Zachary Carter

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.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2023 - ongoing Research Fellow University of Adelaide
    2022 - ongoing Research Fellow Queensland University of Technology

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2023 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 <i>Phytophthora</i> species. Conservation Science and Practice, 5(9), 1-10.
    DOI
    2022 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.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS1
    2022 Bodey, T., Carter, Z., Haubrock, P., Cuthbert, R., Welsh, M., Diagne, C., & Courchamp, F. (2022). Building a synthesis of economic costs of biological invasions in New Zealand.
    DOI
    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.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC3
    2021 Carter, Z. T., Bodey, T. W., & Russell, J. C. (2021). Terrestrial vertebrate survey of Motukawanui. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 48(2), 174-184.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS2
    2020 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.
    DOI Scopus13 WoS12
    - Spatz, D. R., Holmes, N. D., Will, D. J., Hein, S., Carter, Z. T., Fewster, R. M., . . . Russell, J. C. (n.d.). The global contribution of invasive vertebrate eradication as a key island restoration tool. Scientific Reports, 12(1).
    DOI

  • Theses
    Year Citation
    2022 Carter, Z. T. (2022). Through space and time: novel methods to prioritise management actions for invasive species. (University of Auckland).
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