Dr Alex Lechner is a landscape ecologist and Senior Lecturer at the Lincoln Centre for Water and Planetary Health at the University of Lincoln UK, and holds honorary posts at the University Nottingham Malaysia and University of Queensland. His research focuses on sustainability, conservation planning and assessing environmental impacts, commonly using spatial modelling. He conducts research to supports sustainable planning and participatory decision-making through the development of novel spatial approaches including ecosystem services modelling, big remote sensing data and participatory web-based GIS mapping. He has undertaken research across the world from Oceania to Southeast Asia, to Europe.
He has a successful track record of applying landscape ecology approaches to a broad range of cross-cutting areas including: 1) Impacts of fragmentation on wildlife connectivity and priorities for regional-scale conservation planning; 2) Threats to the environment from infrastructure development and resource extraction including linear transport infrastructure, agricultural expansion, urbanisation and mining; and 3) supporting socio-environmental change with interdisciplinary approaches to modelling and collaborating across environmental domains (e.g. terrestrial and aquatic) and disciplines. He has a particular interest in interdisciplinary research; applying systems thinking approaches to solving complex socio-environmental issues.
He is currently working on two major projects with SMI: 1. Life of mine assessment of socio-environmental footprints and implications for land use planning using remote sensing and 2. Modelling ecosystem services for planning in mining regions.
University of Lincoln staff profile and lab website leclab.wixsite.com.
Also see ResearchGate and Google Scholar for publications.
Publications
Books
Cane, Isabel, Schleger, Ashlee, Ali, Saleem, Kemp, Deanna, McIntyre, Neill, Lechner, Alex, McKenna, Phillip, Dalaibuyan, Byambajav, Bulovic, Nena and Lahiri-Dutt, Kuntala (2015). Responsible mining in Mongolia: enhancing positive engagement. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland.
Buxton, Michael, Tieman, George, Bekessy, Sarah, Budge, Trevor, Butt, Andrew, Coote, Matthew, Lechner, Alex, Mercer, Dave, O’Neill, Danny and Riddington, Curtis (2007). Change and continuity in peri-urban Australia, Peri-urban case study: Bendigo Corridor: Monograph 2. Melbourne, Australia: RMIT University.
Book Chapters
Platt, Daniel, Azmi, Reza, Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa, Ang, Michelle Li Ern, Tiang, Darrel, Azhar, Badrul, Teo, Hoong Chen, Jones, Simon and Lechner, Alex M. (2022). Using Historical Disturbance Identified with LandTrendr in Google Earth Engine for Land Cover Mapping of Oil Palm Landscapes. Concepts and Applications of Remote Sensing in Forestry. (pp. 237-274) Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-4200-6_12
McCaffrey, N. B., Glenn, V. C., Johns, C., Lechner, A. M. and Erskine, P. D. (2018). Using pilot tests to improve the monitoring of ecological impacts of subsidence from underground coal mining. From start to finish: a life of mine perspective. (pp. 143-151) edited by Cherie McCullough, Bruce Harvey, Corinne Unger, Jan Coetzee and Stuart Winchester. Carlton South, VIC Australia: AUSIMM.
Unger, C. J., Lechner, A. M., Glenn, V. C., Edraki, M. and Mulligan, D. R. (2018). Key elements of global leading practice in abandoned mine programs and their application to Australia. From start to finish: a life-of-mine perspective. (pp. 163-174) edited by Cherie McCullough, Bruce Harvey, Corinne Unger, Jan Coetzee and Stuart Winchester. Carlton South, VIC, Australia: The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Unger, C. J., Lechner, A. M., Walton, A., Glenn, V. C., Edraki, M. and Mulligan, D. R. (2018). Maturity of jurisdictional abandoned mine programs in Australia based on web-accessible information. From start to finish: a life-of-mine perspective. (pp. 317-328) edited by Cherie McCullough, Bruce Harvey, Corinne Unger, Jan Coetzee and Stuart Winchester. Carlton South, VIC, Australia: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Lechner, A. M., Arnold, S., McCaffrey, N. B., Gordon, A., Erskine, P. D., Gillespie, M. J. and Mulligan, D. R. (2018). Applying modern ecological methods for monitoring and modelling mine rehabilitation success. From start to finish – a life-of-mine perspective. (pp. 109-116) Carlton South, VIC Australia: AUSIMM.
Jones, Simon, Lechner, Alex, Sheffield, Kathryn, Miura, Naoko, Farmer, Elizabeth, Reinke, Karin and Norton, Tony (2012). Measuring the components of vegetation condition using remote sensing. Landscape Logic: Integrating science for landscape management. (pp. 189-201) edited by Ted Lefroy, Allan Curtis, Anthony Jakeman and James McKee. Canberra: CSIRO publishing.
Lechner, Alex M., Jones, Simon D. and Bekessy, Sarah A. (2008). A study on the impact of scale-dependent factors on the classification of landcover maps. Quality aspects in spatial data mining. (pp. 315-328) edited by Alfred Stein, Wenzhong Shi and Wietske Bijker. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781420069273.ch23
Journal Articles
Oon, Aslinda, Ahmad, Azizah, Md Sah, Syarina, Abdul Maulud, Khairul Nizam, Yahya, Muhammad Syafiq, Lechner, Alex M. and Azhar, Badrul (2023). The conservation of biodiverse continuous forests and patches may provide services that support oil palm yield: Evidence from satellite crop monitoring. Cleaner Production Letters, 4 100036, 100036. doi: 10.1016/j.clpl.2023.100036
McKenna, Phillip B., Lechner, Alex M., Hernandez Santin, Lorna, Phinn, Stuart and Erskine, Peter D. (2023). Measuring and monitoring restored ecosystems: can remote sensing be applied to the ecological recovery wheel to inform restoration success?. Restoration Ecology, 31 (1) e13724. doi: 10.1111/rec.13724
Owen, John R., Kemp, Deanna, Lechner, Alex M., Harris, Jill, Zhang, Ruilian and Lèbre, Éléonore (2023). Author Correction: Energy transition minerals and their intersection with land-connected peoples. Nature Sustainability. doi: 10.1038/s41893-022-01057-6
Owen, John R., Kemp, Deanna, Lechner, Alex M., Harris, Jill, Zhang, Ruilian and Lèbre, Éléonore (2023). Energy transition minerals and their intersection with land-connected peoples. Nature Sustainability, 6 (2), 203-211. doi: 10.1038/s41893-022-00994-6
de la Torre, J. Antonio, Cheah, Cheryl, Lechner, Alex M., Wong, Ee Phin, Tuuga, Augustine, Saaban, Salman, Goossens, Benoit and Campos‐Arceiz, Ahimsa (2022). Sundaic elephants prefer habitats on the periphery of protected areas. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59 (12), 2947-2958. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14286
Aiman, Arief, Aziz, Nor Akmar Abdul, Saadun, Norzanalia, Lin, Evelyn Lim Ai, Lechner, Alex M. and Azhar, Badrul (2022). Attitudes and willingness of local communities towards natural urban forest conservation in a rapidly developing Southeast Asia city. Cities, 129 103832, 103832. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2022.103832
Teo, Hoong Chen, Raghavan, Srivatsan V., He, Xiaogang, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Cheng, Yanyan, Luo, Xiangzhong, Lechner, Alex M., Ashfold, Matthew J., Lamba, Aakash, Sreekar, Rachakonda, Zheng, Qiming, Chen, Anping and Koh, Lian Pin (2022). Large‐scale reforestation can increase water yield and reduce drought risk for water‐insecure regions in the
Asia‐Pacific . Global Change Biology, 28 (21), 6385-6403. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16404
Narain, Divya, Teo, Hoong Chen, Lechner, Alex Mark, Watson, James E.M. and Maron, Martine (2022). Biodiversity risks and safeguards of China’s hydropower financing in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. One Earth, 5 (9), 1019-1029. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.08.012
Wang, Zhenyu, Luo, Keyu, Zhao, Yuhao, Lechner, Alex M., Wu, Jiansheng, Zhu, Qingliang, Sha, Wei and Wang, Yanglin (2022). Modelling regional ecological security pattern and restoration priorities after long-term intensive open-pit coal mining. Science of the Total Environment, 835 155491, 155491. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155491
Hazwan, Muhammad, Samantha, Liza D., Tee, Sze Ling, Kamarudin, Norizah, Norhisham, Ahmad R., Lechner, Alex M. and Azhar, Badrul (2022). Habitat fragmentation and logging affect the occurrence of lesser mouse-deer in tropical forest reserves. Ecology and Evolution, 12 (3) e8745. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8745
Haenssgen, Marco J., Lechner, Alex M., Rakotonarivo, Sarobidy, Leepreecha, Prasit, Sakboon, Mukdawan, Chu, Ta-Wei, Auclair, Elizabeth and Vlaev, Ivo (2022). Implementation of the COP26 declaration to halt forest loss must safeguard and include Indigenous people. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6 (3), 235-236. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01650-6
Wahdaniyah, Siti, Khalidah, Ku Noor, Sabar, Nabilah Hamidah, Kamarudin, Norizah, Sanusi, Ruzana, Razi, Norhisham Ahmad, Lechner, Alex M. and Azhar, Badrul (2022). Reforestation could bring native mammal species back in the tropical highlands. Tropical Ecology. doi: 10.1007/s42965-022-00253-x
Tiang, Darrel Chin Fung, Morris, Andrew, Bell, Mathew, Gibbins, Christopher N., Azhar, Badrul and Lechner, Alex M. (2021). Ecological connectivity in fragmented agricultural landscapes and the importance of scattered trees and small patches. Ecological Processes, 10 (1) 20. doi: 10.1186/s13717-021-00284-7
Gilfedder, Louise, Appleby, Matt W., Lechner, Alex M., Sprod, Daniel, Carter, Oberon, Burgess, Sebastian, Davidson, Neil J. and Harris, Rowan (2021). Tasmanian Midlands: a case study of increasing sophistication in conservation planning and action over four decades. Ecological Management and Restoration, 22 (S2), 11-23. doi: 10.1111/emr.12470
Kamaliah, Nurul, Salim, Sabiha, Abdullah, Sumaiyah, Nobilly, Frisco, Mat, Sapari, Norhisham, Ahmad R., Tohiran, Kamil Azmi, Zulkifli, Raja, Lechner, Alex M. and Azhar, Badrul (2021). Evaluating the experimental cultivation of edible mushroom, Volvariella volvacea underneath tree canopy in tropical agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems, 96 (1), 35-47. doi: 10.1007/s10457-021-00685-9
Teo, Hoong Chen, Hill, Matthew J., Lechner, Alex M., Teo, Fang Yenn and Gibbins, Christopher N. (2021). Landscape-scale remote sensing and classification of lentic habitats in a tropical city. Wetlands, 41 (7) 95. doi: 10.1007/s13157-021-01491-w
de la Torre, J. A., Wong, E. P., Lechner, A. M., Zulaikha, N., Zawawi, A., Abdul Patah, P., Saaban, S., Goossens, B. and Campos‐Arceiz, A. (2021). Towards tolerable human–elephant coexistence in tropical Asia. Animal Conservation, 24 (5), 740-742. doi: 10.1111/acv.12749
Khalidah, Ku Noor, Wahdaniyah, Siti, Kamarudin, Norizah, Lechner, Alex M. and Azhar, Badrul (2021). Spared from poaching and natural predation, wild boars are likely to play the role of dominant forest species in Peninsular Malaysia. Forest Ecology and Management, 496 119458, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119458
Azhar, Badrul, Nobilly, Frisco, Lechner, Alex M., Tohiran, Kamil Azmi, Maxwell, Thomas M.R., Zulkifli, Raja, Kamel, Mohd Fathil and Oon, Aslinda (2021). Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (ILUC) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers. Land Use Policy, 107 105498, 105498. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105498
Ngo, Khanh, Nghiem, Son, Lechner, Alex and Vu, Tuong (2021). Building structure mapping on level terrains and sea surfaces in Vietnam. Remote Sensing, 13 (13) 2439, 2439. doi: 10.3390/rs13132439
Chen, Hui Ling, Nath, Tapan Kumar, Chong, Siewhui, Foo, Vernon, Gibbins, Chris and Lechner, Alex M. (2021). The plastic waste problem in Malaysia: management, recycling and disposal of local and global plastic waste. SN Applied Sciences, 3 (4) 437. doi: 10.1007/s42452-021-04234-y
de la Torre, J. A., Wong, E. P., Lechner, A. M., Zulaikha, N., Zawawi, A., Abdul‐Patah, P., Saaban, S., Goossens, B. and Campos‐Arceiz, A. (2021). There will be conflict – agricultural landscapes are prime, rather than marginal, habitats for Asian elephants. Animal Conservation, 24 (5) acv.12668, 1-13. doi: 10.1111/acv.12668
Lourdes, Karen T., Gibbins, Chris N., Hamel, Perrine, Sanusi, Ruzana, Azhar, Badrul and Lechner, Alex M. (2021). A review of urban ecosystem services research in Southeast Asia. Land, 10 (1) 40, 1-21. doi: 10.3390/land10010040
Ang, Michelle Li Ern, Arts, Dirk, Crawford, Danielle, Labatos Jr., Bonifacio V., Ngo, Khanh Duc, Owen, John R., Gibbins, Chris and Lechner, Alex M. (2021). Socio-environmental land cover time-series analysis of mining landscapes using Google Earth Engine and web-based mapping. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 21 100458. doi: 10.1016/j.rsase.2020.100458
Paul, Alak, Nath, Tapan Kumar, Noon, Sharifa Jahan, Islam, Mohammad Mohaiminul and Lechner, Alexander Mark (2020). Public open space, green exercise and well-being in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 55 126825, 126825. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126825
Teo, Hoong Chen, Lechner, Alex Mark, Sagala, Saut and Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa (2020). Environmental impacts of planned capitals and lessons for Indonesia’s new capital. Land, 9 (11) 438. doi: 10.3390/land9110438
Lechner, Alex M., Verbrugge, Laura N. H., Chelliah, Alvin, Ang, Michelle Li Ern and Raymond, Christopher M. (2020). Rethinking tourism conflict potential within and between groups using participatory mapping. Landscape and Urban Planning, 203 103902, 103902. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103902
McKenna, Phillip B., Lechner, Alex M., Phinn, Stuart and Erskine, Peter D. (2020). Remote sensing of mine site rehabilitation for ecological outcomes: a global systematic review. Remote Sensing, 12 (21) 3535, 3535-32. doi: 10.3390/rs12213535
Jamhuri, Jamaluddin, Edinoor, Mohd Anuar, Kamarudin, Norizah, Lechner, Alex M., Ashton-Butt, Adham and Azhar, Badrul (2020). Higher mortality rates for large- and medium-sized mammals on plantation roads compared to highways in Peninsular Malaysia. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (21) ece3.6827, 12049-12058. doi: 10.1002/ece3.6827
Samantha, Liza D., Tee, Sze Ling, Kamarudin, Norizah, Lechner, Alex M. and Azhar, Badrul (2020). Assessing habitat requirements of Asian tapir in forestry landscapes: implications for conservation. Global Ecology and Conservation, 23 e01137, e01137. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01137
Shuhada, Siti Noor, Salim, Sabiha, Nobilly, Frisco, Lechner, Alex M. and Azhar, Badrul (2020). Conversion of peat swamp forest to oil palm cultivation reduces the diversity and abundance of macrofungi. Global Ecology and Conservation, 23 e01122, e01122. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01122
Teo, Hoong Chen, Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa, Li, Binbin V., Wu, Mingquan and Lechner, Alex Mark (2020). Building a green Belt and Road: A systematic review and comparative assessment of the Chinese and English-language literature. PLoS One, 15 (9 September) e0239009. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239009
Ng, Li Shuen, Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa, Sloan, Sean, Hughes, Alice C., Tiang, Darrel Chin Fung, Li, Binbin V. and Lechner, Alex M. (2020). The scale of biodiversity impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia. Biological Conservation, 248 108691, 108691. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108691
Akbar, Delwar, Rolfe, John, Lechner, Alex M., Everingham, Jo-Anne and Kinnear, Susan (2020). Workshop processes to generate stakeholder consensus about post-mining land uses: an Australian case study. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 64 (2), 1-25. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2020.1764341
Lechner, Alex M., Foody, Giles M. and Boyd, Doreen S. (2020). Applications in remote sensing to forest ecology and management. One Earth, 2 (5), 405-412. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.05.001
Wang, Zhenyu, Lechner, Alex Mark, Yang, Yongjun, Baumgartl, Thomas and Wu, Jiansheng (2020). Mapping the cumulative impacts of long-term mining disturbance and progressive rehabilitation on ecosystem services. Science of the Total Environment, 717 137214, 137214. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137214
Narain, Divya, Maron, Martine, Teo, Hoong Chen, Hussey, Karen and Lechner, Alex Mark (2020). Best-practice biodiversity safeguards for Belt and Road Initiative’s financiers. Nature Sustainability, 3 (8), 650-657. doi: 10.1038/s41893-020-0528-3
Fagerholm, Nora, Martín‐López, Berta, Torralba, Mario, Oteros‐Rozas, Elisa, Lechner, Alex M., Bieling, Claudia, Stahl Olafsson, Anton, Albert, Christian, Raymond, Christopher M., Garcia‐Martin, Maria, Gulsrud, Natalie and Plieninger, Tobias (2020). Perceived contributions of multifunctional landscapes to human well‐being: evidence from 13 European sites. People and Nature, 2 (1) pan3.10067, 217-234. doi: 10.1002/pan3.10067
Lechner, Alex M., Gomes, Rachel L., Rodrigues, Lucelia, Ashfold, Matthew J., Selvam, Sivathass Bannir, Wong, Ee Phin, Raymond, Christopher M., Zieritz, Alexandra, Sing, Kong Wah, Moug, Peter, Billa, Lawal, Sagala, Saut, Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Lourdes, Karen, Azhar, Badrul, Sanusi, Ruzana, Ives, Christopher D., Tang, Yu-Ting, Tan, David T., Chan, Faith Ka Shun, Nath, Tapan Kumar, Sabarudin, Nur Aliya Binti, Metcalfe, Sarah E., Gulsrud, Natalie M., Schuerch, Mark, Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa, Macklin, Mark G. and Gibbins, Chris (2020). Challenges and considerations of applying nature-based solutions in low-and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia. Blue-Green Systems, 2 (1), 331-351. doi: 10.2166/bgs.2020.014
Ngo, Khanh Duc, Lechner, Alex M. and Vu, Tuong Thuy (2020). Land cover mapping of the Mekong Delta to support natural resource management with multi-temporal Sentinel-1A synthetic aperture radar imagery. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 17 100272, 100272. doi: 10.1016/j.rsase.2019.100272
Denan, Nuradilah, Wan Zaki, Wan Mamat, Norhisham, Ahmad R., Sanusi, Ruzana, Nasir, Dzulhelmi Muhammad, Nobilly, Frisco, Ashton-Butt, Adham, Lechner, Alex M. and Azhar, Badrul (2020). Predation of potential insect pests in oil palm plantations, rubber tree plantations, and fruit orchards. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (2) ece3.5856, 654-661. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5856
Hughes, Alice C., Lechner, Alex M., Chitov, Alexander, Horstmann, Alexander, Hinsley, Amy, Tritto, Angela, Chariton, Anthony, Li, Binbin V., Ganapin, Delfin, Simonov, Eugene, Morton, Katherine, Toktomushev, Kemel, Foggin, Marc, Tan-Mullins, May, Orr, Michael C., Griffiths, Richard, Nash, Richard, Perkin, Scott, Glémet, Raphaël, Kim, Minsun and Yu, Douglas W. (2020). Horizon scan of the Belt and Road initiative. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35 (7), 583-593. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.02.005
Torre, J. Antonio, Lechner, Alex M., Wong, Ee P., Magintan, David, Saaban, Salman and Campos‐Arceiz, Ahimsa (2019). Using elephant movements to assess landscape connectivity under Peninsular Malaysia's central forest spine land use policy. Conservation Science and Practice, 1 (12). doi: 10.1111/csp2.133
Ocelík, Petr, Svobodová, Kamila, Hendrychová, Markéta, Lehotský, Lukáš, Everingham, Jo-Anne, Ali, Saleem, Badera, Jaroslaw and Lechner, Alex (2019). A contested transition toward a coal-free future: advocacy coalitions and coal policy in the Czech Republic. Energy Research and Social Science, 58 101283, 101283. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2019.101283
Anamulai, Subasini, Sanusi, Ruzana, Zubaid, Akbar, Lechner, Alex M., Ashton-Butt, Adham and Azhar, Badrul (2019). Land use conversion from peat swamp forest to oil palm agriculture greatly modifies microclimate and soil conditions. PeerJ, 2019 (10) e7656, e7656. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7656
Oon, Aslinda, Mohd Shafri, Helmi Zulhaidi, Lechner, Alex Mark and Azhar, Badrul (2019). Discriminating between large-scale oil palm plantations and smallholdings on tropical peatlands using vegetation indices and supervised classification of LANDSAT-8. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 40 (19), 7312-7328. doi: 10.1080/01431161.2019.1579944
Sloan, Sean, Campbell, Mason J., Alamgir, Mohammed, Lechner, Alex M., Engert, Jayden and Laurance, William F. (2019). Trans-national conservation and infrastructure development in the Heart of Borneo. PLoS One, 14 (9) e0221947, e0221947. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221947
Lechner, Alex M., Owen, John, Ang, Michelle Li Ern, Edraki, Mansour, Che Awang, Nor Aklima and Kemp, Deanna (2019). Historical socio-environmental assessment of resource development footprints using remote sensing. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 15 100236, 100236. doi: 10.1016/j.rsase.2019.100236
Teo, Hoong Chen, Lechner, Alex Mark, Walton, Grant W., Chan, Faith Ka Shun, Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Tan-Mullins, May, Chan, Hing Kai, Sternberg, Troy and Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa (2019). Environmental impacts of infrastructure development under the belt and road initiative. Environments, 6 (6) 72, 72. doi: 10.3390/environments6060072
Jambari, Asrulsani, Sasidhran, Selvadurai, Abdul Halim, Hazril Rafhan, Mohamed, Khairul Amirin, Ashton-Butt, Adham, Lechner, Alex M. and Azhar, Badrul (2019). Quantifying species richness and composition of elusive rainforest mammals in Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia. Global Ecology and Conservation, 18 e00607, e00607. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00607
Lechner, Alex, Owen, John, Ang, Michelle and Kemp, Deanna (2019). Spatially Integrated Social Sciences with Qualitative GIS to Support Impact Assessment in Mining Communities. Resources, 8 (1) 47, 47. doi: 10.3390/resources8010047
Weyer, Vanessa D, de Waal, Alta, Lechner, Alex M, Unger, Corinne J, O'Connor, Tim G, Baumgartl, Thomas, Schulze, Roland and Truter, Wayne F (2019). Quantifying rehabilitation risks for surface-strip coal mines using a soil compaction Bayesian network in South Africa and Australia: to demonstrate the R2AIN ramework. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 15 (2), 190-208. doi: 10.1002/ieam.4128
Oon, Aslinda, Ngo, Khanh Duc, Azhar, Rozilah, Ashton-Butt, Adham, Lechner, Alex Mark and Azhar, Badrul (2019). Assessment of ALOS-2 PALSAR-2L-band and Sentinel-1 C-band SAR backscatter for discriminating between large-scale oil palm plantations and smallholdings on tropical peatlands. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 13, 183-190. doi: 10.1016/j.rsase.2018.11.002
Tee, Sze Ling, Solihhin, Ahmad, Juffiry, Shahidin A., Rinalfi Putra, Tengku, Lechner, Alex M. and Azhar, Badrul (2019). The effect of oil palm agricultural expansion on group size of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Peninsular Malaysia. Mammalian Biology, 94, 48-53. doi: 10.1016/j.mambio.2018.12.006
Tee, Sze Ling, Samantha, Liza D., Kamarudin, Norizah, Akbar, Zubaid, Lechner, Alex M., Ashton-Butt, Adham and Azhar, Badrul (2018). Urban forest fragmentation impoverishes native mammalian biodiversity in the tropics. Ecology and Evolution, 8 (24), 12506-12521. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4632
Everingham, Jo-Anne, Rolfe, John, Lechner, Alex Mark, Kinnear, Susan and Akbar, Delwar (2018). A proposal for engaging a stakeholder panel in planning post-mining land uses in Australia's coal-rich tropical savannahs. Land Use Policy, 79, 397-406. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.08.038
Nath, Tapan Kumar, Zhe Han, Shawn Sim and Lechner, Alexander Mark (2018). Urban green space and well-being in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 36, 34-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.09.013
Jamhuri, Jamaluddin, Samantha, Liza D., Tee, Sze Ling, Kamarudin, Norizah, Ashton-Butt, Adham, Zubaid, Akbar, Lechner, Alex M. and Azhar, Badrul (2018). Selective logging causes the decline of large-sized mammals including those in unlogged patches surrounded by logged and agricultural areas. Biological Conservation, 227, 40-47. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.09.004
Isidro, Celso M., McIntyre, Neil, Lechner, Alex M. and Callow, Ian (2018). Quantifying suspended solids in small rivers using satellite data. Science of the Total Environment, 634, 1554-1562. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.006
Yang, Yongjun, Erskine, Peter D., Lechner, Alex M., Mulligan, David, Zhang, Shaoliang and Wang, Zhenyu (2018). Detecting the dynamics of vegetation disturbance and recovery in surface mining area via Landsat imagery and LandTrendr algorithm. Journal of Cleaner Production, 178, 353-362. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.050
Wang, Zhenyu, Lechner, Alex Mark and Baumgartl, Thomas (2018). Ecosystem services mapping uncertainty assessment: a case study in the Fitzroy basin mining region. Water, 10 (1) 88, 88. doi: 10.3390/w10010088
Lechner, Alex Mark, Chan, Faith Ka Shun and Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa (2018). Biodiversity conservation should be a core value of China's Belt and Road Initiative. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2 (3), 408-409. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0452-8
Hunter, John T. and Lechner, Alex M. (2017). A multiscale, hierarchical, ecoregional and floristic classification of arid and semi-arid ephemeral wetlands in New South Wales, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 69 (3), 418-431. doi: 10.1071/MF17006
Weyer, Vanessa D., Truter, Wayne B., Lechner, Alex M. and Unger, Corinne J. (2017). Surface-strip coal mine land rehabilitation planning in South Africa and Australia: maturity and opportunities for improvement. Resources Policy, 54, 117-129. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2017.09.013
Magintan, David, Nor, Shukor Md, Ean, Tan Poai, Lechner, Alex M. and Azhar, Badrul (2017). The conservation value of unlogged and logged forests for native mammals on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Journal for Nature Conservation, 40, 113-119. doi: 10.1016/j.jnc.2017.10.005
Isidro, Celso M., McIntyre, Neil, Lechner, Alex M. and Callow, Ian (2017). Applicability of Earth Observation for Identifying Small-Scale Mining Footprints in a Wet Tropical Region. Remote Sensing, 9 (9) 945, 1-22. doi: 10.3390/rs9090945
Halwatura, Devanmini, McIntyre, Neil, Lechner, Alex M. and Arnold, Sven (2017). Capability of meteorological drought indices for detecting soil moisture droughts. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 12, 396-412. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2017.06.001
Lechner, Alex M., McIntyre, Neil, Witt, Katherine, Raymond, Christopher M., Arnold, Sven, Scott, Margaretha and Rifkin, Will (2017). Challenges of integrated modelling in mining regions to address social, environmental and economic impacts. Environmental Modelling and Software, 93, 268-281. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.03.020
Levin, Noam, Lechner, Alex Mark and Brown, Greg (2017). An evaluation of crowdsourced information for assessing the visitation and perceived importance of protected areas. Applied Geography, 79, 115-126. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.12.009
Lechner, Alex M., Devi, Bernadette, Schleger, Ashlee, Brown, Greg, McKenna, Phill, Ali, Saleem H., Rachmat, Shanty, Syukril, Muhammad and Rogers, Paul (2017). A socio-ecological approach to GIS least-cost modelling for regional mining infrastructure planning: a case study from South-East Sulawesi, Indonesia. Resources, 6 (1) 7, 7. doi: 10.3390/resources6010007
Wang, Zhenyu, Lechner, Alex Mark and Baumgartl, Thomas (2017). Mapping cumulative impacts of mining on sediment retention ecosystem service in an Australian mining region. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 25 (1), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/13504509.2016.1277564
McKenna, Phill, Erskine, Peter D., Lechner, Alex M. and Phinn, Stuart (2017). Measuring fire severity using UAV imagery in semi-arid central Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 38 (14), 4244-4264. doi: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1317942
Lechner, Alex Mark, Kassulke, Owen and Unger, Corinne (2016). Spatial assessment of open cut coal mining progressive rehabilitation to support the monitoring of rehabilitation liabilities. Resources Policy, 50, 234-243. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2016.10.009
Lechner, A.M., Sprod, D., Carter, O. and Lefroy, E.C. (2016). Characterising landscape connectivity for conservation planning using a dispersal guild approach. Landscape Ecology, 32 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s10980-016-0431-5
Lechner, Alex Mark and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2016). Recent progress on spatial and thematic resolution in landscape ecology. Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 1 (2), 98-105. doi: 10.1007/s40823-016-0011-z
Hunter, John T. and Lechner, Alex M. (2016). Reliability of map accuracy assessments: a reply to Roff et al. (2016). Ecological Management and Restoration, 17 (2), 128-132. doi: 10.1111/emr.12215
Lechner, Alex M., McCaffrey, Nic, McKenna, Phill, Venables, William N. and Hunter, John T. (2016). Ecoregionalization classification of wetlands based on a cluster analysis of environmental data. Applied Vegetation Science, 19 (4), 724-735. doi: 10.1111/avsc.12248
Lechner, Alex M., Harris, Rebecca M. B., Doerr, Veronica, Doerr, Erik, Drielsma, Michael and Lefroy, Edward C. (2015). From static connectivity modelling to scenario-based planning at localand regional scales. Journal for Nature Conservation, 28, 78-88. doi: 10.1016/j.jnc.2015.09.003
Lechner, Alex M., Doerr, Veronica, Harris, Rebecca M. B., Doerr, Erik and Lefroy, Edward C. (2015). A framework for incorporating fine-scale dispersal behaviour into biodiversity conservation planning. Landscape and Urban Planning, 141, 11-23. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.04.008
Ives, Christopher D., Biggs, Duan, Hardy, Mathew J., Lechner, Alex M., Wolnicki, Mateusz and Raymond, Christopher M. (2015). Using social data in strategic environmental assessment to conservebiodiversity. Land Use Policy, 47, 332-341. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.04.002
Raymond, C. M., Lechner, A. M., Lockwood, M., Carter, O., Harris, R. M. B. and Gilfedder, L. (2015). Private land manager capacity to conserve threatened communities under climate change. Journal of Environmental Management, 159, 235-244. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.04.048
Lechner, Alex Mark, Brown, Greg and Raymond, Christopher M. (2015). Modeling the impact of future development and public conservation orientation on landscape connectivity for conservation planning. Landscape Ecology, 30 (4), 699-713. doi: 10.1007/s10980-015-0153-0
Halwatura, Devanmini, Lechner, Alex and Arnold, Sven (2015). Design droughts: a new planning tool for ecosystem rehabilitation. International Journal of GEOMATE, 8 (1), 1138-1142.
Unger, C. J., Lechner, A. M., Kenway, J., Glenn, V. and Walton, A. (2015). A jurisdictional maturity model for risk management, accountability and continual improvement of abandoned mine remediation programs. Resources Policy, 43, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2014.10.008
Halwatura, D., Lechner, A. M. and Arnold, S. (2015). Drought severity–duration–frequency curves: a foundation for risk assessment and planning tool for ecosystem establishment in post-mining landscapes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19 (2), 1069-1091. doi: 10.5194/hess-19-1069-2015
Gould, Susan F., Beeton, Nicholas J., Harris, Rebecca M. B., Hutchinson, Michael F., Lechner, Alex M., Porfirio, Luciana L. and Mackey, Brendan G. (2014). A tool for simulating and communicating uncertainty when modelling species distributions under future climates. Ecology and Evolution, 4 (24), 4798-4811. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1319
Lechner, A. M., Raymond, C. M., Adams, V. M., Polyakov, M., Gordon, A., Rhodes, J. R., Mills, M., Stein, A., Ives, C. D. and Lefroy, E. C. (2014). Characterizing spatial uncertainty when integrating social data in conservation planning. Conservation Biology, 28 (6), 1497-1511. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12409
Bao, Nisha, Lechner, Alex M., Johansen, Kasper and Ye, Baoying (2014). Object-based classification of semi-arid vegetation to support mine rehabilitation and monitoring. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 8 (1) 083564, 083564-083564. doi: 10.1117/1.JRS.8.083564
Lechner, Alex Mark, Baumgartl, Thomas, Matthew, Phil and Glenn, Vanessa (2014). The impact of underground longwall mining on prime agricultural land: a review and research agenda. Land Degradation & Development, 27 (6), 1650-1663. doi: 10.1002/ldr.2303
Halwatura, D., Lechner, A. M. and Arnold, S. (2014). Design droughts as planning tool for ecosystem establishment in post-mining landscapes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 11 (5), 4809-4849. doi: 10.5194/hessd-11-4809-2014
Audet, P., Arnold, S., Lechner, A. M. and Baumgartl, T. (2013). Site-specific climate analysis elucidates revegetation challenges for post-mining landscapes in eastern Australia. Biogeosciences, 10 (10), 6545-6557. doi: 10.5194/bg-10-6545-2013
Lechner, Alex M., Reinke, Karin J., Wang, Yan and Bastin, Lucy (2013). Interactions between landcover pattern and geospatial processing methods: effects on landscape metrics and classification accuracy. Ecological Complexity, 15, 71-82. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2013.03.003
Unger, Corinne, Lechner, Alex and Wilson, Ian (2013). Prevention of negative mining legacies - a mine rehabilitation perspective on legilslative changes in Queensland. AusIMM Bulletin (1), 60-64.
Audet, P., Arnold, S., Lechner, A. M., Mulligan, D. R. and Baumgartl, T. (2012). Climate suitability estimates offer insight into fundamental revegetation challenges among post-mining rehabilitated landscapes in eastern Australia. Biogeosciences Discussions, 9 (12), 18545-18569. doi: 10.5194/bgd-9-18545-2012
Bao, Nisha, Lechner, Alex M., Fletcher, Andrew, Mellor, Andrew, Mulligan, David and Bai, Zhongke (2012). Comparison of relative radiometric normalization methods using pseudo-invariant features for change detection studies in rural and urban landscapes. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 6 (1), 063578-063578. doi: 10.1117/1.JRS.6.063578
Lechner, Alex M., Langford, William T., Jones, Simon D., Bekessy, Sarah A. and Gordon, Ascelin (2012). Investigating species-environment relationships at multiple scales: differentiating between intrinsic scale and the modifiable areal unit problem. Ecological Complexity, 11, 91-102. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2012.04.002
Bao, Nisha, Lechner, Alex, Fletcher, Andrew, Erskine, Peter, Mulligan, David and Bai, Zhongke (2012). Spoting long-term changes in vegetation over short-term variability. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 28 (1), 2-24. doi: 10.1080/17480930.2012.710505
Lechner, Alex M., Langford, William T., Bekessy, Sarah A. and Jones, Simon D. (2012). Are landscape ecologists addressing uncertainty in their remote sensing data. Landscape Ecology, 27 (9), 1249-1261. doi: 10.1007/s10980-012-9791-7
Gordon, Ascelin, Bastin, Lucy, Langford, William T., Lechner, Alex M. and Bekessy, Sarah A. (2012). Simulating the value of collaboration in multi-actor conservation planning. Ecological Modelling, 249, 19-25. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.07.009
Lechner, Alex Mark, Stein, Alfred, Jones, Simon D. and Ferwerda, Jelle Garke (2009). Remote sensing of small and linear features: Quantifying the effects of patch size and length, grid position and detectability on land cover mapping. Remote Sensing of Environment, 113 (10), 2194-2204. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.06.002
Southwell, Darren M., Lechner, Alex M., Coates, Terry and Wintle, Brendan A. (2008). The sensitivity of population viability analysis to uncertainty about habitat requirements: Implications for the management of the endangered southern brown bandicoot. Conservation Biology, 22 (4), 1045-1054. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00934.x
Conference Papers
Halwaturaa, D, Alex M. , Lechner, AM, McIntyre N and Arnold S (2016). Uncertainties in estimating design droughts. International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs), Centre de Congrès Pierre Baudis Toulouse, France, 10-14 July 2016. Toulouse, France: Sabine Sauvage.
McIntyre, N., McKenna, P., Bulovic, N., Lechner, A. and Cane, I. (2016). Water management challenges of rapidly developing mining economies: a case study of Mongolia. International Congress on Water Management in Mining, Santiago Chile, 18-20 May 2016.
Halwatura, Devanmini, Lechner, Alex M., McIntyre, Neil and Arnold, Sven (2016). Uncertainties in estimating design droughts. International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs) 8th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, Toulouse, France, 10-14 July 2016. International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs).
Lechner, Alex Mark, McIntyre, Neil, Bulovic, Nena, Kujala, Heini, Whitehead, Amy, Webster, Anthony, Wintle, Brendan, Rifkin, Will and Scott, Margaretha (2015). A GIS tool for land and water use planning in mining regions. International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 29 November to 4 December 2015. Gold Coast, QLD, Australia: MSSANZ.
Halwatura, Devanmini, Mcintyre, Neil, Lechner, Alex and Arnold, Sven (2015). Adequacy of simple agricultural drought indices. International Conference on Agriculture, Aquaculture and Animal Science, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 28-29 December 2015. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Center for Research & Development.
Baumgartl, T., Arnold, S., Audet, P. and Lechner, A. (2014). Development of climate-based suitability indices for the improvement of success in rehabilitation. Life-of-Mine 2014, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 16-18 July 2014. Carlton, VIC, Australia: AUSIMM.
Unger, C. J., Lechner, A. M., Walton, A., Glenn, V., Edraki, M. and Mulligan, D. R. (2014). Maturity of jurisdictional abandoned mine programs in Australia based on web-accessible information. Life-of-Mine 2014, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 16-18 July 2014. Carlton, VIC, Australia: AUSIMM.
Halwatura, Devanmini, Lechner, Alex M. and Arnold, Sven (2014). Recurrence intervals of meteorological drought events across eastern Australia: implications for disturbed landscapes. GEOMATE2014: 4th International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment, Springfield, QLD, Australia, 19-21 November, 2014. Tsu City, Mie, Japan: GEOMATE International Society.
Lechner,A. M., Fletcher, A., Johansen, K. and Erskine, P. (2012). Characterising upland swamps using object-based classification methods and hyper-spatial resolution imagery derived from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. XXII ISPRS Congress, Technical Commission IV, Melbourne, Australia, 25 August-01 September 2012. Melbourne, Australia: ISPRS. doi: 10.5194/isprsannals-I-4-101-2012
Arnold, Sven, Lechner, Alex and Baumgartl, Thomas (2012). Merging modelling and experimental approaches to advance ecohydrological system understanding. General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (25th, IUGG, 2011): IAHS workshop HW05, Melbourne, Australia, 28 June–7 July 2011. Wallingford, Oxon, U.K.: IAHS Press.
Lechner, Alex, Clarke, Daniel, Weatherley, Dion, Fletcher, Andrew, Erskine, Peter and Comber, Alexis (2012). The application of the virtual ecologist approach to evaluating the effects of uncertainty in plot based monitoring schemes due to landscape spatial and temporal heterogeneity. 6th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2012), Leipzig, Germany, 1 - 5 July 2012. Leipzig, Germany: International Environmental Modelling and Software Society.
Strecha, Christoph, Fletcher, Andrew, Lechner, Alex, Erskine, Peter and Fua, Pascal (2012). Developing species specific vegetation maps using multi-spectral hyperspatial imagery from unmanned aerial vehicles. XXII ISPRS Congress, Technical Commission III, Melbourne, Vic., Australia, 25 August-01 September 2012. Gottingen, Germany: Copernicus Publications. doi: 10.5194/isprsannals-I-3-311-2012
Unger, C., Lechner, A. M., Glenn, V., Edraki, M. and Mulligan, D. (2012). Mapping and prioritising rehabilitation of abandoned mines in Australia. Life of Mine Conference (AusIMM), Brisbane, Australia, 10-12 July 2012. Carlton North, VIC, Australia: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM).
Lechner, A. M., Arnold, S., Fletcher, A. T., Gordon, A., Erskine, P. D., Gillespie, M. J. and Mulligan, D. R. (2012). Embracing modern ecological methods: Monitoring and modelling for mine closure not compliance. Life of Mine Conference (AusIMM), Brisbane, Australia, 10-12 July 2012. Carlton North, VIC, Australia: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM).
Lechner A M, Unger C J, Edraki M, Fletcher A and Mulligan D (2011). Development of national abandoned mines inventory for risk modelling. Acid Mine Drainage Workshop, Darwin, June 2011. JK Tech, University of Queensland.
Gordon, A, Bastin, L., Langford, W.T., Lechner, A.M. and Bekessy, S.A. (2011). Simulating the value of collaboration in multi-actor conservation planning. 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM, Perth, Australia, 12-16 December 2011. Perth, Australia: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Lechner, Alex, Fletcher, Andrew, Weatherley, Dion and Erskine, Peter (2011). Quantifying the impact of sampling intensity on the detection of long-term trends in vegetation condition in montane swamps. Spatial Ecology and Conservation International Conference, Birmingham University, U. K., 5 - 7 September 2011.
Lechner, Alex M., Reinke, Karin J., Farmer, Elizabeth, Langford, Bill T. and Jones, Simon D. (2010). The quantification and effect of data accuracy on spatial configuration and composition measurements of landscape pattern in ecology. 9th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Accuracy 2010, Leicester, , July 20, 2010-July 23, 2010. International Spatial Accuracy Research Association (ISARA).
Farmer, Elizabeth, Reinke, Karin J., Lechner, Alex M. and Jones, Simon D. (2010). Data quality and the detection of woody vegetation: Implications for environmental and conservation applications. 9th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Accuracy 2010, Leicester, , July 20, 2010-July 23, 2010. International Spatial Accuracy Research Association (ISARA).
Butt, Andrew, Buxton, Michael, Haynes, Rachel and Lechner, Alex (2009). Peri-urban growth, planning and bushfire in the Melbourne city-region. 4th State of Australian Cities Conference (SOAC 2009), Perth, WA, Australia, 24-27 November 2009. Perth, WA, Australia: SOAC.
Farmer, E., Reinke, K. J., Jones, S. D., Lechner, A. M., Dickins, G and Norton,T. W. (2009). The impact of remote sensing platform and spatial resolution on the detection of woody vegetation: Implications for environmental and conservation applications. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial International Conference (SSC2009), Adelaide SA, Australia, 28 September - 2 October 2009. Adelaide, SA, Australia: Spatial Science Institute.
Lechner, A. M., Jones, S. D. and Bekessy, S. A. (2007). Development of a framework to assess the impact of scale dependent factors on the classification of landcover maps. 5th International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality 2007, Enschede, Netherlands, 13-15 June 2007. London, United Kingdom: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
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Research Report
Lechner, Alex and Lefroy, Ted (2014). General Approach to Planning Connectivity from Local Scales to Regional (GAP CLoSR): combining multi-criteria analysis and connectivity science to enhance conservation outcomes at regional scale in the Lower Hunter. Landscapes and policy hub; LaP2014/3003 - 9 Hobart, TAS Australia: