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Books

Rainforest Frogs of the Wet Tropics, North east Australia (2008)

Conrad Hoskins (The Australian National University) and Jean-Marc Hero (Griffith University, Environmental Futures Centre). ISBN 9781921291364

A complete guide to the 33 species of frog found in the World Heritage rainforest of the Wet Tropics region of north-east Queensland. This field guide includes an easy to use key for identification and an up-to-date account for each species. All species are illustrated with at least two photos. A great companion for anyone wishing to know what that frog is and what is does. Proceeds from the sale of this book go to frog research.

This book is currently available for purchase for $20 GST inclusive. For more information or wholesale prices please contact Jean-Marc Hero on +61 7 555 28661.

Wet Forest Frogs of South-East Queensland (2001)

Ed Meyer (University of Queensland), Harry Hines (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) and Jean-Marc Hero (Griffith University, Environmental Futures Centre).ISBN 0909291500

This book provides details of the appearance, distribution, conservation status, calls, reproductive biology and tadpoles of each species within south-east Queensland.This book is currently available for purchase for $9.95 GST inclusive. For more information please contact Jean-Marc Hero on +61 7 555 28661.

A Guide to Stream-dwelling Frogs of the Wet Tropics Rainforests

Hero, J.-M. and; S. Fickling 1994. James Cook University Press, Townsville. (reprinted in 1997). A 28 page, waterproof field guide available for purchase at $9.95 GST inclusive. For more information please contact Jean-Marc Hero on +61 7 555 28661.

Frogwatch Field Guide to Victorian Frogs

Hero, J.-M., M. J. Littlejohn and G. Marantelli.1991. Victorian Department of Conservation & Environment, Melbourne, Australia. A 108 page, waterproof field guide. For more information please contact Jean-Marc Hero on +61 7 555 28661.

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List of all publications

Griffith University Research Online has made several of the following publications available via PDF. Those articles that are not available through Griffith Research online can be obtained through contacting the author.

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Book chapters

1. Hero J.-M. C. Morrison, J. Chanson, S. Stuart, and N. A. Cox. in press. Phylogenetic correlates of extinction risk in amphibians. Chapter 8 in Amphibian Biology. Volume 9: Amphibian Decline: Ecological and Anthropogenic Aspects and Conservation Practices. (Eds) H. Heatwole and J. W. Wilkinson. Surretty and Sons, NSW. in press
2. Morrison, C. and J.-M. Hero. in press. Geographic correlates of extinction risk in amphibians. Chapter 9 in Amphibian Biology. Volume 9: Amphibian Decline: Ecological and Anthropogenic Aspects and Conservation Practices. (Eds) H. Heatwole and J. W. Wilkinson. Surrey Beatty and Sons, NSW. in press
3. Hero J.-M. and C. Morrison. in press. Life History correlates of extinction risk in amphibians. Chapter 10 in Amphibian Decline: Ecological and Anthropogenic Aspects and Conservation Practices. (Eds) H. Heatwole and J. W. Wilkinson. Surrey Beatty and Sons, NSW. in press
4. Hero J.-M. and M. Van Sluys. in press. Final Chapter and Overview of Conservation of Amphibians. Chapter 15 in Amphibian Biology. Volume 9: Amphcological and Anthropogenic Aspects and Conservation Practices. (Eds) H. Heatwole and J. W. Wilkinson. Surrey Beatty and Sons, NSW. in press
5. Hero J.-M., S. Richards, R. Alford, A. Allison, P. Bishop, R. Günther, D. Iskandar, F. Kraus, F. Lemckert, J. Menzies, D. Roberts, M. Tyler 2008. Amphibians of the Australasian Region. Chapter 6, pp 65-70 in Threatened Amphibians of the World. Lynx Ediciones (www.hbw.com).
6. Hero, J.-M. and K. M. Kriger. 2008. Threats to Amphibians in Tropical regions. Chapter XX in Tropical Zoology
7. Hero, J.-M. 2006. Frogs. Pages 165-170, 212, 222 and-223.in, L. Hutley, editor. A Guide to Lamington National Park. Lamington Natural History Association. Envirobook, NSW
8. Hero, J.-M., and T. Ridgway. 2006. Declínio Global de Espécies. Chapter 3, Pages 53-90 in C. F. D. Rocha, H. G. Bergallo, M. Van Sluys e M. A. S. Alves (editors). Biologia da Conservação: Essências. Rima Press; Santa Paula, Brasil.
9. Hero, J.-M. 2005. Evaluating public cane toad eradication programs. Pages 38-41 in R. Taylor and G. Edwards (editors). A Review of the Impact and Control of Cane Toads in Australia with Recommendations for Future Research and Management Approaches. A Report to the Vertebrate Pests Committee from the National Cane Toad Taskforce, Australian Commonwealth Government. June 2005 ISBN: 0724548629
10. Hero, J.-M., M. Stoneham, P. Nanjappa and M. Lannoo. 2004. Bufo marinus. Pages 417-422. in M. J. Lannoo, editor. Amphibian Declines: Conservation Status of United States Species. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.
11. Hero, J.-M. and L. Shoo. 2003. Conservation of amphibians in the Old World tropics: defining unique problems associated with regional fauna. in R. D. Semlitsch, editor. Amphibian Conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. Chapter. 6. Pp: 70-84.
12. Kutt, A. S., J.E. Kemp, K.R. McDonald, Y. Williams, S.E. Williams, H. Hines, J.-M. Hero and G. Torr. 2003. Vertebrate fauna assemblage patterns in White Mountains National Park and its relationship to the Desert Uplands bioregion, central-north Queensland. Pp. 47-74 in Comben, L., T. Westacott and K. Berg. (Eds) White Mountains Scientific Study Report. Royal Geographical Society of Queensland. Milton, Qld.
13. Gillespie, G. R. and J.-M. Hero. 1999. Potential impacts of introduced fish and fish translocations on Australian amphibians. Pages131-144 in A. Campbell, editor. Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs. Environment Australia, Canberra.

C1. Refereed publications (monograph)

1. Hero, J.-M. 1990. An illustrated key to aquatic tadpoles occurring in the Central Amazon rainforest, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil. Amazoniana 11(2):201-262.

C1. Refereed publications/international journals

1. Hero, Jean-Marc, J. Guy Castley, Mikalah Malone, Ben Lawson and William E. Magnusson. (2009). Long-term ecological research in Australia: innovative approaches for future benefits. Australian Zoologist. In press (PDF)
   
2. Van Sluys, M., Kriger, K.M. A. D. Phillott, R. Campbell, L. F. Skerratt and Hero, J.-M. 2008. High-temperature storage of samples compromises PCR detection of amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis DNA. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 81: 93–97. (PDF)
3. Kriger, K.M. and Hero, J.-M. 2008. Chytridiomycosis, amphibian extinctions, and lessons for the prevention of future panzootics. Ecohealth. in press. (PDF 220k)
4. Kriger, K.M. and Hero, J.-M. 2008. After the horse has bolted: a reply to Garner et. al (2008). Ecohealth. in press. (PDF 96k)
5. Kriger, K.M. and Hero, J.-M. 2008. Altitudinal distribution of chytrid (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) infection 1 in 2 subtropical Australian frogs. Austral Ecology. 33, 1022–1032. (PDF 256k)
6. Magnusson, W. E., F. Costa, A. Lima, F. Baccaro, R. Braga-Neto, R. Laerte Romero, M. Menin, J. Penha, J.-M. Hero and B. E. Lawson. 2008. A Program for Monitoring Biological Diversity in the Amazon: An Alternative Perspective to Threat-based Monitoring. Biotropica 40:409–411. (PDF)
7. Kriger, K. M. and Hero, J.-M. 2007. The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is non-randomly distributed across amphibian breeding habitats. Diversity and Distributions. 13: 781-788. (PDF 187k)
8. Kriger, K.M., Pereoglou, F. and Hero, J.-M. 2007. Latitudinal variation in the prevalence and severity of chytrid (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) infection in Eastern Australia. Conservation Biology: 21(5):1280-1290. (PDF 625k)
9. Hodgkison S., Hero J-M., Warnken J. 2007 The efficacy of small-scale conservation efforts as assessed on Australian golf courses. Biological Conservation. 135: 576-586. (PDF 210k)
10. Koch, A.J. and Hero, J.-M. 2007. The relationship between environment conditions and activity of the Giant Barred Frog (Mixophyes iteratus) on the Coomera River, SE Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology. 55: 89-95. (PDF )
11. Hodgkison S., Hero J-M., Warnken J. 2007 The conservation value of golf courses in a rapidly urbanising region of Australia. Landscape and Urban Planning 79:323-337. (PDF 842k)
12. Kriger, K.M. and Hero, J.-M. 2007. Large-scale seasonal fluctuations in the prevalence and severity of chytridiomycosis. Journal of Zoology, London. 271: 352-359. (PDF 131k)
13. Hyatt. A.D., D.G Boyle, V. Olsen, D.B. Boyle L. Berger, R. Phillott, R. Campbell, D. Obendorf, A. Dalton, K. Kriger, M. Hero, H. Hines, F. Gleason and A Colling. 2007. Diagnostic assays and sampling protocols for the detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 73:175-192. FEATURE ARTICLE (PDF 335k)
14. Kriger, K.M., K. J. Ashton, H. B. Hines and Hero, J.-M. 2007. On the biological relevance of a singleBatrachochytrium dendrobatidis zoospore: a reply to Smith (2007). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 73:257-260. (PDF 82k)
15. Hero, J.-M., C. Morrison, G. Gillespie, J.D. Roberts, D. Newell, E. Meyer, K. McDonald, F. Lemckert, M. Mahony, W. Osborne, H. Hines, S. Richards, C. Hoskin, J. Clarke, N. Doak and L. Shoo. 2006. Overview of the conservation status of Australian Frogs. Pacific Conservation Biology. 12: 313-320. (PDF)
16. Kriger, K.M. and Hero, J.-M. 2006a. Survivorship in Wild Frogs Infected with Chytridiomycosis. EcoHealth 3: 171-177. (PDF 253k)
17. Kriger, K. M., J.-M. Hero and K. Ashton. 2006. Cost efficiency in the detection of Chytridiomycosis using PCR assay. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 71: 149–154. (PDF 103k)
18. Kriger, K. M., H. B. Hines, A.D. Hyatt, D.G. Boyle and J.-M. Hero. 2006. Techniques for Detecting Chytridiomycosis in Wild Frogs: Comparing Histological with Real-Time Taqman PCR. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 71: 141–148. (PDF 241k)
19. Schloegel, L., J.-M. Hero, L. Berger, R. Speare, K. McDonald and P. Daszak. 2006. The decline of the sharp-snouted day frog (Taudactylus acutirostris): The first documented case of extinction by infection in a free-ranging wildlife species? Ecohealth 3: 35-40. (PDF 384k)
20. Shoo, L., S. Williams and J.-M. Hero. 2006. Detecting climate change induced range shifts: where and how should we be looking? Austral Ecology. 31: 22–29. (PDF 646k)
21. Hero, J.-M., S. E. Williams and W. E. Magnusson. 2005. Ecological traits of declining amphibians in upland areas of eastern Australia. J Zoology Lond. 267, 221–232. (PDF 136k)
22. Shoo, L., S. Williams and J.-M. Hero. 2005. Decoupling of trends in distribution area and population size of species with climate change. Global Change Biology. 11:1469-1476. (PDF 164k)
23. Shoo, L., S. Williams and J.-M. Hero. 2005. Climate warming and the rainforest birds of the Australian Wet Tropics: using abundance data as a sensitive predictor of change in total population size. Biological Conservation. 125:335-343. (PDF 208k)
24. Rachowicz, L. J., J.-M. Hero, R. A. Alford, J. W. Taylor, J. A.T. Morgan, V. T. Vredenburg, J. P. Collins, C. J. Briggs. 2005. The novel and endemic pathogen hypotheses: competing explanations for the origin of emerging infectious diseases of wildlife. Conservation Biology 19:1441-1448. (PDF 151k)
25. Kutt, A. S., J.E. Kemp, K.R. McDonald, Y. Williams, S.E. Williams, H. B. Hines, J.-M. Hero and G. Torr. 2005. Vertebrate fauna survey of White Mountains National Park in the Desert Uplands Bioregion, central-north Queensland. Australian Zoologist. 33:17-38. (PDF )
26. Hero J.-M. and C. Morrison. 2004. Frog Declines in Australia: global implications. The Herpetological Journal. 14:175-186. (PDF 49k)
27. Hazell, D., J.-M. Hero and D. Lindenmayer and R. Cunningham. 2004. A comparison of constructed and natural habitat for frog conservation in an Australian agricultural landscape? Biological Conservation. 119:61-71. (PDF 309k)
28. Morrison, C., J.-M. Hero and J. Browning. 2004. Altitudinal variation in the age at maturity, longevity and reproductive lifespan of anurans in subtropical Queensland. Herpetologica 60:34-44. (PDF 172k)
29. Hodgkison, S. and J.-M. Hero. 2003. Seasonal, sexual and ontogenetic variations in the diet of the declining frogs, Litoria nannotis, L. rheocola and Nyctimystes dayi. Wildlife Research. 30:345-354. (PDF 285k)
30. Morrison, C. and J.-M. Hero. 2003 – Geographic variation in the life-history characteristics of amphibians: a review. Journal of Animal Ecology. 72: 270-279. (PDF )
31. Morrison, C. and J.-M. Hero. 2003 – Altitudinal variation in growth and development rates of Litoria chloris and L. pearsoniana tadpoles in southeast Queensland, Australia. Journal of Herpetology. 37:59-64. (PDF)
32. Hero, J.-M., W. E. Magnusson, F. Duarte da Rocha and C. Catterall. 2001. Survival-strategies influence prey distributions and community diversity. Biotropica 33(1):131-141. (PDF 158k).Winner 2002 Biotropica Award for Excellence in Tropical Biology (for best paper in 2001)
33. Morrison, C., Hero J.-M. and W. Smith. 2001 Mate selection by female Litoria chloris and L. xanthomera: size doesn’t always matter. Austral Ecology 26(3):223-245. (PDF 258k)
34. Hodgkison, S. and J.-M. Hero. 2001 Daily behaviour and microhabitat use of the Waterfall frog, Litoria nannotis, in Tully Gorge, eastern Australia. Journal of Herpetology. 35:116-120. (PDF 1.3m)
35. Williams, S. E. and J.-M. Hero. 2001 Multiple Determinants of Australian Tropical Frog Biodiversity. Biological Conservation. 98:1-10. (PDF 263k)
36. Zancola, B. J., C. Wild and J.-M. Hero. 2000 Inhibition of Ageratina riparia (Asteraceae) by native flora and fauna. Austral Ecology 25:563-569. (PDF 232k)
37. Magnusson, W. E., A. Pimental Lima, J.-M. Hero and M. Carmozina de Araújo. 1999. The rise and fall of a population of Hyla boans: reproduction in a neotropical Gladiator Frog. Journal of Herpetology. 33:647-656.(PDF)
38. Hero, J.-M., C. Gascon and W. E. Magnusson. 1998. Direct and indirect effects of predation on tadpole community structure in the Amazon rainforest. Australian Journal of Ecology. 23: 474-482. (PDF 3.5m)
39. Williams, S. E. and J.-M. Hero. 1998. Rainforest frogs of the Australian Wet Tropics: guild classification and the ecological similarity of declining species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 265:597-602.(PDF 142k)
40. Retallick, R.W.R. and J.-M. Hero. 1998. The tadpoles of Taudactylus eungellensis Liem and Hosmer and T. liemi Ingram (Anura; Myobatrachidae) and a key to the stream-dwelling tadpoles of the Eungella rainforest, in east-central Queensland, Australia. Journal of Herpetology. 32:304-309. (PDF)
41. Hero, J.-M. and G. R. Gillespie. 1997. Epidemic disease and amphibian declines in Australia. Conservation Biology 11:1-3. (PDF 586k)
42. Lawler, K. and J.-M. Hero. 1997. Palatability of Bufo marinus tadpoles to a vertebrate fish predator decreases with development. Wildlife Research 24:327-334. (PDF 129k)
43. Mijares-Urrutia, A. and J.-M. Hero. 1997. Los renacuajos de Hyla luteocellata e Hyla vigilans (Anura Hylidae) de Venezuela. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 44:585-592.(PDF )
44. Evans, M., C. Yaber and J.-M. Hero. 1996. Factors influencing choice of breeding site by Bufo marinus in its natural habitat. Copeia 1996(4):904-912.(PDF)
45. Hero, J.-M. and A. Mijares-Urrutia. 1995. The tadpole of Scinax rostrata (Anura, Hylidae). Journal of Herpetology 29(2):307-311.(PDF)
46. Hero, J.-M., A. Lima and L. Joseph. 1992. Greater Yellow Headed Vultures feeding on a three-toed sloth in Amazonian rainforest. El Hornero (Argentina) 13(3):235.(PDF 370k)
47. Ramos, C.B.A., M. Van Sluys, J.-M. Hero and W.E. Magnusson. 1992. Influence of tadpole velocity on predation by odonate naiads. Journal of Herpetology 26(3):335-337.(PDF)
48. Magnusson, W.E. and J.-M. Hero. 1991. Predation and the evolution of complex oviposition behaviour in Amazon rainforest frogs. Oecologia 86:310-318. (PDF)
49. Hero, J.-M. and U. Galatti. 1990. Characteristics distinguishing Leptodactylus pentadactylus and L. knudseni in central Amazon rainforest. Journal of Herpetology 24(2):226-228.
50. Magnusson, W. E., A. P. Lima, J.-M. Hero, T. M. Sanaiotti and M. Yamakoshi. 1990. Paleosuchus trigonatus Nests: Sources of heat and embryo sex ratios. Journal of Herpetology 24(4):397-400.
51. Hero, J.-M. 1989. A simple code for toe clipping anurans. Herpetological Review 20(3):66-67.(PDF 681k)

C1. Refereed publications/national journals (Australia)

1. Hero, J.-M. and S. Fickling. 1996. Reproductive Characteristics of Female Frogs from Mesic Habitats in Queensland. Queensland Museum Memoirs. 39(2):306.
2. Hero, J.-M., S. Fickling and R.W.R. Retallick. 1996. The tadpole of Litoria revelata Ingram, Corben and Hosmer, 1982 (Anura: Hylidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 120:71-73.
3. Mitchell, D. Jones, A. and J.-M. Hero. 1995. Predation on the Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) by the Black Kite (Milvus migrans). Queensland Museum Memoirs 38(2):512.
4. Hero, J.-M., G. F. Watson and G. Gillespie 1995. The tadpole of Litoria spenceri (Anura, Hylidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 107:39-43.
5. Hero, J.-M. and G. R. Gillespie. 1993. The tadpole of Litoria phyllochroa (Anura, Hylidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 105(1):31-38.

C3. Letter or Note – published in a journal Controlled by an Editorial Board.

1. Kriger, K.M. and Hero, J.-M. 2006b. COPHIXALUS ORNATUS (Ornate Nursery Frog). CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS. Herpetological Review. 37:443
2. Hero J-M, Hazell D. and Hodgkison S. 2005. Winners and losers: the impacts of modifying natural landscapes on amphibian and reptile assemblages in eastern Australia. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, (Published Abstract) 32: 219-232.
3. Hero, J.-M. 2005. Book Review: Statistics without Math by Magnusson, W. E. and G. Mourão. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. In press
4. Hero, J.-M. 2005. Book Review: Frogs of Australian by J. R. Turner. Quarterly Review of Biology. In press.
5. Hero, J.-M. C. Morrison, G. Gillespie, D. Roberts, P. Horner, D. Newell, E. Meyer, K. McDonald, F. Lemckert, M. Mahony, M. Tyler, W. Osborne, H. Hines, S. Richards, C. Hoskin, N. Doak and L. Shoo. 2004. Conservation Status of Australian Frogs. FROGLOG. 65:2-3.
6. Hero, J.-M. 2001. Assessing the Conservation Status of Australian Frogs. FROGLOG. 46:6.
7. Hero, J.-M., B. Dadds, D. White and D. White 2000 New records of the “Vulnerable” Wallum Froglet in the Gold Coast Shire, Queensland. Ecological Management and Restoration. 1:74-75.
8. Harvey, M. A., Morrison, C. and Hero J.-M. 1999. Litoria lesueuri (Stony Creek Frog). PREDATION. Herpetological Review. 30:162-163.
9. Hero, J.-M., H. Hines, E. Meyer, C. Morrison, C. Streatfeild and L. Roberts. 1998. New records of “declining” frogs in Queensland, Australia (- February1998). Newsletter of the Declining Amphibian Population Taskforce (DAPTF). FROGLOG. October, 29: 1-4.
10. Hero, J.-M. 1998. Book Review: Amphibians in Decline: Canadian studies of a global problem. Herpetological Review. 29: 252-254.
11. Retallick, R.W.R. and J.-M. Hero. 1997. Litoria inermis: female initiation of amplexus. Herpetological Review. 28 (3):147.
12. Hero, J.-M. 1996. Corrections to identification of photographs of endangered frogs of the wet tropics rainforest. Herpetofauna. 26:32
13. Hero, J.-M. and W.E. Magnusson. 1987. Leptophus ahaetulla FOOD. Herpetological Review 18(1):16
14. Hero, J.-M. and Angelo dos Santos. 1987. Eunectes murinus REPRODUCTION. Herpetological Review 18(2):36

E1. Conference publications - full written paper - refereed

1. Rudkin, K. C., J. Kirkwood, J.-M. Hero and M. Arthur. 2003. A preliminary assessment of two north Queensland estuaries containing “no-take” fish reserves; quantifying the relative abundance and length distributions of target species. APAC Proceedings: Aquatic protected areas: what works best and how do we know? Australian Society for Fish Biology. North Beach W. A. 500-510.
2. Hero, J.-M., H. Hines, E. Meyer, C. Morrison, and C. Streatfeild. 2002. New records of “declining” frogs in Queensland, Australia (- April 1999). Pp 23-28. in R. Natrass, editor. 'Frogs in the Community' - Proceedings of the Brisbane Conference 13-14 Feb. 1999. Queensland Frog Society Inc.
3. Hodgkison, S. and Hero J.-M. 2002. Seasonal behaviour of Litoria nannotis, L. rheocola and Nyctimystes dayi in Tully Gorge, north Queensland, Australia. Pp 29-39. in R. Natrass, editor. 'Frogs in the Community' - Proceedings of the Brisbane Conference 13-14 Feb. 1999. Queensland Frog Society Inc.
4. Morrison, C. and Hero J.-M. 2002 Geographical variation in life history characteristics of Amphibians in mid-eastern Australia: reproductive traits. Pp 40-48. in R. Natrass, editor. 'Frogs in the Community' - Proceedings of the Brisbane Conference 13-14 Feb. 1999. Queensland Frog Society Inc.
5. Magnusson, W.E. and J.-M. Hero. 1990. Diagnosis of sex of live hatchling Paleosuchus trigonatus by direct observation of the gonads. pp. 33-37. In Proceedings of the 9th. Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group, IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland. Vol.2: 380p.

Manuscripts in review (submitted for publication)

1. Hero, J.-M., N. Hamada and L. P. Shoo. in press. Reproductive and Population Ecology of Four Species of Phyllomedusa in the Central Amazonian Rainforest. Acta Amazonica. Accepted 18 April 2005
2. Smith W. P., J.-M. Hero, C. Morrison and R. Rowe. in review. Phonotaxis by female orange-thighed frogs, Litoria xanthomera (Anura, Hylidae). Australian Zoologist.
3. Van Sluys, M., Kriger, K.M. and Hero, J.-M. in review. Effects of Heat on the Viability of Swabs Used To Sample Wild Frogs for Chytridiomycosis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms.
4. Murray, N. J., P. P. Shaw, D. Jones and J.-M. Hero in review Foraging behaviour and success of Australian White Ibis in an urban environment. Waterbirds submitted August 2006
5. Fong, A. G., R. Viña, I. Bignotte-Giró and J.-M. Hero. Population Ecology of the Stream-Dwelling Frog Eleutherodactylus cuneatus on La Gran Piedra, Eastern Cuba
6. Shoo, L. and J.-M. Hero. in review Colour change in Larval Bufo marinus: Response to Variations in Light and Background. Journal of Herpetology.
7. Shoo, L., J.-M. Hero and H. B. Hines. in review Conservation and distribution of the Giant Barred-frog and Fleay's Barred-frog in south-eastern Queensland. Wildlife Research.

Non-refereed publications (articles and technical reports)

1. Speare R, Skerratt L, Berger L, Hines H, Hyatt AD, Mendez D, McDonald KR, Hero J-M, Marantelli G, Muller R, Alford R, Woods R. (2005). A project that designs and trials a pilot survey to map the distribution of chyridomycosis (caused by the amphibian chytrid fungus) in Australian frogs. Final report for project ID 44381 (tender 63/2003) to the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage.
2. Hero, J.-M. 2005. Evaluating public Cane Toad eradication programs. Pages 38-41 in R. Taylor and G. Edwards (editors) A review of the impact and control of Cane Toads in Australia with recommendations for Future research and Management Approaches. A report to the Vertebrate Pests Committee from the National Cane Toad Taskforce. June 2005.
3. Meyer, E., J-M. Hero, Shoo L. and B. Lewis. 2005. Recovery Plan for the Wallum Sedgefrog and other Wallum-dependent Frog Species 2005-2009. Report to Department of Environment and Heritage, Canberra. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Brisbane.
4. Denny, C., C. Morley, W. L. Chadderton and J.-M. Hero. 2005 Cane Toads and Invasive Mammal Eradication on Viwa Island, Fiji: Action Plan. Cooperative Islands Initiative.
5. Meyer, E. and Hero, J-M. 2004. Draft Captive Husbandry Plan for the Critically Endangered Kroombit Tinkerfrog Taudactylus pleione. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Brisbane.
6. Morley, C. M. Ambrose and J.-M. Hero. 2004 Eradicating Cane Toads (Bufo marinus) and Pacific Rats (Rattus exulans) from Viwa Island, Fiji. 25 pp. Final Report to Conservation International.
7. Hero, J.-M., S. Phillips and L. Shoo. 2001 Survey for Reptiles, Amphibians and Mammals inhabiting the northern section of the proposed Tugun by-pass. Unpublished Report to Queensland Department of Main Roads. February, 2001.
8. Hero, J.-M., S. Phillips and L. Shoo. 2000 Survey of Coastal Lowlands Associated with the Proposed Tugun by-pass (C4 Option). 39 p. Unpublished Report to Queensland Department of Main Roads. April, 2000.
9. Hero, J.-M. and L. Shoo. 2000 Preliminary Herpetological survey and assessment of Lots 1 and 2 on RP816911 and Lot 61 on S131880 – Mt Crosby. 9 p. Unpublished Report to James Warren Associates.
10. Hero, J.-M. 2000 Management Plan to Protect the Diversity of Amphibians within Karawatha Forest Park. 41 p. Unpublished report to Brisbane City Council. 31 March 2000.
11. Hero, J.-M. 1999 Significance of Amphibians and Reptiles found in lots 1 and 2, RP 107138 Yeerongpilly, within Karawatha Forest Park. Unpublished Report to Brisbane City Council. 29 September, 1999. 32 p. + Figures and Appendices.
12. Hero, J.-M. 1999 Ecological Assessment of lots 1 and 2, RP 107138 Yeerongpilly, within Karawatha Forest Park. Unpublished Report to Brisbane City Council. 23 July 1999. 38 p + figures and appendices.
13. Streatfeild and J.-M. Hero. 1999. Radio-tracking the Endangered Giant Barred River Frog and the common Great Barred River Frog. FROGSHEET Spring 1999:8.
14. Hero, J.-M. 1997. Frog Declines. Nature Australia Magazine. 25:4.
15. Retallick, R. W. R. R., J.-M. Hero and R. Alford. 1997. Ecology of the stream-dwelling Amphibians of Eungella National Park. Internal Report to Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA) and the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service. 40p
16. Hero, J.-M. 1996. Final Research Fellowship Report to Wet Tropics Management Authority.
17. Hero, J.-M. 1996. Where are Queensland's Missing Frogs ? Wildlife Australia Magazine. 33: 8-13.
18. Hero, J.-M. M. Trenerry, G. Werren, A. Dennis, S.J. Richards, R. Retallick and David Stewart. 1995 Frog Calls of North-east Queensland: Audio Cassette. Produced by J.-M. Hero; Department of Zoology, James Cook University.
19. Retallick, R. and J.-M. Hero. 1994 Predation on an Eastern Waterdragon (Physignathus lesueuri) by a Common Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis). Herpetofauna 24:47-48.
20. McNellie, M. and J.-M. Hero. 1994. Mission Amphibian: the search for the missing rainforest frogs of Eungella. Wildlife Australia Magazine. 31(4):22-23.
21. Hero, J.-M. 1994. Seed Dispersal by Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo. Wingspan. 15:40.
22. Hero, J.-M.. 1993. Bufo Research in Townsville: Annual Progress Report to CSIRO. September, 1993
23. Hero, J.-M., M. Yaber, M. Lampo and V. Medialdea. 1992. Bufo Research in Venezuela: Annual Progress Report to CSIRO. September, 1992
24. Watson, G.F., M.J. Littlejohn, J.-M. Hero and P. Robertson. 1991. Conservation status, ecology and management of the Spotted Tree Frog (Litoria spenceri). Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research - Technical Report Series, Department of Conservation and Environment, Victoria. Report No. 116:40 pp.
25. Hero, J.-M. 1991. A Froggy Forecast: The Search for Victoria's Rarest Tree Frog. Wildlife Australia Magazine. 28, 14-15.
26. Pittock, J. and J.-M. Hero. 1991. Victoria's Wild Alpine River (and The Spotted Tree Frog) Wild Magazine. Spring, 42:40-43.
27. Hero, J.-M. 1990. The status of the Spotted Tree Frog (Litoria spenceri) in the Mt. Murray Forest Block. Unpublished Scientific Report to the Victorian Department of Conservation Forests and Lands, March 1990. 30 p.
28. Hero, J.-M., G. Miller and P. Rogers. 1980. The herbicide 2,4,5-T and its alternatives. Queensland Conservation Council Publ. 19p.

Creative production

1. Hero, J.-M. 1999. Herpetological Research Activities at Griffith University Gold Coast. Australian Society of Herpetologists. Newsletter 39, January 1999: 48-49.
2. Hero, J.-M. 1996 poster: Where are Queensland's missing frogs ? Produced by: CRC TREM, WTMA and the Dept. of Zoology, James Cook University.
3. Hero, J.-M. and S. Fickling. 1993 poster: Lost in the Rainforest (The Mysterious Stream-Dwelling Frogs of the Eungella Region) Produced by: Dept. of Zoology, James Cook University.
4. James, D., J.-M. Hero, and G. Torr. 1993, handout. Working List Townsville Reptiles
5. J-M. Hero. 1993, unpublished handouts.
   • Missing and Declining Frogs of Queensland
   • Conservation of Native Frogs: How you can help.
6. Hero, J.-M. and S. J. Richards. 1993, unpublished handout. Checklist and Key to the Frogs of the Townsville Region