Peter Erskine
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Professor
Peter Erskine
Email: : p.erskine@uq.edu.au
Phone: : +61 7 334 64065
Positions
Professorial Research Fellow : Sustainable Minerals Institute : Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Affiliate of Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining : Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining : Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Overview
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
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Rehabilitation of degraded land
Leading multi-disciplinary teams designing monitoring programs, mine rehabilitation strategies, and landscape restoration in Australia, south-east Asia, and Africa.
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Works
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All (275) Book (11) Journal Article (148) Other Outputs (57) Conference Publication (43) Book Chapter (16)
Featured
2020
Journal Article
Novel insights into the hyperaccumulation syndrome in Pycnandra (Sapotaceae)
Isnard, Sandrine , L’Huillier, Laurent , Paul, Adrian L. D. , Munzinger, Jerome , Fogliani, Bruno , Echevarria, Guillaume , Peter D. Erskine, Vidiro Gei, Tanguy Jaffre and Antony van der Ent (2020). Novel insights into the hyperaccumulation syndrome in Pycnandra (Sapotaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science, 11 559059, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.559059
Novel insights into the hyperaccumulation syndrome in Pycnandra (Sapotaceae)
Featured
2020
Journal Article
Nickel hyperaccumulation in New Caledonian Hybanthus (Violaceae) and occurrence of nickel-rich phloem in Hybanthus austrocaledonicus
Paul, Adrian L. D. , Gei, Vidiro , Isnard, Sandrine, Fogliani, Bruno , Echevarria, Guillaume , Erskine, Peter D. , Jaffré, Tanguy , Munzinger, Jérôme and van der Ent, Antony (2020). Nickel hyperaccumulation in New Caledonian Hybanthus (Violaceae) and occurrence of nickel-rich phloem in Hybanthus austrocaledonicus. Annals of Botany, 126 (5), 905-914. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa112
Featured
2019
Journal Article
Using reference sites to guide ecological engineering and restoration of an internationally significant uranium mine in the Northern Territory, Australia
Erskine, P. D., Bartolo, R., McKenna, P. and Humphrey, C. (2019). Using reference sites to guide ecological engineering and restoration of an internationally significant uranium mine in the Northern Territory, Australia. Ecological Engineering, 129, 61-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2019.01.008
Featured
2019
Journal Article
X-ray fluorescence ionomics of herbarium collections
van der Ent, Antony, Echevarria, Guillaume, Pollard, A. Joseph and Erskine, Peter D. (2019). X-ray fluorescence ionomics of herbarium collections. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 4746, 4746. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40050-6
X-ray fluorescence ionomics of herbarium collections
Featured
2019
Journal Article
Identifying Species and Monitoring Understorey from UAS-Derived Data: A Literature Review and Future Directions
Hernandez-Santin, Lorna, Rudge, Mitchel, Bartolo, Renee and Erskine, Peter (2019). Identifying Species and Monitoring Understorey from UAS-Derived Data: A Literature Review and Future Directions. Drones, 3 (1) 9, 9-18. doi: 10.3390/drones3010009
Featured
2015
Journal Article
Widening gap between expectations and practice in Australian minesite rehabilitation
Lamb, David, Erskine, Peter D and Fletcher, Andrew (2015). Widening gap between expectations and practice in Australian minesite rehabilitation. Ecological Management and Restoration, 16 (3), 186-195. doi: 10.1111/emr.12179
Widening gap between expectations and practice in Australian minesite rehabilitation
Featured
2014
Journal Article
Rare earths supply chains: current status, constraints and opportunities
Golev, Artem, Scott, Margaretha, Erskine, Peter D., Ali, Saleem H. and Ballantyne, Grant R. (2014). Rare earths supply chains: current status, constraints and opportunities. Resources Policy, 41 (1), 52-59. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2014.03.004
Rare earths supply chains: current status, constraints and opportunities
Featured
2013
Journal Article
Novel ecosystems created by coal mines in central Queensland's Bowen Basin
Erskine, Peter D. and Fletcher, Andrew T. (2013). Novel ecosystems created by coal mines in central Queensland's Bowen Basin. Ecological Processes, 2 (33) 33, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/2192-1709-2-33
Novel ecosystems created by coal mines in central Queensland's Bowen Basin
Featured
2006
Journal Article
Tree species diversity and ecosystem function: Can tropical multi-species plantations generate greater productivity?
Erskine, PD, Lamb, D and Bristow, M (2006). Tree species diversity and ecosystem function: Can tropical multi-species plantations generate greater productivity?. Forest Ecology and Management, 233 (2-3), 205-210. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.013
Featured
2005
Journal Article
Restoration of degraded tropical forest landscapes
Lamb, D, Erskine, PD and Parrotta, JA (2005). Restoration of degraded tropical forest landscapes. Science, 310 (5754), 1628-1632. doi: 10.1126/science.1111773
Restoration of degraded tropical forest landscapes
2025
Journal Article
Discovery of new Australasian rare earth element hyperaccumulator ferns from screening herbarium specimens
Corzo-Remigio, Amelia, Purwadi, Imam, Fox, Nathan, Bostock, Peter D., Martel, Carlos, van der Ent, Antony and Erskine, Peter D. (2025). Discovery of new Australasian rare earth element hyperaccumulator ferns from screening herbarium specimens. Plant and Soil. doi: 10.1007/s11104-025-08111-0
2025
Journal Article
Rare Earth Elements in Plants of the Peak Range Volcanics (Queensland), Australia Exploration Target: A Biogeochemical Prospecting Tool
Corzo‐Remigio, Amelia, Nkrumah, Philip Nti, Erskine, Peter D. and van der Ent, Antony (2025). Rare Earth Elements in Plants of the Peak Range Volcanics (Queensland), Australia Exploration Target: A Biogeochemical Prospecting Tool. Ecological Research, 41 (1) e70018. doi: 10.1111/1440-1703.70018
2025
Journal Article
Synchrotron x-ray fluorescence microscopy unveils selenium distribution and a phloem-sink hypothesis in Neptunia amplexicaulis
Harvey, Maggie-Anne, Erskine, Peter D., Harris, Hugh H., Pinto-Irish, Katherine, Howard, Daryl L., Fabillo, Melody and van der Ent, Antony (2025). Synchrotron x-ray fluorescence microscopy unveils selenium distribution and a phloem-sink hypothesis in Neptunia amplexicaulis. Plant Physiology, 199 (2) kiaf367. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaf367
2025
Other Outputs
Review strategy alignment across rehabilitation targets and stages
Hernandez Santin, Lorna and Erskine, Peter (2025). Review strategy alignment across rehabilitation targets and stages. St Lucia, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Review strategy alignment across rehabilitation targets and stages
2025
Other Outputs
An MMG specific protocol to assess nature positive outcomes: phase I
Hernandez Santin, Lorna and Erskine, Peter (2025). An MMG specific protocol to assess nature positive outcomes: phase I. St Lucia, QLD Australia: Sustainable Minerals Institute.
An MMG specific protocol to assess nature positive outcomes: phase I
2025
Other Outputs
Derivation of site-specific trigger values for Electrical Conductivity: Initial findings
Chrystal, Robynne, Rochford, Louisa, van Dam, Rick, Shaygan, Mandana, Erskine, Peter and Anzooman, Monia (2025). Derivation of site-specific trigger values for Electrical Conductivity: Initial findings. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Derivation of site-specific trigger values for Electrical Conductivity: Initial findings
2025
Journal Article
Rare earth elements (REEs) in soils and plants of Bangka Island (Indonesia) focussing on (hyper)accumulation
Purwadi, Imam, Erskine, Peter D., Hutahaean, Benny P., Wijaya, Tofan R., Nurtjahya, Eddy and van der Ent, Antony (2025). Rare earth elements (REEs) in soils and plants of Bangka Island (Indonesia) focussing on (hyper)accumulation. Plant and Soil, 507 (1-2), 417-431. doi: 10.1007/s11104-024-06735-2
2025
Journal Article
Fire resilience analysis: Using high temporal and spatial satellite imagery for rehabilitated landscapes
McKenna, Phillip B., Phinn, Stuart and Erskine, Peter D. (2025). Fire resilience analysis: Using high temporal and spatial satellite imagery for rehabilitated landscapes. Ecological Engineering, 212 107478, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107478
2025
Conference Publication
Identifying microbial roles in acid mine drainage and bioremediation of Mount Morgan Mine, Queensland, Australia
Febriana, Adithyanti, Gunathunga, Samadhi, Erskine, Peter and Southam, Gordon (2025). Identifying microbial roles in acid mine drainage and bioremediation of Mount Morgan Mine, Queensland, Australia. 13th Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress 2025 (APMC13), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2-7 Febuary 2025. ScienceOpen. doi: 10.14293/apmc13-2025-0175
2024
Other Outputs
Review of monitoring protocol and associated trials – phase II
Hernandez-Santin, Lorna and Erskine, Peter (2024). Review of monitoring protocol and associated trials – phase II. St. Lucia, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Review of monitoring protocol and associated trials – phase II
Funding
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
Past funding
- 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 - 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
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Supervision
Availability
Professor Peter Erskine is: : Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Assessing the ecological trajectory of mine rehabilitation - Focusing on the Nabarlek Uranium Project
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lorna Hernandez Santin, Associate Professor Sarah Holcombe - Doctor Philosophy
##### Multisensor Remote Sensing Framework to Quantify Ecosystem Resilience
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn, Dr Phill McKenna - 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
- 2025
Doctor Philosophy
##### Fire Resilience of Mine Site Rehabilitation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn - 2024
Doctor Philosophy
##### Using Drones to Inform Tropical Savanna Restoration
Principal Advisor - 2022
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2022
Doctor Philosophy
##### Discovery and ecophysiology of Australian native manganese hyperaccumulator plants
Principal Advisor - 2019
Doctor Philosophy
##### Beyond the Void: Tracing Situated Knowledges in Mining Landscapes of the Anthropocene
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Fred Fialho Teixeira - 2019
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2018
Master Philosophy
##### Measuring Rehabilitation Responses to Fire using Transects and Remote Sensing
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn - 2018
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2009
Doctor Philosophy
##### Natural Regeneration and Management Secondary Forests in Lao PDR and Vietnam
Principal Advisor - 2024
Doctor Philosophy
##### Harnessing microbial processes to accelerate the transformation of coal spoils to functional soils
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Paul Evans, Professor Gordon Southam - 2023
Doctor Philosophy
##### Novel Spectroscopies for metallome analysis of trace element Hyperaccumulator plants
Associate Advisor - 2022
Doctor Philosophy
##### Understanding and Managing Ecosystem Services in Mining Environments using Indigenous Perspectives
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Laura Sonter - 2022
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor - 2021
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor - 2019
Doctor Philosophy
##### Bowen Basin Coal Mine Spoil Classification for Improved Mine Rehabilitation Outcomes
Associate Advisor - 2018
Doctor Philosophy
##### Soil Organic Matter and Carbon Sequestration in Rehabilitated Mine Soils
Associate Advisor - 2018
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor - 2017
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor - 2016
Doctor Philosophy
##### Restoration planning of degraded tropical forests for biodiversity and ecosystem services
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hugh Possingham - 2014
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor - 2014
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor - 2011
Doctor Philosophy
##### Ant community response to management practices on rehabilitated mine sites
Associate Advisor - 2009
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor - 2005
Doctor Philosophy
##### SEED AND SEEDLING ECOLOGY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF RAINFOREST RESTORATION
Associate Advisor - 2004
Doctor Philosophy
##### BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES, AND WOOD PRODUCTION IN Eucalyptus cloeziana AND Eucalyptus argophloia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Hon Assoc Professor Peter Dart - 2003
Doctor Philosophy
##### NITROGEN MINERALISATION AND THE GROWTH OF YOUNG EUCALYPTUS CLOEZIANA PLANTATIONS IN SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND
Associate Advisor
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