Alex Lechner

Honorary Associate Professor,

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workMalaysia Campus
Jalan Broga
43500 Semenyih
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
Alex.Lechner@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Dr Alex Lechner is a landscape ecologist and an honorary Associate Professor at the School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences at the 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Nottingham Malaysia and a Associate Professor at Monash 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Indonesia. Originally, from Australia, he has held a variety of positions at the 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Queensland, the 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Tasmania, and RMIT 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ and conducted research in a wide range of areas from mine land rehabilitation to planning wildlife corridors. Alex has completed a BSc majoring in Ecology at the 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Queensland, and a MAppSci specialising in Geospatial Science and a PhD in Landscape Ecology at RMIT 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@.

Expertise Summary

Alex's research focuses on conservation planning, biodiversity impact assessment, spatial planning and urban sustainability, commonly using spatial modelling to characterise biodiversity and ecosystem services across space and time. He also conducts research to support planning and participatory decision-making through the development of novel spatial approaches including ecosystem services modelling, big remote sensing data and participatory web-based mapping.

He runs the Landscape Ecology and Conservation lab https://leclab.wixsite.com/spatial at 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Nottingham Malaysia and Monash 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Indonesia.

Also see 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@Gate and Google Scholar for further information about his research.

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Selected Publications

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 & Evolution. 23, 23-24
LECHNER, ALEX MARK, SPROD, DANIEL, CARTER, OBERON and LEFROY, EDWARD C, 2017. Characterising landscape connectivity for conservation planning using a dispersal guild approach Landscape Ecology. 32, 99-113
LECHNER, ALEX M., MCINTYRE, N., RAYMOND, C.M., WITT, K., SCOTT, M. and RIFKIN, W., 2017. Challenges of integrated modelling in mining regions to address social, environmental and economic impacts Environmental Modelling & Software. 268-281
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

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He runs the Landscape Ecology and Conservation lab https://leclab.wixsite.com/spatial at 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Nottingham Malaysia and 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Lincoln.

Also see 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@Gate and Google Scholar for further information about his research.

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
FAGERHOLM, NORA, MARIO, BERTA MART?N-L?PEZ, OTEROS-ROZAS, ELISA, LECHNER, ALEX M, BIELING, CLAUDIA, STAHL, ANTON, CHRISTIAN, OLAFSSON, RAYMOND, CHRISTOPHER M, NATALIE, MARIA GARCIA-MARTIN and TOBIAS, GULSRUD, 2020. Perceived contributions of multifunctional landscapes to human well-being : Evidence from 13 European sites People and Nature. 1-18
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, GL?MET, RAPHA?L, KIM, MINSUN and YU, DOUGLAS W., 2020. Horizon Scan of the Belt and Road Initiative: Trends in Ecology & Evolution Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 1-11
LECHNER, ALEX M, FOODY, GILES M and BOYD, DOREEN S, 2020. Applications in Remote Sensing to Forest Ecology and Management: One Earth One Earth. 2, 405-412
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 Science of the Total Environment. 717, 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 Nature Sustainability.
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
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
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
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. 00, 1-17
SEAN SLOAN, CAMPBELL, MASON J, ALAMGIR, MOHAMMED, LECHNER, ALEX MARK, ENGERT, JAYDEN and LAURANCE, WILLIAM F, 2019. Trans-national conservation and infrastructure development in the Heart of Borneo Plos One. 14, 1-22
TORRE, J. ANTONIO DE LA, LECHNER, ALEX MARK, 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. 1-14
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, 1-16
LECHNER, ALEX MARK, TEO, HOONG CHEN and CAMPOS-ARCEIZ, AHIMSA, 2019. The risk to biodiversity along China ’ s Belt and Road Initiative ( BRI ) 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Nottingham Asia 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Institute.
OCEL?K, PETR, SVOBODOV?, KAMILA, HENDRYCHOV?, MARK?TA, LEHOTSK?, LUK??, 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 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ and Social Science. 58,
LECHNER, ALEX M., OWEN, JOHN, ERN ANG, MICHELLE LI, 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 Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. 15, 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 Environments. 6,
LECHNER, ALEX MARK and TIANG, DARREL CHIN FUNG, 2019. Connectivity Modelling of the Karuah-Myall Catchments, NSW, Australia Connectivity Modelling of the Karuah-Myall Catchments , NSW , Australia
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 R 2 AIN Framework Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 15, 190-208
LECHNER, ALEX MARK, OWEN, JOHN R., TRITTO, ANGELA, HORSTMANN, ALEXANDER, HOONG, CHEN TEO, TAN, CHEE MENG and CAMPOS-ARCEIZ, AHIMSA, 2019. Making the Belt and Road Environmentally Sustainable ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute Perspective. 1-9
LECHNER, ALEX MARK, TAN, CHEE MENG, TRITTO, ANGELA, HORSTMANN, ALEXANDER, HOONG, CHEN TEO, OWEN, JOHN R. and CAMPOS-ARCEIZ, AHIMSA, 2019. The Belt and Road Initiative: environmental impacts in Southeast Asia: Trends in Southeast Asia ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
DENAN, NURADILAH, MAMAT, WAN, ZAKI, WAN, NORHISHAM, AHMAD R, SANUSI, RUZANA, MUHAMMAD, DZULHELMI, FRISCO, NASIR, ALEX, ADHAM ASHTON-BUTT and BADRUL, M LECHNER, 2019. Predation of potential insect pests in oil palm plantations , rubber tree plantations, and fruit orchards Ecology and Evolution. 10(2), 654-661
WANG, ZHENYU, LECHNER, ALEX MARK and BAUMGARTL, THOMAS, 2018. Mapping cumulative impacts of mining on sediment retention ecosystem service in an Australian mining region International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 25(1), 69-80
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(88), 1-25
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 & Evolution. 23, 23-24
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
HUNTER, JOHN T. and LECHNER, ALEX M., 2018. A multiscale , hierarchical , ecoregional and floristic classification of arid and semi-arid ephemeral wetlands in New South Wales, Australia Marine and Freshwater 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@. 69(3), 418-431
UNGER, C J, LECHNER, A M, WALTON, A, GLENN, V, EDRAKI, M and MULLIGAN, D R, 2018. Maturity of Jurisdictional Abandoned Mine Programs in Australia Based on Web-accessible Information. In: From Start to Finish – a Life-of-mine Perspective AUSIMM Spectrum series. 317-328
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. In: From Start to Finish – a Life-of-mine Perspective AUSIMM Spectrum series. 109-116
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. In: From Start to Finish – a Life-of-mine Perspective AUSIMM Spectrum series. 163-174
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. In: From Start to Finish – a Life-of-mine Perspective AUSIMM Spectrum series. 143-151
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(April), 40-47
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(August), 397-406
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
KUMAR NATH, TAPAN, ZHE HAN, SHAWN SIM and LECHNER, ALEX MARK, 2018. Urban Green Space and well-being in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Urban Green Space and well-being in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 36, 34-41
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 Ecology and Evolution. 1-16
LECHNER, ALEX MARK, SPROD, DANIEL, CARTER, OBERON and LEFROY, EDWARD C, 2017. Characterising landscape connectivity for conservation planning using a dispersal guild approach Landscape Ecology. 32, 99-113
LEVIN, NOAM, MARK, ALEX and BROWN, GREG, 2017. An evaluation of crowdsourced information for assessing the importance of protected areas: Applied Geography Applied Geography. 79, 115-126
LECHNER, ALEX MARK, DEVI, BERNADETTA, SCHLEGER, ASHLEE, BROWN, GREG, MCKENNA, PHILL, ALI, SALEEM, 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
LECHNER, ALEX M., MCINTYRE, N., RAYMOND, C.M., WITT, K., SCOTT, M. and RIFKIN, W., 2017. Challenges of integrated modelling in mining regions to address social, environmental and economic impacts Environmental Modelling & Software. 268-281
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
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. 1-17
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 Journal for Nature Conservation. 40, 113-119
ISIDRO, C.M., MCINTYRE, N., LECHNER, A.M. and CALLOW, I., 2017. Applicability of earth observation for identifying small-scale mining footprints in a wet tropical region: Remote Sensing Remote Sensing. 9(9), 945
WEYER, VANESSA D, TRUTER, WAYNE F, 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 Resources Policy. 54, 117-129
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
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
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
HUNTER, JOHN T and LECHNER, ALEX M, 2016. Reliability of map accuracy assessments: A reply to Roff et al.(2016) Ecological Management & Restoration. 17(2), 128-132
LECHNER, ALEX MARK, BAUMGARTL, THOMAS, MATTHEW, PHIL and GLENN, VANESSA, 2016. The impact of underground longwall mining on prime agricultural land: a review and research agenda Land Degradation & Development. 27(6), 1650-1663
CANE, I., SCHLEGER, A., ALI, S., KEMP, D., MCINTYRE, N., MCKENNA, P., LECHNER, A., DALAIBUYAN, B., LAHIRI-DUTT, K. and BULOVIC, N., 2015. Responsible Mining in Mongolia : Enhancing Positive Engagement Sustainable Minerals Institute.
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 In: 23rd National Conference of the Australian Society for Operations 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@—ASOR 2015. 1359-1365
LECHNER, ALEX MARK, HARRIS, REBECCA MB, DOERR, VERONICA, DOERR, ERIK, DRIELSMA, MICHAEL and LEFROY, EDWARD C, 2015. From static connectivity modelling to scenario-based planning at local and regional scales Journal for Nature Conservation. 28, 78-88
RAYMOND, CHRISTOPHER MARK, LECHNER, AM, LOCKWOOD, M, CARTER, O, HARRIS, RMB and GILFEDDER, L, 2015. Private land manager capacity to conserve threatened communities under climate change Journal of environmental management. 159, 235-244
LECHNER, ALEX M, DOERR, VERONICA, HARRIS, REBECCA MB, 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
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 conserve biodiversity Land Use Policy. 47, 332-341
HALWATURA, D, LECHNER, AM 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
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
HALWATURA, DEVANMINI, LECHNER, ALEX M and ARNOLD, SVEN, 2015. Design droughts: A new planning tool for ecosystem rehabilitation Int. J. Geomate. 8, 1138-1142
UNGER, CJ, LECHNER, AM, 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
UNGER, CJ, LECHNER, AM, WALTON, A, GLENN, V, EDRAKI, M and MULLIGAN, DR, 2014. Maturity of jurisdictional abandoned mine programs in Australia based on web-accessible information In: Life-of-Mine 2014. 467-482
GOULD, SUSAN F, BEETON, NICHOLAS J, HARRIS, REBECCA, 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
LECHNER, AM, RAYMOND, CM, ADAMS, VM, POLYAKOV, M, GORDON, A, RHODES, JR, MILLS, M, STEIN, A, IVES, CD and LEFROY, EC, 2014. Characterizing spatial uncertainty when integrating social data in conservation planning Conservation biology. 28(6), 1497-1511
BAUMGARTL, T, ARNOLD, S, AUDET, P and LECHNER, A, 2014. Development of Climate-based Suitability Indices for the Improvement of Success in Rehabilitation In: Life-of-Mine 2014. 483-490