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Biography
Simon graduated with a BA (Hons) in physcial geography and a PhD in palaeoecology and archaeology from the University of Melbourne in 2007. He subsequently undertook post-doctoral research at the University of the Algarve (Portugal, 2008-2012), was a lecturer in physical geography at Monash University (Australia, 2013-2014) and the University of Melbourne (2015-2016), and invited researcher at the Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté (France, 2018-2019). He joined the ANU in 2019.
Simon's research includes studies of air pollution history in Sydney, interactions between prehistoric cultures and vegetation in the Caucasus region, climatic change in the Balkans, forest disappearance along the Portuguese coastline, fire history in Mediterranean mountains, the creation of cultural landscapes in Tasmania's World Heritage Area, human impacts on island ecosystems, interactions between past fire and biodiversity change on the Iberian Peninsula, and early European impacts on the 'intact' savannas of NW Australia.
Research interests
- Human-environment interactions in prehistory
- Biodiversity changes in Mediterranean environments
- Fire-vegetation dynamics in biodiversity hotspots
- Impacts of European colonisation on island ecosystems
- Quantitative reconstruction of past land cover
- Sustainable development and conservation
Qualifications
BA(Hons), PhD, Grad. Cert. Academic Practice
Education/Academic qualification
Palaeoecology & Archaeology, PhD, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 11 Aug 2007
Expertise Areas
- Quaternary Environments
- Palaeoecology
- Biogeography and Phylogeography
- Archaeological Science
- Pollen
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Holocene heathland development in temperate oceanic Southern Hemisphere: Key drivers in a global context
Adeleye, M., Haberle, S., Harris, S., Hopf, F., Connor, S. & Stevenson, J., 2021, In: Journal of Biogeography. 48, 5, p. 1048-1062Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Indigenous Fire-Managed Landscapes in Southeast Australia during the Holocene - New Insights from the Furneaux Group Islands, Bass Strait
Adeleye, M., Haberle, S., Connor, S., Stevenson, J. & Bowman, D. M. J. S., 2021, In: Fire. 4, 2, p. 17Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Long-term drivers of vegetation turnover in Southern Hemisphere temperate ecosystems
Adeleye, M., Mariani, M., Connor, S., Haberle, S., Herbert, A., Hopf, F. & Stevenson, J., 2021, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30, 2, p. 557-571Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands
Nogue, S., Santos, A. M. C., Birks, H. J. B., Bjorck, S., Castilla-Beltran, A., Connor, S., de Boer, E. J., de Nascimento, L., Felde, V. A., Fernandez-Palacios, J. M., Froyd, C. A., Haberle, S., Prebble, M. & Stevenson, J., 2021, In: Science. 30, 6541, p. 488-491Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Fire hazard modulation by long-term dynamics in land cover and dominant forest type in eastern and central Europe
Feurdean, A., Vannière, B., Finsinger, W., Warren, D., Connor, S., Forrest, M., Liakka, J., Panait, A., Werner, C., Andrič, M. & Bobek, P., 2020, In: Biogeosciences. 17, p. 1213-1230Research output: Contribution to journal › Article