Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Dr Euan Ritchie
  Phone   +61 3 925 17606
Email   e.ritchie@deakin.edu.au
Position   Lecturer
Campus   Burwood
Research grouping   Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Ecophysiology, Sensory Ecology and Behaviour
Centre for Integrative Ecology

My research addresses significant ecological questions using a variety of taxa,
rather than being driven by interest in a particular taxonomic group. My interests are broad and
span behavioural, community, evolutionary, landscape and population ecology, as well as
conservation biology and phylogeography.

Thinking about Honours, Masters or a PhD? I am always interested in talking with students about
possible ideas for projects and encourage people to contact me directly to arrange a meeting.

Research interests

  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-scales, and their relevance to global change.
  3. The ecology, conservation and management of Australian mammals.


Career

Deakin University (2010 - ) - Lecturer in Ecology
James Cook University (2008 - 2010) - ARC Postdoctoral Research Associate
Museum Victoria (2007 - 2008) - Postdoctoral Researcher
Stanford University (1998) - Researcher
James Cook University (1994 - 2007) - B.Sc (Hons), PhD

Key publications

Ritchie, E.G., Elmhagen, B., Glen, A., Letnic, M., Ludwig, G. and McDonald, R. (in press) ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION WITH TEETH: WHAT ROLE FOR PREDATORS? Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Letnic, M., Ritchie, E.G. and Dickman, C.R. (in press) Top predators as biodiversity regulators: the dingo Canis lupus dingo as a case study Biological Reviews

Wallach, A. D., Johnson, C. N., Ritchie, E. G. and O'Neill, A. J. (2010) Predator control promotes invasive dominated ecological states Ecology Letters 13, 1008-1018

Ritchie, E. G. and Johnson, C. N. (2009) Predator interactions, mesopredator release and biodiversity conservation Ecology Letters 12, 982-998

Johnson, P. T. J., Lunde, K. B., Ritchie, E. G. and Launer, A. E. (1999) The effect of trematode infection on amphibian limb development and survivorship Science 284, 802 - 804

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Professional activities

Australian Mammal Society
Ecological Society Australia

Related links

The Conversation
http://theconversation.edu.au/ whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-wol f-is-the-dingo-friend-or-foe-5 87

The Australian Mammal Society
http://www.australianmammals.o rg.au/

The Ecological Society of Australia
http://www.ecolsoc.org.au/

 

PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Blake AllanSpecialist versus generalist species: a comparative ecological study of common and mountain brushtail possums Michelle BassettRefuges for native Australian mammals in fire prone landscapes Leila Brook (James Cook University)Ecological interactions between the feral cat, Felis catus, a mesopredator, and the dingo, Canis lupus dingo, an apex predator, in northern Australia. Evelyn ChiaValues of refuges for the conservation of mammals after wildfire Eloise Dowd Bron Hradsky (Melbourne University) Sarah MaclaganAdapting to altered habitats: Southern brown bandicoots as a model Hannah PuseyThe ecology and conservation of the northern quoll  

 

Honours students

Student nameThesis title Kathleen Kean (completed 2011)The human dimensions of dingo/wild dog management in Victoria Tanya Rosewarne (completed 2011)Retaining natural behaviours in captive devils Shannon Braun Lucinda Gow Rebecca Nightingale Catherine Payne  

 

Teaching areas

Biodiversity: A Global Perspective (SLE151)
Wildlife Ecology (SLE220)


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8th February 2013