Tony Auld has been involved in plant ecology research for more than 20 years. He is internationally recognised for his work on the effects of fire on plants and the impact of rabbits on plant regeneration in semi-arid Australia. Recently, his work focuses on threatened species, including their management and assessment of threat status.
Tony maintains close links with several universities and successfully supervised postgraduate and honours students who have worked in ecology and conservation biology. He is a member of the NSW Scientific Committee, the body established to determine the listing of species, populations and communities on the Schedules of the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act (1995).
Selected publications Auld T.D. (1986) Population dynamics of the shrub Acacia suaveolens (Sm.) Willd.: fire and the transition to seedlings. Australian Journal of Ecology 11, 373-385.
Auld T.D. (1987) Population dynamics of the shrub Acacia suaveolens (Sm.) Willd.: survivorship throughout the life cycle, a synthesis. Australian Journal of Ecology 12, 139-151.
Auld T.D. (1989) Larval survival in the soil and adult emergence in Melanterius Erichson and Plaesiorhinus Blackburn (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) following seed feeding on Acacia and Bossiaea (Fabaceae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 28, 235-238.
Auld T.D. (1990) The survival of juvenile plants of the resprouting shrub Angophora hispida (Myrtaceae) after a simulated low-intensity fire. Australian Journal of Botany 38, 255-260.
Auld T.D. and O'Connell M. A. (1991) Predicting patterns of post-fire germination in 35 eastern Australian Fabaceae. Australian Journal of Ecology 16, 53-70.
Auld T.D. and Morrison D.A. (1992) Genetic determination of erect and prostrate growth habit in five shrubs from windswept headlands in the Sydney Region. Australian Journal of Botany 40, 1-11.
Auld T.D. (1993) The impact of grazing on regeneration of the shrub Acacia carnei in arid Australia. Biological Conservation 65, 165-176.
Auld T.D. (1995) Soil seedbank patterns of four trees and shrubs from arid Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 29, 33-45.
Auld T.D. (1995) Seedling survival under grazing in the arid perennial Acacia oswaldii. Biological Conservation 72, 27-32.
Auld T.D. (1995) The impact of herbivores on regeneration in four trees from arid Australia. The Rangeland Journal 17, 213-227.
Bradstock R.A. and Auld T.D. (1995) Soil temperatures during bushfires in relation to fire intensity: consequences for legume germination and fire-management in south-eastern Australia. Journal of Applied Ecology 32, 76-84.
Bradstock R.A., Keith D.A. and Auld T.D. (1995) Management of fire for conservation: imperatives and constraints. In: Conserving Biodiversity: Threats and Solutions (eds R.A. Bradstock, T.D. Auld, D.A. Keith, R. Kingsford, D. Lunney & D. Sivertsen), pp. 323-33. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney.
Auld T.D. and Bradstock R.A. (1996) Do post-fire soil temperatures influence seed germination? Australian Journal of Ecology 21, 106-109.
Auld T.D. and Scott J.A. (1996) Conservation of the endangered plant Grevillea caleyi (Proteaceae) in urban fire-prone habitats. In Back from the Brink: Refining the Threatened Species Recovery Process (eds. S. Stephens and S. Maxwell) pp. 97-100. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton.
Auld T.D. (1997) The ecology of the Fabaceae in the Sydney region: fire, ants and the soil seedbank. Cunninghamia 4(4), 531-551.
Auld T.D. and Scott J. (1997) Conservation of endangered plants in urban fire-prone habitats. Proceedings - Fire Effects on Rare and Endangered Species and Habitats Conference, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, USA. pp. 163-171. International Association of Wildland Fire, USA.
Auld T.D. and Denham A. (1999) The role of ants and mammals in dispersal and post-dispersal seed predation of the shrubs Grevillea (Proteaceae). Plant Ecology 144, 201-213.
Auld T.D. and Scott J. (2000) Implementation of recovery plan for Grevillea caleyi. Final report March 2000. Environment Australia Endangered Species Project No. 456.
Auld T.D., Keith D.A. and Bradstock R.A. (2000) Patterns in longevity of soil seedbanks in fire-prone communities of south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 48, 539-548.
Keith D.A., Auld T.D., Ooi M.K.J. and McKenzie B.D.E. (2000) Sensitivity analysis of decision rules in World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List criteria using Australian plants. Biological Conservation 94, 311-319
Auld T.D. and Denham A.J. (2001) The impact of seed predation by mammals on post-fire seed accumulation in the endangered shrub Grevillea caleyi (Proteaceae). Biological Conservation 97, 377-385.
Auld T.D and Denham A.J. (2001) Flora conservation issues at Kinchega National Park, western NSW. Cunninghamia 7(1), 27-41.
Auld T.D. (2001) The ecology of the Rutaceae in the Sydney region of south-eastern Australia: poorly known ecology of a neglected family. Cunninghamia 7(2), 213-239.
Denham A.J. and Auld T.D. (2002) Flowering, seed dispersal, seed predation and seedling recruitment in two pyrogenic flowering resprouters. Australian Journal of Botany 50, 545-557.
Regan H.M., Auld T.D., Keith D.A. and Burgman M.A. (2003) The effects of fire and predators on the long-term persistence of an endangered shrub, Grevillea caleyi. Biological Conservation 109, 73-83.
