Luke P. Shoo

Gold Coast City Council — Australia

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Species Distribution and Climate Change(40), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(36), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(30), Amphibian and Reptile Biology(15), Forest ecology and management(9)

Publications86 total

Remote sensing applications for managing a large-scale restoration dynamics project throughout the City of Gold Coast conservation estate
Science Talks·2025Open Access
Smart allocation of restoration funds over space and time
Ecological Applications·2021· 10 citedOpen Access
Prickly Skink (<i>Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae</i>) use of supplemental coarse woody debris in rainforest restoration sites
Ecological Management & Restoration·2021· 1 cited
Better left alone: Trying to control pasture grasses in untended rainforest plantings incurs multiple costs and delivers few benefits
Ecological Solutions and Evidence·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Better left alone: Trying to control pasture grasses in untended rainforest plantings incurs multiple costs and delivers few benefits"
2021Open Access
Enhancing bird-mediated seed dispersal to increase rainforest regeneration in disused pasture – A restoration experiment
Forest Ecology and Management·2020· 15 cited
Extreme mobility of the world’s largest flying mammals creates key challenges for management and conservation
BMC Biology·2020· 81 citedOpen Access
Look to seedling heights, rather than functional traits, to explain survival during extreme heat stress in the early stages of subtropical rainforest restoration
Journal of Applied Ecology·2019· 44 cited
Tropical Rainforest Restoration Plantations Are Slow to Restore the Soil Biological and Organic Carbon Characteristics of Old Growth Rainforest
Microbial Ecology·2019· 19 citedOpen Access
Recovery of decomposition rates and decomposer invertebrates during rain forest restoration on disused pasture
Biotropica·2019· 23 citedOpen Access
Soil organic carbon recovery in tropical tree plantations may depend on restoration of soil microbial composition and function
Geoderma·2019· 27 cited
Use of seasonal forecasting to manage weather risk in ecological restoration
Ecological Applications·2018· 25 cited
Annual cycles are the most common reproductive strategy in African tropical tree communities
Biotropica·2018· 73 citedOpen Access
The ecology of tree reproduction in an African medium altitude rain forest
Biotropica·2018· 33 cited
Relationship between microbial composition and substrate use efficiency in a tropical soil
Geoderma·2017· 62 cited
Using structured decision‐making to set restoration objectives when multiple values and preferences exist
Restoration Ecology·2017· 43 cited
Assisted natural regeneration accelerates recovery of highly disturbed rainforest
Ecological Management & Restoration·2017· 27 cited
Optimising the spatial planning of prescribed burns to achieve multiple objectives in a fire‐dependent ecosystem
Journal of Applied Ecology·2017· 20 citedOpen Access
Vertical (arboreality) and horizontal (dispersal) movement increase the resilience of vertebrates to climatic instability
Global Ecology and Biogeography·2017· 47 cited
Navigating Complex Decisions in Restoration Investment
Conservation Letters·2016· 26 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Stephen E. Williams(23), Jeremy VanDerWal(11), Carla P. Catterall(7), Kerrie A. Wilson(6), Susanne Schmidt(6), Jean‐Marc Hero(5), Collin Storlie(5), Richard G. Pearson(4), Mark T.L. Bonner(4), Yvette M. Williams(4), Jane Melville(4), Joanne Isaac(3), Justin A. Welbergen(3), Brett R. Scheffers(3), Ben L. Phillips(3), Ary A. Hoffmann(2), Christopher N. Johnson(2), Rebecca K. Runting(2), Libby Rumpff(2), Michael Mahony(2)