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RESEARCH​
Professional focus
I have collaborated on research across palaeoecology, biogeography, entomology and invasive species biology. I am interested in contributing to future projects within these areas or related fields. ​
Helicarion cuvieri snail from Raminea, Tasmania, 2018.
Subfossil owl roost accomulation at Devil's Earhole cave, 2018. Image Rolan Eberhard.
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Notolioon gemmatus, collected during the Bob Brown Foundation takayna Bioblitz, 2020.
Peer-reviewed publications
Taxonomy and Palaeoecology
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McDowell, MC, Eberhard, R, Smith, TR, Wood, R, Brook, BW, Johnson, CN (2022) Climate change without extinction: Tasmania's small-mammal communities persisted through the Last Glacial Maximum–Holocene transition. Quaternary Science Reviews 291, 107659
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Porch, N., Smith, T. R., and Grieg, K. (2020). Five new Pycnomerus Erichson (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Pycnomerini) from Raivavae, French Polynesia. Zootaxa 4718 (2): 239–250
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Porch, N. & Smith, T. R. (2017). New Pycnomerus Erichson (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Pycnomerini) from Rimatara, French Polynesia. Zootaxa 4327(1): 15
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Ecology and Invasive Species Biology
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Mata, L., Hahs, A.K., Palma, E., Backstrom, A., King, T., Olson, A.R., Renowden, C., Smith, T.R. and Vogel, B., (2023). Large positive ecological changes of small urban greening actions. Ecological Solutions and Evidence
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Mata, L., Andersen, A., Morán Ordóñez, A., Hahs, A., Backstrom, A., Ives, C., Bickel, D., Duncan, D., Palma, E., Thomas, F., Cranney, K., Walker, K., Shears, I., Semeraro, L., Malipatil, M., Moir, M., Plein, M., Porch, N., Vesk, P., Smith, T., Lynch, Y. (2021). Indigenous plants promote insect biodiversity in urban greenspaces, Ecological applications
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Benno A. Augustinus, Suzanne T.E. Lommen, Silvia Fogliatto, Francesco Vidotto, Tessa Smith, David Horvath, Maira Bonini, Rodolfo F. Gentili, Sandra Citterio, Heinz Müller-Schärer, Urs Schaffner (2020). In-season leaf damage by a biocontrol agent explains reproductive output of an invasive plant species. NeoBiota 55: 117-146
Harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) collected from Flinders Island, February 2022.
Geology enthusiasm in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania, 2020
International Congress of Entomology, Kyoto, Japan 2024
Other publications
Management Reports
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Kirk H, Smith T, Backstrom A, Morán-Ordóñez A, Garrard GE, Gordon A, Ives CD, Bekessy SA, Mata L. (2017). Our City’s Little Gems – Butterfly diversity and flower-butterfly interactions in the City of Melbourne. Report prepared for the City of Melbourne.
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Mata L, Ives CD, Garrard GE, Gordon A, Backstrom A, Cranney K, Smith TR, Stark L, Bickel DJ, Cunningham S, Hahs AK, Hochuli D, Malipatil M, Moir ML, Plein M, Porch N, Semeraro L, Standish R, Walker K, Vesk PA, Parris K, Bekessy SA (2015) The Little Things that Run the City – How do Melbourne’s green spaces support insect biodiversity and promote ecosystem health? Report prepared for the City of Melbourne.
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Book Reviews
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Smith TR (2024), Review of: The Jewel Box: How moths illuminate nature's hidden rules by Tim Blackburn, Austral Ecology, 49, 9
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Poster presented at Victorian Biodiversity Conference, 2018
A visit to Fossil Cliffs, Maria Island, Tasmania, 2025
Ground Beetle (Carabidae), Tasmania, 2020
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Specimen Contributions
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Insecta: Coleoptera (various species), 10000 specimens. Origin: Litter sieving-Berlese extraction, Tessa Smith and volunteers, Tasmania, 2020-2022.
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Arachnida: Opiliones (various species), 1600 specimens. Origin: Litter sieving-Berlese extraction, Tessa Smith and volunteers, Tasmania, 2020-2022.
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Mammalia, Aves (various species). Origin: Subfossil cave deposit, joint team with Dr Matthew McDowell and Rolan Eberhard, Tasmania, 2018-2019.
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Mammalia, Aves (various species). Origin: Roadkill, Tessa Smith and volunteers, Tasmania, 2018-2019.
University of Hawai'i Manoa, Insect Museum, USA
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Insecta: Lepidoptera (various species). Origin: Hand collection of cases and light trapping, Kyhl Austin and volunteers, O'ahu island, Hawai'i, 2022.
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Additional institutions include:
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Tasmanian Agricultural Insect Collection, New Town, ​Tasmania, Australia
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TOTAL: >15 000 specimens