David A. Keith
Australian botanist / ecologist
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David A. Keith FAA is an Australian botanist / ecologist who works in the areas of vegetation dynamics, population and ecosystem modelling, and fire.[1] He is currently (September 2020) professor of botany at the University of New South Wales.[2] His work has led to his being a member of the Australian Threatened Species Scientific Committee and the standards committees for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems.[3]
Keith was awarded the Australian Ecology Research Award by the Ecological Society of Australia in 2013.[4] In 2017 he was awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales for distinguished work in the Natural Sciences.[5] He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2023[6] and a finalist in the Australian Institute of Botanical Science Eureka Prize for Excellence in Botanical Science in the same year.[7] In 2025 he was awarded the 2025 International Cosmos Prize[8] by the Expo '90 Foundation.[9]
The standard author abbreviation D.A.Keith is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[10]
Published names
- Acacia stellaticeps Kodela, Tindale & D.A.Keith, Nuytsia 13(3): 483 (2001) (2001).
- Acacia wickhamii subsp. parviphyllodinea Tindale, Kodela & D.A.Keith, Fl. Australia 11B: 488 (2001).
- Acacia wickhamii subsp. viscidula (F.Muell.) Tindale, Kodela & D.A.Keith, Fl. Australia 11B: 488 (2001).
Selected publications
Books
- Keith, D.A. (2017), Australian vegetation (Third ed.), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1-107-11843-0
- Keith, D. A. (2004), Ocean Shores to Desert Dunes: The Native Vegetation of New South Wales and the ACT
- Keith, D.A. (1998), Forest Ecosystem Classification and Mapping for the Eden Comprehensive Regional Assessment
Articles
- Kodela, P.G., Tindale, M. & Keith, D.A. (2001). "Acacia stellaticeps (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae), a new species from the Pilbara, Western Australia, to Tanami, Northern Territory". Nuytsia. 13 (3): 483–486. doi:10.58828/nuy00353 – via BHL.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Murray, Nicholas J.; Keith, David A.; Simpson, Daniel; Wilshire, John H.; Lucas, Richard M.; Pric, Samantha (2018). "Remap: An online remote sensing application for land cover classification and monitoring" (PDF). Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9 (9): 2019–2027. Bibcode:2018MEcEv...9.2019M. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.13043. ISSN 2041-210X.
- Keith, David A; Akçakaya, H. Resit; Thuiller, Wilfried; Midgley, Guy F; Pearson, Richard G; Phillips, Steven J; Regan, Helen M; Araújo, Miguel B; Rebelo, Tony G (2008). "Predicting extinction risks under climate change: coupling stochastic population models with dynamic bioclimatic habitat models". Biology Letters. 4 (5): 560–563. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0049. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC 2610061. PMID 18664424.
- Pausas, J.G.; Bradstock, R.A.; Keith, D.A.; Keeley, J.E. (2004). "Plant Functional Traits in Relation to Fire in Crown-Fire Ecosystems" (PDF). Ecology. 85 (4): 1085–1100. Bibcode:2004Ecol...85.1085P. doi:10.1890/02-4094. ISSN 0012-9658.
- Convertino, M.; Keith, D.A.; Rodríguez, J.P.; Rodríguez-Clark, K.M.; Nicholson, E.; Aapala, K.; Alonso, A.; Asmussen, M.; Bachman, S.; Basset, A.; Barrow, Edmund G.; Benson, J.S.; Bishop, M.J.; Bonifacio, R.; Brooks, T.M.; Burgman, M.A.; Comer, P.; Comín, F.A.; Essl, F.; Faber-Langendoen, D.; Fairweather, P.G.; Holdaway, R.J.; Jennings, M.; Kingsford, R.T.; L., Rebecca E.; Nally, Ralph Mac; McCarthy, M.A.; Moat, J.; Oliveira-Miranda, M.A.; Pisanu, P.; Poulin, B.; Regan, T.J.; Riecken, U.; Spalding, M.D.; Zambrano-Martínez, S. (2013). "Scientific Foundations for an IUCN Red List of Ecosystems". PLOS ONE. 8 (5) e62111. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...862111K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062111. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3648534. PMID 23667454.
Other
- Vegetation Formations and Classes of NSW (version 3.03 - 200m Raster) - David A. Keith and Christopher C. Simpson. VIS_ID 3848, data.nsw.gov.au, retrieved 4 September 2020