Emeritus Professor William Foley
ANU College of Science
Areas of expertise
- Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) 060205
- Biologically Active Molecules 030401
- Quantitative Genetics (Incl. Disease And Trait Mapping Genetics) 060412
- Landscape Ecology 050104
- Natural Products Chemistry 030502
- Animal Systematics And Taxonomy 060301
- Crop And Pasture Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) 070308
- Receptors And Membrane Biology 060110
- Behavioural Ecology 060201
- Plant Systematics And Taxonomy 060310
- Population, Ecological And Evolutionary Genetics 060411
- Ecological Physiology 060203
- Animal Physiology Systems 060603
- Plant Pathology 060704
- Wildlife And Habitat Management 050211
- Speciation And Extinction 060311
- Global Information Systems 080606
- Comparative Physiology 060604
- Genome Structure And Regulation 060407
- Plant Physiology 060705
- Terrestrial Ecology 060208
- Conservation And Biodiversity 050202
- Medicinal And Biomolecular Chemistry 0304
- Environmental Science And Management 0502
- Physiology 0606
- Plant Biology 0607
- Zoology 0608
Publications
- Moore, B, Lawler, I, Wallis, I et al. 2010, 'Palatability mapping: a koala's eye view of spatial variation in habitat quality', Ecology, vol. 91, no. 11, pp. 3165-3176.
- Padovan, A, Keszei, A, Kollner, T et al 2010, 'The molecular basis of host plant selection in Melaleuca quinquenervia by a successful biological control agent', Phytochemistry, vol. 71, no. 11-12, pp. 1237-1244.
- Singh, I, Sidana, J, Bharate, S et al 2010, 'Phloroglucinol compounds of natural origin: Synthetic aspects', Natural Product Reports, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 393-416.
- Edwards, M, Wallis, I & Foley, W 2010, 'Acid loads induced by the detoxification of plant secondary metabolites do not limit feeding by common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)', Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, vol. 180, no. 2, pp. 247-257.
- Keszei, A, Brubaker, C, Carter, R et al 2010, 'Functional and evolutionary relationships between terpene synthases from Australian Myrtaceae', Phytochemistry, vol. 71, no. 8-9, pp. 844-852.
- Andrew, R, Wallis, I, Harwood, C et al 2010, 'Genetic and environmental contributions to variation and population divergence in a broad-spectrum foliar defence of Eucalyptus tricarpa', Annals of Botany, vol. 105, no. 5, pp. 707-717.
- Keszei, A, Hassan, Y & Foley, W 2010, 'A Biochemical Interpretation of Terpene Chemotypes in Melaleuca alternifolia', Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 652-661.
- Wallis, I, Smith, H, Henery, M et al 2010, 'Foliar chemistry of juvenile Eucalyptus grandis clones does not predict chemical defence in maturing ramets', Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 260, no. 5, pp. 763-769.
- Wallis, I, Nicolle, D & Foley, W 2010, 'Available and not total nitrogen in leaves explains key chemical differences between the eucalypt subgenera', Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 260, no. 5, pp. 814-821.
- Felton, A, Felton, A, Foley, W et al. 2010, 'The role of timber tree species in the nutritional ecology of spider monkeys in a certified logging concession, Bolivia', Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 259, no. 8, pp. 1642-1649.
- De Gabriel, J, Moore, B, Ford, K et al. 2010, 'The effect of plant secondary metabolites on the interplay between the internal and external environments of marsupial folivores', Chemoecology, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 97-108.
- Sidana, J.; Rohilla, R.; Roy, N.; Barrow, R. A.; Foley, W. J.; Singh, I. P.; 2010, 'Antibacterial sideroxylonals and loxophlebal A from Eucalyptus loxophleba foliage', Fitoterapia, vol. 81, no. 7, pp. 878-883.
- Felton, A, Felton, A, Wood, J et al. 2009, 'Nutritional Ecology of Ateles chamek in lowland Bolivia: How Macronutrient Balancing Influences Food Choices', International Journal of Primatology, vol. 30, pp. 675-696.
- Henery, M, Stone, C & Foley, W 2009, 'Differential defoliation of Eucalyptus grandis arises from indiscriminant oviposition and differential larval survival', Agricultural and Forest Entomology, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 107-114.
- Felton, A, Felton, A, Raubenheimer, D et al. 2009, 'Protein content of diets dictates the daily energy intake of a free-ranging primate', Behavioral Ecology, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 685-690.
- Felton, A, Felton, A, Lindenmayer, D et al. 2009, 'Nutritional goals of wild primates', Functional Ecology, vol. 23, pp. 70-78.
- Kulheim, C, Yeoh, S, Maintz, J et al. 2009, 'Comparative SNP diversity among four Eucalyptus species for genes from secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways', BMC Genomics, vol. 10, no. 452, pp. 1-11.
- Forbey, J & Foley, W 2009, 'PharmEcology: A pharmacological approach to understanding plant-herbivore interactions: an introduction to the symposium', Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 267-273.
- De Gabriel, J, Moore, B, Shipley, L et al 2009, 'Inter-population differences in the tolerance of a marsupial folivore to plant secondary metabolites', Oecologia, vol. 161, pp. 539-548.
- De Gabriel, J, Moore, B, Foley, W et al. 2009, 'The effects of plant defensive chemistry on nutrient availability predict reproductive success in a mammal', Ecology, vol. 90, no. 3, pp. 711-719.
- Singh, I, Sidana, J, Bansal, P et al 2009, 'Phloroglucinol compounds of therapeutic interest: global patent and technology status', Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 847-866.
- De Gabriel, J, Wallis, I, Moore, B et al 2008, 'A simple, integrative assay to quantify nutritional quality of browses for herbivores', Oecologia, vol. 156, pp. 107-116.
- Henery, M, Henson, M, Wallis, I et al 2008, 'Predicting crown damage to Eucalyptus grandis by Paropsis atomaria with direct and indirect measures of leaf composition', Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 255, pp. 3642-3651.
- Henery, M, Wallis, I, Stone, C et al 2008, 'Methyl jasmonate does not induce changes in Eucalyptus grandis leaves that alter the effect of constitutive defences on larvae of a specialist herbivore', Oecologia, vol. 156, pp. 847-859.
- Keszei, A, Brubaker, C & Foley, W 2008, 'A molecular perspective on terpene variation in Australian Myrtaceae', Australian Journal of Botany, vol. 56, pp. 197-213.
- Andrew, R, Wallis, I, Harwood, C et al 2007, 'Heritable variation in the foliar secondary metabolite sideroxylonal in Eucalyptus confers cross-resistance to herbivores', Oecologia, vol. 153, pp. 891-901.
- Henery, M, Moran, G, Wallis, I et al 2007, 'Identification of quantitative trait loci influencing foliar concentrations of terpenes and formylated phloroglucinol compounds in Eucalyptus nitens', New Phytologist, vol. 176, pp. 82-95.
- Huang, Z, Jia, X, Turner, B et al. 2007, 'Estimating Nitrogen in Eucalypt Foliage by Automatically Extracting Tree Spectra from HyMap â„¢ Data', Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 397-401.
- Ford, K, Wallis, I & Foley, W 2007, 'Behavioural contributions to the regulated intake of plant secondary metabolites in koalas', Oecologia, vol. 154, pp. 283-290.
- Andrew, R, Peakall, R, Wallis, I et al. 2007, 'Spatial distribution of defense chemicals and markers and the maintenance of chemical variation', Ecology, vol. 88, no. 3, pp. 716-728.
- Ford, K, Wallis, I, McLean, S et al. 2006, 'Conflicting demands on detoxification pathways influence how common brushtail possums choose their diets', Ecology, vol. 87, no. 8, pp. 2103-2112.
- Aragones, L, Lawler, I, Foley, W et al 2006, 'Dugong grazing and turtle cropping: grazing optimization in tropical seagrass systems?', Oecologia, vol. 149, pp. 635-647.
- Lawler, I, Aragones, L, Berding, N et al 2006, 'Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy is a Rapid, Cost-Effective Predictor of Seagrass Nutrients', Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 32, pp. 1353-1365.
- Foley, W & Shimada, T 2006, 'Preface', Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 32, pp. 1113-1114.
- Kaur, R, MacLeod, J, Foley, W et al 2006, 'Gluconic acid: An antifungal agent produced by Pseudomonas species in biological control of take-all', Phytochemistry, vol. 67, no. 6, pp. 595-604.
- Wiggins, N, Ford, K, Wallis, I et al. 2006, 'Sideroxylonal in Eucalyptus foliage influences foraging behaviour of an arboreal folivore', Oecologia, vol. 147, pp. 272-279.
- Ford, K, Wallis, I, Andrew, R et al. 2006, 'The Detoxification Limitation Hypothesis: Where Did it Come From and Where is it Going?', Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 32, pp. 1247-1266.
- Foley, W & Moore, B 2005, 'Plant secondary metabolites and vertebrate herbivores - from physiological regulation to ecosystem function', Current Opinion in Plant Biology, vol. 8, pp. 430-435.
- Andrew, R, Peakall, R, Wallis, I et al. 2005, 'Marker-Based Quantitative Genetics in the Wild?: The Heritability and Genetic Correlation of Chemical Defenses in Eucalyptus', Genetics (Print) ceased Dec 2009 - don't use, vol. 171, pp. 1989-1998.
- Moore, B, Ford, K, Wallis, I et al. 2005, 'Taught by animals: how understanding diet selection leads to better zoo diets', International Zoo Yearbook, vol. 39, pp. 43-61.
- Dearing, M, Foley, W & McLean, S 2005, 'The Influence of Plant Secondary Metabolites on the Nutritional Ecology of Herbivorous Terrestrial Vertebrates', Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics, vol. 36, pp. 169-189.
- McLean, S, Brandon, S, Davies, N et al 2004, 'Jensenone: biological reactivity of a marsupial antifeedant from Eucalyptus', Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 19-36.
- Scrivener, N, Johnson, C, Wallis, I et al 2004, 'Which trees do wild common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) prefer? Problems and solutions in scaling laboratory findings to diet selection in the field', Evolutionary Ecology Research, vol. 6, pp. 77-87.
- Moore, B, Wallis, I, Wood, J et al. 2004, 'Foliar nutrition, site quality, and temperature influence foliar chemistry of Tallowwood (Eucalyptus microcorys)', Ecological Monographs, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 553-568.
- Huang, Z, Turner, B, Dury, S et al. 2004, 'Estimating foliage nitrogen concentration from HYMAP data using continuum, removal analysis', Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 93, pp. 18-29.
- Foley, W, Lawler, I, Moore, B et al. 2004, 'Diet selection in marsupial folivores of Eucalyptus: the role of plant secondary metabolites', in Ross L. Goldingay and Stephen M. Jackson (ed.), The Biology of Australian Possums and Gliders, Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW, pp. 207-221.
- Foley, W, Lawler, I, Moore, B et al. 2004, 'Ecological, Physiological and Behavioural Interactions between Marsupial Folivores and Eucalyptus Antifeedants', International Symposium of Poisonous Plants 2004, ed. T. Acamovic, C.S. Stewart and T.W. Pennycott, CABI Publishing, UK, pp. 215-222.
- Moore, B, Wallis, I, Pala-Paul, J et al. 2004, 'Antiherbivore Chemistry of Eucalyptus�Cues and Deterrents for Marsupial Folivores', Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 30, no. 9, pp. 1743-1769.
- Moore, B, Wallis, I, Ford, K et al. 2004, 'The role of nutrition in the conservation of the marsupial folivores of eucalypt forests', in Daniel Lunney (ed.), Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna (2nd ed), Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Sydney Australia, pp. 549-575.
- McLean, S, Brandon, S, Davies, N et al. 2003, 'Glucuronuria in the Koala', Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 1465-1477.
- Wallis, I & Foley, W 2003, 'Validation of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy to estimate the potential intake of Eucalyptus foliage by folivorous marsupials', Australian Journal of Zoology, vol. 51, pp. 95-98.
- Ford, K, Wallis, I & Foley, W 2003, 'The effect of inactivating tannins on the intake of Eucalyptus foliage by a specialist Eucalyptus folivore (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) and a generalist herbivore (Trichosurus vulpecula)', Australian Journal of Zoology, vol. 51, pp. 31-42.
- Wallis, I, Herlt, A, Eschler, B et al 2003, 'Quantification of Sideroxylonals in Eucalyptus Foliage by High-performance Liquid Chromatography', Phytochemical Analysis, vol. 14, pp. 360-365.
- Ford, K, Foley, W, Cowling, A et al. 2003, 'Differential susceptibility to Eucalyptus secondary compounds explains feeding by the common ringtail (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) and common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)', Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, vol. 173, no. 1, pp. 69-78.
- Woolnough, A & Foley, W 2002, 'Rapid evaluation of pasture quality for a critically endangered mammal, the northern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii)', Wildlife Research, vol. 29, pp. 91-100.
- Lawler, I & Foley, W 2002, 'Chemical ecology of herbivory in eucalyptus: interactions between insect and mammalian herbivores and plant essential oils', in John J.W. Coppen (ed.), Eucalyptus, Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 324-344.
- De Gabriel, J, Foley, W & Wallis, I 2002, 'The effect of excesses and deficiencies in amino acids on the feeding behaviour of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)', Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, vol. 172, pp. 607-617.
- Wallis, I, Watson, M & Foley, W 2002, 'Secondary metabolites in Eucalyptus melliodora: field distribution and laboratory feeding choices by a generalist herbivore, the common brushtail possum', Australian Journal of Zoology, vol. 50, pp. 507-519.
- Huang, Z, Jia, X, Turner, B et al. 2002, 'Use of HYMAP image data to estimate siderozylonal-A concentration of eucalypt foliage', IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium and Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing 2002, ed. IEEE Publications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. CD-ROM.
- Ebbers, M, Wallis, I, Dury, S et al. 2002, 'Spectrometric prediction of secondary metabolites and nitrogen in fresh Eucalyptus foliage: towards remote sensing of the nutritional quality of foliage for leaf-eating marsupials', Australian Journal of Botany, vol. 50, pp. 761-768.
- Lawler, I, Cork, S & Foley, W 2001, 'Coping with chemical complexity in mammal-plant interactions: near-infrared spectroscopy as a predictor of Eucalyptus foliar nutrients and of the feeding rates of folivorous marsupials', Oecologia, vol. 128, pp. 539-548.
- Foley, W 2001, 'Nutrition as an evolutionary force', The Nutrition Society of Australia Anniversary Annual Scientific Meeting 2001, ed. Mark Wahlqvist and Akira Okada, Blackwell Science Asia, Carlton, Australia, p. 65.
- McLean, S, Pass, G, Foley, W et al 2001, 'Does excretion of secondary metabolites always involve a measurable metabolic cost? Fate of plant antifeedant salicin in common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula', Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 1077-1089.
- Boyle, R, McLean, S, Moore, B et al. 2001, 'Metabolites of dietary 1,8-cineole in the male koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)', Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C: Toxicology and Pharmacology, vol. 129, pp. 385-395.
- Cork, S, Hume, I & Foley, W 2000, 'Improving Habitat Models and their Utility in Koala Conservation', Conservation Biology, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 660-668.
- Boyle, R, McLean, S, Foley, W et al. 2000, 'Fate of the dietary terpene, p-cymene, in the male koala', Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 1095-1111.
- Moore, B & Foley, W 2000, 'A review of feeding and diet selection in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)', Australian Journal of Zoology, vol. 48, pp. 317-333.
- Stapley, J, Foley, W, Cunningham, R et al 2000, 'How well can common brushtail possums regulate their intake of Eucalyptus toxins?', Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, vol. 170, pp. 211-218.
- Lawler, I, Foley, W & Eschler, B 2000, 'Foliar concentration of a single toxin creates habitat patchiness for a marsupial folivore', Ecology, vol. 81, no. 5, pp. 1327-1338.
- Pass, G & Foley, W 2000, 'Plant secondary metabolites as mammalian feeding deterrents: separating the effects of the taste of salicin from its post-ingestive consequences in the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)', Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, vol. 170, pp. 185-192.
- Eschler, B, Pass, D, Willis, R et al 2000, 'Distribution of foliar formylated phloroglucinol derivatives amongst Eucalyptus species', Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, vol. 28, pp. 813-824.
- Eschler, B & Foley, W 1999, 'A new sideroxylonal from Eucalyptus melliodora', Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 157-158.
- Lawler, I & Foley, W 1999, 'Problems encountered in feeding microencapsulated oils to a folivorous marsupial, the common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)', Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 1195-1201.
- Boyle, R, McLean, S, Foley, W et al 1999, 'Comparative metabolism of dietary terpene, p-cymene, in generalist and specialist folivorous marsupials', Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 2109-2126.
- Lawler, I & Foley, W 1999, 'Swamp wallabies and Tasmanian pademelons show intraspecific preferences for foliage', Australian Forestry, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 17-20.
- Lawler, I, Eschler, B, Schliebs, D et al. 1999, 'Relationship between chemical functional groups on Eucalyptus secondary metabolites and their effectiveness as marsupial antifeedants', Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 25, no. 11, pp. 2561-2573.
- Lawler, I, Stapley, J, Foley, W et al. 1999, 'Ecological example of conditioned flavor aversion in plant-herbivore interactions: Effect of terpenes of Eucalyptus leaves on feeding by common ringtail and brushtail possums', Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 401-415.
