Luke Collins

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I have a broad range of research interests related to disturbance ecology and ecosystem management. My current research focuses on the effect of global changes (e.g. elevated carbon dioxide, changing climate, land-use change) on vegetation communities, and how this will alter factors such as ecosystem flammability and post-fire ecosystem recovery. I am also interested in how fire regimes affect plant and animal communities, and factors that may cause spatial variability in these effects across landscapes (e.g. topography, timber harvesting).

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Ecology, Environment and Evolution , School of Life Sciences

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- Collins LGriffioen PNewell GMellor A. The utility of Random Forests for wildfire severity mapping. Remote Sensing of Environment. 216:374-384. 2018
- Collins LBoer MMde Dios VRPower SABendall ERHasegawa SHueso RONevado JPBradstock RA. Effects of competition and herbivory over woody seedling growth in a temperate woodland trump the effects of elevated CO2. Oecologia. 187:811-823. 2018
- Gordon CEBendall ERStares MGCollins LBradstock RA. Aboveground carbon sequestration in dry temperate forests varies with climate not fire regime. Global Change Biology. 24:4280-4292. 2018
- Stares MCollins LLaw BFrench K. Long-Term Effect of Prescribed Burning Regimes and Logging on Coarse Woody Debris in South-Eastern Australia. Forests. 9:1-14. 2018
- Collins LBradstock RAResco de Dios VDuursma RAVelasco SBoer MM. Understorey productivity in temperate grassy woodland responds to soil water availability but not to elevated [CO2]. Global Change Biology. 24:2366-2376. 2018
- Jenkins MCollins LPrice OPenman TZylstra PHorsey BBradstock R. Environmental values and fire hazard of eucalypt plantings. Ecosphere. 7. 2016
- Collins LPenman TDPrice OFBradstock RA. Adding fuel to the fire? Revegetation influences wildfire size and intensity. Journal of Environmental Management. 150:196-205. 2015
- Penman TDNicholson AEBradstock RACollins LPenman SHPrice OF. Reducing the risk of house loss due to wildfires. Environmental Modelling and Software. 67:12-25. 2015
- Caccamo GBradstock RCollins LPenman TWatson P. Using MODIS data to analyse post-fire vegetation recovery in Australian eucalypt forests. Journal of Spatial Science. 60:341-352. 2015
- Collins LBradstock RAPenman TD. Can precipitation influence landscape controls on wildfire severity' A case study within temperate eucalypt forests of south-eastern Australia. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 23:9-20. 2014
- Collins LPenman TXimenes FDABinns DYork ABradstock R. Impacts of frequent burning on live tree carbon biomass and demography in post-harvest regrowth forest. Forests. 5:802-821. 2014
- Penman TDCollins LSyphard ADKeeley JEBradstock RA. Influence of fuels, weather and the built environment on the exposure of property to wildfire. PLoS ONE. 9. 2014
- Penman TDCollins LPrice OFBradstock RAMetcalf SChong DMO. Examining the relative effects of fire weather, suppression and fuel treatment on fire behaviour - A simulation study. Journal of Environmental Management. 131:325-333. 2013
- Collins LBradstock RATasker EMWhelan RJ. Can gullies preserve complex forest structure in frequently burnt landscapes?. Biological Conservation. 153:177-186. 2012
- Collins LBradstock RATasker EMWhelan RJ. Impact of fire regimes, logging and topography on hollows in fallen logs in eucalypt forest of south eastern Australia. Biological Conservation. 149:23-31. 2012
- Bradstock RAHammill KACollins LPrice O. Effects of weather, fuel and terrain on fire severity in topographically diverse landscapes of south-eastern Australia. Landscape Ecology. 25:607-619. 2010
- Whelan RJCollins LLoemker R. Predicting threatened species responses to fuel reduction for asset protection. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 115:77-83. 2009