Associate Professor Patrick O'Connor

• Biography/ Background

  Patrick O'Connor has a background in research and consulting in natural resource management science and program evaluation. Patrick is also Managing Director of the consulting company O’Connor NRM www.oconnornrm.com.au and holds a Chinese Academy of Sciences President's Fellowship at the Institute of Urban Environments, Xiamen, China. Patrick’s consulting and research work focusses on the design, creation, implementation and evaluation of markets for ecosystem services. Patrick works on projects aimed at overcoming negative environmental externalities from agricultural production systems and has created markets for the conservation of soil and biodiversity and for carbon sequestration. Patrick undertakes research on the design of novel contracts for land management, and toward understanding of price-setting behaviors of landholders supplying ecosystem services. Patrick also works in program evaluation, designing and implementing evaluations to improve program decisions or demonstrate policy and program impact. 

   

  Patrick has an additional interest in the application of applied linguistics to scientific writing and is co-author of the successful book 'Writing Scientific Research Articles: Strategy and Steps' which sets out a genre-based approach to training scientists to write research papers. www.writeresearch.com.au

• Awards & Achievements

  Chinese Academy of Sciences President's Fellowship (2016)

  Premier's Natural Resource Management Award - 'Big Picture' (Finalist - 2013)

  South Australian Spatial Excellence Award – BushBids Biodiversity Auction (Winner - 2007)

  South Australian Landcare Award - BushBids Biodiversity Auction (Finalist - 2007)

• Research Interests

  Ecosystem service markets including biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration, soil management and pollination

  Monitoring and evaluation of agro-ecosystem services focussing on ecosystem health and biodiversity

  Evaluation of natural resource management policy and program impact

• Publications

  Citation
  2019	Ding, J., Zhu, D., Li, H., Ding, K., Chen, Q., Lassen, S., . . . Zhu, Y. (2019). The gut microbiota of soil organisms show species-specific responses to liming. Science of the Total Environment, 659, 715-723. DOI  Scopus1
  2019	Wang, H., Zhu, D., Li, G., Zheng, F., Ding, J., O'Connor, P., . . . Xue, X. (2019). Effects of Arsenic on Gut Microbiota and Its Biotransformation Genes in Earthworm Metaphire sieboldi. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(7), 3841-3849. DOI  Scopus1
  2019	Li, Y., & O'Connor, P. (2019). "Scientific writing for impact is a learned skill-it can be enhanced with training": An interview with patrick o'connor. Publications, 7(1). DOI
  2019	Ma, J., Zhu, D., Sheng, G., O'Connor, P., & Zhu, Y. (2019). Soil oxytetracycline exposure alters the microbial community and enhances the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in the gut of Enchytraeus crypticus. Science of the Total Environment, 673, 357-366. DOI
  2019	Bond, A., O'Connor, P., & Cavagnaro, T. (2019). Remnant woodland biodiversity gains under 10 years of revealed-price incentive payments. Journal of Applied Ecology. DOI
  2018	Cargill, M., Gao, X., Wang, X., & O'Connor, P. (2018). Preparing Chinese graduate students of science facing an international publication requirement for graduation: Adapting an intensive workshop approach for early-candidature use. English for Specific Purposes, 52, 13-26. DOI
  2018	O'Connor, P., & Cargill, M. (2018). Better Scientific Writing Does Not Need Linguistic Alchemy: Response to Doubleday and Connell 2017. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 33(11), 813-814. DOI  Scopus1 WoS1
  2018	Rolfe, J., Schilizzi, S., Boxall, P., Latacz-Lohmann, U., Iftekhar, S., Star, M., & O'Connor, P. (2018). Identifying the causes of low participation rates in conservation tenders. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 12(1), 1-45. DOI Scopus2
  2018	Bond, A., O'Connor, P., & Cavagnaro, T. (2018). Who participates in conservation incentive programs? Absentee and group landholders are in the mix. Land Use Policy, 72, 410-419.  DOI Scopus4 WoS3
  2018	Guerin, G., O Connor, P., Sparrow, B., & Lowe, A. (2018). An ecological climate change classification for South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 142(1), 70-85.  DOI
  2017	Prowse, T., Collard, S., Blackwood, A., O'Connor, P., Delean, S., Barnes, M., . . . Possingham, H. (2017). Prescribed burning impacts avian diversity and disadvantages woodland-specialist birds unless long-unburnt habitat is retained. Biological Conservation, 215, 268-276.  DOI  Scopus5 WoS5
  2014	Gao, P., Duan, T., Nan, Z., & O'Connor, P. (2014). First report of Septoria apocyni causing spot blight on the species of apocynum venetum and poacynum pictum in China. Plant Disease, 98(10), 1429. DOI
  2014	Cargill, M. A., O'Connor, P. J., & Matthews, R. (2014). Publication skills development in the sciences: decision support for effective program design. Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, 69, 101-114.
  2012	Cargill, M., O'Connor, P., & Li, Y. (2012). Educating Chinese scientists to write for international journals: Addressing the divide between science and technology education and English language teaching. English for Specific Purposes;An International Journal of English for Specific Purposes, 31(1), 60-69.  DOI Scopus43 WoS35
  2010	Chen, M., Yin, H., O'Connor, P., Wang, Y., & Zhu, Y. (2010). C: N: P stoichiometry and specific growth rate of clover colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Plant and Soil, 326(1-2 Sp Iss), 21-29.  DOI Scopus24 WoS18
  2010	Cargill, M., & O'Connor, P. (2010). Vignette 12: Structuring interdisciplinary collaboration to develop research students' skills for publishing research internationally: Lessons from implementation. International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, 5, 279-292. DOI Scopus4
  2009	O'Connor, P., Manjarrez Martinez, M., & Smith, S. (2009). The fate and efficacy of benomyl applied to field soils to suppress activity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 55(7), 901-904.  DOI Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC6
  2007	O'Connor, P., & Bond, A. (2007). Maximizing the effectiveness of photopoint monitoring for ecological management and restoration. Ecological Management and Restoration, 8(3), 228-234.  DOI Scopus1
  2007	Field, S., O'Connor, P., Tyre, A., & Possingham, H. (2007). Making monitoring meaningful. Austral Ecology, 32(5), 485-491.  DOI Scopus128 WoS120
  2007	Zhu, Y., O'Connor, P., & Cao, J. (2007). Where do Chinese scientists publish their research in environmental science and technology?. Environmental Pollution, 147(1), 1-3.  DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2006	Cargill, M., & O'Connor, P. (2006). Getting research published in English: Towards a curriculum design model for developing skills and enhancing outcomes. Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, 53(November), 79-94.
  2006	Cargill, M., & O'Connor, P. (2006). Developing Chinese scientists' skills for publishing in English: evaluating collaborating-colleague workshops based on genre analysis. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 5(3), 207-221.  DOI Scopus52
  2005	Field, S., Tyre, A., Thorn, K., O'Connor, P., & Possingham, H. (2005). Improving the efficiency of wildlife monitoring by estimating detectability: a case study of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Wildlife Research, 32(3), 253-258.  DOI Scopus26 WoS26
  2003	Li, X., Zhou, H., Wang, X., Zhu, Y., & O'Conner, P. (2003). The effects of sand stabilization and revegetation on cryptogam species diversity and soil fertility in the Tengger Desert, Northern China. Plant and Soil, 251(2), 237-245.  DOI Scopus94 WoS78
  2002	Antoniolli, Z., Facelli, E., O'Connor, P., Miller, D., Ophel-Keller, K., & Smith, S. (2002). Spore communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and mycorrhizal associations in different ecosystems, South Australia. Revista Brasiliera de Ciencia do Solo, 26(3), 627-635.  DOI
  2002	O'Connor, P., Smith, S., & Smith, F. (2002). Arbuscular mycorrhizas influence plant diversity and community structure in a semiarid herbland. New Phytologist, 154(1), 209-218.  DOI Scopus174 WoS143
  2001	O'Connor, P., Smith, S., & Smith, F. (2001). Arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in the southern Simpson Desert. Australian Journal of Botany, 49(4), 493-499.  DOI Scopus41 WoS43
  1998	Barker, S., Stummer, B., Gao, L., Dispain, I., O'Connor, P., & Smith, S. (1998). A mutant in Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. with highly reduced VA mycorrhizal colonization: isolation and preliminary characterisation. Plant Journal, 15(6), 791-797.  DOI Scopus138 WoS132 Europe PMC13
  1996	Barker, S., Stummer, B., O'Connor, P., Dispain, I., & Smith, S. (1996). Screening tomato mutants for abnormalities in VA mycorrhizal symbiosis. Report of the Tomato Genetics Cooperative, TCG, 46, 6.

• Professional Interests

  Director of O'Connor NRM Pty Ltd an environmental consultancy specialising in environmental decision making, www.oconnornrm.com.au

  Hayati Journal of Biosciences - Editorial Board Member http://journal.ipb.ac.id/index.php/hayati/index

  Acta Ecologica Sinica - Editorial Board Memberhttp://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/709341/description#description

  Ecological Society of Australia - Member

  Australasian Evaluation Society  - Member

  CONSERVATION AUCTIONS

  ·        BushBids - Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges

  ·         BushBids - Woodland

  ·         BushBids - RiverBend

  ·         BushBids - Southern Mallee

  ·         BushBids - South Eastern

  ·         Environmental Stewardship - Multiple Ecological Communities - Peppermint Box Woodland and Irongrass Natural Temperate Grassland

  ·         Sheoak Grassy Woodland Auction

  ·         Kielpa-to-Coast Soil Conservation Auction

  ·         Yalanda-to-Coast Soil Conservation Auction

  ·         River Murray Forest

Entry last updated: Friday, 18 Aug 2023

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