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Research Interests
· Application of spatial and population modelling particularly in:
1. Modelling population parameters, animal health and body condition in fluctuating environments,
2. Population Viability Analysis (PVA),
3. modelling movement,
4. habitat modelling,
5. managing and modelling threatening processes to guide conservation management and planning.
- threatened and declining species,
- habitat fragmentation effects on birds.
6. biodiversity and conservation,
7. monitoring strategies in adaptive management,
8. optimal landscape reconstruction using OPRAH.
9. modelling optimal removal strategies for pests – combining ecological models with cost-benefit analysis
PhD Students
Nicole Anderson
Honours Students
2007/08
Nicole Anderson, The biological surrogacy issue:
using surrogate species schemes for optimal habitat reconstruction in the
Michael Stead, Niche area sensitivity of tree
species in the
2006
Alex
Clark, An analysis of Fox movement in the
Nicki
Mahoney, Spatially-explicit modelling of Criminal Trespass using Multivariate
Adaptive Regression Splines
2005
Erik Van Wijk, Modelling selected dominant trees in the
Alice
Egan, The effects of grazing pressure on the Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby
2004
Laura Mitchell, Assessing the Potential of Aerial Imagery as an
Alternative to Ground-based Monitoring in Semi-arid Rangelands.
2003
Jacqueline
Best, Environmental Influences on Frog Distributions in the Mount Lofty Ranges
of
2002
Megan Harper, Using an Individual-based Simulation Model to explore
Bridal Veil (Asparagus Declinatus) invasion
and control.
Elen
Shute, Exploring habitat for Ground Parrot reintroduction on the
Dainis Skabe, GIS and Archaeology: GIS Modelling of Indigenous
Archaeology at
2001
Shannon
Waite, Modelling the risk of the envrionmental Weed:
Bridal Veil (Asparagus Declinatus).
Sarah
Gilmore, A measure of locational disadvantage in Metropolitan
Adelaide: A Spatial and Analytical Perspective.
Professional Affiliations
Ecological Society of Australia.
Other Committees
Spatial Education Australia
(SEDA).
Yellow-footed
Rock Wallaby Recovery Team
Qualifications
Bachelor of Applied Science,
Graduate Diploma in Education,
PhD,
Recent Research Publications (including State government funded research reports)
Kerr G.D., Lethbridge
Lethbridge, M.R., van Wijk E., Harper M., Best, J., (2006),
Modelling of Bird and Plant Distributional Data in the Mount Lofty Ranges (MLR)
for Conservation Planning, Report
to the Department for Environment & Heritage.
Bass, D.A., Lawrie, S.L. and
DeBats D.A. and
Lethbridge M.R. and Best, J., (2004),
Predictive modelling the distribution of selected plant species in the
Lethbridge M.R., (2004), The Survey of the
Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby in the Gawler Ranges and
Recommendations for further Monitoring, Report to the Department for
Environment & Heritage.
Lethbridge M.R. and Best, J., (2004), An Investigation
of Predicting the Distribution of Selected Plant Species in the Mount Lofty
Ranges, Report to the Conservation Council of South Australia.
Lethbridge, M.R., (2002), A Presence-absence Survey of the Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Report to the Department for Environment and Heritage S.A., Wildlife Conservation Fund Grant: DEH 21/1120.
Lethbridge M.R., Possingham
H.P. and Tyre A.J., (2001), A Spatially Explicit Population Viability Model
using GIS, Proceedings of the International
Congress on Modelling and Simulation,
Builth H. and Lethbridge, M.R. (1999), Understanding the relationship of the Gunditjmara Aboriginal people of western Victoria and the specific landform using GIS, Proceedings of the OZRI GIS Conference, Adelaide.
Biological & GIS Software Development
Spatially explicit Population Viability Analysis (PVA) software for threatened species.
Proximity analysis.
Animal home range and radio tracking software: “Triangulate”
Testing home ranges calculations for sufficient data: three DOS packages are available to test for core areas and ‘n’: core.exe (for helping find the MCP core area), forcast.exe (MCP percentiles for accumulated ‘n’ records’) and boothr.exe (Bootstrapped MCP percentiles for accumulated ‘n’ records’
Specialist aerial biological census software: “Flystat”.
Environmental GIS data capture software: “Entrack”.
Optimal Reconstruction of Altered Habitat (OPRAH).
Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) bootstrapping software.
BoM Daily rainfall data mining software for population/animal health modelling.
Refereeing
Journal of
Geography in Higher Education
Conservation
Ecology
Pattern
Recognition Letters
Australian
Mammalogy
Successful Research Grants
2008/9, Bounceback, DEH and SAAL NRM Board, ~$60,000. With
Conservation
Further vegetation studies and Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby monitoring/research
2008, Department for Environment and Conservation (WA), ~$80,000
Camel movement study in WA
2007, The Australian Federal Government, the Department for Environment and Heritage South Australia, the Department of Environment & Conservation Western Australia, Desert Channels Queensland Inc – Queensland, Department Water Land and Biodiversity Conservation – South Australia, Alinytjara Wilurara (AW) NRM Board, South Australian Arid Lands (SAAL) NRM Board and the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Land Management. With Rural Solutions SA. ~$60,000:
Camel movement study in SA
2004, Mt Lofty Ranges Birds for Biodiversity Project, $10,000:
Habitat modelling and landscape reconstruction optimisation modelling for
the needs of key bird species in the
2004, Mt Lofty Ranges Birds for Biodiversity Project, $16,000:
Habitat Modelling of selected plant species over a wider area of the
2003, Native Vegetation Council, $18,700:
Habitat modelling, soil
analysis and remote sensing investigation of selected plant species in the
2003, Bounceback, a NHT Initiative with DEH, $160,000.
A series of 12 projects
in the
Projects include vegetation monitoring, fauna mark recapture/resighting, aerial monitoring and analysis, genetic analysis (with Dr Mark Eldridge,
2002, Commonwealth Bank, “Lending a hand project” through Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA), $21,000:
The mark-recapture of the Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby, 2001 – 2003.
2002, Mt Lofty Ranges Birds for Biodiversity Project, NHT Devolved Grant Scheme, $17,500:
Habitat Modelling of selected plant species in the
2002, Birds for Biodiversity, Mt Lofty Ranges, NHT Devolved Grant Scheme, $7,235:
A study of the White-naped Honeyeater. In collaboration with
Dr Scott Field,
2000, Research Grant, Wildlife Conservation Fund, $7,500:
A survey of the Yellow-footed
Rock-wallaby in the
1999, Special Grant, Department for Environment & Heritage, $2,500:
A survey of the Black-footed
Rock-wallaby in the
1999, Research Grant, Wildlife Conservation Fund, $4,000:
Radio tracking of the Yellow-footed rock-wallaby.
Current Teaching
GEOG3017, Advanced GIS
GEOG3020, GIS Modelling
GEOG7015, GIS for Environmental Modelling
GEOG3019, GIS Applied Project
BIOL3152, Conservation and Restoration
GEOG7018, Advanced GIS Modelling
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