Matthew Flinders Fellow in Global Ecology, Flinders University
I am the Matthew Flinders Fellow in Global Ecology in the College of Science and Engineering at Flinders University in Adelaide. Author of 'The Effective Scientist' (https://t.co/SGz41b7Z0G), 'Killing the Koala & Poisoning the Prairie' (http://amzn.to/1Ouey69), & 'Tropical Conservation Biology' (https://wp.me/PhhT4-b).
I have a broad range of research interests including population dynamics, extinction theory, palaeo-ecology, sustainable harvest, human demography, climate change impacts on biodiversity, invasive species, and sustainable energy systems.
New ecosystems, unprecedented climates: more Australian species than ever are struggling to survive
Feb 20, 2024 11:05 am UTC| Nature
Australia is home to about one in 12 of the worlds species of animals, birds, plants and insects between 600,000 and 700,000 species. More than 80% of Australian plants and mammals and just under 50% of our birds are...
The First Australians grew to a population of millions, much more than previous estimates
Apr 30, 2021 07:01 am UTC| Life
We know it is more than 60,000 years since the first people entered the continent of Sahul the giant landmass that connected New Guinea, Australia and Tasmania when sea levels were lower than today. But where the...
Did people or climate kill off the megafauna? Actually, it was both
Dec 04, 2019 12:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Earth is now firmly in the grips of its sixth mass extinction event, and its mainly our fault. But the modern era is definitely not the first time humans have been implicated in the extinction of a wide range of...
A sustainable future begins at ground level
Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants
An eclipse for everyone – how visually impaired students can ‘get a feel for’ eclipses