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Email

craign@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor in Landscape Dynamics
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
Education
PhD
University of British Columbia
PhD
University of British Columbia
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of British Columbia

University of Canterbury
ORCID

0000-0003-2514-9744

Prof Craig Nitschke

Professor in Landscape Dynamics
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences

135 Scholarly works
62 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Drone-based wildlife surveys elicit minimal vigilance in nocturnal arboreal mammals: evidence from comparisons with ground-based detection methods
    DOI: 10.1071/rs25004
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Chemical composition of post-fire epicormic foliage affects nutritional quality for folivores
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123569
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Global warming reduces the carrying capacity of the tallest angiosperm species (Eucalyptus regnans)
    DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-15563
  • 2022

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Is Climate Change Altering the Carrying Capacity of the World's Forests?
  • 2022

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Minderoo \2013 Climate Future Plots
  • 2019

    Research Contracts

    IFER CORE: Understanding and Predicting Victoria’s Forest Biodiversity and Community Dynamics
  • 2014

    Journal article

    Multiple ecosystem services and disservices of the urban forest establishing their connections with landscape structure and sociodemographics
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.02.007
Craig Nitschke

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    High resolution LiDAR and environmental variables enable fine scale predictions of hollow-bearing tree abundance across a complex temperate forest landscape
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123440
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Climate variability shapes the mutualistic interaction between truffle-like ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi and a mycophagous mammal
    DOI: 10.1002/ecog.08410
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Overriding influence of climate on future carbon stocks in Australian temperate forests
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181260
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Model predictions of key revegetation species response to climate change differ between correlative and mechanistic models: implications for adapting restoration
    DOI: 10.1111/rec.70240
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Global warming reduces the carrying capacity of the tallest angiosperm species (Eucalyptus regnans)
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62535-x
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The impact of a severe wildfire on canopy structure and composition in a lowland mixed-eucalypt forest in southeastern Australia
    DOI: 10.1186/s42408-025-00366-3
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Severe disturbance sets a lowland mixed-eucalypt forest in south-eastern Australia on a new developmental trajectory
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123182

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2025

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    CCFS_AFWI - A Feasibility Assessment Framework for Regional Investment in Integrated Medium-Scale Production and Processing of Native Hardwood Timber- Proposal 2 (Conditional)

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