David Bass

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies
Environmental Weeds; Soils; Environmental Change; Biogeography; Seed Dispersal Ecology; Environmental Management

Contact Details Office: Room 310 Social Sciences North Postal: School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia Email: David.Bass@flinders.edu.au Phone: (08) 8201 2107 (in Australia); (618) 8201 2107 (outside Australia) Fax: (08) 8201 3521 (in Australia); (618) 8201 3521 (outside Australia)

Qualifications

BSc (UNSW), PhD (UNE)

Position Held

Senior Lecturer

Current Teaching

• Australian Environmental Change GEOG 2006 / ENVS 8004
• Environmental Weeds ENVS 3006
• Environmental Management Industry Placement ENVS 7005
• Environmental Systems ENVS 2704 / ENVS 8003

Current and Recent Scholarly Activities

• Director of Studies for Bachelor of Environmental Management 2004
• Scientific Advisory Committee, Flinders
• Research Centre for Coastland Catchment Environments

Research Areas

• Biological invasions
• Environmental Weeds
• Plant-animal interactions
• Seed dispersal ecology

Selected Publications

• Crossman, N.D. and Bass, D.A. 2007. Application of Common Predictive Habitat Techniques for Post-border Weed Risk Management, Journal of Conservation Biogeography, Biodiversity Research, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
• Bass, D.A., Crossman, N.D., Lawrie, S.L. and Lethbridge, M.R. 2006. The importance of population growth, seed dispersal and habitat suitability in determining plant invasiveness, Euphytica, 149, 97-109.
• Crossman, N.D. and Bass, D.A 2002. Mapping Environmental Weeds on the Western Slopes of the Mount Lofty Ranges, Environmental Weeds Group, Flinders Press, Adelaide.
• Crossman, N.D., Bass, D.A., Virtue, J.G. and Jupp, P.W. 2002. Feral olives (Olea europaea L. ssp. europaea) in Australia: an issue of conservation concern, Advances in Horticultural Sciences, 16(3-4), 175-183.
• Crossman, N.D., Virtue, J.G., Jupp, P.W., Kochergen, J.J. and Bass, D.A. 2002. Remote sensing, GIS and environmental weed risk assessment: management of feral olives in South Australia. Proceedings of the Joint AURISA and Institution of Surveyors Conference, Adelaide, November 25-30.
• McGrath R.J., and Bass D.A 1999. Seed dispersal by Emus on the New South Wales North-east coast. Emu. 99, 248-252
• Bass D.A. 1999. How about investigating weeds with students? South Australian Geographer 14, 18-23.
• Boyd W.E., Cullen M., Bass D.A., Pittman J. and Regan J. 1998. A Response to apparently-low levels of numeracy and literacy amongst first year university environmental science students: a Numeracy and Literacy Skills Survey. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, vol. 7, no. 2, pp.106-121.
• Connolly R.M., Dalton A. and Bass D.A. 1997. Fish use of an inundated saltmarsh flat in a temperate Australian estuary. Aust J. Ecol. 22, 222-226.
• Bass D.A. 1996. Pied Currawongs and invading ornamentals: what's happening in northern New South Wales. Proc 11th Aust Weds Conf., Melbourne, pp. 362-365.
• Bass D.A. 1995. Contribution of Introduced Fruits to the Winter Diet of Pied Currawongs in Armidale, NSW. Corella 19, 127-132.
• Bass D.A. 1991. A Comparative Study of the Invasiveness of Two Alien Fleshy-fruiting Woody Plants on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. Kowari 2, 147-149.
• Bass D.A. 1990. Pied Currawongs and Seed Dispersal. Corella 14, 24-27.
• Bass D.A. 1990. Dispersal of an Introduced Shrub (Crataegus monogyna) by the Brush-tailed Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). Aust. J. Ecol. 15, 227-229.
• Bass D.A. and Bass D.J. 1990. Parietaria judaica L. A Cause of Allergic Disease in Sydney. A Study of Habit and Spread of the Weed. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 64, 97-101.
• Bass D.A. 1989. Seasonal Changes in the Behaviour and Abundance of Pied Currawongs Strepera graculina and the Consequences for Seed Dispersal. Australian Bird Watcher 13, 78-80.
  
  Last updated 20/8/07