Rate My Professor Margaret Andrew

Margaret E. Andrew is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences at Murdoch University, where she has been appointed since 2012. She holds a PhD from the Graduate Group in Ecology. Earlier in her career, Andrew served as a research scientist at Natural Resources Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre, contributing to studies on forest fragmentation, protected areas in boreal Canada, and biodiversity surrogates using remote sensing. Her expertise spans spatial ecology, landscape ecology, conservation ecology, remote sensing, GIS, and spatial-statistical analyses, with applications to invasive species mapping, ecosystem services, and climate impacts on biodiversity.

Andrew's influential publications demonstrate her impact in the field. Key works include 'Identification of invasive vegetation using hyperspectral remote sensing in the California Delta ecosystem' (Remote Sensing of Environment, 2008), cited 486 times; 'Potential contributions of remote sensing to ecosystem service assessments' (Progress in Physical Geography, 2014), cited 243 times; 'The role of environmental context in mapping invasive plants with hyperspectral image data' (Remote Sensing of Environment, 2008), cited 280 times; 'Spatial data, analysis approaches, and information needs for spatial ecosystem service assessments: a review' (GIScience & Remote Sensing, 2015), cited 172 times; 'Plant functional traits differ in adaptability and are predicted to be differentially affected by climate change' (Ecology and Evolution, 2020), cited 149 times; and 'Beta-diversity gradients of butterflies along productivity axes' (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2012), cited 87 times. At Murdoch University, she supervises doctoral and honours students on research topics such as risks and management of invasive plantspecies, forest fires in tropical montane forests, genetic variation and resilience to climate change, and nest site selection by sea turtles. Andrew also serves as an editor for Scientific Reports, enhancing her contributions to scholarly communication in ecology.