Res/Asst/Prof Viki Cramer
Research Assistant Professor
Contact details
| Address | School of Plant Biology The University of Western Australia (M090) 35 Stirling Highway CRAWLEY WA 6009 Australia |
|---|---|
| Phone | 6488 4692 |
| Fax | 6488 1108 |
| viki.cramer@uwa.edu.au |
Biography
I am a plant ecologist with experience working in tropical, semi-arid, and Mediterranean-climate ecosystems. I completed a BSc (Hons) at the University of Queensland. I began my career working with the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service in south-western Queensland. My time working with QNPS in pastoral landscapes led me to recognize that conservation and restoration in the broader landscape was just as critical as what happened within the reserve system, and this has shaped the course of my research career since. I completed my PhD in the Botany Department at the University of Queensland, and then undertook postdoctoral research in the School of Environmental Science at Murdoch University from 2000 to 2005, after a brief time working as a science communicator at Curtin University. From 2006 to 2008 I taught restoration ecology at Murdoch. I joined UWA in 2009.
EDUCATION
1999: Ph.D. University of Queensland, Botany Department
1992: B.Sc. (Hons 1), University of Queensland, Botany Department
EDUCATION
1999: Ph.D. University of Queensland, Botany Department
1992: B.Sc. (Hons 1), University of Queensland, Botany Department
Key research
- My research focuses on understanding change in ecosystems, and how humans respond to and manage these changes. I am interested in bridging research in plant and landscape ecology with the realities of conservation and restoration in social-ecological systems. Recent projects include ecosystem assembly on abandoned farmland and the impacts of secondary salinity on woodland ecosystems.
- At present I am working with Rachel Standish on the impacts of urbanisation on remnant vegetation, and with Richard Hobbs on the challenges for ecological restoration in a time of rapid environmental change, particularly climate change. We are also working in collaboration with Greening Australia to restore Nell’s Block, a former grazing area to the southeast of Perth. This is a long-term collaboration that provides many opportunities to answer both theoretical and practical questions related to restoring abandoned farmland. I also have extensive research experience in plant eco-physiology, particularly stress physiology and water and nutrient acquisition.
Major research interests
- Restoration ecology
- Old field restoration
- Plant ecology and ecophysiology
- Landscape ecology and restoration
- Nature conservation and ecological restoration in social-ecological systems
Publications
Books
Cramer, V.A. and R.J. Hobbs (eds) (2007) Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland. Island Press, Washington.
Journal Articles
Standish R. J., V. A. Cramer and R. J. Hobbs (2008) Land-use legacy and the persistence of invasive Avena barbata on abandoned farmland. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45: 1576-1583.
Hobbs, R. J. and V. A. Cramer (2008) Restoration ecology: interventionist approaches for restoring and maintaining ecosystem function. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 33: 39-61.
Cramer, V. A., R.J. Hobbs, and R. J. Standish (2008) What’s new about old fields? Land abandonment and ecosystem assembly. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 23: 104-112
Lindenmayer, D., R. J. Hobbs, R. Montague-Drake, J. Alexandra, A. Bennett, M. Burgman, P. Cale, A. Calhoun, V. Cramer, P. Cullen, D. Driscoll, L. Fahrig, J. Fischer, J. Franklin, Y. Haila, M. Hunter, P. Gibbons, S. Lake, G. Luck, C. MacGregor, S. McIntyre, R. Mac Nally, A. Manning, J. Miller, H. Mooney, R. Noss, H. Possingham, D. Saunders, F. Schmiegelow, M. Scott, D. Simberloff, T. Sisk, G. Tabor, B. Walker, J. Wiens, J. Woinarkski, and E. Zavaleta (2008) A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation. Ecology Letters, 11: 78-91
Standish, R. J., V. A. Cramer, S. L. Wild and R. J. Hobbs (2007) Seed dispersal and recruitment limitation are barriers to native recolonisation of old-fields in Western Australia. Journal of Applied Ecology, 44: 435-445.
Standish, R.J., V.A. Cramer, R.J. Hobbs and H.T. Kobryn (2006) Legacy of land-use evident in soils of Western Australia’s wheatbelt. Plant and Soil, 280: 189-207.
Hobbs, R. J., S. Arico, J. Aronson, J. S. Baron, P. Bridgewater, V. A. Cramer, P. R. Epstein, J. J. Ewel, C. A. Klink, A. E. Lugo, D. Norton, D. Ojima, D. Richardson, E. W. Sanderson, F. Valladares, M. Vilà, R. Zamora and M. Zobel (2006) Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 15: 1-7.
Cramer, V. A. and R. J. Hobbs (2005) Assessing the ecological risk from secondary salinity: a framework addressing questions of scale and threshold responses. Austral Ecology, 30:537-545.
Cramer, V. A., R. J. Hobbs, G. Hodgson, and L. Atkins. (2004) The influence of local elevation on soil properties and tree health in remnant eucalypt woodlands affected by secondary salinity. Plant and Soil, 265:175-188.
Cramer, V. A., R. J. Hobbs, and L. Atkins. (2004) The influence of local elevation on the effects of secondary salinity in remnant eucalypt woodlands: changes in understorey communities. Plant and Soil, 265:253-266.
Morley, S. C., C. D. Grant, R. J. Hobbs and V. A. Cramer (2004) Long-term impact of prescribed burning on the nutrient status and fuel loads of rehabilitated bauxite mines in Western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management, 190: 227-239.
Hobbs, R. J., V. A. Cramer, and L. J. Kristjanson (2003) What happens if we can't fix it? Triage, palliative care and setting priorities in salinising landscapes. Australian Journal of Botany, 51:647-653.
Hobbs, R.J. & V.A. Cramer. (2003) Natural ecosystems: pattern and process in relation to local and landscape diversity in southwestern Australian woodlands. Plant and Soil, 257:371-378.
Cramer, V.A. & R.J. Hobbs. (2002) Ecological consequences of altered hydrological regimes in fragmented ecosystems in southern Australia: impacts and possible management responses. Austral Ecology, 27:546-564.
Cramer, V.A., S. Schmidt, G.S. Stewart & P.J. Thorburn. (2002) Can the nitrogenous composition of the xylem sap be used to assess salinity stress in Casuarina glauca? Tree Physiology, 22:1019-1026.
Cramer, V.A., P.J. Thorburn & G.W. Fraser. (1999) Transpiration and groundwater uptake from farm forest plots of Casuarina glauca and Eucalyptus camaldulensis in saline areas of southeast Queensland, Australia. Agricultural Water Management, 39:187-204.
McCosker, J. & V.A. Cramer. (1995) Management planning for national parks in the mulgalands. In: Ecological Research and Management in the Mulgalands - Conference Proceedings (eds. M.J. Page & T.S. Beutel), University of Queensland, Gatton College, Australia. pp. 43-50.
Book Chapters
Standish R.J., V.A. Cramer and C.J. Yates (2009) A revised state-and-transition model for the restoration of woodlands in Western Australia. In: New Models for Ecosystem Dynamics and Restoration (eds. R.J. Hobbs and K.N. Suding). Island Press, Washington. pp. 169-188.
Cramer, V.A. (2007) Managing disturbance across scales: an essential consideration for landscape management and design, In: Managing and Designing Landscapes for Conservation: Moving from Perspectives to Principles, eds. D. Lindenmayer and R. Hobbs, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. pp 376-389.
Hobbs, R.J. and V.A. Cramer (2007) Why old fields? In Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland, eds. V.A Cramer and R.J. Hobbs, Island Press, Washington. pp. 1-14.
Cramer, V.A. (2007) Old fields as complex systems: new frameworks for describing community assembly and guiding restoration on abandoned farmland. In Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland, eds. V.A Cramer and R.J. Hobbs, Island Press, Washington. pp. 31-46.
Cramer, V.A., R.J. Standish & R.J. Hobbs (2007) Prospects for the recovery of native vegetation in Western Australian old fields. In Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland, eds. V.A Cramer and R.J. Hobbs, Island Press, Washington. pp. 286-306.
Hobbs, R.J. and V.A. Cramer (2007) Old field dynamics: regional and local differences, and lessons for ecology and restoration. In Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland, eds. V.A Cramer and R.J. Hobbs, Island Press, Washington. pp. 309-318.
Cramer, V.A. and R.J. Hobbs (eds) (2007) Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland. Island Press, Washington.
Journal Articles
Standish R. J., V. A. Cramer and R. J. Hobbs (2008) Land-use legacy and the persistence of invasive Avena barbata on abandoned farmland. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45: 1576-1583.
Hobbs, R. J. and V. A. Cramer (2008) Restoration ecology: interventionist approaches for restoring and maintaining ecosystem function. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 33: 39-61.
Cramer, V. A., R.J. Hobbs, and R. J. Standish (2008) What’s new about old fields? Land abandonment and ecosystem assembly. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 23: 104-112
Lindenmayer, D., R. J. Hobbs, R. Montague-Drake, J. Alexandra, A. Bennett, M. Burgman, P. Cale, A. Calhoun, V. Cramer, P. Cullen, D. Driscoll, L. Fahrig, J. Fischer, J. Franklin, Y. Haila, M. Hunter, P. Gibbons, S. Lake, G. Luck, C. MacGregor, S. McIntyre, R. Mac Nally, A. Manning, J. Miller, H. Mooney, R. Noss, H. Possingham, D. Saunders, F. Schmiegelow, M. Scott, D. Simberloff, T. Sisk, G. Tabor, B. Walker, J. Wiens, J. Woinarkski, and E. Zavaleta (2008) A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation. Ecology Letters, 11: 78-91
Standish, R. J., V. A. Cramer, S. L. Wild and R. J. Hobbs (2007) Seed dispersal and recruitment limitation are barriers to native recolonisation of old-fields in Western Australia. Journal of Applied Ecology, 44: 435-445.
Standish, R.J., V.A. Cramer, R.J. Hobbs and H.T. Kobryn (2006) Legacy of land-use evident in soils of Western Australia’s wheatbelt. Plant and Soil, 280: 189-207.
Hobbs, R. J., S. Arico, J. Aronson, J. S. Baron, P. Bridgewater, V. A. Cramer, P. R. Epstein, J. J. Ewel, C. A. Klink, A. E. Lugo, D. Norton, D. Ojima, D. Richardson, E. W. Sanderson, F. Valladares, M. Vilà, R. Zamora and M. Zobel (2006) Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 15: 1-7.
Cramer, V. A. and R. J. Hobbs (2005) Assessing the ecological risk from secondary salinity: a framework addressing questions of scale and threshold responses. Austral Ecology, 30:537-545.
Cramer, V. A., R. J. Hobbs, G. Hodgson, and L. Atkins. (2004) The influence of local elevation on soil properties and tree health in remnant eucalypt woodlands affected by secondary salinity. Plant and Soil, 265:175-188.
Cramer, V. A., R. J. Hobbs, and L. Atkins. (2004) The influence of local elevation on the effects of secondary salinity in remnant eucalypt woodlands: changes in understorey communities. Plant and Soil, 265:253-266.
Morley, S. C., C. D. Grant, R. J. Hobbs and V. A. Cramer (2004) Long-term impact of prescribed burning on the nutrient status and fuel loads of rehabilitated bauxite mines in Western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management, 190: 227-239.
Hobbs, R. J., V. A. Cramer, and L. J. Kristjanson (2003) What happens if we can't fix it? Triage, palliative care and setting priorities in salinising landscapes. Australian Journal of Botany, 51:647-653.
Hobbs, R.J. & V.A. Cramer. (2003) Natural ecosystems: pattern and process in relation to local and landscape diversity in southwestern Australian woodlands. Plant and Soil, 257:371-378.
Cramer, V.A. & R.J. Hobbs. (2002) Ecological consequences of altered hydrological regimes in fragmented ecosystems in southern Australia: impacts and possible management responses. Austral Ecology, 27:546-564.
Cramer, V.A., S. Schmidt, G.S. Stewart & P.J. Thorburn. (2002) Can the nitrogenous composition of the xylem sap be used to assess salinity stress in Casuarina glauca? Tree Physiology, 22:1019-1026.
Cramer, V.A., P.J. Thorburn & G.W. Fraser. (1999) Transpiration and groundwater uptake from farm forest plots of Casuarina glauca and Eucalyptus camaldulensis in saline areas of southeast Queensland, Australia. Agricultural Water Management, 39:187-204.
McCosker, J. & V.A. Cramer. (1995) Management planning for national parks in the mulgalands. In: Ecological Research and Management in the Mulgalands - Conference Proceedings (eds. M.J. Page & T.S. Beutel), University of Queensland, Gatton College, Australia. pp. 43-50.
Book Chapters
Standish R.J., V.A. Cramer and C.J. Yates (2009) A revised state-and-transition model for the restoration of woodlands in Western Australia. In: New Models for Ecosystem Dynamics and Restoration (eds. R.J. Hobbs and K.N. Suding). Island Press, Washington. pp. 169-188.
Cramer, V.A. (2007) Managing disturbance across scales: an essential consideration for landscape management and design, In: Managing and Designing Landscapes for Conservation: Moving from Perspectives to Principles, eds. D. Lindenmayer and R. Hobbs, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. pp 376-389.
Hobbs, R.J. and V.A. Cramer (2007) Why old fields? In Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland, eds. V.A Cramer and R.J. Hobbs, Island Press, Washington. pp. 1-14.
Cramer, V.A. (2007) Old fields as complex systems: new frameworks for describing community assembly and guiding restoration on abandoned farmland. In Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland, eds. V.A Cramer and R.J. Hobbs, Island Press, Washington. pp. 31-46.
Cramer, V.A., R.J. Standish & R.J. Hobbs (2007) Prospects for the recovery of native vegetation in Western Australian old fields. In Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland, eds. V.A Cramer and R.J. Hobbs, Island Press, Washington. pp. 286-306.
Hobbs, R.J. and V.A. Cramer (2007) Old field dynamics: regional and local differences, and lessons for ecology and restoration. In Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland, eds. V.A Cramer and R.J. Hobbs, Island Press, Washington. pp. 309-318.
Memberships
Society for Ecological Restoration International
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