James Vandersteen

Field Ecologist | Conservationist | Naturalist | PhD at @UNSW/@unswbees investigating the role of dingoes as apex predators in the Australian Alps.

[James Vandersteen @Field_Ecologist]

📣📣📣 Very excited to announce that next year I will be starting a #PhD with @mikeletnic and @HWConflict at @UNSW/@unswbees!
We will be investigating the role of the #dingo as an apex predator in the Australian Alps 📣📣📣

[Thomas Newsome @NewsomeTM]

More detailed information on possums as scavengers, including from multiple bioregions: https://t.co/qIdxDGuiZV and a summary here, enjoy: https://t.co/q47iIThKuw

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

‘Vegetarian’ possums eat meat when the weather’s cold, writes @Patt_Finnerty + @newsomeTM @Sydney_Uni https://t.co/RFGEGajIei

[Benjamin Viola @BM_Viola]

New paper discussing various approaches to marine wildlife surveys from vessels of opportunity! Such a wonderful voyage with many memorable moments. Here, we also provide an open access dataset describing sightings off Tasmania's west coast.

https://t.co/qWdO2QB4b1

[James Vandersteen @Field_Ecologist]

@mikeletnic
@HWConflict
@dr_cairns

[James Vandersteen @Field_Ecologist]

If you want to know more about dingo management in the ACT and why they are important for alpine ecosystems, read below!

Research for my PhD will also be featured on the ACT ABC News tonight, so tune in to ABC iview at 7PM if you want to hear more 🐕 🏔️ https://t.co/G8PCGdR4Ie

[Dr Kylie Cairns @dr_cairns]

@Field_Ecologist and others talking about ACT dingoes. Yes some have odd coat colours, but this doesn’t change the fact that they are dingoes and a native animal. Policy needs to evolve with changing scientific knowledge. https://t.co/Eiaz6JHfst @UNSWScience @unswbees @mikeletnic

[Emmy Groves @EmGrovesy]

Dingoes in Namadgi!?! #canberra

https://t.co/ZYH0SfoqqD

🐈‍⬛🐶🐕🐾
@UNSW @Field_Ecologist @dr_cairns @marisa_paterson @RebeccaVassarot @georgievpurcell

[Thomas Newsome @NewsomeTM]

A nice write up about scavengers, including a feature on our work in Australia "Everyone scavenges: From pole to equator, nature's recyclers perform a widespread and largely unheralded service" https://t.co/ent0qLLZSA

[James Vandersteen @Field_Ecologist]

@M_smithii @loveyou_leafyou

[Prof. Euan Ritchie (@euanritchie.bsky.social) @EuanRitchie1]

This is amazing and very welcome news for Wilkerr (dingoes) in Northwestern Victoria!

"Effective from 14 March, the Dingo Unprotection Order will conclude in north west Victoria" https://t.co/qfqO4RF1km

An excellent decision, @Steve_Dimo & @RosSpenceMP. Thank you!

[James Vandersteen @Field_Ecologist]

A dingo chasing his tail, that is all.
#WildOz #dingo #australianalps #namadgi

[James Vandersteen @Field_Ecologist]

@agvocate_au @RobinSSci It's pretty common in the alpine areas, see below:

[James Vandersteen @Field_Ecologist]

Dingo in Namadgi National Park with a juicy swamp wallaby tail!
#WildOz #dingo #namadgi

[James Vandersteen @Field_Ecologist]

Two of Australia's apex predators meet!
#dingo #wedgetaileagle #australianalps #wildoz

[Mike Letnic @mikeletnic]

Just back from Namadji National Park with @Field_Ecologist who is looking at the effects of dingoes on alpine ecosystems. We saw plenty of dingoes including one with a great big rip in its side.

[Dr Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🦋 @SatelliteSci]

Incredible to watch tens of thousands of Grey-headed Flying-fox megabats (Pteropus poliocephalus 🦇) leave their roost at sunset to forage for nectar overnight - so many that they're accidentally mapped as rain on the @BOM_au weather radar! 🤯 #wildoz

[explore.org @exploreorg]

The bear cams were still on to capture this wolf in his finest moment.

[Dr Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🦋 @SatelliteSci]

The scale of the fires currently burning across northern Australia is pretty unfathomable.

This animation visualises just the last two months of fire captured by #DEAHotspots - for context, the map covers an area larger than France, Spain and Germany combined...

[James Vandersteen @Field_Ecologist]

When your best friends are also ecologists doing crazy things!!!

[Benjamin Viola @BM_Viola]

New paper out today exploring the marine habitat use of Snow Petrels tracked from East Antarctica!

Funnily enough, I’m currently on my way to Mawson station for a summer (6 months) to build upon this work with @AusAntarctic @IMASUTAS

Link to paper: https://t.co/LLe0P2GfSh

[Benjamin Viola @BM_Viola]

New paper out today exploring the marine habitat use of Snow Petrels tracked from East Antarctica!

Funnily enough, I’m currently on my way to Mawson station for a summer (6 months) to build upon this work with @AusAntarctic @IMASUTAS

Link to paper: https://t.co/LLe0P2GfSh