Yates, Colin John   (fl. 1990s-2020s)

Colin was awarded a PhD from Murdoch University in 1994, for a thesis titled: "Factors limiting the recruitment of Eucalyptus salmonophloia F. Muell. (Salmon gum)".

He joined Kings Park as a research fellow (Research Scientist, Restoration Ecology) from 1997 - 1998. Yates worked on the restoration of woodland ecosystems, particularly in Kings Park, publishing several papers associated with his time at Kings Park and subsequently with students based at Kings Park.

In 2001, while working as a senior research scientist in Biodiversity Conservation in CALM, he was a finalist in the Australian Museum Eureka Prize togeter with Professor Richard Hobbs (Environmental Science, Murdoch University). The nomination was for their cooperative research focusing on the conservation of temperate eucalypt woodlands across Australia, and on the experimental restoration of degraded woodlands in Western Australia, culminating in a book titled 'Temperate Eucalypt Woodlands in Australia'.

In later years his research covered ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, fire effects on ecosystems, species distribution and climate change, plant and animal studies, rangeland and wildlife management, wildlife ecology and conservation, and coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

Together with Ellen Hickman and Steve Hopper, he co-authored an interesting paper on 'Botanical illustration and photography: a southern hemisphere perspective' in 2017.

Source: Extracted from:
https://researchportal.murdoch.edu.au/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Factors-limiting-the-recruitment-of-Eucalyptus/991005542419907891
Barratt, Russell, 'Half a Century of Botanical Research and Discovery in Western Australia by Kings Park and Botanic Garden', J. Zool. Bot. Gard. , 2026, 7, 15
https://research.com/u/colin-j-yates
https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080038/080038-2001.002.pdf
Hickman, Ellen J., Yates, Colin J., Hopper, Stephen D. (2017) 'Botanical illustration and photography: a southern hemisphere perspective', Australian systematic botany, Vol.30 Issue 4 Pagination 291-325
Portrait Photo: 2001, https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080038/080038-2001.002.pdf.

Collecting localities for 'Yates, C.' from AVH (2026)

Data from 274 specimens