Dr Rich Little
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Research Scientist CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart Address: Rich Little CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research PO Box 1538 Hobart Tasmania 7001 Australia Phone: +61 3 6232 5006 Fax: +61 3 6232 5053 Email: Rich.Little@csiro.au Research Node: CSIRO/CSS |
Role in Network
Government - Researcher
COSNet Research Themes
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1. Irreversibility and Emergence in Nonequilibrium Systems
2. Turbulence and Coherent Structures, Control and Computation
3. Dynamics and Statistics of Multi-Scale Systems
4. Network Theory
5. Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation
COSNet Application Areas
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1. Complex Physical Systems
2. Complex Biological Systems
3. Complex Computational Systems
4. Complex Socio-Economic Systems
Research Topics
Simulation models of Marine Protected areas on the Great Barrier ReefAgent-based models of fisher dynamics
Integrated agent-based modelling of social, economic, biophysical and management on the Northwest Shelf of Australia
Modelling social networks of natural resource exploitation with Bayesian Networks in agent-based models
Publications
Little, L.R., Punt, A.E., Mapstone, B.D., Pantus, F. Smith, A.D.M., Davies, C.R. and McDonald, A.D. (in press) ELFSim – A Model for Evaluating Management Options for Spatially-Structured Reef Fish Populations: An Illustration of the "Larval Subsidy" Effect. Ecological Modelling 205: 381-396..Little, L.R., and McDonald, A.D. (2007) Simulations of Agents in Social Networks Harvesting a Resource. Ecological Modelling 204: 379-386.
McDonald, A.D., Little, L.R., Gray, R., Fulton, E., Sainsbury, K.J. and Lyne, V. (in press) An agent-based modeling approach to evaluation of multiple use management strategies for coastal marine ecosystems Mathematics and Computers in Simulation.
Little, L.R., Smith, A.D.M., McDonald, A.D., Punt, A.E., Mapstone, B.D., Pantus, F. and Davies, C.R. (2005) Effects of size and fragmentation of marine reserves and fisher infringement on the catch and biomass of coral trout, Plectropomus leopardus, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Fisheries Management and Ecology 12: 177-188.
McDonald, A.D., Sandal, L.K., Little, L.R., Lund, A.-C. and Steinshamn, S.-I. (2004) Inferring a Biopolitical Consensus View of Stochastic Dynamics for Management of a Transboundary Fishery. Natural Resource Modeling 17:467 - 487.
Little, L.R. Kuikka, K. Punt, A.E., Pantus, F., Davies, C.R. and Mapstone B.D (2004) Information flow among fishing vessels modelled using a Bayesian Network, Environmental Modelling and Software 19: 27-34.
Little, L.R. (2002) Investigating competitive interactions from spatial patterns of trees in multispecies boreal forests: the random mortality hypothesis revisited. Canadian Journal of Botany 80: 93-100.
Little, L.R. and Dale, M.R.T. (1999) A method for the analysis of spatio-temporal pattern in plant establishment: an example from a Populus balsamifera clone. Journal of Ecology 87: 620-627.
Little, L.R. and Maun, M.A. (1997) Relationships among plant-parasitic nematodes, mycorrhizal fungi and the dominant vegetation of a sand dune system. Écoscience. 4: 67-74.
Little, L.R. and Maun, M.A. (1996) The "Ammophila problem" revisited: A role for mycorrhizal fungi. Journal of Ecology. 84: 1-7. (featured article in New Scientist and Nature )
Awards and Distinctions
2007-2010 Visiting fellow Crawford School of Economics, ANU2005 MSSANZ Early Career Research Excellence Prize