Monographs

 

Wilson, R.F., Turton, S.M., Bentrupperbaumer, & J.M., Reser, J.P (2004)  Development of a Visitor Monitoring System for the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Volume 1: Measuring and Monitoring Impacts.  Wet Tropics Management Authority and Rainforest CRC. 85p. (in press)

 

Wilson, R.F., Turton, S.M., Bentrupperbaumer, & J.M., Reser, J.P (2004)  Development of a Visitor Monitoring System for the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Volume 2: Case Studies.  Wet Tropics Management Authority and Rainforest CRC. 135p. (in press)

 

Krockenberger, A.K., Kitching, R.L & Turton, S.M. (Eds.) (2004)  Environmental Crisis:  Climate Change and Terrestrial Biodiversity in Queensland.  Rainforest CRC. 22p.

 

Goosem, M & Turton, S.M.  (Eds.) (2002) Weed Incursions along Roads and Powerline Corridors in the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area:  Potential of Remote Sensing as an Indicator of Weed Infestations.  Wet Tropics Management Authority and Rainforest CRC. 121p (plus appendices).

 

Goosem, M & Turton, S.M. (Eds.) (2000) Impacts of Roads and Powerline Corridors in the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area, Stage 2. Wet Tropics Management Authority and Rainforest CRC. 132p (plus appendices).

 

Goosem, M & Turton, S.M.  (Eds.) (1998) Impacts of Roads and Powerline Corridors in the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area, Stage 1. Wet Tropics Management Authority and CRC-TREM.  111p (plus appendices)

 

Bentrupperbäumer, J. Reser, J. & Turton, S.M. (Eds.) (1998) Impacts of Visitation and Use on the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area, Stage 1. Wet Tropics Management Authority and CRC-TREM. 160 p. (plus appendices)

 

Articles in Refereed Journals and Book Chapters

 

Turton, S.M. Ecological impacts of recreation and tourism in tropical rainforests:  lessons from the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area.  Australian Geographical Studies (submitted)

 

Maver, N., Turton, S.M.  & Goosem, M.W. (2004)  The success of ecological rehabilitation in reducing edge effects on rainforest vegetation and microclimate.  Austral Ecology (submitted)

 

Tanaka, T. & Turton, S.M.  Fine-scale measurement of three dimensional forest canopy structure using the canopy crane and laser plane range-finding method.  Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (submitted)

 

Turton, S.M. & Stork, N.E. (2004)  Tourism and tropical rainforests:  opportunity or threat?.  In:  Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests. (Eds. W.F. Laurance & C.A. Peres).  University of Chicago Press, Chicago. (Invited book chapter) (in press)

 

Turton, S.M. & Siegenthaler, D.T (2004) Immediate impacts of a severe tropical cyclone on the microclimate of a tropical rainforest canopy in northeast Australia.  Journal of Tropical Ecology 20 (4), 583-586.

 

Talbot, L.M.,  Turton, S.M & Graham, A.W. (2003) Trampling resistance of tropical rainforest soils and vegetation in the Wet Tropics of north east Queensland, Australia.  Journal of Environmental Management. 69, 63-69.

 

Turton, S.M. & Goosem, M.W.  (2003)  Weeds of linear clearings through rainforest.  In:  Weeds of Rainforests and Associated Ecosystems (Eds.  A.C. Grice & M.J. Setter).  Rainforest and Weeds CRC, pp. 70-71.  Rainforest CRC, Cairns, Australia

 

Curtis, I.A. & Turton, S.M. (2002) Solar radiation potential and site modelling for photovoltaic modules in the Daintree Lowlands of Northeastern Australia. Australian Geographical Studies 40 (3), 278-286.

 

Goosem, M.W., Izumi, Y. Turton, S.M. (2001) Efforts to restore habitat connectivity for an upland rainforest fauna: a trial of underpasses below roads. Ecological Management and Restoration 2(3), 196-202.

 

Hancock, P.A., Hutchinson, M.F., Turton, S.M. & Lewis, A.L. (2001) Thin Plate Smoothing Spline Interpolation of Long Term Monthly Mean Rainfall for the Wet Tropics Region of North-Eastern Australia, Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation 2001, Canberra, Australia, Volume 2, pp 943-948.

 

Grove, S., Turton, S.M. & Siegenthaler, D.T. (2000) Mosaics of canopy openness induced by tropical cyclones in lowland rain forests with contrasting mangement histories in northeastern Australia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 16, 883-894.

 

Siegenthaler, D.T., Turton, S.M. & Rodgers, D.  (2000) A data collection module (DCM) for improved measurement of microclimates in dense forest canopies.  Selbyana 17, 173-176.

 

Herwitz, S.R., Slye, R.E. & Turton, S.M. (2000) Long-term survivorship and crown area dynamics of tropical rainforest canopy trees. Ecology 81(2), 585-597.

 

Day, T.J. & Turton, S.M. (2000) Ecological impacts of recreation in protected areas: a review. In: Impacts of Visitation and Use in the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area, Stage 2. (Eds. J. Bentrupperbäumer & J. Reser), pp. 120-122.  Wet Tropics Management Authority and Rainforest CRC.

 

Turton, S.M., Kluck, T. & Day, T.J. (2000) Ecological impacts of visitors at day-use and camping areas. In: Impacts of Visitation and Use in the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area, Stage 2. (Eds. J. Bentrupperbäumer & J. Reser), pp. 123-134. Wet Tropics Management Authority and Rainforest CRC.

 

Turton, S.M., Kluck, T. & Day, T.J. (2000) Ecological impacts of recreation along walking tracks. In: Impacts of Visitation and Use in the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area, Stage 2. (Eds. J. Bentrupperbäumer & J. Reser), pp. 135-142.  Wet Tropics Management Authority and Rainforest CRC.

 

Day, T.J. & Turton, S.M. (2000) Ecological impacts of recreation along mountain bike and walking tracks. In: Impacts of Visitation and Use in the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area, Stage 2. (Eds. J. Bentrupperbäumer & J. Reser), pp. 143-152. Wet Tropics Management Authority and Rainforest CRC.

 

Turton, S.M., Hutchinson, M.F, Accad, A., Hancock, P.E. and Webb, T.  (1999)  Producing fine-scale rainfall climatology surfaces for Queensland’s wet tropics region.  In:  Geodiversity:  Readings in Australian Geography at the close of the 20th Century. (Eds. J.A. Kesby, J.M. Stanley, R.F. McLean & L.J. Olive), pp. 415-428.  Special Publication Series No. 6, Canberra, ACT, School of Geography and Oceanography, University College, ADFA, 630pp.

 

Turton, S.M., Tapper, N.J. and Soddell, J.  (1999)  A proposal to measure diurnal and seasonal energetics above and within a lowland tropical rainforest canopy in northeastern Australia.  Selbyana 20(2), 345-349.

 

Herwitz, S.R., Slye, R.E. and Turton, S.M. (1998) Redefining the ecological niche of a tropical rainforest canopy tree species using airborne imagery: long-term crown dynamics of Toona ciliata. Journal of Tropical Ecology 14, 683-703.

 

Herwitz S.R., Slye, R.E & Turton, S.M.  (1998)  Co-registered aerial stereopairs from low-flying aircraft for the analysis of long-term tropical rainforest canopy dynamics.  Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 64 (5), 397-405.

 

Turton, S.M. & Freiburger, H-J  (1997)  Edge and aspect effects on the microclimate of a small tropical forest remnant on the Atherton Tableland, northeast Australia.  In:  Tropical Forest Remnants:  Ecology, Management and Conservation of Fragmented Communities (Eds.  W.F. Laurance & R.O. Bierregaard Jr). Pp. 45-54.  University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

 

Turton, S.M. & Sexton, G.J.  (1996)  Environmental gradients across four rainforest-open forest boundaries in northeastern Queensland.  Australian Journal of Ecology 21 (3), 245-254.

 

Turton, S.M. & O'Sullivan, S.K.  (1995) Seasonal variations in radiation exchange above and within an upland tropical rainforest canopy in northeast Queensland. In: Proceedings of Institute of Australian Geographers.   (Eds. G. Dixon & D. Aitken), pp. 334-342.  Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University.

 

Herwitz S.R., Slye, R.E. & Turton, S.M.  (1994)  Lateral shading and the differential interception of angular direct-beam radiation among neighbouring tropical rainforest trees.  Selbyana  15(2), A10.

 

Turton, S.M.  (1993)  The Sky-Canopy-Gap-Irradiance (SCANGIR) Model:  a technique for the estimation of 'effective gap' solar radiation regimes in closed-canopy forests.  Australian Geographical Studies 31, 155-176.

 

Turton, S.M. & Duff, G.A.  (1992)  Light environments and floristic composition across an open forest-rainforest boundary in northeastern Queensland.  Australian Journal of Ecology 17, 415-423.

 

Turton, S.M.  (1992) Understorey light environments in a north-east Australian rain forest before and after a tropical cyclone.  Journal of Tropical Ecology  8, 241-252. 

 

Turton, S.M.  (1991) Aspects of the micrometeorology of rainforests in the wet tropics of northeastern Queensland.  In:  Tropical Rainforest Research in Australia: Present status and future directions for the Institute for Tropical Rainforest Studies.  (Eds. N. Goudberg & M. Bonell with D. Benzaken), pp. 51-58. ITRS Publication, James Cook University, Townsville. 

 

Turton, S.M.  (1991) Statistical evaluation of sunshine-total irradiation relationships in the humid tropics.  In:  Studies on Tropical and Subtropical Climates and Their Impacts.  (Ed. M. Yoshino). Climatological Notes 41, 25-29. Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.

 

Turton, S.M.  (1990) Light environments within montane tropical rainforest, Mt Bellenden Ker, north Queensland.  Australian Journal of Ecology 15, 35-42.

 

Turton, S.M.  (1989) Solar declination, altitude and azimuth. Weatherwise 42, 113.

 

Turton, S.M.  (1988) Solar radiation regimes in a north Queensland rainforest.  In:  The Ecology of Australia's Wet Tropics.  (Ed.  R. Kitching).  Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia 15, 101-105.

 

Turton, S.M.  (1987) The relationship between total irradiation and sunshine duration in the humid tropics.  Solar Energy 38, 353-354.

 

Turton, S.M.  (1986) Solar radiation under cloudless skies.  Weatherwise 39, 223-224.

 

Turton, S.M.  (1985) The relative distribution of photosynthetically active radiation within four tree canopies, Craigieburn Range, New Zealand.  Australian Forest Research 15, 383-394.

 

Selected Published Reports and Other Publications

 

Herwitz, S.R., Turton, S.M. & Slye, R.E. (1998) Long-term growth of rainforest canopy tree crowns using airborne imagery.  94th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

 

Herwitz S.R., Slye, R.E. & Turton, S.M.  (1996) Predicting long-term turnover of tropical rainforest canopy trees as a function of lateral shading.  Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77 (1), 195.

 

Smith, R.A. & Turton, S.M. (1995) Environmental Impacts on Campsites and Walking Tracks in and alongside the World Heritage Daintree National Park.  Report presented to the Wet Tropics Management Authority, Cairns.  137p.

 

Turton, S.M.  (1993) Physical environment.  In:  Far North Queensland Yearbook. (Ed. R. Carr), pp. 20-28.  Cairns Economic Research Unit, James Cook University.

 

Turton, S.M., Griggs, P.D., Bandaranaike, S. & Adams, H.  (1993) An Examination of Links Between Tourism, Tourist Expectations and the Importance of Seafood in Restaurants of the Cairns Region.  Report presented to the Queensland Commercial Fishermen’s Organisation.  54 p.

 

Turton, S.M., Stocker, G.C. & Grant, C.R.  (1987) An easily constructed sensor for measuring photosynthetically active wavelengths in terrestrial and aquatic environments.  Technical Paper No. 1, Department of Geography, James Cook University , Townsville.  25 p.

 

Published Book Reviews

 

Turton, S.M.  (2003)  Review of Sturman, A.P & Spronken-Smith, R. (Eds)  The Physical Environment:  A New Zealand Perspective.  New Zealand Geographer 59, 61-62.

 

Turton, S.M.  (2001)  Review of Bowman, D.M.J.S.  Australian Rainforests:  Islands of Green in a Land of Fire.  New Zealand Geographer 57(2), 50-51.

 

Turton, S.M.  (1999)  Review of  McGregor, G.R. and Nieuwolt, S. Tropical Climatology: an Introduction to the Climates of the Low Latitudes. Australian Geographical Studies 37 (2), 189-191.

 

Turton, S.M. (1997) Review of Sturman, A. and N. Tapper The Weather and Climate of Australia and New Zealand.  Australian Geographical Studies 35 (1), 116-118.

 

Turton, S.M. (1996) Review of Sturman, A. and N. Tapper The Weather and Climate of Australia and New Zealand.  Weather and Climate 16, 35-36.

 

Selected Recent Conference Presentations

 

Turton, S.M. & Stork, N.E. (2004) Tourism and tropical rainforests:  opportunity or threat?  Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, Adelaide, SA, April 2004.

 

Turton, S.M., Goosem, M.W., Harriss, C. & Chester, G.  (2003)  Application of the no net loss concept to the Kuranda Range Road upgrade, Far North Queensland.  Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Armidale, NSW, December 2003.

 

Turton, S.M., Liddell, M.J., Blake, D.  (2002)  Tracking changes in the microclimate and photosynthetic productivity of a rainforest canopy in the recovery period following a tropical cyclone.  Third International Canopy Conference, Cairns.

 

Turton, S.M. & Siegenthaler, S.L. (2001)  Effects of roads and powerline clearings on vegetation and microclimate in Australian wet tropical rainforest.  Society for Conservation Biology 15th Annual Meeting, Hilo Hawaii, USA.

 

Turton, S.M. & Goosem, M.W.  (2001)  Environmental impacts of linear infrastructure and service corridors in the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area.  Fenner Conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, ACT.

 

Turton, S.M. and Grove, S.J. (2001)  Impacts of Severe Tropical Cyclone ‘Rona’ on lowland rainforests in northeastern Queensland: Does previous management history matter?  Joint Conference of the NZ Geographical Society and Institute of Australian Geographers, Dunedin, NZ.

 

Turton, S.M. and Siegenthaler, D.T.  (2001) Impacts of a tropical cyclone on the microclimate of an Australian tropical rainforest canopy. Joint Conference of the NZ Geographical Society and Institute of Australian Geographers, Dunedin, NZ.

 

Turton, S.M. and Goosem, M.W.  (2001)  Ecological impacts of roads and powerline corridors in the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area. Joint Conference of the NZ Geographical Society and Institute of Australian Geographers, Dunedin, NZ.

 

Turton, S.M., Bentrupperbaumer, J., Reser, J. and Kluck, T.  (1999) The nature and consequences of environmental transactions in the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area.  Paper presented at the International Symposium for Society and Resource Management, Brisbane, July 1999.

 

Turton, S.M. and Hutchinson, M.F.  (1998) Producing fine-scale rainfall climatology surfaces for Queensland's Wet Tropics Region.  Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, July 1998.