Dr Simon Hart
Dr

Simon Hart

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Background

I am an ecologist and the goal of my research is to understand the processes driving the rise and fall of populations of animals and plants over time.

We focus on the biology of flowing freshwater ecosystems — streams, rivers, and associated wetlands. These systems provide wonderfully challenging opportunities for combining theory, observations, and experiments to discover how nature works.

More importantly, freshwater ecosystems are, per unit area, the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, and yet they remain underexplored, underappreciated, and under threat.

We hope our work can help to redress these issues.

You can find out more about our group here: http://hartlab-ecology.com

Availability

Dr Simon Hart is:
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Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

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56 works between 2009 and 2025
All (56) Journal Article (29) Book Chapter (2) Other Outputs (25)

41 - 56 of 56 works

2020

Book Chapter

The dimensions of species coexistence

Levine, Jonathan M. and Hart, Simon P. (2020). The dimensions of species coexistence. Unsolved problems in ecology. (pp. 145-159) edited by Andrew Dobson, Robert D. Holt and David Tilman. Princeton, NJ, United States: Princeton University Press. doi: 10.1515/9780691195322-014

The dimensions of species coexistence

2019

Journal Article

Correction: Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues (PLoS ONE (2019) 14:7 (e0217592) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217592)

Bastin, Jean-Francois, Clark, Emily, Elliott, Thomas, Hart, Simon, Van Den Hoogen, Johan, Hordijk, Iris, Ma, Haozhi, Majumder, Sabiha, Manoli, Gabriele, Maschler, Julia, Mo, Lidong, Routh, Devin, Yu, Kailiang, Zohner, Constantin M. and Crowther, Thomas W. (2019). Correction: Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues (PLoS ONE (2019) 14:7 (e0217592) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217592). PLoS One, 14 (10) e0224120. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224120

Correction: Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues (PLoS ONE (2019) 14:7 (e0217592) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217592)

2019

Journal Article

Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues

Bastin, Jean-Francois, Clark, Emily, Elliott, Thomas, Hart, Simon, van den Hoogen, Johan, Hordijk, Iris, Ma, Haozhi, Majumder, Sabiha, Manoli, Gabriele, Maschler, Julia, Mo, Lidong, Routh, Devin, Yu, Kailiang, Zohner, Constantin M. and Crowther, Thomas W. (2019). Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues. PLoS One, 14 (7) e0217592, e0217592. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217592

Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues

2018

Journal Article

How to quantify competitive ability

Hart, Simon P., Freckleton, Robert P. and Levine, Jonathan M. (2018). How to quantify competitive ability. Journal of Ecology, 106 (5), 1902-1909. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12954

How to quantify competitive ability

2018

Journal Article

Do soil biota influence the outcome of novel interactions between plant competitors?

Cardinaux, Aline, Hart, Simon P. and Alexander, Jake M. (2018). Do soil biota influence the outcome of novel interactions between plant competitors?. Journal of Ecology, 106 (5), 1853-1863. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13029

Do soil biota influence the outcome of novel interactions between plant competitors?

2018

Journal Article

Species' distributions as a coexistence problem: a response to Godsoe et al

Alexander, Jake M., Diez, Jeffrey M., Usinowicz, Jacob and Hart, Simon P. (2018). Species' distributions as a coexistence problem: a response to Godsoe et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 33 (3), 144-145. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.01.001

Species' distributions as a coexistence problem: a response to Godsoe et al

2017

Journal Article

Publisher Correction: The spatial scales of species coexistence

Hart, Simon P., Usinowicz, Jacob and Levine, Jonathan M. (2017). Publisher Correction: The spatial scales of species coexistence. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1 (9), 1411-1411. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0289-1

Publisher Correction: The spatial scales of species coexistence

2016

Journal Article

When climate reshuffles competitors: a call for experimental macroecology

Alexander, Jake M., Diez, Jeffrey M., Hart, Simon P. and Levine, Jonathan M. (2016). When climate reshuffles competitors: a call for experimental macroecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31 (11), 831-841. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.08.003

When climate reshuffles competitors: a call for experimental macroecology

2014

Book Chapter

Incorporating historical perspectives into systematic marine conservation planning

Ban, Natalie C., Kittinger, John N., Pandolfi, John M., Pressey, Robert L., Thurstan, Ruth H., Lybolt, Matt J. and Hart, Simon (2014). Incorporating historical perspectives into systematic marine conservation planning. Marine historical ecology in conservation. (pp. 207-233) Santa Barbara, CA, United States: University of California Press. doi: 10.1525/california/9780520276949.003.0010

Incorporating historical perspectives into systematic marine conservation planning

2013

Journal Article

Environmental stress, facilitation, competition, and coexistence

Hart, Simon P. and Marshall, Dustin J. (2013). Environmental stress, facilitation, competition, and coexistence. Ecology, 94 (12), 2719-2731. doi: 10.1890/12-0804.1

Environmental stress, facilitation, competition, and coexistence

2013

Journal Article

Facilitative or competitive effects of woody plants on understorey vegetation depend on N-fixation, canopy shape and rainfall

Blaser, Wilma J., Sitters, Judith, Hart, Simon P., Edwards, Peter J. and Venterink, Harry Olde (2013). Facilitative or competitive effects of woody plants on understorey vegetation depend on N-fixation, canopy shape and rainfall. Journal of Ecology, 101 (6), 1598-1603. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12142

Facilitative or competitive effects of woody plants on understorey vegetation depend on N-fixation, canopy shape and rainfall

2012

Journal Article

Revisiting competition in a classic model system using formal links between theory and data

Hart, Simon P., Burgin, Jacqueline R. and Marshall, Dustin J. (2012). Revisiting competition in a classic model system using formal links between theory and data. Ecology, 93 (9), 2015-2022. doi: 10.1890/11-2248.1

Revisiting competition in a classic model system using formal links between theory and data

2012

Journal Article

Advantages and disadvantages of interference-competitive ability and resource-use efficiency when invading established communities

Hart, Simon P. and Marshall, Dustin J. (2012). Advantages and disadvantages of interference-competitive ability and resource-use efficiency when invading established communities. Oikos, 121 (3), 396-402. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19557.x

Advantages and disadvantages of interference-competitive ability and resource-use efficiency when invading established communities

2009

Journal Article

Does size predict demographic fate? Modular demography and constraints on growth determine response to decreases in size

Hart, Simon P. and Keough, Michael J. (2009). Does size predict demographic fate? Modular demography and constraints on growth determine response to decreases in size. Ecology, 90 (6), 1670-1678. doi: 10.1890/08-1745.1

Does size predict demographic fate? Modular demography and constraints on growth determine response to decreases in size

2009

Journal Article

Pre-Settlement Behavior in Larval Bryozoans: The Roles of Larval Age and Size

Burgess, Scott C., Hart, Simon P. and Marshall, Dustin J. (2009). Pre-Settlement Behavior in Larval Bryozoans: The Roles of Larval Age and Size. Biological Bulletin, 216 (3), 344-354. doi: 10.2307/25548165

Pre-Settlement Behavior in Larval Bryozoans: The Roles of Larval Age and Size

2009

Journal Article

Spatial arrangement affects population dynamics and competition independent of community composition

Hart, Simon P. and Marshall, Dustin J. (2009). Spatial arrangement affects population dynamics and competition independent of community composition. Ecology, 90 (6), 1485-1491. doi: 10.1890/08-1813.1

Spatial arrangement affects population dynamics and competition independent of community composition

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    Improving biodiversity outcomes in West African cocoa
    Lindt Cocoa Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Rapid evolution, and the dynamics and stability of ecological communities
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2023
    Spatially explicit recommendations for optimal levels of shade-tree cover for sustainable cocoa production
    European Cocoa Association AISBL
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Methods and a tool for remotely estimating shade-tree cover & carbon stocks, and for developing spatially explicit recommendations for cocoa agroforests
    ETH Zurich
    Open grant

Availability

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Enquiries

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  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • conservation
  • ecology
  • evolution
  • freshwater

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