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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2025-07-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001959b.htm person Dell John AACR2 Biologist Herpetologist Conservationist John Dell is a zoologist and conservationist whose research has ranged widely over vertebrate species. His main interest is in reptiles, particularly reproductive strategies and comparative biology of reptiles remaining in fragments of privately-owned land in the Western Australian wheatbelt. He discovered a number of unknown reptiles, as well as insects and spiders. For nearly 30 years Dell worked at the Department of Vertebrate Biogeography and Ecology, Western Australia Museum. For the Museum he was involved in surveys of the wheatbelt, eastern goldfields and the Kimberley region to document the plant and animal communities and assess conservation needs. One result of this work was a reassessment of criteria for establishing conservation reserves. Reports on these surveys were published in the Museum's Records. Dell joined the Western Australian Naturalists Club and served as President from 1974 to 1977. His activities for the Club included co-ordinating the mammal section in its surveys. Awards received by dell for his conservation work included the Australian Natural History Medallion in 1988 and the Serventy Memorial Lecturer for the Club in 1991 1962 Career position - Member, Western Australian Naturalists Club 1971 1977 Career position - Vice-President, Western Australian Naturalists Club 1971 2000 Career position - Senior Technical Officer and researcher, Department of Vertebrate Biogeography and Ecology, Western Australia Museum 1974 1977 Career position - President, Western Australian Naturalists Society 1988 1988 Award - Australian Natural History Medallion 1991 1991 Award - Serventy Memorial Lecturer, Western Australian Naturalists Society 1991 2020 Career position - Editor, The Western Australian naturalist 2011 2011 Award - Public Service Medal for outstanding public service to the advancement of natural history and conservation Chapman, A. Johnstone, Ronald Eric (1949 - ) Smith, Laurence Alec (1944 - ) Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (1940 - )

Awarded the Medallion 1988

 Dell, Edgar (1901 - 2008)

Edgar was John's father

 The Western Australian naturalist (1947 - )

Editor 1991 - 2020

 Western Australian Naturalists Club (1924 - )

President 1974 - 1977; Serventy Memorial Lecturer 1991

 Dell, John

Trove

 'Dell, John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Dell, John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: A vertebrate survey of Cockleshell Bay Reserve, Western Australia Chapman, A., Dell, J., Johnstone, R. E. and Storr, G. M. A vertebrate survey of Cockleshell Bay Reserve, Western Australia Perth Western Australian Museum 1977 Journal Article: The herpetofauna of Faure Island, Shark Bay, Western Australia Aplin, Ken P., Donnellan, S. C. and Dell, John The herpetofauna of Faure Island, Shark Bay, Western Australia 2008 Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 75 39-53 Journal Article: Mammals of the Darling Scarp, near Perth Dell, J. and How, R. A. Mammals of the Darling Scarp, near Perth 1988 The Western Australian naturalist 17 4 86-93 Journal Article: Ground vertebrate fauna of Perth's vegetation remnants: impact of 170 years of urbanization How, Richard A. and Dell, John Ground vertebrate fauna of Perth's vegetation remnants: impact of 170 years of urbanization 2000 Pacific conservation biology 6 3 198-217 Journal Article: Edgar Dell, Born 28 November 1901, Died: 18 April 2008 Dell, John and Dell, Bernard Edgar Dell, Born 28 November 1901, Died: 18 April 2008 2010 Western Australian Naturalist 27 3 184-91 Journal Article: Lizard assemblage and reserve size and structure in the Western Australian wheatbelt: some implications for conservation Biological conservation 17:25-62 Kitchener, Darrell John, Chapman, Andrew, Dell, John and Muir, B. G. Lizard assemblage and reserve size and structure in the Western Australian wheatbelt: some implications for conservation Biological conservation 17:25-62 1980 Biological conservation 17:25-62 17 25-62 Journal Article: Vertebrate fauna of the Eastern Group, Archipelago of the Recherche, Western Australia Smith, L. A., Johnstone, R. E. and Dell, John Vertebrate fauna of the Eastern Group, Archipelago of the Recherche, Western Australia 2005 Western Australian naturalist 24 4 232-46 Journal Article: Pollination and revegetation in the south west of Western Australia Saffer, V. M. [and others] Pollination and revegetation in the south west of Western Australia 2000 Western Australian naturalist 22 4 221-79 Journal Article: Biology and zoogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Western Australian wheatbelt Chapman, Andrew and Dell, John Biology and zoogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Western Australian wheatbelt 1985 Records of the Western Australian Museum 12 1 1-46 Journal Article: Australian Natural History Medallion 1988 [awarded to John Dell] Houghton, Sheila Australian Natural History Medallion 1988 [awarded to John Dell] 1988 Victorian naturalist 105 6 150-1 Book Section: A history of ornithology at the Western Australian Museum Johnstone, R. E. A history of ornithology at the Western Australian Museum Cambridge, Mass. Nuttall Ornithological Club 2008 Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology Davis, William E.; Recher, Harry E.; Boles, Walter E.; and Jackson, Jerome A. 165-98 John Dell - Records Western Australian Museum John Dell - Records 1971 - 1984 Field notebooks Nos 1-76, 1971-84 covering the Ord River, Cape Le Grande, the wheatbelt, Albany, Drysdale River, Wongan Hills, Yornaning, Durokoppin, Melaleuca Park, goldfields, Lake Cronin, Mitchell Plateau, Nullabor and other areas [in Library]. 76 volumes