Heloise Gibb

Heloise Gibb (född 1975 i Sydney, Australien) är lektor på LaTrobe University i Melbourne, Australien. Hon är koordinator för the Global Ant database som 2018 inkluderade mer än 2212 arter med mer än 82 910 värden för egenskaper och 1818 georeferrerade lokala myrsamhällen.

Forskningsområden

1. Förståelse av artsamhällen baserat på arters egenskaper och ekologiska roller
2. Förståelse för artinteraktioner baserat på experiment
3. Artbevarande i brukade landskap

Projekt

• Gibb, H., “Are there cascading effects of Australia’s ecological extinctions for biodiversity and ecosystem function?” Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships 2014-2018
• Hjältén, J, Work, T., Johansson, T., Roberge, J-M. & Gibb, H., “Testing the efficiency of uneven aged forestry as a conservation tool to promote biodiversity and ecological legacies” Swedish Research Council: Formas 2013-2015
• Gibb, H., Parr, C.L, Dunn, R.R., Sanders, N.J. “A global-scale analysis of functional traits in the face of global change” Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grants 2011-2014
• Gibb, H. Murphy, N. “Evaluating the role of invertebrates in decomposing fuels in foothill forests” Department of Sustainability and the Environment, Victoria 2011-2014
• Gibb, H., Wardle, G. “Do arid-zone ants undergo boom-bust population fluctuations in response to the El Niño Southern Oscillation?” Hermon Slade Foundation 2011-2014.
• Gibb, H., Hayward, M. "Effects of native omnivores on invertebrate biodiversity and function: an experimental approach", Australia and Pacific Science Foundation 2009-2012
• Warton, D.I., Andrew, N.R., Gibb, H. “Predicting the effect of climate change on community structure and function: an assessment using temperate grassland invertebrates”, ARC Discovery 2009-2012
• Dynesius, M., Hjältén, J., Gibb, H. ”Colonisation ability of forestry-intolerant species: A core factor for conservation in fragmented forest landscapes during climate change” Centre for Environmental Research, Umeå University, Sweden, 2008-2012

Utvalda publikationer

• Coggan, NV., Hayward, MW., Gibb, H. 2018. A global database and “state of the field” review of research into ecosystem engineering by land animals. Journal of Animal Ecology
• Joelsson, K. Hjältén, J., and Gibb, G. 2018. Forest management strategy affects saproxylic beetle assemblages: A comparison of even and uneven-aged silviculture using direct and indirect sampling. PloS one 13 (4), e0194905
• Hjältén, J., et al. (2007) The importance of substrate type, shading and scorching for the attractiveness of dead wood to saproxylic beetles."Basic and Applied Ecology 8: 364-376.
• Gibb, H., et al. (2006) Conservation-oriented forestry and early successional saproxylic beetles: Responses of functional groups to manipulated dead wood substrates. Biological Conservation 129(4): 437-450.
• Gibb, H. and D. Hochuli (2002) Habitat fragmentation in an urban environment: large and small fragments support different arthropod assemblages. Biological Conservation 106: 91-100.