Qualifications
Research Interests
Publications

Dr Greg Guerin

Telephone	+61 8 8313 1254
Position	Postdoctoral Fellow
Email	greg.guerin@adelaide.edu.au
Building	Schulz Building
Floor/Room	12
Campus	North Terrace
Org Unit	Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Qualifications

PhD in Science, University of Adelaide, conferred 2008.

Research Interests

How environmental change is affecting ecosystems

Current work within Prof. Andrew Lowe's group involves ecological analysis of vegetation communities within a regional monitoring transect we have established between the Mount Lofty Ranges and northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia (the TREND transect). The main research focus is on patterns of ecosystem composition and functional responses to changes in climate through space and time. Through this work we hope to better understand how Mediterranean ecosystems in southern Australia respond to environmental change and apply new information on climate change impacts to practical interventions.

Taxonomy of Australian Lamiaceae

On-going research involves taxonomic revision of the genera Hemigenia and Microcorys (classification and species-level) and investigation of the evolution of stamen morphology and pollination systems (with Prof. Dr. Regine Claßen-Bockhoff's group).

Publications

Guerin G.R., Biffin E., Lowe A.J. (2013) Spatial modelling of species turnover identifies climate ecotones, climate change tipping points and vulnerable taxonomic groups. Ecography 36. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00215.x

McCallum K., Guerin G.R., Breed M.F., Lowe A.J. (2013) Combining population genetics, species distribution modelling and field assessments to understand a species vulnerability to climate change. Austral Ecology. doi:10.1111/aec.12041

Keith D.A., Lindenamyer D.R., Lowe A., Russell-Smith J., Barrett S., Enright N.J., Fox B.J., , Paton D.C., Tozer M.G. & Yates C.J. (in press) 'Heathlands', in David Lindemayer, Emma Burns, Nikki Thurgate, Andrew Lowe (eds) Monitoring Environmental Change in Australia, CSIRO publishing, >500pp.

Guerin, GR, Lowe, AJ (2012) Leaf morphology shift: new data and analysis support climate link. Biology Letters. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0860. [Covered by ABC science news]

Guerin, GR, Lowe, AJ (2012) Systematic monitoring of heathy woodlands in a Mediterranean climate – a practical assessment of methods. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. doi:10.1007/s10661-012-2842-3

Guerin, GR, Wen, H, Lowe, AJ (2012) Leaf morphology shift linked to climate change. Biology Letters 8: 882-886. [Covered by Nature, New Scientist, ABC, BBC, The Conversation, Channel 7 nightly news, Radio New Zealand National 'Morning Report', Radio Adelaide 'Orbit', Examiner, el-nacional, The Bunsen Burner, SciTech Daily, Asian Scientist, Kennislink.]

Guerin, GR, Lowe, AJ (2012) Multi-species distribution modelling highlights the Adelaide Geosyncline, South Australia, as an important continental-scale arid-zone refugium. Austral Ecology. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02425.x

Kahraman A, Celep F, Doğan M, Guerin GR, Bagherpour S (2011) Mericarp morphology and its systematic implications for the genus L. section Hymenosphace Bentham (Lamiaceae) in Turkey. Plant Systematics and Evolution 292(1-2): 33-39.

Guerin GR (2009) A revision of Westringia sect. Cephalowestringia (Lamiaceae: Westringieae). Australian Systematic Botany 22(2): 121–136.

Özkan M, Aktaş K, Özdemir C, Guerın G (2009) Mericarp morphology and its taxonomic utility in Salvia (Lamiaceae: Mentheae) from Turkey. Acta Botanica Croatica 68 (1): 105–115.

Guerin GR (2008) A taxonomic revision of Hemigenia section Malleantha sect. nov. (Lamiaceae: Westringieae). Australian Systematic Botany 21(5): 326-374.

Guerin GR (2008) Evidence for polyphyly in Hemigenia and Microcorys (Lamiaceae: Westringieae). Australian Systematic Botany 21(5): 313-325.

Guerin GR, Hill RS (2006) Plant macrofossil evidence for the environment associated with the Riversleigh fauna. Australian Journal of Botany 54: 717-731.

Guerin GR (2005) Nutlet morphology of Hemigenia R.Br. and Microcorys R.Br. (Lamiaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 254(1-2): 49-68.

Guerin G (2005) Floral biology of Hemigenia R.Br. and Microcorys R.Br. (Lamiaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 53: 147-162.

Guerin G (2004) Plant macrofossils associated with the Riversleigh macrofauna. Australian Biologist 17(1): 55-62.

Guerin GR, Hill RS (2003). Gymnostoma tasmanianum sp. nov., a fossil Casuarinaceae from the early Oligocene of Little Rapid River, Tasmania, Australia. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164(4), 629-634.

Entry last updated: Thursday, 2 May 2013

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