Associate Professor Gunnar Keppel

Associate Professor in Environmental Biology UniSA STEM

Mawson Lakes Campus (F2-50)
tel +61 8 830 25137

email Gunnar.Keppel@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

About me

biodiversity
climate change refugia
conservation
environmental heterogeneity (habitat diversity)
dieback

Gunnar has a broad background in vegetation ecology, island biogeography and conservation biology. He leads the Ecology of Global Change Lab, that focuses on understanding and addressing the ecological implications of global environmental changes on biodiversity. The principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion are central to his research, publications, mentoring, and teaching. Current key projects are 1) Refugia as safe havens for biodiversity in the Anthropocene, 2) Dieback of stringybark forests in South Australia, 3) Current and future impacts of tropical cyclones on forests, and 4) Microclimate and biodiversity.

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Research

Research focus

Ecology
Biological Sciences
Environmental Science and Management
Environmental Sciences
Plant Biology

Highlights

I am an internationally recognised high-calibre researcher at the interface of biogeography, conservation and ecology. I strongly believe in working across boundaries (instituional, geographic, disciplinary and others) and have published about 100 peer-reviewed articles that have been cited >4500 times. My research centres around the conservation of biodiversity in Oceania and I have been an Alexanfer von Humboldt Foundation and MAK'IT fellow. Details about current research projects can be found on the Ecology of Global Change Lab webpage.

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2023	Keppel, G, Sarnow, U, Biffin, E, Peters, S, Fitzgerald, D, Boutsalis, E, Waycott, M & Guerin, GR 2023, 'Population decline in a Pleistocene refugium: stepwise, drought-related dieback of a South Australian eucalypt', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 876, article no. 162697, pp. 1-13. Open access 3 42
2022	Ibanez, T, Platt, WJ, Bellingham, PJ, Vieilledent, G, Franklin, J, Martin, PH, Menkes, C, Pérez-Salicrup, DR, Russell-Smith, J & Keppel, G 2022, 'Altered cyclone-fire interactions are changing ecosystems', Trends in Plant Science, vol. 27, no. 12, pp. 1218-1230. Open access 9 311
2022	Liang, J, Gamarra, JG, Picard, N, Zhou, M, Keppel, G & Hui, C and 243 other authors 2022, 'Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients', Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol. 6, pp. 1423-1437. Open access 19 5 178
2021	Davis, TJ & Keppel, G 2021, 'Fine-scale environmental heterogeneity and conservation management: Beach-cast wrack creates microhabitats for thermoregulation in shorebirds', Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 1291-1301. Open access 7 5 93
2020	Ottaviani, G, Keppel, G, Gotzenberger, L, Harrison, S, Opedal, OH, Conti, L, Liancourt, P, Klimesova, J, Silveira, FA, Jimenez-Alfaro, B, Negoita, L, Dolezal, J, Hajek, M, Ibanez, T, Mendez-Castro, FE & Chytry, M 2020, 'Linking plant functional ecology to island biogeography', Trends in Plant Science, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 329-339. Open access 58 48 20

Chapters

Year	Output
2022	Taoi, J, Lutua, A, Moko, N, Keppel, G & Morrison, C 2022, 'Distribution and ecology of the critically endangered tree, Pterocymbium oceanicum in Fiji: new records and implications for conservation', in DA DellaSala & MI Goldstein (eds), Imperiled: the Encyclopedia of Conservation, Elsevier, Netherlands, vol. 1, pp. 875-883. 3
2019	Dyer, M, Keppel, G, Watling, D, Tuiwawa, M, Vido, S & Boehmer, H 2019, 'Using expert knowledge and field surveys to guide management of an invasive alien palm in a Pacific island lowland rainforest', in CR Veitch, MN Clout, AR Martin, JC Russell & CJ West (eds), Island invasives: scaling up to meet the challenge. Proceedings of the international conference on island invasives, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland, ch. , pp. 417-422. Open access
2019	Keppel, G, Thomson, L & Senivasa, E 2019, 'Agathis macrophylla', Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Australia. Open access
2015	Vorwerk, SJ, Cameron, D & Keppel, G 2015, 'Clay soil in suburban environments: movement and stabilization through vegetation', in Indraratna, Buddhima; Chu, Jian; Rujikiatkamjorn, Cholachat (editors), Ground Improvement Case Histories; Chemical, Electrokinetic, Thermal, and Bioengineering Methods, Elsevier, UK, ch. 22, pp. 655-682. 2

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2023	Carey, M, Boland, J & Keppel, G 2023, 'Generalized logarithmic species-area relationship resolves the Arrhenius-Gleason debate', Environmental Modeling and Assessment, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 491-499. Open access 1 1 2
2023	Carey, M, Boland, J & Keppel, G 2023, 'Habitat diversity, resource availability and island age in the species-area relationship', Journal of Biogeography, 50, no. 4, pp. 767-779. Open access 2 24
2023	Delavaux, CS, Crowther, TW, Zohner, CM, Robmann, NM, Keppel, G & Maynard, DS and 200 other authors 2023, 'Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions', Nature, online, pp. 1-22. Open access
2023	Fitzgerald, DL, Peters, S, Guerin, GR, McGrath, A & Keppel, G 2023, 'Quantifying dieback in a vulnerable population of eucalyptus macrorhyncha using remote sensing', Land, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 1-19. Open access
2023	Guerin, GR, Keppel, G, Peters, S & Hurren, A 2023, 'Dieback of stringybark eucalypt forests in the Mount Lofty Ranges', Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, vol. 147, no. 1, pp. 17-38. 3
2023	Hordijk, I, Maynard, DS, Hart, SP, Lidong, M, Keppel, G & Crowther, TW and 215 other authors 2023, 'Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness', Journal of Ecology, vol. 111, no. 6, pp. 1308-1326. Open access 2
2023	Keppel, G, Nge, FJ & Ibanez, T 2023, 'Slowing taxon cycle can explain biodiversity patterns on islands: Insights into the biogeography of the tropical South Pacific from molecular data', Journal of Systematics and Evolution, online, pp. 1-14. Open access
2023	Keppel, G, Sarnow, U, Biffin, E, Peters, S, Fitzgerald, D, Boutsalis, E, Waycott, M & Guerin, GR 2023, 'Population decline in a Pleistocene refugium: stepwise, drought-related dieback of a South Australian eucalypt', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 876, article no. 162697, pp. 1-13. Open access 3 42
2023	Kok, X, Bruns, L, Guerin, G & Keppel, G 2023, 'Understorey vegetation moderates climate in open forests: the role of the skirt-forming grass tree Xanthorrhoea semiplana F.Muell', Austral Ecology: A Journal of Ecology in the Southern Hemisphere, online, pp. 1-20. Open access
2023	Ma, H, Crowther, TW, Mo, L, Maynard, DS, Keppel, G & Zohner, CM and 226 other authors 2023, 'The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit', Nature Plants, vol. 9, pp. 1795-1809. Open access
2023	Naikatini, AN, Keppel, G, Brodie, G & Kleindorfer, S 2023, 'Avian diversity and abundance across years: consistent patterns in forests but not grasslands on Viti Levu, Fiji', Pacific Conservation Biology, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 223-237. Open access 15
2022	Cazzolla Gatti, R, Reich, PB, Gamarra, JG, Crowther, T, Keppel, G & Liang, J and 142 other authors 2022, 'The number of tree species on Earth', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, vol. 119, no. 6, article no. e2115329119. Open access 65 31 3081
2022	Ibanez, T, Platt, WJ, Bellingham, PJ, Vieilledent, G, Franklin, J, Martin, PH, Menkes, C, Pérez-Salicrup, DR, Russell-Smith, J & Keppel, G 2022, 'Altered cyclone-fire interactions are changing ecosystems', Trends in Plant Science, vol. 27, no. 12, pp. 1218-1230. Open access 9 311
2022	Keppel, G, Peters, S, Taoi, J, Raituku, N & Thomas-Moko, N 2022, 'The threat by the invasive African tulip tree, Spathodea campanulata P.Beauv., for the critically endangered Fijian tree, Pterocymbium oceanicum A.C.Sm.; revisiting an assessment based on expert knowledge after extensive field surveys', Pacific Conservation Biology, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 164-173. Open access 3 3 13
2022	Liang, J, Gamarra, JG, Picard, N, Zhou, M, Keppel, G & Hui, C and 243 other authors 2022, 'Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients', Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol. 6, pp. 1423-1437. Open access 19 5 178
2022	Lowe, C, Keppel, G, Waqa, K, Peters, S, Fisher, RN, Scanlon, A, Osborne-Naikatini, T & Thomas-Moko, N 2022, 'Fijian sea krait behavior relates to fine-scale environmental heterogeneity in old-growth coastal forest: the importance of integrated land-sea management for protecting amphibious animals', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 12, no. 4, article no. e8817. Open access 1 1 12
2022	Naikatini, AN, Keppel, G, Brodie, G & Kleindorfer, S 2022, 'Interspecific Competition and Vertical Niche Partitioning in Fiji's Forest Birds', Diversity, vol.14, no. 3, article no. 223, pp. 1-13. Open access 4 1 13
2021	Anisi, R, De Souza, A, Brodie, G, Thaman, R, Peters, S, Jessop, LW & Keppel, G 2021, 'The impact of ebony wood harvesting on Diospyros samoensis (Ebenaceae) on Vangunu Island, Western Solomon Islands', Pacific Conservation Biology, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 177-185. Open access 1 1 12
2021	Davis, TJ & Keppel, G 2021, 'Fine-scale environmental heterogeneity and conservation management: Beach-cast wrack creates microhabitats for thermoregulation in shorebirds', Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 1291-1301. Open access 7 5 93
2021	Keppel, G, Craven, D, Weigelt, P, Smith, SA, van der Sande, MT, Sandel, B, Levin, SC, Kreft, H & Tiffany, M 2021, 'Synthesizing tree biodiversity data to understand global patterns and processes of vegetation', Journal of Vegetation Science, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 1-14. Open access 14 9 58
2021	Marcantonio, M, Silveira, FA, Keppel, G, Harrison, S & Ottaviani, G 2021, 'Editorial: roles and implications of functional traits and phylogenies to characterize refugia under increasing climate variability', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 9, article no. 754451, pp. 1-3. Open access 1
2021	Ocón, JP, Ibanez, T, Franklin, J, Pau, S, Keppel, G, Rivas-Torres, G, Edward, M & Gillespie, TW 2021, 'Global tropical dry forest extent and cover: a comparative study of bioclimatic definitions using two climatic data sets', PLoS One, vol. 16, no. 5, article no. e0252063, pp. 1-20. Open access 13 8 7
2021	Taylor, A, Keppel, G, Weigelt, P, Zotz, G & Kreft, H 2021, 'Functional traits are key to understanding orchid diversity on islands', Ecography: Pattern and Diversity in Ecology, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 703-714. Open access 19 11 34
2020	Anderson, J, Keppel, G, Thomson, S, Gibbs, J & Brunetti, G 2020, 'High diversity of native plants and vegetation types in the Morialta Conservation Park and the threat of invasive species', Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, vol. 144, no. 2, pp. 180-199. Open access 10
2020	Barajas-Barbosa, MP, Weigelt, P, Borregaard, MK, Keppel, G & Kreft, H 2020, 'Environmental heterogeneity dynamics drive plant diversity on oceanic islands', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 47, no. 10, pp. 2248-2260. Open access 22 15 37
2020	Bátori, Z, Vojtkó, A, Keppel, G, Tölgyesi, C, Čarni, A, Zorn, M, Farkas, T, Erdős, L, Kiss, PJ, Módra, G & Breg Valjavec, M 2020, 'Anthropogenic disturbances alter the conservation value of karst dolines', Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 503-525. Open access 21 20 1
2020	Carey, M, Boland, J, Weigelt, P & Keppel, G 2020, 'Towards an extended framework for the general dynamic theory of biogeography', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 47, no. 12, pp. 2554-2566. 7 5 8
2020	Gillespie, TW, Keppel, G, Robinson, CM & Rivas-Torres, G 2020, 'Dry forests of the Galápagos: a comparative assessment of a World Heritage Site', Pacific Conservation Biology, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 161-172. Open access 1 1
2020	Ibanez, T, Keppel, G, Baider, C, Birkinshaw, C, Florens, FV, Laidlaw, M, Menkes, C, Parthasarathy, N, Rajkumar, M, Ratovoson, F, Rasingam, L, Reza, L, Aiba, S-i, Webb, EL, Zang, R & Birnbaum, P 2020, 'Tropical cyclones and island area shape species abundance distributions of local tree communities', OIKOS, vol. 129, no. 12, pp. 1856-1866. Open access 7 6 14
2020	Lowry, BJ, Lowry, JH, Jarvis, KJ, Keppel, G, Thaman, RR & Boehmer, HJ 2020, 'Spatial patterns of presence, abundance, and richness of invasive woody plants in relation to urbanization in a tropical island setting', Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, article no, 126516, pp. 1-12. Open access 8 7
2020	Ottaviani, G, Keppel, G, Gotzenberger, L, Harrison, S, Opedal, OH, Conti, L, Liancourt, P, Klimesova, J, Silveira, FA, Jimenez-Alfaro, B, Negoita, L, Dolezal, J, Hajek, M, Ibanez, T, Mendez-Castro, FE & Chytry, M 2020, 'Linking plant functional ecology to island biogeography', Trends in Plant Science, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 329-339. Open access 58 48 20
2020	Sandel, B, Weigelt, P, Kreft, H, Keppel, G, van der Sande, MT, Levin, S, Smith, S, Craven, D & Knight, TM 2020, 'Current climate, isolation and history drive global patterns of tree phylogenetic endemism', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 4-15. 33 28 21
2019	Bátori, Z, Vojtkó, A, Maák, IE, Lőrinczi, G, Farkas, T, Kántor, N, Tanács, E, Kiss, PJ, Juhász, O, Módra, G, Tölgyesi, C, Erdős, L, Aguilon, DJ & Keppel, G 2019, 'Karst dolines provide diverse microhabitats for different functional groups in multiple phyla', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, article no. 7176, pp. 1-12. Open access 37 29 1
2019	Dyer, MJ, Keppel, G, Tuiwawa, M, Vido, S & Boehmer, HJ 2019, 'Invasive alien palm Pinanga coronata threatens native tree ferns in an oceanic island rainforest', Australian Journal of Botany, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 647-656. Open access 9 7
2019	Ibanez, T, Keppel, G, Menkes, C, Gillespie, TW, Lengaigne, M, Mangeas, M, Rivas-Torres, G & Birnbaum, P 2019, 'Globally consistent impact of tropical cyclones on the structure of tropical and subtropical forests', Journal of Ecology, vol. 107, no. 1, pp. 279-292. Open access 50 46 5
2019	Keppel, G & Kreft, H 2019, 'Integration and synthesis of quantitative data: Alexander von Humboldt's renewed relevance in modern biogeography and ecology', Frontiers of Biogeography, vol. 11, no. 2, article no. e43187, pp. 1-7. Open access 11 7
2019	Ottaviani, G, Keppel, G, Marcantonio, M, Mucina, L & Wardell-Johnson, G 2019, 'Woody species in resource-rich microrefugia of granite outcrops display unique functional signatures', Austral Ecology: A Journal of Ecology in the Southern Hemisphere, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 575-580. Open access 6 7
2019	Reid, E, Naikatani, A, Keppel, G & Kleindorfer, S 2019, 'The conservation value of secondary vegetation for Fijian woodland birds', Emu: Austral Ornithology, vol. 119, no. 3, pp. 286-295. Open access 5 4 3
2019	Schrader, J, Moeljono, S, Keppel, G & Kreft, H 2019, 'Plants on small islands revisited: the effects of spatial scale and habitat quality on the species-area relationship', Ecography: Pattern and Diversity in Ecology, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 1405-1414. Open access 34 26 18
2019	Steidinger, B, Crowther, T, Liang, J, Van Nuland, M, Werner, G, Reich, P, Nabuurs, G, de-Miguel, S, Zhou, M, Picard, N, Herault, B, Zhao, X, Zhang, C, Routh, D, Peay, K & Keppel, G and 1 consortia 2019, 'Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses', Nature, vol. 569, no. 7756, pp. 404-408. Open access 318 269 525
2019	Taylor, CM, Keppel, G, O'Sullivan, S, Peters, S, Kerr, GD & Williams, CR 2019, 'Indiscriminate feeding by an alien population of the spotted-thighed frog (Litoria cyclorhyncha) in southern Australia and potential impacts on native biodiversity', Australian Journal of Zoology, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 59-72. Open access 1 1 91
2019	Yates, CJ, Robinson, T, Wardell-Johnson, GW, Keppel, G, Hopper, SD, Schut, AG & Byrne, M 2019, 'High species diversity and turnover in granite inselberg floras highlight the need for a conservation strategy protecting many outcrops', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 9, no. 13, pp. 7660-7675. Open access 29 24
2018	Anderson, J, Keppel, G, Thomson, SM, Randell, A, Raituva, J, Koroi, I, Anisi, R, Charlson, T, Boehmer, HJ & Kleindorfer, S 2018, 'Changes in climate and vegetation with altitude on Mount Batilamu, Viti Levu, Fiji', Journal of Tropical Ecology, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 316-325. Open access 13 13 6
2018	Ibanez, T, Blanchard, E, Hequet, V, Keppel, G, Laidlaw, M, Pouteau, R, Vandrot, H & Birnbaum, P 2018, 'High endemism and stem density distinguish New Caledonian from other high-diversity rainforests in the Southwest Pacific', Annals of Botany, vol. 121, no. 1, pp. 25-35. Open access 15 10 16
2018	Ibanez, T, Keppel, G, Baider, C, Birkinshaw, C & Birnbaum, P and 22 other authors 2018, 'Regional forcing explains local species diversity and turnover on tropical islands', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 474-486. Open access 38 28 6
2018	Kavousi, J & Keppel, G 2018, 'Clarifying the concept of climate change refugia for coral reefs', ICES Journal of Marine Science, vol 75, no. 1, pp. 43-49. Open access 40 33 94
2018	Keppel, G, Ottaviani, G, Harrison, S, Wardell-Johnson, GW, Marcantonio, M & Mucina, L 2018, 'Towards an eco-evolutionary understanding of endemism hotspots and refugia', Annals of Botany, vol. 122, no. 6, pp. 927-934. Open access 43 40 11
2018	Ottaviani, G & Keppel, G 2018, 'Contrasting intraspecific foliar trait responses to stressful conditions of two rhizomatous granite outcrop species at different scales in southwestern Australia', Austral Ecology: A Journal of Ecology in the Southern Hemisphere, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 249-256. Open access 9 9 1
2018	Ottaviani, G, Tsakalos, JL, Keppel, G & Mucina, L 2018, 'Quantifying the effects of ecological constraints on trait expression using novel trait-gradient analysis parameters', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 435-440. Open access 9 8
2018	Taylor, C, Keppel, G, Peters, S, Hopkins, G & Kerr, G 2018, 'Establishment and potential spread of the introduced spotted-thighed frog, Litoria cyclorhyncha (Ranoidea cyclorhynchus), in South Australia', Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, vol. 142, no.1, pp. 86-101. Open access 4 5 6
2017	Bátori, Z, Vojtkó, A, Farkas, T, Szabó, AE, Havadtὃi, K, Vojtkó, AE, Tölgyesi, C, Cseh, V, Erdὃs, L, Maák, IE & Keppel, G 2017, 'Large- and small-scale environmental factors drive distributions of cool-adapted plants in karstic microrefugia', Annals of Botany, vol. 119, no. 2, pp. 301-309. Open access 52 46 17
2017	Keppel, G, Anderson, S, Williams, C, Kleindorfer, S & O'Connell, C 2017, 'Microhabitats and canopy cover moderate high summer temperatures in a fragmented Mediterranean landscape', PLoS One, vol. 12, no. 8, article no. e0183106, pp. 1-18. Open access 29 23 1
2017	Keppel, G, Robinson, TP, Wardell-Johnson, GW, Yates, CJ, Van Niel, KP, Byrne, M & Schut, AG 2017, 'A low-altitude mountain range as an important refugium for two narrow endemics in the Southwest Australian Floristic Region biodiversity hotspot', Annals of Botany, vol. 119, no. 2, pp. 289-300. Open access 37 35 16
2017	Mokany, K, Jordan, GJ, Harwood, TD, Harrison, PA, Keppel, G, Gilfedder, L, Carter, O & Ferrier, S 2017, 'Past, present and future refugia for Tasmania's palaeoendemic flora', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 44, pp. 1537-1546. Open access 21 21 2
2017	Sommerville, KD, Clarke, B, Keppel, G, McGill, C, Newby, ZJ, Wyse, SV, James, SA & Offord, CA 2017, 'Saving rainforests in the South Pacific: challenges in ex situ conservation', Australian Journal of Botany, vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 609-624. Open access 18 16 6
2016	Keppel, G, Gillespie, TW, Ormerod, P & Fricker, GA 2016, 'Habitat diversity predicts orchid diversity in the tropical south-west Pacific', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 43, no. 12, pp. 2332-2342. Open access 36 32 3
2016	O'Connell, C & Keppel, G 2016, 'Deep tree hollows: important refuges from extreme temperatures', Wildlife Biology, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 305-310. Open access 27 25 15
2015	Keppel, G, Allen, J & Riessen, N 2015, 'Seasonal changes in plant communities surrounding warrens of the southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinu Latifrons)', The South Australian Naturalist, vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 8-19.
2015	Keppel, G, Mokany, K, Wardell-Johnson, G, Phillips, BL, Welbergen, JA & Reside, AE 2015, 'The capacity of refugia for conservation planning under climate change', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 106-112. Open access 205 185 31
2015	Keppel, G, Naikatini, A, Rounds, IA, Pressey, RL & Thomas, NT 2015, 'Local and expert knowledge improve conservation assessment of rare and iconic Fijian tree species', Pacific Conservation Biology, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 214-219. Open access 4 12
2014	Gillespie, TW, O'Neill, K, Keppel, G, Pau, S, Meyer, J-Y, Price, JP & Jaffré, T 2014, 'Prioritizing conservation of tropical dry forests in the Pacific', Oryx: Journal of Fauna and Flora International, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 337-344. Open access 16 13 1
2014	Keppel, G, Morrison, C, Meyer, J-Y & Boehmer, HJ 2014, 'Isolated and vulnerable: the history and future of Pacific Island terrestrial biodiversity', Pacific Conservation Biology, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 136-145. Open access 48
2014	Reside, AE, Welbergen, JA, Phillips, BL, Wardell-Johnson, GW, Keppel, G, Ferrier, S, Williams, SE & VanDerWal, J 2014, 'Characteristics of climate change refugia for Australian biodiversity', Austral Ecology: A Journal of Ecology in the Southern Hemisphere, vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 887-897. 27 66 19
2014	Schut, AG, Wardell-Johnson, GW, Yates, CJ, Keppel, G, Baran, I, Franklin, SE, Hopper, SD, Van Niel, KP, Mucina, L & Byrne, M 2014, 'Rapid characterisation of vegetation structure to predict refugia and climate change impacts across a global biodiversity hotspot', PLoS One, vol. 9, no. 1, article no. e82778, pp. 1-15. Open access 60 51 83
2014	Tapper, S-L, Byrne, M, Yates, C, Keppel, G, Hopper, S, Van Niel, K, Schut, A, Mucina, L & Wardell-Johnson, G 2014, 'Isolated with persistence or dynamically connected?: Genetic patterns in a common granite outcrop endemic', Diversity and Distributions: A Journal of Conservation Biogeography, vol. 20, pp. 987-1001. 53 48
2014	Tapper, S-L, Byrne, M, Yates, CJ, Keppel, G, Hopper, SD, Van Niel, K, Schut, AG, Mucina, L & Wardell-Johnson, GW 2014, 'Prolonged isolation and persistence of a common endemic on granite outcrops in both mesic and semi-arid environments in south-western Australia', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 41, no. 11, pp. 2032-2044. 20 39
2013	Franklin, J, Keppel, G, Webb, EL, Seamon, JO, Rey, SJ, Steadman, DW, Wiser, SK & Drake, DR 2013, 'Dispersal limitation, speciation, environmental filtering and niche differentiation influence forest tree communities in West Polynesia', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 988-999. 20 18 1
2013	Gillespie, TW, Keppel, G, Pau, S, Price, JP, Jaffré, T & O'Neill, K 2013, 'Scaling species richness and endemism of tropical dry forests on oceanic islands', Diversity and Distributions: A Journal of Conservation Biogeography, vol. 19, no. 8, pp. 896-906. 18 17
2012	Gillespie, TW, Lipkin, B, Sullivan, L, Benowitz, DR, Pau, S & Keppel, G 2012, 'The rarest and least protected forests in biodiversity hotspots', Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 21, no. 14, pp. 3597-3611. 62 53
2012	Keppel, G & Wardell-Johnson, GW 2012, 'Refugia: keys to climate change management', Global Change Biology, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 2389-2391. 132 123
2012	Keppel, G, Morrison, C, Watling, D, Tuiwawa, M V & Rounds, IA 2012, 'Conservation in tropical Pacific Island countries : why most current approaches are failing', Conservation Letters, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 256-265. Open access 63 50
2012	Keppel, G, Van Niel, KP, Wardell-Johnson, GW, Yates, CJ, Byrne, M, Mucina, L, Schut, A, Hopper, S & Franklin, S 2012, 'Refugia: identifying and understanding safe havens for biodiversity under climate change', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 393-404. Open access 737 679
2012	Tuiwawa, SH & Keppel, G 2012, 'Species diversity, composition and the regeneration potential of native plants at the Wainiveiota Mahogany Plantation, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands', The South Pacific Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, vol. 30, pp. 51-57. Open access
2011	Gillespie, TW, Keppel, G, Pau, S, Price, JP, Jaffré, T, Meyer, J-Y & O'Neill, K 2011, 'Floristic composition and natural history characteristics of dry forests in the Pacific', Pacific Science, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 127-141. Open access 16 11
2011	Keppel, G, Prentis, P, Biffin, E, Hodgskiss, P, Tuisese, S, Tuiwawa, M V & Lowe, A 2011, 'Diversification history and hybridisation of Dacrydium (Podocarpaceae) in remote Oceania', Australian Journal of Botany, vol. 59 no. 3, pp. 262-273. Open access 25 22
2011	Keppel, G, Tuiwawa, M V, Naikatini, A & Rounds, IA 2011, 'Microhabitat specialization of tropical rain-forest canopy trees in the Sovi Basin, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands', Journal of Tropical Ecology, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 491-501. Open access 20 16
2011	Wardell-Johnson, G, Keppel, G & Sander, J 2011, 'Climate change impacts on the terrestrial biodiversity and carbon stocks of Oceania', Pacific Conservation Biology, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 230-240. 28
2010	Keppel, G, Buckley, YM & Possingham, HP 2010, 'Drivers of lowland rain forest community assembly, species diversity and forest structure on islands in the tropical South Pacific', Journal of Ecology, vol. 98 no. 1, pp. 87-95. Open access 69 61
2009	Keppel, G, Lowe, A & Possingham, H 2009, 'Changing perspectives on the biogeography of the tropical South Pacific: Influences of dispersal, vicariance and extinction', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 1035-1054. 87 80
2009	Morrison, C, Keppel, G, Thomas, N, Rounds, I & Harlow, PS 2009, 'Critically endangered fijian crested iguana (brachylophus vitiensis) shows habitat preference for globally threatened tropical dry forest', Pacific Science, vol. 63 no. 2, pp. 223-242. Open access 4 4
2008	Keppel, G, Hodgskiss, P & Plunkett, G 2008, 'Cycads in the insular South-west Pacific: Dispersal or vicariance?', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 1004-1015. 26 23

Conferences

Year	Output
2015	Cameron, DA, Vorwerk, SJ & Keppel, G 2015, 'Monitoring of a suburban environment: soil-plant-atmosphere and clay movements', in Z Chen et al. (eds), AP-UNSAT 2015: 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, CRC Press, pp. 673-684. Open access
2014	Keppel, G 2014, 'The importance of expert knowledge in conservation planning - Comment to an article by C.J. Klein et al', Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, vol. 48, pp. 202-203. 8 5 3

Reports

Year	Output
2022	Guerin, G, Keppel, G, Peters, S, Nolan, R, Sarnow, U, Bradshaw, H, Morgan, R, Fitzgerald, D, Boland, J & Boutsalis, E 2022, Dieback of Stringybark Forests in The Mount Lofty Ranges - phase 1, University of South Australia & University of Adelaide, Australia.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Highlights

I recently completed a MAK'IT fellowship at the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) through the University of Montpellier. I remain actively engaged in the conservation of biodiversity in Oceania. In addition, I am an Associate editor for Ecology and Evolution, a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission on Conifers Specialist group, and the Principal Co-ordinator of the Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect (PABITRA).

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
AAM Pty Limited	AUSTRALIA
Abaca Village	FIJI
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	CZECH REPUBLIC
Aggtelek National Park Directorate	HUNGARY
American Samoa Government	UNITED STATES
Apathy István Association	HUNGARY
Arizona State University	UNITED STATES
Beijing Forestry University	CHINA
Bentley Delivery Centre	AUSTRALIA
Biodiversity and Conservation Science	AUSTRALIA
Catholic University of Louvain	BELGIUM
Charles Darwin Foundation	ECUADOR
Charles Darwin University	AUSTRALIA
Charles University in Prague	CZECH REPUBLIC
Chinese Academy of Forestry	CHINA
Conservation International	UNITED STATES
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation)	AUSTRALIA
CSIRO Land and Water, Glen Osmond, SA	AUSTRALIA
Curtin University	AUSTRALIA
Czech University of Life Sciences	CZECH REPUBLIC
Department for Environment and Water	AUSTRALIA
Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources	AUSTRALIA
Department of Parks and Wildlife	AUSTRALIA
Department of Parks and Wildlife WA	AUSTRALIA
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment	AUSTRALIA
Environment Consulting Fiji	FIJI
Eszterházy Károly College	HUNGARY
Eszterhazy Karoly University	HUNGARY
ETH Zürich	SWITZERLAND
Federal University of Minas Gerais	BRAZIL
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Florida Institute of Technology	UNITED STATES
Florida State University	UNITED STATES
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	FRANCE
Forestry Department, Ministry of Fisheries and Forests	FIJI
GIP Ecofor	FRANCE
Gouvernement de Polynesire Francaise	FRENCH POLYNESIA
Government of French Polynesia	FRENCH POLYNESIA
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
Herbarium of IRD Nouméa	NEW CALEDONIA
Hungarian Academy of Sciences	HUNGARY
Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien	NEW CALEDONIA
Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement	NEW CALEDONIA
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)	SWITZERLAND
IRD-Institut de pour le developpement	NEW CALEDONIA
Islamic Azad University	IRAN
James Cook University	AUSTRALIA
Kagoshima University	JAPAN
Landcare Research	NEW ZEALAND
Louisiana State University	UNITED STATES
Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research	NEW ZEALAND
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg	GERMANY
Masaryk University	CZECH REPUBLIC
Massey University	NEW ZEALAND
Mauritius Herbarium	MAURITIUS
Milvus Group	ROMANIA
Ministry of Fisheries and Forests	FIJI
Ministry of Forestry and Research	SOLOMON ISLANDS
Missouri Botanical Garden	UNITED STATES
MTA Centre for Ecological Research	HUNGARY
MTA-DE Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group	HUNGARY
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis	UNITED STATES
National Herbarium of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
National University of Singapore	SINGAPORE
Nature Glenelg Trust	AUSTRALIA
NatureFiji	FIJI
NatureFiji-MareqetiViti	FIJI
New Caledonian Agronomic Institute	NEW CALEDONIA
Paris-Sorbonne University	FRANCE
Parks and Wildlife, WA	AUSTRALIA
Polish Academy of Sciences	POLAND
Pondicherry University	INDIA
Private Individual	AUSTRALIA
Purdue University	UNITED STATES
Queensland Herbarium	AUSTRALIA
Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts	SLOVENIA
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust	AUSTRALIA
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	UNITED KINGDOM
Santa Clara University	UNITED STATES
Sorbonne University	FRANCE
Southern Utah University	UNITED STATES
Stanford University	UNITED STATES
State Herbarium of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
Stellenbosch University	SOUTH AFRICA
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)	SWITZERLAND
Taronga Zoo	AUSTRALIA
Telangana University	INDIA
The Czech Academy of Sciences	CZECH REPUBLIC
Trent University	CANADA
Tropik Wood Industries Ltd	FIJI
Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México (Unam)	MEXICO
Universitat De Lleida	SPAIN
Université de Montpellier	FRANCE
University College London	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Arizona	UNITED STATES
University of California	UNITED STATES
University of California Davis	UNITED STATES
University of California, Los Angeles	UNITED STATES
University of California, Riverside	UNITED STATES
University of California, Santa Barbara	UNITED STATES
University of Copenhagen	DENMARK
University of Denver	UNITED STATES
University of Florida	UNITED STATES
University of Gottingen	GERMANY
University of Hawaii	UNITED STATES
University of Helsinki	FINLAND
University of Mauritius	MAURITIUS
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of Michigan	UNITED STATES
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	UNITED STATES
University of Montpellier	FRANCE
University of Munich	GERMANY
University of Nova Gorica	SLOVENIA
University of Oviedo	SPAIN
University of Oxford	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Papua	INDONESIA
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of Reunion Island	REUNION
University of San Francisco	UNITED STATES
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Szeged	HUNGARY
University of Tasmania	AUSTRALIA
University of the Ryukyus	JAPAN
University of the South Pacific	FIJI
University of the Sunshine Coast	AUSTRALIA
University of Tubingen	GERMANY
University of Vienna	AUSTRIA
University of Wageningen	NETHERLANDS
University of Western Australia	AUSTRALIA
University Western Australia	AUSTRALIA
US Department of Agriculture	UNITED STATES
Virginia Commonwealth University	UNITED STATES
Wageningen University and Research Centre	NETHERLANDS
Western Sydney University	AUSTRALIA
Yookamurra Sanctuary	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
External Supervisor University of Adelaide	2020
Ecology and Evolution John Wiley & Sons Ltd	2019
Editor for Ecology and Evolution John Wiley & Sons Ltd	2019
Research Fellowship Alexander von Humboldt Foundation	2017
Specialist Group Member IUCN Species Survival Commission on Conifers	2017
UniSA Representative Australian Council of Environmental Deans and Directors (ACEDD)	2016
Invited Speaker 100th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, USA	2015

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

I am passionate about teaching and have experience lecturing in the fields of plant biology, conservation, vegetation ecology, resource management and biogeography. In addition to undergraduate, I contribute to the developing budding researchers and professionals through supervising Honours and final-year project students. I am particulary engaged in enhancing the experience for Honours and HDR students in the environmental field and organise a monthly forum for discussing and sharing research related to biodiversity as part of the Biodiversity Group. In addition to the UniSA HDR students listed below, I contribute to the supervison of the following students:

Alivereti Naikatini (PhD student, University of the South Pacific): Behavioural ecology of Fiji’s woodland songbirds.

Siteri Tikoca (PhD student, University of Adelaide). Ecology and conservation of an endangered Fijian cave roosting bat.

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Aetiology and consequences of stringybark dieback in the Mount Lofty Ranges	Current
Environmental drivers of River Murray mosquito community structure	Current
Quantifying dieback of Eucalypt forests using remote sensing	Current
The impact of tropical cyclones on rainforest structure and functioning in the Australian wet tropics	Current
Statistical analysis of dynamic patterns in insular biogeography	Completed
Urban vegetation and invertebrate biodiversity: revegetated and remnant site effects	Completed

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