Person
Heinsohn, Robert
- Occupation
- Conservation biologist and Ornithologist
Summary
Robert Heinsohn is a noted conservation biologist with a strong background in evolutionary and behavioural ecology, and a primary focus on birds. Increasingly his research has focused on the identification of broad-scale processes shaping conservation problems. Australian and Papua New Guinean birds on which Heinsohn has concentrated include Eclectus parrots Swift parrots and the Norfolk Island green parrot, His ground-breaking research has resulted in the discovery of kidnapping in white-winged choughs and the use of tools by palm cockatoos, and changes in the conservation status of these cockatoos (now endangered) and swift parrots (now critically endangered). Heinsohn was co-editor of Boom and bust: bird stories for a dry country (2009), the award-winning book that explored the adaptations of Australian birds to erratic weather. He has ben involved with BirdLife Australia's Regent Honeyeater recovery team and was for over a decade Associate Editor of the journal Emu. Heinsohn is Professor of Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Biology at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University.
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Chronology
- 1990
- Education - PhD, Australian National University
- 2009
- Award - Whitley Medal (jointly), Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, for Boom and bust: bird stories for a dry country
- 2023
- Award - D. L. Serventy Medal, Birdlife Australia
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Published resources
Edited Books
- Robin, Libby, Heinsohn, Robert and Joseph, Leo eds, Boom and Bust: Bird Stories for a Dry Country (Collingwood (Vic.) : CSIRO, 2009), 312 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'D. L. Serventy Medal citation [Robert Heinsohn]', Emu: austral ornithology, 123 (3) (2023), 260. https://doi.org/10.1080/01584197.2023.2226342. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 9 January 2024