Dr. Aaron M Petty
Dr. Aaron Petty's research interest is in how human beings define and modify ecosystems.
He has lived in northern Australia since 2002.
Education
- PhD in Human Ecology from the University of California, Davis in 2008. Aaron's dissertation investigated social and physical aspects of landscape change in riparian communities in Kakadu National Park and can be downloaded here.
- BS in Biology in 1994 from the California Institute of Technology.
Projects
Since 2005 he has worked at Charles Darwin University on several projects, including the Healthy People Healthy Country project integrating indicators of ecological health with Aboriginal health in central Arnhem Land, and modeling the invasion pathways of exotic pasture grasses. He has also completed several consultancies, including developing a fire management plan for the Arnhem Land Plateau region of Kakadu National Park and mapping hydrological changes on the South Alligator Floodplains.
Publications and resources
Journal Article
How many buffalo does it take to change a savanna? A response to Bowman et al. (2008). Journal of Biogeography 37, 193-195 (2010).
Scale relationships and linkages between woody vegetation communities along a large tropical floodplain river, north Australia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 26, 79 (2010).
Monitoring contrasting land management in the savanna landscapes of northern Australia. Environmental Management 41, 501 - 515 (2008).
A satellite analysis of contrasting fire patterns in Aboriginal and Euro-Australian lands in tropical north Australia. Fire Ecology 3, 32 - 47 (2007).
Savanna responses to feral buffalo in Kakadu National Park, Australia. Ecological Monographs 77, 441 - 463 (2007).
Factors that Influence the Use of Climate Forecasts: Evidence from the 1997/98 El Niño Event in Peru. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 85, 1735 - 1743 (2004).
