Emeritus Professor Shelley Burgin

Journal Articles

• Hardiman, N., Burgin, S. and Shao, J. (2020), 'How sharks and shark-human interactions are reported in major Australian newspapers', Sustainability, vol 12, no 7 .
• Burgin, S. (2020), 'Sand mining on North Stradbroke Island : an Islander view of the rehabilitation of the lands', International Journal of Environmental Studies, vol 77, no 6 , pp 954 - 968.
• Hardiman, N., Burgin, S. and Shao, J. (2019), 'News media portrayal of attributed stakeholder attitudes to shark management in Australia', Human Dimensions of Wildlife, vol 24, no 6 , pp 548 - 563.
• Burgin, S. (2018), ''Back to the future'? : urban backyards and food self-sufficiency', Land Use Policy, vol 78 , pp 29 - 35.
• Burgin, S. (2018), 'Sustainability as a motive for leisure-time gardening : a view from the 'veggie patch'', International Journal of Environmental Studies, vol 75, no 6 , pp 1000 - 1010.
• Dark, S. and Burgin, S. (2017), 'An examination of the efficacy of the precautionary principle as a robust environmental planning and management protocol', Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, vol 60, no 12 , pp 2122 - 2132.
• Burgin, S. (2017), 'Indirect consequences of recreational fishing in freshwater ecosystems : an exploration from an Australian perspective', Sustainability, vol 9, no 2 .
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2017), 'Nature tourism trends in Australia with reference to the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol 25, no 6 , pp 732 - 745.
• Burgin, S. (2017), 'A dangerous idea in zoology : ignoring the role of genetics in biodiversity restoration', Australian Zoologist, vol 38, no 3 , pp 395 - 407.
• Burgin, S., Webb, T. and Kasbarian, A. (2016), 'Bottled water : why so popular? : a case study from a university campus community', Sustainability, vol 9, no 1 , pp 25 - 30.
• Wotherspoon, D. and Burgin, S. (2016), 'Sex and ontogenetic dietary shift in Pogona barbata, the Australian eastern bearded dragon', Australian Journal of Zoology, vol 64, no 1 , pp 14 - 20.
• Burgin, S., Franklin, M. and Hull, L. (2016), 'Wetland loss in the transition to urbanisation : a case study from Western Sydney, Australia', Wetlands, vol 36, no 6 , pp 985 - 994.
• Burgin, S. (2016), 'What about biodiversity? : redefining urban sustainable management to incorporate endemic fauna with particular reference to Australia', Urban Ecosystems, vol 19, no 2 , pp 669 - 678.
• Burgin, S. and Hardiman, N. (2016), 'Crocodiles and grey nomads : a deadly combination', Current Issues in Tourism, vol 19, no 1 , pp 60 - 63.
• Baird, I. and Burgin, S. (2016), 'Conservation of a groundwater-dependent mire-dwelling dragonfly : implications of multiple threatening processes', Journal of Insect Conservation, vol 20, no 2 , pp 165 - 178.
• Huq, R. and Burgin, S. (2016), 'Eco-social capital : a proposal for exploring the development of cohesiveness in environmental volunteer groups', Third Sector Review, vol 22, no 1 , pp 49 - 68.
• Wotherspoon, D. and Burgin, S. (2015), 'Testis abnormalities in a population of the iconic Australian species, the eastern bearded dragon Pogona barbata', Australian Zoologist, vol 37, no 3 , pp 369 - 380.
• Ryan, M., Burgin, S. and Wright, I. (2015), 'Effects of wetland water source on a population of the Australian eastern long-necked turtle Chelodina longicollis', Water, Air and Soil Pollution, vol 226, no 12 .
• Burgin, S., Mattila, M., McPhee, D. and Handle, T. (2015), 'Feral deer in the suburbs : an emerging issue for Australia?', Human Dimensions of Wildlife, vol 20, no 1 , pp 65 - 80.
• Burgin, S. (2015), 'Why the difference in the recreational hunting ethic between Australians and North Americans? : an opinion with emphasis on 'furbearers'', International Journal of Environmental Studies, vol 72, no 5 , pp 770 - 783.
• Burgin, S., Parissi, C. and Webb, T. (2014), 'The unintended consequences of government policies and programmes for public open spaces in inner-urban Sydney', International Journal of Environmental Studies, vol 71, no 2 , pp 154 - 166.
• Berryman, C., Burgin, S. and Webb, T. (2014), 'A multifaceted, cultural approach to community engagement : case studies in urban water management', International Journal of Environmental Studies, vol 71, no 3 , pp 331 - 343.
• Midgley, A., Burgin, S. and Renshaw, A. (2014), 'Effects of effluent contamination of wetlands on population level changes in Gambusia holbrooki', Australian Zoologist, vol 37, no 2 , pp 178 - 187.
• Colley, T., Burgin, S. and Dobia, B. (2014), 'Building eco-social capacity to meet environmental crisis : a model accommodating perspectives of Western Sydney Community groups', International Journal of Sustainability Education, vol 10, no 1 , pp 1 - 15.
• Burgin, S., Webb, T. and Rae, D. (2013), 'Stakeholder engagement in water policy : lessons from peri-urban irrigation', Land Use Policy, vol 31 , pp 650 - 659.
• Baird, I. and Burgin, S. (2013), 'An emergence study of Petalura gigantea (Odonata: Petaluridae)', International Journal of Odonatology, vol 16, no 3 , pp 193 - 211.
• Aitchison, C., Catterall, J., Ross, P. and Burgin, S. (2012), ''Tough love and tears' : learning doctoral writing in the sciences', Higher Education Research and Development, vol 31, no 4 , pp 435 - 447.
• Burgin, S. and Hardiman, N. (2012), 'Extreme sports in natural areas : looming disaster or a catalyst for a paradigm shift in land use planning?', Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, vol 55, no 7 , pp 921 - 940.
• Colley, T., Burgin, S., Webb, T. and Bassett, H. (2012), 'Defining eco-social capacity building and its evaluation : a case study in environmental community engagement in Western Sydney', Third Sector Review, vol 18, no 1 , pp 29 - 52.
• Burgin, S. and Betts, J. (2012), 'Epibionts of the Australian Eastern Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis Shaw) from farm dams', Australian Zoologist, vol 36, no 2 , pp 153 - 158.
• Wright, I., Wright, S., Graham, K. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Environmental protection and management: A water pollution case study within the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, Australia', Land Use Policy, vol 28, no 1 , pp 353 - 360.
• Wotherspoon, A. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Allometric variation among juvenile, adult male and female eastern bearded dragons Pogona barbata (Cuvier, 1829), with comments on the behavioural implications', Zoology, vol 114, no 1 , pp 23 - 28.
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Effects of trampling on in-stream macroinvertebrate communities from canyoning activity in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area', Wetlands Ecology and Management, vol 19, no 1 , pp 61 - 71.
• Burgin, S. and Hardiman, N. (2011), 'The direct physical, chemical and biotic impacts on Australian coastal waters due to recreational boating', Biodiversity and Conservation, vol 20, no 4 , pp 683 - 701.
• Hitchen, D., Burgin, S. and Wotherspoon, A. (2011), 'Notes on the size structure of a population of the Jacky Dragon Amphibolurus muricatus in a small fragmented urban remnant', Pacific Conservation Biology, vol 16, no 4 , pp 237 - 243.
• Robey, J., Burgin, S., Hitchen, D. and Ross, G. (2011), 'Status of an urban feral Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) population in Sydney a decade on', Australian Zoologist, vol 35, no 3 , pp 822 - 825.
• Norris, A. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Apparent rapid loss of endocrine disruptors from wetlands used to store either tertiary treated sewage effluent or stormwater runoff', Water, Air and Soil Pollution, vol 219, no 41000 , pp 285 - 295.
• Ross, P., Burgin, S., Aitchison, C. and Catterall, J. (2011), 'Research writing in the sciences: liminal territory and high emotion', Journal of Learning Design, vol 4, no 3 , pp 14 - 27.
• Burgin, S. and Webb, T. (2011), ''Water metres': A new approach to thinking about water conservation in suburbia', Urban Water Journal, vol 8, no 4 , pp 233 - 240.
• Dalem, A., Sudirga, S. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Birds of Nusa Dua Sewage Treatment Ponds, Bali, and an unusual foraging behaviour of egrets', Kukila, vol 15, no 1 , pp 66 - 74.
• Dalem, A., Sudirga, S. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Birds of Nusa Dua Sewage Treatment Ponds, Bali, and an unusual foraging behaviour of egrets', Kukila, vol 15, no 1 , pp 66 - 74.
• Catterall, J., Ross, P., Aitchison, C. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Pedagogical approaches that facilitate writing in postgraduate research candidature in science and technology', Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, vol 8, no 2 .
• Norris, A. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Answering questions on the impact of recycled water on wildlife using gambusia holbrooki as a surrogate', Australian Zoologist, vol 35, no 4 , pp 1047 - 1052.
• Hitchen, D., Burgin, S., Ridgeway, P. and Wotherspoon, A. (2011), 'Habitat use by the jacky lizard Amphibolurus muricatus in a highly degraded urban area', Animal Biology, vol 61, no 2 , pp 185 - 197.
• Wotherspoon, A. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'The impact on native herpetofauna due to traffic collision at the interface between a suburban area and the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area : an ecological disaster?', Australian Zoologist, vol 35, no 4 , pp 1040 - 1046.
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Comparison of stream macroinvertebrate assemblages in canyon ecosystems of the Blue Mountains (Australia) with and without recreational traffic : a pilot study in impossible terrain', Australian Zoologist, vol 35, no 3 , pp 757 - 769.
• Burgin, S. (2011), 'Biodiversity offsets : lessons from the American experience', Australian Zoologist, vol 35, no 3 , pp 544 - 549.
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2011), 'Canyoning adventure recreation in the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (Australia ) : the canyoners and canyoning trends over the last decade', Tourism Management, vol 32, no 6 , pp 1324 - 1331.
• Burgin, S. (2010), 'Mitigation banks' for wetland conservation: a major success or an unmitiagated disaster', Wetlands Ecology and Management, vol 18, no 1 , pp 49 - 55.
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2010), 'Adventure recreation in Australia: a case study that investigated the profile of recreational canyoners, their impact attitudes, and response to potential management options', Journal of Ecotourism, vol 9, no 1 , pp 36 - 44.
• Burgin, S., Williamson, D. and Maheshwari, B. (2010), 'Natural spaces - how do they influence stewardship attitudes and actions of university students?', International Journal of Environmental Studies, vol 67, no 1 , pp 63 - 78.
• Wright, I. and Burgin, S. (2010), 'Diel variation in chironomid (Diptera: Insecta) exuviae abundance and taxonomic richness in near-pristine upland streams of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, South-Eastern Australia', Aquatic Ecology, vol 44, no 1 , pp 131 - 141.
• Burgin, S., Norris, A. and Karlson, D. (2010), 'Alternanthera philoxeroides in New South Wales, Australia : are we closer to control of alligator weed?', Weed Technology, vol 24, no 2 , pp 121 - 126.
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2010), 'Visit impacts and canyon management in the Blue Mountains, Australia : canyoners' perspectives and wilderness management', Managing Leisure, vol 15, no 4 , pp 264 - 278.
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2010), 'Recreational impacts on the fauna of Australian coastal marine ecosystems', Journal of Environmental Management, vol 91, no 11 , pp 2096 - 2108.
• Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. (2010), 'Preliminary assessment of freshwater crayfish as environmental indicators of human impacts in canyons of the Blue Mountains, Australia', Journal of Crustacean Biology, vol 30, no 4 , pp 771 - 778.
• Davies, P., Wright, I., Findlay, S., Jonasson, O. and Burgin, S. (2010), 'Impact of urban development on aquatic macroinvertebrates in south eastern Australia : degradation of in-stream habitats and comparison with non-urban streams', Aquatic Ecology, vol 44, no 4 , pp 685 - 700.
• Burgin, S. and Hardiman, N. (2010), 'Ecoaccreditation : win-win for the environment and small business?', International Journal of Business Studies, vol 18, no 1 , pp 23 - 38.
• Burgin, S. and Wotherspoon, A. (2009), 'The consultant ecologist's role in the New South Wales (Australia) approach to biodiversity offsets : 'BioBanking'', Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, vol 14, no 1 , pp 61 - 71.
• Webb, T. and Burgin, S. (2009), 'Engaged service learning - implictions for higher education', Journal of Learning Design, vol 3, no 1 , pp 41 - 56.
• Webb, T., Burgin, S. and Maheshwari, B. (2009), 'Action research for sustainable water futures in Western Sydney : reaching beyond traditional stakeholder engagement to understand community stakeholder language and its implications for action', Systemic Practice and Action Research, vol 22, no 1 , pp 1 - 14.
• Burgin, S. and Wotherspoon, A. (2009), 'The potential for golf courses to support restoration of biodiversity for BioBanking offsets', Urban Ecosystems, vol 12, no 2 , pp 145 - 155.
• Brainwood, M. and Burgin, S. (2009), 'Hotspots of biodiversity or homogeneous landscapes? Farm dams as biodiversity reserves in Australia', Biodiversity and Conservation, vol 18, no 11 , pp 3043 - 3052.
• Wright, I. and Burgin, S. (2009), 'Effects of organic and heavy metal pollution on chironomids within a pristine upland catchment', Hydrobiologia, vol 635, no 1 , pp 15 - 25.
• Wright, I. and Burgin, S. (2009), 'Comparison of sewage and coal-mine wastes on stream macroinvertebrates within an otherwise clean upland catchment, Southeastern Australia', Journal of Water, Air and Soil Pollution, vol 204, no 40634 , pp 227 - 241.
• Norris, A. and Burgin, S. (2009), 'Rhetoric and reality surrounding wate quality issues in a peri-urban western Sydney community', International Journal of Environmental Studies, vol 66, no 6 , pp 773 - 783.
• Renshaw, A. and Burgin, S. (2008), 'Enantiomorphy in Banksia (Proteaceae) : flowers and fruits', Australian Journal of Botany, vol 56, no 4 , pp 342 - 346.
• Burgin, S. and Renshaw, A. (2008), 'Epizoochory, algae and the Australian eastern long necked turtle, Chelodina longicollis', The American Midland Naturalist, vol 160, no 1 , pp 61 - 68.
• Burgin, S. and Norris, A. (2008), 'Alligator weed (alternantheras philoxeroides [Martius] Grisebach) in New South Wales : a status report', Weed Biology and Management, vol 8 , pp 284 - 290.
• Lane, A. and Burgin, S. (2008), 'Comparison of frog assemblage between urban and non-urban habitats in the upper Blue Mountains (Australia)', Freshwater Biology, vol 53, no 12 , pp 2484 - 2493.
• Anderson, L. and Burgin, S. (2008), 'Patterns of bird predation on reptiles in small woodland remnant edges in peri-urban north-western Sydney, Australia', Landscape Ecology, vol 23, no 9 , pp 1039 - 1047.
• Burgin, S., Brainwood, M. and Byrne, M. (2008), 'The role of geomorphology in substratum patch selection by freshwater mussels in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River (New South Wales) Australia', Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Research, vol 18, no 7 , pp 1285 - 1301.
• Burgin, S. and Ryan, M. (2008), 'Comparison of sympatric freshwater turtle populations from an urbanized Sydney catchment', Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Research, vol 18, no 7 , pp 1277 - 1284.
• Burgin, S., Brainwood, M. and Byrne, M. (2008), 'The impact of small and large impoundments on freshwater mussel distribution in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, Southeastern Australia', River Research and Applications, vol 24, no 10 , pp 1325 - 1342.
• Burgin, S. (2008), 'BioBanking : an environmental scientist's view of the role of biodiversity banking offsets in conservation', Biodiversity and Conservation, vol 17, no 4 , pp 807 - 816.
• Burgin, S. and Brainwood, M. (2008), 'Comparison of road kills in peri-urban and regional areas of New South Wales (Australia) and factors influencing deaths', Australian Zoologist, vol 34, no SPEC. ISS. , pp 137 - 144.
• Ryan, M. and Burgin, S. (2007), 'Gone Walkabout? Movement of the Eastern Long-necked Turtle Chelodina Longicollis from Farm Dams in Northwest Peri-urban Sydney (australia)', Journal of Biological Research, vol 8 , pp 119 - 127.
• Wright, I. and Burgin, S. (2007), 'Species richness and distribution of Eastern Australian lake chironomids and chaoborids', Freshwater Biology, vol 52, no 12 , pp 2354 - 2368.
• Wotherspoon, A. and Burgin, S. (2007), 'Lizard testis volume measurements: are they always underpinned by the correct assumption', European Journal of Anatomy, vol 11, no 3 , pp 163 - 167.
• Brainwood, M., Burgin, S. and Maria, B. (2006), 'Is the Decline of freshwater mussel populations in a regulated coastal river in south-eastern Australia linked with human modification of habitat', Aquatic Conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems, vol 16 , pp 501 - 516.
• Brainwood, M. and Burgin, S. (2006), 'An exploration of the relationships between macroinvertebrate community composition and physical and chemical habitat characteristics in farm dams', Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol 119, no 40603 , pp 459 - 480.
• Burgin, S. (2006), 'Confirmation of an established population of exotic turtles in urban Sydney', Australian Zoologist, vol 33, no 3 , pp 379 - 384.
• Cornish, P. and Burgin, S. (2005), 'Residual Effects of Glyphosate Herbicide in Ecological Restoration', Restoration Ecology, vol 13, no 4 , pp 695 - 702.
• Burgin, S. and Schell, C. (2005), 'Frog eggs: unique food source for leech Bassianobdella fusca', Acta Zoologica Sinica, vol 51, no 2 , pp 349 - 353.
• Burgin, S., Schell, C. and Briggs, C. (2005), 'Is Batrachochytrium dendrobaidiss really the proximate cause of frog decline', Acta Zoologica Sinica, vol 51, no 2 , pp 344 - 348.
• Burgin, S., Carson, J. and Maheshwari, B. (2005), 'Local provenance in rehabilitation of degraded Landscapes: a case study from the Hawkesbury - Nepean catchment, Australia', AREA, vol 37, no 3 , pp 324 - 331.
• Burgin, S., Tayebjee, F. and Hunter, G. (2005), 'Policies may be made in heaven but sustainable partnerships are borne, nurtured and maintained through good relationships between the partners.', Australasian Journal of University and Community Engagement, vol 1 , pp 1 - 12.
• Burgin, S., Brainwood, M. and Maheshwari, B. (2004), 'Temporal variations in water quality parameters of farm dams - impacts of landuse types and water sources', Agricultural water management, vol 70 , pp 151 - 175.
• Briggs, C. and Burgin, S. (2004), 'Congo red, an effective tool for revealing chytrid fungi in frogs', Mycologist, vol 18, no 3 , pp 98 - 103.
• Saunders, A., Burgin, S. and Jones, H. (2003), 'The importance of eucalypt nectar in the diet of large honeyeaters', Corella, vol 27, no 1 , pp 1 - 12.
• Burgin, S., Houston, D., Dalem, R. and Saunders, A. (2003), 'A modified cotton spool tracking divice for investigating movement of reptiles', Herpetofauna, vol 33, no 1 , pp 29 - 30.
• Briggs, C. and Burgin, S. (2003), 'A rapid technique to detect chytrid infection in adult frogs', Herpetological Review, vol 34, no 2 , pp 124 - 126.
• Schell, C. and Burgin, S. (2003), 'Swimming against the current: the Brown Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii success story', Australian Zoologist, vol 32, no 3 , pp 401 - 405.
• Anderson, L. and Burgin, S. (2002), 'The influence of woodland remnant edges on small skinks (Richmond, New South Wales)', Austral Ecology, vol 27, no 6 , pp 630 - 637.
• Schell, C. and Burgin, S. (2001), 'An instance of hybridisation between two broadly sympatric Lymnodynastes.', Herpetofauna, vol 31 , pp 53 - 57.
• Schell, C. and Burgin, S. (2001), 'Batrachomyia strigapes parasitism of Uperoleia laevigata', Journal of Parasitology, vol 87 , pp 1215 - 1216.
• Saunders, A. and Burgin, S. (2001), 'Selective foliage foraging by Red Wattlebird, Philemon corniculatus and Noisy Friarbird Anthochaera carunculata', Emu, vol 101 , pp 163 - 166.