My time is devoted to being Director of ACERA, graduate course work,
interacting with the research people in the lab and participating in
several collaborative research projects. My main interest is in applying
model-based risk assessment to problems in conservation biology.
Burgman, M. A. 2005. Risks and decisions for conservation and environmental management. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 314 p. ISBN 0521835348.
Lindenmayer, D. B. and Burgman, M. A. 2005. Practical conservation biology. CSIRO Press, Melbourne. 609 p. ISBN 0 643 09089 4.
Akcakaya, H. R., Burgman, M. A. and Ginzburg, L. 1999. Applied population ecology. 2nd edition. Sinauer, Sunderland, Massachusetts. 285 p. ISBN 0-87893-028-0. (1st edition, Applied Biomathematics, New York. ISBN 1-884977-22-7, 1997).
Burgman, M. A. and Lindenmayer, D. L. 1998. Conservation biology for the Australian environment. Surrey Beatty, Chipping Norton. 380 p. ISBN 0 949324 78 7.
Burgman, M. A., Ferson, S. and Akcakaya, H. R. 1993. Risk assessment in conservation biology. Chapman and Hall, London. 314 p. ISBN 0 412 35030 0. (Reprinted 1994, 1996)
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Edited Books
Akçakaya, H. R., Burgman, M., Kindvall, O., Wood, C. C., Sjogren-Gulve, P., Hatfield, J. and McCarthy, M. (eds) 2004. Species conservation and management: case studies. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0195166469.
Ferson, S. and Burgman M. A. (eds) 2000. Quantitative methods for conservation biology. Springer-Verlag, New York. 322 p. ISBN 0-387-94322-6 (Reprinted 2002)
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Book Chapters
Regan, H.M., Ensbey, M. and Burgman, M.A. 2009. Conservation prioritisation and uncertainty in planning inputs. In, Spatial conservation prioritization: quantitative methods and computational tools. (eds) A. Moilanen, K. A. Wilson and H. P. Possingham. Oxford University Press.
Burgman, M., Elith, J., Gorrod, E. and Wintle, B. 2007. Tools for managing individual plant species in dynamic landscapes. In, Managing and designing landscapes for conservation. Blackwell, Malden, Massachusetts. (eds) D.B. Lindenmayer and R. J. Hobbs. Pp. 330-342. ISBN 978 1 4051 5914 2.
Hayes, K.R., Regan, H. M. and Burgman, M. A. 2007. Introduction to the concepts and methods of uncertainty analysis. In, Environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms, Volume 3: Methodologies for transgenic fish. Eds, Kapuscinski, A.R., Hayes, K.R., Li, S. and Dana, G. Pp 188-208. CABI Publishing, Oxfordshire, UK. ISBN-13: 9781 84593 2961.
Reed, J.M., H.R. Akçakaya, M. Burgman, D. Bender, S. Beissinger, and J.M. Scott. 2006. Critical habitat. In The Endangered Species Act at thirty: Volume 2: Conserving biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes, ed. J.M. Scott, D.D. Goble, and F.W. Davis. Pp 164-177. Washington, DC: Island Press. ISBN 1-59726-054-1.
Burgman, M. A. 2004. Expert frailties in conservation risk assessment and listing decisions. In, P. Hutchings, D. Lunney and C. Dickman (eds). Threatened species legislation: is it just an act? Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, NSW. Pp 20-29. ISBN 0 95856085 9 8.
Burgman, M. A. 2004. Strategies for plant population modeling. In, H. R. Akçakaya, M. Burgman, O. Kindvall, C. C. Wood, P. Sjogren-Gulve, J. Hatfield and M. McCarthy (eds). Species conservation and management: case studies. Oxford Universitry Press, New York., Pp 17-22. ISBN 0195166469.
Bekessy, S. A., Newton, A. C., Fox, J. C., Lara, A., Premoli, A., Cortes, M., Gonzalez, M., Burns, B., Gallo, L., Izquierdo, F. and Burgman, M. A. 2004. Monkey Puzzle Tree (Araucaria araucana) in southern Chile: effects of timber and seed harvest, volcanic activity and fire. In, H. R. Akçakaya, M. Burgman, O. Kindvall, C. C. Wood, P. Sjogren-Gulve, J. Hatfield and M. McCarthy (eds). Species conservation and management: case studies. Oxford University Press, New York. Pp 48-63. ISBN 0195166469.
McCarthy, M.A., Menkhorst, P.W., Quin, B.R., Smales, I.J. and Burgman, M.A. 2004. Helmeted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops cassidix) in Southern Australia: assessing options for establishing a new wild population. In, H.R. Akcakaya, M.A. Burgman, O. Kindvall, C.C. Wood, P. Sjogren-Gulve, J. Hatfield and M.A. McCarthy (eds). Species conservation and management: case studies. pp. Oxford University Press, New York. Pp 410-420. ISBN 0195166469.
Fox, J. C., R. Mesibov, M. A. McCarthy and M. A. Burgman. 2004. Giant Velvet Worm, Tasmanipatus baretti (Onychophora) in Tasmania, Australia. 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. Pp 150-161. ISBN 0195166469.
Yamada, K., Ansari, M., Harrington, R., Morgan, D. and Burgman, M. A. 2004. Sindh Ibex (Capra aegagrus blythi) in Kirthar National Park, Pakistan: sensitivity of a habitat and population model. 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. Pp 469-481. ISBN 0195166469.
Elith, J. and Burgman, M. A. 2003. Habitat models for population viability analysis. In, C. A. Brigham, M. W. Schwartz (eds) Population viability in plants. Springer-Verlag, New York. Pp. 203-235. ISBN 3 540 43909 9.
Elith, J. and Burgman, M. A. 2002. Predictions and their validation: rare plants in the Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia. In, J. M. Scott, P. J. Heglund, M. L.Morrison, M. G. Raphael, W. A. Wall and F. B. Samson (eds) Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Scale and Accuracy. Island Press, Covello, CA. Pp.303–14.
Breininger, D. R., Burgman, M. A., Akcakaya, H. R. and O’Connell, M. A. 2002. Use of metapopulations in conservation planning. In: K. J. Gutzwiller (ed.) Applying landscape ecology in biological conservation. Springer -Verlag, New York. Pp. 405-427. ISBN 0 387 95322 1.
Williams, J., Read, C., Norton, A., Dovers, S., Burgman, M., Proctor, W. and Anderson, H., 2001. Biodiversity: Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 (Theme Report). CSIRO Publishing, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Canberra. ISBN 0 643 06749 3.
Burgman, M. A. and Possingham, H. P. 2000. Population viability analysis for conservation: the good, the bad and the undescribed. In, A. G. Young and G. M. Clarke (eds) Genetics, demography, and viability of fragmented populations. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp 97-112. ISBN 0 521 78207 4.
Burgman, M., Maslin, B., Andrewartha, D., Keatley, M., Boek, C. and McCarthy, M. 2000. Detecting trends in sighting data: power and an application to Western Australian Acacia species. In: Ferson, S. and Burgman M. A. (eds) Quantitative methods for conservation biology. Springer-Verlag, New York. pp. 7-26. ISBN 0 387 94322 6.
Burgman, M., Ferson, S. and Lindenmayer, D. 1994. The effect of the initial age-class distribution on extinction risks: implications for the reintroduction of Leadbeater's possum. In, M. Serena (ed.) Reintroduction biology of Australian and New Zealand fauna. Surrey Beatty, Chipping Norton. pp. 15-19. ISBN 0 949324 56 6.
Burgman, M. A. and Ladiges, P. Y. 1994. Living in communities. In, B. Knox, P. Ladiges and B. Evans (eds) Biology. McGraw-Hill, New York. pp. 954-977. ISBN 0 07 452757 6.
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Refereed Articles
Burgman, M.A., Wintle, B.A., Thompson, C. A., Moilanen, A., Runge, M. C. and Ben-Haim, Y. 2009. Reconciling uncertain costs and benefits in Bayes nets for invasive species management. Risk Analysis (in press)
Burgman, M.A., Walshe, T., Godden, L. and Martin, P. 2009. Designing regulation for conservation and biosecurity. Natural Resources Law (in press)
Morton, S.R., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Lindenmayer, D.B., Harriss-Olson, M., Hughes, L., McCulloch, M.T., McIntyre, S., Nix, H.A., Prober, S.M., Saunders, D.A., Andersen, A.N., Burgman, M.A. et al. 2009. The big ecological questions inhibiting effective environmental management in Australia. Austral Ecology 34, 1-9.
Molino, P. J., Childs, S., Hubbard, M. R. E., Carey, J. M., Burgman, M. A. and Wetherbee, R. 2009. Development of the primary bacterial microfouling layer on antifouling and fouling release coatings in temperate and tropical environments in Eastern Australia. Biofouling 1-14.
Jarrad, F. C., Wahren, C.-H., Williams, R.J. and Burgman, M. A. 2008. Impacts of experimental warming and fire on phenology of subalpine open-heath species. Australian Journal of Botany 56, 1–13.
Carey, J. and Burgman, M. 2008. Linguistic uncertainty in qualitative risk analysis and how to minimize it. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1128, 13-17.
Lindenmayer, D., Hobbs, R., Montague-Drake, R., Alexandra, J., Bennett, A., Burgman, M. et al. 2008. A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation. Ecology Letters 11, 78-91.
Franklin, J., Sisson, S. A., Burgman, M A. and Martin, J. A. 2008. Evaluating extreme risks in invasion ecology: learning from banking compliance. Diversity and Distributions 14, 581-591.
Nicol, S. J., Barker, R. J., Koehn, J. D. and Burgman, M. A. 2007. Structural habitat selection by the critically endangered trout cod, Macullochella macquariensis, Cuvier. Biological Conservation 138, 30-37.
Steele, K., Regan, H. M., Colyvan, M. and Burgman, M. A. 2007. Right decisions or happy decision-makers? Social Epistemology 21, 349 – 368.
Burgman, M.A., Keith, D. A., Hopper, S. D., Widyatmoko, D. and Drill, C. 2007. Threat syndromes and conservation of the Australian flora. Biological Conservation 134, 73-82.
Walshe, T., Wintle, B., Fidler, F. and Burgman, M. 2007. Use of confidence intervals to demonstrate performance against forest management standards. Forest Ecology and Management 247, 237–245.
Wintle, B., Burgman, M. and Fidler, F. 2007. How fast should nanotechnology advance? Nature Nanotechnology 2, 327.
Carey, J. M., Beilin, R., Boxshall, A., Burgman, M. A. and Flander, L. 2007. Risk-based approaches to deal with uncertainty in a data-poor system: stakeholder involvement in hazard identification for Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries in Victoria, Australia. Risk Analysis 27, 271-281.
Moilanen, A., Wintle, B., Elith, J. and Burgman, M. A. 2006. Uncertainty analysis for regional-scale reserve selection. Conservation Biology 20, 1688-1697.
Moilanen, A., Runge, M.C., Elith, J., Tyre, D., Carmel, Y., Fegraus, E., Wintle, B., Burgman, M. and Ben-Haim, Y. 2006. Planning for robust reserve networks using uncertainty analysis. Ecological Modelling 199, 115-124.
Hart, B.T., Burgman, M., Grace, M., Pollino, P., Thomas, C. and Webb, A. 2006. Risk-based approaches to managing contaminants in catchments. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment12, 66-73.
Fidler, F., Burgman, M. A., Cumming, G., Buttrose, R. and Thomason, N. 2006. Impact of criticism of null hypothesis significance testing on statistical reporting practices in conservation biology. Conservation Biology 20, 1539-1544.
Widyatmoko, D. and Burgman, M. A. 2006. Influences of edaphic factors on the distribution and abundance of a rare palm (Cyrtostachys renda) in a peat swamp forest in eastern Sumatra, Indonesia. Austral Ecology 31, 964-974.
Westoby, M. and Burgman, M. 2006. Climate change as a threatening process. Austral Ecology 31, 549–550.
Ray, N. and Burgman, M. A. 2006. Subjective uncertainties in habitat suitability maps. Ecological Modelling 195, 172-186.
Burgman, M. A., Lindenmayer, D. B. and Elith, J. 2005. Managing landscapes for conservation under uncertainty (invited paper). Ecology 86, 2007-2017.
Regan T.J., Burgman M.A., McCarthy M.A., et al. 2005. The consistency of extinction risk classification protocols. Conservation Biology. 19, 1969-1977.
Wintle, B. A., Kavanagh, R. P., McCarthy, M. A. and Burgman, M. A. 2005. Estimating and dealing with detectability in occupancy surveys for forest owls and arboreal mammals. Journal of Wildlife Management 69, 905-917.
Regan, H. M., Ben-Haim, Y., Langford, B. Wilson, W. G., Lundberg, P., Andelman, S. J. and Burgman, M. A. 2005. Robust decision making under severe uncertainty for conservation management. Ecological Applications 15, 1471-1477.
Widyatmoko, D., Burgman, M. A., Guhardja, E., Mogea, J. P., Walujo, E. B. and Setiadi, D. 2005. Population status, demography and habitat preferences of the threatened lipstick palm Cyrtostachys renda Blume in Kerumutan Reserve, Sumatra. Acta Oecologica 28, 107-118.
Carey, J.M., Burgman, M. A., Miller, C. and Chee, Y. E. 2005. An application of qualitative risk assessment in park management. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 12, 6-15.
Wilson, K., Pressey, R. L., Newton, A., Burgman, M., Possingham, H. and Weston, C. 2005. Measuring and incorporating vulnerability into conservation planning. Environmental Management 35, 527-543.
Wilson, K., Newton, A., Echeverría, C., Weston, C. and Burgman, M. 2005. A vulnerability analysis of the temperate forests of south central Chile. Biological Conservation 122, 9-21.
Drechsler, M. and Burgman, M. A. 2004. Combining population viability analysis with decision analysis. Biodiversity and Conservation 13, 115-139.
Chisholm, R. and Burgman, M. A. 2004. The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography. Ecology 85, 3172–3174.
O’Grady, J. J., Burgman, M. A., Keith, D. A., Master, L. L., Andelman, S. J., Brook, B. W., Hammerson, G. A., Regan, T. and Frankham, R. 2004. Correlations among extinction risks assessed by different threatened species categorisation systems. Conservation Biology 18, 1624-1635.
Fidler, F., Cumming, G., Burgman, M. and Thomason, N. 2004. Statistical reform in medicine, psychology and ecology. Journal of Socioeconomics 33, 615-630.
Wintle, B. A., McCarthy, M. A., Parris, K. M., and Burgman, M. A. 2004. Precision and bias of methods for estimating point survey detection probabilities. Ecological Applications 14, 703-712.
Keith, D.A., McCarthy, M. A., Regan, H., Regan, T., Bowles, C., Drill, C., Craig, C., Pellow, B., Burgman, M. A., Master, L. L., Ruckelshaus, M., Mackenzie, B., Andelman, S.J. and Wade, P.R. 2004. Protocols for listing threatened species can forecast extinction. Ecology Letters 7, 1101-1108.
McCarthy, M. A., Keith, D., Tietjen, J., Burgman, M. A., Maunder, M., Master, L., Brook, B. W., Mace, G., Possingham, H. P., Medellin, R., Andelman, S., Regan, H., Regan, T. and Ruckelshaus, M. 2004. Comparing predictions of extinction risks using models and subjective judgement. Acta Oecologica 26, 67-74.
Keith, D. A. and Burgman, M. A. 2004. The Lazarus effect: can the dynamics of extinct species lists tell us anything about the status of biodiversity? Biological Conservation 117, 41-48.
McCarthy, M. A., Parris, K. M., van der Ree, R., McDonnell, M. J., Burgman, M. A., Williams, N. S. G., McLean, N., Harper, M. J., Meyer, R., Hahs, A. and Coates, T. 2004. The habitat hectares approach to vegetation assessment: an evaluation and suggestions for improvement. Ecological Management and Restoration 5, 24-27.
Linacre, N. A., Stewart-Oaten, A., Burgman, M. A. and Ades, P. K. 2004. Incorporating collateral data in conservation biology. Conservation Biology 18, 768-774.
Burgman, M. A. and Fox, J. 2003. Bias in species range estimates from minimum convex polygons: implications for conservation and options for improved planning. Animal Conservation 6, 19-28.
Thompson, C. J., Thompson, B. J. P. and Burgman, M. A. 2003. Risks from competitively inferior immigrant populations: implications of mass effects for species conservation. Conservation Biology 17, 901.
Thompson, C. J., Thompson, B. J. P., Ades, P. K., Cousens, R., Garnier-Gere, P., Landman, K. Newbigin, E. and Burgman, M. A. 2003. Model-based analysis of the likelihood of gene introgression from genetically modified crops into wild relatives. Ecological Modelling 162, 199–209.
Bekessy, S. A., Ennos, R. A., Burgman, M. A., Newton, A. C. and Ades, P. K. 2003. Neutral DNA markers fail to detect genetic divergence in an ecologically important trait. Biological Conservation 110, 267-275.
Regan, H. M., Auld, T. D., Keith, D. A. and Burgman, M. A. 2003. The effects of fire and predators on the long-term persistence of an endangered shrub, Grevillea caleyi. Biological Conservation 109, 73 –83.
Taylor, R.J., Regan, T., Regan, H., Burgman, M. and Bonham, K. 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.
Possingham, H. P., Andelman, S. J., Burgman, M. A., Medellín, R. A., Master, L. L. and Keith, D. A. 2002. Limits to the use of threatened species lists. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17, 503-507.
Burgman, M. A. 2002. Are listed threatened plant species actually at risk? Australian Journal of Botany 50, 1-13.
Elith, J., Burgman, M. A. and Regan, H. 2002. Mapping epistemic uncertainties and vague concepts in predictions of species distribution. Ecological Modelling 157, 313-329.
Regan, H. M., Colyvan, M. and Burgman, M. A. 2002. A taxonomy and treatment of uncertainty for ecology and conservation biology. Ecological Applications 12, 618-628.
Bekessy, S. A., Sleep, D., Stott, A., Menuccini, M., Thomas, P., Ennos, R. A., Burgman, M. A., Gardiner, M. F., and Newton, A. C. 2002. Adaptation of Monkey Puzzle to arid environments as indicated by regional differences in stable carbon isotope ratio and allocation to root biomass. Forest Genetics 9, 63-70.
Bekessy, S.A., Allnutt, T.R., Premoli, A.C., Lara, A., Ennos, R.A., Burgman, M.A., Cortes, M. and Newton, A.C. 2002. Genetic variation in the vulnerable and endemic Monkey Puzzle tree, detected using RAPDs. Heredity 88, 243-249.
Brook, B. W., Burgman, M. A., Akçakaya, H. R., O'Grady, J. J. and Frankham, R. 2002. Critiques of PVA ask the wrong questions: throwing the heuristic baby out with the numerical bathwater. Conservation Biology 16, 262-263.
Burgman, M. A. 2001. Flaws in subjective assessments of ecological risks and means for correcting them. Australian Journal of Environmental Management 8, 219-226.
Regan, H. M., Lupia, R., Drinnan, A. N. and Burgman, M. A. 2001. The currency and tempo of extinction. American Naturalist 157, 1-10.
Burgman, M. A., Possingham, H. P., Lynch, A. J. J., Keith, D. A., McCarthy, M. A., Hopper, S. D., Drury, W. L., Passioura, J. A. and DeVries, R. J. 2001. A method for setting the size of plant conservation target areas. Conservation Biology 15, 603-616.
Martin, R. A. U., Burgman, M. A. and Minchin, P. R. 2001. Spatial analysis of eucalypt dieback at Corranderrk, Australia. Applied Vegetation Science 4, 257-266.
Burgman, M. A., Breininger, D. R., Duncan, B. W. and Ferson, S. 2001. Setting reliability bounds on habitat suitability indices. Ecological Applications 11, 70-78.
Regan, T. J., Regan, H. M., Bonham, K., Taylor, R. J. and Burgman, M. A. 2001. Modelling the impact of timber harvesting on a rare carnivorous land snail (Tasmaphena lamproides) in northwest Tasmania, Australia. Ecological Modelling 139, 253-64.
Todd, C. R., Inchausti, P., Jenkins, S., Burgman, M. A. and Ng, M. P. 2001. Structural uncertainty in stochastic population models: delayed development in the eastern barred-bandicoot, Peremeles gunnii. Ecological Modelling 136, 237-254.
Burgman, M. A. 2000. Population viability analysis for bird conservation: theory, practice, models and psychology. Emu 100, 347-353.
Brook, B. W., O’Grady, J. J., Chapman, A. P., Burgman, M. A., Akçakaya, H. R. and Frankham, R. 2000. How accurate are the predictions of population viability analysis for endangered species conservation? Nature 404, 385-387.
Akcakaya, H. R., Ferson, S., Burgman, M. A., Keith, D. A., Mace, G. M. and Todd, C. R. 2000. Making consistent IUCN classifications under uncertainty. Conservation Biology 14, 1001-1013.
Burgman, M. A. 2000. Are Australian standards for risk analysis good enough? Conserving snails and managing genetically modified plants in fragmented landscapes. (invited paper). Australian Biologist 12, 125-137.
Brook, B. W., Burgman, M. A. and Frankham, R. 2000. Differences and congruencies between PVA packages: the importance of sex ratio for predictions of extinction risk. Conservation Ecology 4(1): 6. [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol4/iss1/art6
Regan, H. M., Colyvan, M. and Burgman, M. A. 2000. A proposal for fuzzy International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) categories and criteria. Biological Conservation 92, 101-108.
Breininger, D. R., Burgman, M. A. and Stith, B. M. 1999. Influence of habitat, catastrophes, and population size on extinction risk of Florida Scrub-Jay populations. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27, 810-822.
Burgman, M. A., Keith, D. A. and Walshe, T. V. 1999. Comparative risk analysis of threatened Australian plant species. Risk Analysis 19, 579-592.
Bearlin, A. R., Burgman, M. A. and Regan, H. M. 1999. A stochastic model for seagrass (Zostera muelleri) in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Ecological Modelling 118, 131-148.
Burgman, M. A., Keith, D. A., Rohlf, F. J. and Todd, C 1999. Probabilistic classification rules for setting conservation priorities. Biological Conservation 89, 227-231.
Colyvan, M., Burgman, M. A., Todd, C. R., Akcakaya, H. R. and Boek, C. 1999. The treatment of uncertainty and the structure of the IUCN threatened species categories. Biological Conservation 89, 245-249.
Drechsler, M., Lamont, B. B., Burgman, M. A., Akcakaya, H. R., Witkowski, E. T. F. and Supriyadi. 1999. Modelling the persistence of an apparently immortal Banksia species after fire and land clearing. Biological Conservation 88, 249-259.
Singer, R. J. and Burgman, M. A. 1999. The regeneration ecology of Kunzea ericoides at Coranderrk Reserve, Healesville. Australian Journal of Ecology 24, 18-24.
Todd, C. R. and Burgman, M. A. 1998. Assessment of threat and conservation priorities under realistic levels of uncertainty and reliability. Conservation Biology 12, 1-10.
Drechsler, M., Burgman, M. A. and Menkhorst, P. W. 1998. Uncertainty in population dynamics and its consequences for the management of the Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster. Biological Conservation 84, 269-281.
Burgman, M. A. 1996. Characterisation and delineation of the eucalypt old-growth forest estate in Australia: a review. Forest Ecology and Management 83, 149-161.
McCarthy, M. A., Burgman, M. A. and Ferson, S. 1996. Logistic sensitivity and bounds for extinction risks. Ecological Modelling 86, 297-303.
Akcakaya, H. R. and Burgman, M. A. 1995. PVA in theory and practice. Conservation Biology 9, 705–707.
Pearce, J., Menkhorst, P. and Burgman, M. A. 1995. Niche overlap and competition for habitat between the Helmeted Honeyeater and the Bell Miner. Wildlife Research 22, 633-646.
Burgman, M. A., Grimson, R. and Ferson, S. 1995. Inferring threat from scientific collections. Conservation Biology 9, 923-928.
Burgman, M. A. and Williams, M. R. 1995. Analysis of the spatial pattern of arthropod fauna of jarrah foliage using a Mantel correlogram. Australian Journal of Ecology 20, 455-457.
Lindenmayer, D., Burgman, M., Akcakaya, H. R., Lacy, R., and Possingham, H. 1995. A review of the generic computer programs ALEX, RAMAS/space and VORTEX for modelling the viability of wildlife metapopulations. Ecological Modelling 82, 161-174.
McCarthy, M. A. and Burgman, M. A. 1995. Coping with uncertainty in forest wildlife planning. Forest Ecology and Management 74, 23-36.
Ferson, S. and Burgman, M. A. 1995. Correlations, dependency bounds and extinction risks. Biological Conservation 73, 101-105.
McCarthy, M. A., Burgman, M. A. and Ferson, S. 1995. Sensitivity analysis for models of population viability. Biological Conservation 73, 93-100.
Burgman, M. A., Incoll, W., Ades, P. K., Ferguson, I., Fletcher, T. D. and Wohlers, A. 1994. Mortality models for mountain and alpine ash. Forest Ecology and Management 67, 319-327.
Burgman, M., Church, R., Ferguson, I., Gijsbers, R., Lau, A., Lindenmayer, D., Loyn, R., McCarthy, M. and Vandenburg, W. 1994. Wildlife planning using FORPLAN: a review and examples from Victorian forests. Australian Forestry 57, 131-140.
McCarthy, M., Pearce, J., and Burgman, M. A. 1994. Use and abuse of wildlife models for determining habitat requirements of forest fauna. Australian Forestry 57, 82-85.
Tolhurst, K. G. and Burgman, M. 1994. Simulation of bracken cover on forested areas in Victoria in response to seasonal, overstorey and fire conditions. Australian Journal of Ecology 19, 306-318.
Lindenmayer, D., Boyle, S., Burgman, M., McDonald, D. and Tomkins, B. 1994. The sugar and nitrogen content of the gums of Acacia species in the Mountain Ash and Alpine Ash forests of Central Victoria and its potential implications for exudivorous arboreal marsupials. Wildlife Research 19, 169-177.
Pearce, J.L., Burgman, M. A. and Franklin, D. C. 1994. Habitat selection by Helmeted Honeyeaters. Wildlife Research 21: 53-63.
McCarthy, M., Franklin, D. and Burgman, M. A. 1994. The importance of demographic uncertainty: an example from the helmeted honeyeater. Biological Conservation 67, 135-142.
Burgman, M. A. and Lamont, B. B. 1992. A stochastic model for the viability of Banksia cuneata populations: environmental, demographic and genetic effects. Journal of Applied Ecology 29, 719-727.
Burgman, M. A., Cantoni, D. and Vogel, P. 1992. Shrews in suburbia: an application of Goodman's extinction model. Biological Conservation 61, 117-123.
White, F. J. and Burgman, M. A. 1990. Social organisation of the pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus): multivariate analysis of intracommunity associations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 83, 193-201.
Burgman, M. A. and Gerard, V. A. 1990. A stochastic population model for the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera. Marine Biology 105, 15-23
Burgman, M. A. and Newbey, K. R. 1990. The flora of the Pyramid Lakes-Mt Beaumont region, Western Australia. Kingia 1, 217-253.
Burgman, M. A. and Neet, C. 1989. Analyse des risques d'extinction des populations naturelles. Acta Oecologia/Oecologia generalis 10, 233-243.
Burgman, M. A. and Sokal, R. R. 1989. Factors affecting the character stability of classifications. Plant Systematics and Evolution 157, 59-68.
Burgman, M. A. 1989. The habitat volumes of scarce and ubiquitous plants: a test of the hypothesis of environmental control. American Naturalist 133, 228-239.
Kim, J. and Burgman, M. A. 1988. The accuracy of phylogenetic estimation techniques under unequal evolutionary rates. Evolution 42, 596-602.
Burgman, M. A. 1988. Spatial analysis of vegetation patterns in southern Western Australia: implications for reserve design. Australian Journal of Ecology 13, 415-430.
Burgman, M. A., Akcakaya, H. R. and Loew, S. S. 1988. The use of extinction models for species conservation. Biological Conservation 43, 9-25.
Burgman, M. A. 1987. An analysis of the distribution of plants on granite outcrops in southern Western Australia using Mantel tests. Vegetatio 71, 79-86.
Burgman, M. A. 1985. Cladistics, phenetics and biogeography of populations of Boronia inornata and the Eucalyptus diptera species complex in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 33, 419-431.
Koch, L. E. and Burgman, M. A. 1984. The zoogeography and phylogenetic relationships of three genera of Australian Scolopendrid centipedes. Australian Journal of Zoology 32, 507-518.
Kerle, J. A. and Burgman, M. A. 1984. Some aspects of the ecology of the mammal fauna of the Jabiluka area. Australian Wildlife Research 11, 207-222.
Hopper, S. D. and Burgman, M. A. 1983. Cladistic and phenetic relationships among populations of Eucalyptus caesia. Australian Journal of Botany 31, 35-49.
Burgman, M. A. and Thompson, E. J. 1982. Cluster analysis, ordination and structural-dominance classification applied to diverse tropical vegetation at Jabiluka, Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Ecology 7, 375-387.
Burgman, M. A., Crozier, R. H. and Taylor, R. W. 1980. Comparisons of different methods of determining the affinities of nine ant species of the genus Camponotus. Australian Journal of Zoology 28, 151-160.
Other Refereed Contributions: letters,
reviews, notes and commentaries
Gibbons, P., Zammit, C., Youngentob, K., Possingham, H.P., Lindenmayer, D.B., Bekessy, S., Burgman, M., Colyvan, M., Considine, M., Felton. A., Hobbs, R.J., Hurley, K., McAlpine, C., McCarthy, M.A., Moore, J., Robinson, D, Salt, D. and Wintle, B. 2008. Some practical suggestions for improving engagement between researchers and policy-makers in natural resource management. Ecological Management and Restoration 9, 182-186.
Burgman, M. 2005. Understanding the environment: bridging the disciplinary divides. R. Quentin Grafton, Libby Robin andRobert J. Wasson (eds). Historical Records of Australian Science 16, 255-256.
Burgman, M. A. 2004. Evaluating methods for assessing extinction risk (editorial). Acta Oecologica 26, 65-66.
Burgman, M. 2002. Remedies for the scientific disease. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. Santa Barbara, CA. EcoEssay Series, Number 4: [online]: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/fmt/doc?/nceas-web/resources/ecoessay/burgman/index.html
Burgman, M. A. 2002. The skeptical environmentalist: measuring the real state of the world. Bjorn Lomborg. Austral Ecology 27, 238-239.
Burgman, M. A. 2001. Cliff ecology: pattern and process in cliff ecosystems. D. L. Larson, U. Matthes, and P. E. Kelly. Quarterly Review of Biology 76, 107-108.
Burgman, M. A. 1999. Problem solving in conservation biology and environmental management: exercises for class, field, and laboratory. J. P. Gibbs, M. L. Hunter and E. J. Sterling (eds). Quarterly Review of Biology 74, 360-361.
Burgman, M. A. 1999. Handbook of environmental risk assessment and management. P. Calow (ed.). Australian Journal of Ecology 24, 95.
Burgman, M. A. 1996. Conservation biology in theory and practice. G. Caughley and A. Gunn. Australian Journal of Ecology 21, 354.
Burgman, M. A. 1996. Fundamentals of conservation biology. M.L. Hunter. Australian Journal of Ecology 21, 352.
Akçakaya, H. R. and Burgman, M. A. 1995. Population viability analysis in theory and practice: a reply to Harcourt. Conservation Biology 9, 705-707.
Burgman, M. A. 1994. Misconduct in science: should its definition include improper or mischievous allegations? Quarterly Review of Biology 69, 233-235.
Burgman, M. A. 1994. CoPlot and CoDraw. (Software review) Quarterly Review of Biology 69, 141-142.
Burgman, M. A. 1994. World forests for the future: their use and conservation. K. Ramakrishna and G. M. Woodwell (eds). Quarterly Review of Biology 69, 121-122.
Burgman, M. A. 1994. Biological data analysis: a practical approach. J.C. Fry (ed.) Quarterly Review of Biology 69, 89-90.
Burgman, M. A. 1993. The ecology of Fynbos. R. Cowling (ed.). Quarterly Review of Biology 68, 295-296.
Burgman, M. A. 1989. Vegetation mapping. A. W. Kuchler and I. S. Zonneveld (eds). Quarterly Review of Biology 64: 203.
Burgman, M. A. 1988. Statistical ecology: a primer on methods and computing. J.A. Ludwig and J.F. Reynolds. Quarterly Review of Biology 63:
Burgman, M. A. 1988. Building models for conservation and wildlife management. A. M. Starfield and A. L. Bleloch. BioScience 38: 426-427.
Burgman, M. A. 1987. The dynamics of physiologically structured populations. J. A. J. Metz and O. Diekmann (eds). Quarterly Review of Biology 62: 340.
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Reference Works
Fox, D.R. and Burgman, M.A. 2008. Ecological Risk Assessment. In Melnick, E. and Everitt, B. (eds). , Encyclopedia of Quantitative Risk Assessment and Analysis. pp 1600-1603. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, UK.
Burgman, M. A. 1998. Extinction modelling (p. 263). Extinction in the fossil record (p. 262-263). Extinction crisis, current global (p. 261-262). Mass extinction (p. 426-427). In, P. Calow (ed.) Encyclopaedia of Ecology and Environmental Management. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford. ISBN 0 86542 838 7.
Refereed Conference Publications
Burgman, M., Regan, H. and Ben-Haim, Y. 2004. Population viability analysis and robust decisions for management: combining population models with decision theory, In, Sustainable use and conservation of biological diversity – a challenge for society. Proceedings of the International Symposium, Berlin, 1-4 December 2003. Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Bonn, Germany. Pp. 64-65.
Hart, B. T., Grace, M. R., Breen, P., Cottingham, P., Feehan, P. and Burgman, M. A. 2001. Application of ecological risk assessment in river management, In. Rutherfurd, I., Sheldon, F., Brierley, G. and Kenyon, C. (eds), Proc. Third Australian Stream Management Conference - Value of Healthy Streams, CRC for Catchment Hydrology, Melbourne, p 289-295.
Regan, H. M., Colyvan, M. and Burgman, M. A. 1999. Dealing with Vagueness in Threatened Species Classification. In R. N. Dave and T. Sudkamp (eds.), 18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS. Real World Applications of Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing. IEEE. pp 685-694.
McCarthy, M.A., Burgman, M. A. and Ferson, S. 1993. Logistic sensitivity analysis for stochastic population models. In, M. McAleer and A. Jakeman (eds) International Congress on Modelling and Simulation Proceedings, pp 151-156.
Gleadow, R., Ladiges, P., Dodds, A., Handasyde, K., Lawrence, J. and Burgman, M. 1993. Innovative teaching methods in biology incorporating self-study and multimedia programs. In, J. Bain, Lietzow and R. Ross (eds) Promoting Teaching in Higher Education. Griffith University, Queensland.
Ferson, S. and Burgman, M. A. 1990. The dangers of being few: demographic risk analysis for rare species extinction. Proceedings of the 15th Natural Areas Conference. New York State Museum Bulletin 471: 129-132.
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Extracts and Unrefereed Articles
Burgman, M. 2008. Shakespeare, Wald and decision making under uncertainty. Decision Point 23, 8.
Burgman, M. 2006. The logic of good decisions: learning from population viability analysis. Society for Conservation Biology Newsletter 13(3): 1, 17-18.
Burgman, M. A. 1994. Resource technology for wildlife management and conservation. In, Proceedings of Resource Technology '94. p. 379. Centre for Geographic Information Systems and Modelling, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Burgman, M. A. and Lamont, B. B. 1991. A stochastic model for the viability of Banksia cuneata populations. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of Australia 21: 58.
Burgman, M. A. 1990. A stage-structured, stochastic population model for the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera. In, R. Arditi (ed.) Dynamical models in ecology. Memoires de la Societe Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 18: 355.
Contract and Technical Reports
Carey, J., Fox, D., Burgman, M., Chee, Y., Hart, B.T., Pollino, C., Chan, T., White, A., Grace, M., Henderson, B. and Bui, E. 2006. Guidelines for Quantifying the Ecological Risks from Contaminants in Catchments, LWA/MDBC Project UMO43 - Report No 1, Land & Water Australia, Canberra.
Hart, B.T., Pollino, C., Chan, T., White, A., Grace, M., Burgman, M., Carey, J., Fox, D., Chee, Y., Henderson, B. and Bui, E. 2006. Risk-based Approaches for Managing Contaminants in Catchments - Summary Report, LWA/MDBC Project UMO43 – Summary Report, Land & Water Australia, Canberra..
Chee, Y., Burgman, M.A. and Carey, J. 2005. Use of a Bayesian Network decision tool to manage environmental flows in the Wimmera River, Victoria, LWA/MDBC Project UMO43 - Report No 4, Land & Water Australia, Canberra.
Hart, B., Burgman, M., Webb, A., Allison, G., Chapman, M., Duivenvoorden, L., Feehan, P., Grace, M., Lund, M., Pollino, C., Carey, J. and McCrea, A. 2005. Ecological Risk Management Framework for the Irrigation Industry, Report to National Program for Sustainable Irrigation (NPSI) by Water Studies Centre, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.
Burgman, M. A. 2005. Western Rock Lobster Fishery, Ecological Risk Assessment 2005 Report. Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, Fisheries Management Paper No. 203. ISSN 0819-4327. 96pp.
Hart, B., Burgman, M., Webb, A., Allison, G., Chapman, M., Duivenvoorden, L., Feehan, P., Grace, M., Lund, M., Pollino, C., Carey, J. and McCrea, A. 2005. Ecological risk management framework for the irrigation industry. Report to National Program for Sustainable Irrigation (NPSI). Water Studies Centre, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.
Carey, J. M., Burgman, M. A. and Chee, Y. E. 2004. Risk assessment and the concept of ecosystem condition in park management. Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 13. Parks Victoria, Melbourne.
Burgman, M. A., Bui, E. and Fox, D. 2003. Environmental Risk Assessment: A review of interdisciplinary perspectives. LWA/MDBC Contaminants Program Developing Risk-based Approaches for Managing Contaminants in Catchments (Project UMO43). Unpublished report, Water Studies Centre, Monash University.
Fox, J. C., , S. Bekessy, J. M. Meggs, K. Bonham, R. Mesibov, M. A. McCarthy, S. A. Munks, P. Wells, M. J. Brown, R, Brereton, K. Graham, J. Hickey, P. Turner, M. Jones, K. Yamada and M. A. Burgman. 2002. Population viability analyses for eleven forest dependent species. Unpublished Report, Forestry Tasmania. University of Melbourne.
Walshe, T. and Burgman, M.A. 2001. Risk assessment in conservation – with particular reference to the Birds of Paradise of Papua New Guinea. Report to Environment Australia, 47 pp.
Smith, R., Regan, T., Burgman, M., Brown, M., Wells, P. and Taylor, R. 2000. Evaluation of landscape planning tools fpr forest management and conservation in a fragmented environment: a case study of Tasmaphena lamproides in north west Tasmania. Final Report to Forestry Tasmania, School of Botany, University of Melbourne. 53 pp.
Regan, T., Bonham, K., Regan, H., Taylor, R., Tuson, D. and Burgman, M. 1999. Forest management and conservation of Tasmaphena lamproides in north west Tasmania: use of population viability analysis to evaluate management options. Report by the School of Botany, University of Melbourne, to Forestry Tasmania, July, 1999. 52 pp.
Lee, L. J. and Burgman, M. A. 1999. The ecology of winter food resources for the Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) in Victorian coastal salt marshes. Report by the School of Botany, University of Melbourne to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Melbourne. 191 pp.
McDonald, G., Burgman, M., Cork, S., Lane, M., Mackey, B., McCormack, R., Raison, J. and Wilkinson, G. 1999. Assessment of systems and processes for Ecologically Sustainable Forest Management in south-east Queensland. Queensland Government Department of Natural Resources, Brisbane, and Commonwealth Government, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Canberra. 81 pp.
Baran, N., Davies, C. and Burgman, M. 1999. Statistical power of monitoring and survey strategies for rare plants. Report to Environment Australia, Project FN-51. 89 pp.
Burgman, M., Ades, P., Hickey, J., Williams, M., Davies, C. and Maillardet, R. 1998. Methodological guidelines for the utility and statistical validity of survey and monitoring programs. Scoping Report, Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation. Bond University, Gold Coast.
Elith, J., Burgman, M. and Minchin, P. 1998. Improved protection strategies for rare plants. Report to Environment Australia, Project FN-22. 150 pp.
Burgman, M., Davies, C., Morgan, D. and Maillardet, R. 1997. Statistical power and the design of flora and fauna survey and monitoring programs. Victorian Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, unpublished report.
Clode, D. and Burgman, M. (eds) 1997. Joint old-growth forest project: summary report. A report for the Resource and Conservation Assessment Council. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and NSW State Forests, Sydney.
Attiwill, P., Burgman, M. and Smith, A. 1996. Gaps and clusters silviculture: how well does it balance wood production and biodiversity conservation? Review Panel Report to the Ministerial Committee on the Principles and Application of the Gaps and Clusters Technique, State Government of NSW, Unpublished Report.
McCarthy, M. A. and Burgman, M. A. 1996. Development of a methodology for identifying declining species from existing data. Report to the Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra.
Ladiges, P., Gleadow, R., Handasyde, K., together with Dodds, A., Lawrence, J. and Burgman, M. 1995. Biology of Australian flora and fauna workbook. MacGraw-Hill, Sydney. ISBN 007 470230 0. 144pp.
Burgman, M. A. 1995. Wildlife information and forest planning - a review with reference to FORPLAN. Forests Service Technical Reports 95-3, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Melbourne. ISBN 0 7306 4010 8. 70 pp.
Burgman, M. A. and Ferguson, I. S. 1995. Rainforest in Victoria: a review of the scientific basis of current and proposed protection measures. Forests Service Technical Reports 95-4, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Melbourne. ISBN 0 7306 6111 3. 87 pp.
Ferguson, I., Weston, M., Burgman, M., Weston, C., Spencer, R. and Millar, K. 1994. Save the bush: strategic planning. Report to the Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Save the Bush Program. School of Forestry, University of Melbourne.
Burgman, M. A. and Arditi, R. 1989. REEL: a stochastic simulation model for phosphorus in Lake Geneva. Commission internationale pour la protection des eaux du Léman contre pollution, Lausanne, Campagne 1988, pp. 107-138.
Burgman, M. A. 1985. Flora, ecology and biogeography of the eastern Roe Botanical District. CALM, Western Australia, Land Values Report 5. 280 pp.
Burgman, M. A. and Hopper, S. D. 1982. The Western Australian wildflower industry, 1980/81. Western Australian Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife Report 53, Perth. 217 pp.
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Computer System Software
Boek, C., Todd, C. and Burgman, M. 1997. SPARC. Setting Priorities and Assessing Risks for Conservation. In C++ for IBM compatible PCs. Genlx Pty Ltd and the University of Melbourne.
Jacquez, G., Millstein, J., Oden, N. and Burgman, M. 1994. CAST: cluster analysis in space and time. In Borland-Pascal for IBM-PCs. Applied Biomathematics, New York.
Burgman, M. A., Arditi, R. and Bryde, O. 1991. User Manual for REEL. Eutrophication risks in Lake Geneva. Université de Lausanne, Lausanne. 13 p.
Burgman, M. A., Gerard, V. and Ginzburg, L. 1987. RAMAS-K. A stochastic simulation model for Macrocystis pyrifera. In Turbo-Pascal for IBM-PCs. Applied Biomathematics, New York.
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Multimedia Products
Burgman, M. A., Chisholm, R., Campbell, H. and J. Carey. 2005. Australian Standard Risk Assessment. In Director for PCs. University of Melbourne.
McCarthy, M., Burgman, M.A., Campbell, H. and Gleadow, R. 1995. HELMETS. An interactive teaching program simulating the management and conservation of helmeted honeyeaters. In Hypercard and Hypertalk for Macintosh computers. McGraw-Hill, New York.
Burgman, M. A. and Campbell, H. 1995. COMPETITION. An interactive teaching program simulating niche overlap and competition between bell miners and helmeted honeyeaters. In Hypercard and Hypertalk for Macintosh computers. University of Melbourne.
Campbell, H. and Burgman, M. A. 1994. SAMPLING DESIGN. An interactive teaching program simulating vegetation sampling. In Hypercard and Hypertalk. Macintosh. University of Melbourne.
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Invited Seminars and Conference Presentations
Statistics Society of Australia and New Zealand, Auckland, NZ, July 3, 2006. Dealing with non-probabilistic uncertainty in ecology.
USFWS/USGS Decision Analysis Seminar, US National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, Virginia, June 19-22, 2006. Scientific risk analysis, and Adaptive management case studies.
Society for Risk Analysis, Risk Communication Workshop, Montauk, May 15, 2006. Reconciling linguistic uncertainty.
EarthWatch Institute, Melbourne, August 31st, 2005. Science, uncertainty and environmental risk. (Annual oration)
Society of Toxicology, Contemporary Concepts in Toxicology: Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Washington, July 25-27, 2005. Ecological risk assessment: the state of the science (keynote address).
4th International Symposium on Imprecise Probabilities, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. July 20-23, 2005. Decision making (session chair).
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Centre for Complex Systems (MASCOS), University of Melbourne. April 22nd, 2005. Non-probabilistic uncertainty in natural resource management.
World Conference on Natural Resource Modelling, Melbourne, December 13th, 2004. Robust decisions for species conservation: satisficing under uncertainty (keynote address)
Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne. August 3rd, 2004. Uncertainty in expert judgements in ecological risk assessments.
Sedeh Boker Desert Research Station, Sedeh Boker, Israel. Wednesday, June 23, 2004. Dealing with uncertainty and making better decisions for Orange-bellied Parrots and Sumatran rhinos.
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel. October 23rd, 2004. Information-gap decision theory: applications in conservation biology.
International Symposium, Sustainable use and conservation of biological diversity, House of World Cultures / Berlin. December 2nd 2003. Population viability analyses and robust decisions for management.
Royal Zoological Society of NSW Forum, Taronga Park, Sydney. October 25, 2003.Threatened species legislation: is it just an Act? Results of the extinction risk working group (key note speaker).
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Zoology Colloquium, March 28, 2003. Uncertainty in habitat models: epistemic and vague quantities.
San Diego State University, March 24, 2003. GM regulation and scientific inference: can science be trusted?
Canadian National Critical Habitat Working Group, Canadian Wildlife Service, Workshop. Ottawa, Ontario, December 9-11, 2002. Practical applications: critical habitat on the ground.
Archbold Biological Station, Scientific Seminar Series, Lake Placid, Florida. October 31, 2002. Uncertainty in habitat models: epistemic and vague quantities.
Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Berkeley. September 23, 2002. Extinctions: gaps in science or gaps in nature?
CSIRO, Division of Entomology, GMO Risk Assessment Workshop. April 4–5, 2002. Null hypothesis tests in monitoring design.
Society for Conservation Biology Conference, Hilo, Hawaii, July 30 – August 2, 2001. Uncertainty and risk. (session convenor).
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Risk Assessment Workshop, George Street, Brisbane, June 27, 2001. Methods for ecological risk assessment.
Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Ecological Risk Assessment Workshop, Metropole Centre, Melbourne, June 19, 2001. Methods for ecological risk assessment.
BHP, Office for Health, Safety and Environment, Bourke St, Melbourne. December 15, 2000. The science and psychology of environmental risk assessment.
Ecological Society of Australia Conference, La Trobe University, November 30, 2000. Science and psychology in risk assessment of GMOs. (plenary address)
Arthur Rylah Research Institute, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Special Seminar, November 17, 2000. What’s wrong with the scientific method.
Freehill, Hollingdale and Page, Science and Industry Seminar, November 16, 2000. The psychology and science of environmental risk assessment.
CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, October 19, 2000. Symposium on ecological risk assessment. Models, psychology and subjectivity in ecological risk assessment.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, August 15, 2000. Vague concepts, empirical models and debate about genetically modified organisms.
Southern Hemisphere Ornithological Congress, Griffith University, Brisbane, June 27, 2000. Models for bird conservation. (plenary address)
Arthur Rylah Research Institute, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, ‘Biodiversity Research Strategic Directions’, March 30, 2000. Biodiversity research for the new millennium.
Department of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, March 16, 2000. Objective and subjective uncertainty in habitat models.
National Environmental Law Association Seminar, ‘Genetically modified crops’, Leo Cussen Institute, Melbourne, November 18, 1999. Environmental risk assessment of GM crops.
Australian Institute of Biology, 1999 Symposium, ‘Genetics, Conservation and Habitat fragmentation’, University of Melbourne, September 25, 1999. Are Australian standards for risk assessment good enough?
Department of the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, March 24, 1999. Uncertainty and decisions in science.
Biological Research Group, NASA, Cape Canavoral, Florida, November 25, 1998. Methods for dealing with uncertainty in habitat suitability models.
NCEAS, UCSB, Santa Barbara, California, October 16, 1998. Are we in the midst of a mass extinction event?
Environmental Protection Authority of Victoria, Futures Forum, Melbourne, September 21, 1998. Industrial risk management (session convenor).
Society for Conservation Biology Conference, Sydney, July 15, 1998. Comparative risk analysis for threatened Australian plants (session convenor).
Chiang Mai University, School of Forestry, Thailand. November 12, 1997. The risks of making wrong environmental decisions.
LESTARI (Centre for Environment and Development) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, November 5-8, 1997. Analysis of sparse data: resampling, ordination and power calculations.
Grassy Ecosystem Reference Group, Research Seminar, RAOU, Hawthorn, 11 October, 1997. Project design for applied research.
School of Botany, LaTrobe University, September 1997. New approaches to setting conservation priorities for threatened plants.
Research School of Biological Sciences, ANU, April 22, 1997. Modelling single species population dynamics.
Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Forest Biodiversity Unit, Canberra, October, 1996. Dealing with uncertainty in setting priorities for conservation.
Department of Biological Sciences, Deakin University, September 6, 1996. The limits of PVA.
Statistics Society of Victoria, Hercus Theatre, UM, Victoria, June 23, 1996. Statistics, the precautionary principal and biological conservation.
Centre for Conservation Genetics, LaTrobe University, Meeting on Setting Conservation Priorities, January 27-28, 1996. Inferring threat: collections of Acacia.
RAOU Scientific Day, Box Hill, Melbourne, May 27, 1995. Population viability analysis for Florida Scrub Jays and Helmeted Honeyeaters.
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, March 9, 1995. Inferring threat from scientific collections.
International Symposium on Resource Technology, University of Melbourne, September 26-30, 1994. Resource technology for wildlife management (session chair).
Department of Statistics, University of Melbourne, September 9, 1994. Directions in statistical research: the conservation imperative.
Department of Genetics and Human Variation, La Trobe University, August 1, 1994. The role of genetics in risk assessment of natural populations.
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Melbourne, July 20, 1994. Methods for conservation priorities.
Ecosystem Dynamics, Research School of Biological Sciences, ANU, July 7, 1994. Prediction and understanding in biological models.
Bodega Field Conference, University of California at Davis, California, March 24, 1994. Linking GIS and spatial analysis.
Department of Wildlife, University of Florida, Gainesville, January 24, 1994. Population viability analysis for rare Australian birds
Biological Research Group, NASA, Cape Canavoral, Florida, January 15, 1994. Population viability and habitat studies of the helmeted honeyeater.
Ecological Society of America Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, August, 1993. PVA workshop
Bodega Field Conference, University of California at Davis, California, May 9-12, 1993. Integrating GIS and metapopulation viability analysis.
Ecological Society of America Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June, 1992. PVA workshop
Ecological Society of Australia, Reproductive Biology and Viability Analysis Workshop, Kialoa, NSW, March, 1991. Models for age-structured populations.
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Current Teaching
Teaching responsibilities are primarily in two areas: quantitative methods for environmental scientists, and conservation biology.
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