Senior Research Officer
Phone: +61 (0)2 6944 4586 or 0427 777 602
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6125 0746
E-mail: becmd@westnet.com.au

Rebecca joined David Lindenmayer's team of ecologists in 2005. She is based in Gundagai. Rebecca has a BSc. (Resource and Environmental Management) (ANU), Hons. Her PhD 'Strategic Management of Artificial Watering Points for Biodiversity Conservation' examined the impact of artificial watering points on flora and fauna in an arid national park. My two key duties are Project Manager for the Biodiversity Baseline Monitoring Project for the Murray CMA and also doing some research on declining woodland birds.

Upon moving to the South West Slopes in 2002, Rebecca became aware of the urgent need to better protect and understand temperate woodlands. Over the past few years, Rebecca has been active in this regard working as a Project Officer (Biodiversity Conservation in the Wheat-Sheep Belt) with DEC and later joining David's team and becoming involved with the South West Slopes Restoration Study and associated extension program. As part of David's team, Rebecca also assists with field surveys and associated research activities across several other projects and is currently researching the habitat requirements of select declining woodland bird species. See: more information about Rebecca: http://fennerschool-research.anu.edu.au/cle/personnel/rebeccapage.php

Selected Publications

Lindenmayer, D.B., Fischer, J., Felton, A, Montague-Drake, R., Manning, A., Simberloff, D., Youngentob, K., Saunders, D., Blomberg, S., Wilson, D., Felton, A.M., Blackmore, C., Lowe, A., and Elliott, C.P. The complementarity of single-species and ecosystem-based research - why maintaining single-species work is important. Oikos (in press).

Montague-Drake, R.M and Croft, D.B.C. (2004). Do Kangaroos Exhibit Water-focused Grazing Patterns in Arid New South Wales? A Case Study in Sturt National Park. Australian Mammalogy, 26: 87-100