A5055512618- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Biological Control of Invasive Species
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Animal and Plant Science Education
Monash University
2016-2025
La Trobe University
2020-2025
Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute
2015-2024
Australian Antarctic Division
2022
The Nature Conservancy
2022
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
2022
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
2022
University of California, Berkeley
2022
Yale University
2019-2022
University of Florida
2022
Global Biodiversity Target Missed In 2002, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) committed to a significant reduction in rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. There has been widespread conjecture that this target not met. Butchart et al. (p. 1164 , published online 29 April) analyzed over 30 indicators developed within CBD's framework. These include condition or state (e.g., species numbers, population sizes), pressures deforestation), and responses maintain protected areas) were...
A global system of harmonized observations is needed to inform scientists and policy-makers.
Abstract Aim Invasive alien species (IAS) pose a significant threat to biodiversity. The Convention on Biological Diversity’s 2010 Biodiversity Target, and the associated indicator for IAS, has stimulated globally coordinated efforts quantify patterns in extent of biological invasion, its impact biodiversity policy responses. Here, we report outcome indicators invasion at global scale. Location Global. Methods We developed four pressure‐state‐response framework, i.e. number documented IAS...
Species distributions and abundances are undergoing rapid changes worldwide. This highlights the significance of reliable, integrated information for guiding assessing actions policies aimed at managing sustaining many functions benefits species. Here we synthesize types data approaches that required to achieve such an integration conceptualize 'essential biodiversity variables' (EBVs) a unified global capture species populations in space time. The inherent heterogeneity sparseness raw...
Prioritization is indispensable for the management of biological invasions, as recognized by Convention on Biological Diversity, its current strategic plan, and specifically Aichi Target 9 that concerns invasive alien species. Here we provide an overview process, approaches data needs prioritization invasion policy management, with intention informing guiding efforts to address this target. Many schemes quantify impact risk, from pragmatic action-focused data-demanding science-based....
Synergies between global change and biological invasion have been identified as a major potential threat to biodiversity human welfare. The change-type drought characteristic of many temperate terrestrial ecosystems is especially significant because it will apparently favour invasive over indigenous species, adding the burden conservation compromising ecosystem service delivery. However, nature mechanisms underlying this synergy remain poorly explored. Here we show that in ecosystem,...
Abstract Although satellite‐based variables have for long been expected to be key components a unified and global biodiversity monitoring strategy, definitive agreed list of these still remains elusive. The growth interest in observable from space has partly underpinned by the development essential variable ( EBV ) framework Group on Earth Observations – Biodiversity Observation Network, which itself was guided process identifying climate variables. This contribution aims advance strategy...
Managing biological invasions relies on good global coverage of species distributions. Accurate information alien distributions, obtained from international policy and cross-border co-operation, is required to evaluate trans-boundary trading partnership risks. However, a standardized approach for systematically monitoring tracking still lacking. This Perspective presents vision observation invasions. We show how the architecture provided by minimum set Essential Variables, collaboration data...
ABSTRACT Understanding the processes that lead to species extinctions is vital for lessening pressures on biodiversity. While diversity, presence and abundance are most commonly used measure effects of human pressures, demographic responses give a more proximal indication how affect population viability contribute extinction risk. We reviewed rates affected by major anthropogenic changed landscape condition caused land use, climate change. synthesized results 147 empirical studies compare...
Since its emergence in the mid-20th century, invasion biology has matured into a productive research field addressing questions of fundamental and applied importance. Not only number empirical studies increased through time, but also competing, overlapping and, some cases, contradictory hypotheses about biological invasions. To make these contradictions redundancies explicit, to gain insight field's current theoretical structure, we developed Delphi approach create consensus network 39...
Abstract Globally, collapse of ecosystems—potentially irreversible change to ecosystem structure, composition and function—imperils biodiversity, human health well‐being. We examine the current state recent trajectories 19 ecosystems, spanning 58° latitude across 7.7 M km 2 , from Australia's coral reefs terrestrial Antarctica. Pressures global climate regional impacts, occurring as chronic ‘presses’ and/or acute ‘pulses’, drive collapse. Ecosystem responses 5–17 pressures were categorised...
The ability to monitor changes in biodiversity, and their societal impact, is critical conserving species managing ecosystems. While emerging technologies increase the breadth reach of data acquisition, monitoring efforts are still spatially temporally fragmented, taxonomically biased. Appropriate long-term information remains therefore limited. Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) aims provide a general framework for biodiversity support decision-makers....
Abstract Harmonised, representative data on the state of biological invasions remain inadequate at country and global scales, particularly for taxa that affect biodiversity ecosystems. Information is not readily available in a form suitable policy reporting. The Global Register Introduced Invasive Species (GRIIS) provides first country-wise checklists introduced (naturalised) invasive species. GRIIS was conceived to provide sustainable platform information delivery support national...
Summary Bioindicators of habitat quality and environmental change must be identified quantitatively tested independently to confirm their usefulness. We used the indicator value ( IndVal ) method, which combines measures fidelity specificity, assess responses dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa. The were verified by sampling different areas 2 years after originally quantified. postulated that terrestrial insect indicators with combinations specificity...
Abstract Species ranges are expected to expand along their cooler boundaries in response rising temperatures associated with current global climate change. However, this ‘fingerprint’ of change is yet be assessed for an entire flora. Here, we examine patterns altitudinal range the complete native vascular flora sub‐Antarctic Marion Island. We demonstrate a rapid mean upslope expansion since 1966, 1.2 °C warming on island. The 3.4±0.8 m yr −1 (mean±SE) rate documented amongst highest...
1. Introducing Insect Conservation 2. Taxonomy and Curation of Insects 3. Designing Sampling Protocols for 4. Collecting Recording 5. Measuring Environmental Variables 6. Estimating Population Size Condition 7. The the Landscape 8. Ex Situ Conservation: Captive Rearing Reintroduction Programmes 9. Biodiversity Assemblage Studies 10. Studying in Changing Environment Useful software insect ecology conservation Glossary References Index