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DR PETER VESK



Contact Details

Organization: Botany
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
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Homepage: http://www.botany.unimelb.edu.au/vesk/index.html
Work: 8344 7480
Fax: 9347 5460
Room: 108
Level: 01
Building: Botany
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Plant ecology, Restoration ecology, landscape ecology Plant functional types Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
New Zealand University of Otago Research
New Zealand National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. Research
New Zealand Landcare Research Research
New Zealand Victoria University Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Sydney 03-Sep-1990
Master of Science University of Sydney 01-May-1998
Doctor of Philosophy Macquarie University 08-Oct-2003

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Restoring riverine ecosystems: effective model-based planning and monitoring Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL,
MURRAY DARLING BASIN AUTHORITY
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2006
Predicting co-extinction risk of invertebrates on endangered plants Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2007
INVESTIGATING THE CO-EXTINCTION OF AUSTRALIAN INSECTS ON THREATENED PLANTS Chief Investigator AUST & PACIFIC SCIENCE FOUNDATION Research Grant 01/07/2007
Ecological, evolutionary and biogeographical processes in the assembly of contemporary Eucalypt communities in the Grampians National Park, VIC Principal Supervisor ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund 01/10/2008
Synthesising prior information for ecological research and management Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009
Restoration of ecological communities; the interplay of vegetation and invertebrates Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE CSIRO Collaborative Research Support
IS SEED LIMITATION PREVENTING TREE REGENERATION IN GRASSY WOODLANDS - MELBOURNE EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER GRANT SCHEME 2006 Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
LANDSCAPE RESTORATION TRIAL OF THE GOULBURN BROKEN CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY Chief Investigator GOULBURN BROKEN CATCHMENT & MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY 29/06/2005
LANDSCAPE RESTORATION TRIAL OF THE GOULBURN BROKEN CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY Chief Investigator GOULBURN BROKEN CATCHMENT & MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY 13/12/2007
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF VEGETATION IN THE GOULBURN-BROKEN CATCHMENT Chief Investigator GOULBURN BROKEN CATCHMENT & MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY 24/09/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • High-resolution and low-voltage SEM of plant cells
    Year: 2008
    Book: Biological Low Voltage Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy
    Publisher: Springer-Verlag Heidelberg(Heidelberg)
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  • Revegetation and the significance of timelags in provision of habitat resources for birds
    Year: 2008
    Book: Landscape Analysis and Visualisation. Spatial Models for Natural Resource Management and Planning
    Publisher: Springer-Verlag Heidelberg(Berlin)
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Journal Articles

  • Biological soil crust distribution is related to patterns of fragmentation and landuse in a dryland agricultural landscape of southern Australia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Landscape Ecology
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 1093-1105
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  • Integrating ecological uncertainty and farm-scale economics when planning restoration
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Applied Ecology
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 288-295
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  • Seed supply for broadscale restoration: maximizing evolutionary potential
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Evolutionary Applications
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 587-597
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  • Time lags in provision of habitat resources through vegetation
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Biological Conservation
    Volume: 141
    Page numbers: 174-186
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Bayesian clustering with AutoClass explicitly recognises uncertainties in landscape classification
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Ecography
    Volume: 30
    Page numbers: 526-536
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Getting trees on farms the easy way? Lessons from a model of eucalypt regeneration on pastures.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Botany
    Volume: 54
    Page numbers: 509-519
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  • Plant size and resprouting ability: trading tolerance and avoidance of damage?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Ecology
    Volume: 94
    Page numbers: 1027-1034
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  • The clock is ticking--Revegetation and habitat for birds and arboreal mammals in rural landscapes of southern Australia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
    Volume: 112
    Page numbers: 356-366
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Funding the bud bank: a review of the costs of buds.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: OIKOS
    Volume: 106
    Page numbers: 200-208
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  • Simple traits do not predict grazing response in Australian dry shrublands and woodlands.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Applied Ecology
    Volume: 41
    Page numbers: 22-31
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  • Sprouting ability across diverse disturbances and vegetation types worldwide
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Ecology
    Volume: 92
    Page numbers: 310-320
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  • Sprouting by plants: the effects of modular organization.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Functional Ecology
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 939-945
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  • Sprouting by semi-arid plants: testing a dichotomy and predictive traits.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: OIKOS
    Volume: 107
    Page numbers: 72-89
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Drought damage and recovery - a conceptual model
    Year: 2003
    Journal: New Phytologist
    Volume: 160
    Page numbers: 7-14
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Plant ecological strategies: some leading dimensions of variation between species.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 125-159
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Predicting plant species’ responses to grazing.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Applied Ecology
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 897-909
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