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Overview

David A. Keith is a researcher affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. The primary area of their work centers on environmental science, with a significant focus on global and planetary change, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, atmospheric science, and ecological modeling. These fields collectively frame the scope of their academic pursuits.

They have contributed extensively to topics including ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, fire effects on ecosystems, species distribution and climate change, rangeland and wildlife management, land use and ecosystem services, rangeland management and livestock ecology, as well as conservation, biodiversity, and resource management.

Their recent scientific output includes publications such as:

  • A function-based typology for Earth's ecosystems, 2022, Nature
  • Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • High fire frequency and the impact of the 2019-2020 megafires on Australian plant diversity, 2021, Diversity and Distributions
  • Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact, 2021, Conservation Biology
  • What Do the Australian Black Summer Fires Signify for the Global Fire Crisis?, 2021, Fire

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David A. Keith include José R. Ferrer-Paris, Emily Nicholson, Richard T. Kingsford, Mark G. Tozer, and Nicholas Murray.

Publication outputs have appeared predominantly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Conservation Biology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, and Remote Sensing.

David A. Keith has also contributed to edited volumes and book publications with organizations including the University of South Florida and IUCN eBooks. Titles they have contributed to include "TF1.4 Seasonal Floodplain Marshes," "F1.2 Permanent Lowland Rivers," "F1.1 Permanent Upland Streams," "F2.3 Seasonal Freshwater Lakes," and "IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology 2.0," all published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS IN RELATION TO FIRE IN CROWN-FIRE ECOSYSTEMS

    Juli G. Pausas;Ross A. Bradstock;David A. Keith;Jon E. Keeley

  • Predicting extinction risks under climate change: coupling stochastic population models with dynamic bioclimatic habitat models.

    David A Keith;H. Resit Akçakaya;Wilfried Thuiller;Guy F Midgley

  • Faustian bargains? Restoration realities in the context of biodiversity offset policies

    Martine Maron;Richard J. Hobbs;Atte Moilanen;Jeffrey W. Matthews

  • Limits to the use of threatened species lists

    Hugh P Possingham;Sandy J Andelman;Mark A Burgman;Rodrigo A Medellı́n

  • Scientific foundations for an IUCN Red List of ecosystems.

    David A. Keith;David A. Keith;Jon Paul Rodríguez;Kathryn M. Rodríguez-Clark;Emily Nicholson

  • Ocean shores to desert dunes : the native vegetation of New South Wales and the ACT

    David Keith

  • Value of long-term ecological studies

    David B. Lindenmayer;Gene E. Likens;Gene E. Likens;Alan Andersen;David Bowman

  • An ecomodernist manifesto

    J Asafu-Adjaye;L Blomquist;S Brand;BW Brook

  • 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

  • Bias correction in species distribution models: pooling survey and collection data for multiple species.

    William Fithian;Jane Elith;Trevor Hastie;David A. Keith

  • Making Consistent IUCN Classifications under Uncertainty

    H. Reşit Akçakaya;Scott Ferson;Mark A. Burgman;David A. Keith

  • A function-based typology for Earth’s ecosystems

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  • Satellite remote sensing of ecosystem functions: opportunities, challenges and way forward

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Henrike Schulte to Bühne;Ayesha Tulloch;Grégoire Dubois

  • Uncertainty and adaptive management for biodiversity conservation

    David A. Keith;Tara G. Martin;Eve McDonald-Madden;Carl Walters

  • Taming a Wicked Problem: Resolving Controversies in Biodiversity Offsetting

    Martine Maron;Christopher D. Ives;Christopher D. Ives;Heini Kujala;Joseph W. Bull

  • Fire-driven extinction of plant populations: A synthesis of theory and review of evidence from Australian vegetation

    David Keith

  • A comparison of resampling methods for remote sensing classification and accuracy assessment

    Mitchell B. Lyons;David A. Keith;David A. Keith;Stuart R. Phinn;Tanya J. Mason

  • Plant extinction risk under climate change: are forecast range shifts alone a good indicator of species vulnerability to global warming?

    Damien A. Fordham;H. Resit Akçakaya;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Jane Elith

  • Quantifying species recovery and conservation success to develop an IUCN Green List of Species

    H. Resit Akçakaya;H. Resit Akçakaya;Elizabeth L. Bennett;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Molly K. Grace

  • A new approach for selecting fully representative reserve networks: addressing efficiency, reserve design and land suitability with an iterative analysis

    Michael Bedward;Robert L. Pressey;David A. Keith

  • Major conservation policy issues for biodiversity in Oceania.

    Richard Kingsford;James Watson;Carolyn Lundquist;Oscar Venter

  • Establishing IUCN Red List Criteria for Threatened Ecosystems

    Jon Paul Rodríguez;Kathryn M. Rodríguez-Clark;Jonathan E. M. Baillie;Neville Ash

  • Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria. Version 1.1

    L. M. Bland;D.A. Keith;R.M. Miller;N.J. Murray

  • SPECIAL FEATURE PAPER: NEW OPPORTUNITIES AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN ECOLOGY AND STATISTICS Bias correction in species distribution models: pooling survey and collection data for multiple species

    William Fithian;Jane Elith;Trevor Hastie;David A. Keith

Frequent Co-Authors

Tracey J. Regan
Tracey J. Regan Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
Emily Nicholson
Emily Nicholson Deakin University
Mark A. Burgman
Mark A. Burgman Imperial College London
David B. Lindenmayer
David B. Lindenmayer Australian National University
Jon Paul Rodríguez
Jon Paul Rodríguez Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
Helen M. Regan
Helen M. Regan University of California, Riverside
H. Resit Akçakaya
H. Resit Akçakaya Stony Brook University
Tony D. Auld
Tony D. Auld University of New South Wales
Michael A. McCarthy
Michael A. McCarthy University of Melbourne
Richard T. Kingsford
Richard T. Kingsford University of New South Wales

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