Kath Dickinson

Kath Dickinson
Born	Katharine Josephine Mary Dickinson
Alma mater	University of Tasmania
Awards	Te Tohu Taiao Award
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Otago
Thesis	Vegetation and fuel dynamics following clearfelling of dry Eucalypt forests on Dolerite in Southeastern Tasmania with special reference to the use of fire in forest regeneration  (1985)

Katharine Josephine Mary Dickinson is a New Zealand academic working in the field of botany. In 2009 the New Zealand Ecological Society awarded Dickinson the Te Tohu Taiao Award, an award for ecological excellence. As of 2018 she is a full professor at the University of Otago. ^[1]

Academic career

After a 1985 PhD thesis titled 'Vegetation and fuel dynamics following clearfelling of dry Eucalypt forests on Dolerite in Southeastern Tasmania with special reference to the use of fire in forest regeneration' at the University of Tasmania in Australia, ^[2] Dickinson moved to the University of Otago in New Zealand, rising to full professor in 2009. ^[3]

Dickinson has published in diverse areas, but particularly in alpine systems and ecology. ^{[4] [5]}

In 2009, Dickinson was awarded the Te Tohu Taiao Award by the New Zealand Ecological Society. ^[6] She is recognised as an excellent teacher at a national level. ^[7]

Selected works

• Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, B. A. Wilson, O. S. Brocklehurst, M. J. Clark, and K. J. M. Dickinson. Vegetation survey of the Northern Territory. Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, 1991.
• Crisp, Philippa N., K. J. M. Dickinson, and G. W. Gibbs. "Does native invertebrate diversity reflect native plant diversity? A case study from New Zealand and implications for conservation." Biological Conservation 83, no. 2 (1998): 209–220.
• Derraik, José GB, Gerard P. Closs, Katharine JM Dickinson, Philip Sirvid, Barbara IP Barratt, and Brian H. Patrick. "Arthropod morphospecies versus taxonomic species: a case study with Araneae, Coleoptera, and Lepidoptera." Conservation Biology 16, no. 4 (2002): 1015–1023.
• Cavieres, Lohengrin A., Rob W. Brooker, Bradley J. Butterfield, Bradley J. Cook, Zaal Kikvidze, Christopher J. Lortie, Richard Michalet et al. "Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity." Ecology Letters 17, no. 2 (2014): 193–202.
• Kirkpatrick, J. B., and K. J. M. Dickinson. "The impact of fire on Tasmanian alpine vegetation and soils." Australian Journal of Botany 32, no. 6 (1984): 613–629.

References

1. "Kath Dickinson, Our People, Department of Botany, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
2. Dickinson, K. J. M. Vegetation and fuel dynamics following clearfelling of dry Eucalypt forests on Dolerite in Southeastern Tasmania with special reference to the use of fire in forest regeneration (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Tasmania.
3. Gibb, John (3 December 2008). "University recognises academics' excellence". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 29 November 2022.
4. Our Changing World (13 November 2014). "Dunedin Garden Study". Radio New Zealand . Retrieved 19 April 2018.
5. "Awareness urged over weed spread | Otago Daily Times Online News". Odt.co.nz. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
6. "Te Tohu Taiao – Award for Ecological Excellence". newzealandecology.org. 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
7. "Dr Katharine Dickinson – Tertiary Teaching Excellence Teaching Profile". Ako Aotearoa. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}

External links

• Kath Dickinson on LinkedIn