Rate My Professor Mike Craig

Mike Craig's research centers on conservation biology, vertebrate ecology, and restoration ecology, emphasizing human impacts on ecosystems and restoration techniques to ameliorate them. He develops methods to accelerate faunal recolonization in restored bauxite mine sites, partnering with Alcoa of Australia to refine adaptive management for biodiversity conservation. Current efforts integrate Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo conservation with mining, logging, and water catchment activities in the northern jarrah forest, using water provision to offset resource extraction impacts. Possessing an A-class bird-banding licence and expertise in vertebrate sampling (cage, Elliot, funnel, pit traps, bird censuses), he identifies Australian vertebrates and global birds. Notable publications include "Characterizing the habitat of road trauma hotspots for threatened black cockatoos in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia" (Coyle et al., 2026, Pacific Conservation Biology); "Cross-Continental Analysis Shows That Disturbance Effects on Reptile Body Condition Do Not Predict Abundance Responses" (Macdonald et al., 2025, Global Change Biology); "Long-term post-fire succession of reptiles in an urban remnant in south-western Australia" (Davis & Craig, 2024, International Journal of Wildland Fire); "A review of methods for detecting rats at low densities, with implications for surveillance" (Davis et al., 2023, Biological Invasions); and "A review of progress of a research program for the endangered northern quoll in the multi-use landscapes of the Pilbara" (Gibson et al., 2023, Australian Mammalogy). With 84 research outputs, his work advances conservation in multi-use landscapes.