A5031161391- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Forest Management and Policy
- Plant and animal studies
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Pasture and Agricultural Systems
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
The University of Western Australia
2016-2025
University of Oxford
2022-2025
Taronga Conservation Society Australia
2025
Primary Health Care
2025
Services Australia
2022
Murdoch University
2006-2021
Australian Research Council
2018
ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions
2011-2017
Deakin University
2016
CSIRO Land and Water
2016
Disturbance is an important component of many ecosystems, and variations in disturbance regime can affect ecosystem community structure functioning. The “intermediate hypothesis” suggests that species diversity should be highest at moderate levels disturbance. However, also known to increase the invasibility communities. therefore poses problem for conservation management, Here, we review effects disturbances such as fire grazing, soil nutrient addition on plant invasion with particular...
ABSTRACT We explore the issues relevant to those types of ecosystems containing new combinations species that arise through human action, environmental change, and impacts deliberate inadvertent introduction from other regions. Novel (also termed ‘emerging ecosystems’) result when occur in relative abundances have not occurred previously within a given biome. Key characteristics are novelty, form potential for changes ecosystem functioning, agency, these or action. As more Earth becomes...
Here, the authors set out strategies for dealing with problem of non-indigenous species entering into habitats because breakdown long-established biogeographic barriers. This is just one unfavourable aspects globalised commerce.
Plant invasions are widely recognized as significant threats to biodiversity conservation worldwide. One way can affect native ecosystems is by changing fuel properties, which in turn fire behavior and, ultimately, alter regime characteristics such frequency, intensity, extent, type, and seasonality of fire. If the changes subsequently promote dominance invaders, then an invasive plant–fire cycle be established. As more ecosystem components interactions altered, restoration preinvasion...
Abstract Heightening human impacts on the Earth result in widespread losses of production and conservation values make large‐scale ecosystem restoration increasingly urgent. Tackling this problem requires development general guiding principles for so that we can move away from ad hoc, site‐ situation‐specific approach now prevails. A continuum efforts be recognized, ranging localized highly degraded sites to entire landscapes and/or reasons. We emphasize importance developing methodologies...
Changes in the abundance of species — especially those that influence water and nutrient dynamics, trophic interactions, or disturbance regime affect structure functioning ecosystems. Diversity is also functionally important, both because it increases probability including have strong ecosystem effects can increase efficiency resource use. Differences environmental sensitivity among similar give stability to processes, whereas differences different make ecosystems more vulnerable change....
ABSTRACT Rivers are conduits for materials and energy; this, the frequent intense disturbances that these systems experience, their narrow, linear nature, create problems conservation of biodiversity ecosystem functioning in face increasing human influence. In most parts world, riparian zones highly modified. Changes caused by alien plants — or environmental changes facilitate shifts dominance creating novel ecosystems often important agents perturbation systems. Many restoration projects...
Abstract There is an increasing consensus that global climate change occurs and potential changes in are likely to have important regional consequences for biota ecosystems. Ecological restoration, including (re)afforestation rehabilitation of degraded land, included the array human responses change. However, implications broader practice ecological restoration must be considered. In particular, usefulness historical ecosystem conditions as targets references set against likelihood restoring...
Abstract: Effective conservation planning requires information from well‐designed studies across a spectrum of land uses, ranging wildlands to highly modified production landscapes and large cities. There is currently lack such about human settlement, even though this major source land‐use change with serious implications for biodiversity. Fewer than 6% the papers in recent volumes Conservation Biology described work conducted urban, suburban, or exurban areas which settlement was considered...
Abstract The extent of human‐induced change and damage to Earth's ecosystems renders ecosystem repair an essential part our future survival strategy, this demands that restoration ecology provide effective conceptual practical tools for task. We argue has be integral component land management in today's world, broadly applicable, have a clearly articulated basis. This needs recognize most are dynamic hence goals cannot based on static attributes. Setting clear achievable is essential, these...
Abstract: The concept of habitat fragmentation is limited in its ability to describe the range possible landscape configurations created by a variety disturbances. This limitation especially problematic landscapes where human use matrix occurs at multiple levels and modification may be more important consideration than simple binary classification versus nonhabitat. We propose synthesizing scheme that places intact, variegated, fragmented, relictual states on continuum, depending degree...
Plant invasions are a serious threat to natural and managed ecosystems worldwide. The number of species involved the extent existing renders problem virtually intractable, it is likely worsen as more introduced new habitats invaders move into phase rapid spread. We contend that current research management approaches inadequate tackle problem. focus mostly on characteristics control individual invading species. Much can be gained, however, by considering other important components invasion...
Ecological history plays many roles in ecological restoration, most notably as a tool to identify and characterize appropriate targets for restoration efforts. However, also reveals deep human imprints on systems indicates that secular climate change has kept moving at centennial millennial time scales. Past ongoing environmental changes ensure historical will be unsustainable the coming decades. efforts should aim conserve restore ecosystems where viable, while simultaneously preparing...