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)

41 - 60 of 267 works

2022

Journal Article

X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) for metallome analysis of herbarium specimens

Purwadi, Imam, Casey, Lachlan W., Ryan, Chris G., Erskine, Peter D. and van der Ent, Antony (2022). X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) for metallome analysis of herbarium specimens. Plant Methods, 18 (1) 139, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s13007-022-00958-z

X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) for metallome analysis of herbarium specimens

2022

Other Outputs

Mapping biodiversity corridors and mine rehabilitation opportunities in the Fitzroy Basin

Hernandez-Santin, Lorna, Gagen, Emma J. and Erskine, Peter D. (2022). Mapping biodiversity corridors and mine rehabilitation opportunities in the Fitzroy Basin. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Mapping biodiversity corridors and mine rehabilitation opportunities in the Fitzroy Basin

2022

Journal Article

Cellular-level distribution of manganese in Macadamia integrifolia, M. ternifolia and M. tetraphylla from Australia

Abubakari, Farida, Fernando, Denise R., Nkrumah, Philip Nti, Harris, Hugh H., Erskine, Peter D. and van der Ent, Antony (2022). Cellular-level distribution of manganese in Macadamia integrifolia, M. ternifolia and M. tetraphylla from Australia. Metallomics, 14 (8) mfac045, 1-11. doi: 10.1093/mtomcs/mfac045

Cellular-level distribution of manganese in Macadamia integrifolia, M. ternifolia and M. tetraphylla from Australia

2022

Journal Article

Nickel distribution in Stackhousia tryonii shown by synchrotron X-ray fluorescence micro-computed tomography

van der Ent, Antony, Spiers, Kathryn M., Brueckner, Dennis and Erskine, Peter D. (2022). Nickel distribution in Stackhousia tryonii shown by synchrotron X-ray fluorescence micro-computed tomography. Australian Journal of Botany, 70 (4), 304-310. doi: 10.1071/bt22012

Nickel distribution in Stackhousia tryonii shown by synchrotron X-ray fluorescence micro-computed tomography

2022

Journal Article

Polymetallic (zinc and cadmium) hyperaccumulation in the Australian legume Crotalaria novae-hollandiae compared to Crotalaria cunninghamii

Tang, Roger H., Nkrumah, Philip N., Erskine, Peter D. and van der Ent, Antony (2022). Polymetallic (zinc and cadmium) hyperaccumulation in the Australian legume Crotalaria novae-hollandiae compared to Crotalaria cunninghamii. Plant and Soil, 479 (1-2), 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s11104-022-05547-6

Polymetallic (zinc and cadmium) hyperaccumulation in the Australian legume Crotalaria novae-hollandiae compared to Crotalaria cunninghamii

2022

Journal Article

Farming for battery metals

Nkrumah, Philip Nti, Echevarria, Guillaume, Erskine, Peter D. and van der Ent, Antony (2022). Farming for battery metals. Science of the Total Environment, 827 154092, 154092. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154092

Farming for battery metals

2022

Other Outputs

A roadmap for adapting to technological change in remote sensing and monitoring capabilities

Hernandez-Santin, Lorna, Erskine, Peter D. and Bartolo, Renee E. (2022). A roadmap for adapting to technological change in remote sensing and monitoring capabilities. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: CRC TiME.

A roadmap for adapting to technological change in remote sensing and monitoring capabilities

2022

Journal Article

Developing landscape-scale forest restoration targets that embrace spatial pattern

Rudge, Mitchel L. M., Levick, Shaun R., Bartolo, Renee E. and Erskine, Peter D. (2022). Developing landscape-scale forest restoration targets that embrace spatial pattern. Landscape Ecology, 37 (7), 1747-1760. doi: 10.1007/s10980-022-01461-5

Developing landscape-scale forest restoration targets that embrace spatial pattern

2022

Other Outputs

Data relating to the Complex Orebodies Review of the Izok Lake Corridor Project (Izok-Dataroom-UQ)

Micklethwaite, Steven, Verster, Lizette, Antonio, Christian, Ziemski, Marcin, Hilden, Marco, Ghoreishi-Madiseh, Ali, Kuyuk, Ali, Kalantari, Hossein, Sasmito, Agus, Hernandez-Santin, Lorna, Erskine, Peter, Cote, Claire, Lebre, Eleanor and Seligman, Benjamin (2022). Data relating to the Complex Orebodies Review of the Izok Lake Corridor Project (Izok-Dataroom-UQ). The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/9a95ed5

Data relating to the Complex Orebodies Review of the Izok Lake Corridor Project (Izok-Dataroom-UQ)

2022

Journal Article

Contrasting nickel and manganese accumulation and localization in New Caledonian Cunoniaceae

van der Ent, Antony, Pillon, Yohan, Fogliani, Bruno, Gei, Vidiro, Jaffré, Tanguy, Erskine, Peter D., Echevarria, Guillaume, Spiers, Kathryn M., Paul, Adrian L. D. and Isnard, Sandrine (2022). Contrasting nickel and manganese accumulation and localization in New Caledonian Cunoniaceae. Plant and Soil, 475 (1-2), 515-534. doi: 10.1007/s11104-022-05388-3

Contrasting nickel and manganese accumulation and localization in New Caledonian Cunoniaceae

2022

Journal Article

Stocks and biogeochemical cycling of soil-derived nutrients in an ultramafic rain forest in New Caledonia

Paul, Adrian L. D., Isnard, Sandrine, Brearley, Francis Q., Echevarria, Guillaume, Baker, Alan J. M., Erskine, Peter D. and Ent, Antony van der (2022). Stocks and biogeochemical cycling of soil-derived nutrients in an ultramafic rain forest in New Caledonia. Forest Ecology and Management, 509 120049, 120049. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120049

Stocks and biogeochemical cycling of soil-derived nutrients in an ultramafic rain forest in New Caledonia

2022

Journal Article

Manganese accumulation and tissue-level distribution in the Australian hyperaccumulator Gossia Bidwillii (Myrtaceae)

Abubakari, Farida, Nkrumah, Philip Nti, Fernando, Denise R., Erskine, Peter D., Echevarria, Guillaume and van der Ent, Antony (2022). Manganese accumulation and tissue-level distribution in the Australian hyperaccumulator Gossia Bidwillii (Myrtaceae). Tropical Plant Biology, 15 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s12042-021-09307-1

Manganese accumulation and tissue-level distribution in the Australian hyperaccumulator Gossia Bidwillii (Myrtaceae)

2022

Conference Publication

Transforming engineering into ecological engineering for developing resilient ecosystems on mined landscapes

Huang, L., Erskine, P., Parry, D. and Roddy, B. (2022). Transforming engineering into ecological engineering for developing resilient ecosystems on mined landscapes. Mine Closure 2022: 15th International Conference on Mine Closure, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4-6 October 2022. Perth, WA, Australia: Australian Centre for Geomechanics. doi: 10.36487/ACG_repo/2215_0.03

Transforming engineering into ecological engineering for developing resilient ecosystems on mined landscapes

2022

Journal Article

Manganese accumulation and tissue-level distribution in Australian Macadamia (Proteaceae) species

Abubakari, Farida, Nkrumah, Philip Nti, Fernando, Denise R., Erskine, Peter D. and van der Ent, Antony (2022). Manganese accumulation and tissue-level distribution in Australian Macadamia (Proteaceae) species. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 193 104668, 104668. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104668

Manganese accumulation and tissue-level distribution in Australian Macadamia (Proteaceae) species

2021

Other Outputs

Detection of weed species using high-resolution drone imagery: phase II draft report for Ensham Mine

Erskine, Peter, McKenna, Phillip, Hernandez-Santin, Lorna and Ufer, Natasha (2021). Detection of weed species using high-resolution drone imagery: phase II draft report for Ensham Mine. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queesnland.

Detection of weed species using high-resolution drone imagery: phase II draft report for Ensham Mine

2021

Journal Article

Soil-plant relationships of metallophytes of the zinc-lead-copper Dugald River gossan, Queensland, Australia

Tang, Roger H., Erskine, Peter D., Nkrumah, Philip Nti, Echevarria, Guillaume and van der Ent, Antony (2021). Soil-plant relationships of metallophytes of the zinc-lead-copper Dugald River gossan, Queensland, Australia. Plant and Soil, 471 (1-2), 227-245. doi: 10.1007/s11104-021-05209-z

Soil-plant relationships of metallophytes of the zinc-lead-copper Dugald River gossan, Queensland, Australia

2021

Other Outputs

Baseline works for mine rehabilitation and closure collaboration project

Worden, Sandy, Côte, Claire, Svobodova, Kamila, Arratia-Solar, Andrea, Everingham, Jo-Anne, Asmussen, Pascal, Edraki, Mansour and Erskine, Peter (2021). Baseline works for mine rehabilitation and closure collaboration project. Brisbane, Australia: Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/6c92886

Baseline works for mine rehabilitation and closure collaboration project

2021

Other Outputs

Review of Terrestrial Baseline Report: Sub-report on wildlife impacts

Hernandez-Santin, Lorna and Erskine, Peter D. (2021). Review of Terrestrial Baseline Report: Sub-report on wildlife impacts. Complex Orebodies Review of the Izok Lake Corridor Project Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Review of Terrestrial Baseline Report: Sub-report on wildlife impacts

2021

Journal Article

Indigenous forest livelihoods and bauxite mining: a case-study from northern Australia

Annandale, Mark, Meadows, John and Erskine, Peter (2021). Indigenous forest livelihoods and bauxite mining: a case-study from northern Australia. Journal of Environmental Management, 294 113014, 113014. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113014

Indigenous forest livelihoods and bauxite mining: a case-study from northern Australia

2021

Journal Article

Intensive cycling of nickel in a New Caledonian forest dominated by hyperaccumulator trees

Paul, Adrian L. D., Isnard, Sandrine, Wawryk, Christine M., Erskine, Peter D., Echevarria, Guillaume, Baker, Alan J. M., Kirby, Jason K and van der Ent, Antony (2021). Intensive cycling of nickel in a New Caledonian forest dominated by hyperaccumulator trees. The Plant Journal, 107 (4), 1040-1055. doi: 10.1111/tpj.15362

Intensive cycling of nickel in a New Caledonian forest dominated by hyperaccumulator trees

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

    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

    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

    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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