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Andrew F. Bennett

Andrew F. Bennett

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
69
Citations
17603
World Ranking
1443
National Ranking
121

Overview

Andrew F. Bennett is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology.

The main subfields of study in their work include:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The core topics addressed in Bennett's research are:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Urban Green Space and Health

Recent publications by Bennett illustrate their engagement with fire ecology, habitat fragmentation, and urban impacts on biodiversity. Selected papers include:

  • "Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene," 2020, published in Science
  • "How fire interacts with habitat loss and fragmentation," 2021, published in Biological Reviews
  • "Foraging by an avian ecosystem engineer extensively modifies the litter and soil layer in forest ecosystems," 2020, published in Ecological Applications
  • "Housing or habitat: what drives patterns of avian species richness in urbanized landscapes?" 2023, published in Landscape Ecology
  • "Continental threat: How many common carp (Cyprinus carpio) are there in Australia?" 2021, published in Biological Conservation

Bennett frequently collaborates with a number of researchers. Their most frequent co-authors are:

  • Angie Haslem
  • James Q. Radford
  • Alex C. Maisey
  • Luke T. Kelly
  • Michael F. Clarke

Key venues where Bennett has published multiple works include:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Ecological Applications
  • Austral Ecology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Applied Ecology

Best Publications

  • Linkages in the Landscape: The Role of Corridors and Connectivity in Wildlife Conservation

    Andrew F. Bennett

  • A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation

    David Lindenmayer;Richard J. Hobbs;Rebecca Montague-Drake;Jason Alexandra

  • Properties of land mosaics: Implications for nature conservation in agricultural environments

    Andrew F. Bennett;James Q. Radford;Angie Haslem

  • Landscape-level thresholds of habitat cover for woodland-dependent birds

    James Q. Radford;Andrew F. Bennett;Garry J. Cheers

  • ROADS, ROADSIDES AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION: A REVIEW

    A F Bennett

  • Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene

    Luke T. Kelly;Katherine M. Giljohann;Andrea Duane;Nuria Aquilue

  • Fire management for biodiversity conservation: Key research questions and our capacity to answer them

    Don A. Driscoll;David B. Lindenmayer;Andrew F. Bennett;Michael Bode

  • Habitat corridors and the conservation of small mammals in a fragmented forest environment

    Andrew F. Bennett

  • Habitat fragmentation and landscape change

    Andrew F. Bennett;Denis A. Saunders

  • Scattered trees in rural landscapes: foraging habitat for insectivorous bats in south-eastern Australia

    Linda F. Lumsden;Linda F. Lumsden;Andrew F. Bennett

  • Vive la résistance: reviving resistance for 21st century conservation

    D.G. Nimmo;D.G. Nimmo;R. Mac Nally;S.C. Cunningham;S.C. Cunningham;A. Haslem;A. Haslem

  • Habitat or fuel? Implications of long‐term, post‐fire dynamics for the development of key resources for fauna and fire

    Angie Haslem;Angie Haslem;Luke T. Kelly;Dale G. Nimmo;Simon J. Watson

  • Corridor use and the elements of corridor quality: chipmunks and fencerows in a farmland mosaic

    Andrew F. Bennett;Kringen Henein;Gray Merriam

  • REVIEW: Refuges for fauna in fire‐prone landscapes: their ecological function and importance

    Natasha M. Robinson;Steve W.J. Leonard;Euan G. Ritchie;Michelle Bassett

  • Collapse of an avifauna: climate change appears to exacerbate habitat loss and degradation

    Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Andrew F Bennett;James Robertson Thomson;James Quentin Radford

  • Forecasting the impacts of habitat fragmentation. Evaluation of species-specific predictions of the impact of habitat fragmentation on birds in the box–ironbark forests of central Victoria, Australia

    Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Andrew F Bennett;Gregory Horrocks

  • Tree hollows as a resource for wildlife in remnant woodlands: spatial and temporal patterns across the northern plains of Victoria, Australia

    A. F. Bennett;L. F. Lumsden;A. O. Nicholls

  • The relative importance of landscape properties for woodland birds in agricultural environments

    James Q Radford;Andrew F Bennett

  • Effects of stock grazing on the ground invertebrate fauna of woodland remnants

    Lindell Bromham;Marcel Cardillo;Andrew F. Bennett;Mark A. Elgar

  • Birds in agricultural mosaics: the influence of landscape pattern and countryside heterogeneity.

    Angie Haslem;Andrew F. Bennett

Frequent Co-Authors

Dale G. Nimmo
Dale G. Nimmo Charles Sturt University
Ralph Charles Mac Nally
Ralph Charles Mac Nally University of Canberra
David B. Lindenmayer
David B. Lindenmayer Australian National University
Richard J. Hobbs
Richard J. Hobbs University of Western Australia
Rodney van der Ree
Rodney van der Ree University of Melbourne
Michael A. McCarthy
Michael A. McCarthy University of Melbourne
Euan G. Ritchie
Euan G. Ritchie Deakin University
James Robertson Thomson
James Robertson Thomson Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
Peter A. Vesk
Peter A. Vesk University of Melbourne
Don A. Driscoll
Don A. Driscoll Deakin University

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