APrf Ben Sparrow
Grant-Funded Research Associate Professor
School of Biological Sciences
College of Sciences
Ben's current research focuses on Environmental Surveillance Monitoring, along with other forms of environmental monitoring. He works extensively on methods and analysis of these surveillance datasets and currently directs the Surveillance monitoring component of TERN's Environmental Research Infrastructure.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | TERN SA Node Lead | University of Adelaide |
| 2024 - ongoing | TERN Cal/Val Lead | University of Adelaide |
| 2018 - ongoing | TERN Ecosystem Surveillance Program Lead | University of Adelaide |
| 2017 - ongoing | Associate Professor | The University of Adelaide |
| 2016 - 2018 | Director TERN Eco-informatics and AusPlots | The University of Adelaide |
| 2013 - 2018 | Director - TERN Ausplots | The University of Adelaide |
| 2012 - 2013 | Science and Technology Lead - TERN MSPN | The University of Adelaide |
| 2010 - 2011 | TERN Ausplots Survey Manager | The University of Adelaide |
| 2009 - 2010 | Manager - Land Resources South | Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport, NT |
| 2009 - 2009 | Acting Regional Manager - Natural Resources Division | NRETAS |
| 2008 - 2009 | Principal Scientist - Land Resources South | Land Sciences Branch - NRETAS |
| 2004 - 2008 | Spatial Ecologist - Biodiversity Conservation (South) | Parks and Wildlife - NRETAS |
| 2000 - 2004 | Spatial Scientist - Biological Survey and Monitoring Section | Department of Environment and Heritage |
| 1999 - 2002 | Part Time Lecturer | UniSA- School of Geo-informatics, Planning and Building. |
| 1997 - 2000 | Remote Sensing Specialist, Image Data Section | Department of Environment and Heritage |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 - 1996 | The University of Adelaide | Australia | B.App.Sc (NRM) (Hons.) |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2026 | Mosig, C., Vajna-Jehle, J., Mahecha, M. D., Cheng, Y., Hartmann, H., Montero, D., . . . Laliberté, E. (2026). deadtrees.earth — An open-access and interactive database for centimeter-scale aerial imagery to uncover global tree mortality dynamics. Remote Sensing of Environment, 332, 115027. |
| 2025 | Haehn, G. J. A., Damasceno, G., Alvarez-Davila, E., Aubin, I., Bauters, M., Bergmeier, E., . . . Bruelheide, H. (2025). Global decoupling of functional and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 9(2), 237-248. Scopus18 WoS11 Europe PMC7 |
| 2025 | Bastin, J. F., Latte, N., Bogaert, J., Garcia, C. A., Berzaghi, F., Maestre, F. T., . . . Lejeune, P. (2025). Global alternatives of natural vegetation cover. Nature Communications, 16(1), 10 pages. Europe PMC1 |
| 2024 | Slik, F., Pinho, B. X., Griffith, D. M., Webb, E., Raghubanshi, A. S., Quaresma, A. C., . . . Van Sam, H. (2024). Wind dispersed tree species have greater maximum height. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(9), e13878-1-e13878-11. Scopus3 WoS3 |
| 2024 | Grypma, H. -A., Bardsley, D. K., & Sparrow, B. (2024). The Critical Social Processes for Standardising the Ecological Monitoring of Australian Landscapes. Environmental Management, 74(6), 1-15. Scopus1 WoS1 |
| 2024 | Martín-Forés, I., Guerin, G. R., Lewis, D., Gallagher, R. V., Vilà, M., Catford, J. A., . . . Sparrow, B. (2024). Towards integrating and harmonising information on plant invasions across Australia. NeoBiota, 92, 61-83. Scopus1 WoS1 |
| 2023 | Martín-Forés, I., Guerin, G. R., Lewis, D., Gallagher, R. V., Vilà, M., Catford, J. A., . . . Sparrow, B. (2023). The Alien Flora of Australia (AFA), a unified Australian national dataset on plant invasion. Scientific Data, 10(1), 834-1-834-9. Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC3 |
| 2023 | Martín-Forés, I., Bywaters, S. L., Sparrow, B., & Guerin, G. R. (2023). Orchid fruiting success is unrelated to surrounding floral resources in South Australian plant communities. Journal of Plant Ecology, 16(2), 1-9. Scopus1 WoS1 |
| 2023 | Schacher, A., Roger, E., Williams, K. J., Stenson, M. P., Sparrow, B., & Lacey, J. (2023). Use-Specific Considerations for Optimising Data Quality Trade-Offs in Citizen Science: Recommendations from a Targeted Literature Review to Improve the Usability and Utility for the Calibration and Validation of Remotely Sensed Products. REMOTE SENSING, 15(5), 16 pages. Scopus10 WoS10 |
| 2022 | Guerin, G. R., Gallagher, R. V., Wright, I. J., Andrew, S. C., Falster, D. S., Wenk, E., . . . Sparrow, B. (2022). Environmental associations of abundance-weighted functional traits in Australian plant communities. Basic and Applied Ecology, 58, 98-109. Scopus17 WoS17 |
| 2022 | Martín‐Forés, I., Bywaters, S. L., Sparrow, B., & Guerin, G. R. (2022). Simultaneous effect of habitat remnancy, exotic species, and anthropogenic disturbance on orchid diversity in South Australia. Conservation Science and Practice, 4(4), e12652-1-e12652-13. Scopus11 WoS11 |
| 2022 | Munroe, S., McInerney, F., Guerin, G., Andrae, J., Welti, N., Caddy-Retalic, S., . . . Sparrow, B. (2022). Plant families exhibit unique geographic trends in C4 richness and cover. |
| 2022 | Munroe, S. E. M., Guerin, G. R., McInerney, F. A., Martín-Forés, I., Welti, N., Farrell, M., . . . Sparrow, B. (2022). A vegetation carbon isoscape for Australia built by combining continental-scale field surveys with remote sensing. Landscape Ecology, 37(8), 1987-2006. Scopus11 WoS11 |
| 2022 | Munroe, S. E. M., McInerney, F. A., Guerin, G. R., Andrae, J. W., Welti, N., Caddy-Retalic, S., . . . Sparrow, B. (2022). Plant families exhibit unique geographic trends in C4 richness and cover in Australia. PLoS One, 17(8), e0271603-1-e0271603-21. Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC1 |
| 2022 | Hunter, J. T., Lewis, D., Addicott, E., Luxton, S., Cowie, I., Sparrow, B., & Leitch, E. (2022). A plot-based analysis of the vegetation of the Northern Territory, Australia: a first assessment within the International Vegetation Classification framework. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 3, 161-174. Scopus3 WoS2 |
| 2022 | Baruch, Z., Guerin, G., Martín-Forés, I., Munroe, S., Sparrow, B., & Lowe, A. J. (2022). Shifts in floristic composition and structure in Australian rangelands.. PLoS One, 17(12), e0278833-1-e0278833-15. Scopus1 WoS1 |
| 2021 | Falster, D., Gallagher, R., Wenk, E. H., Wright, I. J., Indiarto, D., Andrew, S. C., . . . Ziemińska, K. (2021). AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora. Scientific data, 8(1), 254-1-254-20. Scopus152 WoS156 Europe PMC73 |
| 2021 | Martin Fores, I., Guerin, G., Munroe, S., & Sparrow, B. (2021). Applying conservation reserve design strategies to define ecosystem monitoring priorities. Ecology and Evolution, 11(23), 16365-17567. Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC5 |
| 2021 | Munroe, S., McInerney, F. A., Guerin, G., Andrae, J., Welti, N., Caddy-Retalic, S., . . . Sparrow, B. (2021). Plant families exhibit unique geographic trends in C4 richness and cover. |
| 2021 | Munroe, S. E. M., McInerney, F. A., Andrae, J., Welti, N., Guerin, G. R., Leitch, E., . . . Sparrow, B. (2021). The photosynthetic pathways of plant species surveyed in Australia’s national terrestrial monitoring network. Scientific Data, 8(1), 97-1-97-10. Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC3 |
| 2021 | Munroe, S., Guerin, G., Saleeba, T., Martín‐Forés, I., Blanco‐Martin, B., Sparrow, B., & Tokmakoff, A. (2021). ausplotsR: An R package for rapid extraction and analysis of vegetation and soil data collected by Australia’s Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32(3), e13046-1-e13046-9. Scopus10 WoS9 Europe PMC2 |
| 2021 | Sabatini, F. M., Lenoir, J., Hattab, T., Arnst, E. A., Chytrý, M., Dengler, J., . . . Monteagudo Mendoza, A. (2021). sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(9), 1740-1764. Scopus97 WoS92 |
| 2021 | Guerin, G. R., Williams, K. J., Leitch, E., Lowe, A. J., & Sparrow, B. (2021). Using generalised dissimilarity modelling and targeted field surveys to gap‐fill an ecosystem surveillance network. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(4), 766-776. Scopus10 WoS10 |
| 2020 | Guerin, G. R., Williams, K. J., Sparrow, B., & Lowe, A. J. (2020). Stocktaking the environmental coverage of a continental ecosystem observation network. Ecosphere, 11(12), e03307-1-e03307-17. Scopus9 WoS9 |
| 2020 | Munroe, S., McInerney, F., Andrae, J., Welti, N., Guerin, G., Leitch, E., . . . Caddy-Retalic, S. (2020). The photosynthetic pathways of plant species surveyed in Australia’s national terrestrial monitoring network. |
| 2020 | Bastin, J. F., Finegold, Y., Garcia, C., Gellie, N., Lowe, A., Mollicone, D., . . . Crowther, T. W. (2020). Erratum: The global tree restoration potential (Science (2017) 12 (e0169748) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169748). Science, 368(6494), eabc8905. Scopus7 Europe PMC1 |
| 2020 | Gallagher, R. V., Falster, D. S., Maitner, B. S., Salguero-Gómez, R., Vandvik, V., Pearse, W. D., . . . Enquist, B. J. (2020). Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4(3), 294-303. Scopus167 WoS162 Europe PMC93 |
| 2020 | Gallagher, R. V., Falster, D. S., Maitner, B. S., Salguero-Gómez, R., Vandvik, V., Pearse, W. D., . . . Enquist, B. J. (2020). Publisher Correction: Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life.. Nature ecology & evolution, 4(4), 662. Scopus1 |
| 2020 | Dong, N., Prentice, I. C., Wright, I. J., Evans, B. J., Togashi, H. F., Caddy-Retalic, S., . . . Lowe, A. J. (2020). Components of leaf-trait variation along environmental gradients. New Phytologist, 228(1), 82-94. Scopus170 WoS149 Europe PMC81 |
| 2020 | Sparrow, B. D., Edwards, W., Munroe, S. E. M., Wardle, G. M., Guerin, G. R., Bastin, J. -F., . . . Lowe, A. J. (2020). Effective ecosystem monitoring requires a multi-scaled approach.. Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 95(6), 1706-1719. Scopus79 WoS71 Europe PMC24 |
| 2020 | Sparrow, B. D., Foulkes, J. N., Wardle, G. M., Leitch, E. J., Caddy-Retalic, S., van Leeuwen, S. J., . . . Lowe, A. J. (2020). A vegetation and soil survey method for surveillance monitoring of rangeland environments. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 157-1-157-18. Scopus40 WoS39 |
| 2019 | Sparrow, B., Edwards, W., Munroe, S., Wardle, G., Guerin, G., Bastin, J. -F., . . . Lowe, A. (2019). Effective ecological monitoring requires a multi-scaled approach.. |
| 2019 | Hoffmann, A. A., Rymer, P. D., Byrne, M., Ruthrof, K. X., Whinam, J., McGeoch, M., . . . Williams, S. E. (2019). Impacts of recent climate change on terrestrial flora and fauna: some emerging Australian examples. Austral Ecology, 44(1), 3-27. Scopus126 WoS118 |
| 2019 | Guerin, G. R., Andersen, A. N., Rossetto, M., van Leeuwen, S., Byrne, M., Sparrow, B., . . . Lowe, A. J. (2019). Consistent sorting but contrasting transition zones in plant communities along bioclimatic gradients. Acta Oecologica, 95, 74-85. Scopus14 WoS14 |
| 2019 | Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Purschke, O., Hennekens, S. M., Chytrý, M., . . . Sparrow, B. (2019). sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30(2), 161-186. Scopus211 WoS201 |
| 2019 | Beland, M., Parker, G., Sparrow, B., Harding, D., Chasmer, L., Phinn, S., . . . Strahler, A. (2019). On promoting the use of lidar systems in forest ecosystem research. Forest Ecology and Management, 450, 1-9. Scopus182 WoS172 |
| 2019 | Guerin, G. R., Martin Fores, I., Munroe, S. E. M., Sparrow, B., & Lowe, A. J. (2019). Alien plants alter the growth form ratio and structure of Australian grasslands. Applied Vegetation Science, 22(4), 582-592. Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC1 |
| 2019 | Cleverly, J., Eamus, D., Edwards, W., Grant, M., Grundy, M. J., Held, A., . . . Morris, B. (2019). TERN, Australia's land observatory: addressing the global challenge of forecasting ecosystem responses to climate variability and change. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 14(9), 16 pages. Scopus49 WoS43 |
| 2019 | Bastin, J. F., Finegold, Y., Garcia, C., Gellie, N., Lowe, A., Mollicone, D., . . . Crowther, T. W. (2019). Response to Comments on “The global tree restoration potential”. Science, 366(6463), 6 pages. Scopus24 WoS26 Europe PMC6 |
| 2018 | Guerin, G., Martín-Forés, I., Sparrow, B., & Lowe, A. (2018). The biodiversity impacts of non-native species should not be extrapolated from biased single-species studies. Biodiversity and Conservation, 27(3), 785-790. Scopus39 WoS38 Europe PMC13 |
| 2018 | Guerin, G., Andersen, A., Rossetto, M., van Leeuwen, S., Byrne, M., Sparrow, B., . . . Lowe, A. (2018). When macroecological transitions are a fiction of sampling: comparing herbarium records to plot-based species inventory data. Ecography, 41(11), 1864-1875. Scopus9 WoS10 |
| 2018 | Guerin, G., O Connor, P., Sparrow, B., & Lowe, A. (2018). An ecological climate change classification for South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 142(1), 70-85. Scopus7 WoS7 |
| 2018 | Guerin, G., Christmas, M., Sparrow, B., & Lowe, A. (2018). Projected climate change implications for the South Australian flora testing title. Swainsona, 30, 25-31. |
| 2018 | Baruch, Z., Caddy-Retalic, S., Guerin, G. R., Sparrow, B., Leitch, E., Tokmakoff, A., & Lowe, A. J. (2018). Floristic and structural assessment of Australian rangeland vegetation with standardized plot-based surveys. PLoS ONE, 13(9), e0202073-1-e0202073-18. Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC1 |
| 2017 | Bastin, J. F., Mollicone, D., Grainger, A., Sparrow, B., Picard, N., Lowe, A., & Castro, R. (2017). Response to comment on "the extent of forest in dryland biomes". Science, 358(6362), 2 pages. Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC1 |
| 2017 | Lemetre, C., Maniko, J., Charlop-Powers, Z., Sparrow, B., Lowe, A., & Brady, S. (2017). Bacterial natural product biosynthetic domain composition in soil correlates with changes in latitude on a continent-wide scale. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(44), 11615-11620. Scopus44 WoS32 Europe PMC39 |
| 2017 | Bastin, J. F., Mollicone, D., Grainger, A., Sparrow, B., Picard, N., Lowe, A., & Castro, R. (2017). Response to Comment on “The extent of forest in dryland biomes”. Science, 358(6364), 1 page. Scopus1 WoS2 |
| 2017 | Bastin, J. -F., Mollicone, D., Grainger, A., Sparrow, B., Picard, N., Lowe, A., & Castro, R. (2017). Response to Comment on "The extent of forest in dryland biomes".. Science (New York, N.Y.), 358(6365), 1. Scopus3 WoS4 Europe PMC3 |
| 2017 | Bastin, J., Berrahmouni, N., Grainger, A., Maniatis, D., Mollicone, D., Moore, R., . . . Castro, R. (2017). The extent of forest in dryland biomes. Science, 356(6338), 635-638. Scopus377 WoS350 Europe PMC93 |
| 2017 | Lowe, A. J., Smyth, A. K., Atkins, K., Avery, R., Belbin, L., Brown, N., . . . Wardle, G. M. (2017). Publish openly but responsibly. Science, 357(6347), 141. Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC4 |
| 2017 | Guerin, G., Sparrow, B., Tokmakoff, A., Smyth, A., Leitch, E., Baruch, Z., & Lowe, A. (2017). Opportunities for integrated ecological analysis across inland Australia with standardised data from AusPlots Rangelands. PLoS One, 12(1), e0170137-1-e0170137-19. Scopus19 WoS15 Europe PMC9 |
| 2016 | Tokmakoff, A., Sparrow, B., Turner, D., & Lowe, A. (2016). AusPlots Rangelands field data collection and publication: infrastructure for ecological monitoring. Future Generation Computer Systems, 56, 537-549. Scopus15 WoS15 |
| - | Martín-Forés, I., Guerin, G., Lewis, D., Gallagher, R., Vilà, M., Catford, J., . . . Sparrow, B. (2024). Harmonising Terminology and Records of Plant Invasion Status Across Federally Managed Countries. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, 8. |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2014 | Sparrow, B., Dormontt, E., Thurgate, N., Burns, E., Lindenmayer, D., & Lowe, A. (2014). Our capacity to tell an Australian ecological story. In D. Lindenmayer, E. Burns, N. Thurgate, & A. Lowe (Eds.), Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, Challenges and Direction (1 ed., pp. 49-82). Australia: CSIRO Publishing. |
| 2014 | Ens, E., Burns, E., Russell-Smith, J., Sparrow, B., & Wardle, G. (2014). The cultural imperative: broadening the vision of long-term ecological monitoring to enhance environmental policy and management outcomes. In D. Lindenmayer, E. Burns, N. Thurgate, & A. Lowe (Eds.), Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, Challenges and Direction (1 ed., pp. 83-108). Australia: CSIRO Publishing. |
| 2014 | Foulkes, J., de Preu, N., Sinclair, R., Thurgate, N., Sparrow, B., & White, A. (2014). Chenopod and acacia shrublands. In D. Lindenmayer, E. Burns, N. Thurgate, & A. Lowe (Eds.), Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, Challenges and Direction (1 ed., pp. 439-478). Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. |
| 2014 | Lindenmayer, D., Burns, E., Thurgate, N., Lowe, A., Dickman, C., Dormontt, E., . . . Wood, S. (2014). Synopsis. In D. Lindenmayer, E. Burns, N. Thurgate, & A. Lowe (Eds.), Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, Challenges and Direction (1 ed., pp. 573-595). Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. |
| 2012 | White, I., Foulkes, J., Sparrow, B., & Lowe, A. (2012). Biodiversity monitoring in the Australian rangelands. In D. Lindenmayer, & P. Gibbons (Eds.), Biodiversity Monitoring in Australia (1 ed., pp. 179-190). Australia: CSIRO Publishing. |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2021 | McCallum, K., Laws, M., Bignall, J., O'Neill, S., & Sparrow, B. (2021). The value of standardised field survey methods for researchers. In A. Gackle (Ed.), Proceedings of the TERN Science Symposium 2021 (pp. 16-20). Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. DOI |
| 2017 | Guerin, G. R., Sparrow, B., Tokmakoff, A., Smyth, A., & Leitch, E. (2017). Standardised vegetation survey and monitoring data across the Australian rangelands from TERN AusPlots. In Proceedings of the 19th Australian Rangelands Society Biennial Conference (pp. 1-9). Australia: Australian Rangelands Society. |
| 2014 | Tokmakoff, A., Sparrow, B., Turner, D., & Lowe, A. (2014). AusPlots Rangelands Field Data Collection and Publication: Infrastructure for Ecological Monitoring. In e-Science (e-Science), 2014 IEEE 10th International Conference on Vol. 1 (pp. 249-255). Guaruja, BRAZIL: IEEE. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 |
| 2013 | Sparrow, B., Ward, B., Armston, J., Schaefer, M., Thurgate, N., van den Hengel, A., . . . Phinn, S. R. (2013). Basal area from photos. In EcoTas. Auckland, NZ.. |
| 2012 | Jones, S., Malthus, T., Johansen, K., Held, A., Soto-Berelov, M., & Sparrow, B. (2012). AUSCOVER CALVAL: Towards a National Framework for Calibration and Validation. In The of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Melbourne 25th August to 1st September. Melbourne. |
| 2011 | Caddy-Retalic, S., Sparrow, B. D., White, I. A., Foulkes, J. N., Thurgate, N. Y., & Thackway, R. (2011). AusPlots-Rangelands: integrating science and community knowledge in site selection. In Ecological Society of Australia annual meeting Hobart. |
| 2011 | White, I. A., Foulkes, J. N., Sparrow, B. D., & Lowe, A. J. (2011). AusPlots-Rangelands using traditional and innovative methods to describe biodiversity on the Australian rangelands. In Ecological Society of Australia annual meeting. Hobart, Tasmania.. |
| 2008 | Sparrow, B., & Leitch, E. (2008). Producing a Vegetation map for Owen Springs Regional Reserve.. In 14th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference. Darwin. |
| 2008 | Cowan, P., Sparrow, B., & Brock, C. (2008). PDA data collection combined with GPS and GIS technologies leads to improvements in park management.. In 14th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference.. Darwin. |
| 2004 | Sparrow, B., & Foulkes, J. (2004). Utilising field survey data to classify Landsat imagery for Vegetation Mapping in Arid SA.. In 13th Biennial Australian Rangeland Society Conference.. Alice Springs. |
| 2002 | Sparrow, B., & Foulkes, J. (2002). Evaluating a method for combining ecological and remote sensing data for structural vegetation mapping.. In 11th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference.. Brisbane. |
| 2002 | Treilibs, C., Sparrow, B., Lewis, M., & Grierson, I. (2002). Is Thermal Imagery Useful For Animal Detection?. In 11th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference.. Brisbane. |
| 2000 | Cameron, J., Hart, D., & Sparrow, B. (2000). Near Shore Seagrass Change Mapping Using Landsat Thematic Mapper.. In 10th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference. Adelaide.. |
| 1998 | Sparrow, B., Lewis, M., & Grierson, I. (1998). The Detection of Dryland Salinity using and Airborne Video System.. In 9th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference. Sydney. |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2022 | Martin-Fores, I., Guerin, G., Munroe, S., & Sparrow, B. (2022). Optimisation tool to maximise ecological complementarity and spatial and environmental representativeness when designing monitoring and conservation priorities. Poster session presented at the meeting of Ecological Society of Australia annual conference. |
| 2022 | Munroe, S., Guerin, G., McInerney, F., Martin-Fores, I., Welti, N., Farrell, M., . . . Sparrow, B. (2022). A vegetation carbon isoscape for Australia built by combining continental-scale field surveys with remote sensing. Poster session presented at the meeting of Ecological Society of Australia annual conference. |
| 2021 | Martín-Forés, I., Guerin, G., Munroe, S., & Sparrow, B. (2021). Applying conservation reserve design strategies to define ecosystem monitoring priorities. Poster session presented at the meeting of TERN Science Symposium. Online. |
| 2021 | Guerin, G., Munroe, S., Martin Fores, I., Tokmakoff, A., & Sparrow, B. (2021). ausplotsR – rapid access to vegetation plot data across environments. Poster session presented at the meeting of TERN Science Symposium. Online. |
| 2021 | Irvine, K., O'Neill, S., Lawrence, R., Lawrence, R., Saleeba, T., Tokmakoff, A., . . . Sparrow, B. (2021). Extending biodiversity monitoring across space and time through citizen science. Poster session presented at the meeting of TERN Science Symposium. |
| 2021 | Munroe, S., McInerney, F., Andrae, J., Welti, N., Guerin, G., Leitch, E., . . . Sparrow, B. (2021). Plants down under: defining and mapping the photosynthetic pathway of plants across Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of TERN Science Symposium. |
| 2019 | Irvine, K., Sparrow, B., O'Neill, S., Guerin, G. R., Tokmakoff, A., Munroe, S., . . . Lawrence, R. (2019). Wild Orchid Watch: creating a citizen science program. Poster session presented at the meeting of Ecological Society of Australia conference, 'ESA19: Science for Practical Solutions'. Launceston, Tasmania. |
| 2018 | Guerin, G. R., O'Connor, P., Sparrow, B., Lowe, A. J., & Rogers, D. (2018). An ecological climate change classification for South Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of South Australian NRM Science Conference. The University of Adelaide. |
| 2018 | Sparrow, B., & Guerin, G. R. (2018). The biodiversity impacts of non-native species should not be extrapolated from biased single-species studies. Poster session presented at the meeting of 6th SA Weeds Conference. Charles Hawker Conference Centre, Urrbrae.. |
| 2017 | Guerin, G. R., Sparrow, B., Tokmakoff, A., Smyth, A., & Leitch, E. (2017). Opportunities for integrated ecological analysis across inland Australia with standardised data from AusPlots Rangelands. Poster session presented at the meeting of The 99% Solution: Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. ANZSEE (Australian and New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics) Conference. UniSA, Adelaide. |
| 2017 | Sparrow, B., Leitch, E., & Guerin, G. R. (2017). Investing in ecological infrastructure: A surveillance monitoring method for global rangeland ecosystems. Poster session presented at the meeting of The 99% Solution: Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. ANZSEE (Australian and New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics) Conference. UniSA, Adelaide. |
| 2017 | Leitch, E., Sparrow, B., Macdonald, C., Tokmakoff, A., Guerin, G. R., & O'Neill, S. (2017). Why do ecological communities stop at state borders? AusPlots and the need for consistent, national scale, surveillance monitoring. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstract Booklet of the 19th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangelands Society. Port Augusta, SA: Australian Rangelands Society. |
| 2017 | Guerin, G. R., Sparrow, B., Tokmakoff, A., Smyth, A., & Leitch, E. (2017). Standardised vegetation survey and monitoring data across the Australian rangelands from TERN AusPlots. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstract Booklet of the 19th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangelands Society. Port Augusta, SA: Australian Rangelands Society. |
| 2015 | Baruch, Z., Guerin, G. R., Leitch, E., Tokmakoff, A., Caddy-Retalic, S., Sparrow, B., & Lowe, A. J. (2015). Continental analysis of Australian rangeland vegetation: floristic and structural diversity. Poster session presented at the meeting of Interconnectedness. Ecological Society of Australia Annual Conference 2015. The Hilton Hotel, Adelaide. |
| 2014 | Baruch, Z., Leitch, E., Sparrow, B., Guerin, G. R., Tokmakoff, A., & Lowe, A. (2014). AusPlots Rangelands vegetation communities: First insight on their relationship with the environmental matrix. Poster session presented at the meeting of Ecological Society of Australia 2014 Annual Conference. Alice Springs Convention Centre, Alice Springs. |
| 2014 | Baruch, Z., Leitch, E., Sparrow, B., Guerin, G., Tokmakoff, A., & Lowe, A. (2014). Vegetation communities from AusPlots rangeland sites: First insight on their relationship with the environmental matrix. Poster session presented at the meeting of The Ecological Society of Australia Annual Conference Alice Springs September. |
| 2014 | Leitch, E., Flitton, R., Sparrow, B., Fox, I., Caddy-Retalic, S., & Lowe, A. (2014). AusPlots: Four years of rangelands surveillance. Poster session presented at the meeting of The Ecological Society of Australia Annual Conference. Alice Springs. |
| 2014 | Sparrow, B., Thurgate, N., Lyon, P., O'Neill, S., Wundke, D., Phinn, S., & Christensen, B. (2014). Enhancing long-term surveillance monitoring across Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of The Ecological Society of Australia Annual Conference. Alice Springs. |
| 2014 | Sparrow, B., Ward, B., Armston, J., Schaefer, M., Muir, J., Tokmakoff, A., . . . Phinn, S. (2014). Collecting Basal area information from field photography. Poster session presented at the meeting of TERENO (Terrestrial Environmental Observatories International Conference). Bonn, Germany. |
| 2013 | Sparrow, B., Ward, B., Armston, J., Schaefer, M., Thurgate, N., van den Hengel, A., . . . Phinn, S. (2013). Basal area from photos - Is it possible?. Poster session presented at the meeting of American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco. |
| 2013 | White, A., Foulkes, J., Sparrow, B., Thurgate, N., Lowe, A., & Tern. (2013). AusPlots Rangelands: Update. A nationally-accepted methods for assessing rangelands condition: Two years of AusPlots Rangelands. Poster session presented at the meeting of TERN Symposium. Canberra. |
| 2013 | Sparrow, B., Dormontt, E., Thurgate, N., Phinn, S., & Lowe, A. (2013). Our capacity to tell an Australian Ecological Story. Poster session presented at the meeting of Intecol. London. |
| 2013 | Armston, J., Newnham, G., Strahler, A. H., Schaaf, C., Danson, M., Gaulton, R., . . . San, M. (2013). Intercomparison of Terrestrial Laser Scanning Instruments for Assessing Forested Ecosystems: Field Experiment. Poster session presented at the meeting of American Geophysical Union Fall December. |
| 2012 | Jones, S., Soto-Berelov, M., Malthus, T., Held, A., Johansen, K., Suarez, L., & Sparrow, B. (2012). A status report on Auscover CALVAL (Australian Activities in Calibration and Validation).. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Conference. Munich, Germany. |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2023 | Grympa, K., Bardsley, D., & Sparrow, B. (2023). The Social Science of Standardising the Ecological Monitoring of Landscapes: A Scoping Study. |
| 2019 | Guerin, G. R., Sparrow, B., & Lowe, A. (2019). Habitat suitability and distribution of Olearia pannosa subsp. pannosa under climate change. |
| 2015 | Wundke, D., Sparrow, B., Thurgate, N. Y., O'Neill, S., & Lowe, A. (2015). Ausplots Rangelands Condition Protocols Manual. |
| 2015 | O'Neill, S., Sparrow, B., Thurgate, N. Y., & Lowe, A. (2015). Ausplots Rangelands Vertebrate Fauna Survey Protocols manual.. |
| 2009 | Sparrow, B., & Leitch, E. (2009). Vegetation Survey and Mapping of the Eastern and Southern Finke Bioregion and the Stony Plains Inlier NT and SA: The Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport. |
| 2009 | Brandle, R., Sparrow, B., Foulkes, J., Robinson, A. C., A.., Cuff, T., . . . South, H. (2009). Survey of the My Willoughby Indigenous Protected: Department for Environment and N Sparrow and P Brocklehurst Vegetation Survey and Mapping of the. |
| 2009 | Cuff, N., Thompson, T., Sparrow, B., & Brocklehurst, P. (2009). Vegetation Survey and mapping of the McArthur River Catchment, Northern Territory.. Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport. |
| 2008 | Brocklehurst, P., Sparrow, B., Wilson, B., Clark, M., A.., & The, E. (2008). Scoping Paper: Scale Vegetation Map of the Northern Territory: Department of Natural Resources and Sport. |
| 2006 | Neave, H., Sparrow, B., & Clifford, B. (2006). Preliminary Report: Towards a Resource Assessment of the Burt Plain Bioregion for Conservation Planning.. Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport.. |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2020 | Munroe, S., McInerney, F., Andrae, J., Welti, N., Guerin, G., Emrys, L., . . . Sparrow, B. (2020). The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species surveyed in TERN Ecosystem Surveillance Plots. DOI |
| 2016 | Guerin, G., Sparrow, B., Tokmakoff, A., Smyth, A., Leitch, E., Baruch, Z., & Lowe, A. (2016). Ausplots Rangelands supplementary dataset (Guerin et al. 2016), Version 1.0.. DOI |
| - | Guerin, G., Gallagher, R., Wright, I., Andrew, S., Falster, D., Wenk, E., . . . Lowe, A. (n.d.). Datasets from: 'Environmental correlates of key functional traits in Australian plant communities based on relative abundance in plots'.. DOI |
| - | Guerin, G., Williams, K., Leitch, E., Lowe, A., & Sparrow, B. (n.d.). Site data from: Using generalised dissimilarity modelling and targeted field surveys to gap-fill an ecosystem surveillance network. DOI |
| - | Guerin, G., Martín‐Forés, I., Gallagher, R., Munroe, S., & Sparrow, B. (n.d.). Detecting ecosystem trends in response to climate and disturbance across continental plot networks: a power analysis. Simulation data and code.. DOI |
| - | Martín‐Forés, I., Bywaters, S., Sparrow, B., & Guerin, G. (n.d.). Orchid and habitat fragmentation dataset for: "Simultaneous effect of habitat remnancy, exotic species, and anthropogenic disturbance on orchid diversity in South Australia". DOI |
| - | Glaser, Z. B., Martín‐Forés, I., Guerin, G., Sparrow, B., Munroe, S., & Lowe, A. (n.d.). SHIFTS IN FLORISTIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE IN ARID AND MEDITERRANEAN VEGETATION OF AUSTRALIA (2). DOI |
| - | Glaser, Z. B., Guerin, G., Martín‐Forés, I., Sparrow, B., Lowe, A., & Munroe, S. (n.d.). SHIFTS IN FLORISTIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE IN ARID AND MEDITERRANEAN VEGETATION OF AUSTRALIA. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2024 | Guerin, G. R., Martín-Forés, I., Gallagher, R. V., Munroe, S. E. M., & Sparrow, B. (2024). Detecting ecosystem trends in response to climate and disturbance across continental plot networks: a power analysis. DOI |
| 2022 | Munroe, S., Guerin, G., McInerney, F., Martín-Forés, I., Welti, N., Farrell, M., . . . Sparrow, B. (2022). A vegetation carbon isoscape for Australia built by combining continental-scale field surveys with remote sensing. DOI |
| 2021 | Martín-Forés, I., Bywaters, S., Sparrow, B., & Guerin, G. (2021). Orchid fruiting success is unrelated to surrounding floral resources in South Australian plant communities. DOI |
| 2021 | Martín-Forés, I., Guerin, G., Munroe, S., & Sparrow, B. (2021). Applying conservation reserve design strategies to define ecosystem monitoring priorities. DOI |
| 2021 | Martín-Forés, I., Bywaters, S., Sparrow, B., & Guerin, G. (2021). Simultaneous effect of habitat remnancy, exotic species and anthropogenic disturbance on orchid diversity and abundance. DOI |
| 2020 | Munroe, S., Guerin, G., Saleeba, T., Martín-Forés, I., Blanco-Martin, B., Sparrow, B., & Tokmakoff, A. (2020). ausplotsR: An R package for rapid extraction and analysis of vegetation and soil data collected by Australia’s Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. DOI |
| 2019 | Sparrow, B., Guerin, G., & Lowe, A. (2019). The need for a nationally consistent ecosystem monitoring framework for Australian rangelands.. DOI |
NCRIS/TERN Surveillance Program 01/18 - 06/19 Funding - $2,100,000
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science - Citizen Science Grant - Wild Orchid Watch - 3 Years - $484770
NSW OEH 17/18 - Photopoints for Biodiversity Monitoring - $150000
NCRIS/TERN 07/17 - 12/17 Funding - $280500 Ausplots, $ 328,950 Eco-informatics
United Nations, Food and Agricultural Organisation, Australian component of the Global Drylands Assessment. Grant - $20,000 USD
NCRIS/TERN 16/17 Funding - $561,000 Ausplots, $657,000 Eco-informatics
NCRIS/TERN 15/16 Funding - $550,000 Ausplots
NCRIS/TERN 2 (1/14 – 6/15) - $600,000 Ausplots
NCRIS/TERN 2013 – $1.6m (Ausplots component $207,000).
Pilbara Corridors 15/16 Surveys - $82,000
Pilbara Corridors 16/17 Surveys and Training - $100,000
Department of Parks and Wildlife (WA) Swan Coastal Plains Surveys - $35,000
NERP Emerging priorities fund (14/15): Enhancing ecosystem surveillance across Australia (Including developing condition, woodlands and fauna monitoring protocols for Australia – Co- Chief Investigator ($588 000)
TERN Competitive supplemental funding round (2013): – Assessing Biomass using photography, Terrestrial Lidar and field measures – Chief Investigator ($78,000)
Adelaide University DVC-R Cross Disciplinary Research fund (2013): Developing ecological analysis from 3D photo points – Chief investigator ($31,000).
NHT: Vegetation mapping in Northern Australia project 07 / 09 – McArthur River, and Daly River regions. ($360,000) and Vegetation mapping in Central Australia (Owen Springs Reserve and Eastern Finke Bioregion ($200,000) – Principal Investigator (South)
Ben has no current teaching role. He is available for guest lectures on different environmental monitoring types, Surveillance monitoring, Integrating Remote Sensing with ecological data and on his current AusPlots and Eco-informatics roles. Ben is also available to Supervise Honours students and co-supervise PhD students. He has previously taught Earth Observations, Remote Sensing, GIS, Terrain Information Systems, Photogrammetry and GPS at UniSA.
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Location | Program | Supervision Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - 2021 | Principal Supervisor | How can standardised data collection increase the efficiency of reporting under Federal Natural Resource Management programs? | The University of Adelaide | Professional Honours | Honours | Full Time | Bethany Cox |
| 2018 - 2019 | Co-Supervisor | Assessment of the Within-Site and Between-Site Spatial Heterogeneity of Soils using Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy | The University of Adelaide | School of Agriculture, Food and Wine | Honours | Full Time | Ruby Hume |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 - ongoing | Member | Enabling ecosystem surveillance working group | Ecosystem Science Council | Australia |
| 2015 - ongoing | Member | Drylands Working Group | Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), The United Nations (UN) | - |
| 2015 - ongoing | Member | Terrestrial Laser Scanning International interest Group | - | - |
| 2008 - 2010 | Chair | Convenor - 15th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference | Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute | Australia |
