Initiated in 2008, the AERA was inspired, in part, by the Robert H. MacArthur Award of the Ecological Society of America.
The AERA is not restricted to any particular sector, and aims to recognize outstanding ecological research; nominations of researchers from academia, and the public and private sector agencies are invited annually.
[3] The successful nominee is presented the AERA at the Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Australia.
List of recipients is sourced from the Ecological Society of Australia website.
[4] 2022: John Morgan 2021: Euan Ritchie 2020: Diana Fisher 2019: Menna Jones 2018: Angela Moles 2017: Richard Fuller 2016: Jane Elith 2015: Saul Cunningham 2014: Melodie McGeoch 2013: David Keith 2012: Chris Johnson 2011: Lesley Hughes 2010: Corey Bradshaw 2009: David Lindenmayer 2008: Bob Pressey