Dr Mitzy Pepper
Areas of expertise
- Animal Systematics And Taxonomy 060301
Publications
- Melville, J, Chapple, D, Keogh, S et al. 2021, 'A return-on-investment approach for prioritization of rigorous taxonomic research needed to inform responses to the biodiversity crisis', PLoS Biology, vol. 19, no. 6.
- Pepper, M, Sumner, J, Brennan, I et al. 2018, 'Speciation in the mountains and dispersal by rivers: Molecular phylogeny of Eulamprus water skinks and the biogeography of Eastern Australia', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 45, no. 9, pp. 2040-2052.
- Kealley, L, Doughty, P, Pepper, M et al. 2018, 'Conspicuously concealed: revision of the arid clade of the Gehyra variegata (Gekkonidae) group in Western Australia using an integrative molecular and morphological approach, with the description of five cryptic species', PeerJ, vol. 6, pp. 1-33pp.
- Vertucci, S, Pepper, M, Edwards, D et al. 2017, 'Evolutionary and natural history of the turtle frog, Myobatrachus gouldii, a bizarre myobatrachid frog in the southwestern Australian biodiversity hotspot', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 12, no. 3, pp. e0173348-e0173348.
- Pepper, M, Hamilton, D, Merkling, T et al. 2017, 'Phylogeographic structure across one of the largest intact tropical savannahs: Molecular and morphological analysis of Australia's iconic frilled lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii', Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 106, pp. 217-227.
- Pepper, M, Hamilton, D, Merkling, T et al. 2017, 'Phylogeographic structure across one of the largest intact tropical savannahs: Molecular and morphological analysis of Australia’s iconic frilled lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii', Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 106, pp. 217-227pp.
- Moritz, C, Fujita, M, Rosauer, D et al. 2016, 'Multilocus phylogeography reveals nested endemism in a gecko across the monsoonal tropics of Australia', Molecular Ecology, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 1354-1366.
- Macdonald, A, Knopp, T, Pepper, M et al. 2015, 'The first complete mitochondrial genome of Pygopodidae (Aprasia parapulchella Kluge)', Australian Journal of Zoology, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 111-114.
- Whiting, M, Branch, W, Pepper, M et al. 2015, 'A new species of spectacularly coloured flat lizard Platysaurus (Squamata: Cordylidae: Platysaurinae) from southern Africa', Zootaxa, vol. 3986, no. 2, pp. 173-192.
- Pepper, M & Keogh, S 2014, 'Biogeography of the Kimberley, Western Australia: A review of landscape evolution and biotic response in an ancient refugium', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 1443-1455.
- Oliver, P, Couper, P & Pepper, M 2014, 'Independent transitions between monsoonal and arid biomes revealed by systematic revison of a complex of australian geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae)', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 9, no. 12, pp. e111895-e111895.
- Pepper, M, Barquero, M, Whiting, M et al. 2014, 'A multi-locus molecular phylogeny for Australia's iconic Jacky Dragon (Agamidae: Amphibolurus muricatus): Phylogeographic structure along the Great Dividing Range of south-eastern Australia', Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 149-156.
- Pepper, M, Doughty, P & Keogh, S 2013, 'Geodiversity and endemism in the iconic Australian Pilbara region: A review of landscape evolution and biotic response in an ancient refugium', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 40, no. 7, pp. 1225-1239.
- Pepper, M, Doughty, P, Fujita, M et al. 2013, 'Speciation on the Rocks: Integrated Systematics of the Heteronotia spelea Species Complex (Gekkota; Reptilia) from Western and Central Australia', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 8, no. 11, pp. e78110-e78110.
- Pepper, M, Fujita, M, Moritz, C et al. 2011, 'Palaeoclimate change drove diversification among isolated mountain refugia in the Australian arid zone', Molecular Ecology, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 1529-1545.
- Pepper, M, Fujita, M, Moritz, C et al. 2011, 'Palaeoclimate change drove diversification among isolated mountain refugia in the Australian arid zone', Molecular Ecology, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 1529-1545.
- Pepper, M, Ho, S, Fujita, M et al. 2011, 'The genetic legacy of aridification: Climate cycling fostered lizard diversification in Australian montane refugia and left low-lying deserts genetically depauperate', Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 750-759.
- Pepper, M, Doughty, P, Hutchinson, M et al. 2011, 'Ancient drainages divide cryptic species in Australia's arid zone: Morphological and multi-gene evidence for four new species of Beaked Geckos (Rhynchoedura)', Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 810-822.
- Doughty, P, Pepper, M & Keogh, S 2010, 'Morphological and molecular assessment of the Diplodactylus savagei species complex in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, with a description of a new species', Zootaxa (online), vol. 2393, pp. 33-45.
- Pepper, M, Doughty, P, Arculus, R et al. 2008, 'Landforms predict phylogenetic structure on one of the world's most ancient surfaces', BMC Evolutionary Biology (now BMC Ecology and Evolution), vol. 8, no. 152, pp. 1-7.
- Pepper, M, Doughty, P & Keogh, S 2006, 'Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Australian Diplodactylus stenodactylus (Gekkota; Reptilia) species-group based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes reveals an ancient split between Pilbara and non-Pilbara D. stenodactylus', Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 41, pp. 539-555.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Comparative genomics to improve conservation planning in Australian deserts (Primary Investigator)
- Uncovering diversity in the 'dead heart' of Australia: Systematics and taxonomy of arid zone geckos. (Primary Investigator)
- Integrative taxonomy of Australian monsoonal herpetofauna (Secondary Investigator)