Prof Graeme Cumming ~ Professor, Zoology & Ecology
Terrestrial Ecology
- About
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- Teaching
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- BZ3215: Conservation Biology (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
- Interests
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- Research
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- landscape ecology community ecology social-ecological systems
- Experience
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- 2020 to 2022 - Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University (Townsville, QLD, Australia)
- 2015 to 2020 - Professor, James Cook University (Townsville, QLD, Australia)
- 2006 to 2015 - Pola Pasvolsky Chair, Percy FitzPatrick Institute (University of Cape Town)
- 2001 to 2005 - Assistant Professor, University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, USA)
- 1999 to 2001 - David H. Smith Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI, USA)
- Research Disciplines
- Socio-Economic Objectives
Graeme comes from Harare, Zimbabwe, where he went to Saint George’s College. He studied Zoology and Entomology to the honours level at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. He then moved to Oxford University, U.K., on a Rhodes Scholarship. While at New College, Oxford, Graeme completed his doctorate on ‘The Evolutionary Ecology of African Ticks’ under the supervision of Drs. Sarah Randolph and David Rogers. From Oxford he moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, funded by a D. H. Smith Postdoctoral Fellowship from The Nature Conservancy (TNC). In Madison he worked with TNC and Professor Steve Carpenter at the Center for Limnology on applying species-based models to management and conservation-related problems in freshwater systems. After two years as a postdoc, he was hired as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida. Graeme returned to Africa at the end of 2005 and occupied the Pola Pasvolsky Chair in Conservation Biology at the University of Cape Town until end June 2015, when he moved to his current position.
Graeme has a wide range of interests, centering around understanding spatial aspects of ecology and the relevance of broad-scale pattern-process dynamics for ecosystem (and social-ecological system) function and resilience. He is also interested in the applications of landscape ecology and complexity theory to conservation and the sustainable management of natural resources.
- Publications
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- Journal Articles
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- Bartelet H, Barnes M and Cumming G (2023) Microeconomic adaptation to severe climate disturbances on Australian coral reefs. Ambio, 52. pp. 285-299
- Morrison T, Bodin O, Cumming G, Lubell M, Seppelt R, Seppelt T and Weible C (in press) Building blocks of polycentric governance. Policy Studies Journal,
- Anderies J, Cumming G, Clements H, Lade S, Seppelt R, Chawla S and Müller B (2022) A framework for conceptualizing and modeling social-ecological systems for conservation research. Biological Conservation, 275.
- Bartelet H, Barnes M and Cumming G (2022) Determinants, outcomes, and feedbacks associated with microeconomic adaptation to climate change. Regional Environmental Change, 22 (2).
- Bartelet H, Barnes M, Zoeller K and Cumming G (2022) Social adaptation can reduce the strength of social–ecological feedbacks from ecosystem degradation. People and Nature, 4 (4). pp. 856-865
- Biggs R, Clements H, Cumming G, Cundill G, de Vos A, Hamann M, Luvuno L, Roux D, Selomane O, Blanchard R, Cockburn J, Dziba L, Esler K, Fabricius C, Henriksson R, Kotschy K, Lindborg R, Masterson V, Nel J, O’Farrell P, Palmer C, Pereira L, Pollard S, Preiser R, Scholes R, Shackleton C, Shackleton S, Sitas N, Slingsby J, Spierenburg M, Tengö M and Reyers B (2022) Social-ecological change: insights from the Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society. Ecosystems and People, 18 (1). pp. 447-468
- Cumming G, Magris R and Maciejewski K (2022) Quantifying cross-scale patch contributions to spatial connectivity. Landscape Ecology, 37. pp. 2255-2272
- Cumming G, Henry D and Reynolds C (2022) Translocation experiment gives new insights into the navigation capacity of an African duck. Diversity and Distributions, 28 (5). pp. 1034-1049
- Grantham R, Lau J, Mills D and Cumming G (2022) Social and temporal dynamics mediate the distribution of ecosystem service benefits from a small-scale fishery. Ecosystems and People, 18 (1). pp. 15-30
- Norström A, Agarwal B, Balvanera P, Baptiste B, Bennett E, Brondízio E, Biggs R, Campbell B, Carpenter S, Castilla J, Castro A, Cramer W, Cumming G, Felipe-lucia M, Fischer J, Folke C, DeFries R, Gelcich S, Groth J, Ifejika Speranza C, Jacobs S, Hofmann J, Hughes T, Lam D, Loos J, Manyani A, Martín-López B, Meacham M, Moersberger H, Nagendra H, Pereira L, Polasky S, Schoon M, Schultz L, Selomane O and Spierenburg M (2022) The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS)–a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus. Ecosystems and People, 18 (1). pp. 598-608
- Shurety A, Bodin Ö and Cumming G (2022) A comparative approach to quantify the heterarchical structures of complex systems. Ecology and Society, 27 (3).
- Shurety A, Bartelet H, Chawla S, James N, Lapointe M, Zoeller K, Chua C and Cumming G (2022) Insights from twenty years of comparative research in Pacific Large Ocean States. Ecosystems and People, 18 (1). pp. 410-429
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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 159+ research outputs authored by Prof Graeme Cumming from 2011 onwards.
- Current Funding
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Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
James S McDonnell Foundation - Complexity Scholar Fellowship
Protected area networks
- Indicative Funding
- $299,216 over 9 years
- Summary
- The project explores the relevance of different kinds of network (social, ecological, economic) for the sustainability of protected areas. Ecological connections are created by the movements of organisms; social and economic connections, by manager interactions, sharing of equipment and expertise, and the movements of tourists and other resources between protected areas. The data will be used to explore a set of theoretical questions about the relevance of location, context, and connectivity for participation in networks and network structure and ultimately, for the sustainability of both network members and the network as a whole. Funding of $450,000 for the period 2012-2019.
- Investigators
- Graeme Cumming (ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies)
- Keywords
- Socio-ecological system; Networks; Resilience; Protected area; Sustainability
Australian Research Council - Centres of Excellence
ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrated Coral Reef Studies
- Indicative Funding
- $28,000,000 over 7 years
- Summary
- The overarching aim of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrated Coral Reef Studies is to provide the scientific knowledge necessary for sustaining ecosystem goods and services of the world's coral reefs, which support the livelihoods and food security of millions of people in the tropics. The Centre will enhance Australia's global leadership in coral reef science through three ambitious research programs addressing the future of coral reefs and their ability to adapt to change. A key outcome of the research will be providing tangible benefits to all Australians by bui8lding bridges between the natural and social sciences, strengthening capacity, and informing and supporting transformative changes in coral reef governance and management.
- Investigators
- Graeme Cumming, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Malcolm McCulloch, Peter Mumby, Sean Connolly, John Pandolfi, Bob Pressey, Andrew Baird, David Bellwood, Joshua Cinner, Sophie Dove, Maja Adamska, Mia Hoogenboom, Geoff Jones, Mike Kingsford, Ryan Lowe, Mark McCormick, David Miller, Philip Munday, Morgan Pratchett, Garry Russ and Tiffany Morrison in collaboration with Janice Lough, David Wachenfeld, Stephen Palumbi, Serge Planes and Philippa Cohen (ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, The University of Western Australia, College of Science & Engineering, Australian National University, College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Stanford University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and WorldFish)
- Keywords
- coral reef ecosystems; Climate Change Adaptation; ecological resilience; biodiversity goods and services; social-ecological dynamics
- Supervision
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Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.
These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.
- Current
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- FORAGING RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN TROPICAL SEABIRDS (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Microeconomic adaptation in social-ecological systems (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Completed
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- Space use by fishes on coral reefs: establishment, fidelity and reef resilience (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Urbanization and human-nature relationships: a comparison of urban and rural dwellers' perceptions of ecosystem services in the Solomon Islands (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Seasonal dynamics in ecosystem services: a case study of small-scale fisheries (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Global patterns of international fisheries conflict (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- An investigation of the spatial influences and governance implications of social-ecological heterogeneity, connectivity, and scale on landscape change (2022, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Understanding the production of cultural ecosystem services and benefits (2022, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Beyond the reef: the influence of seascape structure on the composition and function of tropical fish communities (2021, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Data
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These are the most recent metadata records associated with this researcher. To see a detailed description of all dataset records, visit Research Data Australia.
- Lapointe, M. (2020) Household surveys on ecosystem service preferences and urbanization in the Solomon Islands. James Cook University
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- Indicates the Tropics (Torrid Zone)
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