Dr Steven Delean

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2013 - ongoing	Lecturer	University of Adelaide
  2011 - 2012	Research Associate	University of Adelaide
  2008 - 2011	Research Associate	University of Adelaide
  2000 - 2006	Biostatistician	Australian Institute of Marine Science

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2007	James Cook University	Australia	PhD
  1996	James Cook University	Australia	Masters in Applied Science (Statistics - Incomplete; coursework only completed)
  1993	James Cook University	Australia	Postgraduate Diploma of Science
  1988	Flinders University	Australia	BA (Biol.)

• Research Interests

  Applied Statistics Biostatistics Community Ecology Conservation and Biodiversity Ecology Global Change Biology Invasive Species Ecology Life Histories Population Ecology Statistics Terrestrial Ecology Vertebrate Biology Wildlife and Habitat Management

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2023	Draper, J. T., Delean, S., Conran, J. G., Weinstein, P., & Simpson, B. S. (2023). Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany, 71(4), 175-187. DOI
  2022	Turner, A. M., Delean, S., & Garcia-Bellido, D. (2022). Preliminary revision of the morphology of Phyllozoon hanseni from the Ediacaran of South Australia. Serie Correlación Geológica, 37(2), 5-14. DOI Scopus1
  2022	Theng, M., Milleret, C., Bracis, C., Cassey, P., & Delean, S. (2022). Confronting spatial capture–recapture models with realistic animal movement simulations. Ecology, 103(10), 20 pages. DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC1
  2021	Arnold, P. A., Delean, S., Cassey, P., & White, C. R. (2021). Meta-analysis reveals that resting metabolic rate is not consistently related to fitness and performance in animals. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 191(6), 1097-1110. DOI Scopus21 WoS21 Europe PMC10
  2021	Stringer, D., Bertozzi, T., Meusemann, K., Delean, J., Guzik, M., Tierney, S., . . . Austin, A. (2021). Development and evaluation of a custom bait design based on 469 single-copy protein-coding genes for exon capture of isopods (Philosciidae: Haloniscus). PLoS One, 16(9), 1-24. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
  2021	Cirocco, R. M., Facelli, E., Delean, J., & Facelli, J. (2021). Does phosphorus influence performance of a native hemiparasite and its impact on a native legume?. Physiologia Plantarum, 173(4), 1889-1900. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2
  2020	Heinrich, S., Ross, J. V., Gray, T. N. E., Delean, S., Marx, N., & Cassey, P. (2020). Plight of the commons: 17 years of wildlife trafficking in Cambodia. Biological Conservation, 241, 1-9. DOI Scopus12 WoS12
  2020	Pipek, P., Blackburn, T. M., Delean, S., Cassey, P., Şekercioğlu, Ç., & Pyšek, P. (2020). Lasting the distance: The survival of alien birds shipped to New Zealand in the 19th century. Ecology and Evolution, 10(9), 3944-3953. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
  2020	Hill, K. G., Nielson, K. E., Tyler, J., McInerney, F., Doubleday, Z. A., Frankham, G. J., . . . Cassey, P. B. (2020). Pet or pest? Stable isotope methods for determining the provenance of an invasive alien species. NeoBiota, 59(59), 21-37. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
  2020	Dorji, T., Facelli, J. M., Norbu, T., Delean, S., & Brookes, J. D. (2020). Tree shelters facilitate brown oak seedling survival and establishment in a grazing-dominant forest of Bhutan, Eastern Himalaya. Restoration Ecology, 28(5), 1145-1157. DOI Scopus6 WoS4
  2020	Bannister, H. L., Brandle, R., Delean, S., Paton, D. C., & Moseby, K. E. (2020). Supportive release techniques provide no reintroduction benefit when efficacy and uptake is low. Oryx, 54(2), 206-214. DOI Scopus15 WoS15
  2019	Crowe-Riddell, J. M., Simões, B. F., Partridge, J. C., Hunt, D. M., Delean, S., Schwerdt, J. G., . . . Sanders, K. L. (2019). Phototactic tails: evolution and molecular basis of a novel sensory trait in sea snakes. Molecular Ecology, 28(8), 1-16. DOI Scopus14 WoS12 Europe PMC6
  2019	Fisk, C., Clarke, K. D., Delean, S., & Lewis, M. M. (2019). Distinguishing photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic vegetation: How do traditional observations and spectral classification compare?. Remote Sensing, 11(21), 2589-1-2589-10. DOI Scopus7 WoS6
  2018	Falster, G., Delean, S., & Tyler, J. (2018). Hydrogen peroxide treatment of natural lake sediment prior to carbon and oxygen stable isotope analysis of calcium carbonate. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19(9), 3583-3595. DOI Scopus10 WoS10
  2018	Haby, N., Delean, S., & Brook, B. (2018). Improving performance and transferability of small mammal species distribution models. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 142(2), 143-161. DOI
  2018	Caruso, A., Clarke, K., Tiddy, C., Delean, S., & Lewis, M. (2018). Objective regolith-landform mapping in a regolith dominated terrain to inform mineral exploration. Geosciences, 8(9), 1-19. DOI Scopus9 WoS7
  2018	Cassey, P., Delean, S., Lockwood, J., Sadowski, J., & Blackburn, T. (2018). Dissecting the null model for biological invasions: a meta-analysis of the propagule pressure effect. PLoS Biology, 16(4), e2005987-1-e2005987-15. DOI Scopus120 WoS113 Europe PMC29
  2018	Smith, M., Delean, S., Cavagnaro, T., & Facelli, J. (2018). Evidence for species-specific plant responses to soil microbial communities from remnant and degraded land provides promise for restoration. Austral Ecology, 43(3), 301-308. DOI Scopus13 WoS14 Europe PMC1
  2017	Prowse, T., Collard, S., Blackwood, A., O'Connor, P., Delean, S., Barnes, M., . . . Possingham, H. (2017). Prescribed burning impacts avian diversity and disadvantages woodland-specialist birds unless long-unburnt habitat is retained. Biological Conservation, 215, 268-276. DOI Scopus20 WoS20 Europe PMC1
  2016	Blackburn, T., Delean, S., Pyšek, P., & Cassey, P. (2016). On the island biogeography of aliens: a global analysis of the richness of plant and bird species on oceanic islands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25(7), 859-868. DOI Scopus64 WoS91
  2016	Wedderburn, S., Bailey, C., Delean, S., & Paton, D. (2016). Population and osmoregulatory responses of a euryhaline fish to extreme salinity fluctuations in coastal lagoons of the Coorong, Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 168, 50-57. DOI Scopus22 WoS18
  2016	Packer, J., Delean, S., Kueffer, C., Prider, J., Abley, K., Facelli, J., & Carthew, S. (2016). Native faunal communities depend on habitat from non-native plants in novel but not in natural ecosystems. Biodiversity and Conservation, 25(3), 503-523. DOI Scopus22 WoS21 Europe PMC3
  2016	Wittmann, T., Izzo, C., Doubleday, Z., McKenzie, J., Delean, S., & Gillanders, B. (2016). Reconstructing climate–growth relations from the teeth of a marine mammal. Marine Biology, 163(4), 71-1-71-11. DOI Scopus13 WoS14
  2016	Prowse, T., Bradshaw, C., Delean, S., Cassey, P., Lacy, R., Wells, K., . . . Brook, B. (2016). An efficient protocol for the global sensitivity analysis of stochastic ecological models. Ecosphere, 7(3), e01238-1-e01238-17. DOI Scopus25 WoS35
  2016	Izzo,, C., Doubleday, Z., Grammer, G., Barnes, T., Delean, J., Ferguson, G., . . . Gillanders, B. (2016). Multi-species response to rapid environmental change in a large estuary system: a biochronological approach. Ecological Indicators, 69, 739-748. DOI Scopus23 WoS21
  2016	Fuentes, M., Delean, S., Grayson, J., Lavender, S., Logan, M., & Marsh, H. (2016). Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Effects of Climatic Variables on Dugong Calf Production. PLOS ONE, 11(6), 1-14. DOI Scopus13 Europe PMC1
  2016	Dalziel, A., Delean, S., Heinrich, S., & Cassey, P. (2016). Persistence of low pathogenic influenza A virus in water: a systematic review and quantitative meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 11(10), e0161929-1-e0161929-24. DOI Scopus23 WoS25 Europe PMC16
  2016	Heinrich, S., Wittmann, T., Prowse, T., Ross, J., Delean, S., Shepherd, C., & Cassey, P. (2016). Where did all the pangolins go? International CITES trade in pangolin species. Global Ecology and Conservation, 8, 241-253. DOI Scopus117 WoS104
  2016	Weinstein, P., Delean, S., Wood, T., & Austin, A. (2016). Bioluminescence in the ghost fungus Omphalotus nidiformis does not attract potential spore dispersing insects. IMA Fungus, 7(2), 229-234. DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC2
  2015	Murphy, N., King, R., & Delean, S. (2015). Species, ESUs or populations? Delimiting and describing morphologically cryptic diversity in Australian desert spring amphipods. Invertebrate Systematics, 29(5), 457-467. DOI Scopus26 WoS24
  2015	Read, J., Parkhurst, B., & Delean, S. (2015). Can Australian bush birds be used as canaries? Detection of pervasive environmental impacts at an arid Australian mine site. Emu, 115(2), 117-125. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
  2014	Bradshaw, C., Brook, B., Delean, S., Fordham, D., Herrando-Pérez, S., Cassey, P., . . . Araújo, M. (2014). Predictors of contraction and expansion of area of occupancy for British birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 281(1786), 20140744-1-20140744-9. DOI Scopus38 WoS22 Europe PMC10
  2014	Herrando-Pérez, S., Delean, S., Brook, B., Cassey, P., & Bradshaw, C. (2014). Spatial climate patterns explain negligible variation in strength of compensatory density feedbacks in birds and mammals. PLoS One, 9(3), e91536-1-e91536-12. DOI Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC2
  2013	Haby, N., Prowse, T., Gregory, S., Watts, M., Delean, J., Fordham, D., . . . Brook, B. (2013). Scale dependency of metapopulation models used to predict climate change impacts on small mammals. Ecography, 36(7), 832-841. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
  2013	Martins Sequeira, A., Mellin, C., Delean, J., Meekan, M., & Bradshaw, C. (2013). Spatial and temporal predictions of inter-decadal trends in Indian Ocean whale sharks. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 478, 185-195. DOI Scopus10 WoS10
  2013	Delean, J., Brook, B., & Bradshaw, C. (2013). Ecologically realistic estimates of maximum population growth using informed Bayesian priors. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4(1), 34-44. DOI Scopus24 WoS23
  2013	Delean, J., Bull, C., Brook, B., Heard, L., & Fordham, D. (2013). Using plant distributions to predict the current and future range of a rare lizard. Diversity and Distributions, 19(9), 1125-1137. DOI Scopus12 WoS11
  2012	Herrando-Perez, S., Delean, J., Brook, B., & Bradshaw, C. (2012). Strength of density feedback in census data increases from slow to fast life histories. Ecology and Evolution, 2(8), 1922-1934. DOI Scopus22 WoS21 Europe PMC8
  2012	Herrando-Perez, S., Delean, J., Brook, B., & Bradshaw, C. (2012). Density dependence: An ecological Tower of Babel. Oecologia, 170(3), 585-603. DOI Scopus68 WoS65 Europe PMC22
  2012	Fordham, D., Watts, M., Delean, J., Brook, B., Heard, L., & Bull, C. (2012). Managed relocation as an adaptation strategy for mitigating climate change threats to the persistence of an endangered lizard. Global Change Biology, 18(9), 2743-2755. DOI Scopus48 WoS45 Europe PMC4
  2012	Herrando-Perez, S., Delean, J., Brook, B., & Bradshaw, C. (2012). Decoupling of component and ensemble density feedbacks in birds and mammals. Ecology, 93(7), 1728-1740. DOI Scopus19 WoS18 Europe PMC6
  2012	Haby, N., Delean, J., & Brook, B. (2012). Specialist resources are key to improving small mammal distribution models. Austral Ecology, 37(2), 216-226. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
  2011	Sweatman, H., Delean, J., & Syms, C. (2011). Assessing loss of coral cover on Australia's Great Barrier Reef over two decades, with implications for longer-term trends. Coral Reefs, 30(2), 521-531. DOI Scopus150
  2011	Mellin, C., Delean, J., Caley, M., Edgar, G., Meekan, M., Pitcher, R., . . . Bradshaw, C. (2011). Effectiveness of biological surrogates for predicting patterns of marine biodiversity: A global meta-analysis. PLoS One, 6(6), e20141-1-e20141-11. DOI Scopus97 WoS93 Europe PMC28
  2010	Clark, F., Brook, B., Delean, J., Akcakaya, H., & Bradshaw, C. (2010). The theta-logistic is unreliable for modelling most census data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 1(3), 253-262. DOI WoS79
  2010	Traill, L., Bradshaw, C., Delean, J., & Brook, B. (2010). Wetland conservation and sustainable use under global change: a tropical Australian case study using magpie geese. Ecography, 33(5), 818-825. DOI Scopus30 WoS23
  2009	Delean, J., De'ath, G., & Marsh, H. (2009). Climate and maternal effects modify sex ratios in a weakly dimorphic marsupial. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64(2), 265-277. DOI Scopus9
  2008	Emslie, M., Cheal, A., Sweatman, H., & Delean, J. (2008). Recovery from disturbance of coral and reef fish communities on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 371, 177-190. DOI Scopus91
  2007	Hodgson, A., Marsh, H., Delean, J., & Marcus, L. (2007). Is attempting to change marine mammal behaviour a generic solution to the bycatch problem? A dugong case study. Animal Conservation, 10(2), 263-273. DOI Scopus15
  2007	Cheal, A., Delean, J., Sweatman, H., & Thompson, A. (2007). Spatial synchrony in coral reef fish populations and the influence of climate. Ecology, 88(1), 158-169. DOI Scopus66 Europe PMC15
  2006	Kwan, D., Marsh, H., & Delean, J. (2006). Factors influencing the sustainability of customary dugong hunting by a remote indigenous community. Environmental Conservation, 33(2), 164-171. DOI Scopus31
  2006	Poulsen, A., Burns, K., Lough, J., Brinkman, D., & Delean, J. (2006). Trace analysis of hydrocarbons in coral cores from Saudi Arabia. Organic Geochemistry, 37(12), 1913-1930. DOI Scopus21
  2005	Codi, S., Humphrey, C., Klumpp, D., & Delean, S. (2005). Erratum: Barramundi as an indicator species for environmental monitoring in north Queensland, Australia: Laboratory versus field studies (Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2004) 23 (2737-2744)). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 24(1), 249. DOI
  2005	Chilvers, B. L., Delean, S., Gales, N. J., Holley, D. K., Lawler, I. R., Marsh, H., & Preen, A. R. (2005). Erratum: Diving behaviour of dugongs, Dugong dugon (Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (2004) 304 (203-224) DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2003.12. 010). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 315(1), 115. DOI
  2004	Chilvers, B., Delean, J., Gales, N., Holley, D., Lawler, I., Marsh, H., & Preen, A. (2004). Diving behaviour of dugongs, Dugong dugon. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 304(2), 203-224. DOI Scopus55
  2004	Marsh, H., Lawler, I., Kwan, D., Delean, J., Pollock, K., & Alldredge, M. (2004). Aerial surveys and the potential biological removal technique indicate that the Torres Strait dugong fishery is unsustainable. Animal Conservation, 7(4), 435-443. DOI Scopus88
  2004	Codi, S., Humphrey, C., Klumpp, D., & Delean, J. (2004). Barramundi as an indicator species for environmental monitoring in North Queensland, Australia: laboratory vs field studies. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23(11), 2737-2744. DOI Scopus6 Europe PMC3
  2003	Johnson, P., & Delean, J. (2003). Reproduction of Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus lumholtzi (Marsupialia : Macropodidae) in captivity, with age estimation and development of the pouch young. Wildlife Research, 2003(30), 505-512. DOI Scopus12
  2003	Ninio, R., Delean, J., Osborne, K., & Sweatman, H. (2003). Estimating cover of benthic organisms from underwater video images: variability associated with multiple observers. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 265, 107-116. DOI Scopus47
  2002	Johnson, P. M., & Delean, S. (2002). Reproduction of the purple-necked rock-wallaby, Petrogale purpureicollis Le Souef (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in captivity, with age estimation and development of the pouch young. Wildlife Research, 29(5), 463-468. DOI Scopus6
  2002	Johnson, C. N., Delean, S., & Balmford, A. (2002). Phylogeny and the selectivity of extinction in Australian marsupials. Animal Conservation, 5(2), 135-142. DOI Scopus42
  2002	Cheal, A. J., Coleman, G., Delean, S., Miller, I., Osborne, K., & Sweatman, H. (2002). Responses of coral and fish assemblages to a severe but short-lived tropical cyclone on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs, 21(2), 131-142. DOI Scopus72
  2002	Johnson, P. M., & Delean, S. (2002). Development and age estimation of the pouch young of the black-striped Wallaby Macropus dorsalis, with notes on reproduction. Australian Mammalogy, 24(2), 193-198. DOI Scopus2
  2001	Johnson, P. M., & Delean, S. (2001). Erratum: Reproduction in the northern bettong, bettongia tropica wakefield (Marsupialia: Potoroidae), in captivity, with age estimation and development of the pouch young. (Wildlife Research (2001) 28 (81)). Wildlife Research, 28(6), 647. DOI Scopus1
  2001	Johnson, P. M., & Delean, S. (2001). Reproduction in the northern bettong, Bettongia tropica wakefield (Marsupialia: Potoroidae), in captivity, with age estimation and development of pouch young. Wildlife Research, 28(1), 79-85. DOI Scopus7
  1999	Johnson, P. M., & Delean, J. S. C. (1999). Reproduction in the Proserpine rock-wallaby, Petrogale persephone Maynes (Marsupialia: Macropodidae), in captivity, with age estimation and development of pouch young. Wildlife Research, 26(5), 631-639. DOI Scopus17

Steven is the Coordinator for the third-year Concepts in Ecology III and second-year Animal Identification II courses in the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology discipline. Steven also lectures in the second-year BSc course Ecology II. Steve's teaching in Ecology includes theoretical quantitative ecology, practical workshops on ecological statistics, and field trips and camps.

Steven lectures and coordinates a series of quantitative training workshops for the first-year course Principles and Practices of Research I, as well as teaching into the combined Masters Bioinformatics and Systems Modelling and third-year Bioinformatics III course.

Current Teaching Schedule

ENV BIOL 3121 - Concepts in Ecology III

Ecology III addresses advanced ecological concepts across populations, communities and ecosystems, and examines various approaches to their studies, including experiments and models. It provides both an understanding of theoretical ecology as well as a foundation for ecological applications.

ENV BIOL 2502 - Ecology II & ENV BIOL 2005 - Ecology for Engineers II

Ecology II introduces the core principles of modern ecology, provides basic skills for the conduction of field studies, and fosters the development of the skills needed for the scientific analysis of ecological systems.

ENV_BIOL 2520 - Animal Identification II

This short intensive course, in the mid semester break, provides a basic understanding of the diversity of vertebrates and the policies, ethics and compliances associated with working on them. Specialist skills in the use of morphological, genetic and behavioural techniques used in the identification of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals will be taught. The course includes a 5-day field camp, during which field-based skills in trapping, handling, identification, tagging and collection of morphological data will be taught. This includes the use of modern techniques for remotely sensing the presence of wildlife.

SCIENCE 1300 - Principles & Practice of Research (Advanced) I

Science 1300 introduces students to the core principles of scientific research and research environments. It focuses on building a robust understanding of ethical scientific practices and includes interdisciplinary collaboration, group investigation, and best-practice data management.

Biotech 7005 - Bioinformatics and Systems Modelling & Bioinf 3000 - Bioinformatics III

Recent technological advances have brought large-scale DNA sequencing within the reach of small companies and research laboratories, and opened the door for research and applied uses for sequencing. This course teaches analysis of these data sets, and interpretation of the significance of the patterns found therein. This course provides an understanding of the specific considerations of different sequencing technologies, as well as an understanding of the algorithms used to align, assemble, and annotate sequence data.

• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2022	Principal Supervisor	The ecology, status, and distribution of Plains Wanderers in South Australia.	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Saskia Gerhardy
  2020	Co-Supervisor	Understanding the Contribution of Insectivorous Bats to Ecosystem Services in the Changing Landscapes of Fiji.	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Adi Siteri Alisi Waqanivalukinaneni Tikoca

• Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2019 - 2023	Principal Supervisor	Understanding movement processes underlying camera-trap data for reliable population inference	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Meryl Tze Yin Theng
  2008 - 2012	Co-Supervisor	Resolving Conceptual Confusion and Quantifying Cross Taxa Patterns of Density Dependence in Population Ecology	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Salvador Herrando-Perez

• Consulting/Advisories

  Date	Institution	Department	Organisation Type	Country
  2013 - 2016	Arid Recovery	Arid Recovery Scientific Advisory Committee	Scientific research	Australia
  2013 - 2016	Kangaroo Island Natural Resource Management	GBC Recovery Team	Conservation and environment	Australia

• Position: Senior Lecturer
• Phone: 83138243
• Email: steven.delean@adelaide.edu.au
• Fax: 83136222
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Benham, floor 1
• Org Unit: School of Biological Sciences