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Ms Joan Gibbs
Position: Lecturer Ms Joan Gibbs
Division/Portfolio: Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment
School/Unit: School of Natural and Built Environments
Campus: Mawson Lakes Campus
Office: P2-17
Telephone: +61 8 830 25164
Fax: +61 8 830 25082
Email: Joan_dot_Gibbs_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au
URL for Business Card: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Joan.Gibbs

Welcome to my website. I invite you to review my interests as a Lecturer, School of Natural and Built Environments.

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School of Natural and Built Environments (NBE)

Division of Information Technology, Engineering & the Environment (ITEE)

Teaching interests

  • Ecosystem management
  • Restoration ecology and Landcare, seed testing technology, germination ecology
  • Fire management
  • Traditional ecological knowledge
  • Plant ecology and ecophysiology

I teach the following courses

BIOL 1015Sustainable Ecosystems
BIOL 2023Ecology
ENVT 3007Ecosystem Monitoring
ENVT 3015Fire and Ecosystems
ENVT 3011Landcare and Restoration

Professional associations

International Society for Seed Technology

Action Learning, Action Research Association, Inc.

International Society for Ecological Culture

Qualifications

MSc (Plant Ecology), Arizona State University, 1970.

BSc (Biology), Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1967.

(partial PhD, University of Adelaide, 1979-82)

Research interests

  • Rail Corridor Restoration - Rail CRC
  • Plants for People SA - Desert Knowledge CRC
  • Seed testing for threatened species - Seed Conservation Centre, SA
  • Ecology of litter decomposition and fire regimes

Research publications

Mancini,H, Tran, T, Gibbs, J, Boland, J, & Brien, C. (2006) Improving rail corridors by restoring native vegetation. CORE conference paper.

Gibbs, J and Trevorrow, G. (2007) Improving the condition of land in the Coorong Wilderness by partnerships between local Aboriginal people and university people. Action Learning and Action Research Journal (in press).

Community Service

Organisation Name:   Natural Resource Centre
Section:   Mt. Pleasant NRC
Type of Organisation:   Community organisation
Level of involvement:   management committee member
Year from:   2001

Organisation Name:   Northeast Hills Environment and Conservation Association
Type of Organisation:   Community organisation
Level of involvement:   Co-founder and School staff liason
Year from:   1996

Research Degree Supervisor

Masters or PhD supervision



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