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Dr Elizabeth Lowe

Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow

Staff Member Details
Email: lizzy.lowe@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO19.365  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3792-3178

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Sydney, 2016.

Research Outputs

2022

Journal Articles

  • Lowe, L., Steven, R., Morris, R., Parris, K., Aguiar, A., Webb, C., Bugnot, A., Dafforn, K., Connolly, R., Mayer Pinto, M. (2022). Supporting urban ecosystem services across terrestrial, marine and freshwater realms. Science of the Total Environment, 817(Article in press), Article number 152689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152689.
  • Kotze, D., Lowe, L., Macivor, J., Ossola, A., Norton, B., Hochuli, D., Mata, L., Moretti, M., Gagné, S., Handa, I., Jones, T., Threlfall, C., Hahs, A. (2022). Urban forest invertebrates: how they shape and respond to the urban environment. Urban Ecosystems, 25(6), 1589-1609. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-022-01240-9.
  • Mammola, S., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Arabesky, V., Barrales-Alcalá, D., Barrion-Dupo, A., Benamú, M., Bird, T., Bogomolova, M., Cardoso, P., Chatzaki, M., Cheng, R., Chu, T., Classen-Rodríguez, L., Čupić, I., Dhiya'ulhaq, N., Drapeau Picard, A., El-Hennawy, H., Elverici, M., Fukushima, C., Ganem, Z., Gavish-Regev, E., Gonnye, N., Hacala, A., Haddad, C., Hesselberg, T., Tian Ho, T., Into, T., Isaia, M., Jayaraman, D., Karuaera, N., Khalap, R., Khalap, K., Kim, D., Korhonen, T., Kralj-Fišer, S., Land, H., Lin, S., Loboda, S., Lowe, L., Lubin, Y., Martínez, A., Mbo, Z., Miličić, M., Kioko, G., Nanni, V., Norma-Rashid, Y., Nwankwo, D., Painting, C., Pang, A., Pantini, P., Pavlek, M., Pearce, R., Petcharad, B., Pétillon, J., Raberahona, O., Russo, P., Saarinen, J., Segura-Hernández, L., Sentenská, L., Uhl, G., Walker, L., Warui, C., Wiśniewski, K., Zamani, A., Chuang, A., Scott, C. (2022). The global spread of misinformation on spiders. Current Biology, 32(16), R871-R873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.07.026.
  • Willmott, N., Wong, B., Lowe, L., McNamara, K., Jones, T. (2022). WILDLIFE EXPLOITATION OF ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGE: INTERACTIONS AND CONSEQUENCES. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 97(1), 15-35. https://doi.org/10.1086/718748.
  • Herberstein, M., McLean, D., Lowe, L., Wolff, J., Khan, K., Smith, K., Allen, A., Bulbert, M., Buzatto, B., Eldridge, M., Falster, D., Fernandez Winzer, L., Griffith, S., Madin, J., Narendra, A., Westoby, M., Whiting, M., Wright, I., Carthey, A. (2022). AnimalTraits - a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size. Scientific Data, 9(Article in press), Article number 265. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01364-9.
  • Mammola, S., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Arabesky, V., Barrales-Alcalá, D., Barrion-Dupo, A., Benamú, M., Bird, T., Bogomolova, M., Cardoso, P., Chatzaki, M., Cheng, R., Chu, T., Classen-Rodríguez, L., Čupić, I., Dhiya'ulhaq, N., Drapeau Picard, A., El-Hennawy, H., Elverici, M., Fukushima, C., Ganem, Z., Gavish-Regev, E., Gonnye, N., Hacala, A., Haddad, C., Hesselberg, T., Tian Ho, T., Into, T., Isaia, M., Jayaraman, D., Karuaera, N., Khalap, R., Khalap, K., Kim, D., Korhonen, T., Kralj-Fišer, S., Land, H., Lin, S., Loboda, S., Lowe, L., Lubin, Y., Martínez, A., Mbo, Z., Miličić, M., Kioko, G., Nanni, V., Norma-Rashid, Y., Nwankwo, D., Painting, C., Pang, A., Pantini, P., Pavlek, M., Pearce, R., Petcharad, B., Pétillon, J., Raberahona, O., Saarinen, J., Segura-Hernández, L., Sentenská, L., Uhl, G., Walker, L., Warui, C., Wiśniewski, K., Zamani, A., Scott, C., Chuang, A. (2022). An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites. Scientific Data, 9(Article in press), Article number 109. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01197-6.
  • Aceves-Aparicio, A., Narendra, A., McLean, D., Lowe, L., Christian, M., Wolff, J., Schneider, J., Herberstein, M. (2022). Fast acrobatic maneuvers enable arboreal spiders to hunt dangerous prey. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 119(40), article number e2205942119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2205942119.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Pekár, S., Wolff, J., Černecká, L., Birkhofer, K., Mammola, S., Lowe, L., Fukushima, C., Herberstein, M., Kučera, A., Buzatto, B., Djoudi, E., Domenech, M., Enciso, A., Pinanez Espejo, Y., Febles, S., Garcia, L., Goncalves-Souza, T., Isaia, M., Lafage, D., Líznarová, E., Macias-Hernández, N., Magalhaes, I., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Michálek, O., Michalik, P., Michalko, R., Milano, F., Munevar, A., Nentwig, W., Nicolosi, G., Painting, C., Petillon, J., Piano, E., Privet, K., Ramirez, M., Ramos, C., Řezáč, M., Ridel, A., Růžička, V., Santos, I., Sentenská, L., Walker, L., Wierucka, K., Zurita, G., Cardoso, P. (2021). The World Spider Trait database: a centralized global open repository for curated data on spider traits. Database: the Journal of Biological Databases and Curation, 2021(Article in press), Article number baab064. https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baab064.
  • Saunders, M., Barton, P., Bickerstaff, J., Frost, L., Latty, T., Lessard, B., Lowe, L., Rodriguez, J., White, T., Umbers, K. (2021). Limited understanding of bushfire impacts on Australian invertebrates. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 14(3), 285-293. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12493.
  • Threlfall, C., Marzinelli, E., Ossola, A., Bugnot, A., Bishop, M., Lowe, L., Imberger, S., Myers, S., Steinberg, P., Dafforn, K. (2021). Toward cross-realm management of coastal urban ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19(4), 225-233. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2323.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Jeliazkov, A., Mijatovic, D., Chantepie, S., Andrew, N., Arlettaz, R., Barbaro, L., Barsoum, N., Bartonova, A., Belskaya, E., Bonada, N., Brind'amour, A., Carvalho, R., Castro, H., Chmura, D., Choler, P., Chong-Seng, K., Cleary, D., Cormont, A., Cornwell, W., De Campos, R., De Voogd, N., Doledec, S., Drew, J., Dzoick, F., Eallonardo, A., Edgar, M., Farneda, F., Flores Hernandez, D., Frenettep-Dussault, C., Fried, G., Gallardo, B., Gibb, H., Gonçalves-Souza, T., Higuti, J., Humbert, J., Krasnov, B., Le Saux, E., Lopez-Baucells, A., Lowe, L., Marteinsdottir, B., Martens, K., Meffert, P., Mellado-Díaz, A., Menz, M., Meyer, C., Miranda, J., Mouillot, D., Ossala, A., Pakeman, R., Pavoine, S., Pekin, B., Pino, J., Pocheville, A., Pomati, F., Poschlod, P., Prentice, H., Purschke, O., Raevel, V., Reitalu, T., Renema, W., Ribera, I., Robinson, N., Robroek, B., Rocha, R., Shieh, S., Spake, R., Staniaszek-Kik, M., Stanko, M., Terjerina-Garro, F., Ter Braak, C., Urban, M., Van Klink, R., Villéger, S., Wegman, R., Westgate, M., Wolff, J., Żarnowiec, J., Zolotarev, M., Chase, J. (2020). A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space. Scientific Data, 7(1), Article number 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0344-7.
  • Lowe, L., Wolff, J., Aceves-Aparicio, A., Birkhofer, K., Branco, V., Cardoso, P., Chichorro, F., Fukushima, C., Gonçalves-Souza, T., Haddad, C., Isaia, M., Krehenwinkel, H., Audisio, T., MacÍas-Hernández, N., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Mammola, S., McLean, D., Michalko, R., Nentwig, W., Pekár, S., Pétillon, J., Privet, K., Scott, C., Uhl, G., Urbano-Tenorio, F., Wong, B., Herberstein, M. (2020). Towards establishment of a centralized spider traits database. Journal of Arachnology, 48(2), 103-109. https://doi.org/10.1636/0161-8202-48.2.103.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Lowe, L., Latty, T., Webb, C., Whitehouse, M., Saunders, M. (2019). Engaging urban stakeholders in the sustainable management of arthropod pests. Journal of Pest Science, 92(3), 987-1002. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-019-01087-8.
  • Rathnayake, D., Lowe, L., Rempoulakis, P., Herberstein, M. (2019). Effect of natural predators on Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae) control by sterile insect technique (SIT). Pest Management Science, 75(12), 3356-3362. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5477.
  • Bugnot, A., Hose, G., Walsh, C., Floerl, O., French, K., Dafforn, K., Hanford, J., Lowe, L., Hahs, A. (2019). Urban impacts across realms: Making the case for inter-realm monitoring and management. Science of the Total Environment, 648(Article in press), 711-719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.134.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Fabricant, S., Burdfield-Steel, E., Umbers, K., Lowe, L., Herberstein, M. (2018). Warning signal plasticity in hibiscus harlequin bugs. Evolutionary Ecology, 32(5), 489-507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-018-9946-3.
  • Lowe, L., Threlfall, C., Wilder, S., Hochuli, D. (2018). Environmental drivers of spider community composition at multiple scales along an urban gradient. Biodiversity and Conservation, 27(4), 829-852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1466-x.

Research Projects

  • Study into a Natural Asset Company equity structure to transform Western Australia, Grower Group Alliance, South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $9,000.

Research Student Supervision

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