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Researcher: Kirkpatrick, JB (Professor James Kirkpatrick)

Fields of Research

Terrestrial ecology
Conservation and biodiversity
Environmental management
Biogeography and phylogeography
Social geography
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Wildlife and habitat management
Landscape ecology
Evolutionary biology
Natural resource management
Other environmental sciences
Human geography
Plant biology
Photogrammetry and remote sensing
Behavioural ecology
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Plant developmental and reproductive biology
Carbon sequestration science
Palaeoecology
Tourist behaviour and visitor experience
Palaeoclimatology
Geomorphology and earth surface processes
Global change biology
Animal behaviour
Environmental geography
Economic geography
Plant and fungus systematics and taxonomy
Environmental law
Forestry management and environment
Impacts of tourism
Climate change processes
Land use and environmental planning
Environment policy
Ecosystem function
Ecology
Other earth sciences
Forest biodiversity
Tourism management
Physical geography and environmental geoscience
Other built environment and design
Environmental assessment and monitoring
Natural hazards
Tree improvement (incl. selection and breeding)
Invertebrate biology
Agroforestry
Urban and regional planning
Animal systematics and taxonomy
Biosecurity science and invasive species ecology
Climatology
Recreation, leisure and tourism geography
Photography, video and lens-based practice
Tourism
Microbiology
Sustainable agricultural development
Pollution and contamination
Archival, repository and related studies
Surface water hydrology
Tourism resource appraisal
Phycology (incl. marine grasses)
Urban geography
Soil biology
Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
Biological oceanography
Zoology
Landscape architecture
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology

Research Objectives

Other environmental management
Terrestrial biodiversity
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Rehabilitation or conservation of terrestrial environments
Assessment and management of freshwater ecosystems
Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems
Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land use
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Tourism services
Expanding knowledge in human society
Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies
Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Native forests
Coastal or estuarine biodiversity
Environmental policy, legislation and standards
Rights to environmental and natural resources (excl. water allocation)
Soils
Rehabilitation or conservation of coastal or estuarine environments
Environmental education and awareness
Understanding Australia's past
Marine biodiversity
Social impacts of climate change and variability
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in terrestrial environments
Coastal and estuarine systems and management
Terrestrial systems and management
Policies and development
Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
Other environmental policy, climate change and natural hazards
Ecosystem adaptation to climate change
Tourism infrastructure development
Institutional arrangements
Natural hazards
Environmental protection frameworks (incl. economic incentives)
Protection and conservation of Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Integration of farm and forestry
Management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Sheep for wool
Energy transformation
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in fresh, ground and surface water
Understanding climate change
Environmental ethics
Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and culture
Other law, politics and community services
Effects of climate change on Australia (excl. social impacts)
Community services
Other health
Conserving natural heritage
Other plant production and plant primary products
Heritage
Socio-cultural issues in tourism
Rehabilitation or conservation of marine environments
Legal processes
Pasture, browse and fodder crops
Urban planning
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
Other culture and society
Climate change mitigation strategies
Climate variability (excl. social impacts)
Land policy
Oceanic processes (excl. in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean)
Coastal erosion
Wild caught prawns

Career Best Publications

An antipodean test of spatial contagion in front garden character; Landscape and Urban Planning: An International Journal on Landscape Design, Conservation and Reclamation, Planning and Urban Ecology
Does variation in garden characteristics influence the conservation of birds in suburbia?; Biological Conservation
Influence of grazing and vegetation type on post-fire flammability; Journal of Applied Ecology
Locating likely glacial forest refugia in Tasmania using palynological and ecological information to test alternative climatic models; Biological conservation
The impact of suburbanization on remnant coastal vegetation in Hobart, Tasmania; Applied Vegetation Science

Research Publications

Research Projects

An assessment of fuel characteristics and fuel loads in dry sclerophyll forests in south-east Tasmania; Tasmanian Forest Research Council (TFRC)
An assessment of regional conservation adequacy; Resource Assessment Commission, Forestry and Timber Inquiry (RAC)
Animal disturbance and rare plant species establishment; Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA)
Animal disturbance and rare plant species establishment (phase 3); Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA)
Aspects of the spatial and reproductive ecology of the grey goshawk in Tasmania; Birds Australia (BA)
Australia's Changing Urban Tree Estate: A Socio-ecological Study of Patterns, Causes and Consequences; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Australian alpine vegetation dynamics and environment-plant-invertebrate relationships; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Biodiversity Conservation Integrated into Sustainable Grazing Systems; Land and Water Australia (LWA)
Botanical survey of north-west Tasmania; Tasmanian Conservation Trust (TCT)
Characteristics and genesis of marsupial lawn in Tasmania; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Characteristics and genesis of marsupial lawn in Tasmania; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Comparing the Canopy Invertebrate Fauna of 100-Year Regrowth and Old-Growth Eucalyptus Obliqua at the Warra LTER Site; Forestry Tasmania (FT)
Conservation of Rare Marine Algae through Marine Protected Area Planning; Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust (WVS)
Conservation of the lowland native grasslands of southeast Australia; World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF)
Continuing Data Collection Tasmanian Sites - Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Sub-program - Land, Water and Wool; Land and Water Australia (LWA)
Critique of a forest reserves issues paper; Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment andTerritories (DASET)
Determining the Presence and Source of Faecal Contamination at High Altitude Huts and Campsites in the Back-country of Tasmania; CRC for Sustainable Tourism Pty Ltd (CRCT)
Diversity, Disturbance, Stability and Invasibility in Grass Woodlands; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Donation from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council for Ljilana Sekuljica's PhD research project; Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council (TALC)
Ecological Value of Geomorphic Pit Features in Rare Grassland Ecosystems; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Effects of feral rabbits and native fauna on vegetation succession and soil stability, Macquarie Island; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
Epiphytic orchid diversity over varying spatial scales in the tropical and sub-tropical zones in eastern Australia; Australian Orchid Foundation (AOF)
Examining the potential for fire occurrence in non-flammable Tasmanian vegetation; Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas)
Fish use of Tasmanian coastal saltmarsh and the socio-economic implications of saltmarsh conservation; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Geographic variation in the ecology of the boundaries of forest with grassland and grassy woodland; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Global Change, Biodiversity and Conservation in Terrestrial and Coastal Ecosystems on Heard and McDonald Islands: Vascular Plants in a Changing Environment; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Grassland/grassy woodland recovery plan; Department of Parks, Wildlife and Environment (DPWE)
Grazing-fire Interactions and Vegetation Dynamics; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Guidelines for the maintenance and improvement of remnant bush in Tasmania; Land and Water Australia (LWA)
Impacts of Tourism on Plant Biodiversity and Vegetation in Protected Areas: Scoping Project; CRC for Sustainable Tourism Pty Ltd (CRCT)
Incorporation of Vulnerability and Irreplaceability into Marine Protected Area Planning; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Influence of remnant size, age and management on native and exotic plants in Northern Midlands, Tasmania; Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA)
Influence of soils and grazing on Australian alpine vegetation; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Long Term Changes in Vegetation and Soil Stability - Macquarie Island; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Long term changes in Vegetation and Soil Stability Macquarie Island; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Mapping and Monitoring Saltmarsh Ecosystems in Tasmania with Novel Remote Sensing Techniques; Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust (WVS)
Marsupials as ecosystem engineers; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Owning nature: mapping the contested country of private protected areas; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Pilot study on microbiological hazards due to effluent reuse at Riverside Golfcourse, Launceston, Tasmania; Commonwealth Environment Protection Agency (CEPA)
Predicting the Vulnerability of Epiphytic Orchid Communities to Climate Change in the Peruvian Andes; American Orchid Society (AOS)
Predicting the Vulnerability of Epiphytic Orchid Communities to Climate Change in the Peruvian Andes; San Diego County Orchid Society (SDCOS)
Predicting the Vulnerability of Epiphytic Orchid Communities to Climate Change in the Peruvian Andes; South Florida Orchid Society (SFOS)
Refugial sites for Flora in Tasmania - testing a methodology; Australian Heritage Commission (AHC)
Remnant roadside vegetation survey - Western Tasmania; Department of Roads and Transport (DRT)
Satellite and phytosociological mapping of climate in the superhumid zone of Tasmania; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Tasmanian Grasslands - Survey of Owner Intentions; Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA)
The Abundance of Tree Hollows in Eucalyptus Oblqua around Tasmania and their Use by Vertebrate Fauna; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
The Impacts of Human Waste Disposal on The Ecosystems of the Back Country of Tasmania; CRC for Sustainable Tourism Pty Ltd (CRCT)
The relationship between fire regime and vegetation characteristics in the dry forests and woodlands of southeastern Tasmania; Tasmanian Forest Research Council (TFRC)
The Role of Quantitative Wetland Ecologist; Natural Heritage Trust (NHT)
Threatened Plants of Tasmanian Grasslands; Department of Parks, Wildlife & Heritage (DPWH)
Vegetation survey - residual woodland management; Greening Australia (TAS) Ltd (GAT)
Weed species Urospermum dalechampii on the Queens Domain; Hobart City Council (HCC)
Aspects of the spatial and reproductive ecology of the grey goshawk in modified landscapes of Tasmania
Aspects of the spatial and reproductive ecology of the grey goshawk in modified landscapes of Tasmania
Aspects of the spatial and reproductive ecology of the grey goshawk in modified landscapes of Tasmania
Aspects of the spatial and reproductive ecology of the grey goshawk in modified landscapes of Tasmania
Aspects of the spatial and reproductive ecology of the grey goshawk in modified landscapes of Tasmania
Aspects of the spatial and reproductive ecology of the grey goshawk in Tasmania
Assessment for NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Coastal Saltmarsh Wetland Asset Mapping (in the Cradle Coast region)
Effect of fire regimes on Allocasuarina invasion
Marchwiel Marsh: Community Saltmarsh Monitoring and Management
Review-Australian Alps Post Fire Expert Scientific Panel report
Scientific Advisory Panel for Parks Victoria
Soldiers Memorial Avenue Threatened Species Report
Soldiers Memorial Avenue Threatened Species Report
Soldiers Memorial Avenue Threatened Species Report 2
Spatial and reproductive ecology of the grey goshawk in south-east Tasmania
Threatened Species Survey - Soldier's Memorial Avenue and Davies Street Cedars
To accurately locate areas of high conservation significance in the reserve estate using an irreplaceability index
TWWHA Management Plan Socio-economic Values
Understanding the Free/Low Cost Camping Recreational Vehicle Traveller
Values Essay for Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife Service

Research Candidate Supervision

A comparison of the Natural Resource Management Regimes of Tasmania and Taiwan
A History and Interpretation of Fire Frequency in Dry Eucalypt Forests and Woodlands of Eastern Tasmania
A study of the ecology of Tasmanian Sphagnum peatlands
An assessment of fuel charactertistics and fuel loads in the dry sclerophyll forests of South-East Tasmania
An environmental history of the Lower hunter Valley and Port Stephens region, New South Wales, Australia
Ants, Plants and Biodiversity Surrogates in Tasmanian Eucalypt Forests
Are Sites of High Conservation Significance Incorporated Into Marine Protected Area Networks? - A Comparison of Stakeholder Driven & Threatened Species Driven Solutions
Aspects of the conservation biology of Helipterum Albicans (Hook.) P G Wilson
Biogeography and Systematics of the Tasmanian Mountain Shrimps of the Family Anaspididae (Crustacea- Syncarida)
Biogeography of disjunct and relict species in south-eastern Australia, based on distribution patterns, phylogenic reconstructions and genetic diversity
Biotic conservation in woodland remnants
Carbon Dynamics of Anthropogenic Forest Use with Resource Extraction and Recovery, in Relation to Climate Change Science and Biodiversity
Causes of and differences between Marsupial Lawns in Tasmania
Changing Landscapes- People, Place and Practise
Climatic, topographic and vegetational correlates of variation in organic soils in South-West Tasmania
Coastal Evolution in Tasmania- A Multidisciplinary Approach to Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction
Community partnerships for sustainable forest management- A case study of the Model Forest Approach in Asia.
Conservation biology and management of rare species (family fabaceae)
Conservation Ecology and Habitat Management of Threatened Tasmanian Butterflies
Crown Structure and the Canopy Arthropod Biodiversity of 100 year old and Old-growth Tasmanian Eucalyptus obliqua
Demographic Change in Tasmania and the Implications for Agriculture
Dynamics of Tasmanian Terrestrial Vegetation (Conservation Ecology and Physical Geography) - Historical and Environmental Determinants of Eucalyptus Obliqua and E.
Ecological Difference Between Subtropical Reef Communities and Biodiversity and Response to Warming of the East Australian Current
Ecological Implications of Exurban Development- The Effects of People, Pets and Paddocks on Avian and Mammalian Wildlife
Ecosystem impacts of an introduced predator- A case study on Maria Island National Park
Effects of steep country logging on vegetation in Tasmania
Effects of Vertebrate Grazing and Environmental Factors on Fuel and Fire Potential in Tasmanian Native Grasslands
Environmental economics of resource used within catchments
Environmental impact assessment of prawn farming on Pattani Bay (southern Thailand) and its coastal environment
Environmental weed potential of Olea Europaea in Tasmania
Epiphytic Relations of the Soft Tree Fern Dicksonia antarctica Labill. and the Vascular Plant Species Utilising Its Caudex
Examining the Influence of Host Tree and Micro-Climate on Epiphyte Diversity in the Tropical Montane Forest of Peru
Explaining the coexistence of species in mosaic cushion heath
Extracting Spatial Data From Historical Artwork of Hobart and its Region
Factors affecting the re-establishment of native plant species on abandoned pastures
Fire and fuel in Tasmanian buttongrass moorlands- regimes, characteristics, behaviour and management
Flora Tasmaniae- Tasmanian Naturalists and Imperial Botany, 1829-1860
For title see Comments page
From Ordinance to Outcomes- the Intersection between Science, Policy, Planning and the Law in the Context of Tasmanian Local Government Statutory Planning to Maintain and Protect Biodiversity.
From Productivism to Pragmatism- Sustainability in Tasmania's Vegetable Processing Industry
Gardens and Stewardship
Gauging Environmental Variation in the Rejuvenation Potential of Disturbed Natural Ecosystems
Genecological investigation of the recent migration history of the Peppermint group of Tasmanian eucalypts
Habitat fragmentation in the Tasmanian midlands
Integrated Catchment Management and Natural Resource Management- A Case Study of the Little Swanport
Invertebrate Community Succession Following Low Intensity Fire In Buttongrass Moorlands
Investigations into the use of Eucalypt trees for sewage
Is the Tarkine a Wilderness or Managed Landscape?
Management and restoration of native grassy woodlands in the Midlands of Tasmania
Marsupial Grazing Lawns in Tasmania- Genesis, Biota and the Effects of Climate Change
Marsupials and Ecosystem Engineers
Measuring and Managing Invasive Species Threats in the Arctic
Methods for Mapping the Tundra Vegetation of Sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island
Mt Lyell revegetation project
Natural capital conservation and economic localisation- social and institutional factors influencing environmental management in relation to Tasmanian wetlands
Opportunities for invertebrate conservation in a changing landscape- Agricultural intensification, native remnants and restoration. A case study from Tasmania's Midlands.
Orographic Gradients in Climate and Forest Cover at the Cordillera Yanachaga, Peru
Planning and Management of WHA's
Plant biogeography
Pollination Ecology and Evolution of Epacrids
Predicting Fire in Rainforest
Quaternary studies of caves and coasts
Rare Marine Macroalgae of Southern Australia
Re-establishing Dry Sclerophyll Forest on Unused Farmland
Reasons for establishing national parks in Tasmania
Regeneration on tropical eucalypt forest on Melville Island
Resilience and Social-Ecological Systems- The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Program in Australia and Canada
Seed banks community dynamics and species persistence in 5 temporary wetlands
Subantarctic vegetation ecology
Surrogates for Cryptogam Conservation - Associations Between Mosses, Macrofungi, Vascular Plants and Environmental Variables
Tasmania's Native Riparian Vegetation
Tasmanian Organic Soils
The ecology and conservation of bryophytes in Tasmanian wet eucalypt forest
The effects of vertebrate herbivore grazing on the alpine vegetation of the eastern central plateau, Tasmania
The Holocene Archaeology and Palaeoecology of Northeastern Tasmania, Australia
The Impacts of Edge Effects and other disturbances on Tasmanian Coastal Heathlands
The influence of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. on the environment and vascular plants in a Tasmanian grassy woodland
The Influence of Wind Flow Over a Long-Walled Asymmetric Coastal Parabolic Dune - Morphodynamic Feedback, Evolution and Migration
The Potential Role of Cessation of Logging in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degredation in Papua New Guinea
The Practices of Local Governance- A Tasmanian Case Study
The relationship between fire history and eucalypt forest type in Northern Tasmania
The Role of Information Systems and Technology- An Integrative Approach to Managing the Tasmanian Rock Lobster Industry
The Spiritual Values of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and Implications for Wilderness Management
The Vegetation Ecology of Tasmanian Dry Closed-Forest
Title- Soil disturbance by native mammals and the germination and establishment of plant species
TITLE- The open-forest - 'Treeless' plains boundary on Melville Island
Tree Hollows in Tasmanian Eucalyptus obliqua Forest and their Use by Vertebrate Fauna
Tree response to rainfall gradient and environmental disturbance in tropical rainforests of North-Eastern Australia
Uprooting Melbourne- A Story of a City as Revealed by Trees
Using Bayesian Belief Networks to Model Urban Bird Macroecology
Vegetation change on sub-antarctic Macquarie Island
Vegetation Recovery Following Disturbance in Alpine and Treeless Subalpine Communities in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area