Dr Natasha Robinson
PhD (La Trobe), B.Agric.Sc (Hons, UQ)
Research Fellow
ANU College of Science
Research interests
- Fire Ecology and Management
- Threatened Species Monitoring
- Adaptive Management
- Conservation Biology
- Reintroduction Biology
Researcher's projects
- Using reintroductions to understand causes of mammal declines and extinctions at Booderee National Park
- Review of faunal responses to fire-associated management actions
- Improving threatened species monitoring and management
- Methods for measuring uptake and outcomes from environmental research
Current student projects
- Aurlie Kanishka, Investigating the role of Common Brushtail Possums in the decline of Bush Rats in Booderee National Park
- Saroj Shrestha, Reintroduction: Problems, issues and solutions for conserving Australia’s marsupials
Past student projects
Chloe Rhoades (Masters) Investigating the Genetic Diversity of the Threatened Southern Brown Bandicoot (eastern) to Support a Population Reintroduction
Publications
- Robinson, N, Dexter, N, Brewster, R et al. 2020, 'Be nimble with threat mitigation: lessons learned from the reintroduction of an endangered species', Restoration Ecology, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 29-38.
- Robinson, N, Blanchard, W, MacGregor, C et al. 2020, 'Can evolutionary theories of dispersal and senescence predict postrelease survival, dispersal, and body condition of a reintroduced threatened mammal?', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 1002-1012pp.
- Robinson, N, Blanchard, W, MacGregor, C et al. 2020, 'Finding food in a novel environment: The diet of a reintroduced endangered meso-predator to mainland Australia, with notes on foraging behaviour', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 15, no. 12.
- Lindenmayer, D, Blanchard, W, Blair, D et al. 2021, 'The response of arboreal marsupials to long-term changes in forest disturbance', Animal Conservation, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 246-258.
- Scheele, B, Legge, S, Blanchard, W et al. 2019, 'Continental-scale assessment reveals inadequate monitoring for threatened vertebrates in a megadiverse country', Biological Conservation, vol. 235, pp. 273-278.
- Lindenmayer, D, Wood, J, MacGregor, C et al 2018, 'Conservation conundrums and the challenges of managing unexplained declines of multiple species', Biological Conservation, vol. 221, pp. 279-292pp.
- Lindenmayer, D, Lane, P, Westgate, M et al. 2018, 'Tests of predictions associated with temporal changes in Australian bird populations', Biological Conservation, vol. 222, pp. 212-221.
- Robinson, N, MacGregor, C, Hradsky, B et al 2018, 'Bandicoots return to Booderee: Initial survival, dispersal, home range and habitat preferences of reintroduced southern brown bandicoots (eastern sub species; Isoodon obesulus obesulus)', Wildlife Research, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 132-142.
- Scheele, B, Legge, S, Armstrong, D et al 2018, 'How to improve threatened species management: An Australian perspective', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 223, pp. 668-675.
- Robinson, N, Scheele, B, Legge, S et al. 2018, 'How to ensure threatened species monitoring leads to threatened species conservation', Ecological Management and Restoration, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 222-229pp.
- Kelly, L, Haslem, A, Holland, G et al 2017, 'Fire regimes and environmental gradients shape vertebrate and plant distributions in temperate eucalypt forests', Ecosphere, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. e01781-e01781.
- Foster, C, Barton, P, Robinson, N et al. 2017, 'Effects of a large wildfire on vegetation structure in a variable fire mosaic', Ecological Applications, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 2369-2381pp.
- Robinson, N, Leonard, S, Bennett, A et al 2016, 'Are forest gullies refuges for birds when burnt? The value of topographical heterogeneity to avian diversity in a fire-prone landscape', Biological Conservation, vol. 200, pp. 1-7.
- Robinson, N, Leonard, S, Bennett, A et al 2014, 'Refuges for birds in fire-prone landscapes: The influence of fire severity and fire history on the distribution of forest birds', Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 318, pp. 110-121.
- Robinson, N, Leonard, S, Ritchie, E et al. 2013, 'Refuges for fauna in fire-prone landscapes: their ecological function and importance', Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 1321-1329.
