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Overview

Graeme Gillespie is affiliated with the Government of the Northern Territory in Australia. Their work primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Genetics.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Graeme Gillespie has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Biological Conservation (9 publications)
  • Pacific Conservation Biology (5 publications)
  • Wildlife Research (3 publications)
  • Ecology and Evolution (2 publications)
  • Journal of Applied Ecology (2 publications)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Gillespie are:

  • The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time-bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019-2020 Australian megafires, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity, 2022, Science
  • Status and priority conservation actions for Australian frog species, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • A national-scale dataset for threats impacting Australia's imperiled flora and fauna, 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction, 2020, Pacific Conservation Biology

Gillespie frequently collaborates with other researchers. Some of the coauthors with recurrent joint publications are:

  • John C. Z. Woinarski
  • Stephen T. Garnett
  • Conrad J. Hoskin
  • Chris J. Jolly
  • Sarah Legge

Best Publications

  • Effect of season and temperature on mortality in amphibians due to chytridiomycosis

    L Berger;R Speare;HB Hines;G Marantelli

  • Enumerating a continental-scale threat: How many feral cats are in Australia?

    S. Legge;B. P. Murphy;Hugh McGregor;John Woinarski

  • Havens for threatened Australian mammals: the contributions of fenced areas and offshore islands to the protection of mammal species susceptible to introduced predators

    Sarah Legge;Sarah Legge;John C. Z. Woinarski;Andrew A. Burbidge;Russell Palmer

  • After the epidemic: Ongoing declines, stabilizations and recoveries in amphibians afflicted by chytridiomycosis

    Ben C. Scheele;Lee F. Skerratt;Laura F. Grogan;David A. Hunter

  • The role of introduced trout in the decline of the spotted tree frog (Litoria Spenceri) in south-eastern Australia

    Graeme R Gillespie;Graeme R Gillespie

  • The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time‐bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019–2020 Australian megafires

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  • Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity

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  • Stemming the tide: progress towards resolving the causes of decline and implementing management responses for the disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia

    Mark R. Ziembicki;John C. Z. Woinarski;Jonathan K. Webb;Eric Vanderduys

  • Impacts of sediment loads, tadpole density, and food type on the growth and development of tadpoles of the spotted tree frog Litoria spenceri: an in-stream experiment

    Graeme R Gillespie;Graeme R Gillespie

  • Continental-scale assessment reveals inadequate monitoring for threatened vertebrates in a megadiverse country

    Benjamin Scheele;Sarah Legge;Sarah Legge;Wade Blanchard;Stephen Garnett

  • Degrees of population-level susceptibility of Australian terrestrial non-volant mammal species to predation by the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and feral cat (Felis catus)

    James Q. Radford;John C. Z. Woinarski;Sarah Legge;Sarah Legge;Marcus Baseler

  • How to ensure threatened species monitoring leads to threatened species conservation

    Natasha M. Robinson;Ben C. Scheele;Sarah Legge;Darren M. Southwell

  • Conservation of amphibians in Borneo: Relative value of secondary tropical forest and non-forest habitats

    Graeme R. Gillespie;Eddie Ahmad;Berjaya Elahan;Alice Evans

  • Overview of the Conservation Status of Australian Frogs

    Jean Marc Hero;Clare Morrison;Graeme R Gillespie;J Dale Roberts

  • Contemplating the future: acting now on long-term monitoring to answer 2050’s questions

    David B. Lindenmayer;David B. Lindenmayer;Emma L. Burns;Emma L. Burns;Philip Tennant;Philip Tennant;Chris R. Dickman;Chris R. Dickman

  • Status and priority conservation actions for Australian frog species

    Graeme R. Gillespie;J. Dale Roberts;David Hunter;Conrad J. Hoskin

  • Geographic and taxonomic patterns of extinction risk in Australian squamates

    Reid Tingley;Stewart L. Macdonald;Nicola J. Mitchell;John C.Z. Woinarski

  • Phylogeography, hotspots and conservation priorities: an example from the Top End of Australia

    D.F. Rosauer;M.P.K. Blom;G. Bourke;S. Catalano

  • Top-down control of species distributions: Feral cats driving the regional extinction of a threatened rodent in northern Australia

    Hugh F. Davies;Michael A. McCarthy;Ronald S. C. Firth;John C. Z. Woinarski

  • A national-scale dataset for threats impacting Australia's imperiled flora and fauna.

    Michelle Ward;Michelle Ward;Josie Carwardine;Chuan J. Yong;James E.M. Watson

  • Planning for ex situ conservation in the face of uncertainty

    Stefano Canessa;Sarah J. Converse;Matt West;Nick Clemann

  • A new velvet gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory.

    Paul M Oliver;Chris Jolly;Phillip Skipwith;Leonardo Goncalves Tedeschi

  • Multiple cameras required to reliably detect feral cats in northern Australian tropical savanna: an evaluation of sampling design when using camera traps

    Danielle Stokeld;Anke S. K. Frank;Brydie Hill;Jenni L. Choy

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Z. Woinarski
John C. Z. Woinarski Charles Darwin University
Sarah Legge
Sarah Legge Australian National University
Brett P. Murphy
Brett P. Murphy Charles Darwin University
Chris R. Dickman
Chris R. Dickman University of Sydney
Jonathan K. Webb
Jonathan K. Webb University of Technology Sydney
Conrad J. Hoskin
Conrad J. Hoskin James Cook University
Tim S. Jessop
Tim S. Jessop Deakin University
Benoit Goossens
Benoit Goossens Cardiff University
Brendan A. Wintle
Brendan A. Wintle University of Melbourne
Ben L. Phillips
Ben L. Phillips University of Melbourne

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