Alison O'Donnell

Dr, BSc PhD W.Aust.

Research Fellow, Faculty of Science, School of Biological Sciences

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7597-7965

Phone+61 8 6488 3445
Emailalison.odonnell@uwa.edu.au

The University of Western Australia (M092), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia

312 Citations
10 h-Index

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Personal profile

Biography

I have a broad research interest in biogeography and landscape ecology in relation to climate variability and fire regimes. I am particularly interested in utilising dendrochronology (tree ring) techniques to understand past climates and fire regimes of arid and semi-arid regions in Western Australia. I also have an ongoing interest in improving understanding of the interactions between climate and fire and vegetation, topography and ecosystem processes.

Funding overview

2015 A drought atlas for Western Australia from tree rings, Research Collaboration Award, The University of Western Australia

2014 ITRAX measurements of tree ring density and chemistry to reconstruct past rainfall patterns in NW Australia, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) research award

Current projects

My current research is focused on reconstructing past rainfall variability of the Pilbara region in north-west Australia and the wheatbelt region of southwest Australia using the width and stable isotope composition of growth rings of Callitris columellaris trees.

Industrial relevance

Fire ecology and management
Sustainable management of semi-arid landscapes

Research

Fire ecology – temporal and spatial patterns of wildfires
Semi-arid landscape ecology
Dendrochronology and paleoclimate research

Languages

English

Keywords

Dendroclimatology and tree ring studies
Fire ecology
Landscape ecology

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drought Earth & Environmental Sciences

Droughts Medicine & Life Sciences

tree ring Earth & Environmental Sciences

paleoclimate Earth & Environmental Sciences

Little Ice Age Earth & Environmental Sciences

wildfire Earth & Environmental Sciences

Atlases Medicine & Life Sciences

Southern Hemisphere Earth & Environmental Sciences

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Research Output 2008 2018

312 Citations
10 h-Index
14 Article
1 Comment/debate
1 Letter
1 Doctoral Thesis

1 Citation (Scopus)

Potential for tree rings to reveal spatial patterns of past drought variability across western Australia

O'Donnell, A., Cook, E. R., Palmer, J. G., Turney, C. S. M. & Grierson, P., 7 Feb 2018, In : Environmental Research Letters. 13, 2

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Western Australia

Drought

Droughts

Proxy

tree ring

Reply to Comment on 'Drought variability in the eastern Australia and New Zealand summer drought atlas (ANZDA, CE 1500-2012) modulated by the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation'

Palmer, J. G., Cook, E. R., Turney, C. S. M., Allen, K., Fenwick, P., Cook, B. I., O'Donnell, A., Lough, J., Grierson, P. & Baker, P. J., 30 May 2017, In : Environmental Research Letters. 12, 6, 068002.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

Open Access

4 Citations (Scopus)

Better planning outcomes require adequate data and ecological understanding to be successful and credible: A reply to Evans et al., 2015

Gosper, C. R., O'Donnell, A. J., Yates, C. J., Prober, S. M. & Grierson, P. F., 2016, In : Biological Conservation. 200, p. 240-241 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter

17 Citations (Scopus)

Evidence for climate-driven synchrony of marine and terrestrial ecosystems in northwest Australia

Ong, J., Rountrey, A. N., Zinke, J., Meeuwig, J., Grierson, P., O'Donnell, A., Newman, S. J., Lough, J. M., Trougan, M. & Meekan, M., 2016, In : Global Change Biology. 22, 8, p. 2776-2786

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

synchrony

terrestrial ecosystem

marine ecosystem

Ecosystems

Fish

12 Citations (Scopus)