Kuchinke, Diana (Dr) - Research

Publications / conferences / books / reports

Data papers

  1. Ensbey, M., Legge, S., Jolly, C. J., Garnett, S. T., Gallagher, R. V., Lintermans, M., Nimmo, D. G., Rumpff, L., Scheele, B. C., Whiterod, N. S., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Ahyong, S. T., Blackmore, C. J., Bower, D. S., Burbidge, A. H., Burns, P. A., Butler, G., Catullo, R., Chapple, D. G., Dickman, C. R., Doyle, K. E., Ferris, J., Fisher, D. O., Geyle, H. M., Gillespie, G. R., Greenlees, M. J., Hohnen, R., Hoskin, C. J., Kennard, M., King, A. J., Kuchinke, D., Law, B., Lawler, I., Lawler, S., Loyn, R., Lunney, D., Lyon, J., MacHunter, J., Mahony, M., Mahony, S., McCormack, R., Melville, J., Menkhorst, P., Michael, D., Mitchell, N., Mulder, E., Newell, D., Pearce, L., Raadik, T. A., Rowley, J. J. L., Sitters, H., Southwell, D. G., Spencer, R., West, M. & Zukowski, S. 2023. Animal population decline and recovery after severe fire: Relating ecological and life history traits with expert estimates of population impacts from the Australian 2019-20 megafires. Biological Conservation, 283, 110021.
  2. Kuchinke, D., Di Stefano, J., Sitters, H., Loyn, R., Gell, P. & Palmer, G. 2020. Prescribed burn severity has minimal effect on common bird species in a fire-prone forest ecosystem. Forest Ecology and Management, 475, 118437.
  3. Kuchinke, D., Di Stefano, J., Loyn, R., Gell, P. & Palmer, G. 2023. Fire responses by bird guilds and species in heathy dry forests in central Victoria, Australia. Forest Ecology and Management, 535, 120877.
  4. Legge, S., Rumpff, L., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Whiterod, N. S., Ward, M., Southwell, D. G., Scheele, B. C., Nimmo, D. G., Lintermans, M., Geyle, H. M., Garnett, S. T., Hayward-Brown, B., Ensbey, M., Ehmke, G., Ahyong, S. T., Blackmore, C. J., Bower, D. S., Brizuela-Torres, D., Burbidge, A. H., Burns, P. A., Butler, G., Catullo, R., Chapple, D. G., Dickman, C. R., Doyle, K. E., Ferris, J., Fisher, D., Gallagher, R., Gillespie, G. R., Greenlees, M. J., Hohnen, R., Hoskin, C. J., Hunter, D., Jolly, C., Kennard, M., King, A., Kuchinke, D., Law, B., Lawler, I., Lawler, S., Loyn, R., Lunney, D., Lyon, J., MacHunter, J., Mahony, M., Mahony, S., McCormack, R. B., Melville, J., Menkhorst, P., Michael, D., Mitchell, N., Mulder, E., Newell, D., Pearce, L., Raadik, T. A., Rowley, J. J. L., Sitters, H., Spencer, R., Valavi, R., West, M., Wilkinson, D. P. & Zukowski, S. 2022. The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time-bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019–2020 Australian megafires. Global ecology and biogeography.

Reports

  1. Grieves J., Kuchinke D., Thompson A., 1998 Melbourne City Link Project – Contingency Plan For The Tunnel Ventilation System, Transfield Obayashi, Richmond.
  2. Kuchinke D., Robinson M. 2023 ‘Proceedings of the Fire and Climate Conference, 23-27, May 2022 and 6-10, June 2022 (Electronic) International Association of Wildland Fire: Missoula, MT, USA
  3. Kuchinke D., Robinson M. 2025 ‘Proceedings for the 7th International Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, April 15-19, 2024, Boise, Idaho, USA – Tralee, Ireland – Canberra, Australia (Electronic) International Association of Wildland Fire, Missoula, MT, USA
  4. Legge, S., Woinarski, J. C., Garnett, S., Geyle, H., Lintermans, M., Nimmo, D., Rumpff, L., Scheele, B., Southwell, D., Ward, M., Whiterod, N. S., Ahyong, S. T., Blackmore, C. J., Bower, D. S., Brizuela-Torres, D., Burbidge, A. H., Burns, P. A., Butler, G., Catullo, R., Dickman, C. R., Doyle, K., Ehmke, G., Ensbey, M., Ferris, J., Fisher, D., Gallagher, R., Gillespie, G. R., Greenlees, M. J., Hayward-Brown, B., Hohnen, R., Hoskin, C. J., Hunter, D., Jolly, C., Kennard, M., King, A., Kuchinke, D., Law, B., Lawler, I., Lawler, S., Loyn, R., Lunney, D., Lyon, J., MacHunter, J., Mahony, M., Mahony, S., McCormack, R. B., Melville, J., Menkhorst, P., Michael, D., Mitchell, N., Mulder, E., Newell, D., Pearce, L., Raadik, T. A., Rowley, J., Sitters, H., Spencer, R., Valavi, R., West, M., Wilkinson, D. P. & Zukowski, S. 2021. Estimates of the impacts of the 2019–20 fires on populations of native animal species. Brisbane. NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub. Project 8.3.2 Report, Brisbane.

Narratives

  1. Kuchinke D, 2021, A story about a bird and fire, Wildfire, International Association of Wildland Fire, 30.1, Quarter one, Missoula, USA https://www.iawfonline.org/article/a-story-about-a-bird-and-fire/
  2. Kuchinke D, 2024, Why the kookaburra’s iconic laugh is at risk of being silenced, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/why-the-kookaburras-iconic-laugh-is-at-risk-of-being-silenced-208181

Conference proceedings

  1. Kuchinke D, Contingency Plans and Conflict in Major Projects, Clean Air and Environment 2000, Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, Australia, November 2000
  2. Kuchinke D, A summary of bird responses to time-since-fire, fire frequency and the severity of prescribed burns. Fire and Climate Conference, International Association of Wildland Fire: Missoula, MT, USA, 2023
  3. Kuchinke D, Taking science to on-ground management (including on-off fire switches, fire-climate drivers and time-scales) and into on-ground planning. International Association of Wildland Fire, Missoula, MT, USA, 2025

Professional associations

  • Vice President, Ecological Society of Australia - Next Generation (Honorary Position)
  • Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC (Associate Member)
  • Birdlife Australia (Member)
  • International Association of Wildland Fire (Member)