B Science (Hons), PhD

Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment

Contact details for Mr Cuong Tran

Research Expertise

Plant flammability characteristics; fire ecology of vegetation types in southeast Queensland; evolutionary characteristic of flammability in plant species; biodiversity indicators of fire regimes; fire behaviour and management in the urban/rural interface; fire management for protection and biodiversity conservation.

Current Teaching Areas

• Industry Placement
• Botany & Zoology (part)
• Wildlife Management (part)

Selected Publications

• Tran, C. 2006. Editor: Proceedings of the 10th Biennial Australasian Bushfire Conference Series, Bushfire2006: Life in a Fire Prone Environment-Translating Science Into Practice, 6–9 June 2006, Brisbane Australia.
• Gilroy, J. and Tran, C. 2006. A New Fuel-Load Model for Eucalypt Forests in Southeast Queensland. In [Ed] Tran, C. Proceedings of the 10th Biennial Australasian Bushfire Conference Series, Bushfire2006: Life in a Fire Prone Environment-Translating Science Into Practice, 6–9 June 2006, Brisbane Australia.
• Tran, C., Wild, C.H. and Zubrinich, T. 2006. Testing Mutch’s Hypothesis in southeast Queensland: Plant Flammability Revisited. In (Peer-Reviewed) Proceedings of The 23rd Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: Fire in Grassland & Shrubland Ecosystems. October 17–20 2005, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA. In review
• Tran, C. 2004. The SEQ Fire and Biodiversity Consortium–Best Practice Fire Management in Southeast Queensland. In [Ed] Smith, K. Proceedings of Bushfire2004 Conference: Earth, Wind & Fire. May 25–28, Adelaide, South Australia.
• Tran, C. and Clarkson, R. 2003. Fire and Biodiversity Consortium of SE Qld - Working Together for a Positive Management of Fire in Our Natural Environment. Poster Presentation at The 3rd International Wildland Fire Conference & Exhibition. October 3–6 2003, Sydney, New South Wales.