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frederickwilliam.rainsford@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Research Fellow in Ecosystem Conservation Science
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
ORCID

0000-0002-2316-9197

Frederick William Rainsford

Research Fellow in Ecosystem Conservation Science
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences

16 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Agricultural intensification impacts native, but not non-native, plant richness and species-area relationships across south-eastern Australia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2026.110358
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Farm-scale Natural Capital Accounting: Unlocking the potential of natural capital to support sustainable agriculture
    DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.70245
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Restoring Mediterranean heathlands for declining birds: Initial responses to mosaic cutting and prescribed burning in the Natura 2000 LIFE program
    DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.70283
  • 2026

    Journal article

    A Typology of Australian Terrestrial Bird Communities
    DOI: 10.1111/ddi.70143
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Natural capital enhances farm production, profitability and financial resilience: findings from a study on 230,000 ha of farmland in Australia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104553
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Natural capital metrics as predictors of farm-scale richness of birds and plants
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2025.109746
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Biodiversity accounting on farms: Relating diversity of bird assemblages to ecosystem condition
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177974
Frederick William Rainsford

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Journal article

    A state-and-transition model framework to take stock of natural capital on farms
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104104
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Semelparous marsupials reduce sleep for sex
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.064
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Ecosystem type and species’ traits help explain bird responses to spatial patterns of fire
    DOI: 10.1186/s42408-023-00221-3

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