David Peacock
School of Animal and Veterinary Science
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
My primary interest is in the protection and recovery of Australia's natural resources through the control of vertebrate pest animals and the reintroduction of extirpated native fauna. Having directly observed the initial impacts of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus in 1995-96, I then researched this and the myxoma virus for ~20 yrs with the Turretfield Rabbit Project. I now continue to research and search for additional biological control agents and pest animal control solutions, as well as assist ecological restoration through researching historical ecology and the reintroduction of extirpated native fauna. Returning the western quoll (idnya) to the Flinders Ranges (SA), with the first 42 animals released in 2014, was primarily reintroducing an additional rabbit predator to aid the recruitment of palatable native vegetation and ecological recovery.
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Education
Date Institution name Country Title University of Adelaide Australia PhD University of New England Australia Diploma in Natural Resources South Australian College of Advanced Education Australia Bachelor of Applied Science (Wildlife & Park Management) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Taggart, P. L., Cooke, B., Peacock, D. E., West, P., Sawyers, E., & Patel, K. K. (2024). Do land managers apply best-practice integrated pest management: a case study of the European rabbit. Journal of Pest Science, 97(3), 1691-1706.
Scopus12023 Brewer, K., McWhorter, T. J., Moseby, K., Read, J. L., Peacock, D., & Blencowe, A. (2023). pH-Responsive Polymer Implants for the Protection of Native Mammals: Assessment of Material Properties and Poison Incorporation on Performance. Polymers, 15(4), 878-1-878-18.
Scopus12023 Brewer, K., McWhorter, T. J., Moseby, K., Read, J. L., Peacock, D., & Blencowe, A. (2023). pH-responsive subcutaneous implants prepared via hot-melt extrusion and fluidised-bed spray coating for targeted invasive predator control. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 81, 104277-1-104277-9.
2023 Taggart, P., Cooke, B., Peacock, D., West, P., Sawyers, E., & Patel, K. (2023). Make management count: A case study of the application of integrated pest management to control European rabbits. Journal of Pest Science. 2023 Jansen, J., Jansen, J., Dean, A. T., Brandle, R., Peacock, D. E., & Jones, M. E. (2023). High-resolution mapping of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) densities for targeted conservation management. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60(12), 2602-2612.
Scopus12023 Peacock, D. E., & Sinclair, R. G. (2023). A new longevity record for a wild European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from South Australia. Australian Mammalogy, 46(1), 2 pages.
2022 Peacock, D. E. (2022). Damage to human remains attributed to scavenging by quolls (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy, 44(3), 1-7.
2022 Peacock, D., Croxford, A., Iannella, A., Kovaliski, J., Lavazza, A., Cooke, B., . . . Sawyers, E. (2022). Using genetic analysis to determine the distribution, prevalence and diversity of Eimeria species in pest rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Australia. Parasitology International, 91, 8 pages.
2022 Brewer, K., Mcwhorter, T. J., Sloper, C., Moseby, K., Read, J. L., Peacock, D., & Blencowe, A. (2022). Toward Targeted Invasive Predator Control: Developing pH-Responsive Subcutaneous Implants for Native Mammals. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 4(9), 6687-6699.
Scopus5 WoS32021 Deak, B. P., Ostendorf, B., Bardsley, D. K., Taggart, D. A., & Peacock, D. E. (2021). The significance of landholder gender and previous knowledge of control methods for effective feral cat (Felis catus) management in south-eastern Australia. Environmental Sociology, 7(3), 239-253.
Scopus3 WoS32021 Meaney, K. M., Peacock, D. E., Taggart, D., & Smith, J. (2021). Rapid colonisation, breeding and successful recruitment of eastern barn owls (Tyto alba delicatula) using a customised wooden nest box in remnant mallee cropping areas of southern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. WILDLIFE RESEARCH, 48(4), 334-344.
Scopus1 WoS12021 Moseby, K. E., Hodgens, P., Peacock, D., Mooney, P., Brandle, R., Lynch, C., . . . Jensen, M. A. (2021). Intensive monitoring, the key to identifying cat predation as a major threat to native carnivore (Dasyurus geoffroii) reintroduction. Biodiversity and Conservation, 30(5), 1547-1571.
Scopus14 WoS122021 Taggart, P. L., Fancourt, B. A., Boardman, W. S. J., Peacock, D. E., & Caraguel, C. G. B. (2021). INFECTION PRESSURE IS NECESSARY, BUT NOT SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF, TO EXPLAIN TOXOPLASMA GONDII SEROPREVALENCE IN INTERMEDIATE HOST SPECIES.. The Journal of parasitology, 107(4), 554-561.
Scopus2 WoS22021 Jansen, J., McGregor, H., Axford, G., Dean, A. T., Comte, S., Johnson, C. N., . . . Jones, M. E. (2021). Long-distance movements of feral cats in semi-arid South Australia and implications for conservation management. Animals, 11(11), 3125-1-3125-16.
Scopus62021 Deak, B. P., Ostendorf, B., Bardsley, D. K., Taggart, D. A., & Peacock, D. E. (2021). The Influence of Land Use and Location on Landholder Attitudes Towards Feral Cat (Felis catus) Management in South-eastern Australia. Human Ecology, 49(6), 843-857.
2020 Taggart, P. L., Peacock, D. E., & Fancourt, B. A. (2020). Camera trap flash-type does not influence the behaviour of feral cats (Felis catus). Australian Mammalogy, 42(2), 220-222.
Scopus11 WoS72020 Grealy, A., McDowell, M., Retallick, C., Bunce, M., & Peacock, D. (2020). Novel mitochondrial haplotype of spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) present on Kangaroo Island (South Australia) prior to extirpation. The Holocene, 30(1), 135-144.
Scopus2 WoS22020 Taggart, D. A., Finlayson, G. R., Sparrow, E. E., Dibben, R. M., Dibben, J. A., Campbell, E. C., . . . Temple-Smith, P. D. (2020). Environmental Factors Influencing Hairy-Nosed Wombat Abundance in Semi-Arid Rangelands. Journal of Wildlife Management, 84(5), 921-929.
Scopus8 WoS72020 McKenny, L., O'Handley, R., Kovaliski, J., Mutze, G., Peacock, D., & Lanyon, S. (2020). Evidence of infection with Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in South Australia: using wild rabbits as a sentinel species. Australian Veterinary Journal, 98(8), 380-387.
Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC32020 Schwensow, N., Pederson, S., Peacock, D., Cooke, B., & Cassey, P. (2020). Adaptive changes in the genomes of wild rabbits after 16 years of viral epidemics. Molecular Ecology, 29(19), 3777-3794.
Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC12019 Taggart, P., Fancourt, B., Peacock, D., Caraguel, C. G., & McAllister, M. (2019). Variation in Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence: effects of site, sex, species and behaviour between insular and mainland macropods. Wildlife Research, 47(8), 540-546.
Scopus12 WoS102019 Kerr, P. J., Eden, J. S., Di Giallonardo, F., Peacock, D., Liu, J., Strive, T., . . . Holmes, E. C. (2019). Punctuated evolution of myxoma virus: rapid and disjunct evolution of a recent viral lineage in Australia. Journal of Virology, 93(8), e01994-18-1-e01994-18-18.
Scopus15 WoS11 Europe PMC112019 Roy-Dufresne, E., Lurgi, M., Brown, S. C., Wells, K., Cooke, B., Mutze, G., . . . Fordham, D. A. (2019). The Australian National Rabbit Database: 50 yr of population monitoring of an invasive species. Ecology, 100(7), 1 page.
Scopus10 WoS6 Europe PMC52019 Taggart, P., Fancourt, B., Bengsen, A., Peacock, D., Hodgens, P., Read, J., . . . Caraguel, C. G. (2019). Evidence of significantly higher island feral cat abundance compared to the adjacent mainland. Wildlife Research, 46(5), 378-385.
Scopus22 WoS172019 Taggart, P., Fancourt, B., Fabijan, J., Peacock, D., Speight, K., Caraguel, C. G., & McAllister, M. M. (2019). No evidence of toxoplasma gondii exposure in South Australian Koalas (phascolarctos cinereus). Journal of Parasitology, 105(4), 638-641.
Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC12019 Dunlop, J., Peacock, D., Moore, H., & Cowan, M. (2019). Albinism in Dasyurus species- A collation of historical and modern records. Australian Mammalogy, 42(1), 114-118.
Scopus7 WoS52019 Deak, B. P., Ostendorf, B., Taggart, D., Peacock, D., & Bardsley, D. (2019). The Significance of Social Perceptions in Implementing Successful Feral Cat Management Strategies: A Global Review. Animals, 9(9), 14 pages.
Scopus19 WoS14 Europe PMC62019 Iannella, A., Peacock, D., Cassey, P., & Schwensow, N. (2019). Genetic perspectives on the historical introduction of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) to Australia. Biological Invasions, 21(2), 603-614.
Scopus12 WoS102018 Barnett, L., Prowse, T., Peacock, D., Mutze, G., Sinclair, R., Kovaliski, J., . . . Bradshaw, C. (2018). Previous exposure to myxoma virus reduces survival of European rabbits during outbreaks of rabbit haemorrhagic disease. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(6), 2954-2962.
Scopus18 WoS152018 Mutze, G., De Preu, N., Mooney, T., Koerner, D., McKenzie, D., Sinclair, R., . . . Peacock, D. (2018). Substantial numerical decline in South Australian rabbit populations following the detection of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus 2. Veterinary Record, 182(20), 4 pages.
Scopus11 WoS8 Europe PMC42018 Peacock, D., & Grillo, T. (2018). Detecting European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) disease outbreaks by monitoring digital media. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 54(3), 544-547.
Scopus12018 Peacock, D. E., Fancourt, B. A., McDowell, M. C., & Abbott, I. (2018). Survival histories of marsupial carnivores on Australian continental shelf islands highlight climate change and Europeans as likely extirpation factors: implications for island predator restoration. Biodiversity and Conservation, 27(10), 2477-2494.
Scopus62018 Mahar, J. E., Hall, R. N., Peacock, D., Kovaliski, J., Piper, M., Mourant, R., . . . Strive, T. (2018). Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2; GI.2) is replacing endemic strains of RHDV in the Australian landscape within 18 months of its arrival. Journal of Virology, 92(2), e01374-17-1-e01374-17-15.
Scopus84 Europe PMC412017 Le Pendu, J., Abrantes, J., Bertagnoli, S., Guitton, J. S., Le Gall-Reculé, G., Lopes, A. M., . . . Esteves, P. (2017). Proposal for a unified classification system and nomenclature of lagoviruses. Journal of General Virology, 98(7), 1658-1666.
Scopus144 Europe PMC932017 Thulin, C. G., Alves, P. C., Djan, M., Fontanesi, L., & Peacock, D. (2017). Wild opportunities with dedomestication genetics of rabbits. Restoration Ecology, 25(3), 330-332.
Scopus52017 Hall, R., Peacock, D., Kovaliski, J., Mahar, J., Mourant, R., Piper, M., & Strive, T. (2017). Detection of RHDV2 in European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) in Australia. Veterinary Record, 180(5), 121.
Scopus49 Europe PMC332017 Schwensow, N., Mazzoni, C., Marmesat, E., Fickel, J., Peacock, D., Kovaliski, J., . . . Sommer, S. (2017). High adaptive variability and virus-driven selection on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes in invasive wild rabbits in Australia. Biological Invasions, 19(4), 1255-1271.
Scopus17 WoS15 Europe PMC52017 Peacock, D., Kovaliski, J., Sinclair, R., Mutze, G., Iannella, A., & Capucci, L. (2017). RHDV2 overcoming RHDV immunity in wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Australia. Veterinary Record, 180(11), 280-1-280-3.
Scopus33 WoS22 Europe PMC152017 Swinbourne, M. J., Taggart, D. A., Peacock, D., & Ostendorf, B. (2017). Historical changes in the distribution of hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus spp.): a review. Australian Mammalogy, 39(1), 1-16.
Scopus30 WoS222017 Schwensow, N. I., Detering, H., Pederson, S., Mazzoni, C., Sinclair, R., Peacock, D., . . . Sommer, S. (2017). Resistance to RHD virus in wild Australian rabbits: Comparison of susceptible and resistant individuals using a genomewide approach. Molecular Ecology, 26(17), 4551-4561.
Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC62016 Wells, K., Cassey, P., Sinclair, R., Mutze, G., Peacock, D., Lacy, R., . . . Fordham, D. (2016). Targeting season and age for optimizing control of invasive rabbits. Journal of Wildlife Management, 80(6), 990-999.
Scopus8 WoS72015 Wells, K., Brook, B., Lacy, R., Mutze, G., Peacock, D., Sinclair, R., . . . Fordham, D. (2015). Timing and severity of immunizing diseases in rabbits is controlled by seasonal matching of host and pathogen dynamics. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 12(103), 20141184-1-20141184-11.
Scopus28 WoS24 Europe PMC132015 Moseby, K., Peacock, D., & Read, J. (2015). Catastrophic cat predation: a call for predator profiling in wildlife protection programs. Biological Conservation, 191, 331-340.
Scopus109 WoS85 Europe PMC22015 Read, J., Peacock, D., Wayne, A., & Moseby, K. (2015). Toxic Trojans: Can feral cat predation be mitigated by making their prey poisonous?. Wildlife Research, 42(8), 689-696.
Scopus27 WoS232015 Peacock, D., Wakelin-King, G. A., & Shepherd, B. (2015). Cane toads (Rhinella marina) in south-western Queensland: Invasion front, spread and how Cooper Creek geomorphology could enable invasion into north-eastern South Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 62(5), 366-373.
Scopus42014 Peacock, D., & Abbott, I. (2014). When the 'native cat' would 'plague': Historical hyperabundance in the quoll (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) and an assessment of the role of disease, cats and foxes in its curtailment. Australian Journal of Zoology, 62(4), 294-344.
Scopus322014 Mutze, G., Sinclair, R., Peacock, D., Capucci, L., & Kovaliski, J. (2014). Is increased juvenile infection the key to recovery of wild rabbit populations from the impact of rabbit haemorrhagic disease?. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 60(3), 489-499.
Scopus18 WoS182014 Schwensow, N., Cooke, B., Kovaliski, J., Sinclair, R., Peacock, D., Fickel, J., & Sommer, S. (2014). Rabbit haemorrhagic disease: virus persistence and adaptation in Australia. Evolutionary Applications, 7(9), 1056-1067.
Scopus32 WoS27 Europe PMC192014 Kovaliski, J., Sinclair, R., Mutze, G., Peacock, D., Strive, T., Abrantes, J., . . . Holmes, E. (2014). Molecular epidemiology of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus in Australia: when one became many. Molecular Ecology, 23(2), 408-420.
Scopus36 WoS32 Europe PMC202014 Mutze, G., Bird, P., Jennings, S., Peacock, D., De Preu, N., Kovaliski, J., . . . Capucci, L. (2014). Recovery of South Australian rabbit populations from the impact of rabbit haemorrhagic disease. Wildlife Research, 41(7), 552-559.
Scopus322013 Peacock, D., & Abbott, I. (2013). The role of quoll (Dasyurus) predation in the outcome of pre-1900 introductions of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) to the mainland and islands of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 61(3), 206-280.
Scopus282012 Bird, P., Mutze, G., Peacock, D., & Jennings, S. (2012). Damage caused by low-density exotic herbivore populations: The impact of introduced European rabbits on marsupial herbivores and Allocasuarina and Bursaria seedling survival in Australian coastal shrubland. Biological Invasions, 14(3), 743-755.
Scopus512012 Moulton, M. P., Cropper, W. P., Moulton, L. E., Avery, M. L., & Peacock, D. (2012). A reassessment of historical records of avian introductions to Australia: No case for propagule pressure. Biodiversity and Conservation, 21(1), 155-174.
Scopus152012 Fordham, D., Sinclair, R., Peacock, D., Mutze, G., Kovaliski, J., Cassey, P., . . . Brook, B. (2012). European rabbit survival and recruitment are linked to epidemiological and environmental conditions in their exotic range. Austral Ecology, 37(8), 945-957.
Scopus17 WoS152012 Peacock, D., Mutze, G., Sinclair, R., Kovaliski, J., & Cooke, B. (2012). Rabbit haemorrhagic disease: Applying Occam's Razor to competing hypotheses. Molecular Ecology, 21(5), 1038-1041.
Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC22011 Peacock, D. E., Christensen, P. E., & Williams, B. D. (2011). Historical accounts of toxicity to introduced carnivores consuming bronzewing pigeons (Phaps chalcoptera and P. elegans) and other vertebrate fauna in south-west Western Australia. Australian Zoologist, 35(3), 826-838.
Scopus112010 Peacock, D., & Abbott, I. (2010). The mongoose in Australia: Failed introduction of a biological control agent. Australian Journal of Zoology, 58(4), 205-227.
Scopus162010 Mutze, G., Sinclair, R., Peacock, D., Kovaliski, J., & Capucci, L. (2010). Does a benign calicivirus reduce the effectiveness of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) in Australia? Experimental evidence from field releases of RHDV on bait. Wildlife Research, 37(4), 311-319.
Scopus16 WoS142009 Peacock, D. E., & Sinclair, R. G. (2009). Longevity record for a wild European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from South Australia. Australian Mammalogy, 31(1), 65-66.
Scopus192009 Peacock, D. (2009). The Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis in Adelaide, South Australia: Its introduction and eradication. Victorian Naturalist, 126(4), 150-155.
Scopus142007 Peacock, D. E., Williams, B. D., & Christensen, P. E. (2007). 'Total fluorine' analysis of seed of Australian Gastrolobium spp. showing temporal, spatial and morphological variation. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 128(6), 631-635.
Scopus42006 Peacock, D. E. (2006). Historical accounts of the numbat myrmecobius fasciatus from south-west Western Australia. Australian Mammalogy, 28(1), 97-100.
Scopus32002 Mutze, G., Bird, P., Kovaliski, J., Peacock, D., Jennings, S., & Cooke, B. (2002). Emerging epidemiological patterns in rabbit haemorrhagic disease, its interaction with myxomatosis, and their effects on rabbit populations in South Australia. Wildlife Research, 29(6), 577-590.
Scopus721999 Kolesik, P., & Peacock, D. (1999). A new species of gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) damaging branch shoots of the dryland tea-tree, Melaleuca lanceolata (Myrtaceae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 123(3), 115-119. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2016 Taggart, P., Caraguel, C. G., McAllister, M., Peacock, D., & Fancourt, B. (2016). Investigating correlates of Toxoplasma gondii infection to explain its higher prevalence on Kangaroo Island. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Mammal Society Conference. Alice Springs, Australia. 2016 Taggart, P., Caraguel, C. G., McAllister, M., Peacock, D., & Fancourt, B. (2016). Investigating correlates of Toxoplasma gondii infection to explain its higher prevalence on Kangaroo Island. Poster session presented at the meeting of Natural Resource Management Science Conference. Adelaide, Australia. 2016 Taggart, P., Caraguel, C. G., McAllister, M. M., Peacock, D., & Fancourt, B. (2016). Risk factors associated with sarcocystosis in South Australia: Describing and explaining the spatial distribution of a cat-borne disease. Poster session presented at the meeting of Wildlife Disease Association Australasian Section Conference. Falls Creek, Australia.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2021 Principal Supervisor Phascogale calura reintroduction to South Australia: history, diet, habitat use and genetics Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Tessa Paris Manning -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2016 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Ecology of Cat-borne Parasitoses in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Patrick Leo Taggart 2014 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Co-Evolution of Rabbits and the Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV) in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Amy Rebecca Iannella
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