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Overview

Nick Reid is affiliated with the University of New England in Australia, focusing on environmental science with a considerable body of work in ecology and related subfields. Their research spans across several domains, including ecology, global and planetary change, astronomy and astrophysics, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Subfields of their research cover:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Nick Reid's work addresses topics such as fire effects on ecosystems, bat biology and ecology studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, astro and planetary science, rangeland and wildlife management, wildlife ecology and conservation, and animal ecology and behavior studies.

The primary topics of work are:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Nick Reid has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Indigenous Knowledge and Seasonal Calendar Inform Adaptive Savanna Burning in Northern Australia (2020) in Sustainability
  • Co-producing a fire and seasons calendar to support renewed Indigenous cultural fire management (2021) in Austral Ecology
  • Brushtail possum terrestrial activity patterns are driven by climatic conditions, breeding and moonlight intensity (2023) in Mammal Research
  • Insectivorous bats foraging in cotton crop interiors is driven by moon illumination and insect abundance, but diversity benefits from woody vegetation cover (2020) in Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Indigenous cultural burning had less impact than wildfire on the threatened Backwater grevillea (Grevillea scortechinii subsp. sarmentosa) while effectively decreasing fuel loads (2021) in International Journal of Wildland Fire

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Austral Ecology
  • International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Aerospace Science and Technology
  • Sustainability

Collaborative work features frequent co-authors such as:

  • Rhiannon Smith
  • Michelle McKemey
  • Emilie Ens
  • John T. Hunter
  • Heidi Kolkert

Nick Reid's research integrates perspectives from ecology, environmental science, and planetary studies, contributing to understanding ecological dynamics, fire management, and wildlife behavior across diverse Australian landscapes and beyond.

Best Publications

  • Dispersal of Misteltoes by Honeyeaters and Flowerpeckers: Components of Seed Dispersal Quality

    Nick Reid

  • Coevolution of mistletoes and frugivorous birds

    Nick Reid

  • Communicating Ecology Through Art: What Scientists Think

    David Curtis;Nick Reid;Guy-Anthony Ballard

  • Utilization of shrubs and trees for browse, fuelwood and timber in the Tamaulipan thornscrub, northeastern Mexico

    Nick Reid;Jorge Marroquín;Peter Beyer-Münzel

  • Climate Change and the Potential Distribution of an Invasive Shrub, Lantana camara L

    Subhashni Taylor;Lalit Kumar;Nick Reid;Darren J. Kriticos;Darren J. Kriticos

  • Tree decline in agricultural landscapes: what we stand to lose.

    N. Reid;J. Landsberg;R. J. Hobbs;C. J. Yates

  • Differential passage time of mistletoe fruits through the gut of honeyeaters and flowerpeckers: effects on seedling establishment.

    S. R. Murphy;Nick Reid;Zhaogui Yan;W. N. Venables

  • Lessons in Ecosystem Management from Management of Threatened and Pest Loranthaceous Mistletoes in New Zealand and Australia

    David A. Norton;Nick Reid

  • Ecology and population biology of mistletoes.

    N. Reid;M. S. Smith;Yan ZhaoGui;M. D. Lowman

  • Can volunteers collect data that are comparable to professional scientists? A study of variables used in monitoring the outcomes of ecosystem rehabilitation.

    John Gollan;Lisa Lobry de Bruyn;Nick Reid;Lance Wilkie

  • Factors related to gully erosion in woody encroachment in south-eastern Australia.

    Carlos Munoz-Robles;Nicholas Reid;Paul Frazier;Matthew Tighe

  • Impact of mistletoes (Amyema miquelii) on host (Eucalyptus blakelyi and Eucalyptus melliodora) survival and growth in temperate Australia

    Nick Reid;Zhaogui Yan;Jim Fittler

  • Soil hydrological and erosional responses in patches and inter-patches in vegetation states in semi-arid Australia

    Carlos Muñoz-Robles;Nick Reid;Matthew Tighe;Sue V. Briggs

  • Insectivorous bats selectively source moths and eat mostly pest insects on dryland and irrigated cotton farms

    Heidi Kolkert;Rose Andrew;Rhiannon Smith;Romina Rader

  • Floristic and structural variation in the Tamaulipan thornscrub, northeastern Mexico

    N. Reid;Smith D.M. Stafford;P. Beyer‐Miinzel;J. Marroquin

  • Mutualistic interdependence between mistletoes (Amyema quandang), and spiny‐cheeked honeyeaters and mistletoebirds in an arid woodland

    Nick Reid

  • Adaptive restoration of sand-mined areas for biological conservation

    Jason Cummings;Nick Reid;Ian Davies;Carl Grant

  • Mistletoe (Amyema miquelii and A. pendulum) seedling establishment in eucalypt hosts in eastern Australia

    Zhaogui Yan;Nick Reid

  • Population dynamics of an arid zone mistletoe (Amyema preissii, Loranthaceae) and its host Acacia victoriae (Mimosaceae)

    Mark Stafford Smith;Nick Reid

  • Nature and Farming: Sustaining Native Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes

    David Norton Fls;Nick Reid

  • Spread of mistletoes (Amyema preissii) in fragmented Australian woodlands: a simulation study

    Sandra Lavorel;Mark Stafford Smith;Nick Reid

  • Towards ecological sustainability: observations on the role of the arts

    David J. Curtis;Nick Reid;Ian Reeve

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson University of New England
Lalit Kumar
Lalit Kumar University of New England
Romina Rader
Romina Rader University of New England
Peter J. Clarke
Peter J. Clarke University of New England
David Lamb
David Lamb University of New England
Peter J. S. Fleming
Peter J. S. Fleming University of Southern Queensland
Mark Stafford Smith
Mark Stafford Smith Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
David A. Norton
David A. Norton University of Canterbury
Sue McIntyre
Sue McIntyre Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Darren J. Kriticos
Darren J. Kriticos Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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