Patrick O'Connor

Research Interests

Agri-food, water and environment systems

Prof Patrick O'Connor

Director, GFAR

School of Economics

College of Business and Law

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2016 Fellowship President's International Fellowship Initiative Chinese Academy of Sciences China -
2013 Award Premier’s NRM ‘Big Picture’ Award, South Australia – Finalist Premier South Australia Australia -
2007 Award South Australian Spatial Excellence Award ASIBA Australia -
2007 Recognition South Australian Landcare Award - - -

Year Citation
2026 Salminah, M., Loch, A., Prowse, T. A. A., & O'Connor, P. J. (2026). Formation of biodiversity restoration payment acceptance: A review from socio-psychological and experimental economic perspectives. Ecological Economics, 239, 12 pages.
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2026 Shen, L. -Q., Wang, L., Yao, Z., Lin, D., Ye, Y. -Q., Zhang, W. -R., . . . Zhu, D. (2026). Phages drive the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes by facilitating host adaptation to heavy metal stress.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(13), e2535653123.
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2025 Xie, A., Xu, W., Li, Z. P., Wang, B., Tiunov, A. V., O'Connor, P., . . . Sun, X. (2025). Zoonotic pathogen-driven antibiotic resistance emerges in urban soils: A large-scale study in 13 cities across China. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 497, 139618.
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2025 Liao, H., Sun, X., Duan, C. S., Shangguan, H., Yao, H. F., Qiao, Z., . . . Su, J. Q. (2025). Urbanization homogenized soil viral communities across three climate zones. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 498, 139954.
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2025 Dewi, A. A. A. C., Loch, A., Akzar, R., & O'Connor, P. (2025). Empowering women in Indonesian agritourism: a systematic literature review. ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH, 20 pages.
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2025 Davidson, A. A., Leake, J., Zeng, D., & O'Connor, P. (2025). Striving for food security in a fragile and conflict-affected situation: The unintended consequences of delivering intended outcomes in Afghanistan. Global Food Security, 47, 100890.
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2025 Davidson, A. A., Leake, J., & O’Connor, P. (2025). Lessening the unknown: An unintended consequences knowability classification schema for international development projects. Evaluation, 23 pages.
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2025 Zhou, X., Ma, J., Qiao, M., Wang, Y., Cao, Z. H., Su, J. Q., . . . Li, G. (2025). Converting pig manure into biochar mitigates the antibiotic resistance of vegetable endophytes. Environmental Pollution, 381, 126587.
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2025 Guo, T., O'Connor, P. J., Tang, W., Ma, B., Zhou, M., & Zhang, M. (2025). Four birds with one stone: applying nitrification inhibitor on the basis of percarbamide restores yield, decreases fungicide residue, enhances soil multifunctionality and stimulates bacterial community.. Pest Manag Sci, 81(2), 1067-1079.
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2025 Howe, A. G., Nguyen, T. T. T., O'Connor, P., Woodward, A., Clarke, S., Ducker, N., . . . Fagan‐Jeffries, E. P. (2025). Catching ‘the bug’: Investigating insects through school‐based citizen science increases intentions for environmental activities in students and teachers. Austral Entomology, 64(2), 19 pages.
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2025 Nguyen, T. T. T., Hetherington, J. B., O'Connor, P. J., & Malek, L. (2025). Sustainable food consumption: Sustainability-conscious consumers do not reduce food waste but nutrition-conscious consumers do. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 219, 108296-1-108296-17.
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2025 Darma, R., O’Connor, P., Akzar, R., Tenriawaru, A. N., & Amandaria, R. (2025). Enhancing Sustainability in Rice Farming: Institutional Responses to Floods and Droughts in Pump-Based Irrigation Systems in Wajo District, Indonesia. Sustainability (Switzerland), 17(8), 3501.
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2024 Loch, A., Sexton, S., Maclean, J., O’Connor, P., Adamson, D., & Scholz, G. (2024). Increased monetary equity and health wellbeing benefits for marginal urban socioeconomic groups from access to green space. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 102, 128576-1-128576-10.
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2024 Kuhne, J. G., O'Connor, P. J., Packer, J. G., & Prowse, T. A. A. (2024). Quantifying environmental drivers of vegetation condition in a temperate ecosystem can improve detection of management impacts. Ecological Indicators, 168, 13 pages.
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2024 Li, J., Ma, Q., Jin, M., Huang, L., Hui, D., Sardans, J., . . . Zhu, Y. G. (2024). From grasslands to genes: exploring the major microbial drivers of antibiotic-resistance in microhabitats under persistent overgrazing. Microbiome, 12(1), 17 pages.
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2024 Bond, A. J., O'Connor, P. J., & Cavagnaro, T. R. (2024). Carbonservation with Demonstrated Biodiversity and Carbon Gains: Carbon Can Pay But Biodiversity Must Lead.. Environ Manage, 73(4), 742-752.
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2024 Dielenberg, J., Bekessy, S., Cumming, G. S., Dean, A. J., Fitzsimons, J. A., Garnett, S., . . . Wintle, B. A. (2024). Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council. Ecological Management and Restoration, 24(2-3), 69-74.
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2024 Zhang, Y., Ma, J., Song, Y. Q., Li, G., & O'Connor, P. (2024). Stronger deterministic processes shape the plastisphere microbiota of biodegradable microplastics compared to non-biodegradable microplastics in farmland soil. Applied Soil Ecology, 196, 11 pages.
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2023 Loch, A., Scholz, G., Auricht, C., Sexton, S., O'Connor, P., & Imgraben, S. (2023). Valuing protected area tourism ecosystem services using big data. Environmental Management, 71(2), 260-273.
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2023 Yang, D., Guo, R., O’Connor, P., Zhou, T., Zhang, S., Meng, H., . . . Ma, W. (2023). Embodied carbon transfers and employment-economic spillover effects in China’s inter-provincial trade. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11, 12 pages.
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2023 Wang, A., Zou, D., O’Connor, P., Chen, B., Zou, J., Zhou, Y., . . . Zhang, M. (2023). Assistant effects of spent mushroom substrate and its derived biochar on soil phytoremediation. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 23(4), 13 pages.
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2023 Guo, T., O'Connor, P. J., Zhao, X., Zhou, T., Wang, Y., & Zhang, M. (2023). The win-win effects of nitrification inhibitors on soil-crop systems: Decreasing carbendazim residues but promoting soil bacterial community diversities and stabilities and crop yields.. J Hazard Mater, 451, 13 pages.
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2023 Ding, Z., Zheng, H., Wang, J., O'Connor, P., Li, C., Chen, X., . . . Ouyang, Z. (2023). Integrating Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches Improves Practicality and Efficiency of Large-Scale Ecological Restoration Planning: Insights from a Social–Ecological System. Engineering, 31, 50-58.
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2023 Nguyen, T. T. T., Malek, L., Umberger, W. J., & O'Connor, P. J. (2023). Food waste 'Warriors', 'Strugglers' and 'Slackers': Segmenting households based on food waste generation and sorting behaviours. Food Quality and Preference, 112, 105000-1-105000-20.
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2023 Nguyen, T. T. T., Malek, L., Umberger, W. J., & O'Connor, P. J. (2023). Motivations behind daily preventative household food waste behaviours: The role of gain, hedonic, normative, and competing goals. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 43, 278-296.
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2022 Zhang, Y., Ma, J., O'Connor, P., & Zhu, Y. G. (2022). Microbial communities on biodegradable plastics under different fertilization practices in farmland soil microcosms. Science of the Total Environment, 809, 10 pages.
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2022 Luo, Y., Yang, D., O'Connor, P., Wu, T., Ma, W., Xu, L., . . . Lin, J. (2022). Dynamic characteristics and synergistic effects of ecosystem services under climate change scenarios on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 15 pages.
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2022 Nunes, L. M., Li, G., Chen, W. Q., Meharg, A. A., O'Connor, P., & Zhu, Y. G. (2022). Embedded Health Risk from Arsenic in Globally Traded Rice. Environmental Science and Technology, 56(10), 6415-6425.
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2022 Davidson, A. A., Young, M. D., Leake, J. E., & O'Connor, P. (2022). Aid and forgetting the enemy: A systematic review of the unintended consequences of international development in fragile and conflict-affected situations. Evaluation and Program Planning, 92, 1-13.
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2022 Nguyen, T. T. T., Malek, L., Umberger, W. J., & O'Connor, P. J. (2022). Household food waste disposal behaviour is driven by perceived personal benefits, recycling habits and ability to compost. Journal of Cleaner Production, 379(1), 134636-1-134636-10.
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2021 Li, X., Li, S., Zhang, Y., O'Connor, P. J., Zhang, L., & Yan, J. (2021). Landscape Ecological Risk Assessment under Multiple Indicators. LAND, 10(7), 16 pages.
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2021 Bi, Q. F., Jin, B. J., Zhu, D., Jiang, Y. G., Zheng, B. X., O'Connor, P., . . . Zhu, Y. G. (2021). How can fertilization regimes and durations shape earthworm gut microbiota in a long-term field experiment?. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 224, 1-10.
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2021 Armitage, C., Auld, T., Bradby, K., Campbell, H., Clarkson, B., Cox, A., . . . Wrigley, D. (2021). The Darwin Agreement: A collaboration between Australian restoration organisations in support of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Ecological Management and Restoration, 22(3), 220-222.
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2021 Zhang, M., O'Connor, P. J., Zhang, J., & Ye, X. (2021). Linking soil nutrient cycling and microbial community with vegetation cover in riparian zone. Geoderma, 384, 114801.
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2021 Wang, L., Cui, S., Hu, Y., O'Connor, P., Gao, B., Huang, W., . . . Xu, S. (2021). The co-benefits for food carbon footprint and overweight and obesity from dietary adjustments in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 289, 1-12.
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2021 Ding, Z., Li, R., O'Connor, P., Zheng, H., Huang, B., Kong, L., . . . Ouyang, Z. (2021). An improved quality assessment framework to better inform large-scale forest restoration management. Ecological Indicators, 123, 107370-1-107370-11.
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2021 Summers, D., Regan, C., Settre, C., Connor, J., O'Connor, P., Abbott, H., . . . Cavagnaro, T. R. (2021). Current carbon prices don't stack up to much land use change, despite bundled ecosystem service co-benefits. Glob Chang Biol, 27(12), 2744-2762.
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2021 Prowse, T. A. A., O'Connor, P. J., Collard, S. J., Peters, K. J., & Possingham, H. P. (2021). Optimising monitoring for trend detection after 16 years of woodland-bird surveys. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(5), 1090-1100.
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2021 Li, R., Zheng, H., O'Connor, P., Xu, H., Li, Y., Lu, F., . . . Daily, G. C. (2021). Time and space catch up with restoration programs that ignore ecosystem service trade-offs.. Sci Adv, 7(14), eabf8650.
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2021 Zhu, D., Lu, L., Zhang, Z., Qi, D., Zhang, M., O'Connor, P., . . . Zhu, Y. G. (2021). Insights into the roles of fungi and protist in the giant panda gut microbiome and antibiotic resistome. Environment International, 155, 1-9.
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2020 Ma, J., Sheng, G. D., Chen, Q. L., & O'Connor, P. (2020). Do combined nanoscale polystyrene and tetracycline impact on the incidence of resistance genes and microbial community disturbance in Enchytraeus crypticus?. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 387, 122012.
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2020 Ma, J., Chen, Q. L., O'Connor, P., & Sheng, G. D. (2020). Does soil CuO nanoparticles pollution alter the gut microbiota and resistome of Enchytraeus crypticus?. Environmental Pollution, 256, 113463.
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2020 Huang, B., Li, R., Ding, Z., O'Connor, P., Kong, L., Xiao, Y., . . . Wang, X. (2020). A new remote-sensing-based indicator for integrating quantity and quality attributes to assess the dynamics of ecosystem assets. Global Ecology and Conservation, 22, 1-11.
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2020 Zheng, F., Zhu, D., Chen, Q. L., Bi, Q. F., Yang, X. R., O'Connor, P., & Zhu, Y. G. (2020). The driving factors of nematode gut microbiota under long-term fertilization. FEMS microbiology ecology, 96(4), 11 pages.
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2020 Zhu, D., Ding, J., Yin, Y., Ke, X., O'Connor, P., & Zhu, Y. G. (2020). Effects of Earthworms on the Microbiomes and Antibiotic Resistomes of Detritus Fauna and Phyllospheres. Environmental science & technology, 54(10), 6000-6008.
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2020 Ma, J., Sheng, G. D., & O'Connor, P. (2020). Microplastics combined with tetracycline in soils facilitate the formation of antibiotic resistance in the Enchytraeus crypticus microbiome. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 264, 114689.
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2020 Regan, C. M., Connor, J. D., Summers, D. M., Settre, C., O'Connor, P. J., & Cavagnaro, T. R. (2020). The influence of crediting and permanence periods on Australian forest-based carbon offset supply. Land Use Policy, 97(104800), 1-9.
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2020 Li, R., Zheng, H., Polasky, S., Hawthorne, P. L., O'Connor, P., Wang, L., . . . Ouyang, Z. (2020). Ecosystem restoration on Hainan Island: can we optimize for enhancing regulating services and poverty alleviation?. Environmental Research Letters, 15(8), 14 pages.
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2020 Li, X., Zhang, L., O’Connor, P., Yan, J., Wang, B., Liu, D. L., . . . Li, Y. (2020). Ecosystem services under a climate‐change‐ impacted water infrastructure in a highly forested basin. Water (Switzerland), 12(10), 2825.
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2019 Xiang, Q., Zhu, D., Chen, Q. L., O'Connor, P., Yang, X. R., Qiao, M., & Zhu, Y. G. (2019). Adsorbed Sulfamethoxazole Exacerbates the Effects of Polystyrene (∼2 μm) on Gut Microbiota and the Antibiotic Resistome of a Soil Collembolan. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(21), 12823-12834.
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2019 Wang, H. T., Zhu, D., Li, G., Zheng, F., Ding, J., O'Connor, P. J., . . . Xue, X. M. (2019). Effects of Arsenic on Gut Microbiota and Its Biotransformation Genes in Earthworm Metaphire sieboldi. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(7), 3841-3849.
DOI Scopus128 WoS114 Europe PMC80
2019 Li, Y., & O'Connor, P. (2019). "Scientific writing for impact is a learned skill-it can be enhanced with training": An interview with patrick o'connor. Publications, 7(1), 8 pages.
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2019 Ma, J., Zhu, D., Sheng, G. D., O'Connor, P., & Zhu, Y. G. (2019). Soil oxytetracycline exposure alters the microbial community and enhances the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in the gut of Enchytraeus crypticus. Science of the Total Environment, 673, 357-366.
DOI Scopus46 WoS42 Europe PMC23
2019 Bond, A. J., O'Connor, P. J., & Cavagnaro, T. R. (2019). Remnant woodland biodiversity gains under 10 years of revealed-price incentive payments. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(7), 1827-1838.
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2019 Bond, A. J., Saison, C. L. A., Lawley, V. R., & O Connor, P. J. (2019). Bridging the Urban–Rural Divide Between Ecosystem Service Suppliers and Beneficiaries: Using a Distributed Community Nursery to Support Rural Revegetation. Environmental Management, 64(2), 166-177.
DOI Scopus9 WoS6 Europe PMC1
2019 Li, Y., Cargill, M., Gao, X., Wang, X., & O'Connor, P. (2019). A scientist in interdisciplinary team-teaching in an English for Research Publication Purposes classroom: beyond a “cameo role”. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 40, 129-140.
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2019 Zhu, D., Xiang, Q., Yang, X. R., Ke, X., O'Connor, P., & Zhu, Y. G. (2019). Trophic Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in a Soil Detritus Food Chain. Environmental science & technology, 53(13), 7770-7781.
DOI Scopus117 WoS109 Europe PMC79
2019 Prowse, T. A. A., O'Connor, P. J., Collard, S. J., & Rogers, D. J. (2019). Eating away at protected areas: Total grazing pressure is undermining public land conservation. Global Ecology and Conservation, 20, 10 pages.
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2019 Collard, S. J., O Connor, P., Prowse, T. A. A., Gregg, D., & Bond, A. J. (2019). Objectives versus realities: Spatial, temporal, financial and social deficiencies in Australia’s public revegetation investment model. Ecological Management and Restoration, 21(1), 35-41.
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2019 Ding, J., Zhu, D., Li, H., Ding, K., Chen, Q., Lassen, S., . . . Zhu, Y. (2019). The gut microbiota of soil organisms show species-specific responses to liming. Science of the Total Environment, 659, 715-723.
DOI Scopus22 WoS19 Europe PMC15
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.
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2018 Cargill, M., Gao, X., Wang, X., & O'Connor, P. (2018). Preparing Chinese graduate students of science facing an international publication requirement for graduation: Adapting an intensive workshop approach for early-candidature use. English for Specific Purposes, 52, 13-26.
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2018 O'Connor, P. J., & Cargill, M. A. (2018). Better Scientific Writing Does Not Need Linguistic Alchemy: Response to Doubleday and Connell 2017. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 33(11), 813-814.
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2018 Rolfe, J., Schilizzi, S., Boxall, P., Latacz-Lohmann, U., Iftekhar, S., Star, M., & O'Connor, P. (2018). Identifying the causes of low participation rates in conservation tenders. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 12(1), 1-45.
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2018 Bond, A., O'Connor, P., & Cavagnaro, T. (2018). Who participates in conservation incentive programs? Absentee and group landholders are in the mix. Land Use Policy, 72, 410-419.
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2017 Prowse, T., Collard, S., Blackwood, A., O'Connor, P., Delean, S., Barnes, M., . . . Possingham, H. (2017). Prescribed burning impacts avian diversity and disadvantages woodland-specialist birds unless long-unburnt habitat is retained. Biological Conservation, 215, 268-276.
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2014 Gao, P., Duan, T. Y., Nan, Z. B., & O'Connor, P. J. (2014). First report of Septoria apocyni causing spot blight on the species of apocynum venetum and poacynum pictum in China. Plant Disease, 98(10), 1429.
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2014 Cargill, M., O'Connor, P., & Matthews, R. (2014). Publication skills development in the sciences: decision support for effective program design. Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, 69, 101-114.
2012 Cargill, M., O'Connor, P., & Li, Y. (2012). Educating Chinese scientists to write for international journals: Addressing the divide between science and technology education and English language teaching. English for Specific Purposes;An International Journal of English for Specific Purposes, 31(1), 60-69.
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2010 Chen, M., Yin, H., O'Connor, P., Wang, Y., & Zhu, Y. (2010). C: N: P stoichiometry and specific growth rate of clover colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Plant and Soil, 326(1-2 Sp Iss), 21-29.
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2010 Cargill, M., & O'Connor, P. (2010). Vignette 12: Structuring interdisciplinary collaboration to develop research students' skills for publishing research internationally: Lessons from implementation. International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, 5, 279-292.
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2009 O'Connor, P., Manjarrez Martinez, M., & Smith, S. (2009). The fate and efficacy of benomyl applied to field soils to suppress activity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 55(7), 901-904.
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2007 O'Connor, P., & Bond, A. (2007). Maximizing the effectiveness of photopoint monitoring for ecological management and restoration. Ecological Management and Restoration, 8(3), 228-234.
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2007 Field, S., O'Connor, P., Tyre, A., & Possingham, H. (2007). Making monitoring meaningful. Austral Ecology, 32(5), 485-491.
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2007 Zhu, Y., O'Connor, P., & Cao, J. (2007). Where do Chinese scientists publish their research in environmental science and technology?. Environmental Pollution, 147(1), 1-3.
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2006 Cargill, M., & O'Connor, P. (2006). Getting research published in English: Towards a curriculum design model for developing skills and enhancing outcomes. Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, 53(November), 79-94.
2006 Cargill, M., & O'Connor, P. (2006). Developing Chinese scientists' skills for publishing in English: evaluating collaborating-colleague workshops based on genre analysis. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 5(3), 207-221.
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2005 Field, S., Tyre, A., Thorn, K., O'Connor, P., & Possingham, H. (2005). Improving the efficiency of wildlife monitoring by estimating detectability: a case study of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Wildlife Research, 32(3), 253-258.
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2003 Li, X., Zhou, H., Wang, X., Zhu, Y., & O'Conner, P. (2003). The effects of sand stabilization and revegetation on cryptogam species diversity and soil fertility in the Tengger Desert, Northern China. Plant and Soil, 251(2), 237-245.
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2002 Antoniolli, Z., Facelli, E., O'Connor, P., Miller, D., Ophel-Keller, K., & Smith, S. (2002). Spore communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and mycorrhizal associations in different ecosystems, South Australia. Revista Brasiliera de Ciencia do Solo, 26(3), 627-635.
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2002 O'Connor, P., Smith, S., & Smith, F. (2002). Arbuscular mycorrhizas influence plant diversity and community structure in a semiarid herbland. New Phytologist, 154(1), 209-218.
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2001 O'Connor, P., Smith, S., & Smith, F. (2001). Arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in the southern Simpson Desert. Australian Journal of Botany, 49(4), 493-499.
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1998 Barker, S., Stummer, B., Gao, L., Dispain, I., O'Connor, P., & Smith, S. (1998). A mutant in Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. with highly reduced VA mycorrhizal colonization: isolation and preliminary characterisation. Plant Journal, 15(6), 791-797.
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1996 Barker, S., Stummer, B., O'Connor, P., Dispain, I., & Smith, S. (1996). Screening tomato mutants for abnormalities in VA mycorrhizal symbiosis. Report of the Tomato Genetics Cooperative, TCG, 46, 6.

Year Citation
2013 Cargill, M., & O'Connor, P. (2013). Writing Scientific Research Articles: Strategy and steps (2nd ed) (2nd ed.). Wiley.
2009 Cargill, M., & O'Connor, P. (2009). Writing scientific research articles : strategy and steps. UK: Wiley.
2006 O'Connor, P. J., Tesoriero, J., Morgan, A., & Bolt, S. (2006). Learning on the run. South Australia: South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Local Action Planning Groups.

Year Citation
2012 O'Connor, P. J., Bond, A., Mahoney, P., Collard, S., & Milne, T. (2012). Informed communities are adaptive communities: community-led monitoring of native vegetation condition. In Australian National Landcare Concerence Proceedings. Canberra.
2011 O'Connor, P. J., Cargill, M., & Peng, G. (2011). Preparing science graduate students to publish research articles internationally: How much can applied linguists do prior to research experience?. In 16th AILA World Congress. Beijing.

Year Citation
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.

Year Citation
2022 Loch, A., Sexton, S., Scholz, G., Maclean, J., & O'Connor, P. (2022). Willingness to Pay and Avoided Health Costs associated with Metropolitan Parks. Adelaide, SA: South Australian Department for Environment and Water.
2022 Dumbrell, N., O'Connor, P., Matthews, K., Johns, C., Maier, H., Umberger, W., . . . Cavagnaro, T. (2022). Carbon valorisation : Achieving a carbon neutral farming future in South Australia. University of Adelaide.
2022 Loch, A., Auricht, C., & O'Connor, P. (2022). Value of South Australia’s National Parks and Reserves. Study 1: Economic value of nature-based tourism. Part 2. Secondary economic value (2022/03). Adelaide, SA: Department of Environment and Water, Government of South Australia.
2022 Loch, A., Auricht, C., & O'Connor, P. (2022). Economic Value of Recreational Use of South Australia’s National Parks and Reserves: Kangaroo Island Wilderness Trail Case Study (2022/04). Adelaide, SA: Department of Environment and Water, Government of South Australia.
2019 O'Connor, P. J., Summers, D. M., Connor, J., & Cavagnaro, T. R. (2019). Assessing South Australian carbon offset supply and policy for co-beneficial offsets: barriers to supply. Goyder Institute for Water Research Technical Report Series No. 19/09..
2019 Regan, C., Summers, D. M., Connor, J., O'Connor, P. J., Lowe, A., & Cavagnaro, T. R. (2019). Assessing South Australian carbon offset supply and policy for co-beneficial offsets: Pollination service supply in lucerne seed production. Goyder Institute for Water Research Technical Report Series No. 19/07.
2017 Guerin, G., & O'Connor, P. (2017). ‘Grazing Pressure and Climate Change Response’ : Part 2. Ecological climate change classification for South Australia. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network.
2015 O'Connor, P. J. (2015). The Tree Scheme and Nursery: Review and Options.
2015 O'Connor, P. J., & bond, A. (2015). Park Visitation: information needs and business drivers.
2013 O'Connor, P. J. (2013). Informing Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Improvement (MERI) Prioritisation.
2012 O'Connor, P. J., Saison, C., Morgan, A., Bond, A., & Lawley, V. (2012). Implementation of the Multiple Ecological Communities Conservation Auction in South Australia.
2009 O'Connor, P., Raja Segaran, R., & Lewis, M. (2009). Remote sensing soil erosion risk reduction on Eastern Eyre Peninsula: Assessing change in soil erosion risk through the tender-based approach of the Kielpa to Coast Soil Management Project.
2008 Dart, J., & O'Connor, P. J. (2008). Performance story report: a study of the Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu‐wren and Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps Recovery Program and how it contributed to biodiversity outcomes in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Raources Management region..
2000 Bickerton, H., Field, S., & O'Connor, P. J. (2000). A biological survey and monitoring in the South Para region. South Australia: Nature Conservation Society of South Australia.

Year Citation
2023 Johns, C. (2023). Exploring consumer-driven food value chain and market opportunities in Pacific SIDS countries. (PhD Thesis, University of Adelaide).

Year Citation
- Bond, A., O'Connor, P., & Cavagnaro, T. (n.d.). Data from: remnant woodland biodiversity gains under ten years of revealed-price incentive payments.
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- Bond, A., O'Connor, P., & Cavagnaro, T. (n.d.). Data and code for: Carbonservation with demonstrated biodiversity and carbon gains: Carbon can pay but biodiversity must lead.
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2025 Davidson, A. A., O'Connor, P. J., Leake, J., & Zeng, D. (2025). Striving for Food Security in a Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situation: The Unintended Consequences of Delivering Intended Outcomes in Afghanistan.
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2024 Nguyen, T. T. T., Hetherington, J. B., O'Connor, P. J., & Malek, L. (2024). Sustainable Food Consumption: Sustainability-Conscious Consumers Do Not Reduce Food Waste But Nutrition-Conscious Consumers Do.
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2023 Zhang, Y., Ma, J., Song, Y. -Q., Li, G., & O'Connor, P. (2023). Deterministic Assembly Processes in the Plastisphere Community of Biodegradable Microplastics in Farmland Soil.
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Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Principal Supervisor Assessing the value of wetlands using the contingent valuation method Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Tania Luni
2025 Co-Supervisor “Balancing Environmental, Economic and Social Tensions in Food Production Systems to Ensure Farm Resilience” Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with Doctorate Full Time Ms Lynda McDonald
2025 Co-Supervisor Monitoring and Evaluating Effective Community-Based Natural Resource Management Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Shannon Mariella Evenden
2025 Co-Supervisor Balancing Environmental, Economic and Social Tensions in Food Production Systems to Ensure Farm Resilience - Doctorate Full Time Ms Lynda McDonald
2025 Principal Supervisor Assessing the value of wetlands using the contingent valuation method - Doctorate Full Time Mrs Tania Luni
2024 Principal Supervisor Evaluating the Health and Economic Benefits of Enhancing Local Biodiversity: A Regional Analysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Keon Huang
2024 Principal Supervisor Enhancing Sustainability and Community Well-being in Social Forest through Payment for Ecosystem Services Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Levina Augusta Geraldine
2024 Principal Supervisor Local Community Perceptions of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Program in East Kalimantan. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Marcellinus Mandira Budi Utomo
2024 Principal Supervisor Predicting natural capital account fluctuations under climate change Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Mehrnoosh Taherizadeh
2024 Principal Supervisor Predicting natural capital account fluctuations under climate change - Doctorate Full Time Ms Mehrnoosh Taherizadeh
2024 Principal Supervisor Enhancing Sustainability and Community Well-being in Social Forest through Payment for Ecosystem Services - Doctorate Full Time Mrs Levina Augusta Geraldine
2024 Principal Supervisor Evaluating the Health and Economic Benefits of Enhancing Local Biodiversity: A Regional Analysis - Doctorate Full Time Mr Keon Huang
2024 Principal Supervisor Local Community Perceptions of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Program in East Kalimantan. - Doctorate Full Time Mr Marcellinus Mandira Budi Utomo
2023 Principal Supervisor valuing stacked ecosystem services Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Mimi Salminah
2023 Principal Supervisor valuing stacked ecosystem services - Doctorate Full Time Miss Mimi Salminah
2020 Co-Supervisor Optimising fire and herbivore management for biodiversity conservation in temperate woodlands Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Johanna Grace Kuhne
2020 Co-Supervisor Optimising fire and herbivore management for biodiversity conservation in temperate woodlands - Doctorate Part Time Ms Johanna Grace Kuhne
2019 Principal Supervisor Wheat, Weapons and Worship: Improving the Delivery of Agricultural Development in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Angus Davidson
2019 Principal Supervisor Wheat, Weapons and Worship: Improving the Delivery of Agricultural Development in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations - Doctorate Part Time Angus Davidson

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2021 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Understanding the Attitudinal and Behavioural Determinants of Household Food Waste in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Trang Thi Thu Nguyen
2020 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Exploring consumer-driven food value chain and market opportunities in Pacific SIDS countries Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Craig Johns
2017 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Not 'Going, Going, Gone': Affordable Biodiversity Gains from a Conservation Auction Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Anthelia Bond
2006 - 2011 Co-Supervisor Collaborative Interdisciplinary Publication Skills Education:
Implementation and implications in international science research contexts		 Doctor of Education Doctorate Part Time Dr Margaret Cargill

Date Role Board name Institution name Country
2019 - ongoing Director National Landcare Network National Landcare Network Australia
2015 - ongoing President Cystic Fibrosis Australia - Australia

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2016 - ongoing Member Members Council of the National Landcare Network National Landcare Network Australia

Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
2019 - ongoing Board Member Soil Ecology Letters Springer China
2015 - ongoing Board Member HAYATI Journal of Biosciences - Indonesia
2008 - ongoing Board Member Acta Ecologica Sinica Chinese Ecological Society China

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