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| Editor-in-Chief Nigel Andrew Professor of Entomology Zoology University of New England Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia Email: nigel.andrew@une.edu.au Nigel’s research focuses on insect biology and climate change responses. He identifyies behavioural, ecological and physiological traits of individuals and whether these traits can then be scaled up to predict changes within and across populations, species, ecological communities and spatial scales: this is fundamental to understanding biotic adaptations to a rapidly changing climate. | | Book Review Editor Maggie Watson Charles Sturt University Phone: +61 2 6051 9621 Email: books@ecolsoc.org.au Maggie Watson is a lecturer in ornithology at the School of Environmental Sciences at Charles Sturt University in Albury, NSW. She works on understanding immune function in animals, most importantly, the benefits of parasites to their hosts. She is involved with collaborative research projects on the Murray Crayfish and Common Chameleon, but is most interested in bird models, especially seabirds. You can find her on Twitter as @terngirl. | | | | Editors | | | | Alan Andersen, Darwin, Australia Prof Andersen is a Professorial Fellow with Charles Darwin University’s Institute for Environment and Livelihoods. His primary research interests are in the global ecology of ant communities, but he also has research interests in invertebrate bio-indicators, fire ecology and management, and the ecology and management of tropical savannas. | | Sally Archibald, Johannesburg, South Africa Sally Archibald is an associate professor at the School of Animal Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand. She works on understanding the dynamics of savanna ecosystems in the context of global change. Her work integrates field ecological data, remote sensing, modelling, and biogeochemistry. She is involved in collaborative research projects on fire-grazer interactions, inter-continental savanna comparisons, the importance of land-atmosphere feedbacks, and pursuing a global theory of fire. She is closely linked with the Global Change and Ecosystems group at the CSIR where she holds an affiliate position. Sally Archibald is on the steering committee of several scientific programs including iLEAPS, the Miombo Network, and SASSCAL.Twitter: @SallyArchibald | | Philip Barton, Canberra, Australia Philip is interested in the diversity and ecological roles of insect communities in natural, modified, and restored landscapes. Philip is particularly interested in the process of carrion decomposition, and the role of carrion in supporting biodiversity and nutrient recycling in ecosystems. | | Andrew F. Bennett, Burwood, Australia | | Andy T.D. Bennett, Geelong, Australia | | Deborah Bower, New South Wales, Australia Debbie is a Conservation Biologist and head of the Laboratory of Applied Zoology and Ecosystem Restoration in the School of Environmental and Rural Science at the University of New England, Australia. Deb's research focuses on the management of invasive species and applied ecology of threatened taxa. This work incorporates experimental techniques to explore disturbances such as wetland weeds, salinisation and emerging infectious diseases. | | Bruce Burns, Auckland, New Zealand | | Hamish Campbell, Darwin, Australia | | Anna Carter, Iowa, United States Anna’s research draws on microclimatology, ecophysiology and theoretical ecology, remote sensing, and robotics to understand how organisms interact with their environments over space and time. Although currently based in the central U.S., Anna did a PhD in New Zealand and maintains close scientific ties to the southern hemisphere. Find Anna on Twitter @NthChapter. | | Ali Chauvenet, Mount Gravatt, Australia | | Ross Coleman, Sydney, Australia | | Diane Colombelli-Negrel, Adelaide, Australia Diane is an evolutionary ecologist with expertise in animal behaviour and conservation. Her research focuses on the interactions between birds (from seabirds to songbirds) and their environment and has a strong community aspect to enhance local culture and benefit the broader society through research-integrated education. Diane also examines mechanisms of learning in birds and how prenatal experience affects the development of postnatal cognition and fitness. | | André Dias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil André’s research is concerned with understanding how species (and their traits) affect ecosystem processes and the possible consequences of shifts in community composition to ecosystem functioning. Much of his current research investigate leaf traits affecting multiple processes and services provided by litter layer. He is also interested on how traits of urban trees affect the provision of ecosystem services in urban ecosystems. | | Don Driscoll, Burwood, Australia All of my research has conservation biology as a central theme, with a focus on how species use whole landscapes, particularly the role of dispersal. I take a range of approaches, including manipulative experiments, natural experiments and the application of population genetic techniques. I place a strong emphasis on testing ecological theory using applied conservation problems. In my role as Director of the TechnEcology research network, a cross-disciplinary collaboration, we are putting new technology for monitoring wildlife into the hands of citizen scientists to improve engagement with nature and to collect robust, large, up-to-date data sets for improving biodiversity conservation. | | Rachael Dudaniec. Sydney, Australia Rachael investigates how micro-evolutionary changes at the molecular level result in macro-ecological patterns that are relevant for understanding species persistence under shifting environmental conditions. This includes quantifying how land use and climate influence species' genetic connectivity and local adaptation, especially for species undergoing range expansions and those subject to climate change impacts. Rachael also examines how host-parasite interactions drive behavioural and evolutionary processes. Rachael’ research applies genomics approaches together with ecological data across a variety of insect, amphibian and avian systems. | | Kristine French, Wollongong, Australia Kris focuses on the responses of populations and communities to various disturbances, including urbanisation, pesticides, and weed invasion. She works with both animals and plants, as well as fungi. While she has a tendency to work in coastal ecosystems, such as dune communities and forests, her work extends to the arid zone. She has a focus on undertaking experimental work to tease apart the effects of multiple factors. She also has an interest in managing endangered communities and species and the impact of different stresses on these animals and plants. | | Adam Frew, Wagga Wagga, Australia Adam’s research focuses on interactions between plants and insect herbivores. He is also interested in soil ecology and how soil factors influence plant-insect interactions. His current and past research has focused on the role of silicon in these interactions, as well how mycorrhizal fungi can impact plant traits driving herbivory. | | Christopher J. Fulton, Canberra, Australia Chris’ research concerns the community and ecosystem ecology of aquatic biomes. His current work is focused on modelling how environmental factors interact with habitat quality to shape patterns of fish biodiversity and productivity over space and time. He is also interested in the use of multimedia approaches to science communication and education, and how we may best achieve knowledge transfer among stakeholders invested in the sustainable use and management of aquatic ecosystems. | | Mike Gardner, Adelaide, Australia Mike Gardner is a molecular ecologist who specialises on the interactions between lizards and their parasites, primarily using the long term study of host Tiliqua rugosa. He also works on conservation of the endangered pygmy bluetongue as well as unravelling the evolution of sociality within lizards of the subfamily Egerniinae. | | Robert C. Godfree, Canberra, Australia | | Stephanie Godfrey, Dunedin, New Zealand | | Michelle Greve, Pretoria, South Africa | | Caroline Gross, Armidale, Australia | | Ben Hoffmann, Darwin, Australia Ben is an ecologist with interests in disturbance ecology, biosecurity and eradications. His research predominantly uses ants as the focal taxa. Ben’s research locations are varied, including minesites, cattle stations and Indigenous lands, often within large multi-agency, multi-cultural projects. | | David Keith, Sydney, Australia | | Jaco Le Roux, Sydney, Australia | | Peter LeRoux, Pretoria, South Africa Peter’s research examines how biotic interactions and abiotic environmental conditions interact to determine the fine-scale performance and distribution of individual species, and how these effects scale up to determine community-level properties. His research specifically focuses on interactions between plant species, and how such interactions will be be affected by (and potentially mediate) climate change. | | Janice Lord, Dunedin, New Zealand Janice has particular interests in pollination mutualisms and plant life history strategies. Her current projects include the floral ecology of alpine and subantarctic plants, flower foraging behavior of solitary bees and flies, impacts of reduced snow on alpine plant distributions, and restoration of native vegetation from seeds. | | Peter Mahoney, Hindmarsh, Australia | | Sarah Marley, Portsmouth, UK Sarah’s research focuses primarily on marine megafauna. She has a particular interest in behaviour and bioacoustics, which she has applied to investigating marine soundscapes, animal communication, social interactions, movement ecology, and anthropogenic disturbance. Sarah has worked with a range of marine vertebrates, including cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians, turtles, seabirds and sharks.Twitter: @sarahmarley86 | | Melanie Massaro, Albury, Australia Melanie is a behavioural and evolutionary ecologist with an interest in a broad range of topics, including avian life-history evolution, contemporary adaptation in response to environmental disturbances, consequences of population bottlenecks, and interactions between native and exotic species. Her research aims at understanding mechanisms that underlie severe declines of animals and at integrating novel concepts into conservation management. | | Tanya Mason, Sydney, Australia | | Mariana Mayer Pinto, Sydney, Australia Mariana’s research integrates theoretical and applied ecology with ecotoxicology to gain mechanistic understanding of the effects of multiple stressors (e.g. contamination, urbanisation) on marine communities, and to provide practical solutions to environmental problems (e.g. via ecological engineering). Mariana’s research combines ecological theory and experimental approaches in situto inform the successful conservation and management of coastal systems. | | Ben Moore, Sydney, Australia Ben is broadly interested in plant-animal interactions, nutritional and chemical ecology and the causes and consequences of variation in plant chemistry. He is particularly interested in specialised herbivores, including the koala. What adaptations and strategies have these animals adopted that allow them to survive on this challenging diet? How is climate and landscape change altering the ecology of these interactions? And how does the quality of Eucalyptus as food for herbivores vary across the landscape and through time? | | John Morgan, Melbourne, Australia | | Juliano Morimoto, Sydney, Australia Juliano investigates the behavioural ecology of immature insects using both theory and experimental work. This includes assessing the effects of nutrition and resource partitioning, foraging behaviour, immunity, as well as intra- and inter-specific competition to the fitness of individuals and the survival of populations. His research has contributed to both basic and applied sciences thanks to the use of Drosophila melanogaster and the Australian horticulture pest Bactrocera tryoni (Qflies) as main subjects of his work. He is interested in the potential application of insects (particularly larvae) as food for livestock and humans. | | Tim Moulton, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | | Nicola Nelson, Wellington, New Zealand Nicky is based at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research interests are generally in the field of ecology and evolution, and specifically in the effects of temperature on reptile ecology, population ecology and conservation. | | Chris Pavey, Alice Springs, Australia | | Natalia Pérez Harguindeguy, Córdoba, Argentina Natalia is full professor of Biogeography at the National University of Córdoba (Argentina) and Independent Researcher at the National Research Council of Argentina. She works on understanding how changes in climate and land use could affect soil ecosystem process (like decomposition, carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling) and to understand when (and by which mechanisms) those changes are driven by vegetation changes. She is involved in collaborative interdisciplinary research projects and networks (ecoSERVICES, IAI, Future Earth) to explore the consequences of the previous on the ecosystem benefits accessed by different social actors. | | James Pryke, Stellenbosch, South Africa I am working across numerous biological fields, mainly landscape ecology, biodiversity conservation and insect conservation, in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Much of my work focuses on biodiversity patterns and process across natural, agricultural and forestry landscapes. More recently, I have begun to look at agro-ecology, specifically at the advantages of biodiversity for the ecosystem services of pest regulation, pollination and soil health. | | Eduardo Pucheta, San Juan, Argentina Eduardo is full professor of ecology at the National University of San Juan, and leads a research program and a team working in desert plant ecology. His research group investigates how changes in plant community structure after land use affect ecosystem properties. They all are interested in plant regeneration at different plant stages and in individual variability throughout plant trait studies. | | Anna Richards, Darwin, Australia | | Euan Ritchie, Burwood, Australia Euan applies ecological theory with good doses of field work to seek solutions to the challenges of conserving biodiversity. His primary research interests are: 1. predators and their ecological roles in structuring and maintaining ecosystems, including assessing their importance for biodiversity conservation and management; 2. identifying and determining the importance of what factors limit the distribution and abundance of organisms at both small and large geographic scales and their relevance to global change; and 3. the ecology, conservation and management of mammals. Euan works in ecosystems across Australia and overseas. He is also a passionate and prolific science communicator. | | Alastair Robertson, Palmerston North, New Zealand | | Andrés Guillermo Rolhauser, Buenos Aires, Argentina Andrés is a Research Scientist at IFEVA and an Assistant Professor at FAUBA. His research aims broadly at understanding the functionality of cross-species plant traits and currently consists on applying trait-based ideas to understand the role of vegetated strips on the provision of ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes.. |
| Kylie Soanes, Melbourne, Australia Kylie's research focusses on mitigating the impacts of roads and urban development on biodiversity – identifying opportunities for conservation and evaluating the effectiveness of restoration actions. She uses as a variety of approaches, including field experiments, population demographic studies, camera monitoring and genetic techniques, as well as working with large existing datasets through meta-analysis and reviews. Her current projects investigate ways to promote the conservation of biodiversity in cities and towns, particularly for threatened species. Photo credit: Esther Beaton. | | Jennifer Taylor, Sydney, Australia | | Fernanda Zimmermann Teixeira, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil Fernanda’s research interests combine applied ecology, landscape ecology, ecology of vertebrates and conservation biology. Her research addresses the effects of roads and other infrastructure on wildlife, and she’s particularly interested in developing tools and strategies to improve the quality and effectiveness of the environmental licensing process and in the implementation of evidence-based conservation actions. | | Jim Thomson, Canberra, Australia | | Jonathan Tonkin, Christchurch, New Zealand Jonathan is a Rutherford Discovery Fellow at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. His research focuses on understanding population and community responses to environmental variability, with the goal of developing mechanistic forecasts of responses to uncertain environmental futures. The majority of Jono's work is and has been focused on rivers. Twitter: @jdtonkin | | Leonie Valentine, Perth, Australia Leonie is a conservation biologist working as a research fellow at the University of Western Australia. Her research investigates how and why fauna respond to disturbances, the role of fauna in ecosystem function and restoration ecology and novel resource use by threatened animals. Her work is often collaborative with conservation management agencies and she hopes that joint research will result in greater conservation outcomes. | | Tony Verboom, Cape Town, South Africa Tony’s research is concerned with understanding the processes by which plant diversity is generated and maintained, and the factors that underpin its organization at various scales. He is also interested in the ecology and evolution of functional traits and the assembly of biological communities. His work focuses on the Cape flora of South Africa. | | Erik Wapstra, Hobart, Australia | | David Watson, Albury, Australia Dave’s research program is centred on innovative approaches to measure diversity and understand why it varies through space and time. Current research interests fall into four broad areas: the biological consequences of habitat fragmentation, ecological interactions between plants and animals with an emphasis on parasitic plants, biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes, and biodiversity survey methods. | | Jonathan Webb, Sydney, Australia | | Adam West, Cape Town, South Africa Adam West is an Associate Professor in the Biological Sciences Department at the University of Cape Town. His research integrates plant ecophysiological techniques, field experimentation, stable isotopes and remote sensing to explore plant responses to the environment and how these may be influenced by global change. Of particular interest is the impact of rainfall seasonality and fire on plant hydraulic function. Twitter @adamgwest | | Alan York, Creswick, Australia Alan leads the Fire Ecology and Biodiversity research program at the University of Melbourne. His research group investigates how fire causes patterns in the landscape, and how plants and animals respond to these patterns. Alan has been involved in applied ecological research for over 35 years, working primarily in universities and State research agencies in NSW and Victoria. |
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