Recently completed students

PhD and Research Masters

Roberto Crosti, PhD 2011, Changes in the structure and species dominance in vegetation over 60 years in an urban bushland remnant.

Pene Whipple, MPhil 2010, Estimation of aboveground biomass in Whiteman Park’s Conservation Reserve: towards an explanation of biomass variation and proposed techniques for monitoring future biomass change.

Vanessa Wescott, PhD 2010, University of Melbourne, Effects of shortened fire intervals on plant communities of the Eneabba sandplain: a global biodiversity hotspot.

Janneke Lade, MPhil 2010, University of Melbourne, Consequences of climate change for species persistence in biodiverse shrublands of West Australia.

Mark Bellette, PhD 2010, University of Melbourne, The biogeography and ecology of Xanthorrhoea glauca subsp. Angustifolia in south-eastern Australia.

Belinda Newman, PhD 2010, Ecology of orchids in Perth’s urban bushland remnants

Alana Burley, PhD 2009, University of Melbourne, Impacts of human population increase and economic change on rainforest tree species demography, Lihr Island, New Guinea

Kelly Hunt, PhD 2009, University of Melbourne, Herbivory, seedling defence and community composition – an examination of defence trade-offs and plant species coexistence in high diversity shrublands.

Dulana Herath, PhD 2009, Curtin University, Successful rehabilitation of species-rich heathlands after mining for heavy minerals

Alexandra Esther, PhD 2009, University of Potsdam, Species co-existence in high diversity shrublands: a simulation modelling analysis using plant functional types.

Masters of Environmental Science

Ian Cotton, 2011, The influences of wetland size and urbanisation on the abundance and diversity of waterbirds on the Swan Coastal Plain

Tammy Hanson, 2011, Waterbird use of Perth urban wetlands: Influence of water cover, land-cover and time of year.

Honours

Andrew Fry, 2011, Restoration techniques in Banksia woodlands

Greg Simpson, 2011, Cracking the Niche: impact of climatic factors on recruitment of the rare shrub Verticordia staminosa.

Candice Macauley, 2011, Management plan and investigation of seedbank potential for restoration in an urban bushland remnant.

Karyn Gower, 2010, Hailstorm and drought intensity impacts on woody species and plant functional types in the northern sandplain shrublands.

Rafeena Boyle, 2010, Reconnecting the city with nature: the role of urban gardens in ecological connectivity and biodiversity.

Luke Menzies, 2009, Evaluating the impacts of drought on woody species in biodiverse northern sandplain kwongan.

Lily Brown, 2009, The ecology of Stachystemon axillaris - a patchily distributed, fire-killed shrub of the Eneabba sandplain kwongan.

Jessica Milet-Riley, 2009, Fuel accumulation and woody species demography in relation to fire interval for calcareous vs sandplain kwongan.

Mathew Gannaway (4th year project), 2009, Do short fire intervals adversely affect the survival, reproduction, and growth of woody resprouters in fire-prone shrublands?

Rujiporn Thavornkanlapachai, 2009, Understanding the importance of gene flow for conservation of rare plants in fragmented landscapes.

Prue Duffy, 2008, Utilising adaptive management practices in the conservation of a rare Acacia species and understanding the impacts of intervention on the community in which it occurs.

Andrew Nield, 2008, Population biology of the rare plant Calytrix brevifolia ssp. Brevifolia.