Mark Jeffrey MCDONNELL (Dr)

Mark McDonnell is the Director of the Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria which is located at the University of Melbourne. His research interests range widely, and include the processes driving vegetation and ecosystem change, landscape ecology, the structure and function of urban ecosystems, and the conservation and management of urban biodiversity. In all these areas, he is concerned about bringing high-quality ecological data and the understanding of basic ecological processes to bear on problems of conservation and management of urban ecosystems. He has conducted pioneering research on the study of urban-rural gradients and the comparative ecology of cities and towns around the globe. Mark has authored or co-authored over 150 scientific papers, reviews, book chapters, reports and articles and has co-edited two books on the topic of urban ecology. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Urban Ecology published by Oxford University Press.