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Chair of Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology

Dr. Simon Verdon

Dr. Simon Verdon

Nationalparkverwaltung Bayerischer Wald
Freyunger Str. 2
94481 Grafenau
Phone: +49 93131-89617
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3923-2242

  • Conservation and management of threatened birds
  • Fire-management/disturbance ecology
  • Conservation translocations
  • Acoustic ecology
  • Species Distribution Modelling

 

 

  • RangerSound Project

2025[ to top ]
  • Benefits of Modelling Abundance for Rare Species Conservation: A Case Study With Multiple Birds Across One Million Hectares. Verdon, Simon J.; Makdissi, Rhys; Mitchell, William F.; Boulton, Rebecca L.; Radford, James Q. In Diversity and Distributions, 31(1). Wiley, 2025.
2024[ to top ]
  • Monitoring threats to Australian threatened birds: climate change was the biggest threat in 2020 with minimal progress on its management. Garnett, Stephen T.; Woinarski, John C. Z.; Barry Baker, G.; Berryman, Alex J.; Crates, Ross; Legge, Sarah M.; Lilleyman, Amanda; Luck, Linda; Tulloch, Ayesha I. T.; Verdon, Simon J.; Ward, Michelle; Watson, James E. M.; Zander, Kerstin K.; Geyle, Hayley M. In Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124(1), pp. 37–54. Informa UK Limited, 2024.
  • The impact of plant‐derived fire management prescriptions on fire‐responsive bird species. Makdissi, Rhys; Verdon, Simon J.; Radford, James Q.; Bennett, Andrew F.; Clarke, Michael F. In Ecological Applications, 34(8). Wiley, 2024.
  • Trends in monitoring of Australia’s threatened birds (1990–2020): much improved but still inadequate. Verdon, Simon J.; Davis, Robert A.; Tulloch, Ayesha; Legge, Sarah M.; Watson, David M.; Woinarski, John C.Z.; Baker, G. Barry; Driessen, Joris; Geyle, Hayley M.; Possingham, Hugh; Garnett, Stephen T. In Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124(1), pp. 21–36. Informa UK Limited, 2024.
2023[ to top ]
  • Assessing the adequacy of an aggregated vegetation classification: A test in semi‐arid Australia. McIntosh, Rachel; Verdon, Simon J.; Radford, James Q.; Clarke, Michael F.; Bennett, Andrew F. In Austral Ecology, 49(2). Wiley, 2023.
  • First record of the Mallee Whipbird Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster in Victoria since 1985. Verdon, Simon; Wild, Lachlan; Southgate, Matilda; Makdissi, Rhys; Mitchell, William. In Australian Field Ornithology, 40, pp. 269–272. BirdLife Australia, Ltd., 2023.
2022[ to top ]
  • Can fire‐age mosaics really deal with conflicting needs of species? A study using population hotspots of multiple threatened birds. Verdon, Simon J.; Clarke, Michael F. In Journal of Applied Ecology, 59(8), pp. 2128–2141. Wiley, 2022.
2021[ to top ]
  • Testing the effects of ecologically extinct mammals on vegetation in arid Australia: A long‐term experimental approach. Michael, Kimberley H.; Leonard, Steven W. J.; Decker, Orsolya; Verdon, Simon J.; Gibb, Heloise. In Austral Ecology, 47(2), pp. 226–238. Wiley, 2021.
  • Using experimental trials to improve translocation protocols for a cryptic, endangered passerine. Mitchell, William F.; Boulton, Rebecca L.; Ireland, Luke; Hunt, Thomas J.; Verdon, Simon J.; Olds, Liberty G. M.; Hedger, Chris; Clarke, Rohan H. In Pacific Conservation Biology, 28(1), pp. 68–79. CSIRO Publishing, 2021.
  • Can flexible timing of harvest for translocation reduce the impact on fluctuating source populations?. Verdon, Simon J.; Mitchell, William F.; Clarke, Michael F. In Wildlife Research, 48(5), pp. 458–469. CSIRO Publishing, 2021.
2020[ to top ]
  • Are all fauna associated with the same structural features of the foundation species Triodia scariosa?. Verdon, Simon J.; Watson, Simon J.; Nimmo, Dale G.; Clarke, Michael F. In Austral Ecology, 45(6), pp. 773–787. Wiley, 2020.
2019[ to top ]
  • Modeling variability in the fire response of an endangered bird to improve fire‐management. Verdon, Simon James; Watson, Simon J.; Clarke, Michael F. In Ecological Applications, 29(8). Wiley, 2019.
2017[ to top ]
  • Testing top‐down and bottom‐up effects on arid zone beetle assemblages following mammal reintroduction. Gibb, Heloise; Verdon, Simon J.; Weir, Tom; Johansson, Therese; L’Hotellier, Felicity; Hayward, Matthew W. In Austral Ecology, 43(3), pp. 288–300. Wiley, 2017.
2016[ to top ]
  • Net effects of soil disturbance and herbivory on vegetation by a re-established digging mammal assemblage in arid zone Australia. Verdon, Simon James; Gibb, Heloise; Leonard, Steven W.J. In Journal of Arid Environments, 133, pp. 29–36. Elsevier BV, 2016.