B Science (Hons), M Social Science, B Laws, PhD
Professor, Griffith School of Environment
Research Member, Australian Rivers Institute
Contact details for Professor Pat Dale
Research Expertise
- Coastal policy
- Environmental law
- Mosquito management
- Remote sensing
- Salt marsh ecology
- Mangrove ecology
Publications
Full publication list (PDF 260k)
Books, authored other
- Dale, P.E.R. (1991). Managing Australian Coastlands, Longman-Cheshire, Melbourne.
- Dale, P.E.R. & McColl-Kennedy, J. (1988). Living in Australian Cities. Longman-Cheshire, Melbourne.
Books, edited
- PA Ryan, JG Aaskov, TD St George, PER Dale (2005) Eds. Arbovirus Research in Australia, vol 9, QIMR, QUT, Griffith University. ISSN0725-4989
- Morris, C.D., Dale P.E.R., & Standfast, H. eds.(2002) Australian Mosquito Control Manual, Mosquito Control Association of Australia, 2nd edition, Brisbane ISBN 0-646-35310-1.
- Dale, P.E.R. & Hulsman, K. (eds.) (1989). Management and administration of mosquito control programmes. I.A.E.R., Griffith University, Queensland, Australia, 6-16.
Book Chapters (B1)
- Dale, P.E.R., Breitfuss, M.J. (2009) Chapter 8: Ecology and management of mosquitoes. In (Ed) N Saintilan Australian Saltmarsh Ecology, CSIRO Press,pp167-179.
- Sheaves M, Brodie J, Brooke B, Dale P, Lovelock C, Waycott M, Gehrke P, Johnston R, Baker R (2007) Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability of the Great Barrier Reef. Part 3, Chapter 19: Vulnerability of coastal and estuarine habitats in the GBR to climate change. GBRMPA.pp 593-620.
- Dale, P. E. R., M. B. Dale, J. Anorov, J. Knight, M. C. Minno,, B. Powell, R. C. Raynie and J M. Visser. (2006). Chapter 9: Aspects of adaptive management of coastal wetlands: Case studies of processes, conservation, restoration, impacts and assessment. In Wetlands as a natural resource. (Eds) J.T.A. Verhoeven, B. Beltman, R. Bobbink & D.F. Whigham, Volume 2. Wetlands: functioning, biodiversity conservation and restoration, Ecological Studies 191, Springer Berlin, pp197-222.
- Dale, P.E.R., Heather Chapman and Margaret Greenway (2001) Treatment constructed wetlands for sewage effluent treatment: do they encourage mosquito breeding? In J Pries Ed. Treatment Wetlands for Water Quality improvement CH2M Hill, Canada
- Dale, P.E.R., Ritchie, S.A., Territo, B.M., Hulsman. K. and Kay, B.H. (1998) Use of remote sensing to map intertidal wetland water distribution. In ed. A.J. McComb and J.A. Davis, Wetlands for the Future, Gleneagle Press Adelaide, Australia, pp 581-595.
- Ritchie, A.S., Dale, P.E.R. (1994). Modern technology for salt marsh mosquito surveillance. In (ed.) W J Mitsch, Wetlands of the World, Part V, Section II, Elsevier, Utrecht: 781-797.
- Dale, P.E.R. (1994). An Australian perspective on coastal wetland management and vector borne disease. In (ed.) W J Mitsch, Wetlands of the World, Part V, Section II, Elsevier, Utrecht: 771-781.
- Dale, P.E.R., Ward, D., Chandica, A.L., & Hulsman, K. (1991). Colour infra red aerial photography for saltmarsh management in subtropical Australia, in Sakata, T. & Nakane, K. Application of Remote Sensing for resources monitoring and vegetation mapping, Research and Information Centre, Tokai University, Tokyo, 71-80.
- Dale, P.E.R., Hulsman, K. (1990). Conflict in the Mud, in Issues in Human Geography, ed. Ritchie, R. McGraw-Hill.
Book chapters (B2)
- Sheaves M, Collins J, Houston W, Dale P, Revill A, Johnston R, Abrantes K (2006) Contribution of Floodplain Wetland Pools to the Ecological Functioning of the Fitzroy River Estuary. Cooperative Research Centre for Coastal Zone, Estuarine and Waterway Management. Brisbane. ISBN 1 921017 70 8. 279 p.
- Dale, P.E.R. (1989). Cost effectiveness of control methods, in Management and administration of mosquito control programmes,I.A.E.R., Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
- Dale, P.E.R. (1989). Identifying the Problem, in Management and administration of mosquito control programmes,I.A.E.R., Griffith University, Queensland, 30-48.
- Thyer, N. Dale, P.E.R. (1987). Recent Fire History, in An Island in Suburbia, Catterall, C.P. & Wallace, C.J. (eds.), I.A.E.R., Griffith University, Queensland, 83-87.
- Coutts, R.H. & Dale, P.E.R. (1987). Patterns of vegetation, in An Island in Suburbia, Catterall, C.P. & Wallace, C.J. (eds.), I.A.E.R., Griffith University, Queensland, 58-83.
- Dale, P.E.R. & Stock, E. (1987). Microclimate, in An Island in Suburbia, Catterall, C.P. & Wallace, C.J. (eds.), I.A.E.R., Griffith University, Queensland, 32-38.
- Dale, P. & Stock, E. (1983). Mining and Environment. Ch. 8 in Essays on Mining in Australia, ed. P.C. Sharma & W.H. Richmond, University of Queensland Press.
Refereed journal articles
- Ermi Ndoen Clyde Wild, Pat Dale, Neil Sipe, Mike Dale (in press ) Dusk to dawn activity patterns of anopheline mosquitoes in West Timor and Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health May 2011 volume 42 ,3 May 2011
- Tomerini, D, Dale, PER, Sipe, N (in press) Does mosquito control have an effect on mosquito-borne disease? The case of Ross River Virus disease and mosquito management in Queensland, Australia. J American Mosquito Control Assoc 27 (1)
- William F. Laurance, Bernard Dell, Stephen M. Turton, Michael J. Lawes, Lindsay B. Hutley, Hamish McCallum6, Patricia Dale, Michael Bird, Giles Hardy, Gavin Prideaux, Ben Gawne, Clive R. McMahon, Richard Yu, Jean-Marc Hero, Lin Schwarzkopf, Andrew Krockenberger, Michael Douglas, Ewen Silvester, Michael Mahony, Karen Vella, Udoy Saikia, Carl-Henrik Wahren, Zhihong Xu, Bradley Smith, Chris Cocklin (in press) The ten Australian ecosystems most vulnerable to tipping points, Biological Conservation
- Griffin L. F., Dale P. E. R. & Knight J. M. (2010) Identifying mosquito habitat microtopography in an Australian mangrove forest using LiDAR derived elevation data. Wetlands 30: 929-937.
- Dale MB, Allison, L, Dale PER (2010) Model Selection using Minimal Message Length: an example using pollen data, Community Ecology 11(2): 187-201
- Xiaofeng Li, Shuqing Zhang, Xin Pan, Pat Dale, Roger Cropp. Straight Road Edge Detection from High-resolution Remote Sensing Images Based on Ridgelet Transform with Revised Parallel-Beam Radon Transform (RPRT) International J Remote Sensing 31, 19: 5041-5059.
- Ermi Ndoen Clyde Wild, Pat Dale, Neil Sipe, Mike Dale (2010) Relationships between anopheline mosquitoes and topography in West Timor and Java, Indonesia. Malaria Journal 9: 242 (26 August 2010)
- L Eslami- Andargoli, PER Dale, N Sipe , J Chaseling (2010) Local and landscape effects on spatial patterns of mangrove forest during wetter and drier periods: Moreton Bay, Southeast Queensland, Australia. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science 89 (1): 53-61
- Dale, P.E.R., Dale, M.B., D Dowe, J Knight, C Lemckert,, D Low Choy, M Sheaves, I Sporne, (2010) A conceptual roadmap for integrating coastal wetland research and management: an example from Queensland, Australia. Progress in Physical Geography (34(5): 605-624.
- Dale, M.B., Allison,L., Dale, P.E.R. (2010) A model for correlation within clusters and its use in pollen analysis. Community Ecology 11:51-58.
- Hu, W; Mengersen, K; Tong, S; Dale, P (2010) Difference in mosquito species and the transmission of Ross River virus between coastline and inland areas in Brisbane, Australia. Environmental Entomology 39: 88-97.
- Eslami- Andargoli,L., Dale, P.E.R., Sipe,N. , Chaseling,J. (2009) Mangrove expansion and rainfall patterns in Moreton Bay, southeast Queensland, Australia, Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science, 85: 292-298.
- Jon M. Knight, Pat E.R. Dale, Lachlan Griffin and John Spencer (2009)Exploring Lidar data for mapping the micro-topography and tidal hydrodynamics of mangrove systems: an example from south-east Queensland Australia. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science 85, 593-600.
- Zhang, S., Xiaodong Na, Bo Kong, Zongming Wang, Hongxing Jiang, Huan Yu, Zhichun Zhao, Xiaofeng Li, Chunyue Liu, Patricia Dale (2009) Identifying wetland change in China’s Sanjiang Plain using remote sensing.Wetlands 29: 302-313.
- Naish, S., Hu, W., Nicholls, N., Mackenzie, J.S., Dale, P., McMichael, A.J., Tong, S. (2009) Socio-environmental predictors of Barmah forest virus transmission in coastal areas, Queensland, Australia. Tropical Medicine & International Health 14 (2): 247-256.
- Anorov, J. Dale P.E.R., Powell, B. Greenway, M. (2009). An interdisciplinary approach for understanding and managing a sub-tropical coastal wetland ecosystem: Native Dog Creek, Southeast Queensland, Australia. Procs Roy Soc Qld 114: 19-32.
- Knight,J.M., Dale, P.E.R., Dunn,R.J.K., Broadbent,G.J., Lemckert,C.J. (2008) Patterns of tidal flooding within a mangrove forest: Coombabah Lake, South East Queensland, Australia. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science 76:580-593.
- Fu Xiaoyang, P.E.R.Dale, Shuqing Zhang (2008) Evolving Neural Network Using Variable StringGenetic Algorithms (VGA) for Color Infrared Aerial Image Classification. Chinese Geographical Science 18(2):162-170
- Tong, S., Dale P., NIcholls,N. Mackenzie, J., Wolff, R. and McMichael A. 2008 Climate variability, social and environmental factors and Ross River virus transmission: research development and future research needs. Environmental Health Perspectives 116 (12): 1591-1597.
- Dale, P.E.R., Doug B Carlson, Clive Easton. (2008). 4 degrees of latitude: mosquito control on the “right’” coasts of Florida and Australia. J Amer Mosq Cont Assoc 24(3): 427-437
- Dale PER, Knight J (2008) Wetlands and mosquitoes: a review. Wetlands Ecology and Management DOI 10.1007/s11273-008-9098-2
- Dale PER, Knight J, Kay BH, Chapman H, Ritchie SA, Brown MD. (2008). Habitat characteristics and eggshell distribution of the salt marsh mosquito, Aedes vigilax, in marshes in subtropical eastern Australia. 8pp. Journal of Insect Science 8:25, available online: insectscience.org/8.25
- Dale P.E.R. (2008) Assessing impacts of habitat modification on a subtropical salt marsh: 20 years of monitoring. Wetlands Ecology and Management 16: 77-87.
- Anorov, J, Dale, PER, Greenway,M and Powell, B. (2007) Impacts of human modification of coastal lowlands in sub-tropical Australia: a case study from south east Queensland. Wetlands (Australia) 24: 67-89.
- Tong S, Hu W, Nicholls N, Mackenzie J, Dale P, Wolff R, McMichael T. 2007. The impact of climate variability on Ross River virus transmission in Queensland, Australia. Epidemiology 18:S103-S103
- Dale, P.E.R., Margaret Greenway, Heather Chapman, Mark J Breitfuss (2007) Constructed wetlands for sewage effluent treatment and mosquito larvae at two sites in subtropical Australia. J Amer Mosq Cont Assoc. 23: 109-117.
- Franks,D., Patricia Dale, Richard Hindmarsh, Christy Fellows, Margaret Buckridge, Patti Cybinski (2007) Interdisciplinary Foundations :Reflecting on three decades of teaching and research at Griffith University, Australia, Studies in Higher Education vol 32, No 2, 167-185.
- Dale, M.B., Allison, L., Dale, P.E.R. (2007) Segmentation and Clustering as complementary sources of information. Acta Oecologica 30:1-10
- Dale, M.B., Dale, P.E.R.,Tan, P. (2007) Supervised clustering using decision trees and decision graphs: an ecological comparison. Ecological Modelling 204: 70-78.
- Dale, P.E.R., Neil G. Sipe, Jay T. Ratnayake, Peter L. Daniels (2006) Economic impact of biting midges on residential property values in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. J American Mosquito Control Association 22:131-134.
- Tong, Shilu, Neville Nicholls, Pat Dale, Tony McMichael, Michael Lindsay, John Mackenzie, Jonathan Patz (2006) Weather Variability, Tides and Barmah Forest Virus Disease in the Gladstone Region, Australia. Environ Hlth Perspectives 114 (5) :678-683.
- Dale P.E.R and Knight J.M. (2006) Managing salt marshes for mosquito control: impacts of runnelling, Open Marsh Water Management and grid-ditching in sub-tropical Australia, Wetlands Ecology and Management 14 (3): 211-220.
- Lee,S.Y., Dunn,D., Young,R.A., Connolly,R.M., Dale, P.E.R, DeHayr,R., Lemckert, C.J., McKinnon,S., Powell,B., Welsh.D.T. (2006) Impact of urbanisation on coastal wetland structure and function. Austral Ecology 31: 149-163.
- Hu, W., Tong, S., Mengersen, K., Oldenburg, B., and Dale, P. (2006). Mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) and the transmission of Ross River virus in Brisbane, Australia. J Med Entomol 43, 375-381.
- Tong,S., W. Hu, N. Nicholls, P. Dale, J. S Mackenzie, J. Patz, and A.J McMichael, (2005) Climatic, high tide and vector variables and the transmission of Ross River virus. Internal Medical Journal. 35 (11): 677-680.
- Alsemgeest,G., Dale, P.E.R.,Darren Alsemgeest (2005) Evaluating the risk of potential acid sulfate soils and habitat modification for mosquito control (runnelling): comparing methods and managing the risk, Environmental Management 36 (1): 152-161.
- Dale, P.E.R., Knight,J., Scott A. Ritchie and Brian H. Kay (2005) A practical tool to identify water bodies with potential for mosquito habitat under mangrove canopy: large scale airborne scanning in the thermal band 8-13 µm. Wetlands Ecology and Management 13, 4: 389-394.
- Tong,S., John F Hayes and Pat E.R. Dale (2005) Spatiotemporal variation of notified Barmah Forest virus infections in Queensland, Australia, 1993-2001. International Journal Env Health Res 15: 89-98.
- Dale, P.E.R., Sipe, N.G., Sugi Anto, Bangkit Hutajulu, Ermi Ndoen, Meisy Papayungan Akhmad Saikhu, Y.Tri Prabowa (2005) Malaria in Indonesia: a synthesis of recent research into its environmental relationships, Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health vol 36 1: 1-13.
- Hu, W., Nicholls, N., Lindsay, M., Dale, P., McMichael, A., Mackenzie, J., and Tong, S., 2004. Development of a predictive model for Ross River virus disease in Brisbane, Australia. Am J Trop Med Hyg 71, 129-137.
- Chapman, H.F., Breitfuss, M. J., Dale, P.E.R. and Thomas, P (2004) Influence of saltmarsh habitat modification for mosquito control on shore crab populations in southeast Queensland. Wetlands Australia 22(1): 1-10.
- Dale, M.B., Dale, P.E.R. (2004) Sources of Uncertainty in Ecological Modelling: Predicting Vegetation Types from Environmental Attributes. Community Ecology 5 (2): 203-225.
- Jones,J., Dale, P.E.R., A.L. Chandica, M. J. Breitfuss (2004) Distribution changes of the Grey Mangrove Avicennia marina (Forsk.) using large scale aerial color infrared photographs: are the changes related to habitat modification for mosquito control? Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science 61(1):45-54.
- Breitfuss, M. J. Dale, P.E.R. (2004) The endangered Illidge’s Ant Blue Butterfly, Acrodipsas illidgei, from an intertidal habitat managed for mosquito control. J Amer. Mosq. Cont. Assoc 20 (4) 91-93.
- Tong,S., Nicholls,N., Dale, P.E.R., R.Wolff, T. McMichael, M Lindsay, J. Mackenzie (2004) Development of a predictive model for Ross River virus disease using environmental data. Am J Trop. Med Hyg. 71:129-137.
- Breitfuss, M. J. Connolly, R. M. and Dale, P. E. R. (2004). Densities and aperture sizes of burrows constructed by Helograpsus haswellianus (Decapoda: Varunidae) in saltmarshes with and without mosquito control runnels. Wetlands, 24(1): 14-22.
- Sipe, N.G., Dale, P.E.R. (2003) Challenges in using geographic information systems (GIS) to understand and control malaria in Indonesia, Malaria journal,2:36
- Sipe, N.G., Dale, P.E.R. (2003)A framework for developing integrated environmental management to minimise risk of mosquito-borne disease: environmental science and Ross River virus disease. Applied Environmental Science & Public Health 1:139-144.
- Tong S, Nichols N, Wolff R, Dale P, McMichael T, Mackenzie J, Lindsay M (2003) Potential impact of climate variation on Ross River virus within a socio-ecological context: Research design and development. Epidemiology 14:S47-S47.
- Margaret Greenway, Pat Dale and Heather Chapman (2003) An assessment of mosquito breeding and control in 4 surface flow wetlands in tropical-subtropical Australia. Water Science and Technology Vol48, no5: 249-256.
- Breitfuss, M. J., Connolly, R. M. and Dale. P. E. R. (2003). Mangrove distribution and mosquito control: transport of Avicennia marina (Forsk.) propagules by mosquito-control runnels in southeast Queensland saltmarshes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 56(3-4): 573-579.
- Dale, M.B., Dale, P.E.R., Tim Edgoose (2002) Using Markov models to incorporate serial dependence in studies of vegetation change. Acta Oecologica 23:261-269.
- Dale, M.B., Dale, P.E.R., Li, C. and Biswas, G. (2002) Assessing impacts of small perturbations using a model-based approach. Ecological Modelling 156:185-199.
- Li,C., Biswas,G., Dale, M.B., Dale, P.E.R. (2002) "Matryoshka: A HMM Based Temporal Data Clustering Methodology for Modeling System Dynamics". Intelligent Data Analysis, Volume 6, Number 3, page 281-308, 2002.
- Dale, P.E.R., Dale, M.B. (2002) Optimal classification to describe environmental change: pictures from the exposition. Community Ecology, 3 (1): 19-29.
- Dale, P.E.R., Chapman H., Brown, M.D., Ritchie, S.A., Knight, J and Kay, B.H. (2002) Does habitat modification affect oviposition by the salt marsh mosquito Ochlerotatus vigilax (Skuse) (Diptera:Culicidae)?Aust J Entomology. 41:49-54.
- Muhar, A and Dale P.E.R. (2001) Minimizing impacts of mosquito management in ecologically sensitive urban areas: a multi-scale approach. Nature Conservation 5: Nature Conservation in Production Environments, ed J.L. Craig, M Mitchell and DA Saunders, Surrey Beatty and Sons, pp 448-455.
- Knight, J., Phinn, S.R. and Dale, P. (2000) Multi-sensor approaches for monitoring and controlling mosquito breeding populations in mangroves, Backscatter. Journal of the Alliance for Marine Remote Sensing, 1/00.
- Muhar, L.Thalib, P.Dale, E.Arito. (2000) The Spatial Distribution of Ross River Virus Infections in Brisbane: Significance of Residential Location and Relationships with Vegetation Types. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. 4:184-189.
- Godden, L., Dale,P.E.R. (2000). Interdisciplinary teaching in law and environmental science: jurisprudence and environment. Legal Education Review 4 239-251.
- Saffigna, P.G. and Dale. P.E.R (1999) Acid sulfate soils in intertidal mosquito breeding habitats and implications for habitat modification. J. Amer. Mosq. Cont. Assoc. 15 (4): 520-525.
- Dale, P.E.R., Ritchie, S.A., Chapman, H., and Brown, M.D.(1999) Eggshell sampling: quantitative or qualitative data? J. Amer. Mosq. Cont. Assoc. 15 (1):74-76.
- Dale, P.E.R., Ritchie, S.A., Territo, B.M., Morris, C.D., Muhar, A. and Kay B.H.(1998) Remote Sensing and GIS for Surveillance of Mosquito Vector Habitats and Risk Assessment. J. Vector Ecology 23:54-61.
- Chapman, H., Dale, P.E.R., and Kay, B.H. (1998). A method for assessing the effects of runnelling on salt-marsh grapsid crab populations. J. Amer. Mosquito Assoc. 14: 61-68.
- Dale, P.E.R., Morris, C.D. (1996) Culex annulirostris breeding sites in urban areas: using remote sensing and digital image analysis to develop a rapid predictor of potential breeding areas. J. Amer. Mosquito Assoc. 12 (2) : 316-320.
- Dale, P.E.R., Chandica, A.L. and Evans, M. (1996). Using image subtraction and classification to evaluate change in subtropical intertidal wetlands. International J. of Remote Sensing: 17(4): 703-719.
- Dale, P.E.R. (1993). Australian Wetlands and Mosquito Control - Contain the Pest and Sustain the Environment. Wetlands (Australia), 12, 2 : 1-12.
- Dale, P.E.R., Dale, P.T., Hulsman, K. and Kay, B.H. (1993). Runnelling to control saltmarsh mosquitoes: long-term efficacy and environmental impacts. J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assoc. 9, 2: 174-181.
- Dale, P.E.R., Hill, A., Metcalf, W.J., McTainsh, G., Dale, P.T. & Taylor, H. (1991). Sedimentological tools to solve historical problems: an example from Toohey Forest, South East Queensland. Proc. Roy. Soc. Qld.101: 1-12
- Dale, P.E.R. & Hulsman, K. (1990) A critical review of salt marsh management methods for mosquito control. Crit. Rev. in Aquatic Science, 3; 281-311.
- Coutts, R.H. & Dale, P.E.R. (1990). Seeking pattern in vegetation: man and machine and the trees of Toohey Forest. Proc. Roy. Soc. Qld., 100, 55-66.
- Hulsman, K., Dale, P.E.R. & Kay, B.H. (1989). The runnelling method of habitat modification: an environment focussed tool for salt marsh management. J. Amer. Mosq. Control Assoc. 5, 2: 226-234.
- Dale, P.E.R. & Hulsman, K. (1988). To identify impacts in variable systems using anomalous changes: a salt marsh example. Vegetatio 75, 27-35.
- Dale, M.B., Dale, P.E.R. & Coutts, R. (1988). Classification of vegetation sequences in Toohey Forest, Queensland. Vegetatio 76, 113-129.
- Dale, M.B. & Dale, P.E.R. (1986). Similarity and structured attributes in ecological classification. Abstract Botanica 10, 17-34.
- Dale, P.E.R., Hulsman, K., Harrison, D. & Congdon B. (1986). Distribution of the immature stages of Aedes vigilax on a coastal salt marsh in South East Queensland. Aust. J. Ecol. 11, 269-278.
- Dale, P.E.R., Hulsman, K. & Chandica, A.L. (1986). Seasonal consistency of salt marsh vegetation types classified from large scale CIR aerial photographs. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 52, 243-250.
- Dale, P.E.R., Hulsman, K. & Chandica, A.L. (1986). Classification of reflectance on colour infra red aerial photographs and subtropical salt marsh vegetation types. Int. J. of Remote Sensing 7(12), 1783-1788.
- Shinkarenko, L., Hulsman, K., Mottram, P., Dale, P. & Kay, B. (1986). The reliability of using width of head capsule and body length to identify larval instars of Aedes vigilax (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Aust. Entom. Soc. 25, 37-40.
- Hulsman, K., Dale, P. & Jahnke, B.R. (1984). Vegetation and nesting preferences of Black Noddies of Masthead Island, Great Barrier Reef. 2. Patterns at the micro scale. Aust. J. Ecol. 9, 343-352.
- Dale, P., Hulsman, K., Jahnke, B.R. & Dale, M.B. (1984). Vegetation and nesting preferences of Black Noddies at Masthead Island, Great Barrier Reef. 1. Patterns at the macro scale. Aust. J. Ecol. 9, 335-341.
- Dale, P.E.R. (1983). Scale problem in classification: an application of a stochastic method to evaluate the relative homogeneity of sample units. Aust. J. Ecol., 8, 189-198.
- Dale, P.E.R. (1980). A pragmatic application of the Dansereau system of recording vegetation in south east Queensland, Australia. Vegetatio, 40, 129-133.