Conservation & Ecological Research within the Faculty of Science at UQ
Archive for Conservation Ecology
7 June, 2010 at 12:33 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Conservation Ecology, Restoration Ecology
Research interests:
Environmental restoration
Environmental problem solving
Total Landscape Management
Sustainability
7 June, 2010 at 12:31 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research Interests:
The interface between ecology and physiology, particularly how environmental stressors influence the ecology and distribution of animals.
How an incubation environment influences the phenotype of oviparous animals and the significance of this on life history strategies of species
How temperature influences energetic cost of development in ectothermic animals.
7 June, 2010 at 12:28 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Conservation Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Mathematical Ecology, Plant Ecology
Research interests:
metapopulation dynamics
population viability
theoretical population ecology
weed management
7 June, 2010 at 12:26 am · Filed under Conservation Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Ecology, Plant Ecology, Restoration Ecology
Research Interests:
International mangrove floristics, biogeography, climate change, vegetation mapping, pollution impacts and habitat condition assessment.
Effective management and mitigation of disturbed and damaged tidal wetland ecosystems
7 June, 2010 at 12:25 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Conservation Ecology, Economic Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Plant Ecology, Restoration Ecology
Research interests:
Vegetation community typology and ecology
Woodland dynamics
Ecology of rare plant species
Ecology of fire effects on vegetation
Arid zone ecology
Historical biogeography
Land-use policy
7 June, 2010 at 12:24 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research Interests:
Marsupial ecology, particularly macropods, dasyurids and threatened species.
Sexual selection and mating systems.
Maternal care and the evolution of matrilineal social structure in mammals.
Causes of modern vertebrate extinctions.
Causes of biological predisposition to threatening processes
Benefits and risks of conserving dingoes for Australian mammal conservation.
7 June, 2010 at 12:23 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Conservation Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
The responses of fish, frogs and reptiles to changing environmental conditions, including those generated anthropogenically.
Integrating ecology, behavioural science, physiology and genomic methods.
Conservation Physiology of Fish, Frogs and Reptiles
Remote sensing, including satellite & acoustic telemetry, is used to investigate movements, behaviours and physiology of animals.
7 June, 2010 at 12:22 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
Behaviour, ecology and conservation of birds and mammals, especially the evolution of vertebrate mating systems and reproductive strageties.
Habitat requirements and conservation biology of threatened species;
Research projects combining intensive observations of individually marked animals in wild populations with genetic analysis of parentage, relatedness, dispersal patters and/or population genetics.
7 June, 2010 at 12:20 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Conservation Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
Conservation biology and ecology of large marine vertebrates
Population ecology of dugongs
Feeding ecology of marine reptiles: sea turtles and sea snakes
Factors influencing reproduction in marine vertebrates
Disturbance ecology
7 June, 2010 at 12:17 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Conservation Ecology, Invertebrate Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Plant Ecology, Restoration Ecology
Research interests:
Plant community structure and function in fragmented tropical ecosystems.
Linking community assembly theory to restoration practice in Mediterranean and tropical plant communities.
The role of life-history strategies in maintaining plant species under habitat fragmentation and climate change.
7 June, 2010 at 12:13 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Conservation Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
protected area management
arid area ecology
7 June, 2010 at 12:11 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Conservation Ecology, Economic Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Ecology, Mathematical Ecology, Plant Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
conservation planning/reserve design
population dynamics and ecological theory
decision theory for conservation biology and monitoring
bird ecology
7 June, 2010 at 12:05 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Conservation Ecology, Economic Ecology
Research interests:
ecological economics
economics of wildlife conservation (tropical Australia)
ecotourism
economics of managing mammalian pests
7 June, 2010 at 12:04 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research Interests:
Marine biology with particular interest in marine conservation and human impacts on the marine environment.
Global scale issues such as climate change and marine pollution are investigated using a multidisciplinary approach
Understanding the conservation status of marine species identified by the IUCN Red List within Australian waters.
