Dr Ross Thompson

Senior Lecturer in Ecology

Ph.D. (2001) University of Otago, New Zealand

Telephone: +61-3-9905-5633
Fax: +61-3-9905-5613
E-mail: ross.thompson@monash.edu

• Stream and lake ecology
• Food web ecology and dynamics
• The role of dispersal in community dynamics
• The influence of climate change on community and ecosystem processes

• More bang for your carbon buck: carbon, biodiversity and water balance consequences of whole-catchment carbon farming (ARC Linkage 2009-13)
• Understanding the dynamics of shrinking habitats (Marsden Fund (NZ) 2009-13)
• CSIRO Flagship Cluster for Environmental Flows (2011-2015)
• Cities as Water Supply Catchments
• Past Projects

• Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Biodiversity
• Member, Centre for Water Sensitive Cities

• Lab members (students and post-docs)
• Prospective PhD students and post-doctoral fellows, email me to discuss
• Prospective Honours students email me to discuss

• 2011. Morris, K., Raulings, E., Thompson, R.M., Mac Nally, R. and Melbourne, B. A novel trap for quantifying the dispersal of    seeds by wind. Journal of Vegetation Science (published online 19 April 2011) PDF DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01290.x FOR 060204 ERA ranking A

• 2011. Imberger, S., Thompson, R.M. and Grace, M. Urban catchment hydrology overwhelms reach scale riparian vegetation effects on organic matter dynamics Freshwater Biology 56:1370–1389 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02575.x PDF FOR 060204 ERA ranking A

• 2011. Riede, J.O., Brose, U., Ebenman, B., Jacob, U., Thompson, R., Townsend, C.R. and Jonsson, T. Stepping in Elton's footprints: a general scaling model for body masses and trophic levels across ecosystems. Ecology Letters 14: 169–178 PDF DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01568.x. FOR060204. ERA ranking A* 
• 2011. Klamt, M., Thompson, R.M. and Davis, J. Early response of the platypus to climate warming. Global Change Biology. Published online 20/06/11. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02472.x (accepted 25/5/11) ERA ranking A*.
• 2011. Raulings,E., Morris, K., Thompson R. and Mac Nally, R. Do birds of a feather disperse plants together? Freshwater Biology 56: 1390–1402 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02576.x. PDF FOR 060204. ERA ranking A

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