PhD, B. App. Sc. (Hons), B.A.

Research Fellow, Centre for Innovative Conservation Strategies, Griffith School of Environment

Contact details for Dr John Kanowski

Research Expertise 

• Rainforest ecology
• conservation and restoration
• animal-plant interactions and their impact on rainforest dynamics
• survey design and monitoring
• the ecology of rainforest possums and tree-kangaroos
• the effects of climate change on rainforest ecosystems
  

 Currently teaching

• 3 PhD students
• guest lectures in Plant diversity
• Ecology and conservation of communities

Selected Publications

• Kanowski, J. and Catterall, C.P. (2007) Converting stands of camphor laurel to rainforest: What are the costs and outcomes of different control methods? Centre for Innovative Conservation Strategies, Griffith University, Nathan 4111 Australia. URL: www.griffith.edu.au/centre/cics/
• Kanowski, J. and Catterall, C.P. (2007) Monitoring Revegetation Projects for Biodiversity in Rainforest Landscapes. Toolkit Version 1, Revision 1. Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility, Cairns. URL: www.rrrc.org.au/publications
• Kanowski, J., Catterall, C.P. and Harrison, D. A. (2007) Monitoring the outcomes of reforestation for biodiversity conservation. In: Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape. Stork, N. and Turton, S. (eds). Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 526-536.
• Kanowski, J., Reis, T., Catterall, C.P. and Piper, S. (2006) Factors affecting the use of reforested sites by reptiles in cleared rainforest landscapes in tropical and subtropical Australia. Restoration Ecology 14, 67-76.
• Kanowski, J., Catterall, C.P., and Wardell-Johnson, G.W. (2005) Consequences of broadscale timber plantations for biodiversity in cleared rainforest landscapes of tropical and subtropical Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 208, 359-372.
• Kanowski, J., Catterall, C.P., Proctor, H., Reis, T., Tucker, N.I.J., and Wardell-Johnson, G.W. 2005. Biodiversity values of timber plantations and restoration plantings for rainforest fauna in tropical and subtropical Australia. pp. 183-205. In: Reforestation in the Tropics and Subtropics of Australia Using Rainforest Tree Species. (eds. Erskine, P.D., Lamb, D. and Bristow, M.) RIRDC, Canberra and Rainforest CRC, Cairns.
• Kanowski, J. (2004) Ecological determinants of the distribution and abundance of folivorous possums inhabiting rainforests of the Atherton Tablelands, north-east Queensland. pp. 539-548. In: The Biology of Australian Possums and Gliders (eds. Goldingay, R. and Jackson, S.). Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton NSW.
• Kanowski, J., Irvine, A.K. and Winter, J.W. (2003) The relationship between the floristic composition of rain forests and the abundance of folivorous marsupials in north-east Queensland. Journal of Animal Ecology 72, 627-632.