Contact Details
| Organization: | Botany |
| Position: | RESEARCH FELLOW - QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGY |
| Email: | |
| Homepage: | http://www.botany.unimelb.edu.au/envisci/jane/jane.html |
| Work: | 8344 4572 |
| Fax: | 9347 5460 |
| Room: | G09 |
| Level: | Ground |
| Building: | Natural Philosophy |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest | Key Words | Country of Expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Spatially explicit models of species distributions | Habitat model, species distribution, boosted regression trees, generalised additive models, presence only | Australia, New Zealand, United States of America |
International Linkages
| Country | Establishment | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Stanford University | Research |
| Finland | University of Helsinki | Exchange, Research |
| New Zealand | National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. | Exchange, Research |
| United States | AT&T Bell Laboratories | Research |
| United States | State University of New York | Research |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Hons) | University of Melbourne | 31-Dec-1977 | |
| Doctor of Philosophy | University of Melbourne | 31-Dec-2002 |
Memberships
| Membership Type | Membership Body | Description | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unspecified | Ecological Society of Australia | 01-Jan-1996 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Applied Statistics (STATISTICS) (230204)
- Botany not elsewhere classified (BOTANY) (270499)
- Freshwater Ecology (ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION) (270701)
- Terrestrial Ecology (ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION) (270703)
- Landscape Ecology (ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION) (270704)
- Conservation and Biodiversity (ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION) (270708)
- Pattern Recognition (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SIGNAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING) (280207)
- Spatial Information Systems (GEOMATIC ENGINEERING) (291004)
- Management and Environment (FORESTRY SCIENCES) (300604)
- Environmental Management and Rehabilitation (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES) (300801)
- Wildlife and Habitat Management (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES) (300802)
- Natural Resource Management (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES) (300803)
- Conservation (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES) (300805)
- Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES) (300899)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- Horticultural crops not elsewhere classified (HORTICULTURAL CROPS) (620299)
- Other Environmental aspects (OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS) (769999)
- Living resources (incl fishing impacts on non-target spp) (MARINE ENVIRONMENT) (770302)
- Land and water management (COASTAL AND ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT) (770402)
- Living resources (flora and fauna) (COASTAL AND ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT) (770403)
- Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas (URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT) (770506)
- Living resources (flora and fauna) (FOREST AND WOODED LANDS) (770703)
- Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas (FARMLAND INCL. ARABLE LAND AND PERMANENT CROP LAND) (770806)
- Land and water management (SPARSELAND INCL. PERMANENT GRASSLAND AND THE ARID ZONE) (770902)
- Integrated (ecosystem) (SPARSELAND INCL. PERMANENT GRASSLAND AND THE ARID ZONE) (770905)
- Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas (SPARSELAND INCL. PERMANENT GRASSLAND AND THE ARID ZONE) (770906)
- Rehabilitation of degraded areas (OTHER INCL. ISLANDS) (779907)
- Mathematical sciences (NON-ORIENTED RESEARCH) (780101)
- Biological sciences (NON-ORIENTED RESEARCH) (780105)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE ROLE OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST IN VEGETATION DYNAMICS OF SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEMS | Principal Supervisor | ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS | Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund | 18/10/2006 |
Contracts
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| GENERALISED DISSIMILARITY MODELLING OF VEGETATION COMMUNITIES IN THE NSW CENTRAL COAST | Chief Investigator | HUNTER COUNCILS INC, | 27/02/2006 |
Consultancies
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROVISION OF THREATENED SPECIES MAP UPDATES PROGRAM | Chief Investigator | UMEE 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.