affiliation

Griffith University

email

contact details

School of Applied Science, Griffith University, PMB 50 Gold Coast Mail Centre, QLD 4217, Australia, Tel: (07) 5594 8259, Fax: (07) 5594 8067

research interests

• Management of alpine areas
• Plant ecology
• Global warming
• Long-term monitoring

publications

Pickering C. M. (in press). Breeding systems of Australian Ranunculus in the alpine region. Nordic Journal of Botany.

Pickering C. M. (1998). Climate change and the reproductive ecology of Australian alpine plants. Australian Institute of Alpine Studies Newsletter, No. 1.

Pickering C. M. (1998). The International Tundra Experiment. Australian Institute of Alpine Studies Newsletter, No. 1.

Pickering C. M. (1997). Reproductive strategies and constraints of alpine plants as illustrated by five species of Australian alpine Ranunculus. Opera Botanica. 132: 101-108.

Pickering C. M. (1995). Variation in flowering parameters within and among five species of Australian alpine Ranunculus. Australian Journal of Botany. 43: 103-112

Pickering C. M. (1994). Size-dependent reproduction in some alpine Ranunculus. Australian Journal of Ecology. 19(3) 336-334.

Pickering C. M. (1994). Reproductive ecology of five species of Australian alpine Ranunculus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of NSW. Volume 127, p.61.

Pickering C. M. (1993). Gender variation in hermaphrodite plants: evidence from five species of alpine Ranunculus. Oikos. 68: 539-548.

current research or projects

• Sex specific differences in reproductive ecology of dioecious Aciphylla species in the Australian Alps.
• Flower and seed predation of alpine Asteraceae by predators including Tephritidae (true fruit fly).
• Impacts of tourism on endangered plants.
• Impacts of tourism on flora and fauna of the Australian alpine region.
• Reproductive ecology of weeds in the Australian Alpine.
• Potential effect of climate change of the plant communities of the Australian alps.