Melbourne School of Land and Environment

Andrew Hamilton

Position:

Senior Research Fellow and Science Director, Dookie 21
C. R. Roper Fellow in Agricultural Science

Location:

Room13, Hugh Pye Building, Dookie Campus

Address

 The University of Melbourne, Dookie Campus
940 Dookie–Nalinga Road
Dookie College, Victoria 3647, Australia

Phone:

+61 3 5833 9252

Fax:

+61 3 5833 9201

Email:

andrewjh@unimelb.edu.au

Biography
Andrew was a research scientist with the Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI) for around 11 years. Most of this research with the DPI was in the fields of entomology, especially sampling theory and practice, and wastewater reuse for horticultural irrigation. In 2005 Andrew and his colleagues were awarded the Daniel McAlpine Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of their work on applied aspects of sampling, and in particular, the development of sampling plans for diamondback moth, a significant pest of brassicaceous crops. In 2005 Andrew joined Deakin University to work on an ARC-funded project on mathematical risk assessment modelling for irrigation of horticultural crops with reclaimed water. He was primarily interested in risks to human health, but also modelled environmental and agricultural sustainability risks. Andrew completed a PhD on the ecology of waterbirds at the Werribee sewage farm. In short, he loves sewage! In 2007 Andrew joined the University of Melbourne. He coordinates the university Breadth subject Water for Sustainable Futures and gives guest lectures on pest management, water resources and fundamental principles of experimental design and analysis. Andrew continues research on sampling protocols for horticultural pests, wastewater irrigation and waterbird conservation. Andrew aspires to be a polymath but someone needs to tell him he's dreaming!

Professional Honours, Awards, Engagements & Memberships

Winner of the 2005 Daniel McAlpine Outstanding Achievement Award. Sampling Plans for Diamondback Moth and General Contributions to Sampling Theory and Practice. Dr Andrew J. Hamilton (Principal Investigator), Dr Nancy A. Schellhorn, Dr Graham Hepworth, Dr Peter M. Ridland, Ms Nancy M. Endersby, and Ms Dijana Jevremov. This is the State’s highest scientific honour for primary industries research.

Finalist (1 of 3) in the 2006 British Council Eureka Prize for Leadership in Environmental Management. Quantitative Tools for Natural Resource Management.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)/Science Program for Excellence in Science. Selected by the AAAS, publishers of Science, to participate in this programme in 2005–2006.

Member on World Health Organization/International Water Management Institute/IDRC International Expert Consultation on Wastewater Irrigation. Member of the panel who drafted the Accra Consensus: Agenda for Research, Capacity Building & Action on the Safe Use of Wastewater and Excreta in Agriculture www.iwmi.cgiar.org/research_impacts/Research_Themes/Theme_3/Accra_Consensus.aspx

Reviewed papers for Environmental Management, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Environmental Technology, Science of the Total Environment, HortScience, Desalination and Water Treatment, Journal of the American Water Resources Association; Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science; Journal of Environmental Management (x2); Journal of Environmental Quality; Hydrobiologia; International Journal of Pest Management; Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture; Environmental Sciences and Environmental Computing: Volume III; Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment; Land Degradation and Development (x3); CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources. Reviewed about five honours theses for School of Environmental and Information Sciences, Charles Sturt University and the Melbourne School of Land and Environment, The University of Melbourne.

Reviewed competitive grant proposals:

Expert adviser for Waterfowl activity budgets at Lake Borrie Pond Nine, Western Treatment Plant project. Project contracted to Applied Ecology Solutions by Melbourne Water.

Invited speaker

FUNDING

Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Papers & Book Chapters

Murray, C.G. & Hamilton, A.J. (submitted). The role of artificial wetlands in waterbird conservation in Victoria. In Wetlands and Waterbirds: Managing for Resilience. (ed. I.R. Taylor).

Versace, V.L., Metselaar, K., Feddes, R., Stagnitti, F., Hamilton, A.J. & Ierodiaconou, D. (under review). Root depth distributions of major land use classes in a dryland river basin. Journal of Arid Environments.

Barker-Reid, F. & Hamilton, A.J. (under review). Uncertain log reduction targets for the use of different water sources in urban food production. Journal of Water and Health.

Barker-Reid, F., Blackbeard, J., Faggian, R., Hepworth, G. & Hamilton, A.J. (under review). Effect of monochloramine on wastewater-irrigated iceberg lettuce. Environmental and Experimental Botany.

Murray, C.G. & Hamilton, A.J. (2010). Waterbirds and wastewater treatment wetlands: ecological interactions and implications for management. Journal of Applied Ecology 47, 976–985.

Hamilton, A.J., Basset, Y., Benke, K.K., Grimbacher, P.S., Miller, S.E., Novotny, V., Samuelson, G.A., Stork, N.E., Weiblen, G.D. & Yen, J.D.L. (2010). Quantifying uncertainty in tropical arthropod species richness estimation. The American Naturalist 176, 90–95. Featured as a ‘Research Highlight’ in Nature 465, 400–401 (2010) and in the ‘ScienceNOW’ section of Science May (2010). Commentary written on the paper by Lord May of Oxford, Tropical Arthropod Species, More or Less, Science 239, 41–42.

Mara, D.D., Hamilton, A.J., Sleigh, A., Karavarsamis, N., Seidu, R. (2010). Tools for risk analysis: updating the 2006 WHO guidelines. In Wastewater Irrigation and Health: Assessing and Mitigating Risks in Low-income Countries (ed. P. Drechsel, C. A. Scott, L. Raschid-Sally, M. Redwood and A. Bahri), pp. 89−100. London: Earthscan.

Barker-Reid, F., Harper, G.A. & Hamilton, A.J. (2010). Affluent effluent: growing vegetables with wastewater in Melbourne – a wealthy but bone-dry city. Irrigation and Drainage Systems 24, 79–94.

Yen, J.D.L., Waters, E.K. & Hamilton, A.J. (2010). Cocoa Pod Borer (Conopomorpha cramerella Snellen) in Papua New Guinea: biosecurity models for New Ireland and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. Risk Analysis 30, 293–309.

Karavarsamis, N. & Hamilton, A.J. (2010). Estimators of annual infection probability. Journal of Water and Health 80, 365–373.

Hamilton, A.J., Waters, E.K., Kim, H.J., Pak, W.S. & Furlong, M.J. (2009) Sampling a weighted pest complex: caterpillars in North Korean cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) crops. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 130, 282–289.

Waters, E.K., Hamilton, A.J., Hepworth, G., Kim, H.J., Pak, W.S. & Furlong, M.J. (2009). The influence of management practice on the spatial distribution of Lepidopteran pests in Brassica crops in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: implications for sequential sampling plans. Population Ecology 51, 525–531.

Hamilton, A.J., Waters, E.K., Kim, H.J., Pak, W.S. & Furlong, M.J. (2009). Validation of fixed sample-size plans for monitoring lepidopterous pests of white cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) crops in North Korea. Journal of Economic Entomology 102, 1336–1343.

Hamilton, A.J. & Stagnitti, F. (2008). Deterministic versus stochastic quantitative microbial risk assessment models for wastewater irrigation of food crops. Acta Horticulturae 792, 333–339.

Engleitner, S., Barker-Reid, F., Faggian, R., Wos, M., Boland, A-M., Hamilton, A.J. (2008). Reclaimed water for irrigation of vegetables on a sodosol in the Werribee Irrigation District, Victoria. Acta Horticulturae 792, 273–280.

Versace, V.L., Ierodiaconou, D., Stagnitti, F. & Hamilton, A.J. (2008). Appraisal of random and systematic land cover transitions for regional water balance and revegetation strategies. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 123, 328–336.

Versace. V.L., Ierodiaconou, D., Stagnitti, F., Hamilton, A.J., Walter, T., Mitchell, B., & Boland, A.-M. (2008). Regional-scale models for relating land cover to basin surface-water quality using remotely sensed data in a GIS. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 142, 171–184.

Benke, K.K. & Hamilton, A.J. (2008). Quantitative microbial risk assessment: uncertainty and measures of central tendency for skewed distributions. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 22, 533–539.

Benke, K.K., Lowell, K.E. & Hamilton, A.J. (2008). Parameter uncertainty, sensitivity analysis and prediction error in a water-balance hydrological model. Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 47, 1134–1149.

Benke, K.K., Hamilton, A.J. & Lowell, K.E. (2007). Uncertainty analysis and risk assessment in the management of environmental resources. Australian Journal of Environmental Management. 14, 243–249.

Hamilton, A.J. (2007). Potential microbial and chemical hazards to waterbirds at the Western Treatment Plant. Ecological Management and Restoration 8, 38–41.

Hamilton, A.J., Stagnitti, F., Kumarage, S.C. & Premier, R. (2007). RIRA: a tool for conducting health risk assessments for irrigation of edible crops with recycled water. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 57, 80–87.

Hamilton, A.J., Stagnitti, F., Xiong, X., Kreidl, S.L., Benke, K.K., P. Maher (2007). Wastewater irrigation: the state of play. Vadose Zone Journal 6, 823–840.

Zang, S., Li, P., Li, W., Zhang, D., & Hamilton, A.J. (2007). Degradation of benzo[a]pyrene and its accumulated metabolites by microbial metabolism combined with chemical oxidation. Chemosphere 67, 1368–1374.

Versace, V.L., Ierodiaconou, D., Stagnitti, F., Hamilton, A.J., Walter, T., Leblanc, M., Boland, A-M. (2007). The relationship between remnant vegetation and in-stream salinity: an Australian case study. In Reducing the vulnerability of societies against water related risks at the basin scale (IAHS Red Book series). pp. 72–76.

Hamilton, A.J., Versace, V.L., Stagnitti, F., Li, P., Yin, W., Maher, P., Hermon, K., Premier, R.R. & Ierodiaconou, D. (2006). Balancing environmental impacts and benefits of wastewater reuse. WSEAS Transactions on Environment & Development 2, 117–129.

Hamilton, A.J., Endersby, N.M., Schellhorn, N.A., Ridland, P.M., Rogers, P.M., Jevremov, D. & Baker, G. (2006). Evaluation of fixed sample-size plans for Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) on broccoli crops in Australia. Journal of Economic Entomology 99, 2171–2176.

Hamilton, A.J., Stagnitti, F., Premier, R., Boland, A-M., & Hale, G. (2006). Quantitative microbial risk assessment models for consumption of raw vegetables irrigated with reclaimed water. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72, 3284–3290.

Hamilton, A.J., Stagnitti, F., Premier, R. and Boland, A.-M. (2006). Is the risk of illness through consuming vegetables irrigated with reclaimed wastewater different for different population groups? Water Science and Technology 54, 379–386.

Hamilton, A.J. & Cunnington, J.H. (2006). Calculating minimum sample sizes for taxonomic measurements: examples using Gäumann’s Peronospora spore data. Mycotaxon 95, 189–194.

Boland, A.-M., Hamilton, A.J., Stevens, D. & Ziehrl, A. (2006). Chapter 4: Opportunities for reclaimed water use in Australian agriculture. In Growing crops with reclaimed water: an Australian perspective (ed. D. Stevens). ISBN: 0-643-06625 X. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. pp. 81-90.

Dawson, J., Hamilton, A.J. & Mansfield, C. (2006). Dispersion statistics and a sampling plan for Helicoverpa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on fresh-market tomatoes. Australian Journal of Entomology 45, 91–95.

Hamilton, A.J., Boland, A.-M., Stevens, D., Kelly, J., Radcliffe, J., Ziehrl, A., Dillon, P. & Paulin, B. (2005). Position of the Australian horticultural industry with respect to the use of reclaimed water. Agricultural Water Management 71, 181–209.

Hamilton, A.J., Robinson, W., Taylor, I.R., & Wilson, B.P. (2005). The ecology of sewage treatment gradients in relation to their use by waterbirds. Hydrobiologia 534, 91–108.

Hamilton, A.J. (2005) Species diversity or biodiversity? Journal of Environmental Management 75, 89–92.

Hamilton, A.J., Endersby, N.M., Ridland, P.M., Zhang, J. & Neal, M. (2005). Effects of cultivar on oviposition preference, larval feeding and development time of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), on Brassica oleracea L. vegetables in Victoria. Australian Journal of Entomology 44, 284–287.

Hamilton, A.J. (2005). SLAC: a tool for addressing chaos in the ecology classroom. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology 36, 489–496.

Hamilton, A.J., Mebalds, M.I., Aldaoud, R. & Heath, M. (2005). Physical, chemical and microbial characteristics of wastewater from carrot washing in Australia: implications for reuse and environmental discharge. Journal of Vegetable Science 11, 57–72.

Hamilton, A.J., Stagnitti, F., Boland, A-M. & Premier, R. (2005). Quantitative microbial risk assessment modelling for the use of reclaimed water in irrigated horticulture. In Environmental Health Risk III, C.A. Brebbia, V. Popov, & D. Fayzieva (eds.). ISBN: 1-84564-026-8. Wessex Institute of Technology Transactions on Biomedicine and Health series, vol. 9. pp. 71–81.

Hamilton, A.J., Versace, V., Hepworth, G., Stagnitti, F., Dawson, J., Ridland, P.M., Endersby, N.M., Schellhorn, N. A., Mansfield, C. & P.M. Rogers (2005). Attending to risk in sequential sampling plans. In Environmental Health Risk III, C.A. Brebbia, V. Popov, & D. Fayzieva (eds.). ISBN: 1-84564-026-8. Wessex Institute of Technology Transactions on Biomedicine and Health series, vol. 9. pp. 11–20.

Hamilton, A.J. & Taylor, I.R. (2005). Distribution of foraging waterbirds throughout the Lake Borrie ponds at the Western Treatment Plant, Victoria (Australia). The Victorian Naturalist 122, 68–78.

Hamilton, A.J. & Taylor, I.R. (2005). Notes on diving behaviour of hardhead Aythya australis in a sewage pond. The Victorian Naturalist 123, 230–232.

Hamilton, A.J., Schellhorn, N.A., Endersby, N.M., Ridland, P.M., & Ward, S.A. (2004). A dynamic binomial sequential sampling plan for Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) on broccoli and cauliflower in Australia. Journal of Economic Entomology 97, 127–135.

Hamilton, A.J. & Hepworth, G. (2004). Accounting for cluster sampling in constructing enumerative sequential sampling plans. Journal of Economic Entomology 97, 1132–1136.

Hamilton, A.J., Taylor, I.R. & Rogers, P.M. (2004). Seasonal and diurnal patterns in abundance of waterbirds at a waste-stabilisation pond in Victoria. Corella 28, 43–54.

Hamilton, A.J. & Taylor, I.R. (2004). Seasonal patterns in abundance of waterfowl (Anatidae) at a waste-stabilisation pond, Victoria. Corella 28: 38–40.

Hamilton, A.J., Taylor, I.R. & Wilson, B.P. (2003). Potential impact of future sewage treatment changes on waterbird use of the Lake Borrie ponds at the Western Treatment Plant: a theoretical discussion. Water 30, 54–57.

Hamilton, A.J., Taylor, I.R. & Hepworth, G. (2002). Activity budgets of waterfowl (Anatidae) on a waste stabilisation pond. Emu 102, 171–179.

Hepworth, G. & Hamilton, A.J. (2001). Scan sampling and waterfowl activity budget studies: design and analysis considerations. Behaviour 138, 1391–1406.

Tabatabai, S., Chervin, C., Hamilton, A.J. & Hoffman, A. (2000). Sensitivity of pupae of lightbrown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana) (Walker) (Lepidopetra: Tortricidae) to combinations of abiotic stresses. Australian Journal of Entomology 39, 78–82.

Chervin, C., Kreidl, S., Hamilton, A.J. & Whitmore, S. (2000). Non-chemical disinfestation: a freezing approach. Acta Horticulturae 518, 187–192.

Chervin, C., Kreidl, S.L., Hamilton, A.J., Franz, P., Whitmore, S., Thomann, T., Vitou, J., Merriman, P. & Walker, R. (1999). Evaluation of a non-chemical disinfestation treatment on quality of pome fruit and mortality of lepidopterous pests. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 39, 335–344.

Chervin, C., Jessup, A., Hamilton, A.J., Kreidl, S., Kulkarni, S. & Franz, P. (1998). Non-chemical disinfestation: combining the combinations - additive effects of the combination of three postharvest treatments on insect mortality and pome fruit quality. Acta Horticulturae 464, 273–278.

 

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

Hamilton, A.J., Stagnitti, F., Kumarage, S.C. & Premier, R.R. (2007). RIRA: a program for conducting quantitative microbial risk assessments on recycled water schemes. OzWater Convention and Exhibition, Sydney, Australia, March 8–12, CD-ROM, 2007.

Steele, W.K., Hamilton, A.J., Taylor, I.R. & Loyn, R.H. (2006). Balancing sewage treatment and waterbird conservation objectives at a major sewage treatment plant. 5th World Water Congress, International Water Association, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, 10–14 September 2006. CD-ROM.

Wos, M., Faggian, R., Hamilton, A.J. & Boland, A-M. (2006). Using recycled water to irrigate vegetable crops: the Werribee Irrigation District (Victoria, Australia) case study. 5th World Water Congress, International Water Association, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, 10–14 September 2006. CD-ROM.

Barker-Reid, F., Engleitner, S., Faggian, R., Kreidl, S.L., Harapas, D., Hamilton, A.J. (2007). Reclaimed water for vegetable irrigation: a field trial in south-eastern Australia. OzWater Convention and Exhibition, Sydney, Australia, March 8–12, CD-ROM, 2007.

Hamilton, A.J., Stagnitti, F., Versace, V., & Ierodiaconou, D. (2006). Sustainable wastewater reuse. International Conference Biohydrology 2006, Impact of Biological Factors on Soil Hydrology. Prague, Czech Republic, 20–22 September 2006. Electronic version only.

Hamilton, A.J., Versace, V.L., Stagnitti, F., Li, P., Yin, W., Maher, P., Hermon, K., Premier, R.R. & Ierodiaconou, D. (2006). Wastewater reuse and the environment: reaping the benefits by minimising the impacts. In Proceedings: Water Resources, Hydraulics & Hydrology, WSEAS Conference, Chalkida, Evia Island, Greece, May 11–13, 2006.

Boland, A-M., Hamilton, A.J., Stevens, D.P., Kelly, J., Marks, J., Nancarrow, B.E., Po, M., Wos, M., Faggian, R., Jarwal, S., Engleitner, S. & Stagnitti, F. (2005). Use of recycled water in Australian horticulture. OzWater Convention and Exhibition, Brisbane and Townsville, Australia, May 8–12, CD-ROM, 2005.

 

Theses

Hamilton, A.J. (2002). The ecology of waterbirds at the Western Treatment Plant (Victoria), with particular reference to waterfowl. PhD Thesis, Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia.

Hamilton, A.J. (1993). Seasonal effects on the relationship between body size and numbers of individuals for a natural group of mites (Subclass: Acari) with a note on diversity. BSc Honours Thesis, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.

 

Non Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

Hamilton, A.J., Schellhorn, N.A. & Jevremov, D. (2006). Efficient monitoring for diamondback moth in Brassica vegetable crops. Australian Vegetable Industry Conference, 2006, Brisbane, Queensland, 10–12 May 2006.

Boland, A-M. & Hamilton, A.J. (2004). Sustainable use of recycled water in Australian horticulture. ANCID 2004 Annual Conference, Australian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (ANCID), Barossa Valley, South Australia, 10–13 October, 2004. pp. 136–143.

Harrup, P.G., Holmes, R.J., Hamilton, A.J., Mebalds, M.I. & Premier, R.P. (2001). Sanitary washing of vegetables. Postharvest Handling of Fresh Vegetables. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) Proceedings No. 105, 100-107.

Hamilton, A.J. & Mebalds, M.I. (2000). The potential for recycling carrot wash-water—water quality considerations. Carrot Conference Australia. Perth, Western Australia, 2006. pp. 28–29.

 

Conference Abstracts

Knight, M., Loyn, R.L., Hamilton, A.J. 2010. Bird communities in complex landscapes of farmland, tree plantations and embedded remnant forest: how can planning decisions help conserve biodiversity? 5th International Ornithological Congress, Campos do Jordão, SP, Brazil, 22–28 August 2010.

Ouin, A., Menozzi, P., Hamilton, A. J., Coulon, M., Sarthou, J. P., Ponsard, S. 2009. Using stable hydrogen isotope ratios to infer geographical origins of an auxiliary hoverfly species in the South West of France. Journées d’Ecologie Toulousaine, 6 Mars 2009.

Karavarsamis, N & Hamilton, A.J. (2008). Estimators of annual infection risk and the influence of sample size. Australian Statistical Conference. Melbourne, Victoria, 30 June–3 July 2008.

Versace, V.L., Ierodiaconou, D., Stagnitti, F., Hamilton, A.J., Walter, T., Leblanc, M., Boland, A-M. (2006). At what scale does upstream remnant vegetation impact on downstream salinity levels? Eurpoean Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2006.

Iyer, R., Hamilton, A.J., Jaudzgems, G., Beardall, J. & Read, J. (2005). Management of botrytis infection in wine grapes - influence of nitrogen fertilisation on cuticular morphology of the berry. 15th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference, 26–29 September, 2005, Geelong.

Hamilton, A.J., Barker, J., Winter, E., Grozev, J., Franz, P. & Iyer, R. (2004). Coupling networked microclimate sensors with disease phenology models. Sir Mark Oliphant Conference 2004 - International Frontiers of Science and Technology. Melbourne, August 9–12 2004. A.J. Hamilton = invited speaker.

Hamilton, A.J., Schellhorn, N.A., Ridland, P.M., Endersby, N.E. & Ward, S.A. (2004). A dynamic computer-assisted sampling plan for Plutella xylostella (L.) in Brassica crops. The 15th International Plant Protection Congress, Beijing, China, May 11–16, 2004, p. 524.

Hepworth, G. & Hamilton, A.J. (2002). Incorporating sampling variance which may be zero into ANOVA and REML: analysis of a waterfowl activity study. Australasian Genstat Conference, December 4–6, Busselton, WA, Australia.

Hamilton, A.J., Endersby, N.M., Ridland, P.M. & Zhang, J. (2002). Validation of sampling plans for diamondback moth using re-sampling techniques. Natural Resources and Environment Horticulture Conference, August 21–22, Melbourne, Australia. pg. 20.

Hamilton, A.J. & Mebalds, M.I. (2002). Quality of waste-water from vegetable washing: implications for its re-use. Natural Resources and Environment Horticulture Conference, August 21–22, Melbourne, Australia. pg. 19.

Hepworth, G. & Hamilton, A.J. (2002). Sampling theory and classical inference in combination: analysis of a waterfowl activity study. 21st International Biometric Conference, July 21–26, Frieberg, Germany. pp. 73–74.

Kreidl. S.L., Chervin. C. & Hamilton, A.J. (1998). Pome fruit disinfestation using controlled atmosphere and freezing. The 4th Australian Horticulture Conference, Melbourne 1998.

Chervin, C., Kreidl, S.L., Hamilton, A.J., Merriman, P. & Walker, R. (1997). Disinfestation of pome fruits by combining effects of a CA/Mild Heat Pulse prior to cold storage. In P. Thomson & E. Mitcham (eds.) Seventh International Controlled Atmosphere Research Conference - Proceedings Volume 1: CA Technology and Disinfestation studies (Davis, California: University of California). pg. 113.

 

Conference Posters

Hamilton, A.J., Stagnitti, F. & Premier, R.R. (2006). Microbial risk assessment models for irrigation of vegetable crops with reclaimed water. Australian Vegetable Industry Conference, 2006, Brisbane, Queensland, 10–12 May 2006.

Versace. V.L., Ierodiaconou, D., Stagnitti, F., Hamilton, A.J., Walter, T., Mitchell, B., Leblanc, M. & Boland, A-M. (2006). At what scale does native vegetation affect downstream salinity levels? European Geosciences Union: General Assembly 2006, Vienna, Austria, 2–7 April 2006.

Wos, M., Faggian, R., Hamilton, A.J. & Boland, A-M. (2006). Using recycled water to irrigate vegetable crops: the Werribee Irrigation District (Victoria, Australia) case study. 5th World Water Congress, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, 10–14 September 2006.

Boland, A-M, Hamilton, A.J., Stevens, D., Nancarrow, B., Kelly, J., Dillon, P., Paulin, R., Henderson, C., Radcliffe, J., Po, M., Marks, J., Lovell, J., Bewsell, D., Kaine, G. & Faggian, R.(2004). Use of reclaimed water in Australian horticulture. 2nd International Committee on Irrigation and Drainage—Asian Regional Conference.

Hamilton, A.J., Barker, J., Winter, E., Franz, P., and Iyer, R. (2004). A prototype system for running real-time data through Botrytis phenology and ‘degree-time’ growth models. The 12th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference. Melbourne, July 25–28, 2004.

Iyer, R., Hamilton, A.J., Weichel, T., Holmes, R., Cole, M., Joyce, D.C. (2004). Management of Botrytis infection in wine grapes—a preliminary study on nutritional variation. The 12th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference. Melbourne, July 25–28, 2004.

Boland, A-M., Hamilton, A.J. & Ziehrl, A. (2003). Use of reclaimed water in Australian horticulture. National Program for Sustainable Irrigation—Investors’ Forum. Melbourne, October 19, 2003.

Hamilton, A.J. & Hepworth, G. (2003). Cluster sampling: accounting for its influence on variance estimation and sampling plans. Department of Primary Industries and Department of Sustainability & Environment: Entomology Symposium. Rutherglen, May 7–8, 2003.

Hamilton, A.J. & Ridland, P.M. (2003). DYMEX® modelling in applied entomology. Department of Primary Industries and Department of Sustainability & Environment: Entomology Symposium. Rutherglen, May 7–8, 2003.

Hamilton, A.J., Schellhorn, N.A., Ridland, P.M., Endersby, N.E. & Ward, S.A. (2003). A binomial sequential sampling plan driven by a dynamic action threshold. Department of Primary Industries and Department of Sustainability & Environment: Entomology Symposium. Rutherglen, May 7–8, 2003.

Horlock, F., Hamilton, A.J. and Behrsing, J. (2001). Potential replacement of vegetable imports into Australia with local produce. Australasian Postharvest Conference. Adelaide.

Hamilton, A.J. (2000). Coliform bacteria detected in carrot wash-water. Carrot Conference Australia. Perth.

Hamilton, A.J., Kreidl, S.L., Chervin, C., Whitmore, S., Franz, P., Walker, R., Holmes, R. & Merriman, P. (1998). Postharvest control of insect pests of pome fruit to facilitate export. Australian Apple and Pear Growers’ Association—1998 Conference. Adelaide.

 

Major Reports

Hamilton, A.J., Endersby, N.M., Ridland, P.M. Zhang, J. & Neal, M. (2004) Cultivar effects on oviposition preference, larval feeding and development time of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Chapter in Final Report for National Diamondback Moth Project, pp. 129–136. Prepared for Horticulture Australia. Project number VG00055.

Schellhorn, N.A., Paull, C. & Hamilton, A.J. (2004). Crop scouting research. Chapter in Final Report for National Diamondback Moth Project, pp. 129–136. Prepared for Horticulture Australia. Project number VG00055.

Radcliffe, J., Boland, A-M. & Hamilton A.J. (2004). Implications of policy on use of reclaimed water for Australian horticulture. Confidential report for Land and Water Australia. 5 pp.

Premier, R., Hamilton, A.J., Boland, A-M., Stokes, J., Rose, G. & McGowan (2004). Demonstrating food integrity and improving market access: development of a work plan for R&D on water re-use/substantiation under ORL 3.1. Report for Our Rural Landscapes (ORL) initiative, Department of Primary Industries. 11 pp.

Hamilton, A.J. and Boland, A-M. (2004). Effects of salinity on stone-fruit crops: a review of research from 1997 to present. Report for the Murray-Darling Basin Commission.

Hamilton, A.J., Boland, A-M., Stevens, D., Paulin, R., Kelly, J., Radcliffe, J. and Dillon, P. (2003). Use of reclaimed water by the Australian horticultural industry—the state of play and challenges for the future. Report prepared for Land and Water Australia. 56 pp.
Obtain from: www.lwa.gov.au/downloads/final_reports/VPI4_LitRev_0401.pdf

Ziehrl, A., Boland, A-M. & Hamilton, A.J. (2003). Analysis of resource potential: Australian horticulture and water re-use options. Report for Land and Water Australia. 18 pp.

Mebalds, M.I. & Hamilton, A.J. (2002). Quality wash water for carrots and other vegetables: insurance for clean food and minimising environmental impact. Final Report for Horticulture Australia. Project number VG00995.

Hamilton, A.J. & Holmes, R.J. (2000). Efficacy of Phytoclean® on the viability of pathogenic bacteria and fungi. Confidential report for Avis Chemicals Pty Ltd.

Horlock, F., Behrsing, J., Hamilton, A.J. & Tomkins, R.B. (2001). Fresh and processed vegetable imports to Australia—health risks and economic opportunities. Economic review of vegetable imports. Confidential report for the Horticultural Research and Development Corporation. Project number VG98079.

Behrsing, J., Horlock, F. & Hamilton, A.J. (1999). Potential health risks associated with fresh and processed vegetable imports into Australia. Confidential report for Horticultural Research and Development Corporation. Project number VG98079

Kreidl, S., Holmes, R., Chervin, C., Hamilton, A.J., Jessup, A. & de Lima, F. (1999). Pre-storage treatment for non-chemical disinfestation of pears and apples. Final Report for Horticultural Research and Development Corporation. Project number VP95020.

 

Articles in Industry Journals

Hamilton, A.J. Jevremov, D. & Schellhorn, N.A. (2004). Diamondback moth on the web! Good Fruit and Vegetables 15, 15.

Schellhorn, N.A. & Hamilton, A.J. (2003). Tools to help brassica vegetable growers move towards IPM. Grower Feb.: 6.

Hamilton, A.J. (2001). Stabilisation ponds to facilitate re-use of vegetable wastewater. Good Fruit and Vegetables 11, 40–41.

Hamilton, A.J. & Mebalds, M.I. (2000). Recycling vegetable wash water. Good Fruit and Vegetables 11, 50.

Chervin, C., Hamilton, A.J., Kreidl, S.L. & Merriman, P. (1997). Disinfestation without chemicals. Pome Fruit Australia Jan–Feb.: 18.

Chervin, C., Hamilton, A.J., Kreidl, S.L., & Merriman, P. (1997). Disinfesting, the non-chemical way. Pome Fruit Feb.: 20.

 

Press On My Work

Odling-Smee, L. (2010). Counting creatures. Nature 465, 400–401.

Fields, H. (2010). Life’s pageant not so rich. ScienceNOW, Science (online only, May 21, 2010)

Zukerman, W. (in press). Species count slashed. New Scientist. 202 (2764), 4. (12 June 2010)

Miner, M. (2010). Earth holds less biodiversity than thought. Cosmos (May 31, 2010).

Leong, M. (2010). Fewer species on Earth than thought. Australian Geographic. (June 1, 2010).

Shipley, T. (2010). Creepy crawlies aren’t so numerous. Discovery News (May 28, 2010).

Anon. (2010). Who are we sharing the planet with? Millions less species than previously thought, new calculations suggest. Science Daily (June 2, 2010).

Bradshaw, C.J.A. (2010). How many species are there? Conservation Bytes (June 4, 2010).

Maslen, G. (2007). Weighing third world chances. The Age (February 12, 2007).

Interviewed by Michael Cathcar for ABC Radio National. Topic: ‘Species Slashed’. Bush Telegraph programme. www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/content/2010/s2923630.htm

Interviewed by Clement Paligaru and Isabel . Interview title: ‘Study revises estimates of planet’s species’. In the Loop programme. Radio Australia (ABCs foreign service). www.radioaustralia.net.au/flash/listen/mp3.htm?url=http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/ra/podcast/intheloop/20100610.mp3;prg=In%20The%20Loop

Interviewed byLindy Burns for ABC Local Radio, Melbourne Drive programme.

American Society for Microbiology (2006). Safer irrigation with reclaimed water. Microbe (Journal Highlights section). July issue.

Blanch, D. (2005). Better ways to count—birds, moths, fungi. Innovations interview. Radio Australia, Australian Broadcasting Commission. www.abc.net.au/ra/innovations/stories/s1360681.htm

The Honourable Bob Cameron, Minister for Agriculture (Victoria). (2005). Science Awards 2005: award winners.

Murdoch, C. C. & Dimsey, R. (2004). Crop scouting software for diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella. Vegetables-Matters-of-Facts (Department of Primary Industries newsletter). No. 18. 2 pp.

Young, E. (2004). Stop the rot: could microelectronics save vineyards from a devastating fungus? The Guardian. London. Transcript at www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1250702,00.html

Australian Science Communicators’ Media (2004). Wine receives a climate boost. Media release.

Bundaberg 93.1 Sea FM. Interview on recycling vegetable wash-water.

 

Industry Guidelines

Hamilton, A.J. (2006). Sampling. Technical Bulletin series of the Stockfeed Manufacturers’ Association of Victoria.

Hamilton, A.J. & Mebalds, M.I. (2002). Guidelines for the re-use of waste-water from vegetable washing. Department of Natural Resources and Environment. 9 pp.

 

Examinations

Hamilton, A.J. (2005). Victorian Certificate of Education 2005. VCE Environmental Science: Trial Examination 1. State-wide examination. May 2005. Written in entirety by AJH on behalf of the Victorian Association for Environmental Education. 16 pp.

Hamilton, A.J. & Stagnitti, F. (2005). Environmental Modelling. Examination Paper #2: Sampling. April 2005. School, of Ecology and Environment, Deakin University. 8 pp.

 

Newsletters & Workshop Manuals

Hamilton, A.J., Endersby, N.M. & Ridland, P.M. (2004). Effects of cultivar type on oviposition preference, larval feeding and development time of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) on Brassica vegetables. IPM Brassica Newsletter.

Mebalds, M.I. & Hamilton, A.J. (2004). Recycling Waste Water On-farm—Water Treatment Options. VEGEnotes. Arris Pty Ltd, Adelaide, SA. ISSN 1449-1397.

Hamilton, A.J., Jeveremov, D., Schellhorn, N. & Ulloa, P. (2004). Simple computer program helps growers monitor diamondback moth. IPM Brassica Newsletter.

Hamilton, A.J., Harrup, P.G., Jacka, L., Holmes, R.J. & Mebalds, M.I. (2001). In the Wash. Newsletter for various state vegetable grower associations. Two issues produced.

Mebalds, M.I., Hamilton, A.J., Holmes, R.J. & Harrup, P.G. (2002). Managing clean and safe water for washing vegetables. Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

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