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Curriculum Vitae Dean Nicolle

Dean Nicolle

Contact details

Address: PO Box 808, MELROSE PARK, SA 5039

Phone/Fax: +61 8 8387 3656

Mob: 0413 214303

email: dn@dn.com.au

 

Educational history

2008: Doctor of Philosophy at the Flinders University of South Australia, School of Biological Sciences. Ph.D. thesis title:            Systematic studies of the southern Australian mallees (Eucalyptus series Subulatae - Myrtaceae).

1997: Bachelor of Science (Honours) at the University of Adelaide, Department of Botany. Honours thesis title:                      Geographical Variation in the Morphology of the Eucalyptus flocktoniae complex (Myrtaceae).

1995: Bachelor of Applied Science (Natural Resource Management) at the University of Adelaide, Roseworthy Campus.

1991: Dux Certificate; Horticulture Course, Urrbrae Agricultural High School.

 

Experience

I have authored over 40 publications since 1994 (listed below), all relating to eucalypt systematics, ecology and biochemistry, including 29 refereed scientific articles and the reference books Eucalypts of South Australia and Eucalypts of Victoria and Tasmania.

I am director and head of research at Currency Creek Arboretum (CCA; www.dn.com.au), a world-renowned eucalypt research arboretum, including the cultivation of over 800 species of eucalypts. Over 50 publications have been published, accepted for publication, submitted or are in manuscript, which have used the resources and/or data of CCA.

I am self-employed as a consulting arborist/botanist/ecologist. I have consulted to numerous government organizations, private companies and individuals for tree identifications, tree hazard and health assessments and species selection and field trials, including the production of Significant Tree Assessment Reports for over 4000 trees in the Adelaide metropolitan area since 2003. I am also employed as a casual teacher in Biological Sciences at The Flinders University of South Australia.

I have been invited to speak on eucalypt arboriculture, botany and ecology at numerous seminars and conferences, including:

  • Keynote speaker at national conference Small ornamental eucalypts - Society for Growing Australian Plants at Hamilton, Victoria on 6th September 1998.              

  • Invited speaker at Treenet (Tree and Roadway Experimental and Educational Network) National Conference at Waite Arboretum, South Australia on 6th September 2002.

  • Invited speaker at Treenet National Conference at Waite Arboretum, South Australia on 4th September 2003.

  • Invited speaker at Joint ISAAC (International Society for Arboriculture Australian Chapter) - NZAA Trans Tasman Conference, Geelong, Victoria on 6th to 11th October 2006.

  • Invited speaker at Treelogic conference: Eucalypts – Their role in the urban environment, Karralyka Centre, Melbourne, Victoria on 20th November 2006.

 

Awards

2003:  Centenary Medal awarded by the Governor-General for service to the community, through the establishment of a   eucalypt research arboretum.

2002:  Semi Finalist of SA Water Science & Technology Award as part of the Young Australian of the Year Awards.

            Semi Finalist of Unilever Environment Award as part of the Young Australian of the Year Awards.

1992:  Finalist of Environmental Award as part of the Young Australian of the Year Awards.

 

D. Nicolle publications (1994 to current)

Refereed Papers - Published

1.        Nicolle, D. (1995). A new series, Incognitae, of Eucalyptus L'Her., including a new species endemic to Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 16: 73-78.

2.        Nicolle, D. (1997). A taxonomic revision of the Eucalyptus striaticalyx group (Eucalyptus series Rufispermae: Myrtaceae). Nuytsia 11(3), 365-382.

3.        Nicolle, D. and Brooker, M.I.H. (1998). Eucalyptus splendens subsp. arcana (Myrtaceae), an endangered new subspecies endemic to South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 18(2): 103-106.

4.        Nicolle, D., Dunlop, P.J. and Bignell, C.M. (1998). A study of the variation with time of the compositions of the essential leaf oils of 16 Eucalyptus species. Flavour and Fragrance Journal 13, 324-328. Abstract

5.        Nicolle, D. and Conran, J.G. (1999). Variation in the Eucalyptus flocktoniae Complex (Myrtaceae) and the description of four new taxa from southern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 12(2): 207-239. Abstract

6.        Nicolle, D. (2000). A review of the Eucalyptus calycogona group (Myrtaceae) including the description of three new taxa from southern Australia. Nuytsia 13(2): 303-315.

7.        Nicolle, D. (2000). Three new taxa of Eucalyptus subgenus Eudesmia (Myrtaceae) from Queensland and Western Australia. Nuytsia 13(2): 317-329.

8.        Nicolle, D. (2000). New taxa of Eucalyptus informal subgenus Symphyomyrtus (Myrtaceae) endemic to South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 19: 83-94.

9.        Nicolle, D. (2001). Notes on Eucalyptus series Orbifoliae (Myrtaceae) including a new species from central Australia. Nuytsia 13(3): 487-493.

10.      Vaillancourt, R.E., Boomsma, D.B. and Nicolle, D. (2001). A disjunct population of Eucalyptus globulus ssp. bicostata from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 125(1), 65-68.

11.      Steane, D.A., Nicolle, D., McKinnon, G.E., Vaillancourt, R.E. and Potts, B.M. (2002). Higher-level relationships among the eucalypts are resolved by ITS-sequence data. Australian Systematic Botany 15, 49-62. Abstract | Full text

12.      Nicolle, D. (2002). A revision of Eucalyptus series Calcicolae (Myrtaceae) from the south coast of  Western Australia. Nuytsia 15(1): 69-76. Abstract

13.      Nicolle, D. (2002). Two new species of silver mallet (Eucalyptus - Myrtaceae) of very restricted distribution in south-western Western Australia. Nuytsia 15(1): 77-84. Abstract

14.      Nicolle, D. (2005). A rare and endangered new subspecies of E. sargentii with high potential for revegetation of saline sites from south-western Australia and notes on E. diminuta and E. sargentii subsp. fallens. Nuytsia 15(3): 395-402. Abstract | Full text

15.       Nicolle, D. (2005). A taxonomic revision and morphological variation within Eucalyptus series Subulatae subseries Decussatae and Decurrentes (Myrtaceae) of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 18(6): 473-524.  Abstract | Full text

16.      Nicolle, D. and Brooker, M.I.H. (2005). Reassessment of the Saline Dwelling Eucalyptus spathulata Complex (Myrtaceae) from South-western Australia. Nuytsia 15(3): 411-437. Abstract | Full text

17.       Nicolle, D., Byrne, M and Whalen, M.A. (2005). A taxonomic revision and morphological variation within Eucalyptus series Subulatae subseries Oleaginae (Myrtaceae), including the oil mallee complex, of south-western Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 18(6): 525-553.  Abstract | Full text

18.       Nicolle, D., Whalen, M.A. and Mackay, D.A. (2006). Morphological variation and phylogenetic relationships within Eucalyptus series Subulatae (Myrtaceae) of southern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 19(1): 59-86.   Abstract | Full text

19.       Nicolle, D. and Whalen, M.A. (2006). A taxonomic revision and morphological variation within Eucalyptus series Subulatae subseries Spirales (Myrtaceae) of southern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 19(1): 87-112. Abstract | Full text

20.       Schulze, E-D., Turner, N.C., Nicolle, D., and Schumacher, J. (2006). Leaf and wood carbon isotope ratios, specific leaf areas and wood growth of Eucalyptus species across a rainfall gradient in Australia. Tree Physiology 26(4): 479-492. Abstract | Full text

21.      Nicolle, D. (2006). A classification and census of regenerative strategies in the eucalypts (Angophora, Corymbia and Eucalyptus - Myrtaceae) with special reference to the obligate seeders. Australian Journal of Botany 54(4): 391-407. Abstract | Full text

22.      Schulze, E-D., Turner, N.C., Nicolle, D. and Schumacher, J. (2006). Species differences in carbon isotope ratios, specific leaf area and nitrogen concentrations in leaves of Eucalyptus growing in a common garden compared to along an aridity gradient. Physiologia Plantarum. 127(3): 434-444. Abstract | PDF (700KB)

23.      Nicolle, D. and Brooker, M.I.H. (2006). Formal recognition of Eucalyptus platydisca (Myrtaceae), an arid-zone monocalypt from south-western Australia. Nuytsia 16(1):87-94. Abstract | PDF (2200KB)

24.      Steane, D.A., Nicolle, D. and Potts, B.M. (2007). Phylogenetic positioning of anomalous eucalypts, using ITS sequence data, and the implications of the results for conservation genetics. Australian Systematic Botany 20(5): 402-408. Abstract | PDF (122KB)

25.      Hopper, S.D. and Nicolle, D. (2007). Diamond gum (Eucalyptus rhomboidea: Myrtaceae), a new threatened species endemic to the Bremer Range of the Southwest Ausralian Floristic Region. Nuytsia 17: 185-194. Abstract | PDF (4600KB)

26.      Nicolle, D. and French, M.E. (2007). A new rare and geographically disjunct subspecies of Eucalyptus jutsonii (Myrtaceae) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 17: 281-288 Abstract | PDF (4800KB)

27.      Turner, N.C., Schulze, E-D., Nicolle, D. and Schumacher, J.  (2008). Annual rainfall does not directly determine the carbon isotope ratio of leaves of Eucalyptus species. Physiologia Plantarum 132(4): 440-445. Abstract | PDF (300KB)

28.      Nicolle, D. and Brooker, M.I.H. (in press). An updated diagnosis for Eucalyptus series Accedentes (Myrtaceae) and a new mallee species for the series occuring in far western Australia. Nuytsia 18(1).

29.      Nicolle, D., French, M.E. and McQuoid, N. (in press) A revision of Eucalyptus ser. Cornutae subser. Conjunctae (Myrtaceae) from the south coast of Western Australia, including the description of four new taxa and a discussion of the hybrid origin of E. bennettiae. Nuytsia 18(1).

Other Publications

30.      Nicolle, D. (1991). In search of Eucalyptus rameliana. Society for Growing Australian Plants Journal 11(9): 310-313.

31.      Nicolle, D. (1994). The taxonomy and phytogeography of Kangaroo Island's Eucalyptus L'Herit. Priv. Publ.

32.      Nicolle, D., Nicolle, B. and French M.E. (1994). Eucalypts of the Mudgee District. F&N Eucalypt Publications, Perth.

33.      Nicolle, D. (1997). Geographical Variation in the Morphology of the Eucalyptus flocktoniae Complex (Myrtaceae). Hons. Thesis. Dept. of Botany, University of Adelaide.

34.      Nicolle, D. (1997). Eucalypts of South Australia. D. Nicolle, Adelaide.

35.      Nicolle, D. (2000). Currency Creek Arboretum Eucalypt Research. Vol. 1. D. Nicolle, Adelaide.

36.      Nicolle, D. (2002). Eucalypts with potential for streets. Proceedings of Treenet Street Tree Symposium. Pp. 52-55. 5th and 6th September 2002.

37.      Nicolle, D. (2002). Temperate area eucalypts. Australian Plants Online 28 Reproduced from paper presented at Society for Growing Australian Plants 19th Biennial Seminar, Annesley College, Adelaide, 30th September to 3rd October 1997.

38.      Nicolle, D. (2003). Currency Creek Arboretum Eucalypt Research. Vol. 2. D. Nicolle, Adelaide.

39.      Nicolle, D. and French, M.E. (2003). Eucalypts for use in saline revegetation. Western Wildlife 7(1): 6-8.

40.      Nicolle, D. (2006). Eucalypts of Victoria and Tasmania. Bloomings Books, Melbourne.

41.      Nicolle, D. (2008). Systematic studies of the southern Australian mallees (Eucalyptus series Subulatae -
            Myrtaceae). Ph.D. Thesis. School of Biological Sciences, The Flinders University of South Australia.


Updated 26th April 2008