Peter Contos

La Trobe University — Australia

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

6h-index132citations18works5.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Environmental Philosophy and Ethics(7), Land Use and Ecosystem Services(4), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies(4), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(3), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(2)

Publications18 total

How variation among field assessments can affect biodiversity offset outcomes
Conservation Science and Practice·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Divergent responses of insectivorous bats and flying insects to experimental <scp>LED</scp> illumination of different spectra
Ecosphere·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Rebuilding microbiomes: Facilitating animal-microbe interactions through ecological restoration and rewilding
Journal of Environmental Management·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Rewilding soil and litter invertebrates and fungi increases decomposition rates and alters detritivore communities
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
Morphological Strategies in Ant Communities along Elevational Gradients in Three Mountain Ranges
Diversity·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
<scp>DNA</scp> metabarcoding uncovers dispersal‐constrained arthropods in a highly fragmented restoration setting
Restoration Ecology·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Megapode mound-builders (malleefowl, Leipoa ocellata) enhance soil function through altered bacterial community composition
Applied Soil Ecology·2023· 1 cited
Ecological restoration using litter transplants increases decomposition rates and alters detritivore communities
2023Open Access
Megapode Mound-Builders (Malleefowl, Leipoa Ocellata) Enhance Soil Function Through Altered Bacterial Community Composition
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
They might not have a spine, but invertebrates are the backbone of our ecosystems. Let’s help them out
2022
Whole‐of‐community invertebrate rewilding: Leaf litter transplants rapidly increase beetle diversity during restoration
Ecological Applications·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
Rewilding with invertebrates and microbes to restore ecosystems: Present trends and future directions
Ecology and Evolution·2021· 48 citedOpen Access
Rewilding with invertebrates and microbes to restore ecosystems: present trends and future directions
2021Open Access
Diet of the crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) in the Strzelecki Desert
Australian Mammalogy·2019· 6 cited
Global Expansion of the Australian Biting Louse <i>Heterodoxus spiniger</i> Facilitated by Human Transport of Dog (<i>Canis familiaris</i>), and Implications for Prehistoric Cultural Interaction in Australasia
Environmental Archaeology·2019· 4 cited
Top-down effects of a large mammalian carnivore in arid Australia extend to epigeic arthropod assemblages
Journal of Arid Environments·2019· 16 cited
New species, taxonomy, phylogeny, and distribution of the tropical tribe Bothriomirini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae)
Insect Systematics & Evolution·2018· 17 cited
New species, taxonomy, phylogeny, and distribution of the tropical tribe Bothriomirini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae). Supplementary Material
Figshare·2018Open Access

Frequent Co-authors

Heloise Gibb(9), Nicholas P. Murphy(7), Orsi Decker(4), Jennifer L. Wood(3), Joshua Vido(3), Anna A. Namyatova(2), Gerasimos Cassis(2), Mike Letnic(2), Zachary J. Kayll(2), Tamara S. Morgan(2), Sacha Jellinek(2), Heather Neilly(2), Joshua J. Vido(1), Kylie A. Robert(1), Alicia M. Dimovski(1), Nyil Khwaja(1), Stephen R. Griffiths(1), Loukas Koungoulos(1), Manoli Photakis(1), Iona Okey(1)