Macdonald, Stewart L., Bradford, Matthew, McKeown, Adam, Vanderduys, Eric, Hoskins, Andrew, Westcott, David, and UNSPECIFIED (2021) Camp site habitat preferences of the little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) in Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology, 68 (6). pp. 234-253.

Pratchett, Morgan S., Caballes, Ciemon F., Messmer, Vanessa, Fletcher, Cameron S., and Westcott, David A. (2020) Movement patterns of Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris) linked to habitat structure and prey availability. Report. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Qld, Australia.

Westcott, David A., Fletcher, Cameron S., Kroon, Frederieke J., Babcock, Russel C., Plagányi, Eva E., Pratchett, Morgan S., and Bonin, Mary C. (2020) Relative efficacy of three approaches to mitigate Crown‑of‑Thorns Starfish outbreaks on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Scientific Reports, 10. 12594.

Timmiss, Libby A., Martin, John M., Murray, Nicholas J., Welbergen, Justin A., Westcott, David, McKeown, Adam, and Kingsford, Richard T. (2020) Threatened but not conserved: flying-fox roosting and foraging habitat in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 68 (6). pp. 226-233.

Sankupellay, M., Middleby, K., Liddell, M.J., McKeown, A., and Westcott, D. (2018) Detection of flying-foxes using automated audio recorders. In: Proceedings of the 2018 Ecoacoustics Congress. p. 29. From: 2018 Ecoacoustics Congress, 24-28 June 2018, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Pratchett, Morgan S., Cowan, Zara-Louise, Nadler, Lauren E., Caballes, Ciemon F., Hoey, Andrew S., Messmer, Vanessa, Fletcher, Cameron S., Westcott, David A., and Ling, Scott D. (2017) Body size and substrate type modulate movement by the western Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster solaris. PLoS ONE, 12 (9). e0180805.

Mokany, Karel, Ferrier, Simon, Connolly, Sean R., Dunstan, Piers K., Fulton, Elizabeth A., Harfoot, Michael B., Harwood, Thomas D., Richardson, Anthony J., Roxburgh, Stephen H., Scharlemann, Jörn P.W., Tittensor, Derek P., Westcott, David A., and Wintle, Brendan A. (2016) Integrating modelling of biodiversity composition and ecosystem function. Oikos, 125 (1). pp. 10-19.

Carmody, Julie, Murphy, Helen, Hill, Ro, Catterall, Carla, Goosem, Stephen, Dale, Allan, Westcott, David, Wellbergen, Justin, Shoo, Luke, Stoeckl, Natalie, and Esparon, Michelle (2015) The importance of protecting and conserving the Wet Tropics: a synthesis of NERP Tropical Ecosystems Hub Tropical Rainforest research outputs 2011-2014. Report to the National Environmental Research Program. Report. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Shukla, Ushma, Prasad, Soumya, Joshi, Mohan, Sridhara, Sachin, and Westcott, David A. (2015) Nest site characterization of sympatric hornbills in a tropical dry forest. Current Science, 108 (9). pp. 1725-1730.

Plowright, Raina K., Eby, Peggy, Hudson, Peter J., Smith, Ina L., Westcott, David, Bryden, Wayne L., Middleton, Deborah, Reid, Peter A., McFarlane, Rosemary A., Martin, Gerardo, Tabor, Gary M., Skerratt, Lee F., Anderson, Dale L., Crameri, Gary, Quammen, David, Jordan, David, Freeman, Paul, Wang, Lin-Fa, Epstein, Jonathan H., Marsh, Glenn A., Kung, Nina Y., and McCallum, Hamish (2014) Ecological dynamics of emerging bat virus spillover. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: biological sciences, 282 (1798). 20142124. pp. 1-9.

Hilbert, David W., Hill, Rosemary, Moran, Catherine, Turton, Stephen M., Bohnet, Iris C., Marshall, Nadine A., Pert, Petina L., Stoeckl, Natalie, Murphy, Helen T., Reside, April E., Laurance, Susan G.W., Alamgir, Mohammed, Coles, Rob, Crowley, Gabriel, Curnock, Matt, Dale, Allan, Duke, Norman C., Esparon, Michelle, Farr, Marina, Gillet, Sarah, Gooch, Margaret, Fuentes, Mariana, Hamann, Mark, James, Cassandra S., Kroon, Frederieke J., Larson, Silva, Lyons, Pethie, Marsh, Helene, Meyer Steiger, Dagmar, Sheaves, Marcus, and Westcott, David (2014) Climate change issues and impacts in the Wet Tropics NRM cluster region. Report. James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Hilbert, David W., Hill, Rosemary, Moran, Catherine, Turton, Steve M., Bohnet, Iris C., Marshall, Nadine A., Pert, Petina L., Stoeckl, Natalie, Murphy, Helen T., Reside, April E., Laurance, Susan G.W., Alamgir, Mohammed, Coles, Rob, Crowley, Gabriel, Curnock, Matthew, Dale, Allan, Duke, Norman C., Esparon, Michelle, Farr, Marina, Gillet, Sarah, Gooch, Margaret, Fuentes, Marianna, Hamann, Mark, James, Cassandra S., Kroon, Frederieke J., Larson, Silva, Lyons, Pethie, Marsh, Helene, Meyer Steiger, Dagmar, Sheaves, Marcus, and Westcott, David A. (2014) Key messages extracted from the Synthesis of Climate Change Issues and Impacts in the Wet Tropics NRM Cluster Region. Report. James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Laurance, Susan G.W., Jones, Dean, Westcott, David, McKeown, Adam, Harrington, Graham, and Hilbert, David W. (2013) Habitat fragmentation and ecological traits influence the prevalence of avian blood parasites in a tropical rainforest landscape. PLoS ONE, 8 (10). e76227. pp. 1-8.

Buttner, Petra G., Westcott, David A., Maclean, Jennefer, Brown, Lawrence, McKeown, Adam, Johnson, Ashleigh, Wilson, Karen, Blair, David, Luly, Jonathan, Skerratt, Lee, Muller, Reinhold, and Speare, Richard (2013) Tick paralysis in spectacled flying-foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in North Queensland, Australia: impact of a ground-dwelling ectoparasite finding an arboreal host. PLoS ONE, 8 (9). e73078. pp. 1-10.

Rader, Romina, Edwards, Will, Westcott, David A., Cunningham, Saul A., and Howlett, Bradley G. (2013) Diurnal effectiveness of pollination by bees and flies in agricultural Brassica rapa: implications for ecosystem resilience. Basic and Applied Ecology, 14 (1). pp. 20-27.

Rader, Romina, Howlett, Bradley G., Cunningham, Saul A., Westcott, David A., and Edwards, Will (2012) Spatial and temporal variation in pollinator effectiveness: do unmanaged insects provide consistent pollination services to mass flowering crops? Journal of Applied Ecology, 49 (1). pp. 126-134.

Wurster, Christopher M., Robertson, Jack, Westcott, David A., Dryden, Bart, Zazzo, Antoine, and Bird, Michael I. (2012) Utilization of sugarcane habitat by feral pig (Sus scrofa) in Northern Tropical Queensland: evidence from the stable isotope composition of hair. PLoS ONE, 7 (9). e43538. pp. 1-8.

Rader, Romina, Edwards, Will, Westcott, David A., Cunningham, Saul A., and Howlett, Bradley G. (2011) Pollen transport differs among bees and flies in a human-modified landscape. Diversity and Distributions, 17 (3). pp. 519-529.

Bohnet, Iris C., Roebeling, Peter C., Williams, Kristen J., Holzworth, Dean, van Grieken, Martijn E., Pert, Petina L., Kroon, Frederieke J., Westcott, David A., and Brodie, Jon (2011) Landscapes Toolkit: an integrated modelling framework to assist stakeholders in exploring options for sustainable landscape development. Landscape Ecology, 26 (8). pp. 1179-1198.

Hill, Rosemary, Williams, Kristen J., Pert, Petina L., Robinson, Catherine J., Dale, Allan P., Westcott, David A., Grace, Rowena A., and O'Malley, Tony (2010) Adaptive community-based biodiversity conservation in Australia's tropical rainforests. Environmental Conservation, 37 (1). pp. 73-82.

Rader, Romina, Howlett, Bradley G., Cunningham, Saul A., Westcott, David, Newstrom-Lloyd, Linda E., Walker, Melanie K., Teulon, David A.J., and Edwards, Will (2009) Alternative pollinator taxa are equally efficient but not as effective as the honeybee in a mass flowering crop. Journal of Applied Ecology, 46 (5). pp. 1080-1087.

Kroon, F.J., Munday, P.L., and Westcott, D.A. (2009) Equivalent whole-body concentrations of 11-ketotestosterone in female and male coral goby (Gobiodon erythrospilus), a bi-directional sex-changing fish. Journal of Fish Biology, 75 (3). pp. 685-692.

Fox, Samantha, Luly, Jon, Mitchell, Catlin, Maclean, Jenny, and Westcott, David A. (2008) Demographic indications of decline in the spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) on the Atherton Tablelands of northern Queensland. Wildlife Research, 35 (5). pp. 417-424.

Koetz, Anna H., Westcott, David A., and Congdon, Bradley C. (2007) Geographical variation in song frequency and structure: the effects of vicariant isolation, habitat type and body size. Animal Behaviour, 74 (5). pp. 1573-1583.

Koetz, Anna H., Westcott, David A., and Congdon, Bradley C. (2007) Spatial pattern of song element sharing and its implications for song learning in the chowchilla, Orthonyx spaldingii. Animal Behaviour, 74 (4). pp. 1019-1028.

Parsons, J.G., Cairns, A., Johnson, C.N., Robson, S.K.A., Shilton, L.A., and Westcott, D.A. (2007) Bryophyte dispersal by flying foxes: a novel discovery. Oecologia, 152 (1). pp. 112-114.

Poon, E., Westcott, D.A., Burrows, D., and Webb, A. (2007) Assessment of research needs for the management of invasive species in the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the Wet Tropics. Report. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Parsons, Jennifer, Cairns, Andi, Johnson, Christopher, Robson, Simon K.A., Shilton, Louise A., and Westcott, David A. (2006) Dietary variation in spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) of the Australian Wet Tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology, 54. pp. 417-428.

Westcott, David A., Bentrupperbaumer, Joan, Bradford, Matt G., and McKeown, Adam (2005) Incorporating patterns of disperser behaviour into models of seed dispersal and its effects on estimated dispersal curves. Oecologia, 146 (1). pp. 57-67.

Endler, John A., Westcott, David A., Madden, Joah R., and Robson, Tim (2005) Animal visual systems and the evolution of color patterns: sensory processing illuminates signal evolution. Evolution: international journal of organic evolution, 59 (8). pp. 1795-1818.

Kroon, Frederiecke J., Munday, Philip L., Westcott, David A., Hobbs, Jean-Paul A., and Liley, N. Robin (2005) Aromatase pathway mediates sex change in each direction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 272 (1570). pp. 1399-1405.

Day, Lainy B., Westcott, David A., and Olster, Deborah H. (2005) Evolution of bower complexity and cerebellum size in bowerbirds. Brain Behavior and Evolution, 66 (1).