Dr Nicholas Wilson
Areas of expertise
- Forest Ecosystems 300703
- Fire Ecology 410205
- Environmental Management 410404
Biography
Nick is Postdoctoral Research fellow at the Fenner School of Environment & Society. He completed a Bachelor of Science with Honours at the Australian National University in 2015 and a PhD at the University of Wollongong in 2022. He was employed as a research ecologist in the ACT Conservation Research Unit from 2015 to 2017. Nick has also applied his skills as an ecological consultant in the ACT and NSW and as a tutor in natural resource management and ecology university courses.
Available student projects
Please feel free to contact me about developing an undergraduate Honours, Masters or PhD research project.
Current student projects
Honours
Timothy Scarr, Research School of Earth Sciences. Topic: Analysis of the environmental conditions associated with the spread rate of a bushfire from its point of ignition.
Past student projects
Masters
Jyotirao Wankhede, Fenner School of Environment and Society. Thesis title: "Assessing the Efficacy of Thermal Camera and IoT Smoke Detectors in Fire Detection: A Comparative Study with Traditional Fire Behaviour Observations"
Undergraduate research projects
Charlie Thomson, School of Engineering. Thesis title: "Description and Detection of Internal Tree Fires"
Publications
- Wilson, N & Yebra, M 2023, 'The Role of Climate in Ignition Frequency', Fire, vol. 6, no. 5.
- Wilson, N & Bradstock, R 2022, 'Past Logging and Wildfire Increase above Ground Carbon Stock Losses from Subsequent Wildfire', Fire, vol. 5, no. 1.
- Wilson, N, Bradstock, R & Bedward, M 2022, 'Disturbance causes variation in sub-canopy fire weather conditions', Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, vol. 323, p. 41.
- Wilson, N, Bradstock, R & Bedward, M 2021, 'Detecting the effects of logging and wildfire on forest fuel structure using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS)', Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 488.
- Wilson, N, Bradstock, R & Bedward, M 2021, 'Comparing forest carbon stock losses between logging and wildfire in forests with contrasting responses to fire', Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 481.
- Wilson, N, Bradstock, R & Bedward, M 2021, 'Influence of fuel structure derived from terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) on wildfire severity in logged forests', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 302, no. 4.
- Wilson, N, Bradstock, R & Bedward, M 2021, 'Response to “A comment on Wilson, Bradstock & Bedward – Forest Ecology and Management 481 (2021) 118701: “Addressing carbon stock risk mitigation��', Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 489.
- Wilson N, Cary GJ, Gibbons P (2018) Relationships between mature trees and fire fuel hazard in Australian forest. International Journal of Wildland Fire 27, 353-362.
- Wilson, N, Seddon, J & Baines, G 2016, Factors Influencing The Flowering Of The Tarengo Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum Petilum) .
- Wilson, N., Gibbons, P 2014, 'Microsite factors influencing Eucalyptus regeneration in temperate woodlands', Ecological Management and Restoration, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 155-157.