Professor

Chris Dickman

FAA

Chris Dickman
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Christopher Dickman is an ecologist, internationally recognised for his contributions to our understanding of terrestrial vertebrates. His pioneering research shows that competition, predation and indirect interactions have more profound and pervasive effects on mammalian population dynamics than previously thought, and has transformed thinking about how these interactions can be harnessed in programs of threatened species conservation and pest control. His ground-breaking research on interactions in arid ecosystems has uncovered novel processes including, long-distance movements, widespread omnivory and extreme behavioural opportunism that are unique to Australian mammals. His work has challenged and redirected thinking that desert organisms show global convergence in their adaptations.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3103 ECOLOGY
    • 310308 Terrestrial Ecology
41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
  • 4102 ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
    • 410202 Biosecurity science and invasive species ecology
  • 4104 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
    • 410401 Conservation and biodiversity

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • Ecosystems
  • Invasive Species
  • Evolution
  • Marsupials
  • Ecology
  • Arid Lands
  • Behaviour
  • Environmental Management
  • Applied Ecology
  • Deserts
  • Drylands
  • Ecological Interactions
  • Lizards
  • Mammals
  • Predator-prey Interactions
  • Predators
  • Biology

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