Outdoor Education & Environmental Education

Centre for Excellence in Outdoor and Environmental Education

Staff Profile

Gregg Müller

Lecturer

Room/Location: Ironbark Centre, 2.03
Ph: 5444 7315
Fx: 5444 7848
Email: g.muller@latrobe.edu.au

Qualifications

Master Environmental Science (Monash) (1994)
Graduate Diploma of Outdoor Education (Monash) (1987)
Diploma of Education (La Trobe) (1981)
Bachelor of Arts (La Trobe) (1979)

Teaching Areas

• Naturalist Studies Year 1 (Unit coordinator)
• Parks and Wildlife Management, Year 3, (Unit coordinator)
• Teaching Natural History Year 3 (Unit Coordinator)
• Readings in Outdoor Education and Nature
• Tourism Year 2 (Unit Coordinator)
• River and Wetland Environments Year 2
• Outdoor Environments Year 1
• Bush Environments Year 2
• Reading Australian Landscapes Year 1

Supervision

Aeolian sand drift in remnant vegetation in the Murray Mallee bioregion, Honours 2005

The role of African Boxthorn as habitat for small birds in the northern plains of Victoria , a case study Honours 2007

Professional Involvement

• Occasional reviewer, Symbiosis
• The Royal Society of Victoria
• Ecological Society of Australia
• Victorian Association of Outdoor Education
• Bendigo Field Naturalists Club
• Victorian Field Naturalists Club

Research Interests

My major areas of research are environmental history and management, and the ecological effects of recreation. The effects of recreation upon Australian ecosystems is essentially unstudied apart from a few iconic areas such as alpine regions and coral reefs. My current research project is investigating the ecology of a cliff system in dry woodland, the effects of recreational rockclimbing upon this, and the previous and current management actions undertaken at the site. My teaching, particularly in the subjects I coordinate directly incorporates the results of this research. This research also has direct relevance to the practice of both staff and students in the department, and broader relevance to the professions of outdoor leadership and ecotourism.

Refereed Articles

Müller, G. (In press). Heidelberg mistletoes revisited: decadal changes in the distribution of Creeping Mistletoe Muellerina eucalyptoides on introduced trees in suburban Melbourne . The Victorian Naturalist.

Müller, G. (2006). Lichenometry and Environmental History. Environmental History, 11(3), 604-610.

Müller, G. (2006). A New Frequency Analysis Method for Constructing Fire Histories from Flowering Events in Austral Grasstrees ( Xanthorrhoea australis ) from Southern Victoria, Geographical Research, 44 (4), 339-347.

Müller, G. (2005) Growth of the lichen Buellia albula and its potential for lichenometric dating in south-eastern Australia . Geographical Research, 43 (3) 267-273.

Recent Publications and Presentations

Müller, G., and Munge, B., GPS, GIS, WWW and the Big River : technology and teaching in the bush part 2. Journeys , Journal of the Victorian Outdoor Education Association , July 2006

Müller, G., MP3s, podcasts and birdsong: technology and teaching in the bush part 1. Journeys , Journal of the Victorian Outdoor Education Association , 4-6, May 2006

Müller, G., Decadal changes in an urban mistletoe population, Ecology Across the Tasman, third joint conference of the Ecological Association of Australia and the New Zealand Ecological Society, Wellington, NZ August 2006: paper

Müller, G., A new frequency analysis method for constructing fire histories from flowering events in Austral grasstrees ( Xanthorrhoea australis ) from southern Victoria . Ecology Across the Tasman, third joint conference of the Ecological Association of Australia and the New Zealand Ecological Society, Wellington , NZ August 2006: paper

Müller, G., The Potential for Lichenometric Dating of Mining Sites in Central Victoria . The Eleventh Annual Conference of the Australian Mining History Association, Bendigo , 2005

Müller, G., Lichenometry at Bendigo Cemetery . Cryptogamic Extravaganza, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc. colloquium on mosses, lichens and fungi Halls Gap, 2004

Müller, G., Mapping Rock Climbing Tracks at Mount Arapiles : Photos, Egos, and the World Wide Web. Connecting People and Places, the Third Australian Tracks and Trails Conference, Hahndorf , South Australia , 2004

Müller, G., Dendrochronology and Fire History in Cypress Pine Forests. Perfumed Pineries: A Conference on the Environmental History of the White Pine Region, Coonabarabran, 2000

Müller, G., Monitoring and evaluating projects, how to fool the granting body . Directions in Revegetation and Regeneration, Environmental Industry Training Forum, Heidelberg , 1999

Müller, G., K.I.S.S. or L.I.C.K.? Embracing an alternative paradigm for environmental interpretative signs . The Human Factor In Interpretation, proceedings of the Interpretation Australia National Conference, Interpretation Australia Association, Hobart 1999