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mamcca@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0003-1039-7980

Prof Michael McCarthy

Professor
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences

294 Scholarly works
44 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Synergies between disease and urbanization drive the decline of threatened amphibian metapopulations
    DOI: 10.1002/eap.70217
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Contribution of microcosm experiments to conservation science
    DOI: 10.1111/cobi.70129
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The relationship between pyrodiversity and biodiversity
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111294
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Interdisciplinary challenges for wildfire futures
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104175
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Microcosm Experiments for Improved Species Distribution Models
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Enabling Wider Use of Mechanistic Models for Biodiversity Forecasts
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Spatially Explicit Solutions for Managing Fire and Biodiversity
Michael McCarthy

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2025
The University of Melbourne
2025
The University of Melbourne
2010
ARC Future Fellowship
2008
Fenner Medal Australian Academy of Science

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    An analytical solution for optimising multi-species detection surveys
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111169
  • 2024

    Journal article

    The costs and benefits of publicising species discoveries
    DOI: 10.1111/conl.13044
  • 2024

    Journal article

    When to monitor or control: Informed invasive species management using a partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) framework
    DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.14374
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Harnessing historic records and long-term monitoring data to evaluate amphibian extinction dynamics
    DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110477
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Four principles for improved statistical ecology
    DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.14270
  • 2024

    Reference Work

    Population Viability Analysis
    DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-822562-2.00296-6

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2020

    Research Contracts

    Ways of Knowing Country
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Spatially Explicit Solutions for Managing Fire and Biodiversity

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