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DR NICHOLAS WILLIAMS



Contact Details

Organization: Resource Management and Geography
Position: LECTURER IN URBAN HORTICULTURE / NATURAL RESOURCE
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Work: 9250 6850
Fax: 9250 6885
Room: MB 39
Level: 01
Building: Main Building
Campus: ILFR - Burnley Campus

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Urban ecology, grassland ecology, restoration ecology Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 01-Apr-2006
Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne 12-Mar-1997
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne 06-Mar-1996

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Ecological Society of Australia Member 01-Jan-1999

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
IMPROVED DETECTION AND ERADICATION OF HIERACIUM: EXPERIMENTS AND 2ND GENERATION DISPERSAL MODELS Chief Investigator DEPT OF AGRICULTURE FISHERIES & FORESTRY Australian Weed Research Centre Funding 02/03/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
SUPPLY OF SUGAR WASTE FROM NOTTING HIL Chief Investigator CADBURY SCHWEPPES PTY LTD

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 2008

Journal Articles

  • Patterns of Exotic Plant Invasions in Fragmented Urban and Rural Grasslands across Continents


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Landscape Ecology
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 1243-1256
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  • A dispersal-constrained habitat suitability model for predicting invasion of alpine vegetation
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ecological Applications
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 347-359
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  • Assessing functional diversity in the field - methodology matters!
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Functional Ecology
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 134-147
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • ABUNDANCE, SPECIES RICHNESS AND FEEDING PREFERENCES OF INTRODUCED MOLLUSCS IN NATIVE GRASSLANDS OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Austral Ecology
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 626-634
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  • Environmental, landscape and social predictors of native grassland loss in western Victoria, Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Biological Conservation
    Volume: 137
    Page numbers: 308-318
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  • The Ecology and Invasion History of Hawkweeds (Hieracium Species) in Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Plant Protection Quarterly
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 76-80
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Local extinction of grassland plants: the landscape matrix is more important than patch attributes
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Ecology
    Volume: 87
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 3000-3006
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  • Logic for designing nature reserves for multiple species
    Year: 2006
    Journal: The American Naturalist
    Volume: 167
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 717-727
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  • Range expansion due to urbanization: Increased food resources attract Grey-headed Flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) to Melbourne
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Austral Ecology
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 190-198
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Factors influencing the loss of an endangered ecosystem in an urbanising landscape: a case study of native grasslands from Melbourne, Australia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Landscape and Urban Planning
    Volume: 71
    Page numbers: 35-49
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  • Management strategies for preventing weed invasion in urban grasslands
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Plant Protection Quarterly
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 12-16
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  • Plant traits and local extinctions in natural grasslands along an urban-rural gradient
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Ecology
    Volume: 93
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1203-1213
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Measuring the success of urban riparian revegetation projects using remnant vegetation as a reference community
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Ecological Management & Restoration
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 205-209
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  • The habitat hectares approach to vegetation assessment: an evaluation and suggestions for improvement
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Ecological Management & Restoration
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: 24-27
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  • The habitat hectares approach to vegetation assessment: an evaluation and suggestions for improvement.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Ecological Management & Restoration
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: 24-27
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Vegetation of the Northern (1989) Addition to Green Bush Mornington Peninsula National Park
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Victorian Naturalist
    Volume: 120
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 121-131
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Publications in 2002

Books

  • Indigenous plants of the Sandbelt: A gardening guide for south-eastern Melbourne
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Earthcare St kilda(St Kilda)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • The Potential Impact of Freeways on Native Grassland


    Year: 2001
    Journal: The Victorian Naturalist
    Volume: 118
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 4-15
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