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Research Interests

Representative Publications

Martin, JM, French, K. and Major, RE. 2007 The pest status of Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) in urban situations, and the effectiveness of egg-oil in reproductive control, Wildlife Research 34, 319-324

Mason T. J., French K. and Russell K.G. (2007). Moderate impacts of plant invasion and management regimes in coastal hind dune seed banks. Biological Conservation 134: 428-439.

Mason T. J., French K. (2007) Management regimes for a plant invader differentially impact resident communities. Biological Conservation 136, 246-259.

Hodgson P, French K. and Major RE (2007) Avian movement across abrupt ecological edges: differential responses to housing density in an urban matrix. Landscape and Urban Planning,79,266-272

Hodgson P, French K. and Major RE. (2006) A comparison of foraging behaviour of small, urban-sensitive insectivores in continuous woodland and woodland remnants in a suburban landscape. Wildlife Research 33: 591-603 2006

Gosper, C, Whelan, RJ and French K. (2006) The effect of invasive plant management on the rate of removal of vertebrate-dispersed fruits. Plant Ecology 184, 351-363.

Lindsay E.A. and French K. (2006) Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata invasion alters coastal leaf litter invertebrates. Biological Invasions 8(2): 177-92.

Parsons H, Major R. E. and French K. (2006) Species interactions and habitat preferences of birds inhabiting urban areas of Sydney, Australia. Austral Ecology 31, 217-227.

Mason, T, Lonsdale, WM, French, K. (2005) Environmental weed control policy in Australia: current approaches, policy limitations and future directions. Pacific Conservation Biology 11(4), 23-45.

Densmore, P and French K (2005) The effects of recreation areas and human presence on avian communities.’ Ecological Management and Restoration 6,182-9.

Clarke, S. and French, K. (2005) Germination response to heat and smoke of 22 Poaceae species from Cumberland Plain Woodlands. Aust. J. Bot. 53, 445-454.

Lindsay E.A. and French K. (2005) Litterfall and nitrogen cycling following invasion by Chrysanthemoides monilifera spp. rotundata' J. Appl. Ecol. 42, 556-566.

French, K. Major, RE, Hely, K. (2005) Use of native and exotic garden plants by suburban nectarivorous birds. Biol Cons 21,545-55 Weeds

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Current Students

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Future Topics for Students

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Available projects in Weed Ecology and Urban Ecology.

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Abbreviated CV

Academic Degrees

BSc, Syd Uni 1984
PhD, Monash 1989

Academic and Research Appointments

1984-1988 Demonstrator, Monash University

1989 Tutor, Monash University

1989-1992 Research Fellow, Macquarie University

1993 - 1998 Lecturer, University of Wollongong

1998- 2003 Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong

2003 - Associate Professor, University of Wollongong