Dr Graham Thompson

Contact Details

Office: 8.432A (Joondalup Campus)
Phone: (08) 6304 5400
Fax: (08) 6304 5840
Email: g.thompson@ecu.edu.au

RESEARCH INTERESTS & PROJECTS

  • Mine site rehabilitation
  • Ecophysiology, ecology, morphology and performance traits of lizards
  • Goanna ecology, physiology and morphology
  • Terrestrial fauna surveys
  • Ecophysiology of arid region and cocooning frogs

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Thompson G. G., and Withers P. C. (1997) Comparative morphology of Western Australian varanid lizards (Squamata: Varanidae). J. Morph. 233:127-152.

Thompson G. G. and Withers P. C. (1997) Standard and maximal metabolic rates of goannas (Squamata: Varanidae). Physiol. Zool. 70(3):307-323.

Thompson, G.G., de Boer, M. and Pianka, E.R. (1999) Activity areas and daily movements of an arboreal monitor lizard, Varanus tristis (Squamata: Varanidae) during the breeding season. Aust. J. Ecol. 24:117-122

Thompson, G.G. and Withers, P.C. (1999) The metabolic response to hypoxia and emersion of aestivating fishes (Lepidogalaxias salamandroides and Galaxiella nigrostriata) and a non-aestivating fish (Bostockia porosa) from south-western. Australia. Aust. J. Zool. 47: 295-305.

Thompson, G. G. and Pianka, E. R. (2000) Allometry of clutch and neonate sizes in monitor lizards (Varanidae: Varanus). Copeia, 2001:443-458.

QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION

PhD, P.G.Dip.Sc., M.Ed., B.Ed., Dip.P.E., Teachers Cert.

EMPLOYMENT

1989 - 2001 S/Lecturer / Lecturer, Edith Cowan University.

1987 - 1988 Managing Director, Western Australian Trotting Association, Corporate Executive, Lewara, Pty, Ltd.

1983 - 1986 CEO, Department of Sport and Recreation, South Australia.
Director, Recreation, Sport and Leisure Division, Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation, Victoria.

1982 Manager, Policy Co-ordination Unit, Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation, Victoria.

1980 - 1982 Co-ordinator, Planning, Research and Technical Services Unit, Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation, Victoria.

1979 - 1980 Deputy Director, Regional Services Division, Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation, Victoria.

1974 - 1979 Senior Recreation Consultant, Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation, Victoria.

1974 Regional Consultant, Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation, Victoria.

1972 - 1973 Physical Education Teacher, Hampton Senior High School, Western Australia.