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An Australian career spent on our native vegetation has been recognised by the Ecological Society of Australia.
Dr Mike Austin, Senior Principal Research Scientist with the CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology is being awarded the prestigous ESA Gold Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the study of ecology in Australia.
The medal will be presented at the Division's headquarters, "Gungahlin" (Canberra) at 3.00 pm on Thursday 14th December by Vice-President of the Society, Dr Jill Landsberg.
According to Dr Landsberg, Dr Austin has been a pathfinder in the field of natural resource inventory and its application to regional planning.
Dr Austin's special areas of research are ecological theory, analysis and survey of vegetation patterns. His latest work has included reconstructing the pre-1750 forest vegetation patterns along the NSW south coast for the Resource and Conservation Assessment Council of NSW, and the impact of forest fragmentation in the Coolangubra State Forest.
"Sound ecological theory and quantitative analysis of plant communities are fundamental to understanding the ecology of eucalypt forests," Dr Austin said.
Dr Austin did both his BSc and PhD at the University of London. This was followed by a post-doctoral appointment at Bangor, UK. He has been an active member of the Ecological Society of Australia since 1968. He began his career in CSIRO in 1967 at the Divison of Land Research and has been with the Wildlife and and Ecology Division since 1986.
The ESA gold medal is awarded by the Society to recognise outstanding ecologists and also to those ecologists who have made an outstanding contribution to the Society by holding office, editing proceedings, and so on. Since its inception, the Society has awarded 11 medals.
More information from:
Dr Mike Austin
Ms Robyn Turner
Tel: 06-242 1645
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