Visiting Fellow
Population and Community Ecology; Biogeography
Phone: +61 2 6125 3381
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6125 0746
E-mail: patricia.werner@anu.edu.au

Professor & department Head Uni Florida, Professor Michigan State Uni, Division Director National Science Foundation USA, Sr. Princ. Res. Sci and Director TERC, CSIRO

Professional Activities

Research on mechanisms responsible for distribution and abundance of terrestrial plant and animal populations. Emphasis on life histories, competition and predation, recruitment and reproduction; interaction of fire, grazing, exotic species, climate change; savannas, prairies and successional habitats. Long term studies in Kakadu National Park. Approach is strongly experimental, field-oriented, with collaborative modelling of future projections for targeted populations.

Selected Publications

Werner PA, Prior LD, Forner J. 2008. Growth and survival of termite-piped Eucalyptus tetrodonta and E. miniata in northern Australia: Implications for harvest of trees for didgeridoos. Forest Ecology and Management 256: 328?334.

Petty AM, Werner PA, Riley JE, Lehmann CER, Banfai, DS, Elliott LP. 2007. Savanna responses to feral buffalo in Kakadu National Park, Australia. Ecological Monographs 77: 441?463.

Werner, P.A., L. D.. Cowie and J. S. Cusack. 2006. Juvenile savanna tree responses to feral water buffalo: An experimental field study in Kakadu National Park, northern Australia. Australian J. Botany 54: 283-296.

Prior LD, Brook BW, Williams RJ, Werner PA, Bradshaw CJA & Bowman DMJS. 2006. Environmental and allometric drivers of tree growth rates in a north Australian savanna. Forest Ecology and Management 234: 164-180.

Werner PA. 2005. Impact of feral water buffalo and fire on growth and survival of mature savanna trees: An experimental field study in Kakadu National Park, northern Australia. Austral Ecology 30: 625-647.