Ms Joan Gibbs

Teaching Strengths

Biodiversity, Ecology of: Restoration, Fire, Seeds

Ms Joan Gibbs

UniSA STEM

Teaching Enterprise

Eligible to supervise Masters only - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Welcome to my website. I invite you to review my interests as an Adjunct Lecturer in Ecology, STEM.

Seed testing for restoration of threatened species - Seed Conservation Centre, SA; Fire Ecology of litter decomposition and fire regimes; Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK); Ecological Services of Welcome Swallows consuming mosquitoes bearing viruses; Ecology and Culture of the Parafield Vernal Pools; 

Year Citation
2025 Scott, S., de Barros Lopes, M., Gibbs, J., & Petit, S. (2025). Effects of prescribed fire on body condition, injury frequency, and recapture of reptiles in Mediterranean-type eucalypt forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 586(122683), 1-16.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2025 Scott, S., Goodman, B. A., Gibbs, J., & Petit, S. (2025). Between a rock and a hot place: do surface shelters facilitate survivable conditions for small vertebrates during prescribed fire?. International Journal Of Wildland Fire, 34(7, article no. WF24184), 1-15.
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2020 Petit, S., Stonor, M. B., Weyland, J. J., Gibbs, J., & Amato, B. (2020). Camponotus ants mine sand for vertebrate urine to extract nitrogen. Austral ecology, 45(2), 168-172.
DOI Scopus11 WoS11
2020 Anderson, J., Keppel, G., Thomson, S. M., Gibbs, J., & Brunetti, G. (2020). High diversity of native plants and vegetation types in the Morialta Conservation Park and the threat of invasive species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 144(2), 180-199.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2018 Aleman, R., Jusaitis, M., Gibbs, J., Ainsley, P., & Tiver, F. (2018). The influence of ethanol as a solvent on the gibberellic acid-induced germination of Brachyscome and Allittia (Asteraceae) seeds. Australian Journal of Botany, 66(2), 101-107.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2017 Thomson, S. M., Droogan Turniski, A., Wotton, J., Gibbs, J., & Petit, S. (2017). Estimating house mouse ('Mus musculus') densities in a primary and a secondary dune at Little Dip C.P., Robe, S.A.. The South Australian naturalist, 91(1), 21-24.
2016 Erdem, R. M., Kamp, M. J., Gibbs, J., & Petit, S. (2016). Density and live biomass of the Portuguese millipede 'Ommatoiulus moreleti' in two vegetation communities at Cullen Reserve, Robe, South Australia. The South Australian Naturalist, 90(2), 93-96.
2015 Aleman, R., Jusaitis, M., Gibbs, J., Ainsley, P., Tiver, F., & Petit, S. (2015). Influence of seed dimorphism and provenance on seed morphology, dispersal, germination and seedling growth of Brachyscome ciliaris (Asteraceae). Australian Journal of Botany, 63(8), 705-713.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2014 Digby, R., Finos, P., Giacopini, S., Jusaitis, M., Gibbs, J., & Petit, S. (2014). Density of four mid-storey plant species in burnt and unburnt habitat in Bagdad Native Forest Reserve, South Australia. The South Australian Naturalist, 88(1), 12-15.
2014 Murphy, B., Underwood, T., Halliday, M., Forbes, T., Fielke, J., Suljagic, T., . . . Petit, S. (2014). Small vertebrate captures two years after prescribed fire in stringybark open forest at Bagdad Native Forest Reserve, Robe, South Australia. The South Australian Naturalist, 88(1), 7-11.
2013 Walker, A., Al-Shatti, A., Nguyen, T., Zheng, Y., Heath, M., Gibbs, J., . . . Petit, S. (2013). The effect of fire on litter-dwelling invertebrate diversity in Bagdad Native Forest Reserve, Robe, South Australia. The South Australian Naturalist, 87(2), 82-84.
2013 Murphy, B. P., Taylor, C. M., Heath, M., Gibbs, J., & Petit, S. (2013). Ground cover two years after prescribed fire in stringybark open forest at Bagdad Native Forest Reserve, Robe, South Australia. The South Australian naturalist, 87(2), 85-89.
2012 Mapletoft, E. A., Rawlings, R. H., Rietveld, D., Petit, S., & Gibbs, J. (2012). The relationship between above- and below- ground biomass of bridal creeper Asparagus asparagoides as a land management tool. South Australian naturalist, 86(1), 18-21.
2012 Bolan, N., Kunhikrishnan, A., & Gibbs, J. (2012). Rhizoreduction of arsenate and chromate in Australian native grass, shrub and tree vegetation. Plant and soil: international journal on plant-soil relationships, 367(1/2), 615-625.
DOI Scopus25 WoS21
2011 Kazemi, F., Beecham, S., & Gibbs, J. (2011). Streetscape biodiversity and the role of bioretention swales in an Australian urban environment. Landscape and urban planning, 101(2), 139-148.
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2010 Kazemi, F., Beecham, S., & Gibbs, J. (2010). Bioretention swales as multifunctional landscapes and their influence on Australian urban biodiversity : hymenoptera as biodiversity indicators. Acta horticulturae, 881(881), 221-227.
DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2009 Kazemi, F., Beecham, S., & Gibbs, J. (2009). Streetscale bioretention basins in Melbourne and their effect on local biodiversity. Ecological engineering, 35(10), 1454-1465.
DOI Scopus62 WoS55
2009 Kazemi, F., Beecham, S., Gibbs, J., & Clay, R. E. (2009). Factors affecting terrestrial invertebrate diversity in bioretention basins in an Australian urban environment. Landscape and urban planning, 92(3-4), 304-313.
DOI Scopus44 WoS43
2008 Arnold, M. E., Calliss, D. S., Gemmell, S. J., Petit, S., & Gibbs, J. (2008). Estimating Portuguese millipede (Ommatoiulus moreleti) biomass in coastal dune and mallee woodland at Robe, South Australia. South Australian naturalist, 82(2), 62-65.
2006 Petit, S., & Gibbs, J. (2006). Evaluation of Markal(TM) ball point paint as millipede marking tool at Robe, South Australia. South Australian Naturalist.
2005 Leach, D. R., & Gibbs, J. (2005). Danthonia geniculata germination trials and field establishment at Hack Point, the Coorong, South Australia. Native Grass South Australia.
2004 Heath, M. J., Humphrey, M., MacDonald, K., Petit, S., & Gibbs, J. (2004). Differences in invertebrate species diversity and richness between macropitfall and micropitfall traps at Robe, South Australia. South Australian Naturalist.
2003 Petit, S., Fahey, I. B., Lang, M. J., & Gibbs, J. (2003). Testing nail polish on portuguese millipedes as a marker for population studies. South Australian Naturalist.
2003 Pestell, A. J. L., Walton, H., Petit, S., & Gibbs, J. (2003). Abundance of sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias) on the foredune at Long beach, Robe, South Australia and implications for dune stabilisation. South Australian Naturalist.

  • Monitoring Parafield vernal pools, Adelaide Airport Ltd, 01/03/2013 - 30/06/2018

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Rebecca Louise Hicks
2025 Co-Supervisor - - Master Full Time Miss Jess Klatt
2024 Co-Supervisor - - Master Full Time Mr Thomas Prosser
2021 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Shawn William Scott
2017 Co-Supervisor Perceptions of native vegetation and its role in crop pollination on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Bianca Amato

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