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Samantha A. Setterfield

Samantha A. Setterfield

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
8792
World Ranking
7496
National Ranking
580

Overview

Samantha A. Setterfield is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant number of publications in the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Water Science and Technology, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Rangeland and Wildlife Management.

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Michael M. Douglas
  • Caroline A. Canham
  • Leah Beesley
  • Lindsay B. Hutley
  • Bradley J. Pusey

Setterfield has published several papers in well-known venues. Recent publications include:

  • Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic, 2021, published in Global Change Biology
  • Satellite prediction of forest flowering phenology, 2021, published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Regional-scale fire severity mapping of Eucalyptus forests with the Landsat archive, 2022, published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Leveraging High-Resolution Satellite Imagery and Gradient Boosting for Invasive Weed Mapping, 2020, published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • Seasonal Shift From Biogenic to Geogenic Fluvial Carbon Caused by Changing Water Sources in the Wet-Dry Tropics, 2020, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

The venues where they often publish include Scientific Reports, Freshwater Biology, Global Change Biology, Remote Sensing of Environment, and Ecohydrology.

Best Publications

  • Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions

    A. Guisan;R. Tingley;J. B. Baumgartner;I. Naujokaitis-Lewis

  • Estimating the financial risks of Andropogon gayanus to greenhouse gas abatement projects in northern Australia

    Vanessa M Adams;Vanessa M Adams;Samantha A Setterfield

  • Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

    Yan Shih Lin;Belinda E. Medlyn;Remko A. Duursma;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice

  • Testing the grass-fire cycle: alien grass invasion in the tropical savannas of northern Australia

    Natalie A. Rossiter;Samantha A. Setterfield;Michael M. Douglas;Lindsay B. Hutley

  • Fire frequency and biodiversity conservation in Australian tropical savannas: implications from the Kapalga fire experiment

    Alan N. Andersen;Garry D. Cook;Laurie K. Corbett;Michael M. Douglas

  • Measuring benefits of protected area management: trends across realms and research gaps for freshwater systems.

    Vanessa M. Adams;Samantha A. Setterfield;Michael M. Douglas;Mark J. Kennard

  • Invasions: the trail behind, the path ahead, and a test of a disturbing idea

    Angela T Moles;Habacuc Flores-Moreno;Stephen P Bonser;David I Warton

  • Turning up the heat: the impacts of Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass) invasion on fire behaviour in northern Australian savannas

    Samantha A. Setterfield;Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Lindsay B. Hutley;Michael M. Douglas

  • Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic

    Dana M. Bergstrom;Dana M. Bergstrom;Barbara C. Wienecke;John van den Hoff;Lesley Hughes

  • Fire research for conservation management in tropical savannas: Introducing the Kapalga fire experiment

    Alan N. Andersen;Richard W. Braithwaite;Garry D. Cook;Laurie K. Corbett

  • Invasive Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass) is an ecosystem transformer of nitrogen relations in Australian savanna

    Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Samantha A. Setterfield;Samantha A. Setterfield;Michael M. Douglas;Michael M. Douglas;Lindsay B. Hutley;Lindsay B. Hutley

  • Seedling establishment in an Australian tropical savanna: effects of seed supply, soil disturbance and fire

    Samantha A. Setterfield

  • Floodplain inundation and vegetation dynamics in the Alligator Rivers region (Kakadu) of northern Australia assessed using optical and radar remote sensing

    Doug P. Ward;Aaron M. Petty;Samantha A. Setterfield;Michael M. Douglas

  • Shrub invasion of a tropical wetland: implications for weed management

    G. D. Cook;S. A. Setterfield;J. P. Maddison

  • Satellite prediction of forest flowering phenology

    Dan J. Dixon;Dan J. Dixon;J. Nikolaus Callow;J. Nikolaus Callow;John M.A. Duncan;Samantha A. Setterfield

  • Soil seed banks confer resilience to savanna grass-layer plants during seasonal disturbance

    Kenneth A. Scott;Kenneth A. Scott;Samantha A. Setterfield;Samantha A. Setterfield;Michael M. Douglas;Michael M. Douglas;Alan N. Andersen;Alan N. Andersen

  • Adding fuel to the fire: the impacts of non-native grass invasion on fire management at a regional scale.

    Samantha A. Setterfield;Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Michael M. Douglas;Lisa Wainger

  • Exotic grass invasions: applying a conceptual framework to the dynamics of degradation and restoration in Australia's tropical savannas.

    Kristine J. Brooks;Kristine J. Brooks;Samantha A. Setterfield;Samantha A. Setterfield;Michael M. Douglas;Michael M. Douglas

  • Andropogon gayanus (Gamba grass) invasion increases fire-mediated nitrogen losses in the tropical savannas of northern Australia.

    Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor;Samantha A. Setterfield;Michael M. Douglas;Lindsay B. Hutley

  • Patterns of Flowering and Seed Production in Eucalyptus miniata and E. tetrodonta in a Tropical Savanna Woodland, Northern Australia

    Samantha A. Setterfield;R. J. Williams

  • Effects of canopy cover and ground disturbance on establishment of an invasive grass in an Australia savanna

    Samantha A. Setterfield;Michael M. Douglas;Lindsay B. Hutley;Michael A. Welch

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael M. Douglas
Michael M. Douglas University of Western Australia
Lindsay B. Hutley
Lindsay B. Hutley Charles Darwin University
Alan N. Andersen
Alan N. Andersen Charles Darwin University
Vanessa M. Adams
Vanessa M. Adams University of Tasmania
Bradley James Pusey
Bradley James Pusey University of Western Australia
Garry D. Cook
Garry D. Cook Arafurica Pty Ltd
Mark J. Kennard
Mark J. Kennard Griffith University
Michael I. Bird
Michael I. Bird James Cook University
Jonathan G. Wynn
Jonathan G. Wynn National Science Foundation
Sue Jackson
Sue Jackson Griffith University

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