Urban areas present challenging environments for biodiversity, but they are also home to a diverse array of plants, animals, insects and microorganisms that make important contributions to ecosystem resilience and human health and wellbeing. The Biodiverse Cities research group investigates questions related to the ecology in, of, for and with cities.
Examples of research interests include:
- quantifying biodiversity through spatial datasets and field work
- measuring urban impacts on biodiversity
- urban environments as social-ecological-cultural-technical systems
- urban biodiversity conservation, management, maintenance and governance
- relationships between biodiversity and human health and wellbeing
- biodiversity positive urban design
- urbanisation gradients and comparative ecology of cities and towns
Contact
For enquiries, please email Amy Hahs - amy.hahs@unimelb.edu.au
Academics and researchers in the Biodiverse Cities research group.
Academic staff
Nick Williams
Researchers
Juan Reyna Monrreal
Graduate researcher
Evariste Rutebuka
Graduate researcher
Julia Schiller
Graduate researcher
Zoe Davis
Graduate researcher
Lu Cao
Graduate researcher
Zoe Metherell
Graduate researcher
Sisley Irwin
Graduate researcher
Katherine Horsfall
Graduate researcher
Sophia Blosfelds
Phillipa Bell
Graduate researcher