Nicholas Schultz
Research Fellow
Environmental and geoscience
University of Ballarat
Australia
Biography
Nick is a vegetation ecologist with broad interests in human-modified landscapes and ecological restoration. For his PhD at the University of New England, he investigated how the native pastures and grassy woodlands of the North-West Slopes of New South Wales contribute to regional plant diversity. Nick has been involved in research projects and consultancies in a wide range of temperate, semi-arid and sub-tropical vegetation in south east Australia. He lectures in Australian Flora and range of courses in the B. Environmental and Conservation Science program.
Research Interest
Vegetation Ecology Human-modified landscapes Ecological restoration Invasive plant species Plant-herbivore interactions Biodiversity conservation Seed ecology
Publications
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Broad-scale patterns in plant diversity vary between land uses in a variegated temperate Australian agricultural landscape
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Seasonal and interannual variation in vegetation composition: Implications for survey design and data interpretation.
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Habitat specificity analyses reveal the importance of grazing refugia for plant diversity conservation in a warmâ€temperate grassy ecosystem.
