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Kirkpatrick, James Barrie (1946 - )

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    Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum, detail of bark, 23 January 2013
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Born
12 October 1946
Australia
Occupation
Environmental scientist and Geographer
Website
http://www.utas.edu.au/geography-environment/people/Jamie-Kirkpatrick

Summary

James Barrie Kirkpatrick is a Professor of Geology at the University of Tasmania. His interest lies in integrating social and physical geography to solve problems in nature conservation. He is also an ecologist, having been president of both the Institute of Australian Geographers and the Ecological Society of Australia. His research and numerous publications have included the taxonomy and biogeography of eucalyptus, effects of fire and animals on vegetation and organic soils and landforms, and failures and successes in nature conservation. James Kirkpatrick has over 200 publications, a selection of which is listed here.

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Chronology

1966 - 1997
Career position - President, Ecological Society of Australia
1968
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Melbourne
1972 - 1980
Career position - Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Tasmania
1973
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
1974
Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus globulus subsp. bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp.
1974
Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus globulus subsp. pseudoglobulus (Naudin) J.B.Kirkp.
1974
Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus globulus subsp. maidenii (F.Muell.) J.B.Kirkp.
1981 - 1986
Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Tasmania
1986 -
Career position - Member, Tasmanbnian Wilderness World Heritage Area Advisory Council
1987 - 1988
Career position - Reader, Department of Geography, University of Tasmania
1987 - 1999
Career position - Professor and Head of Department, Department of Geography, University of Tasmania
1988 -
Career position - Endangered Species Advisory Council, Australia
1997
Award - Eureka Prize for Environmental Research
2003
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to environmental conservation, particularly in relation to World Heritage assessment and the development of forest reservation criteria
2006
Award - Doctor of Science, University of Tasmania, for a substantial and sustained contribution to scientific knowledge over a long career
2009
Award - Gold medal of the Ecological Society of Australia
2009
Award - Distinguished Fellowship of the Institute of Australian Geographers

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Published resources

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Books

  • Kirkpatrick, J. B., Identification of habitats of rare and threatened plant species and communities in Tasmania (Hobart: Tasmanian Conservation Trust, 1997), 185 pp. Details
  • Kirkpatrick, J.B.; Peacock, R.J.; Cullen, P.J.; and Neyland, M.G., The wet eucalypt forests of Tasmania. (Hobart: Tasmanian Conservation Trust, 1988), 153 pp. Details
  • Kirkpatrick, James, A Continent Transformed: Human Impact on the Natural Vegetation of Australia (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1994), 143 pp. Details
  • Kirkpatrick, Jamie, Conservation worrier (Hobart: De Press Inc., 2017), 296 pp. Details
  • Kirkpatrick, Jamie; McDougall, Keith; and Hyde, Michael, Australia's most threatened ecosystem : the southeastern lowland native grasslands (Chipping Norton, N.S.W.: Surrey Beatty & Sons, 1995), 110 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Kirkpatrick, J.B., 'Vascular plant-eucalypt interactions.' in Eucalypt Ecology: Individuals to Ecosystems, Williams, J. E. and Woinarski, J.C.Z., eds (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), pp. 227-245. Details
  • Kirkpatrick, J.B.; and Gilfedder, L., 'Distribution, ecology and conservation status of lowland and subalpine woodlands in Tasmania.' in Temperate eucalypt woodlands in Australia: biology, conservation, management and restoration, R.J. Hobbs and C.J. Yates, eds (Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty and Sons, 2000), pp. 45-56. Details

Edited Books

  • Banks. M. R.; and Kirkpatrick, J. B. eds, Landscape and man : the interaction between man and environment in western Tasmania (Hobart: Royal Society of Tasmania, 1977), 199 pp. Details
  • Kirkpatrick, Jamie and Bridle, Kerry eds, People, Sheep and Nature Conservation: the Tasmanian Experience (Collingwood: CSIRO Publishng, 2007), 263 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Bar-Ness, Y.D.; Kirkpatrick, J.B.; and McQuillan, P.B., 'Crown structure differences and dynamics in mature and old-growth Eucalyptus obliqua.', Australian Forestry, 75 (2012), 120-129. Details
  • Bowman, D.M.J.S.; and Kirkpatrick, J.B., 'Geographic variation in the demographic structure of stands of Eucalyptus delegatensis R.T. Baker on dolerite in Tasmania.', Journal of Biogeography, 11 (1984), 427-437. Details
  • Bowman, D.M.J.S.; and Kirkpatrick, J.B., 'The establishment, suppression and growth of Eucalyptus delegatensis R.T. Baker in multi-aged forests. II. Sapling growth and its environmental correlates.', Australian Journal of Botany, 34 (1986), 73-80. Details
  • Bowman, D.M.J.S.; and Kirkpatrick, J.B., 'The establishment, suppression and growth of Eucalyptus delegatensis in multi-aged forests. III. Intraspecific allelopathy, competition between adult and juvenile for moisture and nutrients, and frost damage to seedlings.', Australian Journal of Botany, 34 (1986), 81-94. Details
  • Bowman, D.M.J.S.; and Kirkpatrick, J.B., 'The establishment, suppression and growth of Eucalyptus delegatensis R.T. Baker in multi-aged forests. I. The effects of fire on mortality and seedling establishment.', Australian Journal of Botany, 34 (1986), 63-72. Details
  • Calder J.A.; and Kirkpatrick, J.B., 'Climate change and other factors influencing the decline of the Tasmanian cider gum (Eucalyptus gunnii).', Australian Journal of Botany, 56 (2008), 684-692. Details
  • Kirkpatrick, J.B., 'The numerical intraspecific taxonomy of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. (Myrtaceae)', Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 69 (2) (1974), 89-104. Details
  • Kirkpatrick, J.B., 'Natural distribution of Eucalyptus globulus Labill.', Australian Geographer, 13 (1975), 22-35. Details
  • Kirkpatrick, J.B., 'Eucalypt invasion in southern California.', Australian Geographer, 13 (1977), 387-393. Details
  • Turner, P.A.M.; Balmer J.; and Kirkpatrick J.B, 'Stand replacing wildfires? The incidence of multi-cohort and single-cohort Eucalyptus regnans and E. obliqua forests in southern Tasmania.', Forest Ecology and Management, 258 (2009), 366-375. Details
  • Turton, Stephen M., 'Festschrift initiative: celebrating Distinguished Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick AM', Geographical research, 61 (2022), 11-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12570. Details

Resources

Digital resources

Title
Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum, detail of leaves
Type
Image
Date
23 January 2013
Place
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

Details

Title
Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum, detail of bark
Type
Image
Date
23 January 2013
Place
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

Details

Title
Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum
Type
Image
Date
23 January 2013
Place
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

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