Senior Research Officer, Wildlife Ecology
Phone: 0427 770 595
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6125 0746
E-mail: damian.michael@anu.edu.au, michaeldamian@hotmail.com

Damian is part of the 'Lindenmayer' research team and has 12 years experience in field ecology specialising in botany and herpetology. He graduated from Charles Sturt University, Albury with a BAppSc (Ecosystem Management and Ecology) and achieved first class honours for research on threatened grassland fauna. He has co-authored two books, is primary author on 12 scientific articles and has co-authored a further 20 scientific publications since 2002. Damian is currently completing a PhD with The Australian National University and is investigating the role of rocky outcrops in the conservation of reptiles in modified landscapes. Damian is the principal project manager for David Lindenmayer's long-term monitoring program in the Murray Riverina and was project manager for the Victorian forest marsupial research. In addition, Damian has had a major involvement in the long-term monitoring at Jervis Bay, Nanagroe and Tumut projects

Selected Publications

Michael, D.R. Lindenmayer, D.B. (2008) Records of the Inland Carpet Python, Morelia spilota metcalfei (Serpentes: Pythonidae), from the South-western Slopes of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.129, 253-261.

Michael, D.R. Cunningham, R.B. and Lindenmayer, D.B. (2008) A forgotten habitat? Granite inselbergs conserve reptile diversity in fragmented agricultural landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology (in press)