Micheli will work under Prof. Hugh Possingham's supervision during her visit working on her project: "Identification of priority areas for conservation in Patos Lagoon estuary based on early life stages of fishes". This will formulate a chapter in her thesis.
Tiago will be working with Dr. Kerrie Wilson on mapping and definig reference areas, the use of remote sensing and restoration. Whilst under Dr. Kerrie Wilson's guidance, Tiago will attempt to connect the identification of priority areas for protection with futrue restoration projects utilising collaborations with Dr. Clive McAlpine, and Luke Shoo. The aims of the research internship are as follows: - Build a theoretical foundation for defining reference areas in order to inform future restoration projects, and - Propose a framework to prioritise the protection of reference areas, based on cost, extent of habitat remaining, threats, habitat suitability and the ecological traits of key species.
Renato will be working with Prof. Hugh Possingham on part of doctoral researche and developing skills in Marxan, GIS and Spatial Ecology.
Mario will be collaborating with our Centre for the period of his OT program, while gaining knowledge of MARXAN, working on abiotic data and conservation planning, working with Marine Protected Area zoning. Mario will look at using his research to broaden public polices of conservation in relation to national conservation goals of the Brazilian government.
Joao will be working with Dr. Carissa Klein in order to develop collaborative networks while working on a workplan entitled Systematic Conservation Planning in the Abrolhos Bank, Brazil. During Joao's time at UQ he will be working toward development of a conservation prioritization exercise that will help the ongoing process of selection of new marine protected ares in the study area, as well as to compare different spatial planning approaches and algorithms.
Visiting with Dr Morena Mills
Visiting with Dr. Morena Mills on exchange with UQ through the Science Without Borders program.
Visiting with Dr. Hawthorn Beyer
Visiting with Dr. Hawthorne Beyer
Visiting with Dr. Hawthorne Beyer
Visiting with Dr. Hawthorne Beyer
Visiting with Dr. Hawthorne Beyer
Ecological restoration is increasingly studied and applied worldwide, yet there is little consensus on general guidelines, thresholds and applicability that could guide restoration practice. Two critical questions are: when and where restoration really is the best management option? Here I propose to address both questions in two different studies using global and regional analyses. The first is based on a meta-analysis using data on restoration success from 327 studies worldwide, together with forest maps for each one of the studies. This is the largest and most comprehensive database built to date to investigate: i) the effects of landscape and local scale on restoration success, ii) potential thresholds for restoration success, and iii) general knowledge on restoration success that coul ...
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