Elizabeth Tasker

This article is about the Australian ecologist. For the British astrophysicist, see Elizabeth J. Tasker.

Elizabeth Mary Tasker
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Scientific career
Thesis	The ecological impacts of cattle grazing and associated grazier burning in the eucalypt forests of northern NSW (2002)

Elizabeth Mary Tasker is an Astrophysicist & science communicator. She obtained a PhD in Science at the University of Sydney in 2002. She is an associate professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS). She previously worked for the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and the University of Wollongong. She also worked for The Australian Museum carrying out biological surveys in Melanesia. Her main area of expertise is the effects of fire and fire management on native animals and plants. She was a Vice-President, and subsequently (to 2015) Director, of the Ecological Society of Australia, the largest professional association of scientists in Australia, and a published wildlife photographer. She has written many articles and has a books like The Planet Factory (2017), and Planetary Diversity (2020).

Selected publications

• Tasker, Em; Dickman, Cr (2001). "A review of Elliott trapping methods for small mammals in Australia". Australian Mammalogy. 23 (2): 77. doi:10.1071/AM01077. ISSN 0310-0049.
• Tasker, Elizabeth M.; Bradstock, Ross A. (2006). "Influence of cattle grazing practices on forest understorey structure in north-eastern New South Wales". Austral Ecology. 31 (4): 490–502. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01597.x. ISSN 1442-9993.
• Tasker, Elizabeth M. (2004). "Wildlife, Fire and Future Climate: A Forest Ecosystem Analysis". Austral Ecology. 29 (3): 361–362. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01411.x. ISSN 1442-9993.

External links

• Elizabeth Tasker publications indexed by Google Scholar