Stefan Caddy-Retalic

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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I am interested in promoting sustainable urban landscapes, including more resilient trees, in Australia. I am also interested in using living and preserved plant collections to enhance biodiversity conservation, improve quality of life and enable new science. My research combines biomolecular techniques (stable isotopes, DNA metabarcoding) with traditional ecological survey methods (vegetation metrics, invertebrate trapping) to integrate species change from a population to biome level. My fieldwork is conducted on a climate gradient from the south coast of South Australia through the Mt Lofty Ranges, Flinders Ranges, Gammon Ranges and Stony Plains to investigate changes within species, communities and biomes to better understand the interrelationships and drivers of this change.

In addition to my scientific work, I have a strong interest in working with government and have worked in environmental policy and programs for the South Australian and Commonwealth governments. I have also managed science projects for the University of Adelaide and Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN). My primary interest is in conducting research to address real world problems and bridging the gap between ecological theory and the current needs of land managers.

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2014 - 2017	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
2007 - 2008	Flinders University	Australia	Honours (1st Class)
2003 - 2006	Flinders University	Australia	Bachelor of Innovation & Enterprise
2003 - 2006	Flinders University	Australia	Bachelor of Science

Journals

Year	Citation
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. DOI Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2021	Dorey, J. B., Rebola, C. M., Davies, O. K., Prendergast, K. S., Parslow, B. A., Hogendoorn, K., . . . Caddy-Retalic, S. (2021). Continental risk assessment for understudied taxa post-catastrophic wildfire indicates severe impacts on the Australian bee fauna. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 27(24), 17 pages. DOI Scopus12 WoS9 Europe PMC2
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. DOI Scopus7 WoS5 Europe PMC3
2020	Caddy-Retalic, S., Wardle, G. M., Leitch, E. J., McInerney, F. A., & Lowe, A. J. (2020). Vegetation change along a Mediterranean to arid zone bioclimatic gradient reveals scale-dependent ecotone patterning. Australian Journal of Botany, 68(8), 574-586. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
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. DOI Scopus132 WoS71 Europe PMC36
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. DOI Scopus29 WoS24
2019	Caddy-Retalic, S., Hoffmann, B. D., Guerin, G. R., Andersen, A. N., Wardle, G. M., McInerney, F. A., & Lowe, A. J. (2019). Plant and ant assemblages predicted to decouple under climate change. Diversity and Distributions, 25(4), 551-567. DOI Scopus11 WoS9
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. DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC1
2018	Dormontt, E., van Dijk, K., Bell, K., Biffin, E., Breed, M., Byrne, M., . . . Lowe, A. (2018). Advancing DNA barcoding and metabarcoding applications for plants requires systematic analysis of herbarium collections-an Australian perspective. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6(SEP), 1-12. DOI Scopus62 WoS45
2018	Baruch, Z., Jones, A., Hill, K. E., McInerney, F., Blyth, C., Caddy-Retalic, S., . . . Breed, M. (2018). Functional acclimation across microgeographic scales in Dodonaea viscosa. AoB Plants, 10(3), ply029-1-ply029-15. DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2018	Howard, S., McInerney, F., Caddy-Retalic, S., Hall, P., & Andrae, J. (2018). Modelling leaf wax n-alkane inputs to soils along a latitudinal transect across Australia. Organic Geochemistry, 121, 126-137. DOI Scopus30 WoS23
2017	Baruch, Z., Christmas, M., Breed, M., Guerin, G., Caddy-Retalic, S., McDonald, J., . . . Lowe, A. (2017). Leaf trait associations with environmental variation in the wide-ranging shrub Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima (Sapindaceae). Austral Ecology, 42(5), 553-561. DOI Scopus19 WoS17 Europe PMC2
2017	Dong, N., Colin Prentice, I., Evans, B., Caddy-Retalic, S., Lowe, A., & Wright, I. (2017). Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate. Biogeosciences, 14(2), 481-495. DOI Scopus68 WoS51
2017	Caddy-Retalic, S., Andersen, A. N., Aspinwall, M., Breed, M. F., Byrne, M., Christmas, M., . . . Lowe, A. J. (2017). Bioclimatic transect networks: powerful observatories of ecological change. Ecology and Evolution, 7(13), 4607-4619. DOI Scopus23 WoS20 Europe PMC4
2017	Bissett, A., Fitzgerald, A., Court, L., Meintjes, T., Mele, P. M., Reith, F., . . . Young, A. (2017). Erratum: Introducing BASE: The Biomes of Australian Soil Environments soil microbial diversity database [GigaScience. 5, 1, (2016) (1-11)] DOI: 10.1186/s13742-016-0126-5. GigaScience, 6(5), 1. DOI Scopus4 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2016	Bissett, A., Fitzgerald, A., Meintjes, T., Mele, P. M., Reith, F., Dennis, P. G., . . . Ferrari, B. C. (2016). Introducing BASE: the Biomes of Australian Soil Environments soil microbial diversity database. GigaScience, 5(1), 1-11. DOI Scopus176 WoS153 Europe PMC70
2015	Campbell, C. A., Lefroy, E. C., Caddy-Retalic, S., Bax, N., Doherty, P. J., Douglas, M. M., . . . West, J. (2015). Designing environmental research for impact. Science of the Total Environment, 534, 4-13. DOI Scopus38 WoS38 Europe PMC4
2011	Caddy-Retalic, S., Benkendorff, K., & Fairweather, P. (2011). Visualizing hotspots: Applying thermal imaging to monitor internal temperatures in intertidal gastropods. Molluscan Research, 31(2), 106-113. Scopus19 WoS20

Books

Year	Citation
2012	White, A., Sparrow, B., Leitch, E., Foulkes, J., Flitton, R., Lowe, A. J., & Caddy-Retalic, S. (2012). AusPlots Rangelands Survey Protocols Manual (1.2.9 ed.). Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press.

Conference Items

Year	Citation
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.
2017	Caddy-Retalic, S., Hoffmann, B., Guerin, G. R., Andersen, A., Wardle, G., McInerney, F., & Lowe, A. (2017). The potential decoupling of plant and ant communities with climate change. Poster session presented at the meeting of Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, USA.
2016	Guerin, G. R., Caddy-Retalic, S., Christmas, M., & Lowe, A. J. (2016). Projected climate change implications for the South Australian flora. Poster session presented at the meeting of 'Botany 2016 – Past, Present and Future' Symposium. South Australian NRM Science Conference.. The University of Adelaide.
2015	Lowe, A. J., Guerin, G. R., caddy-retalic., & Christmas. (2015). Species and gene turnover along environmental gradients - windows into the future. Poster session presented at the meeting of Interconnectedness. Ecological Society of Australia Annual Conference 2015. The Hilton Hotel, Adelaide.
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.
2013	Lowe, A. J., Caddy-Retalic, S., Guerin, G. R., Andersen, A., Rossetto, M., van Leeuwen, S., & Sweeney, S. (2013). TREND and the Australian Transect Network: windows to our future environment. Poster session presented at the meeting of TREND Human Dimensions Symposium. Adelaide, SA.

Report for External Bodies

Year	Citation
2022	Belder, R. L., Delaporte, K. D., & Caddy-Retalic, S. (2022). Urban tree protection in Australia: Review of regulatory matters.
2015	Guerin, G. R., Sweeney, S. M., Pisanu, P., Caddy-Retalic, S., & Lowe, A. J. (2015). Establishment of an ecosystem transect to address climate change policy questions for natural resource management.

Theses

Year Citation

2008 Caddy-Retalic, S. (2008). Thermoregulatory ability in the temperate intertidal gastropod Nerita atramentosa. (Flinders University).

Year	Citation
2008	Caddy-Retalic, S. (2008). Thermoregulatory ability in the temperate intertidal gastropod Nerita atramentosa. (Flinders University).

Internet Publications

Year	Citation
2014	Lowe, A. J., & Caddy-Retalic. (2014). Will the climate debate end up being fought in court?. The Conversation.
2012	lowe., & Caddy-retalic. (2012). Genetically linked, a continent apart: the rise of DNA barcoding. The Conversation.
2012	Caddy-Retalic, S., Caddy-Retalic, S., & Lowe, A. J. (2012). DNA barcoding: a better way to discover species. The Conversation.

Datasets

Year	Citation
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	Baruch, Z., Christmas, M., Breed, M. F., Guerin, G. R., Caddy-Retalic, S., McDonald, J., . . . Lowe, A. J. (2016). Leaf trait associations with environmental variation in the wide-ranging shrub Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima (Sapindaceae) Part 1: Latitude. DOI
2016	Baruch, Z., Christmas, M., Breed, M. F., Guerin, G. R., Caddy-Retalic, S., McDonald, J. T., . . . Lowe, A. J. (2016). Leaf trait associations with environmental variation in the wide-ranging shrub Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima (Sapindaceae) Part 2: Elevation. DOI

Caddy-Retalic, S. & McInerney, F.A. TERN Australian Transect Network (2016) $25K

Caddy-Retalic, S. AW Howard Memorial Trust (2016) $3.5K

Caddy-Retalic, S. & McInerney, F. A. TERN eMast (2015) $4.7K

Caddy-Retalic, S. & McInerney F. A. State Herbarium of South Australia (2015) $1K

Caddy-Retalic, S. Ludwig Leichardt Postgraduate Sciences Fellowship (2014) 3 year stipend

Caddy-Retalic, S. Australian Postgraduate Award (Australian Research Council) (2014) 3 year stipend

Clancy, T., Phinn, S., Lowe, A., Saunders, M., Thurgate, N., Walker, C., Sparrow, B. & Caddy-Retalic, S. (2013) Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (NCRIS, Department of Education) $1.6M

Caddy-Retalic, S. & Benkendorff, K. Flinders University Equipment Grant (2008) $5K

Caddy-Retalic, S. Playford Memorial Trust Honours Scholarship (Marine Biology) (2008) $1K

I contribute lectures to topics including:

GEOG7002 Environmental Planning and Governance

Consulting/Advisories

Date	Institution	Department	Organisation Type	Country
2022 - 2022	Attorney Generals Department, Government of South Australia	Planning and Land Use Services, Department for Trade and Investment	Legislative and political	Australia

Expert Witness

Date Case Institution Country

2023 - 2023 Parliamentary Inquiry into the Urban Forest Parliament of South Australia Australia

Date	Case	Institution	Country
2023 - 2023	Parliamentary Inquiry into the Urban Forest	Parliament of South Australia	Australia

Email: stefan.caddy-retalic@adelaide.edu.au

Stefan Caddy-Retalic

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