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Stephen Livesley
PeerJ Editor & Author
2,735 Points

Contributions by role

Author 100
Editor 2,635

Contributions by subject area

Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Entomology
Zoology
Animal Behavior
Psychiatry and Psychology
Forestry
Ecosystem Science
Marine Biology
Agricultural Science
Plant Science
Microbiology
Biosphere Interactions
Biogeochemistry
Natural Resource Management
Soil Science
Biological Oceanography
Climate Change Biology
Environmental Impacts
Ecohydrology
Biogeography
Genetics
Ecotoxicology
Mycology

Stephen J Livesley

PeerJ Editor & Author

Summary

Stephen investigates soil-plant-atmosphere interactions in natural and managed ecosystems. Stephen studied in the UK gaining a PhD in Soil Science and Agroforestry from The University of Reading.

At the University of Melbourne, Stephen has led research to quantify the carbon and greenhouse gas implications of landscape management and land-use change events in forest, woodlands and now the urban landscape. Stephen’s urban ecosystem research and teaching interests relate to the role of trees, soil and other vegetation systems in providing environmental and social benefits, such as microclimate cooling, energy saving, carbon sequestration, biodiversity habitat and improved nutrient / water cycling.

Ecology Ecosystem Science Forestry Natural Resource Management Soil Science

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Melbourne

Work details

Associate Professor

University of Melbourne
March 2003
School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Edited 15
October 22, 2015
Urban habitat complexity affects species richness but not environmental filtering of morphologically-diverse ants
Alessandro Ossola, Michael A. Nash, Fiona J. Christie, Amy K. Hahs, Stephen J. Livesley
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1356 PubMed 26528416

Academic Editor on

October 15, 2020
The fungal community in non-rhizosphere soil of Panax ginseng are driven by different cultivation modes and increased cultivation periods
Yu Bao, Bao Qi, Wei Huang, Bao Liu, Yu Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9930 PubMed 33088612
October 12, 2020
Soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus ecological stoichiometry shifts with tree species in subalpine plantations
Kaibin Qi, Xueyong Pang, Bing Yang, Weikai Bao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9702 PubMed 33083099
May 5, 2020
Role of Glycine max in improving drought tolerance in Zanthoxylum bungeanum
Zilong Li, Akash Tariq, Kaiwen Pan, Corina Graciano, Feng Sun, Dagang Song, Olusanya Abiodun Olatunji
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9040 PubMed 32411523
April 23, 2020
Site selection for subtropical thicket restoration: mapping cold-air pooling in the South African sub-escarpment lowlands
Robbert Duker, Richard M. Cowling, Marius L. van der Vyver, Alastair J. Potts
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8980 PubMed 32351786
March 11, 2020
Trophic niches of a seabird assemblage in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia
Aymeric Fromant, Nicole Schumann, Peter Dann, Yves Cherel, John P.Y. Arnould
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8700 PubMed 32201643
October 16, 2019
Effects of field-grown transgenic switchgrass carbon inputs on soil organic carbon cycling
Sutie Xu, Sarah L. Ottinger, Sean M. Schaeffer, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, C. Neal Stewart, Mitra Mazarei, Sindhu Jagadamma
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7887 PubMed 31637134
August 30, 2019
Two salamander species respond differently to timber harvests in a managed New England forest
Angus Mossman, Max R. Lambert, Mark S. Ashton, Jessica Wikle, Marlyse C. Duguid
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7604 PubMed 31531273
August 20, 2019
Effects of digging by a native and introduced ecosystem engineer on soil physical and chemical properties in temperate grassy woodland
Catherine E. Ross, Nicola T. Munro, Philip S. Barton, Maldwyn J. Evans, John Gillen, Ben C.T. Macdonald, Sue McIntyre, Saul A. Cunningham, Adrian D. Manning
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7506 PubMed 31497393
May 22, 2019
The use of bat houses as day roosts in macadamia orchards, South Africa
Sina M. Weier, Valerie M.G. Linden, Ingo Grass, Teja Tscharntke, Peter J. Taylor
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6954 PubMed 31198630
April 9, 2019
From climate zone to microhabitat—environmental factors affecting the coastal distribution of tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in the south-eastern European biodiversity hotspot
Radomir Jaskuła, Mateusz Płóciennik, Axel Schwerk
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6676 PubMed 30993037
March 7, 2019
Exotic urban trees conserve similar natural enemy communities to native congeners but have fewer pests
Steven D. Frank, Kristi M. Backe, Casey McDaniel, Matthew Green, Sarah Widney, Robert R. Dunn
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6531 PubMed 30867988
February 28, 2019
Winter temperature predicts prolonged diapause in pine processionary moth species across their geographic range
Md H.R. Salman, Carmelo P. Bonsignore, Ahmed El Alaoui El Fels, Folco Giomi, José A. Hodar, Mathieu Laparie, Lorenzo Marini, Cécile Merel, Myron P. Zalucki, Mohamed Zamoum, Andrea Battisti
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6530 PubMed 30842907
February 22, 2019
Grazing exclosures solely are not the best methods for sustaining alpine grasslands
Xixi Yao, Jianping Wu, Xuyin Gong, Xia Lang, Cailian Wang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6462 PubMed 30809449
February 19, 2019
Pollen metabarcoding reveals broad and species-specific resource use by urban bees
Caitlin Potter, Natasha de Vere, Laura E. Jones, Col R. Ford, Matthew J. Hegarty, Kathy H. Hodder, Anita Diaz, Elizabeth L. Franklin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5999 PubMed 30809427
May 29, 2018
Socio-economic factors and management regimes as drivers of tree cover change in Nepal
Sujata Shrestha, Uttam B. Shrestha, Kamal Bawa
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4855 PubMed 29868270