Prof Andrew Bennett
  Phone   +61 3 925 17609
Email   andrew.bennett@deakin.edu.au
Position   Professor
Campus   Burwood
Research grouping   Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Centre for Integrative Ecology

Research interests

  1. Landscape ecology, effects of land-use and landscape change on fauna
  2. Conservation biology of Australian wildlife
  3. Ecology and dynamics of woodland ecosystems and their biota

Career

Deakin University (Personal Chair 2009)
Deakin University (1996-2008) - Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Assoc Professor
Dept Conservation & Natural Resources, Victoria (1984-1995) - Scientist and Senior Scientist,
B.Sc (Hons), PhD (University of Melbourne)

Key publications

Kelly, L.T, Nimmo, D.G., Spence-Bailey, L.M., Haslem, A., Watson, S.J., Clarke, M.F. and Bennett, A.F. (2011) Influence of fire history on small mammal distributions: insights from a 100-year post-fire chronosequence Diversity and Distributions 17, 462-473

Holland, G.J. and Bennett, A.F. (2010) Habitat fragmentation disrupts the demography of a widespread native mammal Ecography 33, 841-853

Bennett, A.F., Radford, J.Q. and Haslem, A. (2006) Properties of land mosaics: implications for nature conservation in agricultural environments Biological Conservation 133, 250-264

Radford, J.Q., Bennett, A.F. and Cheers, G.J. (2005) Landscape-level thresholds of habitat cover for woodland birds Biological Conservation 124, 317-337

Bennett, A.F. (1999, 2003) Linkages in the Landscape: The Role of Corridors and Connectivity in Wildlife Conservation IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge , UK

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Professional activities

Editorial Boards: Austral Ecology, Ecological Management & Restoration
Scientific Reference Committees (Department of Sustainability & Environment, Zoos Victoria)
Research and Conservation Committee, Birds Australia
Member: Soc. Conservation Biology, Int. Assoc. Landscape Ecology, Ecol. Society Australia, Birds Australia

Related links

Mallee Fire and Biodiversity Project
www.latrobe.edu.au/zoology/res earch/mallee-fire/index.html

 

Postdoctoral fellows

NameProject title
Dr Greg HollandLandscape mosaic burning in Box-Ironbark ecosystems Dr Dale NimmoResilience and biodiversity conservation in regional landscapes  

 

PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Luke Kelly (completed 2010)Distribution, ecology and conservation of small mammals in fire-prone landscapes Dale Nimmo (completed 2011)Fire, energy and the ecology of reptiles in semi-arid Australia Simon Watson (completed 2011)Fire and the conservaton of the avifauna of mallee ecosystems Sarah BrownConservation ecology of the Mallee Emu-wren Stipiturus mallee Heather GibbsBird breeding and climate in Australia Michelle BassettRefuges for native mammals in fire-prone landscapes Evelyn ChiaValues of refuges for the conservation of mammals after wildfire Anna FlanaganLandscape mosaic burning and small mammals in Box-Ironbark forests  

 

Teaching areas

Ecology and environment
Landscape ecology


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22nd September 2011