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Email

weston@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Associate Professor (Forest Eco, Fire & Soils)
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-4675-0486

A/Prof Christopher Weston

Associate Professor (Forest Eco, Fire & Soils)
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences

119 Scholarly works
20 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Incorporating fire severity mapping into fuel accumulation curves
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181574
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Measures of pyrogenic carbon in native forest and plantations of northern Australia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2025.109784
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Machine learning prediction of fine woody fuel consumption in surface fires burning in eucalypt forest fuels
    DOI: 10.1071/WF25255
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Assessing cattle grazing impact on biomass and soil carbon pools in an Australian semi-arid woodland
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111404
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Maximizing Northern Tropical Forestry-Linking Communities and Cutting-Edge Tech
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Reducing Uncertainty in Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Indonesian Peatfires
  • 2020

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Recovery of Live Biomass After Wildfires
Christopher Weston

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Calibration of the FullCAM model for Australian native vegetation
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111204
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Using a long short-term memory neural network model to forecast mangrove change in two blue forests conservation projects
    DOI: 10.1007/s44415-025-00009-0
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Recovery of south-eastern Australian temperate forest carbon is influenced by post-fire drought as well as fire severity
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122666
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Repeated harvest residue burning reduces Eucalyptus pellita productivity on sandy soils in tropical monsoonal Australia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122502
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Simplifying emissions modelling from wildland fires: Laboratory-scale emission factors are independent of fine woody debris fuel load
    DOI: 10.1071/WF24117
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Influence of wildfire severity on plant and bird species richness, diversity and composition
    DOI: 10.1007/s44353-024-00016-w

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Maximizing Eucalyptus Forests Resilience to Increasing Fires
  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Assessing Fire Susceptibility of Alpine Ash Trees (Eucalyptus Delegatensis)

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