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Dr Harriet Mills

Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: harriet.mills@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4590-3097

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, 2004.
  • Bachelor of Science (Natural Resource Management), The University of Western Australia, 1997.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Middleton, S., Davis, R., Travouillon, KJ., Hopkins, A., Mills, H., Umbrello, LS. (2025). Revised phylogeography of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) reveals new insights into genetic structure across Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 204(1), Article number zlaf026. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf026.
  • Thavornkanlapachai, R., Mills, H., Ottewell, K., Lambert, C., Friend, JA., White, DJ., Aisya, Z., Kennington, WJ. (2025). Diverged Populations Admixture Bolsters Genetic Diversity of a New Island Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis) Population, but Does Not Prevent Subsequent Loss of Genetic Variation. Evolutionary Applications: evolutionary approaches to environmental, biomedical and socio-economic issues, 18(1), article number e70073. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70073.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Read, M., Morris, K., Prince, J., Sims, C., Mills, H., Lohr, C. (2023). Population size, morphometrics and movement patterns of the brush-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus blythi): is predation by mammalian predators having an effect?. Australian Mammalogy, 46(1), article number AM23024. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM23024.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Thomson, V., Wiewel, A., Palmer, R., Hamilton, N., Algar, D., Pink, C., Mills, H., Aplin, K., Clark, G., Anderson, A., Herrera, M., Myers, S., Bertozzi, T., Piper, P., Suzuki, H., Donnellan, S. (2022). Genetic Insights Into the Introduction History of Black Rats Into the Eastern Indian Ocean. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9(2022), article number 786510. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.786510.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Thavornkanlapachai, R., Mills, H., Ottewell, K., Friend, J., Kennington, J. (2021). Temporal Variation in the Genetic Composition of an Endangered Marsupial Reflects Reintroduction History. Diversity, 13(6), Article Number 257. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13060257.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Main, M., Davis, R., Blake, D., Mills, H., Doherty, T. (2020). Human impact overrides bioclimatic drivers of red fox home range size globally. Diversity and Distributions, 26(9), 1083-1092. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13115.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Thavornkanlapachai, R., Kennington, W., Ottewell, K., Friend, J., Mills, H. (2019). Dispersal, philopatry and population genetic structure of the mainland dibbler, Parantechinus apicalis. Conservation Genetics, 20(5), 1087-1099. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01196-y.
  • Thavornkanlapachai, R., Mills, H., Ottewell, K., Dunlop, J., Sims, C., Morris, K., Donaldson, F., Kennington, W. (2019). Mixing Genetically and Morphologically Distinct Populations in Translocations: Asymmetrical Introgression in A Newly Established Population of the Boodie (Bettongia lesueur). Genes, 10(9), Article number 729. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10090729.
  • Hayes, G., Simmons, L., Dugand, R., Mills, H., Roberts, J., Tomkins, J., Fisher, D. (2019). Male semelparity and multiple paternity confirmed in an arid-zone dasyurid. Journal of Zoology, 308(4), 266-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12672.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Miller, A., Mills, H., Ralantoharijaona, T., Andriaholinirina Volasoa, N., Misandeau, C., Chikhi, L., Bencini, R., Salmona, J. (2018). Forest type influences population densities of nocturnal lemurs in Manompana, northeastern Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology, 39(4), 646-669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-018-0055-5.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Yeatman, GJ., Wayne, AF., Mills, H., Prince, J. (2016). It's not all about the creeks: Protection of multiple habitats will improve biodiversity conservation in a eucalypt forest. Australian Journal of Zoology, 64(4), 292-301. https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO16007.
  • Bennison, C., Friend, JA., Button, T., Mills, H., Lambert, C., Bencini, R. (2016). Potential impacts of poison baiting for introduced house mice on native animals on islands in Jurien Bay, Western Australia. Wildlife Research, 43(1), 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR15126.
  • Yeatman, GJ., Wayne, AF., Mills, H., Prince, J. (2016). Temporal patterns in the abundance of a critically endangered marsupial relates to disturbance by roads and agriculture. PLoS One, 11(8), Article number e0160790. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160790.

2013

Journal Articles

  • Low, BW., Mills, H., Algar, D., Hamilton, N. (2013). Home ranges of introduced rats on Christmas Island: A pilot study. Ecological Management and Restoration, 14(1), 41-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.12024.

2012

Journal Articles

  • Rayner, K., Chambers, B., Johnson, B., Morris, KD., Mills, H. (2012). Spatial and dietary requirements of the chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii) in a semiarid climatic zone. Australian Mammalogy, 34(1), 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM10045.
  • Mills, H., Bradshaw, FJ., Lambert, C., Bradshaw, SD., Bencini, R. (2012). Reproduction in the marsupial dibbler, Parantechinus apicalis; differences between island and mainland populations. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 178(2), 347-354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.06.013.

2011

Journal Articles

  • Smart, C., Speldewinde, PC., Mills, H. (2011). Influence of habitat characteristics on the distribution of the water-rat (Hydromys chrysogaster) in the greater Perth region, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 94(4), 533-539.
  • Lohr, CA., Esmaili, T., Mills, H., Bencini, R. (2011). Estimating the age structure of a population of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) by comparing tooth wear and cementum lines. Australian Mammalogy, 33(1), 52-56. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM10054.

Research Projects

  • Ecological monitoring of quenda (Isoodon fusciventer) at Craigie Bushland in the City of Joondalup, City of Joondalup, Grant, 2022 ‑ 2025, $52,056.
  • Comparative analysis of diet in island populations of banded and rufous hare-wallabies in Shark Bay , Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions WA, Grant, 2021 ‑ 2023, $10,000.
  • An investigation into the spatial distribution, habitat selection and resource usage of the red fox inhabiting urban reserves, Ecological Society of Australia, Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment, 2017 ‑ 2020, $3,200.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

No data available

Completed Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Science (Biological Sciences), An investigation into the spatial distribution, habitat selection and resource usage of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) inhabiting urban reserves within Perth, Western Australia
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