Joanne M. Bennett German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Germany E-mail: [email protected] Webpage: http://joannembennett.wordpress.com/

RESEARCH STATEMENT My goal is to improve our understanding of the general processes driving ecological systems and how human activities affect these processes. I’ve worked with a range of flora and fauna, and instead of focusing on one particular taxon my research has focused on how global change drivers have affected species distributions at multiple scale from local up to the macroecological. I am interested in teasing apart the relative importance of direct (land-use change), indirect (climate change) and derived (altered species interactions and there relation to ecological services) factors on distributions as core components of modern spatial ecology.

EXPERIENCE: Roles, responsibilities and outcomes 2016 - Present Postdoctoral research fellow - Martin Luther University of Halle- Wittenberg. Responsible postdoc for the SPLAT project: Synthesis on Pollen Limitation and Terrestrial biodiversity.

2014 - Present Postdoctoral research fellow - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig. Responsible postdoc for the SWEEP project: Synthesizing Worldwide Ecology, Evolution and Physiology.

2013 - 14 Junior Honorary Research Fellow - Monash University, Australia.

2010 - 13 PhD in Ecology - Monash University Australia - Funded by the Australian postgraduate award (APA). Supervisors: Prof Ralph Mac Nally and Dr Rohan Clarke Changes in forest-bird assemblage structure in response to multiple pressures: climate and vegetation change.

2009 - 10 Natural Resource Officer - Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Australia - Hydrological modelling, implementing policy, water licensing, stakeholder negotiation, compliance and enforcement.

2007 - 08 Research Assistant - CSIRO, Sustainable Ecosystems Australia Research into how land use affects biodiversity.

2002 - 04 Research Technician and Coordinator - Ivax’s International pharmaceuticals UK, Research and Development department.

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND FUNDING 2013 - 14 Postgraduate Publication Award – Through a competitive process I was awarded the role of Honorary Junior Research Fellow - $6,108 over three months.

2012 Australian Centre for Biodiversity best student oral presentation on conservation.

2010 - 12 Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment, $7500 pa for 3 years.

2010 Australian Bird Environment Foundation (ABEF) $5000.

2009 Nancy Millis Young Scientist Award – finalist.

PUBLICATIONS Bennett, J.M., Clarke, R.H., Horrocks G.F.B., Thomson, J.R. & Mac Nally, R. (2015) Climate drying amplifies the effects of fragmentation and interspecific interactions on birds. Landscape Ecology 30 (10), 2031-2043

Bennett, J.M., Clarke, R.H., Thomson, J.R. & Mac Nally, R. (2015) Fragmentation, degradation and altered species interactions limit the recruitment of native birds. Ecography 38 (2), 163–171

Bennett, J.M., Nimmo D.G., Clarke, R.H., Thomson, J.R., Mac Nally, R. & Bennett, A.F., (2014) Species resistance v resilience: The prospects of avifauna to increasingly turbulent climate futures? Diversity and Distributions 20 (11), 1321-1332

Bennett, J.M., Clarke, R.H., Thomson, J.R. & Mac Nally, R. (2015) Variation in abundances of nectarivorous birds: Is flowering the only determinant? Journal of Animal Ecology 83 (6), 1531- 1541

Bennett, J.M., Cunningham, S.C., Connelly, C.A., Clarke, R.H., Thomson, J.R. & Mac Nally, R. (2013) The interaction between a drying climate and land use affects forest structure and above-ground carbon storage. Global Ecology and Biogeography (22) 1238–1247.

Bennett, J.M., Kutt, A.S., Johnson, C.N. & Robson, S. (2009) Ants as indicators for vertebrate fauna at a local scale: an assessment of cross-taxa surrogacy in a disturbed matrix. Biodiversity and Conservation. (18), 3407-3419

SUBMITTED/ IN PREPARATION McQueen, A., Morales-Villegas, H., Bennett, J.M., Delhey, K., (in 2nd Review) Can adaptation to background colors explain the evolution of bird color diversity?

Yen, J. D. L., Thomson, J.R., Keith, J.M., Paganin, D.M., Fleishman, E., Dobkin, D.S., Bennett, J.M., Mac Nally, R. (in review) Responses of species abundance distributions and individual size distributions to environmental gradients.

Yen, J. D. L., Thomson, J.R., Keith, J.M., Paganin, D.M., Fleishman, E., Bennett, A.F., Nimmo D.G., Bennett, J.M., Dobkin, D.S., Mac Nally, R (in review) Linking species richness and ecosystem function through individual size distributions.

Bennett, J.M., Algar, A., Araújo, M., Calosi, P., Clusella-Trullas, S., Hawkins, B., Keith, S., Kühn, I., Martínez, B., Rahbek, C., Rodríguez, L., Sunday, J., Singer, A., Villalobos, F., Morales- Castilla, I., Olalla-Tárraga M. A., (in prep for 2016) Fundamental climate niches are phylogenetically conserved through evolution.

Bennett, J.M., Algar, A., Araújo, M., Calosi, P., Clusella-Trullas, S., Hawkins, B., Keith, S., Kühn, I., Martínez, B., Rahbek, C., Rodríguez, L., Sunday, J., Singer, A., Villalobos, F., Morales- Castilla, I., Olalla-Tárraga M. A., (in prep for 2016) sWEEP data base: a global database on thermal tolerances for marine and terrestrial organisms.

TEACHING 2014 Lead Teaching Associate - BIO3111: Ecological Applications - Monash University  Acting subject coordinator  Supervising, coordinating and preparing practical work, and a field tip

2012 - 14 Senior Teaching Associate and Guest Lecturer - BIO2022: Ecology - Monash University - Delivery and preparation of lecture and examination material

2010 - 14 Teaching Associate - BIO2022: Ecology and BIO1042: Environmental biology - Monash University - teaching, theory and field methods

INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS 2017 A global soil biodiversity database and its application to data synthesis and theory development (SWORM) - Invited participant

2016 Synthesis on Pollen Limitation and Terrestrial biodiversity (SPLAT) - responsible postdoc

2015 Imperial College London - Invited presentation

2015 Synthesis on Pollen Limitation and Terrestrial biodiversity (SPLAT)

2015 Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid - Invited presentation

2014 Synthesizing Worldwide Ecology, Evolution and Physiology (SWEEP) - responsible postdoc

CONFERENCES 2014 International Biogeography Society 7th Biennial Conference - Poster presentation

2012 Ecological Society of Australia Congress - Oral presentation

2012 The Student Conference on Conservation Science, Cambridge, UK - Oral presentation (fully funded)

2011 Australian Centre for Biodiversity - Oral presentation, The Student Conference on Conservation Science, Cambridge, Student Prize winner.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Invited peer reviewer for Nature: Climate Change, Ecology Letters, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Diversity and Distributions, Biological Conservation, The Auk: Ornithological Advances and Journal of Zoology

2014 sDiv workshop: Responsible workshop postdoc. Coordination and organization of a workshop.

2011 Australian Centre of Biodiversity - student representative executive committee. Organized and run the annual student conference and postgraduate student workshops (writing, statistics).

2011 Australian Centre of Biodiversity - student representative executive committee. Organized and run the annual student conference and postgraduate student workshops (writing, statistics).

2010 School of Biological Sciences, Monash University - student representative. Providing postgraduate student support and mentoring.

EDUCATION 2010 - 13 PhD in Ecology - Monash University Australia. Changes in forest-bird assemblage structure in response to multiple pressures: climate and vegetation change.

2008 James Cook University, Queensland, Australia. BSc Hons (1st class). The impacts of pastoral land management on ant species assemblages in eucalypt savanna woodlands in central Queensland, Australia

SKILLS  Strong interpersonal skills with experience in stakeholder engagement  Experienced in project management and administration  Experience in legislation and policy  High computer literacy, multivariate data analysis and Bayesian modelling experience using R, WinBUGS, Statistica, Primer and SPSS  Qualifications and experience with GIS  Professional skills courses completed in Research Leadership and Project Management  Dual citizenship - Australian and U.K.  Full driving licence and four wheel drive certified  TACT - Teaching Associate Conversational Training

REFEREES Dr. Marten Winter Scientific Coordinator Synthesis Centre sDiv German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Ph: +49(0)341-97-33129 [email protected]

Professor Ralph Mac Nally Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia Ph: +61-(0)2-6201-5152 [email protected]

Dr Rohan Clarke School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton VIC3800, Australia Ph: +61-(0)3-9905-1968 [email protected]

Mr Gary Jensen Manager Water Services, North Region Department of Environment and Resource Management, Townsville Q 4810, Australia Ph: +61-(0)7-4799-7505 [email protected]