The latest paper from the DISCAR synthesis group is out at Ecology Letters! We discuss the key approaches to predicting human impacts on wildlife populations, highlighting avenues for incorporating indirect effects, such as energetic modelling. doi.org/10.1111/ele....

New paper out! This is a big, interdisciplinary reflection on the types of challenges that are likely to come our way in the context of wildfires in the next 50 years. Was fun to write this one. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🔥 New in IJWF:
How will climate change reshape fuel hazards across landscapes?
McColl-Gausden et al. modelled future fire risks across Victoria, Australia and their findings highlight the urgent need for adaptive fuel management in a warming climate.
📖 Read: doi.org/10.1071/WF24...
#IJWildlandFire

How do humans alter predator-prey temporal overlap across the globe? Come find out Wednesday 2pm room M4 in the Ecology and behaviour (predators) session

Pumped to be at @iccb2025.bsky.social Brisbane. Come see our talk on evaluating tools for understanding the biodiversity impacts of financial institutions! Wednesday Room M9 @ 3:51pm

‘Megafire’ — you may not like it, but you can’t avoid it.
In our new paper, we argue why a clear, size-based definition (>10,000 ha) of megafire improves research, communication, and fire management globally. 🔥
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#wildfire #fire

Australian governments are failing to conserve biodiversity, meaning their extraordinary values are being lost and global conservation targets will likely fail. The next federal government must do better.

My letter with @biodiversityguy.bsky.social in @science.org.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We knew this would happen eventually. We have moved from possible futures to these things now happening. The deferment has ended.

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

I wrote an article for @theconversation.com with Marissa Parrott about coping with ecological grief. It's a shared experience for many of us in ecology and conservation—an inescapable part of our work. I hope you find it both relatable and uplifting.

theconversation.com/in-2025-lets...

My third PhD paper, and probably my favorite. A lot of effort, a lot of learning, and a lot of incredible collaborators made this possible. Proud of this work!

Final chapter of my PhD has just been published (only a few years late 😃). Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/ecog...
For a quicker read, check out this article which includes a super cute retro video game example 🌳🔥. pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/vVi...

New paper out in Conservation Biology. We propose a simple conceptual model for examining threat management programs and identifying areas for improvement. We show how it can be used in the context of managing fire around threatened flora. 1/4

dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi...