Rate My Professor Alison Shapcott

Professor Shapcott integrates her expertise with systematics, population modelling, ecophysiology, pollination ecology, GIS, environmental modelling, climate change studies and microbiology. Recent work has addressed fire regime impacts at landscape scales, fragmentation effects on rare species, population and metapopulation modelling for climate change assessments, and endangered species recovery on Lord Howe Island and the Sunshine Coast. She has contributed to threatened species recovery teams and restoration projects involving translocation, reintroduction and ecological advice for developers, councils, government agencies and community groups. In 2012 she received a fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution to develop a DNA barcoded library for South-East Queensland rainforest plants. Her research has expanded to combine genetics and community ecology using DNA barcoding for biodiversity assessment. Professor Shapcott has published extensively in international journals and is recognised for contributions to plant conservation and landscape genetics.