Assoc Prof Martin Burd - Researcher Profile

Biography

Martin works in the School of Biology at Monash University as an Associate Professor.

Martin’s research areas of interest are:

·         Evolutionary ecology of flowering plant reproduction:
      Sex allocation, ovule number evolution
      Pollination biology
      Plant life history evolution

·         Behaviour and social organisation in ant colonies:
      Foraging ecology of leaf-cutting ants
      Traffic and collective movement by ants
      Ants as models of crowd behaviour and crowd panics

 

 

Keywords

evolutionary ecology, flowering plants, reproduction, behaviour, social organisation, ant colonies

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Princeton University

Year awarded: 1992

Publications

Book Chapters

Burd, M., Martinez-Bauer, A., Shrestha, M., 2012, The evolutionary ecology of pollination and the functional biology of agricultural plants, in Pragmatic evolution Applications of Evolutionary Theory, eds Aldo Poiani, Cambridge University Press, USA, pp. 65-80.

Burd, M.C., 2001, Adaptation and Constraint: Overview, in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Nature Publishing Group, London UK, pp. 1-6.

Journal Articles

Waksberg, A.J., Smith, A.B., Burd, M.C., 2012, A model of decision making in an ecologically realistic environment: relative comparison and the independence of irrelevant alternatives, Journal of Bioeconomics [P], vol 14, Springer, United States, pp. 197-215.

Bruce, A., Burd, M.C., 2012, Allometric scaling of foraging rate with trail dimensions in leaf-cutting ants, Proceedings of the Royal Society - Biological Sciences (Series B) [P], vol 279, issue 1737, The Royal Society, London England, pp. 2442-2447.

Kerswell, K.J., Burd, M.C., 2012, Frequency-dependent and density-dependent larval competition between life-history strains of a fly, Lucilia cuprina, Ecological Entomology [P], vol 37, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 109-116.

Dias, C.G.J., Sarvi, M., Shiwakoti, N., Burd, M.C., 2012, Turning angle effect on emergency egress, Transportation Research Record-Series [P], vol 2312, TRB, Washington DC USA, pp. 120-127.

Shiwakoti, N., Sarvi, M., Rose, G., Burd, M., 2011, Animal dynamics based approach for modeling pedestrian crowd egress under panic conditions, Transportation Research, Series B: Methodological [P], vol 45, issue 9, Elsevier, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 1433-1449.

Burd, M., 2011, Are relationships between pollen-ovule ratio and pollen and seed size explained by sex allocation?, Evolution; international journal of organic evolution [P], vol 65, issue 10, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 3002-3005.

Shiwakoti, N., Sarvi, M., Rose, G., Burd, M., 2011, Consequence of turning movements in pedestrian crowds during emergency egress, Transportation Research Record-Series [P], vol 2234, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington USA, pp. 97-104.

Shiwakoti, N., Sarvi, M., Rose, G., Burd, M., 2010, Biologically inspired modeling approach for collective pedestrian dynamics under emergency conditions, Transportation Research Record-Series [P], vol 0.298, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC USA, pp. 176-184.

Burd, M.C., 2010, Hunting, gathering, investing, globalizing: the biological roots of economic behaviour, Systems Research And Behavioral Science [P], vol 27, issue 5, John Wiley & Sons Inc, Sussex England, pp. 510-522.

Burd, M.C., Shiwakoti, N., Sarvi, M., Rose, G., 2010, Nest architecture and traffic flow: Large potential effects from small structural features, Ecological Entomology [P], vol 35, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc, Malden Massachusetts USA, pp. 464-468.

Brookes, R., Jesson, L., Burd, M.C., 2010, Reproductive investment within inflorescences of Stylidium armeria varies with the strength of early resource commitment, Annals Of Botany [P], vol 105, issue 5, Oxford University Press, Oxford England, pp. 697-705.

Smith, A., Waksberg, A.J., Burd, M.C., 2009, Can irrational behaviour maximise fitness?, Behavioral Ecology And Sociobiology [P], vol 63, Springer, Germany, pp. 461-471.

Shiwakoti, N., Sarvi, M., Rose, G., Burd, M.C., 2009, Enhancing the safety of pedestrians during emergency egress, Transportation Research Record-Series [P], National Research Council, USA, pp. 31-37.

Burd, M.C., Ashman, T., Campbell, D.R., Dudash, M., Johnston, M.O., Knight, T.M., Mazer, S.J., Mitchell, R.J., Steets, J.A., Vamosi, J.C., 2009, Ovule number per flower in a world of unpredictable pollination, American Journal Of Botany [P], vol 96, Botanical Society of America, USA, pp. 1159-1167.

Jesson, L.K., Burd, M., Brookes, R.H., 2008, A test of simultaneous resource and pollen limitation in Stylidium armeria, New Phytologist, vol 179, Blackwell, UK, pp. 557-565.

Read, J., Sanson, G.D., Burd, M.C., Jaffre, T., 2008, Mass flowering and parental death in the regeneration of Cerberiopsis candelabra (Apocynaceae), a long-lived monocarpic tree in New Caledonia, American Journal of Botany, vol 95, issue 5, Botanical Society of America, USA, pp. 558-567.

Burd, M.C., Howard, J.J., 2008, Optimality in a partitioned task performed by social insects, Biology Letters, vol 4, issue 6, Royal Society, London, pp. 627-629.

Burd, M.C., 2008, The Haig-Westoby model revisited, The Americam Naturalist, vol 171, issue 3, The University of Chicago Press, USA, pp. 400-404.

Burd, M.C., 2007, Adaptive function of drip tips: a test of the epiphyll hypothesis in Psychotria marginata and Faramea occidentalis (Rubiaceae), Journal of Tropical Ecology, vol 23, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 449-455.

Burd, M.C., Read, J., Sanson, G.D., Jaffre, T., 2006, Age-size plasticity for reproduction in monocarpic plants, Ecology, vol 87, issue 11, Ecological Society of America, Washington DC, pp. 2755-2764.

Read, J., Sanson, G.D., Jaffre, T., Burd, M.C., 2006, Does tree size influence timing of flowering in Cerberiopsis candelabra (Apocynaceae), a long-lived monocarpic rain-forest tree?, Journal of Tropical Ecology, vol 22, Cambridge University Press, New York NY USA, pp. 621-629.

Burd, M.C., 2006, Ecological consequences of traffic organisation in ant societies, Physica A, vol 372, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 124-131.

Vamosi, J.C., Knight, T.M., Steets, J.A., Mazer, S.J., Burd, M.C., Ashman, T., 2006, Pollination decays in biodiversity hotspots, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, vol 103, issue 4, Natl Acad Sciences, Washington DC USA, pp. 956-961.

Burd, M.C., Govedich, F.R., Bateson, L.M., 2006, Sibling competition in a brood-tending leech, Proceedings of the Royal Society. Series B. Biological Sciences, vol 273, issue 1600, Royal Society London, London England, pp. 2461-2466.

Burd, M.C., Howard, J.J., 2005, Central-place foraging continues beyond the nest entrance: The underground performance of leaf-cutting ants, Animal Behaviour, vol 70, Elsevier, London England, pp. 737-744.

Halley, J., Burd, M.C., Wells, P., 2005, Excavation and architecture of Argentine ant nests, Insectes Sociaux, vol 52, issue 4, Birkhauser Verlag Ag, Switzerland, pp. 350-356.

Baker, A.M., Burd, M.C., Climie, K.M., 2005, Flowering phenology and sexual allocation in single-mutation lineages of Arabidopsis thaliana, Evolution, vol 59, issue 5, Society for the Study of Evolution, Lawrence USA, pp. 970-978.

Burd, M.C., Howard, J.J., 2005, Global optimization from suboptimal parts: Foraging sensu lato by leaf-cutting ants, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol 59, issue 2, Springer, New York NY USA, pp. 234-242.

Knight, T.M., Steets, J.A., Vamosi, J.C., Mazer, S.J., Burd, M.C., Campbell, D.R., Dudash, M.R., Johnston, M.O., Mitchell, R.J., Ashman, T., 2005, Pollen limitation of plant reproduction: Pattern and process, Annual Review of Ecology,Evolution, & Systematics, vol 36, Annual Reviews, Palo Alto USA, pp. 467-497.

Paez, D., Govedich, F.R., Bain, B.A., Kellett, M., Burd, M.C., 2004, Costs of parental care on hunting behaviour of Helobdella papillornata (Euhirudinea: Glossiphoniidae), Hydrobiologia, vol 519, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 185-188.

Halley, J., Burd, M.C., 2004, Nonequilibrium dynamics of social groups: Insights from foraging Argentine ants, Insectes Sociaux, vol 51, issue 3, Birkhauser Verlag AG, Basel Switzerland, pp. 226-231.

Burd, M.C., 2004, Offspring quality in relation to excess flowers in Pultenaea gunnii (Fabaceae), Evolution, vol 58, issue 10, The Society for the Study of Evolution, Lawrence KA, pp. 2371-2376.

Ashman, T., Knight, T.M., Steets, J.A., Amarasekare, P., Burd, M.C., Campbell, D.R., Dudash, M.R., Johnston, M.O., Mazer, S.J., Mitchell, R.J., Morgan, M.T., Wilson, W.G., 2004, Pollen limitation of plant reproduction: Ecological and evolutionary causes and consequences, Ecology, vol 85, issue 9, Ecological Society of America, Washington DC, pp. 2408-2421.

Tan, G.N., Govedich, F.R., Burd, M.C., 2004, Social group size, potential sperm competition and reproductive investment in a hermaphroditic leech, Helobdella papillornata (Euhirudinea: Glossiphoniidae), Journal Evolutionary Biology, vol 17, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford England, pp. 574-580.

Burd, M.C., Aranwela, N., 2003, Head-on encounter rates and walking speed of foragers in leaf-cutting ant traffic, Insectes Sociaux, vol 50, issue 1, Birkhauser Verlag AG, Basel Switzerland, pp. 3-8.

Govedich, F.R., Bain, B.A., Burd, M.C., Davies, R.W., 2003, Reproductive biology of the invasive Asian freshwater leech Barbronia weberi (Blanchard, 1897), Hydrobiologia, vol 510, issue 1-Mar, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht Netherlands, pp. 125-129.

Cooper, K., Burd, M., Lefevere, K., 2002, Correlated response of autogeny to selection for adult starvation resistance in the blowfly, Lucilia cuprina, Heredity, vol 88, Nature Publishing Group, London UK, pp. 35-38.

Burd, M., Archer, D., Aranwela, N., Stradling, D.J., 2002, Traffic dynamics of the leaf-cutting ant, Atta cephalotes, The American Naturalist, vol 159, issue 3, University Chicago Press, Chicago USA, pp. 283-293.

Burd, M., 2001, Leaf tissue transport as a function of loading ratio in the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes, Ecological Entomology, vol 26, Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 551-556.

Jones, A., Burd, M., 2001, Vegetative and reproductive variation among unisexual and hermaphroditic individuals of Wurmbea dioica (Colchicaceae), Australian Journal of Botany, vol 49, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 603-609.

Burd, M., 2000, Body size effects on locomotion and load carriage in the highly polymorphic leaf-cutting ants Atta colombica and Atta cephalotes, Behavioral Ecology, vol 11 issue 2, Oxford University Press, Cary North Carolina USA, pp. 125-131.

Burd, M., 2000, Foraging behaviour of Atta cephalotes (leaf-cutting ants): an examination of two predictions for load selection, Animal Behaviour, vol 60 issue 6, Academic Press, London UK, pp. 781-788.

Burd, M., Callahan, H.S., 2000, What does the male function hypothesis claim?, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol 13 issue 5, Blackwell Science, U.K., Oxford UK, pp. 735-742.

Burd, M., 1999, Flower number and floral components in ten angiosperm species: an examination of assumptions about trade-offs in reproductive evolution, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol 68, Academic Press Ltd, London UK, pp. 579-592.

Burd, M., 1998, "Excess" flower production and selective fruit abortion: a model of potential benefits, Ecology, vol 79 no.6, Ecological Society of America, Washington DC USA, pp. 2123-2132.

Conference Proceedings

Dias, C.G.J., Sarvi, M., Shiwakoti, N., Burd, M.C., 2012, Emergency egress through angled escape routes: combining experiments with biological entities and pedestrian crowd simulation, TRB 2012 - Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting, 22 January 2012 to 26 January 2012, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-12.

Shiwakoti, N., Sarvi, M., Rose, G., Burd, M.C., 2009, A hybrid model for collective motion of pedestrians, ATRF 2009 - 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum, 29 September 2009 to 1 October 2009, New Zealand Ministry of Transport, Auckland New Zealand, pp. 1-9.

Burd, M., 1998, Individual behaviour and group performance: a test of two hypotheses for load carriage in leaf-cutting ants, Social Insects at the turn of the Millennium, Adelaide, SA 29 Dec '98 - 3 Jan '99, XIII Cong. Union for the Study of Social Insects, Adelaide SA Australia, p. 87.

Burd, M., 1997, Floral display and pollen and ovule packaging: we know little about the trade-offs involved, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 10-14 August 1997, Ecological Society of America, Washington DC USA, p. 9.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Behavioural organisation of nest construction in leaf-cutter ants.

Supervisors:

Burd, M (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Ecology of mutualism in the genus Acacia s.s. (formerly subgenus Phyllodineae, synonym Racosperma).

Supervisors:

Burd, M (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Oviposition choice and larval survival of aedes (stegomyia) albopictus (skuse) diptera: Culicidae in wet and dry seasons: Field studies in a rural community in Timor-Leste - implications for small-scale control strategies..

Supervisors:

Burd, M (Joint), Davis, J (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The evolution and ecology of floral colour in the biological partnership of flowering plants and pollinators.

Supervisors:

Burd, M (Main).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Brookes, R.

Program of Study:

Reproductive success and sexual allocation in Stylidium armeria. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Burd, M (Main).

Student:

Finlay, K.

Program of Study:

TAXONOMY, DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS & PHYLOGENY OF AUSTRALIAN LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE (EPHEMEROPTERA). (PHD) 2002.

Supervisors:

Burd, M (Main).

Student:

Halley, J.

Program of Study:

NOISY DISTURBANCES, SELF-ORGANISATION AND NATURAL SELECTION: INSIGHTS FROM ARGENTINE ANTS. (PHD) 2004.

Supervisors:

Burd, M (Main).

Student:

Sadedin, S.

Program of Study:

SPATIALLY EXPLICIT AGENT-BASED MODELS OF SPECIATION BY REINFORCEMENT AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION. (PHD) 2004.

Supervisors:

Burd, M (Main).

Student:

Shiwakoti, N.

Program of Study:

Crowd dynamics under emergency conditions: using non-human organisms in the development of a pedestrian crowd model. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Rose, G (Joint), Sarvi, M (Joint-Co), Burd, M (Associate).

Student:

Waksberg, A.

Program of Study:

Comparative choice and its fitness consequences in a model environment. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Burd, M (Main).