David A. Keith

David A. Keith is an Australian botanist / ecologist who works in the areas of vegetation dynamics, population and ecosystem modelling, and fire. He is currently (September 2020) professor of botany at the University of New South Wales. His work has led to his being a member of the Australian Threatened Species Scientific Committee and the standards committees for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems.

Keith was awarded the Australian Ecology Research Award by the Ecological Society of Australia in 2013. In 2017 he was awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales for distinguished work in the Natural Sciences. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2023 and a finalist in the Australian Institute of Botanical Science Eureka Prize for Excellence in Botanical Science in the same year. In 2025 he was awarded the 2025 International Cosmos Prize by the Expo '90 Foundation.

Published names

Acacia stellaticeps Kodela, Tindale & D.A.Keith, Nuytsia 13(3): 483 (2001) (2001). Acacia wickhamii subsp. parviphyllodinea Tindale, Kodela & D.A.Keith, Fl. Australia 11B: 488 (2001). Acacia wickhamii subsp. viscidula (F.Muell.) Tindale, Kodela & D.A.Keith, Fl. Australia 11B: 488 (2001).

Selected publications Books

Keith, D. A. (2004), Ocean Shores to Desert Dunes: The Native Vegetation of New South Wales and the ACT Keith, D.A. (1998), Forest Ecosystem Classification and Mapping for the Eden Comprehensive Regional Assessment

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