JACK BAKER

HONORARY PRINCIPAL FELLOW

35.G08

+61 2 4221 4340

jbaker@uow.edu.au

Lab: 35.G08

Lab: +61 2 4284 5740

Research Interests

Conservation biology and management of threatened fauna, including the Eastern Bristlebird, Ground Parrot and declining woodland birds

Linking ecological research, policy and management, including fire ecology and translocation

Australian indigenous cultural input to biodiversity conservation planning and practice (in collaboration with Woolyungah Indigenous Centre)

Representative Publications

Baker J (2009). Assessment of Eastern Bristlebird habitat: refining understanding of appropriate habitats for reintroductions. Ecological Management & Restoration 10, S136-S139.

Bain D W, Baker J, French K O & Whelan R J (2008). Post-fire recovery of eastern bristlebirds is context dependent. Wildlife Research 35, 44-49.

Lunney D, Baker J, Matthews A, Waples K, Dickman C and Cogger H (2007). Overabundant native vertebrates in NSW: characterising populations, gauging perceptions, and developing an ethical management framework. Pest or guest: the Zoology of overabundance pp 158-73. Conference Proceedings 2005, Royal Zoological Society of NSW.

Barrett G W, Silcox A F, Cunningham R, Oliver D L, Weston M A & Baker J (2007). Comparison of atlas data to determine the conservation status of bird species in NSW, with an emphasis on woodland-dependent species. Australian Zoologist 34, 37-77.

Baker J (2004). Endangered populations: the concept in practice. Threatened species legislation: is it just an act? pp 82-7. Conference Proceedings 2003, Royal Zoological Society of NSW.

Baker J (2003). Fire-sensitive birds adaptive management. Bushfires: Managing the Risk. Conference Proceedings 2002 pp 59-65. Nature Conservation Council of NSW.

Baker J, French K & Whelan R (2002). The edge effect and ecotonal species: bird communities across a natural edge in south-eastern Australia. Ecology 83, 3048-59.

Baker J (2000). The eastern bristlebird: cover-dependent and fire-sensitive. Emu 100, 286-98.

Baker J & Clarke J (1999). Radio-tagging the eastern bristlebird: methodology & effects. Corella 23, 25-32.

Baker J & Whelan R J (1994). Ground Parrots and fire at Barren Grounds, New South Wales. A long-term study and an assessment of management implications. Emu 94, 300-4.

Current Students

PhD Student

Ms Kim Maute Conservation management of seed-eating birds in the tropical savannas

MSc Student

Ms Heather Moorcroft Recognition and support of Indigenous Protected Areas by government and non-government agencies in Australia

Recent graduates

Dr Adam Leavesley The response of birds to the fire regimes of mulga woodlands in central Australia (ANU 2008)

Ms Vanessa Cavanagh The NSW TSC Act in the Bundjalung Aboriginal Nation (UoW 2007)

Dr David Bain Translocation of the Eastern Bristlebird and factors associated with a successful program (UoW 2006)

Ms Emily Kilham Aboriginal communities and government agencies: partnerships in natural resource management (ANU 2004)

Ms Samantha Clark The effect of fire and grazing on the Cumberland Plain Woodlands (UoW 2004)

Ms Cressida Wilson Remnant woodland condition and its influence on woodland bird species richness and community composition (ANU 2003)

Future Topics for Students

Seeding phenology in long-unburnt heathlands in eastern Australia

Demography of the Eastern Ground Parrot in NSW

Habitat constraints for woodland birds in central NSW

Australian indigenous cultural input to biodiversity conservation planning and practice

The politics of biodiversity conservation science in Australia

Abbreviated CV

Qualifications

PhD Ecotones and fire and the conservation of the endangered eastern bristlebird University of Wollongong 1998

BAppSc (Env Anal) Charles Sturt University 1992

GradDipEd (Tech) Sydney Teachers College 1978

BSc University of NSW 1973

Justice of the Peace 1980

Recent employment history

2004-08 Manager, Biodiversity Conservation Science, NSW DECC

1999-2004 Pest Management Co-ord, Threatened Species Co-ord, Principal Policy Officer and Threaten Species Project Officer NSW NPWS

1992-99 Ornithological and Environmental Consultant, Quality Environmental Management Pty Limited and self-employed

Last reviewed: 30 July, 2009