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Carla Catterall

Carla Catterall

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
52
Citations
8273
World Ranking
3513
National Ranking
273

Overview

Carla Catterall is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and primarily works within the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Insect Science.

The main topics in their work focus heavily on ecological and conservation themes. These include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Conservation Techniques and Studies

Catterall has contributed to multiple research articles published in various scientific journals. Some recent papers include:

  • "Managing a World Heritage Site in the Face of Climate Change: A Case Study of the Wet Tropics in Northern Queensland" (2021), published in Earth
  • "Enhancing bird-mediated seed dispersal to increase rainforest regeneration in disused pasture - A restoration experiment" (2020), published in Forest Ecology and Management
  • "Evaluating the evidence of culling a native species for conservation benefits" (2021), published in Conservation Science and Practice
  • "Effects of habitat transitions on rainforest bird communities across an anthropogenic landscape mosaic" (2020), published in Biotropica
  • "Smart allocation of restoration funds over space and time" (2021), published in Ecological Applications

Frequent publication venues for Catterall include:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Earth
  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • Biotropica
  • Ecological Applications

Their scientific collaborations regularly involve co-authors such as:

  • Luke P. Shoo
  • Ellen T. Weber
  • John A. Locke
  • Liz Ota
  • Bruce Prideaux

Their research addresses key challenges in conservation and ecological restoration, often focusing on applied approaches to managing habitats and species under changing environmental conditions. This includes work on climate change impacts on natural landscapes, restoration funding strategies, and ecological dynamics within anthropogenic mosaics.

Best Publications

  • Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities

    Etienne Laliberté;Jessie A. Wells;Fabrice DeClerck;Daniel J. Metcalfe

  • Management of plant invasions mediated by frugivore interactions

    Yvonne M. Buckley;Yvonne M. Buckley;Sandra Anderson;Carla P. Catterall;Richard T. Corlett

  • Consequences of broadscale timber plantations for biodiversity in cleared rainforest landscapes of tropical and subtropical Australia

    John Joseph Kanowski;Carla Catterall;G.W. Wardell-Johnson

  • Development of forest structure on cleared rainforest land in eastern Australia under different styles of reforestation

    John Joseph Kanowski;Carla Catterall;G.W. Wardell-Johnson;Heather Coreen Proctor

  • Tropical reforestation and climate change: beyond carbon

    Bruno Locatelli;Carla P. Catterall;Pablo Imbach;Chetan Kumar

  • Bushland modification and styles of urban development: their effects on birds in south-east Queensland

    Sven R. Sewell;Carla P. Catterall

  • Integrating plant- and animal-based perspectives for more effective restoration of biodiversity

    Clive McAlpine;Carla P Catterall;Ralph Mac Nally;David Lindenmayer

  • Flocking and predator surveillance in house sparrows: Test of an hypothesis

    Mark A. Elgar;Carla P. Catterall

  • A particular case and a general pattern: hyperaggressive behaviour by one species may mediate avifaunal decreases in fragmented Australian forests

    Scott Douglas Piper;Carla Catterall

  • The use of ants and other soil and litter arthropods as bio-indicators of the impacts of rainforest clearing and subsequent land use

    Akihiro Nakamura;Carla P. Catterall;Alan P. N. House;Roger L. Kitching

  • Using soil and litter arthropods to assess the state of rainforest restoration

    Aki Nakamura;Heather Coreen Proctor;Carla Catterall

  • Is landscape context important for riparian conservation? Birds in grassy woodland

    Tara G. Martin;Tara G. Martin;Sue McIntyre;Carla P. Catterall;Hugh P. Possingham

  • The use of bushland, corridors, and linear remnants by birds in southeastern Queensland, Australia

    Jocelyn M. Bentley;Carla P. Catterall

  • Long-distance and frequent movements of the flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus: implications for management.

    Billie Roberts;Carla Catterall;Peggy Eby;John Joseph Kanowski;John Joseph Kanowski

  • Slow recovery of tropical old-field rainforest regrowth and the value and limitations of active restoration

    Luke P. Shoo;Kylie Freebody;John Kanowski;John Kanowski;Carla P. Catterall

  • Avifaunal disarray due to a single despotic species

    Martine Maron;Merilyn J Grey;Carla P Catterall;Richard E Major

  • Factors affecting the use of reforested sites by reptiles in cleared rainforest landscapes in tropical and subtropical Australia

    John Joseph Kanowski;Terence Michael Reis;Carla Catterall;Scott Douglas Piper

  • Antipredator Defenses Influence the Distribution of Amphibian Prey Species in the Central Amazon Rain Forest1

    Jean-Marc Hero;William E. Magnusson;Carlos F. D. Rocha;Carla P. Catterall

  • Reduced dispersal of native plant species as a consequence of the reduced abundance of frugivore species in fragmented rainforest

    Catherine Louise Moran;Carla Catterall;John Joseph Kanowski

  • Functional variation among frugivorous birds: implications for rainforest seed dispersal in a fragmented subtropical landscape.

    Catherine Louise Moran;Carla Catterall;Ronda Joy Green;Michael Francis Olsen

  • Land-use intensification reduces functionalredundancy and response diversity in plantcommunities

    Etienne Laliberte;Jessie A. Wells;Fabrice DeClerck;Daniel J. Metcalfe

Frequent Co-Authors

Grant Wardell-Johnson
Grant Wardell-Johnson Curtin University
Luke P. Shoo
Luke P. Shoo University of Queensland
Roger L. Kitching
Roger L. Kitching Griffith University
Jane M. Hughes
Jane M. Hughes Griffith University
Tara G. Martin
Tara G. Martin University of British Columbia
Martine Maron
Martine Maron University of Queensland
David Lamb
David Lamb University of New England
John C. Z. Woinarski
John C. Z. Woinarski Charles Darwin University
Peter A. Vesk
Peter A. Vesk University of Melbourne
Kerrie A. Wilson
Kerrie A. Wilson Queensland University of Technology

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