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Dr Ascelin Gordon
Dr Ascelin Gordon works as a Research Fellow in the Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group within the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies.
His current research focuses on developing modelling approaches for understanding the impacts of environmental policies on biodiversity values in the landscape. He works as part of the multi-institution Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED) funded by the Australian Research Council.
Research interests
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Conservation planning and spatial prioritisation;
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Dealing with uncertainties in conservation planning data;
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Setting priorities for conservation investment using ecological and economic theory;
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Ecological populating modelling;
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Risk and decision-making for conservation;
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Conservation on private land and market based instruments for conservation;
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Agent based modelling.
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PhD, University of Melbourne
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BSc (Hons), University of Melbourne
- Strassburg, B.,Beyer, H.,Crouzeilles, R.,Gordon, A., et al, . (2019). Strategic approaches to restoring ecosystems can triple conservation gains and halve costs In: Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3, 62 - 70
- Wintle, B.,Kujalah, H.,Whitehead, A.,Cameron, A.,Veloz, S.,Kukkala, A.,Moilanen, A.,Gordon, A.,Lentini, P.,Cadenhead, N.,Bekessy, S. (2019). Global synthesis of conservation studies reveals the importance of small habitat patches for biodiversity In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116, 909 - 914
- Hardy, M.,Fitzsimons, J.,Bekessy, S.,Gordon, A. (2018). Factors influencing property selection for conservation revolving funds In: Conservation Biology, 32, 276 - 286
- Hardy, M.,Bekessy, S.,Fitzsimons, J.,Mata, L.,Cook, C.,Nankivell, A.,Smillie, K.,Gordon, A. (2018). Protecting nature on private land using revolving funds: Assessing property suitability In: Biological Conservation, 220, 84 - 93
- Hardy, M.,Fitzsimons, J.,Bekessy, S.,Gordon, A. (2018). Purchase, protect, resell, repeat: an effective process for conserving biodiversity on private land? In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16, 336 - 344
- Peterson, I.,Maron, M.,Moillanen, A.,Bekessy, S.,Gordon, A. (2018). A quantitative framework for evaluating the impact of biodiversity offset policies In: Biological Conservation, 224, 162 - 169
- Selinske, M.,Garrard, G.,Bekessy, S.,Gordon, A.,Kusmanoff, A.,Fidler, F. (2018). Revisiting the promise of conservation psychology In: Conservation Biology, 32, 1464 - 1468
- Kujalah, H.,Moilanen, A.,Gordon, A. (2018). Spatial characteristics of species distributions as drivers in conservation prioritization In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 1121 - 1132
- Maron, M.,Brownlie, S.,Bull, J.,Evans, M.,von Hase, A.,Quetier, F.,Watson, J.,Gordon, A. (2018). The many meanings of no net loss in environmental policy In: Nature Sustainability, 1, 19 - 27
- Law, E.,Ferraro, P.,Arcese, P.,Bryan, B.,Davis, K.,Gordon, A.,Holden, M.,Iacona, G.,Martinez, R.,McAlpine, C.,Rhodes, J.,Sze, J.,Wilson, K. (2017). Projecting the performance of conservation interventions In: Biological Conservation, 215, 142 - 151
- Designing green spaces for biodiversity and human well-being. Funded by: ARC Linkage Grant 2016 from (2017 to 2019)
- Evaluating environmental policies with immediate costs and long-term gains. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects 2015 from (2015 to 2020)
- New statistical approaches for analysing foodwebs and species distributions. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects 2015 from (2015 to 2019)
3 PhD Completions3 PhD Current Supervisions