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

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261 works between 1995 and 2025
All (261) Journal Article (145) Book Chapter (16) Conference Publication (42) Book (1) Other Outputs (57)

121 - 140 of 261 works

2019

Journal Article

Herbarium X-ray fluorescence screening for nickel, cobalt and manganese hyperaccumulator plants in the flora of Sabah (Malaysia, Borneo Island)

van der Ent, Antony, Ocenar, Ana, Tisserand, Romane, Sugau, John B., Echevarria, Guillaume and Erskine, Peter D. (2019). Herbarium X-ray fluorescence screening for nickel, cobalt and manganese hyperaccumulator plants in the flora of Sabah (Malaysia, Borneo Island). Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 202, 49-58. doi: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2019.03.013

Herbarium X-ray fluorescence screening for nickel, cobalt and manganese hyperaccumulator plants in the flora of Sabah (Malaysia, Borneo Island)

2019

Journal Article

The first tropical ‘metal farm’: some perspectives from field and pot experiments

Nkrumah, Philip Nti, Tisserand, Romane, Chaney, Rufus L., Baker, Alan J.M., Morel, Jean Louis, Goudon, Romain, Erskine, Peter D., Echevarria, Guillaume and van der Ent, Antony (2019). The first tropical ‘metal farm’: some perspectives from field and pot experiments. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 198, 114-122. doi: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2018.12.003

The first tropical ‘metal farm’: some perspectives from field and pot experiments

2019

Journal Article

Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to assess the rehabilitation performance of open cut coal mines

Johansen, Kasper, Erskine, Peter D. and McCabe, Matthew F. (2019). Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to assess the rehabilitation performance of open cut coal mines. Journal of Cleaner Production, 209, 819-833. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.287

Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to assess the rehabilitation performance of open cut coal mines

2019

Book Chapter

The potential of Zambian copper-cobalt metallophytes for phytoremediation of minerals wastes

van der Ent, Antony, Erskine, Peter, Vinya, Royd, Mesjasz-Przybyłowicz, Jolanta and Malaisse, François (2019). The potential of Zambian copper-cobalt metallophytes for phytoremediation of minerals wastes. Africa's mineral fortune: the science and politics of mining and sustainable development. (pp. 208-227) edited by Saleem H. Ali, Kathryn Sturman and Nina Collins. London, United Kingdom: Routledge (Taylor & Francis). doi: 10.4324/9780429467424-15

The potential of Zambian copper-cobalt metallophytes for phytoremediation of minerals wastes

2019

Journal Article

Assessing the socio-economic and environmental impacts of mining in an emerging democracy: the case of Myanmar

Rogers, Paul and Erskine, Peter (2019). Assessing the socio-economic and environmental impacts of mining in an emerging democracy: the case of Myanmar. Journal of Japan Society of Energy and Resources, 40 (3) 3, 208-214.

Assessing the socio-economic and environmental impacts of mining in an emerging democracy: the case of Myanmar

2018

Other Outputs

Testing the resilience of mine site rehabilitation: interim progress report for Ensham Mine

McKenna, Phillip, Glenn, Vanessa and Erskine, Peter (2018). Testing the resilience of mine site rehabilitation: interim progress report for Ensham Mine. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.

Testing the resilience of mine site rehabilitation: interim progress report for Ensham Mine

2018

Other Outputs

Testing the resilience of mine site rehabilitation: interim progress report for Newlands Coal

McKenna, Phillip, Ufer, Natasha, Glenn, Vanessa, Erskine, Peter, Doley, David and Nath, Vinod (2018). Testing the resilience of mine site rehabilitation: interim progress report for Newlands Coal. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.

Testing the resilience of mine site rehabilitation: interim progress report for Newlands Coal

2018

Journal Article

The intersection of diversity metrics and spatial mapping: a case study of regional vegetation patterns for a complex community

Tierney, D. A., Wardle, G. M. and Erskine, P. D. (2018). The intersection of diversity metrics and spatial mapping: a case study of regional vegetation patterns for a complex community. Plant Ecology, 219 (10), 1169-1183. doi: 10.1007/s11258-018-0870-y

The intersection of diversity metrics and spatial mapping: a case study of regional vegetation patterns for a complex community

2018

Conference Publication

Measuring the recovery of coal mine rehabilitation following fire in Queensland using remote sensing and ground surveys.

McKenna, Phillip, Erskine, Peter D., Phinn, Stuart, Glenn, Vanessa and Doley, David (2018). Measuring the recovery of coal mine rehabilitation following fire in Queensland using remote sensing and ground surveys.. SERA 2018 Striving For Excellence, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 25-28 September 2018.

Measuring the recovery of coal mine rehabilitation following fire in Queensland using remote sensing and ground surveys.

2018

Journal Article

Bacterial community diversity in the rhizosphere of nickel hyperaccumulator species of Halmahera Island (Indonesia)

Lopez, Séverine, Goux, Xavier, van der Ent, Antony, Erskine, Peter D., Echevarria, Guillaume, Calusinska, Magdalena, Morel, Jean Louis and Benizri, Emile (2018). Bacterial community diversity in the rhizosphere of nickel hyperaccumulator species of Halmahera Island (Indonesia). Applied Soil Ecology, 133, 70-80. doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2018.09.007

Bacterial community diversity in the rhizosphere of nickel hyperaccumulator species of Halmahera Island (Indonesia)

2018

Journal Article

Effects of underground mining on vegetation and environmental patterns in a semi-arid watershed with implications for resilience management

Yang, Yongjun, Erskine, Peter D., Zhang, Shaoliang, Wang, Yunjia, Bian, Zhengfu and Lei, Shaogang (2018). Effects of underground mining on vegetation and environmental patterns in a semi-arid watershed with implications for resilience management. Environmental Earth Sciences, 77 (17) 605. doi: 10.1007/s12665-018-7796-5

Effects of underground mining on vegetation and environmental patterns in a semi-arid watershed with implications for resilience management

2018

Journal Article

Correction to:Nickel hyperaccumulation in Antidesma montis-silam: from herbarium discovery to collection in the native habitat

Nkrumah, Philip Nti, Echevarria, Guillaume, Erskine, Peter Damian and van der Ent, Antony (2018). Correction to:Nickel hyperaccumulation in Antidesma montis-silam: from herbarium discovery to collection in the native habitat. Ecological Research, 33 (5), 1087-1087. doi: 10.1007/s11284-018-1601-5

Correction to:Nickel hyperaccumulation in Antidesma montis-silam: from herbarium discovery to collection in the native habitat

2018

Conference Publication

Measuring the recovery of coal mine rehabilitation following fire in Queensland using remote sensing and ground surveys

McKenna, Phillip, Erskine, Peter, Phinn, Stuart, Glenn, Vanessa and Doley, David (2018). Measuring the recovery of coal mine rehabilitation following fire in Queensland using remote sensing and ground surveys. Life of Mine 2018, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 25-27 July 2018.

Measuring the recovery of coal mine rehabilitation following fire in Queensland using remote sensing and ground surveys

2018

Journal Article

Fire severity and vegetation recovery on mine site rehabilitation using WorldView-3 imagery

McKenna, Phillip, Phinn, Stuart and Erskine, Peter (2018). Fire severity and vegetation recovery on mine site rehabilitation using WorldView-3 imagery. Fire, 1 (2) 22, 22-28. doi: 10.3390/fire1020022

Fire severity and vegetation recovery on mine site rehabilitation using WorldView-3 imagery

2018

Journal Article

Contrasting nickel and zinc hyperaccumulation in subspecies of Dichapetalum gelonioides from Southeast Asia

Nkrumah, Philip Nti, Echevarria, Guillaume, Erskine, Peter D. and van der Ent, Antony (2018). Contrasting nickel and zinc hyperaccumulation in subspecies of Dichapetalum gelonioides from Southeast Asia. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 9659, 9659. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26859-7

Contrasting nickel and zinc hyperaccumulation in subspecies of Dichapetalum gelonioides from Southeast Asia

2018

Other Outputs

Wildlife dispersal modelling for mitigation of road impacts: Report 2 – fieldwork plan

Hernandez-Santin, Lorna and Erskine, D. Peter (2018). Wildlife dispersal modelling for mitigation of road impacts: Report 2 – fieldwork plan. Planning: mitigation of road impacts in Kenya Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Wildlife dispersal modelling for mitigation of road impacts: Report 2 – fieldwork plan

2018

Other Outputs

Report 1: Wildlife dispersal modelling for mitigation of road impacts initial fieldtrip

Hernandez-Santin, Lorna and Erskine, Peter (2018). Report 1: Wildlife dispersal modelling for mitigation of road impacts initial fieldtrip. Planning: mitigation of road impacts in Kenya Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Report 1: Wildlife dispersal modelling for mitigation of road impacts initial fieldtrip

2018

Journal Article

Phyllanthus rufuschaneyi: a new nickel hyperaccumulator from Sabah (Borneo Island) with potential for tropical agromining

Bouman, Roderick, van Welzen, Peter, Sumail, Sukaibin, Echevarria, Guillaume, Erskine, Peter D. and van der Ent, Antony (2018). Phyllanthus rufuschaneyi: a new nickel hyperaccumulator from Sabah (Borneo Island) with potential for tropical agromining. Botanical Studies, 59 (9) 9, 9. doi: 10.1186/s40529-018-0225-y

Phyllanthus rufuschaneyi: a new nickel hyperaccumulator from Sabah (Borneo Island) with potential for tropical agromining

2018

Journal Article

Metallophytes on Zn-Pb mineralised soils and mining wastes in Broken Hill, NSW, Australia

Paul, Adrian L. D., Erskine, Peter D. and Ent, Antony van der (2018). Metallophytes on Zn-Pb mineralised soils and mining wastes in Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. Australian Journal of Botany, 66 (2), 124-133. doi: 10.1071/BT17143

Metallophytes on Zn-Pb mineralised soils and mining wastes in Broken Hill, NSW, Australia

2018

Journal Article

The application of natural landform analogy and geology-based spoil classification to improve surface stability of elevated spoil landforms in the Bowen Basin, Australia-a review

Emmerton, Bevan, Burgess, Jon, Esterle, Joan, Erskine, Peter and Baumgartl, Thomas (2018). The application of natural landform analogy and geology-based spoil classification to improve surface stability of elevated spoil landforms in the Bowen Basin, Australia-a review. Land Degradation and Development, 29 (5), 1489-1508. doi: 10.1002/ldr.2908

The application of natural landform analogy and geology-based spoil classification to improve surface stability of elevated spoil landforms in the Bowen Basin, Australia-a review

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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