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Fields of interest:

• Conservation of threatened species and ecosystems
• Evolutionary ecology of vertebrates
• Migration ecology
  
  

Recent publications:

D. Wilson and R. Heinsohn:
Geographic range, population structure and conservation status of the green python (Morelia viridis), a popular snake in the captive pet trade,
Australian Journal of Zoology, Vol. 55, (2007), pp. 147-154.

D. Wilson:
Foraging ecology and diet of an ambush predator: the green python Morelia viridis, 
In R. Henderson, and R. Powell, (Eds.).
Biology of the Boas and Pythons, Eagle Mountain Publishing, Eagle Mountain, Utah, (2007), pp. 141-150.

D. Wilson, R. Heinsohn and J. Endler:
The adaptive significance of ontogenetic colour change in a tropical python, 
Biology Letters, Vol. 3, (2007), pp. 40-43.

D.B. Lindenmayer, J. Fischer, A. Felton, R. Montague-Drake, A.D. Manning, D. Simberloff, K. Youngentob, D. Saunders, D. Wilson, A.M. Felton, C. Blackmore, A. Lowe, S. Bond, N. Munro and C.P. Elliott:
The complementarity of single-species and ecosystem-oriented research in conservation research,
Oikos, Vol. 116, (2007), pp. 1220-1226.

D. Wilson, R. Heinsohn and S. Legge:
Spatial ecology of dichromatic green pythons (Morelia viridis) in Australian tropical rainforests,
Austral Ecology, Vol. 31, (2006), pp. 577-587.

D. Wilson, R. Heinsohn and J. Wood:
Life history traits and colour change in the arboreal tropical python Morelia viridis,
Journal of Zoology, Vol. 270, (2006), pp. 399-407.