Craig Nitschke

How does conservation land tenure affect economic impacts of wildlife: An analysis of subsistence farmers and herders in Bhutan

undefined Yeshey, RJ Keenan, RM Ford, CR Nitschke

Journal article  |  2023  |  Trees, Forests and People

Protected areas (PA) to conserve wildlife are the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation but they can also result in increased h..

Canopy Composition and Spatial Configuration Influences Beta Diversity in Temperate Regrowth Forests of Southeastern Australia

Anu Singh, Benjamin Wagner, Sabine Kasel, Patrick J Baker, Craig R Nitschke

Journal article  |  2023  |  Drones

Structural features of the overstorey in managed and unmanaged forests can significantly influence plant community composition. Na..

Sustainable development implications of human wildlife conflict: an analysis of subsistence farmers in Bhutan

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Journal article  |  2023  |  International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are part of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SD) that aim to eradicate poverty, achie..

Combining Environmental, Multispectral, and LiDAR Data Improves Forest Type Classification: A Case Study on Mapping Cool Temperate Rainforests and Mixed Forests

Raphael Trouve, Ruizhu Jiang, Melissa Fedrigo, Matt D White, Sabine Kasel, Patrick J Baker, Craig R Nitschke

Journal article  |  2023  |  REMOTE SENSING

Predictive vegetation mapping is an essential tool for managing and conserving high conservation-value forests. Cool temperate rai..

Subsistence Farmers' Understanding of the Effects of Indirect Impacts of Human Wildlife Conflict on Their Psychosocial Well-Being in Bhutan

undefined Yeshey, Rebecca M Ford, Rodney J Keenan, Craig R Nitschke

Journal article  |  2022  |  SUSTAINABILITY

Indirect impacts of Human Wildlife Conflict (HWC) are largely ignored, poorly understood, and scantly reported in the literature o..

Concurrent assessment of functional types in extant vegetation and soil seed banks informs environmental constraints and mechanisms of plant community turnover in temperate forests of south-eastern Australia

S Kasel, CR Nitschke, SC Baker, EC Pryde

Journal article  |  2022  |  Forest Ecology and Management

Our understanding of how environmental heterogeneity shapes plant community dynamics is largely based on above-ground diversity de..

Wildfire contribution to streamflow variability across Australian temperate zone

J Khaledi, PNJ Lane, CR Nitschke, P Nyman

Journal article  |  2022  |  Journal of Hydrology

As wildfires become more frequent and severe, there are concerns regarding their impacts on water yield from forested catchments. ..

Reconstructing seasonal fire danger in southeastern Australia using tree rings

K Allen, SB Stewart, C Tozer, D Richardson, C Nitschke, J Risbey, A Dowdy, M Brookhouse, P Fox-Hughes, M Peterson, PJ Baker

Journal article  |  2022  |  International Journal of Wildland Fire

Climate projections indicate that dangerous fire weather will become more common over the coming century. We examine the potential..

Predicting plant species distributions using climate-based model ensembles with corresponding measures of congruence and uncertainty

Stephen B Stewart, Melissa Fedrigo, Sabine Kasel, Stephen H Roxburgh, Kunzang Choden, Karma Tenzin, Kathryn Allen, Craig R Nitschke, Susan Jarvis

Journal article  |  2022  |  DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Aim The increasing availability of regional and global climate data presents an opportunity to build better ecological models; how..

The cost of fruit and the penalty of youth: Predicting mean annual seed production in single-species forest stands

SF Walsh, R Trouvé, PA Vesk, B von Takach, CR Nitschke

Journal article  |  2022  |  Forest Ecology and Management

Quantifying mean annual tree seed production is important for conservation and forestry applications, but its estimation remains a..