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Dr Andy Le Brocque

Name :	Dr Andy Le Brocque
Position :	Senior Lecturer (Ecology and Sustainability)
Section :	Faculty of Sciences Biological and Physical Sciences
Office :	L313
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 1529
Extension :	1529
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BAppSc, BAppSc(Hons), PhD UTS

Home Page : http://www.usq.edu.au/users/lebrocq
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Professional Memberships

Ecological Society of Australia
Australian Institute of Biology

Research Interests

Effects of land use on biodiversity; vegetation-environment relationships; habitat and condition assessment; plant-fire interactions.

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Collard, Stuart J. and Le Brocque, Andrew F. and Zammit, Charlie (2011) Effects of local-scale management on herbaceous plant communities in Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) agroecosystems of southern Queensland, Australia. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 142 (3-4). pp. 176-183. ISSN 0167-8809

Collard, S.J., Le Brocque A.F. & Zammit C. (2009) Bird assemblages in fragmented agricultural landscapes: the role of small brigalow remnants and adjacent land uses. Biodiversity & Conservation 18:1649–1670

Le Brocque A.F., Goodhew K., & Zammit C. (2009) Overstorey tree density and understorey regrowth effects on plant composition, stand structure and floristic richness in grazed woodlands in eastern Australia. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 129: 17-27.

Downie, A.F., Le Brocque, A.F. and Dearnaley, J.D.W. (2008) The mycorrhizal fungal associations of the vulnerable Sophora fraseri (Fabaceae). Australasian Mycologist 27: 57-65.

Most notable :
Le Brocque A.F. and Buckney R.T. (1995) Vegetation and environment patterns on soils derived from Hawkesbury Sandstone and Narrabeen substrata in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Ecology 20:229-238.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

REN1201 Environmental Studies (ONC & EXT)
REN2200 Ecology for Sustainability (ONC & EXT)
REN3301 Biodiversity and Conservation (ONC & EXT)
REN3302 Sustainable Resource Use (ONC & EXT)
REN8101 Environment, Society & Sustainability (EXT)
REN8202 Conservation for Sustainable Futures (EXT)

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 22 years