.  National Parks Journal 39 (3), 22-24, Sydney.

McLean, I.G., Lundie-Jenkins, G. and Jarman, P.J. 1995 Teaching an  endangered mammal to recognise predators. Biological Conservation 75,  51-62

Jarman, P.J. 1994. The eating of seedheads by species of Macropodidae.  Australian Mammalogy 17, 51-63.

Jarman, P.J. and Wright, S.M. 1993. Macropod studies at Wallaby Creek.  IX. Exposure and responses of Eastern Grey Kangaroos to Dingoes. Wildlife  Research 20, 833-843

Lundie-Jenkins, G., Phillips, C.M. and Jarman, P.J. 1993. Ecology of the  rufous hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus Gould (Marsupialia:  Macropodidae) in the Tanami Desert, Northern Territory. II. Diet and feeding  strategy. Wildlife Research 20 (4), 477-94.

McLean, I.G., Lundie-Jenkins, G., Jarman, P.J. and Kean, L.E. 1993.  Copulation and associated behaviour in the Rufous Hare-wallaby,  Lagorchestes hirsutus. Australian Mammalogy 16(1), 77-79.

Jarman, P.J., Phillips, C.M. & Rabbidge, J.J. 1991 Diets of  black-striped wallabies in New South Wales. Wildlife Research 18,  403-412.

Jarman, P.J. 1991 Social behavior and organization in the  Macropodoidea. Advances in the Study of Behavior 20, 1-50.

Conference Presentations

Examples of more recent conference presentations related to conservation and management.

Jarman, P.J. & Brock, M.A. 2002 Waterbirds and seed banks of  irrigation storages on cotton farms. Australian Society for Limnology  Conference, Margaret River, WA, Sept-Oct 2002.

Brock, M.A. & Jarman, P.J. 1997 Wetland use and conservation in the  agricultural environment: managing processes for the components. Conference  on Nature Conservation in Production Enmvironments: Managing the Matrix, Taupo,  New Zealand.

Jarman, P.J. 1994. Behavioural ecology of Petrogale penicillata in  relation to conservation. National Rock Wallaby Symposium 1994, Oraparinna,  South Australia. 28 Nov-2 Dec. 1994.

Jarman, P.J. 1994. The use of faecal pellet counts for examining habitat  use and for population estimates. National Rock Wallaby Symposium 1994,  Oraparinna, South Australia. 28 Nov-2 Dec 1994.

Jarman, P.J. 1994. Keynote Address: Wildlife Conservation and Management  in Arid Australia. 7th Annual Conference of the Australasian Wildlife  Management Society, Alice Springs 5-7 Dec. 1994.

Jarman, P.J. 1994. The impact of keeping stock. Conference on Unwanted  Aliens: Australia's Introduced Animals. Nature Conservation Council of NSW,  Sydney, 23-24 Sept 1994.

Jarman, P.J. 1994. Ecosystem Management. Environmental Education,  Research, Management and Policy: The Coming of Age. CRES 21st. Birthday  Symposium. ANU, Canberra 28 Oct 1994.

Jarman, P.J. 1993 An overview of the impact of feral predators and  competitors on Australia's ecosystems. Seminar on Impact and Control of  Feral Animals in the South West of WA. Conservation Council of W.A., Perth,  29-30th November 1993

Reports to agencies

More recent examples.

Jarman, P.J. & Montgomery, J. 2002 Waterbirds and irrigation storages  in the Lower Gwydir Valley, NSW. Reports to The gwydir Valley Irrigators  Association and the Cotton CRC. University of New England, Armidale.

Jarman, P.J. & Gray, L. 2000 Conflict Between Humans and Kangaroos in  the South Grafton Hill Area. A Preliminary Collection and Review of  Information. Report to National Parks & Wildlife Service and Grafton City  Council.

Jarman, P.J. & Green, S.W. 2000 Broad Area Survey for the Pilliga  Mouse, Pseudomys pilligaensis. Report to National Parks &  Wildlife Service.

Jarman, P.J. & Green, S.W. 1998 Pilliga mice in the Pilliga Nature  Reserve. Report to National Parks & Wildlife Service, Coonabarabran,  NSW.

Jarman, P.J., Taylor, D., Duncan, C. & Paisley, G. 1997 A Ground  Survey of Sundown National Park for the Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby (Petrogale  penicillata). Report to Queensland Department of the Environment.

Baker. L. & Jarman P.J. 1994 A Conservation Strategy for the  Mulgara, Dasycercus cristicauda, at Uluru National Park, N.T.