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Personal profile
Biography
I am an ecologist, with experience in Australia, United Kingdom, Europe and United States. I grew up in Scotland and completed a BSc in Ecological Science at Edinburgh followed by an MA in Biology at the University of California Santa Barbara, on a Fulbright Scholarship. I completed my PhD at the University of Aberdeen, working on post-fire dynamics of heathland communities, supervised by Prof Charles Gimingham. After completing my PhD, I was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University 1982-84, working with Prof Hal Mooney on serpentine grassland dynamics. I joined CSIRO Division of Wildlife & Ecology in Western Australia in 1984 and worked on the dynamics of fragmented ecosystems in the Western Australian wheatbelt. I became Officer in Charge of the Western Australian laboratory in 1997. In 2000 I took up a Chair in Environmental Science at Murdoch University and was awarded an ARC Australian Professorial Fellowship in 2006. I joined UWA in 2009.
EDUCATION
1976 : B.Sc. 1st Class Honours(Ecological Science) University of Edinburgh
1977 : M.A. (Biology) University of California, Santa Barbara
1982 : Ph.D.University of Aberdeen, Department of Botany
EDUCATION
1976 : B.Sc. 1st Class Honours(Ecological Science) University of Edinburgh
1977 : M.A. (Biology) University of California, Santa Barbara
1982 : Ph.D.University of Aberdeen, Department of Botany
Roles and responsibilities
I currently lead the Ecosystem Restoration & Intervention Ecology (ERIE) Research Group, within the School of Plant Biology.
Research
My particular interests are in vegetation dynamics and management, fragmentation, invasive species, ecosystem restoration, conservation biology and landscape ecology. My current research focuses on setting and achieving realistic restoration goals in a rapidly changing world.
Previous positions
Past Editor in Chief, Restoration Ecology (2005-2014)
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Landscape Ecology (2006-)
Member, Editorial Board, Ecological Management and Restoration (1999-)
Associate Editor, Island Press Restoration Ecology Series
Member, Editorial Board, Cambridge University Press Landscape Ecology Series
Member, Society for Ecological Restoration, Science and Policy Working Group
Member, Editorial Board, Ecological Society of Australia, Hot Topics
Southern Correspondence, British Ecological Society Bulletin
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Landscape Ecology (2006-)
Member, Editorial Board, Ecological Management and Restoration (1999-)
Associate Editor, Island Press Restoration Ecology Series
Member, Editorial Board, Cambridge University Press Landscape Ecology Series
Member, Society for Ecological Restoration, Science and Policy Working Group
Member, Editorial Board, Ecological Society of Australia, Hot Topics
Southern Correspondence, British Ecological Society Bulletin
Research expertise keywords
- Restoration ecology
- Old field restoration
- Plant ecology and ecophysiology
- Landscape ecology and restoration
- Nature conservation and ecological restoration in social-ecological systems
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Research Output
A triage framework for managing novel, hybrid and designed marine ecosystems
Schläppy, M-L. & Hobbs, R. J., 1 Oct 2019, In : Global Change Biology. 25, 10, p. 3215-3223Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Beyond ecological modelling: ground-truthing connectivity conservation networks through a design charrette in Western Australia
Kilbane, S., Weller, R. & Hobbs, R., 1 Nov 2019, In : Landscape and Urban Planning. 191, 103122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Bioturbation by a reintroduced digging mammal reduces fuel loads in an urban reserve
Ryan, C. M., Hobbs, R. J. & Valentine, L. E., 9 Oct 2019, In : Ecological Applications. e02018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Building Ecological Resilience in Highly Modified Landscapes
Beller, E. E., Spotswood, E. N., Robinson, A. H., Anderson, M. G., Higgs, E. S., Hobbs, R. J., Suding, K. N., Zavaleta, E. S., Grenier, J. L. & Grossinger, R. M., Jan 2019, In : Bioscience. 69, 1, p. 80-92 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
5
Citations
(Scopus)
Climate change indirectly reduces breeding frequency of a mobile species through changes in food availability
Mastrantonis, S., Craig, M., Renton, M., Kirkby, T. & Hobbs, R., Apr 2019, In : Ecosphere. 10, 4, 11 p., e02656.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Datasets
Bioturbation by bandicoots facilitates seedling growth by altering soil properties: dataset
Valentine, L. (Creator), Ruthrof, K. X. (Creator), Fisher, R. (Creator), Hardy, G. (Creator), Hobbs, R. (Creator), Fleming, P. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 2018
Dataset
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Bioturbation by a reintroduced digging mammal reduces fuel loads in an urban reserve: dataset
Valentine, L. (Creator), Ryan, C. (Creator), Hobbs, R. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 30 Sep 2019
Dataset
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Data from: Long-term data suggest jarrah-forest establishment at restored mine sites is resistant to climate variability
Standish, R. (Creator), Daws, M. (Creator), Gove, A. (Creator), Didham, R. (Creator), Grigg, A. (Creator), Koch, J. (Creator), Hobbs, R. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 13 Jan 2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.3m0rf, https://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.3m0rf
Dataset
Projects
Assessing the impacts of reintroducing Australian digging mammals
Hobbs, R. & Palmer, B.
Ecological Society of Australia Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment
1/07/19 → 30/06/20
Project: Research
Do foraging pits dug by woylies facilitate seedling recruitment?
Hobbs, R., Valentine, L. & Beca, G.
Ecological Society of Australia Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment
1/07/19 → 30/06/20
Project: Research
Innovative seed technologies for restoration in a biodiversity hotspot
Hobbs, R., Erickson, T., Stevens, J., Madsen, M., Forster, M., Newton, V., Pekin, A. & Savage, A.
1/01/18 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Innovative seed technologies for restoration in a biodiversity hotspot
Hobbs, R., Erickson, T., Stevens, J., Madsen, M., Forster, M., Newton, V., Pekin, A. & Savage, A.
1/01/18 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Innovative seed technologies for restoration in a biodiversity hotspot
Hobbs, R., Erickson, T., Stevens, J., Madsen, M., Forster, M., Newton, V., Pekin, A. & Savage, A.
1/01/18 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Press / Media
Marine novel ecosystems
Marie-Lise Schlappy & Richard Hobbs
24/10/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media