affiliation

Australian National University

email

contact details

ANH, RSPAS, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, Tel: (02) 6125 3283, Fax: (02) 6125 4917

research interests

• Plant ecology
• Long-term monitoring
• Geomorphology

publications

Publications

Peterson, lA and G.S. Hope, 1972. A lower limit and maximum age for the last major advance of the Carstensz
glaciers, West Irian. Nature Lond. 240:36-37.

Galloway, RW., G.S. Hope, E. Loffler and J.A Peterson, 1973. Late Quaternary glaciation and periglacial
phenomena in Australia and New Guinea, pp.125-138. In Palaeoecology of Africa and Antarctica, vol.8.Ed. E.M. van Zinderen Bakker, Cape Town, Balkema.

Hope, G.S., 1973. Organic deposits as a vanishing Quaternary resource. Aust. Quaternary Newsl. 2:10-12. Hope, G.S., J.A Peterson and R. Mitton, 1973. Recession of the minor ice fields of Irian Jaya. Z. Glestcherkunde and Glazialgeologie IX:73-87.

Champion, C.R, l Bennett, G.S. Hope, lA Peterson and R. Muggleton, 1973. The Carstensz Glaciers Expedition.
Irian 2(3):38-48.

Hope, G.S. and J.A Peterson, 1975. Glaciation and vegetation in the high New Guinea mountains. Bull. Roy.
Soc.New Zealand 13: 153-162.

Schodde, R, J. van Tets, C.R Champion and G.S. Hope, 1975. Birds of the Carstensz Glaciers. Emu 75:65-72.

Hope, G.S., 1976. The vegetational history ofMt Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. J.Ecol. 64:627-664.

Bowler, J., G.S. Hope, J.N. Jennings, G. Singh and D. Walker, 1976. Late Quaternary climates of Australia and New
Guinea. Quat.Res. 6:359-394.

Hope, J.H. and Hope, G.S. 1976. Palaeoenvironments for man in New Guinea. Pp. 29-53 in R. L. Kirk and A
Thome (eds) The Origins of the Australians, Canberra, Inst. Aboriginal Studies.

Hope, G.S., J.A. Peterson, U. Radok and I. Allison (eds.). 1976. The Equatorial Glaciers of New Guinea.
Rotterdam. A.A. Balkema.

Hope, G.S. 1976. Mt Jaya: The area and its exploration. Pp.1-14 in The Equatorial Glaciers of New Guinea.

Hope, G.S. 1976. Vegetation. Pp.113-172 in G.S. Hope, J.A Peterson, U. Radok and I. Allison (eds.). The
Equatorial Glaciers of New Guinea. Rotterdam. A.A. Balkema.

Hope, G.S. and J.A. Peterson, 1976. Palaeoenvironments. Pp.173-205 in The Equatorial Glaciers of New Guinea.
Rotterdam. A.A. Balkema.

Hope, G.S. and J.H. Hope, 1976. Man on Mt Jaya. Pp.225-238 in The Equatorial Glaciers of New Guinea.

Hope, G.S., 1977. Observations on the history of human useage of subalpine areas near Mt Jaya. Irian 6(2): 41-72.

Hope, G.S., 1980. New Guinea mountain vegetation communities. Pp.111-222 in P. van Royen (ed) Alpine Flora of
New Guinea Cramer Verlag, Vaduz.

Hope, G.S., 1980. Historical influences on the New Guinea flora. Pp. 223-248 in P. van Royen (ed) Alpine Flora of
New Guinea Cramer Verlag.

Hope, G.S. 1980. Tropical mountain forest in retrospect and prospect. Pp.153-169 in J.N. Jennings & G. Linge (eds)
Of Time and Place. AN.U. Press.

Walker, D. & G.S. Hope 1982. Late Quaternary vegetation history. Pp. 263-287 in J.L. Gressitt (ed) Biogeography
and Ecology of New Guinea. Junk.

Hope, G.S. 1983. The vegetation changes of the last 20,000 years at Telefomin, Papua New Guinea. J. Trop.Geog,
4:25-33.

Hope, G.S. & W. Southern 1984. Organic deposits of the Southern Tablelands Region, New South Wales. NSW
National Parks & Wildlife Service, Sydney. 158pp.

Macphail, M.K. & Hope G.S. 1985. Late Holocene mire development in montane southeastern Australia: a sensitive
climatic indicator. Search 15: 344-348.

Kilmaskossu, M. St. E. and Hope, G.S. 1985. A mountain research program for Indonesia. Mountain Res.
Development. 5: 339-348.

Hope, G.S. 1986. Development of present day biotic distributions in the New Guinea mountains. Pp. 129-145 in B.
Barlow (ed.) Flora and Fauna of Alpine Australasia. CSIRO, Melbourne; E. J. Brill, Leiden.

Gibson, N. and Hope, G.S. 1986. On the origin and evolution of Australasian alpine cushion plants. Pp. 62-81 in B.
Barlow (ed.) Flora and Fauna of Alpine Australasia. CSIRO, Melbourne.

Hope, G.S. 1989. Climatic implications oftimberline changes in Australasia from 30,000 BP to present, Pp 91-99 in
T. Donnelly and R Wasson CLIMANZ 3. C.S.I.R.O., Div. Water Resources, Canberra.

Hope, G.S., Flannery, T.P. and Boeardi. 1993. A Preliminary Report of changing Quaternary mammal faunas in
subalpine New Guinea. Quaternary Research, 40, 117-126.

Thomas I. and Hope, G.S. 1994. An example of Holocene vegetation stability from Camerons Lagoon, a near
treeline site on the Central Plateau, Tasmania. Aust. J. Ecol. 19, 150-158.

Hope G.S. 1994. Quaternary Vegetation. In RHill (Ed.) History of Australian Vegetation. Cretaceous to Recent. pp
368-389. Cambridge: CU.P.

McGlone,M., Hope, G.S., Chappell J.M.A and Barrett P. 1996. Past Climatic Change in Oceania and Antarctica. In
J. Bouma, G. 1. Pearman and M. R. Manning (eds.) Greenhouse: Coping with Climate Change. pp 81-99.
Melbourne, CSIRO.

Hope, G.S. 1998. Early fIre and forest change in the Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. J. Biogeography 25, 453-
461.

Argue, D., Hope, G.S., and Saunders, P. 2001. Digging stick site, Namadgi National Park, ACT. Australian
Archaeology 53, 41-42.

Peterson, J. A, Hope, G. S., Prentice, M. and Hantoro, 2002. W. Mountain environments in New Guinea and the late Glacial Maximum "warm seas/cold mountains" enigma in the West Pacific Warm Pool region. Pp 173-187 in P. Kershaw, B. David, N. Tapper, D. Penny and J. Brown (eds.), Bridging Wallace's Line. Advances in GeoEcology 34. Reiskirchen, Catena Verlag.

Hope G. 2003. The mountain mires of southern New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory: their history and future. Pp 67-79 in J. Mackay and Associates (eds). Proceedings of an International Year of the Mountains Conference, Jindabyne Nov 25-28, 2002. Australian Alps Liason Committee, Canberra.

Whinam, J., Hope, G.S., Adam, P., Clarkson B., Alspach, P., and Buxton, R 2003. Sphagnum peatlands of
Australasia: the resource, its utilisation and management. Wetlands Ecology and Management 11, 37-49.

Hope, G.S., Hnatiuk, R and Smith J.B. 2003. Asia yOceania: Los Ecosistemas Alpinos De Nueva Guinea Y El
Sudeste De Asia (The alpine ecosystems of New Guinea and Southeast Asia). Pp 245-253 in R Hofstede,
P. Segarra and P.M. Vasconez (eds.) Los Paramos del Mundo IUCN/EcoCiencia, Quito.

Hope, G.S. 2004. Glaciation of Malaysia and Indonesia, excluding New Guinea. Pp 211-214 in J. Ehlers and P.L.
Gibbard (eds). Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology, Part III: South America, Asia, Africa,
Australasia, Antarctica. Developments in Ouaternarv Science, VoL 2c. Amsterdam, Elsevier.

Prentice, M.L., Hope, G. S., Peterson J.A and Fink, D. in press. Glacier snowlines during the last major glaciation In
western New Guinea. Quaternary International Accepted Feb 2005.

Whinam, J. and Hope, G.S. (eds.). The Peatlands of the Australasian region. In G.M. Steiner, (ed.), Moorbuch.
Museum of Upper Austria, Linz. Accepted July 2004.

Hope, G.S., Whinam, J. and Good, R A Early responses of the montane mires of the Australian Capital Territory
and northern Kosciuszko National Park to the fires of January 2003. For Ecological Management and
Restoration. Submitted Nov 2004 .

Film

Hilton, C 1994. The Ice-capped Jungle. ScientifIc advisor, actor and co-narrator, Produced and directed by C.
Hilton. 55min. Sydney, Aspire Films.

Reports, Unpublished

Macphail, M.K. and Hope, G.S. Pollen flora for subalpine south eastern Australia. Department ANH, Canberra. Hope, G.S. 1996. A report on the environment of Mt Scabby and palaeoecological analyses of swamp and stone arrangement sediments. Unpublished report to ACT Parks and Conservation Branch, ACT Government. 12pp

Hope G.S.1997. Report on Additional Field Investigations on Mt Scabby and Mt Bimberi in the Australian Capital Territory. Unpublished report to ACT Parks and Conservation Branch, ACT Government. lOpp.

Argue, D., Hope, G.S., and Saunders, P. 1997. The digging stick site, Namadgi National Park, ACT. Unpublished
report to ACT Parks and Conservation Branch, ACT Government. 16pp.

Hope, G.S. 1997. Report on Little Creamy, Rock Flats and Lower Cotter Source Bogs in the Australian Capital
Territory and Yaouk Swamp, New South Wales. Unpublished report to ACT Parks and Conservation
Branch, ACT Government. 8pp

Hope, G.S. 1998. The August 7-9, 1998 Peat Burst at Wingecarribee Swamp, New South Wales: Preliminary Report
on Field Observations. Unpublished Report, 8th September 1998, to the Wingeecarribee Scientific
Steering Committee, Sydney Water Board.

Hope, G.S. 1999. Mulloon Creek Swamp, An eroding mire in montane New South Wales. Unpublished report to
NSW Soil Conservation. 7pp.

Macphail, M.K. and Hope, G.S. 2002. Kangaroos in an ice age landscape: pollen evidence for conditions on the
Canberra Plain 20,000 years ago. 19pp.

Hope, G., Wade, A and Whinam, J. 2003. A report on the state of the mountain mires of the Australian Capital Territory after fIres 14-22 January 2003. Unpublished report 22/05/2003 to ACT Recovery Group: Natural Resources & Wildlife Programs, ACT Environment and Conservation Branch and Namadgi National Park

current research or projects

• Post-fire monitoring Namadgi and Kosciuszko NP bogs (J Whinam)
• Glacial histories of New Ginea ( J Peterson and M Prentice)
• Vegetation history of SE NSW an ACT