Publications: Ruthrof, Katinka
Journal Article
Brouwers, N., Matusick, G., Ruthrof, K., Lyons, T. and Hardy, G. (2013) Landscape-scale assessment of tree crown dieback following extreme drought and heat in a Mediterranean eucalypt forest ecosystem. Landscape Ecology, 28 . pp. 69-80.
Ruthrof, K.X., Renton, M. and Dixon, K. (2013) Overcoming restoration thresholds and increasing revegetation success for a range of canopy species in a degraded urban Mediterranean-type woodland ecosystem. Australian Journal of Botany, 61 (2). pp. 139-147.
Matusick, G., Ruthrof, K.X., Brouwers, N.C., Dell, B. and Hardy, G.E.St.J. (2013) Sudden forest canopy collapse corresponding with extreme drought and heat in a mediterranean-type eucalypt forest in southwestern Australia. European Journal of Forest Research, 132 (3). pp. 497-510.
Matusick, G., Ruthrof, K.X. and Hardy, G.E.St.J. (2012) Drought and heat triggers sudden and severe dieback in a dominant Mediterranean-type woodland species. Open Journal of Forestry, 02 (4). pp. 183-186.
Buizer, M., Kurz, T. and Ruthrof, K. (2012) Understanding restoration volunteering in a context of environmental change: In pursuit of novel ecosystems or historical analogues? Human Ecology, 40 (1). pp. 153-160.
Ruthrof, K., Douglas, T., Calver, M.C., Craig, M.D, Dell, B. and Hardy, G.E.St.J. (2012) The efficacy of soil ameliorants to improve early establishment in trees and shrubs in degraded 'Eucalyptus gomphocephala' woodlands. Pacific Conservation Biology, 18 (4). pp. 310-318.
Ruthrof, K.X., Calver, M.C., Dell, B. and Hardy, G.E.St.J. (2011) Look before planting: using smokewater as an inventory tool to predict the soil seed bank and inform ecological management and restoration. Ecological Management & Restoration, 12 (2). pp. 154-157.
So, T., Ruthrof, K.X. and Dell, B. (2011) Seed and seedling responses to inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi and root nodule bacteria: implications for restoration of degraded Mediterranean-type Tuart woodlands. Ecological Management & Restoration, 12 (2). pp. 157-160.
Ruthrof, K.X. and Valentine, L.E. (2010) Ecological, economic and social challenges, restoration filters and planning for the unknown. Australasian Plant Conservation, 19 (3). pp. 34-35.
Ruthrof, K.X., Douglas, T.K., Calver, M.C., Barber, P.A., Dell, B. and Hardy, G.E.St.J. (2010) Restoration treatments improve seedling establishment in a degraded Mediterranean-type Eucalyptus ecosystem. Australian Journal of Botany, 58 (8). pp. 646-655.
Grigg, A., Close, D.C., Lambers, H., Ruthrof, K.X. and Dixon, K.W. (2009) Ecophysiology of Eucalyptus marginata and Corymbia calophyllain decline in an urban parkland. Austral Ecology, 34 (5). pp. 499-507.
Close, D.C., Ruthrof, K.X., Turner, S., Rokich, D.P. and Dixon, K.W. (2009) Ecophysiology of species with distinct leaf morphologies: Effects of plastic and shadecloth tree guards. Restoration Ecology, 17 (1). pp. 33-41.
Ruthrof, K.X., Bell, R. and Calver, M.C. (2009) Establishment of Eucalyptus gomphocephala (Tuart) woodland species in an abandoned limestone quarry: Effects after 12 years. Pacific Conservation Biology, 15 (4). pp. 293-297.
Ruthrof, K.X. (2004) Invasion by Eucalyptus megacornuta of an Urban Bushland in Southwestern Australia. Weed Technology, 18 (sp1). pp. 1376-1380.
Ruthrof, K.X., Loneragan, W.A. and Yates, C.J. (2003) Comparative population dynamics of Eucalyptus cladocalyx in its native habitat and as an invasive species in an urban bushland in south-western Australia. Diversity and Distributions, 9 (6). pp. 469-483.
Ruthrof, K.X. (1997) Improving the success of limestone quarry revegetation. Cave and Karst Science, 24 (3). pp. 117-125.
Conference Item
Ruthrof, K., Matusick, G. and Hardy, G. (2012) Extreme drought and heat triggers severe dieback in multiple, dominant canopy species in south-western Australia. In: Ecological Society of Australia, Annual Conference, 3 - 7 December, Melbourne, Australia.
Valentine, L., Ruthrof, K., Anderson, H., Bretz, M., Hardy, G. and Fleming, P. (2012) Foraging activity by the southern brown bandicoot as a mechanism for ecosystem services. In: Ecological Society of Australia, Annual Conference, 3 - 7 December, Melbourne, Australia.
Hardy, G., Matusick, G. and Ruthrof, K. (2012) Impacts of large scale drought deaths in Western Australia’s northern jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest. In: Ecological Society of Australia, Annual Conference, 3 - 7 December, Melbourne, Australia.
Hardy, G.E.S.J., Barber, P., Dell, B., Ruthrof, K., Lyons, T., Hobbs, R., Fleming, P., Moore, S., Baudains, C., Schibeci, R., Veneklaas, E., Poot, P., Renton, M. and Burgess, T. (2011) Approaches to understanding and managing the complexities of woodland & forest declines in Western Australia. In: Asian Association of Societies for Plant Pathology (AASPP) and the Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference, 26 - 29 April, Darwin, Australia.
Matusick, G., Ruthrof, K. and Hardy, G. (2011) Characteristics of drought-induced tree mortality and the activity of woodboring insects in the northern jarrah forest of Western Australia. In: XVIII International Botanical Congress IBC2011, 23 - 30 July, Melbourne, Australia.
Brouwers, N.C., Matusick, G., Ruthrof, K., Mercer, J., Evans, B., Lyons, T. and Hardy, G. (2011) Declines in forest health at the landscape-scale in the changing climate of southwest Western Australia. In: Ecological Society of Australia, 2011 Annual conference, 21 - 25 November, Hobart, Australia.
Matusick, G., Ruthrof, K. and Hardy, G.E.S.J. (2011) Drought-induced mass canopy collapse in the northern jarrah forest, Western Australia. In: Society of American Foresters National Convention, 2 - 6 November, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Matusick, G., Ruthrof, K. and Hardy, G.E.S.J. (2011) Drought-triggered collapse of canopy species in the northern jarrah forest. In: Dieback Information Group (DIG) conference 2011, 22 July, Perth, Western Australia.
Hardy, G., Matusick, G. and Ruthrof, K. (2011) Forests and woodland decline in south-western Australia. In: Biodiversity and Forests Symposium, 7 October, Margaret River, Western Australia.
Matusick, G., Ruthrof, K. and Hardy, G.E.S.J. (2011) Sudden mass canopy collapse in the Northern Jarrah Forest. In: Managing for Healthy Forests Symposium, 21 October, Perth, Western Australia.
Ruthrof, K.X., Calver, M.C., Evans, B. and Hardy, G. (2010) Supplementing resources that mimic ecosystem processes and increase restoration success in degraded Eucalypt woodlands. In: Ecological Society of Australia Annual Conference (ESA10), 6 - 10 December, Canberra, Australia.
Ruthrof, K., Douglas, T., Calver, M., Dell, B., Barber, P. and Hardy, G. (2009) Early establishment of canopy and understorey species in degraded Tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) forest: do plant treatments work and how can the community help? In: 19th Conference of the Society of Ecological Restoration International, 24 - 26 August, Perth, Western Australia.
So, T., Dell, B. and Ruthrof, K. (2009) Reforestation in Cambodia: the use of seeds. In: 19th Conference of the Society of Ecological Restoration International, 24 - 26 August, Perth, Western Australia.
Warden, J.G., Ruthrof, K.X., Hardy, G. and Fryar, A.E. (2009) The hydrology of Yalgorup National Park and its relation to tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) health. In: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 18 - 21 October, Portland, Oregon.
Hardy, G.E.St.J., Barber, P.A., Dell, B., Lyons, T., Moore, S.A., Baudains, C., Veneklass, E., Renton, M., Calver, M.C., Bowen, B., Ruthrof, K., Fleming, T. and Hobbs, R.J. (2008) The new West Australian Centre of Excellence for Climate Change, Woodland and Forest Health. In: The FORTROP II Conference: Tropical Forestry Change in a Changing World, 17 - 20 November, Kasetsart University Bangkok, Thailand.
Barber, P., Ruthrof, K., Archibald, R., Behn, G., Bougher, N., Bowen, B., Cai, Y-F, Calver, M., Colquhoun, I., Dell, B., Drake, P., Edwards, B., Eslick, H., Fleming, T., Froend, R., Harris, J., Haswell, D., Henson, J., Hewison, A., Long, N., Malcolm, A., McCaw, L., Scott, P., Stone, C., Taylor, K., Wentzel, K. and Hardy, G. (2007) The severe and disturbing decline of an iconic Mediterranean ecosystem endemic to Western Australia. In: International Mediterranean Ecosystems Conference, MedEcos XI, 2 - 5 September, Perth, Western Australia.
Book Chapter
McHenry, M.P. and Ruthrof, K. (2013) Plantation and non-plantation biodiversity values: distinctions of economic theories and market-based mechanisms to value ecosystems and utilisation within an Australian context. In: Hai, R., McHenry, M.P. and Loaiza Usuga, J.C., (eds.) Plantations: biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and restoration. Nova Science Publishers, In press.
Ruthrof, K.X., Yates, C.J. and Loneragan, W.A. (2002) The biology of Tuart. In: Keighery , B.J. and Longman, V.M., (eds.) Tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) and Tuart Communities. Wildflower Society of Western Australia Inc, Nedlands, Western Australia, pp. 108-122.
Report
Harper, G.J., McArthur, G.M. and Ruthrof, K.X. (2010) An estimate of carbon sequestration in environmental plantings in the low rainfall (300-500mm) regions of WA and SA: a literature review and NCAT FullCAM Biomass Model: Carbon Neutral Year 2010 Establishment Program Modelled Scenarios. A report for Carbon Neutral.
Bougher, N.L., Hart, R., Jayasekera, A., Ruthrof, K. and Glossop, B. (2009) Bushland fungi of the Busselton area. Perth Urban Bushland Fungi Project and the Centre of Excellence for Climate Change, Woodland and Forest Health Report.
Ruthrof, K.X. (2009) Properties between Cockburn Cement Ltd and Thomsons Lake Nature Reserve: reasons for protection. .
Ruthrof, K.X. (2008) Ludlow restoration trials in the unmined section of the mining lease: summary of monitoring. Report for the Department of Environment and Conservation on the 2007 restoration trials in the Ludlow Tuart Forest.
Others
So, T., Ruthrof, K. and Dell, B. (2011) Inoculations and revegetation success. Research Findings 2011: Bulletin No. 18 .
Ruthrof, K., Calver, M.C., Dell, B. and Hardy, G. (2011) Look before you plant: the use of smoke water to test the soil seedbank. Research Findings 2011: Bulletin No. 9 .
Ruthrof, K. and Valentine, L. (2011) Overcoming challenges to restoration. Research Findings 2011: Bulletin No. 6 .
Ruthrof, K. (2011) Restoration timetables: keeping on track for success. Research Findings 2011: Bulletin No. 17 .
Ruthrof, K. and Toft, J. (2011) Revegetating harsh environments: lime and cement kiln dust residue areas. Research Findings 2011: Bulletin No. 8 .
Ruthrof, K., Douglas, T., Butler, N. and O'Brien, L. (2011) Testing techniques for promoting revegetation: mimicking the effects of fire. Research Findings 2011: Bulletin No. 7 .
Matusick, G., Ruthrof, K. and Hardy, G. (2011) Tree crown deaths over winter 2010: the effects of frost on marri and jarrah. Research Findings 2011: Bulletin No. 4 .
Buizer, M., Kurz, T. and Ruthrof, K. (2011) Understanding restoration volunteering in a context of environmental change. Impact of tuart canopy decline on brushtail possums. Research Findings 2011: Bulletin No. 12 .
Cranley, E., Ruthrof, K. and Dallas, S. (2011) Using ‘nature’s kidneys’ to treat alkaline waste water: the constructed wetland at Cockburn Cement Ltd. Research Findings 2011: Bulletin No. 2 .
Barber, P.A., Ruthrof, K.X., Wheater, H. and Hardy, G.E. (2010) Tuarts of Yalgorup. In: Wheater, H. and Norton, J., (eds.) Yalgorup : place of lakes-- : an ecological wonderland. Friends of Ramsar Action Group for the Yalgorup Lakes Environment .
Ruthrof, K.X., Barber, P. and Haswell, D. (2009) Collecting a precious resource. Tuart Bulletin, 10 .
Ruthrof, K.X., Barber, P., Bell, T.L., Scott, P. and Hardy, G. (2009) Community involvement in tuart health. Tuart Bulletin, 12 .
Ruthrof, K.X., Douglas, T., So, T. and Dell, B. (2009) Restoring degraded woodlands. Tuart Bulletin, 11 .
Ruthrof, K. and Close, D. (2006) Tuart regeneration and restoration. Tuart Bulletin, 7 . pp. 1-2.
