Emeritus Professor Shelley Burgin

Journal Articles

• Burgin, S., Webb, T. and Rae, D. (2013), 'Stakeholder engagement in water policy : lessons from peri-urban irrigation', Land Use Policy, 10.
• Aitchison, C., Catterall, J., Ross, P. and Burgin, S. (2012), ''Tough love and tears': learning doctoral writing in the sciences', Higher education research and development, 13.
• Burgin, S., Webb, T. and Rae, D. (2012), 'Stakeholder engagement in water policy: Lessons from peri-urban irrigation', Land Use Policy, .
• Colley, T., Burgin, S., Burgin, S., Webb, T., Webb, T. and Bassett, H. (2012), 'Eco-social capacity building in Western Sydney: lessons for funding environmental community engagement projects', Third Sector Review, 534.
• Aitchison, C., Catterall, J., Ross, P. and Burgin, S. (2012), ''Tough love and tears' : learning doctoral writing in the sciences', Higher Education Research and Development, 13.
• Burgin, S. and Hardiman, N. (2012), 'Extreme sports in natural areas : looming disaster or a catalyst for a paradigm shift in land use planning?', Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 20.
• Burgin, S. and Webb, T. (2012), 'Defining eco-social capacity building and its evaluation : a case study in environmental community engagement in Western Sydney', Third Sector Review, 24.
• Burgin, S. (2012), 'Epibionts of the Australian Eastern Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis Shaw) from farm dams', Australian Zoologist, 6.
• Wright, I., Wright, S., Graham, K. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Environmental protection and management: A water pollution case study within the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, Australia', Land Use Policy, 8.
• Wotherspoon, A. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Allometric variation among juvenile, adult male and female eastern bearded dragons Pogona barbata (Cuvier, 1829), with comments on the behavioural implications', Zoology, 6.
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Effects of trampling on in-stream macroinvertebrate communities from canyoning activity in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area', Wetlands Ecology and Management, 11.
• Burgin, S. and Hardiman, N. (2011), 'The direct physical, chemical and biotic impacts on Australian coastal waters due to recreational boating', Biodiversity and Conservation, 19.
• Hitchen, D., Burgin, S., Wotherspoon, A. and Wotherspoon, A. (2011), 'Notes on the size structure of a population of the Jacky Dragon Amphibolurus muricatus in a small fragmented urban remnant', Pacific Conservation Biology, 7.
• Burgin, S. (2011), 'Biodiversity offsets: Lessons from the American experience', Australian Zoologist, 6.
• Robey, J., Burgin, S., Hitchen, D. and Ross, G. (2011), 'Status of an urban feral Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) population in Sydney a decade on', Australian Zoologist, 4.
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Comparison of stream macroinvertebrate assemblages in canyon ecosystems of the Blue Mountains (Australia) with and without recreational traffic: A pilot study in impossible terrain', Australian Zoologist, 13.
• Hitchen, D., Burgin, S., Ridgeway, P. and Wotherspoon, A. (2011), 'Movement and habitat use of the jacky lizard Amphibolurus muricatus in degraded, highly fragmented habitat', Animal Biology, 11.
• Norris, A. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Apparent rapid loss of endocrine disruptors from wetlands used to store either tertiary treated sewage effluent or stormwater runoff', Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 11.
• Ross, P., Burgin, S., Aitchison, C. and Catterall, J. (2011), 'Research writing in the sciences: liminal territory and high emotion', Journal of Learning Design, 14.
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Canyoning adventure recreation in the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (Australia): The canyoners and canyoning trends over the last decade', Tourism Management, 8.
• Burgin, S. and Webb, T. (2011), ''Water metres': A new approach to thinking about water conservation in suburbia', Urban Water Journal, 8.
• Burgin, S., Dalem, A., Sudirga, S., Burgin, S. and Sudorga, S. (2011), 'Birds of Nusa Dua Sewage Treatment Ponds, Bali, and an unusual foraging behaviour of egrets', Kukila, 9.
• Burgin, S., Dalem, A., Sudirga, S., Burgin, S. and Sudorga, S. (2011), 'Birds of Nusa Dua Sewage Treatment Ponds, Bali, and an unusual foraging behaviour of egrets', Kukila, 9.
• Catterall, J., Ross, P., Aitchison, C. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Pedagogical Approaches that Facilitate Writing in Postgraduate Research Candidature in Science and Technology', Journal of Univeristy Teaching and Learning Practice, .
• Wotherspoon, A., Wotherspoon, A., Burgin, S. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'The impact on native herpetofauna due to traffic collision at the interface between a suburban area and the greater blue mountains world heritage area: An ecological disaster?', Australian Zoologist, 7.
• Norris, A. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Answering questions on the impact of recycled water on wildlife using gambusia holbrooki as a surrogate', Australian Zoologist, 6.
• Hitchen, D., Burgin, S., Burgin, S., Ridgeway, P., Wotherspoon, A. and Wotherspoon, A. (2011), 'Habitat use by the jacky lizard Amphibolurus muricatus in a highly degraded urban area', Animal Biology, 13.
• Burgin, S. (2010), 'Mitigation banks' for wetland conservation: a major success or an unmitiagated disaster', Wetlands Ecology and Management, 7.
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2010), 'Adventure recreation in Australia: a case study that investigated the profile of recreational canyoners, their impact attitudes, and response to potential management options', Journal of Ecotourism, 9.
• Burgin, S., Williamson, D. and Maheshwari, B. (2010), 'Natural spaces - how do they influence stewardship attitudes and actions of university students?', International Journal of Environmental Studies, 16.
• Wright, I. and Burgin, S. (2010), 'Diel variation in chironomid (Diptera: Insecta) exuviae abundance and taxonomic richness in near-pristine upland streams of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, South-Eastern Australia', Aquatic Ecology, 11.
• Burgin, S., Norris, A. and Karlson, D. (2010), 'Alternanthera philoxeroides in New South Wales, Australia: Are we closer to control of alligator weed?', Weed Technology, 6.
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2010), 'Visit impacts and canyon management in the Blue Mountains, Australia: Canyoners' perspectives and wilderness management', Managing Leisure, 15.
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2010), 'Recreational impacts on the fauna of Australian coastal marine ecosystems', Journal of Environmental Management, 13.
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2010), 'Preliminary Assessment of Freshwater Crayfish as Environmental Indicators of Human Impacts in Canyons of the Blue Mountains, Australia', Journal of Crustacean Biology, 8.
• Davies, P., Wright, I., Findlay, S., Jonasson, O. and Burgin, S. (2010), 'Impact of urban development on aquatic macroinvertebrates in south eastern Australia: degradation of in-stream habitats and comparison with non-urban streams.', Aquatic Ecology, 16.
• Burgin, S. and Hardiman, N. (2010), 'Ecoaccreditation: win-win for the environment and small business?', International Journal of Business Studies, 16.
• Burgin, S. and Wotherspoon, A. (2009), 'The consultant ecologist's role in the New South Wales (Australia) approach to biodiversity offsets - 'BioBanking'', Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 11.
• Webb, T. and Burgin, S. (2009), 'Engaged service learning - implictions for higher education', Journal of Learning Design, 16.
• Webb, T., Burgin, S. and Maheshwari, B. (2009), 'Action research for sustainable water futures in Western Sydney - reaching beyond traditional stakeholder engagement to understand community stakeholder language and its implications for action', Systemic Practice and Action Research, 14.
• Burgin, S. and Wotherspoon, A. (2009), 'The potential for golf courses to support restoration of biodiversity for BioBanking offsets', Urban Ecosystems, 11.
• Brainwood, M. and Burgin, S. (2009), 'Hotspots of biodiversity or homogeneous landscapes? Farm dams as biodiversity reserves in Australia', Biodiversity and Conservation, 10.
• Wright, I. and Burgin, S. (2009), 'Effects of organic and heavy metal pollution on chironomids within a pristine upland catchment', Hydrobiologia, 11.
• Wright, I. and Burgin, S. (2009), 'Comparison of sewage and coal-mine wastes on stream macroinvertebrates within an otherwise clean upland catchment, Southeastern Australia', Journal of Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 15.
• Norris, A. and Burgin, S. (2009), 'Rhetoric and reality surrounding wate quality issues in a peri-urban western Sydney community', International Journal of Environmental Studies, 11.
• Renshaw, A. and Burgin, S. (2008), 'Enantiomorphy in Banksia (Proteaceae): flowers and fruits', Australian Journal of Botany, 5.
• Burgin, S. and Renshaw, A. (2008), 'Epizoochory, algae and the Australian eastern long necked turtle, Chelodina longicollis', The American Midland Naturalist, 8.
• Burgin, S. and Norris, A. (2008), 'Alligator Weed (Alternantheras philoxeroides [Martius] Grisebach) in New South Wales: A status report', Weed Biology and Management, 7.
• Lane, A. and Burgin, S. (2008), 'Comparison of frog assemblage between urban and non-urban habitats in the upper Blue Mountains (Australia)', Freshwater Biology, 10.
• Anderson, L. and Burgin, S. (2008), 'Patterns of bird predation on reptiles in small woodland remnant edges in peri-urban north-western Sydney, Australia', Landscape Ecology, 9.
• Burgin, S., Brainwood, M. and Byrne, M. (2008), 'The role of geomorphology in substratum patch selection by freshwater mussels in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River (New South Wales) Australia', Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Research, 17.
• Burgin, S. and Ryan, M. (2008), 'Comparison of sympatric freshwater turtle populations from an urbanized Sydney catchment', Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Research, 8.
• Burgin, S., Brainwood, M. and Byrne, M. (2008), 'The impact of small and large impoundments on freshwater mussel distribution in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, southeastern Australia', River Research and Applications, 18.
• Burgin, S. (2008), 'BioBanking: an environmental scientist's view of the role of biodiversity banking offsets in conservation', Biodiversity and Conservation, 10.
• Burgin, S. and Brainwood, M. (2008), 'Comparison of road kills in peri-urban and regional areas of New South Wales (Australia) and factors influencing deaths', Australian Zoologist, 8.
• Ryan, M. and Burgin, S. (2007), 'Gone Walkabout? Movement of the Eastern Long-necked Turtle Chelodina Longicollis from Farm Dams in Northwest Peri-urban Sydney (australia)', Journal of Biological Research, 9.
• Wright, I. and Burgin, S. (2007), 'Species richness and distribution of Eastern Australian lake chironomids and chaoborids', Freshwater Biology, 15.
• Wotherspoon, A. and Burgin, S. (2007), 'Lizard testis volume measurements: are they always underpinned by the correct assumption', European Journal of Anatomy, 5.
• Brainwood, M., Burgin, S. and Maria, B. (2006), 'Is the Decline of freshwater mussel populations in a regulated coastal river in south-eastern Australia linked with human modification of habitat', Aquatic Conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems, 16.
• Brainwood, M. and Burgin, S. (2006), 'An exploration of the relationships between macroinvertebrate community composition and physical and chemical habitat characteristics in farm dams', Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 22.
• Burgin, S. (2006), 'Confirmation of an established population of exotic turtles in urban Sydney', Australian Zoologist, 6.
• Cornish, P. and Burgin, S. (2005), 'Residual Effects of Glyphosate Herbicide in Ecological Restoration', Restoration Ecology, 8.
• Burgin, S. and Schell, C. (2005), 'Frog eggs: unique food source for leech Bassianobdella fusca', Acta Zoologica Sinica, 5.
• Burgin, S., Schell, C. and Briggs, C. (2005), 'Is Batrachochytrium dendrobaidiss really the proximate cause of frog decline', Acta Zoologica Sinica, 5.
• Burgin, S., Carson, J. and Maheshwari, B. (2005), 'Local provenance in rehabilitation of degraded Landscapes: a case study from the Hawkesbury - Nepean catchment, Australia', AREA, 8.
• Burgin, S., Tayebjee, F. and Hunter, G. (2005), 'Policies may be made in heaven but sustainable partnerships are borne, nurtured and maintained through good relationships between the partners.', Australasian Journal of University and Community Engagement, 12.
• Burgin, S., Brainwood, M. and Maheshwari, B. (2004), 'Temporal variations in water quality parameters of farm dams - impacts of landuse types and water sources', Agricultural water management, 25.
• Briggs, C. and Burgin, S. (2004), 'Congo red, an effective tool for revealing chytrid fungi in frogs', Mycologist, 6.
• Saunders, A., Burgin, S. and Jones, H. (2003), 'The importance of eucalypt nectar in the diet of large honeyeaters', Corella, 12.
• Burgin, S., Houston, D., Dalem, R. and Saunders, A. (2003), 'A modified cotton spool tracking divice for investigating movement of reptiles', Herpetofauna, 2.
• Briggs, C. and Burgin, S. (2003), 'A rapid technique to detect chytrid infection in adult frogs', Herpetological Review, 3.
• Schell, C. and Burgin, S. (2003), 'Swimming against the current: the Brown Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii success story', Australian Zoologist, 5.
• Anderson, L. and Burgin, S. (2002), 'The influence of woodland remnant edges on small skinks (Richmond, New South Wales)', Austral Ecology, 8.
• Schell, C. and Burgin, S. (2001), 'An instance of hybridisation between two broadly sympatric Lymnodynastes.', Herpetofauna, 5.
• Schell, C. and Burgin, S. (2001), 'Batrachomyia strigapes parasitism of Uperoleia laevigata', Journal of Parasitology, 2.
• Saunders, A. and Burgin, S. (2001), 'Selective foliage foraging by Red Wattlebird, Philemon corniculatus and Noisy Friarbird Anthochaera carunculata', Emu, 4.