Natalie Rossiter-Rachor
Key Researcher
Charles Darwin University
Keywords: Weed invasion, fire, fire behaviour, biodiversity, carbon cycling, remote sensing, ERF, gamba grass, savanna fire management, savanna, LiDAR, Top End, carbon sequestration, savannah, fire, burning, burnoff, burn-off, sequestration, carbon abatement
This research project has shown:
Read more about these findings in this scientific paper and accompanying factsheet and media release.
This animation of maps from Rossiter-Rachor et al. 2023 shows the surveyed and modelled distribution of the weed gamba grass in the Northern Territory’s Litchfield National Park from 2008–32.
Scientific Paper
May 2023 | Open Access
The cost of not acting: Delaying invasive grass management increases costs and threatens assets in a national park, northern Australia
Natalie A. Rossiter-Rachor, Vanessa M. Adams, Caroline A. Canham, Dan J. Dixon, Thorsteinn N. Cameron, Samantha A. Setterfield. The cost of not acting: Delaying invasive grass management increases costs and threatens assets in a national park, northern Australia. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 333, 2023, 116785, ISSN 0301-4797.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116785.
Info Sheet
February 2023
The gamba grass threat to Litchfield National Park assets (wrap-up factsheet)
Report
July 2022
Northern Hub Final Report 2021
Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub. 2021. Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub Final Report. Charles Darwin University, Darwin.
Other
April 2022
Territory NRM Ranger of the Year Award for Steve Dwyer
Report
December 2021
Remote sensing of gamba grass in northern Australia (report)
Levick SR, Shendryk Y, Johnson S, Setterfield S and Rossiter-Rachor N. (2021). Remote sensing of gamba grass in northern Australia: An assessment of methods and guidelines for use. CSIRO, Canberra.
Video
August 2021
NESP Northern Hub wrap-up video
Impact Storie
May 2021
Engagement is a two-way street: Creating symbols for science communication (impact story 2020)
Other
March 2021
More Than Words (CSIRO Double Helix article Jan 2021)
Other
February 2021
Machine learning helps to map gamba grass from space (poster)
Other
January 2021
Shaun Levick ABC Darwin Interview (radio interview)
Other
November 2020
NESP State & Territory showcase (2020)
Other
November 2020
Scientists using technology to fight weeds (radio interview)
Vanessa Mills on Kimberley Breakfast.
Scientific Paper
August 2020 | Open Access
Leveraging high-resolution satellite imagery and gradient boosting for invasive weed mapping (scientific paper)
Shendryk, Y., Rossiter-Rachor. N.A.,Setterfield. S.A., & Levick. S.R. 2020. Leveraging high-resolution satellite imagery and gradient boosting for invasive weed mapping. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3013663
Impact Storie
July 2020
New ways to manage gamba grass & fire in the NT’s Mary River National Park (impact story)
Video
July 2020
Fire and weeds in the Top End (video July 2020)
Other
March 2019
Why we must act on Gamba Grass now (WA DPI AgMemo Jun 2018)
Report
February 2019
Evaluation of satellite remote sensing pathways for mapping and monitoring of gamba grass for the Savanna Fire Management Methodology (report)
Scientific Paper
September 2018
Navigating the fiery debate: The role of scientific evidence in eliciting policy and management responses for contentious plants in northern Australia (scientific paper)
Setterfield SA, Rossiter-Rachor NA & Adams VM. 2018. Navigating the fiery debate: the role of scientific evidence in eliciting policy and management responses for contentious plants in northern Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology, https://doi.org/10.1071/PC18028
Scientific Paper
April 2018 | Open Access
Exotic grass invasion alters microsite conditions limiting woody recruitment potential in an Australian savanna (scientific paper)
Setterfield, S., Clifton, P., Hutley, L., Rossiter-Rachor, N., & Douglas, M. (2018). Exotic grass invasion alters microsite conditions limiting woody recruitment potential in an Australian savanna. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Scientific Reports, 12/2018, Vol.8(1).
Other
May 2017
Top End research overview (brochure Jun 2018)
Info Sheet
November 2016
Fire and weeds in the Top End (start-up factsheet)
The project is being led by Dr Natalie Rossiter-Rachor from Charles Darwin University and Associate Professor Samantha Setterfield from The University of Western Australia with assistance from Dr Shaun Levick from CSIRO. The project team is working with Bushfires NT.
This project is due for completion in June 2021.
Contact
Natalie Rossiter-Rachor, Charles Darwin University
natalie.rossiter@cdu.edu.au
(08) 8946 6469
Key Researcher
Charles Darwin University
Research Executive Committee and Western Node Leader
The University of Western Australia
Key Researcher
Charles Darwin University
CSIRO
Project team member
The University of Western Australia
