Professor Peter Erskine
Professor

Peter Erskine

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Availability

Professor Peter Erskine is:
Not available for supervision

Fields of research

Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences Environmental Sciences Forestry sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Rehabilitation of degraded land

    Leading multi-disciplinary teams designing monitoring programs, mine rehabilitation strategies, and landscape restoration in Australia, south-east Asia, and Africa.

  • Spatial ecology

  • Rainforest restoration

  • Metallophyte discovery and utilisation

Search Professor Peter Erskine’s works on UQ eSpace

267 works between 1995 and 2025
All (267) Journal Article (145) Book Chapter (16) Conference Publication (43) Book (11) Other Outputs (52)

221 - 240 of 267 works

2012

Conference Publication

Characterising upland swamps using object-based classification methods and hyper-spatial resolution imagery derived from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Lechner,A. M., Fletcher, A., Johansen, K. and Erskine, P. (2012). Characterising upland swamps using object-based classification methods and hyper-spatial resolution imagery derived from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. XXII ISPRS Congress, Technical Commission IV, Melbourne, Australia, 25 August-01 September 2012. Melbourne, Australia: ISPRS. doi: 10.5194/isprsannals-I-4-101-2012

Characterising upland swamps using object-based classification methods and hyper-spatial resolution imagery derived from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

2012

Conference Publication

Walk or talk – is the current mine approval process in Queensland delivering rehabilitation and closure success?

White, O., Maczkowiack, R. I., Erskine, P. D. and Baumgartl, T. (2012). Walk or talk – is the current mine approval process in Queensland delivering rehabilitation and closure success?. Life of Mine Conference (AusIMM), Brisbane, Australia, 10- 12 July 2012. Carlton North, VIC, Australia: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM).

Walk or talk – is the current mine approval process in Queensland delivering rehabilitation and closure success?

2012

Journal Article

Spoting long-term changes in vegetation over short-term variability

Bao, Nisha, Lechner, Alex, Fletcher, Andrew, Erskine, Peter, Mulligan, David and Bai, Zhongke (2012). Spoting long-term changes in vegetation over short-term variability. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 28 (1), 2-24. doi: 10.1080/17480930.2012.710505

Spoting long-term changes in vegetation over short-term variability

2012

Conference Publication

Developing species specific vegetation maps using multi-spectral hyperspatial imagery from unmanned aerial vehicles

Strecha, Christoph, Fletcher, Andrew, Lechner, Alex, Erskine, Peter and Fua, Pascal (2012). Developing species specific vegetation maps using multi-spectral hyperspatial imagery from unmanned aerial vehicles. XXII ISPRS Congress, Technical Commission III, Melbourne, Vic., Australia, 25 August-01 September 2012. Gottingen, Germany: Copernicus Publications. doi: 10.5194/isprsannals-I-3-311-2012

Developing species specific vegetation maps using multi-spectral hyperspatial imagery from unmanned aerial vehicles

2012

Conference Publication

The application of the virtual ecologist approach to evaluating the effects of uncertainty in plot based monitoring schemes due to landscape spatial and temporal heterogeneity

Lechner, Alex, Clarke, Daniel, Weatherley, Dion, Fletcher, Andrew, Erskine, Peter and Comber, Alexis (2012). The application of the virtual ecologist approach to evaluating the effects of uncertainty in plot based monitoring schemes due to landscape spatial and temporal heterogeneity. 6th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2012), Leipzig, Germany, 1 - 5 July 2012. Leipzig, Germany: International Environmental Modelling and Software Society.

The application of the virtual ecologist approach to evaluating the effects of uncertainty in plot based monitoring schemes due to landscape spatial and temporal heterogeneity

2011

Other Outputs

Preliminary flora and fauna assessment of Airly Coal Mine, NSW

McCaffrey, N., Williams, E., Goulding, W., Fletcher, A., Glenn, V. and Erskine, P. (2011). Preliminary flora and fauna assessment of Airly Coal Mine, NSW. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland.

Preliminary flora and fauna assessment of Airly Coal Mine, NSW

2011

Other Outputs

Proof of Concept - application of hyper resolution imageryin the assessment of rehabilitation

Fletcher, Andrew, Erskine, Peter and McKenna, Phillip (2011). Proof of Concept - application of hyper resolution imageryin the assessment of rehabilitation. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Proof of Concept - application of hyper resolution imageryin the assessment of rehabilitation

2011

Other Outputs

Initial flora survey results and proposed scope to develop a routine monitoring program for Airly Coal Mine (ML1331 & A232)

Fletcher, A., Glenn, V., McKenna, P., Gravina, A., Erskine, P. and McCaffrey, N. (2011). Initial flora survey results and proposed scope to develop a routine monitoring program for Airly Coal Mine (ML1331 & A232). St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland.

Initial flora survey results and proposed scope to develop a routine monitoring program for Airly Coal Mine (ML1331 & A232)

2011

Other Outputs

Vegetation recolonisation patterns on historic costeans and drill pads at Paradise South. A report to Legend International Holdings, Inc.

Erskine, Peter and Gillespie, Melina (2011). Vegetation recolonisation patterns on historic costeans and drill pads at Paradise South. A report to Legend International Holdings, Inc.. Brisbane, Australia:

Vegetation recolonisation patterns on historic costeans and drill pads at Paradise South. A report to Legend International Holdings, Inc.

2011

Journal Article

Ant community variation with rehabilitation and management history on a sand mine at North Stradbroke Island, south-east Queensland

Williams, E. R., Mulligan, D. R., Erskine, P. D. and Plowman, K. P. (2011). Ant community variation with rehabilitation and management history on a sand mine at North Stradbroke Island, south-east Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, The, 117, 437-453. doi: 10.5962/p.357769

Ant community variation with rehabilitation and management history on a sand mine at North Stradbroke Island, south-east Queensland

2011

Conference Publication

Quantifying the impact of sampling intensity on the detection of long-term trends in vegetation condition in montane swamps

Lechner, Alex, Fletcher, Andrew, Weatherley, Dion and Erskine, Peter (2011). Quantifying the impact of sampling intensity on the detection of long-term trends in vegetation condition in montane swamps. Spatial Ecology and Conservation International Conference, Birmingham University, U. K., 5 - 7 September 2011.

Quantifying the impact of sampling intensity on the detection of long-term trends in vegetation condition in montane swamps

2011

Journal Article

The influence of topsoil management on Stradbroke Island sand mine rehabilitation: Implications for ecosystem recovery

Van Gorp, L. and Erskine, Peter D. (2011). The influence of topsoil management on Stradbroke Island sand mine rehabilitation: Implications for ecosystem recovery. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 117, 377-389.

The influence of topsoil management on Stradbroke Island sand mine rehabilitation: Implications for ecosystem recovery

2009

Book

Summer 2009 Vegetation Monitoring results for Angus Place, Springvale and Clarence mines, Lithgow, NSW, June2009 A report for Centennial Coal

Vickers, H., McKenna, P. and Erskine, P. (2009). Summer 2009 Vegetation Monitoring results for Angus Place, Springvale and Clarence mines, Lithgow, NSW, June2009 A report for Centennial Coal.

Summer 2009 Vegetation Monitoring results for Angus Place, Springvale and Clarence mines, Lithgow, NSW, June2009 A report for Centennial Coal

2009

Conference Publication

Identifying cost-effective reforestation approaches for biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration in the Australian tropics

Mayfield, Margaret M., Bradshaw, Corey J. A., Chittleborough, David J., Erskine, Peter D., Gardner, Toby A., Lawes, Michael J., Menendez, Rosa, van Oosterzee, Penny and Preece, Noel D. (2009). Identifying cost-effective reforestation approaches for biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration in the Australian tropics. 10th International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL), Brisbane, Australia, 16-21 November 2009.

Identifying cost-effective reforestation approaches for biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration in the Australian tropics

2009

Book

Stage 3 – Design and Implementation of a Monitoring Program and Soil Analyses – YDM10 topsoil “comparison” trial, Yarraman Mine, North Stradbroke Island

Bowen, D., Vickers, H., Erskine, P. and Pillai-McGarry, U. (2009). Stage 3 – Design and Implementation of a Monitoring Program and Soil Analyses – YDM10 topsoil “comparison” trial, Yarraman Mine, North Stradbroke Island.

Stage 3 – Design and Implementation of a Monitoring Program and Soil Analyses – YDM10 topsoil “comparison” trial, Yarraman Mine, North Stradbroke Island

2008

Book

Measuring Rehabilitation Indicators - A Manual for RTA operations in Weipa, Queensland, September 2008

Vickers, H., Erskine, P. and Mulligan, D. (2008). Measuring Rehabilitation Indicators - A Manual for RTA operations in Weipa, Queensland, September 2008.

Measuring Rehabilitation Indicators - A Manual for RTA operations in Weipa, Queensland, September 2008

2008

Book

Completion Criteria for Native Ecosystem Rehabilitation at RTA Weipa – Report to Rio Tinto Alcan – Weipa Operations, September 2008

Erskine, P., Vickers, H. and Mulligan, D. (2008). Completion Criteria for Native Ecosystem Rehabilitation at RTA Weipa – Report to Rio Tinto Alcan – Weipa Operations, September 2008.

Completion Criteria for Native Ecosystem Rehabilitation at RTA Weipa – Report to Rio Tinto Alcan – Weipa Operations, September 2008

2008

Journal Article

Restoring rainforest species by direct seeding: Tree seedling establishment and growth performance on degraded land in the wet tropics of Australia

Doust, S.M., Erskine, P.D. and Lamb, D. (2008). Restoring rainforest species by direct seeding: Tree seedling establishment and growth performance on degraded land in the wet tropics of Australia. Forest Ecology and Management, 256 (5), 1178-1188. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.019

Restoring rainforest species by direct seeding: Tree seedling establishment and growth performance on degraded land in the wet tropics of Australia

2008

Journal Article

Use of 3-PG and 3-PGS to simulate forest growth dynamics of Australian tropical rainforests. I. Parameterisation and calibration for old-growth, regenerating and plantation forests

Nightingale, J. M., Hill, M. J., Phinn, S. R., Davies, I. D., Held, A. A. and Erskine, P. D. (2008). Use of 3-PG and 3-PGS to simulate forest growth dynamics of Australian tropical rainforests. I. Parameterisation and calibration for old-growth, regenerating and plantation forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 254 (2), 107-121. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.041

Use of 3-PG and 3-PGS to simulate forest growth dynamics of Australian tropical rainforests. I. Parameterisation and calibration for old-growth, regenerating and plantation forests

2008

Book Chapter

Forest Restoration at a Landscape Scale

Lamb, D. and Erskine, P. (2008). Forest Restoration at a Landscape Scale. Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape. (pp. 469-484) edited by Stork, N. and Turton, S.. Carlton, Vic, Australia: Blackwell Publishing.

Forest Restoration at a Landscape Scale

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    Optimising future copper production in the NW Mineral Province -Stage 1 scoping
    Queensland Department of Resources
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    Quantitative Geophysics for Monitoring and Assessment of Mining Residue Structure
    Technological Resources Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2028
    CoastRI - Coastal Monitoring Network
    AuScope Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    EarthDrone National Drone Infrastructure for the Earth with Cross-Platform Interoperability
    AuScope Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    High-resolution monitoring of Newlands and Collinsville mine rehabilitation
    NC Coal Company Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Fingerprinting environmentally sustainable ores using neodymium isotopes
    Queensland Department of Resources
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2024
    Expanding Queensland's Rare Earth Element opportunities - defining and extracting new REE resources
    Queensland Department of Resources
    Open grant
  • 2022
    Drones4waste - A multi-scale, ground-to-air characterisation of waste and rehabilitation, Hercules mine site, Tasmania (304MMGHDRONE)
    MMG Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    Carbon sequestration of forests in Vietnam and Uganda
    SK forest
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Selenium distribution and chemistry in the hyperaccumulator Neptunia amplexicaulis
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Knowledge gaps and opportunities for earth observation tools in mine-rehabilitation at the property scale
    SmartSat CRC
    Open grant
  • 2021
    A Complex Orebodies Review of the Izok Lake Corridor Project (304MMGIZOK)
    MMG Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Mine rehabilitation and closure collaboration project: Baseline Works
    Queensland Resources Council Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Transforming disparate approaches to remote sensing and monitoring to industry best practice (CRC TiME project administered by Dept Agriculture Water and the Environment)
    CRC TIME Limited
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Project ARK: Generating critical knowledge to support resilience-based management of Lady Elliot Island (Great Barrier Reef Foundation project administered by The University of the Sunshine Coast)
    University of the Sunshine Coast
    Open grant
  • 2020
    Baseline works for Moranbah post-mining land use collaborative project
    Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Extracting Queensland's Rare Earth Elements Sustainably
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Distribution and translocation of foliar applied nickel in soybean
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Hail Creek rehabilitation report card implementation
    Glencore Coal Assets Australia
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    Provision of services and advice for ecosystem establishment and landform studies
    Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Energy
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    Testing of the resilience of mine site rehabilitation
    NC Coal Company Pty Limited, New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Metallophyte plant species and ecotypes at Dugald River - A forgotten resource
    MMG Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Advanced micro-X-ray Fluorescence facility for biological, medical, materials science and geochemistry
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2017
    An assessment and review of work relating to closure criteria and rehabilitation standards and related support for RPAS activities
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Building the framework for meeting closure criteria in waste rock dump design and performance
    MMG Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Elucidating the Ni and Zn biopathways during seed germination in differential ecotypes of Noccaea caerulescens
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO)
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Applying converged monitoring to inform closure management against agreed criteria
    MMG Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Cost efficient landscape rehabilitation assessment Phase 1
    Glencore Coal (NSW) Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Cost efficient empirically based framework using integrated datasets to demonstrate rehabilitation quality
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Measuring rehabilitation response to fire: Implications for long term resilience and mine closure
    Wesfarmers Curragh Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    The potential of Zambian copper-cobalt hyperaccumulator plants for phytoremediation of polluted (mining/smelter) soils
    University of Western Australia
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Flora and Fauna Monitoring
    Centennial Airly Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Establishment of step change flora monitoring and investigation of YS2-6 seepage points associated with Narrow and Kangaroo Creek Shrub Swamps
    Centennial Angus Place Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Swamp Ecosystem Health Impacts
    Springvale Coal Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Landform and Rehabilitation Assessment for Charbon Coal Mine
    Charbon Coal Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Persoonia Hindii: Management and Research Program - species, distribution and security on the Newnes Plateau Angus Place
    Centennial Angus Place Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Persoonia Hindii: Management and Research Program - species, distribution and security on the Newnes Plateau Springvale
    Springvale Coal Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Development of a Long-term Ecological Research Monitoring Program for Significant Flora & Fauna Species at Airly Mine and Mugii Murum-ban SCA
    Centennial Airly Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    Analysing rehabilitation success at the McFarlane Project
    QER Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Environmental and Ecological Assessment Methodologies for Centennial Coal Operations
    Springvale Coal Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2016
    Measuring the success of the rehabilitation strategies at the Curragh Mine 2012-2016 Assessment
    Wesfarmers Curragh Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    XCQ Rehabilitation Management Protocol Implementation Project: Understanding the Business Exposure and Raising the Bar on Land Stewardship
    Xstrata Coal Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Monitoring surface condition of landscape features subject to mining subsidence with very high resolution imagery
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    Development and monitoring of vegetation trails on spent shale from Paraho process
    QER Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2013
    Risk assessment tools to support end use decisions for mined land of the Bowen Basin
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    Soil organic matter and green carbon in rehabilitation: their role in the carbon balance
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Revegetation assessment program for the D-tree tenement and historic paradise workings in NW Queensland
    Legend International Holdings, Inc.
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2013
    Identifying cost-effective reforestation approaches for biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration in the Australian wet tropics
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009
    Change detection in rehabilitation monitoring of degraded mined land
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2011
    Long term rehabilitation monitoring at Meandu Mine
    Tarong Energy Corporation Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Development of monitoring parameters for rehabilitation progress at RTA Weipa
    Technological Resources Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2011
    Rehabilitation monitoring at Curragh Coal Mine
    Curragh Queensland Mining Limited
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Peter Erskine is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Acid Mine Drainage Passive Treatment Method Using Hyperaccumulator Plants for Post Mining Rehabilitation

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Gordon Southam, Dr Denys Villa Gomez

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Fire Resilience of Mine Site Rehabilitation

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Fire Resilience of Mine Site Rehabilitation

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Assessing the ecological trajectory of mine rehabilitation - Focusing on the Nabarlek Uranium Project

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sarah Holcombe

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Testing the resilience of mine site rehabilitation

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Assessing the ecological trajectory of mine rehabilitation - Focusing on the Nabarlek Uranium Project

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sarah Holcombe

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Ecophysiology and molecular genetics of selenium tolerance and accumulation in the selenium hyperaccumulator Neptunia amplexicaulis

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Cheong Xin Chan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Ecophysiology and molecular genetics of selenium tolerance and accumulation in the selenium hyperaccumulator Neptunia amplexicaulis

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Cheong Xin Chan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Ecophysiology and molecular genetics of selenium tolerance and accumulation in the selenium hyperaccumulator Neptunia amplexicaulis

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Cheong Xin Chan

Completed supervision

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