Ms. Amy K. Hahs
Ph.D. Student, Research Officer
Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology

Biography
Amy has been a Ph.D. student with ARCUE since March 1999. Her project is titled: "Vegetation dynamics and litter dynamics in Red Gum Woodlands of urban Melbourne". She is using a combination of remote sensing techniques, GIS and vegetation surveys to investigate the impacts of urbanisation on remnant patches of vegetation. This information will contribute to informed decision-making regarding the conservation and management of biological diversity for plant communities in the Melbourne area.

She is currently employed as a Research Officer at ARCUE, where she is responsible for quantifying the spatial and temporal availability of fruit and nectar bearing trees in the greater Melbourne area.

Selected Publications
Hahs, A.K. 2001. Long-term ecological research in Australia. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of Australia 31(3): 11-14.

Hahs, A., Enright, N. J., and Thomas, I. 1999. Plant communities, species richness and their environmental correlates in the sandy heaths of the Little Desert National Park, Victoria, Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 24, 249-257.

McDonnell, M. J., Williams, N. S. G., and Hahs, A. K. 1999. 'A reference guide to the ecology and natural resources of the Melbourne region.' Occasional Paper of the Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology. Number 1. Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, South Yarra, Vic.

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