Zachary Carter
School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
I am a quantitative ecologist interested in safeguarding biodiversity from threatening processes. My research focuses on empowering conservation practitioners by giving them tools to make informed, effective management decisions. I currently work as a research fellow in the Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (SAEF) programme, investigating approaches to prevent future biological invasions from occurring within the Antarctic region. Central themes explored in my research are biodiversity conservation, biogeography, decision making, invasive species, islands, and global change.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2023 - ongoing Research Fellow University of Adelaide 2022 - ongoing Research Fellow Queensland University of Technology
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Carter, Z. T., Bode, M., Chown, S. L., Burrows, J. L., Shaw, J. D., Walsh, J. C., . . . Wilson, K. A. (2025). Emerging threats to Antarctic conservation.. Nat Ecol Evol, 20 pages.
2024 Onley, I. R., Houghton, M. J., Leggett, K., Cassey, P., Carter, Z. T., & Shaw, J. (2024). Assessing ongoing risks and managing detections of non-native invertebrates in the Antarctic Region. NeoBiota, 95, 133-147.
Scopus3 WoS32023 Carter, Z. T., McNaughton, E. J., Fea, M. P., Horner, I., Johnson, K., Killick, S., . . . Glen, A. S. (2023). Evaluating scent detection dogs as a tool to detect pathogenic Phytophthora species. Conservation Science and Practice, 5(9), e12997-1-e12997-10.
Scopus3 WoS32022 Bodey, T. W., Carter, Z. T., Haubrock, P. J., Cuthbert, R. N., Welsh, M. J., Diagne, C., & Courchamp, F. (2022). Building a synthesis of economic costs of biological invasions in New Zealand. PeerJ, 10, e13580.
Scopus102022 Spatz, D. R., Holmes, N. D., Will, D. J., Hein, S., Carter, Z. T., Fewster, R. M., . . . Russell, J. C. (2022). The global contribution of invasive vertebrate eradication as a key island restoration tool. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 13391.
Scopus67 Europe PMC292022 Carter, Z. T., Hanson, J. O., Perry, G. L. W., & Russell, J. C. (2022). Incorporating management action suitability in conservation plans. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59(10), 2581-2592.
Scopus6 WoS52022 Bodey, T. W., Carter, Z. T., Haubrock, P. J., Cuthbert, R. N., Welsh, M. J., Diagne, C., & Courchamp, F. (2022). Building a synthesis of economic costs of biological invasions in New Zealand. PeerJ.
2021 Lumley, T., Bodey, T. W., Russell, J. C., & Carter, Z. T. (2021). The clock is ticking: Temporally prioritizing eradications on islands. Global Change Biology, 27(7), 1443-1456.
Scopus11 WoS8 Europe PMC82021 Carter, Z. T., Bodey, T. W., & Russell, J. C. (2021). Terrestrial vertebrate survey of Motukawanui. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 48(2), 174-184.
Scopus3 WoS32020 Carter, Z. T., Perry, G. L. W., & Russell, J. C. (2020). Determining the underlying structure of insular isolation measures. Journal of Biogeography, 47(4), 955-967.
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Theses
Year Citation 2022 Carter, Z. T. (2022). Through space and time: novel methods to prioritise management actions for invasive species. (University of Auckland). -
Datasets
Year Citation - Carter, Z., Bode, M., Chown, S. L., Burrows, J., Shaw, J. D., Walsh, J. C., . . . Wilson, K. (n.d.). Dataset for "Emerging threats to Antarctic conservation".
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