Person

Greenslade, Penelope Jean MacLeod

Occupation
Entomologist

Summary

Penelope Greenslade is an entomologist noted for her expertise in Collembola (springtails), common and abundant arthropods closely associated with soil and decomposition processes. She has studied their taxonomy and ecology in all climatic zones of Australia, as well as Antarctica, Indonesia, Myanmar, South Africa and the Solomon Islands. Her work with Rieks van Klinken resulted in the first comprehensive review of Macquarie Island invertebrates. Greenslade is a committed and effective advocate for the conservation of invertebrates in Australia, drawing attention at all levels of government to their importance in ecosystems. She has been a member and Convenor (1987 - 1992) of the Conservation Committee of the Australian Entomological Society. Greenslade was an Honorary Research Fellow at the Australian National Insect Collection in the 1980s, and for a time worked on marine nematodes at the Australian National University. In 2008 she became an Honorary Research Fellow at the Federation University, Ballarat.

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Chronology

1972 -
Career position - Member, Australian Entomological Society
1980
Career position - Member, Organising Committee, Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference, Australian Entomological Society, Lyndoch, South Australia
1981
Career position - Member, Organising Committee, 3rd Australasian Conference on the Ecology of Grassland Invertebrates, Adelaide
1982 - 1984
Career position - Regional Councillor for South Australia, Australian Entomological Society
1985 -
Career position - Member, Conservation Committee, Australian Entomological Society
1987 - 1992
Career position - Convenor, Conservation Committee, Australian Entomological Society
1994
Award - Service Award, Australian Entomological Society
January 2008 -
Career position - Honorary Research Fellow, Federation University Australia

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Published resources

Books

  • Coy, Robyn, Greenslade, Penelope and Rounsevell, David, A survey of invertebrates in Tasmanian rainforest (Hobart: National Rainforest Conservation Program, 1993), 104 pp. Details
  • Greenslade, Penelope, The invertebrates of Macquarie Island (Kingston, Tas.: Australian Antarctic Division, 2006), 326 pp. Details

Edited Books

  • Greenslade, Penelope and Majer, J. D. eds, Soil and litter invertebrates of some Australian Mediterranean-type ecosystems (Perth: Western Australian Institute of Technology, 1985), 93 pp. Details

Journal Articles

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Created: 29 July 2025

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