Dr. Gunnar Keppel

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsBiogeography,Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
Keywordsconservation, biodiversity, island biogeography, macroecology, environmental heterogeneity

Current contact address

CountryAustralia
CityAdelaide
InstitutionUniversity of South Australia
InstituteSchool of Natural and Built Environments

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Holger KreftFakultät für Forstwissenschaften und Waldökologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2017

Programme(s)

2017Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2019Steidinger BS, Crowther TW, Liang J, Van Nuland M, Werner GDA, …, G Keppel, …, Peay KG Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses. In: Nature, 2019, 404-408
2019Thomas Ibanez, Gunnar Keppel, Christophe Menkes, Thomas W. Gillespie, Matthieu Lengaigne, Morgan Mangeas, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres, Philippe Birnbaum: Globally consistent impact of tropical cyclones on the structure of tropical and subtropical forests. In: Journal of Ecology, 2019, 279-292
2019Colin J. Yates, Todd Robinson, Grant W. Wardell?Johnson, Gunnar Keppel, Stephen D. Hopper, Antonius G. T. Schut, Margaret Byrne: High species diversity and turnover in granite inselberg floras highlight the need for a conservation strategy protecting many outcrops. In: Ecology and Evolution, 2019,
2019Michael J. B. Dyer, Gunnar Keppel, Marika Tuiwawa, Sainivalati Vido, Hans Juergen Boehmer: Using expert knowledge and field surveys to guide management of an invasive alien palm in a Pacific Island lowland rainforest. In: C.R. Veitch, M.N. Clout, A.R. Martin, J.C. Russell, C.J. West, Island invasives: scaling up to meet the challenge. Proceedings of the international conference on island invasives 2017. IUCN Species Survival Commission, 2019. 417-422
2019Gianluigi Ottaviania, Gunnar Keppel, Matteo Marcantonio, Ladislav Mucina, Grant Wardell-Johnson: Woody species in resource-rich microrefugia of granite outcrops display unique functional signatures. In: Austral Ecology, 2019, 575-580
2018Jacynta Anderson, Gunnar Keppel, Sophie-Min Thomson, Anthony Randell, Jone Raituva, Iliesa Koroi, Ramokasa Anisi, Tanya Charlson, Hans Juergen Boehmer, Sonia Kleindorfer: Changes in climate and vegetation with altitude on Mount Batilamu, Viti Levu, Fiji. In: Changes in climate and vegetation with altitude on Mount Batilamu, Viti Levu, Fiji, 2018, 316-325
2018Gianluigi Ottaviani, Gunnar Keppel: Contrasting intraspecific foliar trait responses to stressful conditions of two rhizomatous granite outcrop species at different scales in southwestern Australia. In: Austral Ecology, 2018, 249-256
2018Christine M. Taylor, Gunnar Keppel, Stefan Peters, G.R. Hopkins, Greg D. Kerr: Establishment and potential spread of the introduced spotted-thighed frog, Litoria cyclorhyncha (Ranoidea cyclorhynchus), in South Australia. In: Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 2018, 86-101
2018Michael J. B. Dyer, Gunnar Keppel, Marika Tuiwawa, Sainivalati Vido, Hans Juergen Boehmer: Invasive alien palm Pinanga coronata threatens native tree ferns in an oceanic island rainforest. In: Australian Journal of Botany, 2018, 647-656
2018Thomas Ibanez, Gunnar Keppel, Cláudia Baider, Chris Birkinshaw, Heike Culmsee, Susan Cordell, F. B. Vincent Florens, Janet Franklin, Christian P. Giardina, Thomas W. Gillespie, Melinda Laidlaw, Creighton M. Litton, Tara G. Martin, Rebecca Ostertag, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy, Richard Randrianaivo, Miramasoandro Randrianjanahary, Muthu Rajkumar, Ladan Rasingam, Fidy Ratovoson, Ludovic Reza, Lawren Sack, Shin-ichiro Aiba, Edward Webb, Timothy J. S. Whitfeld, Runguo Zang, Philippe Birnbaum: Regional forcing explains local species diversity and turnover on tropical islands. In: Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018, 474-486
2018Karen D. Sommerville, Bronwyn Clarke, Gunnar Keppel, Craig McGill, Zoe-Joy Newby, Sarah V. Wyse, Shelley A. James, Catherine A. Offord: Saving rainforests in the South Pacific: challenges in ex situ conservation. In: Australian Journal of Botany, 2018, 609-624
2018Gunnar Keppel, Gianluigi Ottaviani, Susan Harrison, Grant W. Wardell-Johnson, Matteo Marcantonio, Ladislav Mucina: Towards an eco-evolutionary understanding of endemism hotspots and refugia. In: Annals of Botany, 2018, 927-934