Professor Shawn Laffan

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My broad research area is in spatial data analysis using GIS and geocomputational tools to understand and address geographic problems and issues. My current research focus is on the spatial analysis of biodiversity, spatial phylogenetics and terrain analysis.

Spatial data analysis can be applied across the biophysical-social spectrum, and past applications include investigating the spatio-temporal spread of disease in animal populations, the spatial variation in genetic and taxonomic diversity at continental scales, identifying potential language groupings from historical word lists, environmental correlation analysis and predictions, the effect of error on spatial analyses, the spatial variation of weed infestations, and non-geometric models of spatial sampling for use in geostatistical modelling.

Phone

+61 2 9065 5607

E-mail

shawn.laffan@unsw.edu.au

Location

Room G14G Samuels Building (F25) UNSW, Kensington 2052

Book Chapters | 2022

German S; Metternicht G; Laffan S; Hawken S, 2022, 'Intelligent spatial technologies for gender inclusive urban environments in today's smart cities', in Intelligent Environments: Advanced Systems for a Healthy Planet, Second Edition, Elsevier, pp. 285 - 322,

Book Chapters | 2018

Laffan S, 2018, 'Phylogeny-based measurements at global and regional scales', in Scherson R; Faith D (ed.), Phylogenetic Diversity: Applications and Challenges in Biodiversity Science, Springer, pp. 111 - 129,

Book Chapters | 2017

Cassis G; Laffan SW; Ebach M, 2017, 'Biodiversity and bioregionalisation perspectives on the historical biogeography of Australia', in Handbook of Australasian Biogeography, CRC Press, pp. 1 - 16,

Book Chapters | 2014

Laffan SW, 2014, 'GeoComputation: Applications in Biology', in GeoComputation, Second Edition, pp. 125 - 142,

Book Chapters | 2014

Laffan SW, 2014, 'GeoComputation: Applications in Biology', in Abrahart RJ; See L (ed.), GeoComputation, 2nd edn, edn. 2nd, CRC Press,

Book Chapters | 2008

Lees BG; Huang ZF; Van Niel K; Laffan SW, 2008, 'The impact of DEM Error on predictive vegetation mapping', in Zhou Q; Lees B; Tang G-A (ed.), Advances in Digital Terrain Analysis, edn. 199049, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 349 - 362,
Journal articles | 2024

Chapman RG; Laffan S; McDonough LK; Markowska M; Baker A, 2024, 'Spatiotemporal variation in cave percolation waters: A functional approach', Journal of Hydrology, 631,

Journal articles | 2024

Del Rosario L; Laffan SW; Pettit CJ, 2024, 'The 30-min city and latent walking from mode shifts', Cities, 151,

Journal articles | 2024

Lu Y; Laffan S; Pettit C, 2024, 'Coupling cellular automata and What If? models for residential expansion simulation: A case study of Southwest Sydney, Australia', Transactions in GIS,

Journal articles | 2024

Wang D; Laffan SW; Zhang J; Zhang S; Li X, 2024, 'Quantitative inversion of soil trace elements from spectroscopic effects across multiple crop growth periods', International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 132,

Journal articles | 2023

Flores-Moreno H; Dalrymple RL; Cornwell WK; Popovic G; Nakagawa S; Atkinson J; Cooke J; Laffan SW; Bonser SP; Schwanz LE; Crean AJ; Eldridge DJ; Garratt M; Brooks RC; Vergés A; Poore AGB; Cohen DR; Clark GF; Sen Gupta A; Reich PB; Cornelissen JHC; Craine JM; Hemmings FA; Kattge J; Niinemets Ü; Peñuelas J; Moles AT, 2023, 'Is Australia weird? A cross-continental comparison of biological, geological and climatological features', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11,

Journal articles | 2023

Gorta SBZ; Callaghan CT; Samonte F; Ooi MKJ; Mesaglio T; Laffan SW; Cornwell WK, 2023, 'Multi-taxon biodiversity responses to the 2019–2020 Australian megafires', Global Change Biology, 29, pp. 6727 - 6740,

Journal articles | 2023

Mccurry MR; Park T; Coombs EJ; Hart LJ; Laffan S, 2023, 'Latitudinal gradients in the skull shape and assemblage structure of delphinoid cetaceans', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 138, pp. 470 - 480,

Journal articles | 2023

Nitta JH; Laffan SW; Mishler BD; Iwasaki W, 2023, 'canaper: Categorical analysis of neo- and paleo-endemism in R', Ecography, 2023,

Journal articles | 2023

Shofner R; Sherwin W; Reid C; Runagall-McNaull A; Cassis G; Laffan S, 2023, 'Genetic diversity of a flightless dung beetle appears unaffected by wildfire', Journal of Insect Conservation, 27, pp. 795 - 803,

Journal articles | 2022

Cassis G; Shofner R; Laffan S; Cheng M, 2022, 'Impact of Black Summer 2019/20 Wildfires on True Bug Priority Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in the Northeast Forests of New South Wales', Australian Zoologist, 42, pp. 352 - 385,

Journal articles | 2022

Del Rosario L; Laffan SW; Pettit CJ, 2022, 'Estimating the steps made by public transport commuters using a synthetic population enriched with smart card data', Journal of Transport and Health, 27,

Journal articles | 2022

Del Rosario L; Laffan SW; Slavich E; Pettit CJ, 2022, 'Estimating door-to-door travel time using a synthetic population enriched with smart card data', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 36, pp. 1699 - 1718,

Journal articles | 2022

Foon JK; Moussalli A; McIntosh F; Laffan S; Köhler F, 2022, 'Assessing the immediate impacts of the 2019/2020 bushfires on land snails in northeastern New South Wales', Australian Zoologist, 42, pp. 386 - 461,

Journal articles | 2022

Lu Y; Laffan S; Pettit C, 2022, 'A geographically partitioned cellular automata model for the expansion of residential areas', Transactions in GIS, 26, pp. 1548 - 1571,

Journal articles | 2022

Reid C; Runagall-McNaull A; Cassis G; Laffan S, 2022, 'The impact of the 2019-2020 wildfires on beetles (Coleoptera) in the forests of north-eastern New South Wales', Australian Zoologist, 42, pp. 462 - 478,

Journal articles | 2022

Zhang XX; Ye JF; Laffan SW; Mishler BD; Thornhill AH; Lu LM; Mao LF; Liu B; Chen YH; Lu AM; Miller JT; Chen ZD, 2022, 'Spatial phylogenetics of the Chinese angiosperm flora provides insights into endemism and conservation', Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 64, pp. 105 - 117,

Journal articles | 2021

Earl C; Belitz MW; Laffan SW; Barve V; Barve N; Soltis DE; Allen JM; Soltis PS; Mishler BD; Kawahara AY; Guralnick R, 2021, 'Spatial phylogenetics of butterflies in relation to environmental drivers and angiosperm diversity across North America', iScience, 24,

Journal articles | 2021

González-Orozco CE; Sosa CC; Thornhill AH; Laffan SW, 2021, 'Phylogenetic diversity and conservation of crop wild relatives in Colombia', Evolutionary Applications, 14, pp. 2603 - 2617,

Journal articles | 2020

Bein B; Ebach MC; Laffan SW; Murphy DJ; Cassis G, 2020, 'Quantifying vertebrate zoogeographical regions of Australia using geospatial turnover in the species composition of mammals, birds, reptiles and terrestrial amphibians', Zootaxa, 4802, pp. 61 - 81,

Journal articles | 2020

Dalrymple RL; Kemp DJ; Flores-Moreno H; Laffan SW; White TE; Hemmings FA; Moles AT, 2020, 'Macroecological patterns in flower colour are shaped by both biotic and abiotic factors', New Phytologist, 228, pp. 1972 - 1985,

Journal articles | 2020

Earl C; Belitz MW; Laffan SW; Barve V; Barve N; Soltis DE; Allen JM; Soltis PS; Mishler BD; Kawahara AY; Guralnick R, 2020, 'Spatial phylogenetics of butterflies in relation to environmental drivers and angiosperm diversity across North America', ,

Journal articles | 2020

Lu Y; Laffan S; Pettit C; Cao M, 2020, 'Land use change simulation and analysis using a vector cellular automata (CA) model: A case study of Ipswich City, Queensland, Australia', Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 47, pp. 1605 - 1621,

Journal articles | 2020

Miller J; Laffan S; Skidmore A; Franklin J, 2020, 'Modeling movement, distributions, diversity, and disturbance: introduction to the fifth special issue on spatial ecology', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 34, pp. 1503 - 1507,

Journal articles | 2020

Mishler BD; Guralnick R; Soltis PS; Smith SA; Soltis DE; Barve N; Allen JM; Laffan SW, 2020, 'Spatial phylogenetics of the North American flora', Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 58, pp. 393 - 405,

Journal articles | 2020

Moles AT; Laffan SW; Keighery M; Dalrymple RL; Tindall ML; Chen SC, 2020, 'A hairy situation: Plant species in warm, sunny places are more likely to have pubescent leaves', Journal of Biogeography, 47, pp. 1934 - 1944,

Journal articles | 2019

Allen JM; Germain-Aubrey CC; Barve N; Neubig KM; Majure LC; Laffan SW; Mishler BD; Owens HL; Smith SA; Whitten WM; Abbott JR; Soltis DE; Guralnick R; Soltis PS, 2019, 'Spatial Phylogenetics of Florida Vascular Plants: The Effects of Calibration and Uncertainty on Diversity Estimates', iScience, 11, pp. 57 - 70,

Journal articles | 2019

Burley H; Beaumont LJ; Ossola A; Baumgartner JB; Gallagher R; Laffan S; Esperon-Rodriguez M; Manea A; Leishman MR, 2019, 'Substantial declines in urban tree habitat predicted under climate change', Science of the Total Environment, 685, pp. 451 - 462,

Journal articles | 2019

Cairns K; Nesbitt B; Laffan S; Letnic M; Crowther M, 2019, 'Geographic hot spots of dingo genetic ancestry in southeastern Australia despite hybridisation with domestic dogs', Conservation Genetics,

Journal articles | 2019

Duarte-Guardia S; Peri PL; Amelung W; Sheil D; Laffan SW; Borchard N; Bird MI; Dieleman W; Pepper DA; Zutta B; Jobbagy E; Silva LCR; Bonser SP; Berhongaray G; Piñeiro G; Martinez MJ; Cowie AL; Ladd B, 2019, 'Better estimates of soil carbon from geographical data: a revised global approach', Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 24, pp. 355 - 372,

Journal articles | 2019

Lees B; Laffan S, 2019, 'The Lande of Java on the Jean Rotz Mappa Mundi', The Globe, 85, pp. 1 - 12

Journal articles | 2019

López-Aguirre C; Hand SJ; Laffan SW; Archer M, 2019, 'Zoogeographical regions and geospatial patterns of phylogenetic diversity and endemism of New World bats', Ecography, 42, pp. 1188 - 1199,

Journal articles | 2019

Murphy D; Ebach MC; Miller JT; Laffan SW; Cassis G; Ung V; Thornhill AH; Kerr N; Tursky ML, 2019, 'Do phytogeographic patterns reveal biomes or biotic regions?', Cladistics., 35, pp. 654 - 670,

Journal articles | 2019

Murphy DJ; Ebach MC; Miller JT; Laffan SW; Cassis G; Ung V; Thornhill AH; Kerr N; Tursky ML, 2019, 'Do phytogeographic patterns reveal biomes or biotic regions?', Cladistics, 35, pp. 654 - 670,

Journal articles | 2019

Shelley JJ; Dempster T; Le Feuvre MC; Unmack PJ; Laffan SW; Swearer SE, 2019, 'A revision of the bioregionalisation of freshwater fish communities in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics', Ecology and Evolution, 9, pp. 4568 - 4588,

Journal articles | 2018

Burley HM; Mokany K; Laffan SW; Williams KJ; Metcalfe D; Murphy HT; Ford A; Harwood TD; Ferrier S, 2018, 'Primary productivity is related to niche width in the Australian Wet Tropics', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, pp. 1300 - 1313,

Journal articles | 2018

Dalrymple RL; Flores-Moreno H; Kemp DJ; White TE; Laffan SW; Hemmings FA; Hitchcock TD; Moles AT, 2018, 'Abiotic and biotic predictors of macroecological patterns in bird and butterfly coloration', Ecological Monographs, 88, pp. 204 - 224,

Journal articles | 2018

Feit B; Gordon C; Webb J; Jessop T; Laffan S; Dempster T; Letnic MI, 2018, 'Invasive cane toads might initiate cascades of direct and indirect effects in a terrestrial ecosystem', Biological Invasions, 20, pp. 1833 - 1847,

Journal articles | 2018

Guedes TB; Sawaya RJ; Zizka A; Laffan S; Faurby S; Pyron RA; Bérnils RS; Jansen M; Passos P; Prudente ALC; Cisneros-Heredia DF; Braz HB; Nogueira CDC; Antonelli A, 2018, 'Patterns, biases and prospects in the distribution and diversity of Neotropical snakes', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, pp. 14 - 21,

Journal articles | 2018

Link-Pérez MA; Laffan SW, 2018, 'Fern and lycophyte diversity in the Pacific Northwest: Patterns and predictors', Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 56, pp. 498 - 522,

Journal articles | 2018

Lopez-Aguirre C; Hand SJ; Laffan S; Archer M, 2018, 'Phylogenetic diversity, differential endemism and the evolutionary history of New World bats', Ecography, 41, pp. 1955 - 1966,

Journal articles | 2017

Di Virgilio G; Laffan SW; Nielsen SV; Chapple DG, 2017, 'Does range-restricted evolutionary history predict extinction risk? A case study in lizards', Journal of Biogeography, 44, pp. 605 - 614,

Journal articles | 2017

Kooyman RM; Laffan SW; Westoby M, 2017, 'The incidence of low phosphorus soils in Australia', Plant and Soil, 412, pp. 143 - 150,

Journal articles | 2017

López-Aguirre C; Archer M; Hand SJ; Laffan SW; Lopez-Aguirre C, 2017, 'Extinction of South American sparassodontans (Metatheria): environmental fluctuations or complex ecological processes?', Palaeontology, 60, pp. 91 - 115,

Journal articles | 2017

Prentice E; Knerr N; Schmidt-Lebuhn AN; González-Orozco CE; Bui EN; Laffan S; Miller JT, 2017, 'Do soil and climate properties drive biogeography of the Australian proteaceae?', Plant and Soil, 417, pp. 317 - 329,

Journal articles | 2017

Taylor MD; Laffan SW; Fairfax AV; Payne NL, 2017, 'Finding their way in the world: Using acoustic telemetry to evaluate relative movement patterns of hatchery-reared fish in the period following release', Fisheries Research, 186, pp. 538 - 543,

Journal articles | 2017

Tindall ML; Thomson FJ; Laffan SW; Moles AT, 2017, 'Is there a latitudinal gradient in the proportion of species with spinescence?', Journal of Plant Ecology, 10, pp. 294 - 300,

Journal articles | 2016

Beaumont LJ; Graham E; Duursma DE; Wilson PD; Cabrelli A; Baumgartner JB; Hallgren W; Esperón-Rodríguez M; Nipperess DA; Warren DL; Laffan SW; VanDerWal J, 2016, 'Which species distribution models are more (or less) likely to project broad-scale, climate-induced shifts in species ranges?', Ecological Modelling, 342, pp. 135 - 146,

Journal articles | 2016

Burley HM; Mokany K; Ferrier S; Laffan SW; Williams KJ; Harwood TD, 2016, 'Macroecological scale effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functions under environmental change', Ecology and Evolution, 6, pp. 2579 - 2593,

Journal articles | 2016

Burley HM; Mokany K; Ferrier S; Laffan SW; Williams KJ; Harwood TD, 2016, 'Primary productivity is weakly related to floristic alpha and beta diversity across Australia', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25, pp. 1294 - 1307,

Journal articles | 2016

González-Orozco CE; Pollock LJ; Thornhill AH; Mishler BD; Knerr N; Laffan SW; Miller JT; Rosauer DF; Faith DP; Nipperess DA; Kujala H; Linke S; Butt N; Külheim C; Crisp MD; Gruber B, 2016, 'Phylogenetic approaches reveal biodiversity threats under climate change', Nature Climate Change, 6, pp. 1110 - 1114,

Journal articles | 2016

Hallgren W; Beaumont L; Bowness A; Chambers L; Graham E; Holewa H; Laffan S; Mackey B; Nix H; Price J; Vanderwal J; Warren R; Weis G, 2016, 'The Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory: Where ecology meets big data', Environmental Modelling and Software, 76, pp. 182 - 186,

Journal articles | 2016

Laffan S; Thornhill A; Miller J; Knerr N; Gonzales-Orozco C; Mishler B, 2016, 'Understanding spatial patterns of biodiversity: How sensitive is phylogenetic endemism to the randomisation model?', International Conference on GIScience Short Paper Proceedings, 1,

Journal articles | 2016

Laffan SW; Rosauer DF; Di Virgilio G; Miller JT; González-Orozco CE; Knerr N; Thornhill AH; Mishler BD, 2016, 'Range-weighted metrics of species and phylogenetic turnover can better resolve biogeographic transition zones', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7, pp. 580 - 588,

Journal articles | 2016

Laffan SW; Skidmore AK; Franklin J, 2016, 'Space, time, connectivity and conflict in biological landscapes: the fourth special issue on spatial ecology', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 30, pp. 1 - 4,

Journal articles | 2016

Miller I; Forster BC; Laffan SW; Brander RW, 2016, 'Bidirectional reflectance of coral growth-forms', International Journal of Remote Sensing, 37, pp. 1553 - 1567,

Journal articles | 2016

Sheil D; Ladd B; Silva LCR; Laffan SW; Van Heist M, 2016, 'How are soil carbon and tropical biodiversity related?', Environmental Conservation, 43, pp. 231 - 241,

Journal articles | 2016

Stone OML; Herries AIR; Brink JS; Laffan SW, 2016, 'The chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) through time: a model of potential core habitat regions during a glacial–interglacial cycle', Evolutionary Ecology, 30, pp. 755 - 782,

Journal articles | 2016

Thornhill AH; Mishler BD; Knerr NJ; González-Orozco CE; Costion CM; Crayn DM; Laffan SW; Miller JT, 2016, 'Continental-scale spatial phylogenetics of Australian angiosperms provides insights into ecology, evolution and conservation', Journal of Biogeography, 43, pp. 2085 - 2098,

Journal articles | 2015

Dalrymple RL; Kemp DJ; Flores-Moreno H; Laffan SW; White TE; Hemmings FA; Tindall ML; Moles AT, 2015, 'Birds, butterflies and flowers in the tropics are not more colourful than those at higher latitudes', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24, pp. 1424 - 1432,

Journal articles | 2015

González-Orozco CE; Mishler BD; Miller JT; Laffan SW; Knerr N; Unmack P; Georges A; Thornhill AH; Rosauer DF; Gruber B, 2015, 'Assessing biodiversity and endemism using phylogenetic methods across multiple taxonomic groups', Ecology and Evolution, 5, pp. 5177 - 5192,

Journal articles | 2015

Laity T; Laffan SW; González-Orozco CE; Faith DP; Rosauer DF; Byrne M; Miller JT; Crayn D; Costion C; Moritz CC; Newport K, 2015, 'Phylodiversity to inform conservation policy: An Australian example', Science of the Total Environment, 534, pp. 131 - 143,

Journal articles | 2015

Letnic MI; Laffan SW; Greenville AC; Russell BG; Mitchell B; Fleming PJS, 2015, 'Artificial watering points are focal points for activity by an invasive herbivore but not native herbivores in conservation reserves in arid Australia', Biodiversity and Conservation, 24, pp. 1 - 16,

Journal articles | 2015

Nagalingum NS; Knerr N; Laffan S; González-Orozco CE; Thornhill AH; Miller J; Mishler BD, 2015, 'Continental scale patterns and predictors of fern richness and phylogenetic diversity', Frontiers in Genetics, 6,

Journal articles | 2015

Rossetto M; Kooyman R; Yap JYS; Laffan SW, 2015, 'From ratites to rats: The size of fleshy fruits shapes species’ distributions and continental rainforest assembly', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282,

Journal articles | 2015

Stephenson RL; Power MJ; Laffan SW; Suthers IM, 2015, 'Tests of larval retention in a tidally energetic environment reveal the complexity of the spatial structure in herring populations', Fisheries Oceanography, 24, pp. 553 - 570,

Journal articles | 2015

Stone O; laffan S; Curnoe D; Herries A, 2015, 'Potential human impact on the environmental central niche of the chacma baboon', South African Journal of Science, 111, pp. 1 - 8,

Journal articles | 2014

Di Virgilio G; Laffan SW; Ebach MC; Chapple DG, 2014, 'Spatial variation in the climatic predictors of species compositional turnover and endemism', Ecology and Evolution, 4, pp. 3264 - 3278,

Journal articles | 2014

Di Virgilio G; Laffan SW, 2014, 'Using maps of continuous variation in species compositional turnover to supplement uniform polygon species range maps', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 28, pp. 1658 - 1673,

Journal articles | 2014

González-Orozco CE; Ebach MC; Laffan S; Thornhill AH; Knerr NJ; Schmidt-Lebuhn AN; Cargill CC; Clements M; Nagalingum NS; Mishler BD; Miller JT, 2014, 'Quantifying phytogeographical regions of Australia using geospatial turnover in species composition', PLoS ONE, 9,

Journal articles | 2014

Kooyman RM; Wilf P; Barreda VD; Carpenter RJ; Jordan GJ; Kale Sniderman JM; Allen A; Brodribb TJ; Crayn D; Feild TS; Laffan SW; Lusk CH; Rossetto M; Weston PH, 2014, 'Paleo-Antarctic rainforest into the modern old world tropics: The rich past and threatened future of the "southern wet forest survivors"', American Journal of Botany, 101, pp. 2121 - 2135,

Journal articles | 2014

Ladd B; Peri PL; Pepper DA; Silva LCR; Sheil D; Bonser SP; Laffan SW; Amelung W; Ekblad A; Eliasson P; Bahamonde H; Duarte-Guardia S; Bird M, 2014, 'Carbon isotopic signatures of soil organic matter correlate with leaf area index across woody biomes', Journal of Ecology, 102, pp. 1606 - 1611,

Journal articles | 2014

Laffan SW; Skidmore AK; Franklin J, 2014, 'Species distribution and diversity, habitat selection and connectivity: introduction to the Third Special Issue on Spatial Ecology', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 28, pp. 1527 - 1530,

Journal articles | 2014

Mishler BD; Knerr N; González-Orozco CE; Thornhill AH; Laffan SW; Miller JT, 2014, 'Phylogenetic measures of biodiversity and neo-and paleo-endemism in Australian acacia', Nature Communications, 5,

Journal articles | 2014

Moles AT; Perkins SE; Laffan SW; Flores-Moreno H; Awasthy M; Tindall ML; Sack L; Pitman A; Kattge J; Aarssen LW; Anand M; Bahn M; Blonder B; Cavender-Bares J; Cornelissen JHC; Cornwell WK; Díaz S; Dickie JB; Freschet GT; Griffiths JG; Gutierrez AG; Hemmings FA; Hickler T; Hitchcock TD; Keighery M; Kleyer M; Kurokawa H; Leishman MR; Liu K; Niinemets Ü; Onipchenko V; Onoda Y; Penuelas J; Pillar VD; Reich PB; Shiodera S; Siefert A; Sosinski EE; Soudzilovskaia NA; Swaine EK; Swenson NG; van Bodegom PM; Warman L; Weiher E; Wright IJ; Zhang H; Zobel M; Bonser SP; Flores Moreno H; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S, 2014, 'Which is a better predictor of plant traits: Temperature or precipitation?', Journal of Vegetation Science, 25, pp. 1167 - 1180,

Journal articles | 2014

Peco B; Laffan SW; Moles AT, 2014, 'Global patterns in post-dispersal seed removal by invertebrates and vertebrates', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e91256,

Journal articles | 2014

Watts LM; Laffan SW, 2014, 'Effectiveness of the BFAST algorithm for detecting vegetation response patterns in a semi-arid region', Remote Sensing of Environment, 154, pp. 234 - 245,

Journal articles | 2013

Di virgilio G; Laffan SW; Ebach M, 2013, 'Quantifying high resolution transitional breaks in plant and mammal distributions at regional extent and their association with climate, topography and geology', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e59227,

Journal articles | 2013

Gonzales-orozco CE; Thornhill A; Knerr N; Laffan SW; Miller J, 2013, 'Biogeographical regions and phytogeography of the eucalypts', Diversity and Distributions, 20, pp. 46 - 58,

Journal articles | 2013

González-Orozco CE; Knerr N; Miller JT; Laffan SW, 2013, 'A biogeographical regionalization of Australian Acacia species', Journal of Biogeography, 40, pp. 2156 - 2166,

Journal articles | 2013

Kooyman RM; Rossetto M; Sauquet H; Laffan SW, 2013, 'Landscape patterns in rainforest phylogenetic signal: Isolated islands of refugia or structured continental distributions', PLoS ONE, 8,

Journal articles | 2013

Kooyman RM; Zanne A; Cornwell WK; Rossetto M; O'Connor P; Parkes E; Catterall C; Laffan SW; Lusk C; Gallagher R, 2013, 'Growth form and functional traits influence response of woody plants to fragmentation of subtropical rain forest', Conservation Biology, in press,

Journal articles | 2013

Ladd BM; Laffan SW; Amelung W; Peri P; Silva LCR; Gervassi P; Bonser SP; Navall M; Sheil D, 2013, 'Estimates of soil carbon concentration in tropical and temperate forest and woodland from available GIS data on three continents', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, pp. 461 - 469,

Journal articles | 2013

Laffan SW; Ramp D; Roger E, 2013, 'Using endemism to assess representation of protected areas - the family Myrtaceae in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area', Journal of Biogeography, 40, pp. 570 - 578,

Journal articles | 2013

Rosauer DF; Ferrier S; Williams KJ; Manion G; Keogh S; Laffan SW, 2013, 'Phylogenetic generalised dissimilarity modelling: a new approach to analysing and predicting spatial turnover in the phylogenetic composition of communities', Ecography,

Journal articles | 2013

Steinfeld C; Kingsford R; Laffan SW, 2013, 'Semi-automated GIS techniques for detecting floodplain earthworks', Hydrological Processes, 27, pp. 579 - 591,

Journal articles | 2013

Stone O; Laffan SW; Curnoe D; Herries AIR, 2013, 'The Spatial Distribution of Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) Habitat Based on an Environmental Envelope Model', International Journal of Primatology, 34, pp. 407 - 422,

Journal articles | 2013

Ward MP; Cowled BD; Galea F; Garner M; Laffan SW; Marsh I; Negus K; Sarre S; Woolnough A, 2013, 'Salmonella infection in a remote, isolated wild pig population', Veterinary Microbiology, 162, pp. 921 - 929,

Journal articles | 2012

Amboni M; Laffan SW, 2012, 'The effect of species range estimation methods on richness and phylogenetic diversity estimates: A comparison of four methods using Australian marsupials', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 26, pp. 2097 - 2109,

Journal articles | 2012

Burley HM; Laffan SW; Williams KJ, 2012, 'Spatial non-stationarity and anisotropy of compositional turnover in eastern Australian Myrtaceae species', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 26, pp. 2065 - 2081,

Journal articles | 2012

Cowled BD; Ward MP; Laffan SW; Negus K; Galea F; Garner MG; MacDonald A; Marsh I; Muellner P; Sarre S; Quasim S; Woolnough A, 2012, 'Integrating survey and molecular approaches to better understand wildlife disease ecology', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. Article numbere46310,

Journal articles | 2012

Di virgilio G; Laffan SW; Ebach M, 2012, 'Fine scale quantification of floral and faunal breaks and their geographic correlates, with an example from south-eastern Australia', Journal of Biogeography, 39, pp. 1862 - 1876,

Journal articles | 2012

Kooyman RM; Rossetto M; Laffan SW, 2012, 'Using Australian Virtual Herbarium data to find all the woody rain forest plants in Australia', Cunninghamia, 12, pp. 177 - 180,

Journal articles | 2012

Laffan SW; Skidmore AK; Franklin J, 2012, 'Geospatial analysis of species, biodiversity and landscapes: Introduction to the Second Special Issue on Spatial Ecology', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 26, pp. 2003 - 2007,

Journal articles | 2012

Peri P; Ladd BM; Pepper DA; Bonser SP; Laffan SW; Amelung W, 2012, 'Carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope composition in plant and soil in Southern Patagonia's native forests', Global Change Biology, 18, pp. 311 - 321,

Journal articles | 2012

Stone O; Laffan SW; Curnoe D; Rushworth I; Herries AIR, 2012, 'Distribution and population estimate for the Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa', Primates, 53, pp. 337 - 344,

Journal articles | 2011

Gold A; Ramp D; Laffan SW, 2011, 'Potential lantana invasion of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area under climate change', Pacific Conservation Biology, 17, pp. 54 - 67,

Journal articles | 2011

Gonzales-Orozco CE; Laffan SW; Miller JT, 2011, 'Spatial distribution of species richness and endemism of the genus Acacia in Australia', Australian Journal of Botany, 59, pp. 600 - 608,

Journal articles | 2011

Kulheim C; Yeoh S; Wallis IR; Laffan SW; Moran GF; Foley WJ, 2011, 'The molecular basis of quantitative variation in foliar secondary metabolites in Eucalyptus globulus', New Phytologist, 191, pp. 1041 - 1053,

Journal articles | 2011

Laffan SW; Wang Z; Ward MP, 2011, 'The effect of neighbourhood definitions on spatio-temporal models of disease outbreaks: separation distance versus range overlap', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 102, pp. 218 - 229,

Journal articles | 2011

Roger E; Laffan SW; Ramp D, 2011, 'Road impacts a tipping point for wildlife populations in threatened landscapes', Population Ecology, 53, pp. 215 - 227,

Journal articles | 2011

Van Niel K; Laffan SW, 2011, 'There is no good excuse for a bad random number generator: a reply to Barry', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 25, pp. 531 - 539,

Journal articles | 2011

Ward MP; Laffan SW; Highfield L, 2011, 'Disease spread models in wild and feral animal populations: application of artificial life models', Revue Scientifique et Technique de L Office International des Epizooties, 30, pp. 437 - 446,

Journal articles | 2011

Zhang K; Laffan SW; Ramp D; Webster E, 2011, 'Incorporating a distance cost in systematic reserve design', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 25, pp. 393 - 404,

Journal articles | 2010

Constantinou NE; Rogers TL; Laffan SW; Warton DI, 2010, 'Determining the spatial distribution of an Antarctic top predator using passive acoustics.', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127, pp. 1825 - 1825,

Journal articles | 2010

Highfield L; Ward MP; Laffan SW; Norby B; Wagner GS, 2010, 'Critical parameters for modelling the spread of foot and mouth disease in wildlife', Epidemiology and Infection, 138, pp. 125 - 138,

Journal articles | 2010

Highfield L; Ward MP; Laffan SW; Norby B; Wagner GS, 2010, 'The impact of potential mitigation strategies on the predicted spread of foot and mouth disease in white-tailed deer in south Texas', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 94, pp. 282 - 288,

Journal articles | 2010

Laffan SW; Lubarsky E; Rosauer DF, 2010, 'Biodiverse, a tool for the spatial analysis of biological and related diversity', Ecography, 33, pp. 643 - 647,

Journal articles | 2010

Laffan SW, 2010, 'The citation relationships between journals of Geography and cognate disciplines', Geographical Research, 48, pp. 166 - 180,

Journal articles | 2010

Wang D; Laffan SW; Liu Y; Wu L, 2010, 'Morphometric characterisation of landform from DEMs', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 24, pp. 305 - 326,

Journal articles | 2010

Zhang K; Laffan SW; Zhang S, 2010, 'A spatial approach to select pilot counties for programs to correct the biased sex ratio at birth in Shandong province, China', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 24, pp. 403 - 416,

Journal articles | 2009

Highfield L; Ward MP; Laffan SW; Norby B; Wagner GS, 2009, 'The impact of seasonal variability in wildlife populations on the predicted spread of foot and mouth disease', Veterinary Research, 40, pp. 18 - 18,

Journal articles | 2009

Huang ZF; Laffan SW, 2009, 'Sensitivity analysis of a decision tree derived forest type mapping to input data errors', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 23, pp. 1433 - 1452,

Journal articles | 2009

Ladd BM; Bonser SP; Peri PL; Larsen JR; Laffan SW; Pepper DA; Cendón DI, 2009, 'Towards a physical description of habitat: quantifying environmental adversity (abiotic stress) in temperate forest and woodland ecosystems', Journal of Ecology, 97, pp. 964 - 971,

Journal articles | 2009

Moles AT; Warton DI; Warman L; Swenson N; Laffan SW; Zanne A; Pitman AJ; Hemmings F; Leishman M, 2009, 'Global patterns in plant height', Journal of Ecology, 97, pp. 923 - 932,

Journal articles | 2009

Rosauer DF; Laffan SW; Crisp MD; Donnellan S; Cook L, 2009, 'Phylogenetic endemism: A new approach for identifying geographical concentrations of evolutionary history', Molecular Ecology, 18, pp. 4061 - 4072,

Journal articles | 2009

Ward MP; Laffan SW; Highfield L, 2009, 'Modelling spread of foot-and-mouth disease in wild white-tailed deer and feral pig populations using a geographic-automata model and animal distributions', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 91, pp. 55 - 63,

Journal articles | 2008

Highfield L; Laffan SW; Ward MP, 2008, 'Representation of animal distributions in space: how geostatistical estimates impact simulation modeling of foot-and-mouth disease spread', Veterinary Research, 39,

Journal articles | 2008

Jones SC; Laffan SW, 2008, 'Lexical similarity and endemism in historical wordlists of Australian Aboriginal languages of the greater Sydney region', Transactions of the Philological Society, 106, pp. 456 - 486,

Journal articles | 2007

Roger E; Laffan SW; Ramp D, 2007, 'Habitat selection by the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) in disturbed environments: Implications for the conservation of a `common` species', Biological Conservation, 137, pp. 437 - 449,

Journal articles | 2007

Ward M; Laffan SW; Highfield L, 2007, 'The potential role of wild and feral animals as reservoirs of foot-and-mouth disease', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 80, pp. 9 - 23,

Journal articles | 2006

Bickford S; Laffan SW, 2006, 'Multi-extent analysis of the relationship between pteridophyte species richness and climate', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 15, pp. 588 - 601,

Journal articles | 2006

Bickford SA; Laffan SW, 2006, 'Multi-extent analysis of the relationship between pteridophyte species richness and climate', GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, 15, pp. 588 - 601,

Journal articles | 2006

Galloway M; Laffan SW; Smith P, 2006, 'Urban stormwater pollutants: A survey in three Sydney sub-catchments', Water, 33, pp. 67 - 70

Journal articles | 2006

Laffan SW, 2006, 'Assessing regional scale weed distributions, with an Australian example using Nassella trichotoma', Weed Research, 46, pp. 194 - 206,

Journal articles | 2006

Taylor MD; Laffan SW; Fielder D; Suthers IM, 2006, 'Key habitat and home range of mulloway Argyrosomus japonicus in a south-east Australian estuary: finding the estuarine niche to optimise stocking', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 328, pp. 237 - 247

Journal articles | 2005

Doran R; Laffan SW, 2005, 'Simulating the spatial dynamics of foot and mouth disease outbreaks in feral pigs and livestock in Queensland, Australia, using a susceptible-infected-recovered cellular automata model', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 70, pp. 133 - 152,

Journal articles | 2005

Laffan SW; Nielsen O; Silcock H; Hegland M, 2005, 'Sparse grids: a new predictive modelling method for the analysis of geographic data', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 19, pp. 267 - 292,

Journal articles | 2004

Bickford S; Laffan SW; Kok R; Orthia L, 2004, 'Spatial analysis of taxonomic and genetic patterns and their potential for understanding evolutionary histories', Journal of Biogeography, 31, pp. 1715 - 1733,

Journal articles | 2004

Laffan SW; Lees BG, 2004, 'Predicting regolith properties using environmental correlation: a comparison of spatially global and spatially local approaches', Geoderma, 120, pp. 241 - 258,

Journal articles | 2004

Van Niel K; Laffan SW; Lees BG, 2004, 'Effect of error in the DEM on environmental variables for predictive vegetation modelling', Journal of Vegetation Science, 15, pp. 747 - 756,

Journal articles | 2004

Van Niel KP; Laffan SW; Lees BG, 2004, 'Effect of error in the DEM on environmental variables for predictive vegetation modelling', Journal of Vegetation Science, 15, pp. 747 - 747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1658/1100-9233(2004)015[0747:eoeitd]2.0.co;2

Journal articles | 2004

Whiteway T; Laffan SW; Wasson RJ, 2004, 'Using sediment budgets to investigate the pathogen flux through catchments', Environmental Management, 34, pp. 516 - 527,

Journal articles | 2003

Laffan SW; Crisp MD, 2003, 'Assessing endemism at multiple spatial scales with an example from the Australian vascular flora', Journal of Biogeography, 30, pp. 511 - 520,

Journal articles | 2003

Van Niel K; Laffan SW, 2003, 'Gambling with randomness: The use of pseudorandom number generators in GIS', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 17, pp. 49 - 68,

Journal articles | 2003

Van Niel K; Laffan SW, 2003, 'Gambling with randomness: the use of pseudo-random number generators in GIS', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE, 17, pp. 49 - 68,

Journal articles | 2002

Laffan SW, 2002, 'Using process models to improve spatial analysis', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 16, pp. 245 - 257,

Journal articles | 2001

Crisp MD; Laffan SW; Linder HP; Monro A, 2001, 'Endemism in the Australian flora', Journal of Biogeography, 2001, pp. 183 - 198,
Conference Papers | 2025

Bayraktarov E; Low-Choy S; Singh AR; Beaumont LJ; Williams KJ; Baumgartner JB; Laffan SW; Vasco D; Cosgrove R; Wraith J; Antunes JF; Mackey B, 2025, 'EcoCommons Australia virtual laboratories with cloud computing: Meeting diverse user needs for ecological modeling and decision-making', in Environmental Modelling and Software,

Preprints | 2023

Chapman R; Baker A; McDonough L; Markowska M; Laffan S, 2023, Spatiotemporal Variation in Cave Percolation Waters: A Functional Approach, ,

Preprints | 2023

Shofner R; Sherwin W; Reid C; Runagall-McNaull A; Cassis G; Laffan S, 2023, Genetic diversity of a flightless dung beetle appears unaffected by wildfire,

Conference Papers | 2022

Lu Y; Laffan S; Pettit C, 2022, 'THE INTEGRATION OF CELLULAR AUTOMATA AND WHAT IF? FOR SCENARIO PLANNING: FUTURE RESIDENTIAL EXPANSION IN THE CITY OF IPSWICH', in ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Sydney, Australia, pp. 151 - 158, presented at ISPRS TC IV 7th International Conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities (SDSC), Sydney, Australia, 19 October 2022 - 21 October 2022,

Preprints | 2022

Nitta JH; Laffan SW; Mishler BD; Iwasaki W, 2022, canaper: Categorical analysis of neo- and paleo-endemism in R,

Conference Papers | 2020

Laffan SW; Bickford SA, 2020, 'Using spatial randomisations to improve the utility of geographically weighted regression model results', in MODSIM 2005 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings, pp. 1396 - 1401

Preprints | 2020

Zhang X-X; Ye J-F; Laffan SW; Mishler BD; Thornhill AH; Lu L-M; Mao L-F; Liu B; Chen Y-H; Lu A-M; Miller JT; Chen Z-D, 2020, Spatial phylogenetics of the Chinese angiosperm flora provides insights into endemism and conservation,

Preprints | 2020

Zhang X-X; Ye J-F; Laffan SW; Mishler BD; Thornhill AH; Lu L-M; Mao L-F; Liu B; Chen Y-H; Lu A-M; Miller JT; Chen Z-D, 2020, Spatial phylogenetics of the Chinese angiosperm flora provides insights into endemism and conservation,

Preprints | 2019

Zhang X-X; Ye J-F; Laffan SW; Mishler BD; Thornhill AH; Lu L-M; Mao L-F; Liu B; Chen Y-H; Lu A-M; Miller JT; Chen Z-D, 2019, Spatial phylogenetics of the Chinese angiosperm flora provides insights into endemism and conservation,

Conference Papers | 2018

Lu Y; Laffan S, 2018, 'The use of particle swarm optimization for a vector cellular automata model of land usechange', in Winter S; Griffin A; Sester M (eds.), Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs, Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 42:1 - 42:6, presented at 10th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2018)., Melbourne, Australia, 28 August 2018 - 31 August 2018,

Conference Presentations | 2016

Lopez-Aguirre C; Hand SJ; Archer M; Laffan SW, 2016, 'Phylogenetic diversity, differential endemism and the evolutionary history of New World bats', presented at 17th International Bat Research Conference, Durban, South Africa, 01 August 2016 - 06 August 2016,

Conference Papers | 2015

Hallgren W; Beaumont L; Bowness A; Chambers L; Graham E; Holewa H; Laffan SW; Mackey B; Nix H; Price J; Vanderwal J; Warren R; Weis G, 2015, 'The Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory: How Ecology and Big Data can be utilised in the fight against vector-borne diseases', in Weber A; McPhee M (ed.), Gold Coast, Australia, pp. 1448 - 1454, presented at MODSIM 2015, Gold Coast, Australia, 29 November 2015 - 04 December 2015,

Reports | 2014

Cassis G; Laffan S, 2014, HETEROPTERA INTEGRATION AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS

Conference Papers | 2013

Laffan S; Taylor, M.D. , 2013, 'FishTracker: A GIS toolbox for kernel density estimation of animal home ranges that accounts for transit times and hard boundaries', in Piantadosi J; Boland J (ed.), Adelaide, presented at 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Adelaide, 01 December 2013 - 06 December 2013,

Conference Papers | 2013

Watts LM; Laffan SW, 2013, 'Sensitivity of the BFAST algorithm to MODIS satellite and vegetation index', in Boland J; Anderssen RS; Piantadosi J (eds.), Proceedings MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand,, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, pp. 1638 - 1644, presented at MODSIM2013 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Adelaide, 01 December 2013 - 06 December 2013,

Conference Papers | 2012

Miller IB; Forster BC; Laffan SW, 2012, 'Development of a model to correct multi-view angle above water measurements for the analysis of the bidirectional reflectance of coral and other reef substrates', in ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, ISPRS, Melbourne, pp. 19 - 24, presented at XXII ISPRS Congress, Melbourne,

Conference Papers | 2011

Laffan SW, 2011, 'Spatial non-stationarity, anisotropy and scale: The interactive visualisation of spatial turnover', in MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty, Modelling and Simulation Society, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia, pp. 1888 - 1894, presented at MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty, Perth, WA, 12 December 2011 - 16 December 2011,

Conference Papers | 2009

Wang D; Laffan SW, 2009, 'Characterisation of valleys from DEMs', in 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings, pp. 2014 - 2020

Conference Papers | 2009

Wang D; Laffan SW, 2009, 'Characterisation of valleys from DEMs', in Proceedings of the 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM and IMAC, Australia, presented at 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Cairns, Australia, 13 July 2009 - 17 July 2009,

Conference Papers | 2007

Laffan SW; Lubarsky E; Ward M; Highfield L, 2007, 'A Geographic Automata System for Modelling Disease Outbreaks', in MODSIM 2007: International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ, pp. 1252 - 1257, presented at MODSIM 2007: International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ, 10 December 2007 - 13 December 2007,

Conference Papers | 2006

Lees BG; Van Niel K; Laffan SW, 2006, 'Predictive Vegetation mapping and DEM Error', in International Symposium on Terrain and Digital Terrain Modelling, International Symposium on Terrain Analysis and Digital Terrain Modelling (TADTM 2006), Nanjing, China, pp. 1 - 7, presented at International Symposium on Terrain Analysis and Digital Terrain Modelling (TADTM 2006), Nanjing, China, 23 November 2006 - 25 November 2006

Conference Papers | 2005

Laffan SW; Bickford S, 2005, 'Using spatial randomisations to improve the utility of Geographically Weighted Regression model results', in MODSIM 2005: International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Melbourne, pp. 1396 - 1401, presented at MODSIM 2005: International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Melbourne, 12 December 2005 - 15 December 2005,

Conference Papers | 2003

Hegland M; Laffan SW, 2003, 'Mining geographical data using sparse grids', in 2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation CEC 2003, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2003), Canberra, presented at IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2003), Canberra, 08 December 2003 - 12 December 2003

Conference Papers | 2003

Laffan SW; Silcock H; Nielsen O; Hegland M, 2003, 'A new approach to analysing spatial data using sparse grids', in MODSIM 2003: International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, UNIV WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Townsville, Qld, pp. 708 - 712, presented at MODSIM 2003: International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Townsville, Qld, 14 July 2003 - 17 July 2003,

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