Tracey Regan
| Postdoctoral Reseach
Fellow School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ph: +61 (03) 8344 XXXX email: tregan@unimelb.edu.au |
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| Research Interests | Publications | CV |
Research Interests
My research interests are broad, encompassing ecological risk assessment, quantitative conservation biology, and decision theory. In my PhD, I evaluated the performance of various methods used for estimating the risk of extinction. During my post doc I developed risk assessment guidelines for assessing the impact of wind farm developments on threatened bird species. Currently I am developing decision support models for the management of weed incursions within a decision theory framework. Generally I am interested in using formal decision-making tools, in conjunction with population models, for allocating resources in an optimal way to maximise the benefits of management actions and to aid in eliminating arbitrary decisions.
Publications
Refereed papers
Regan T. J., M.A. McCarthy, P. W. Baxter, F.D. Panetta, and H.P. Possingham (in review) Optimal eradication: when to stop looking for an invasive plant. Submitted to Ecology Letters
Regan T. J., M. A Burgman., M. A. McCarthy, L. L Master, D. A. Keith G. M. Mace, and S. J. Andelman (2005) The Consistency of Extinction Risk Classifications. Conservation Biology. 19: 1969-1977
Possingham, H. P., J. Franklin, K. Wilson, T.J. Regan. (2005) The Roles of Spatial Heterogeneity and Ecological Processes in Conservation Planning, Pages 389-406 in Lovett, G. M., Jones, C.G , Turner, M. G. and Weathers, K. C. (eds.) Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes. Springer-Verlag, New York
Regan, T. J., L. L. Master, and G. A. Hammerson. (2004) Capturing expert knowledge for threatened species assessments: a case study using Natureserve conservation status ranks. Acta Oecologica 26: 95-107
Keith, D.A., M. A. McCarthy, H. M. Regan, T. J. Regan, C. Bowles, C. Drill, C. Craig, B. Pellow, M. A. Burgman, L. L. Master, M. Ruckelshaus, B. Mackenzie, S. J. Andelman, P. R. Wade. (2004) Protocols for listing threatened species can forecast extinction. Ecology Letters. 7: 1101-1108
O'Grady, J. J., M. A. Burgman, D. A. Keith, L. L. Master, S. J. Andelman, B. W. Brook, G. A. Hammerson, T. J. Regan and R. Frankham. (2004) Correlations Among Extinction Risks Assessed by Different Threatened Species Categorization Systems. Conservation Biology 8: 1624-1635
McCarthy, M. A., D. A. Keith, J. Tietjen, M. A. Burgman, M. Maunder, L. L. Master, B. W. Brook, G. M. Mace, H. P. Possingham, R. Medellin, S. J. Andelman, H. M. Regan, T. J. Regan and M. Ruckelshaus (2004) Comparing predictions of extinction risk using models and subjective judgement. Acta Oecologica 26: 67-74
Regan, T. J. and K. Bonham. (2004) Carnivorous land snail, Tasmaphena lamproides, in Tasmania. Pages 112-124 in HR Açkakaya, MA Burgman, O Kindvall, P Sjogren-Gulve, J Hatfield & M McCarthy (eds.), Species Conservation and Management: Case studies Oxford University Press. New York
Taylor, R. J., T. J. Regan, H. M. Regan, M. Burgman and K.Bonham. (2003) Impacts of plantation development, harvesting schedules and rotation lengths on the rare snail Tasmaphena lamproides in northwest Tasmania: a population viability analysis. Forest Ecology and Management.175: 455-466
Regan, T. J., H. M. Regan, K. Bonham, R. J. Taylor, and M. A. Burgman (2001) Modelling the impact of timber harvesting on a rare carnivorous land snail (Tasmaphena lamproides) in northwest Tasmania, Australia. Ecological Modelling 139: 253-264
Manuscripts in preparation
Regan T. J., I. Chades, and H.P. Possingham. Optimal strategies for eradication of Orobanche ramosa with imperfect detectability (in prep) To be submitted to Journal of Applied Ecology
Regan T. J., T. Pople and H. P. Possingham. Assessment and mitigation of wind farm impacts on threatened bird species (in prep). To be submitted to Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Regan H. M. and T. J. Regan Sensitivity Analysis of Threatened Species Protocols. (in prep.) To be submitted to Biological Conservation
Regan T. J. and M. A. McCarthy. Correspondence between model-based extinction probabilities and IUCN Red List categories (in prep) to be submitted to Biological Conservation.
Regan T. J. and D.A. Keith Modelling the demography and response to fire of a long-lived perennial Australian heath plant, Xanthorrhoea resinifera. To be submitted to Journal of Applied Ecology
Regan, H.M., D. A. Keith and T. J. Regan From individuals to populations: how much detail is necessary in population viability analysis of threatened plants? To be submitted to Ecology.
Unpublished reports.
Regan T.J., T. Pople and H.P. Possingham (2004) Windfarms and Threatened Birds: Assessing the Impacts of Wind Farm Developments on Threatened and Migratory birds. Draft report to the Department of the Environment and Heritage.
Pople, T., L. Joseph, T.J. Regan, and H.P. Possingham (2004) Review of the BIOSIS model for collision probabilities for the Heemskirk wind farm development. Unpublished report to the Department of the Environment and Heritage.
Fox, J.C., T. J. Regan, S.A. Bekessy, B.A Wintle, M.J. Brown, J.M. Meggs, K. Bonham, R. Mesibov, M.A. McCarthy, S.A. Munks, P.Wells, R. Brereton, K. Graham, J. Hickey, P. Turner, M. Jones, W. E. Brown, N. Mooney, S. Grove, K. Yamada and M.A. Burgman (2004) Linking landscape ecology and management to population viability analysis: Report 2: Population viability analyses for eleven forest dependent species. Unpublished report to Forestry Tasmania.
Regan, T. J., R. J. Taylor, M. A. Burgman (2000) Investigation of harvest scheduling options for forest management: implications for the carnivorous land snail, Tasmaphena lamproides in northwest Tasmania. Unpublished report to Forestry Tasmania.
Smith, R., T. J. Regan, M. A. Burgman, M. Brown, P. Wells and R. Taylor (2000) Evaluation of landscape planning tools for forest management and conservation in a fragmented environment: A case study of Tasmaphena lamproides in north west Tasmania. Unpublished report to Forestry Tasmania.
Regan, T. J., K. Bonham, H. Regan, R. Taylor, D. Tuson, M. Burgman. (1999) Forest management and conservation of Tasmaphena lamproides in northwest Tasmania: use of population viability analysis to evaluate management options. Unpublished report to Forestry Tasmania.
Regan T. J. (1998) Qualitative Risk Assessment Evaluation of the University of Melbourne’s Protocols using the Department of Defence, East Coast Armament Complex, EES. Unpublished report to the University of Melbourne.
Author : Tracey "T-bone" Regan
Created: 1st July 2004
Last modified : 17th April 2009