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NAME
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Robert Godfree
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Ph.D., Portland State University, USA, 2000
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CONTACT
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Phone (+61) 02 6246 4956
Fax: (+61) 02 6246 5000
E-mail: Robert.Godfree@pi.csiro.au
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research
CSIRO Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
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My research interests are associated with a range of aspects
of plant population dynamics and plant-environment interactions,
with a focus on invasions and risk assessment of genetically
modified plants. Recently I have investigated the potential
ecological risk posed by genetically modified pastoral legumes
to a range of native grassland communities in southeast Australia
using a combination of field experiments and glasshouse growth
and competition trials. I have also conducted research into
plant/community – pathogen interactions both in forest and
subalpine grassland ecosystems, and am interested in the implications
of these interactions for the risk assessment of pathogen-resistant
genetically modified plants. I also take an active interest
in understanding the relationships between community invasibility
and the characteristics of invasive exotic species and in
determining how to apply this information to practical problems
involving invasion ecology and risk assessment of transgenic
plants.
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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Godfree, R. C., Tinnin, R. O and Forbes, R. B.
in press. Relationships between Arceuthobium
americanum and the structure of Pinus contorta
var. murrayana stands in central Oregon. Plant
Ecology.
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Godfree, R. C., Tinnin, R. O and Forbes, R. B.
in press. The effects of dwarf mistletoe,
witches' brooms, stand structure and site characteristics
on the crown architecture of lodgepole pine in Oregon.
Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
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CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Ecological Risk Assessment of GMOs
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