Penny Pascoe

PhD candidate at the University of Tasmania looking at island ecosystem function response to invasive mammal eradications using stable isotope analysis.

[Penny Pascoe @PPPascoe]

https://t.co/dYQ3xV6j0t

[Penny Pascoe @PPPascoe]

Spiders are predators. Seabird are ecosystem engineers on islands. We identified >1500 spiders on #seabird islands. Spiders were more abundant in seabird colonies, but richness was greater away from seabird disturbance. Spiders are understudied on temperate #islands. #tasmania

[Justine Shaw @justine_d_shaw]

Can we detect recovery of #seabird populations following island #eradications using stable isotopes? @PPPascoe explores this novel technique in her #ESASCBO2022 talk Wed morning in eDNA & isotope session

[Julie McInnes @thepengatross]

The headline might be alarmist, but the article is true. The Macquarie Island environment is changing, so too are some wildlife populations. How and why are the next questions.

https://t.co/JEAcYZpFKn

[Penny Pascoe @PPPascoe]

Continued monitoring will help show if this decrease in numbers equates to a decline of the broader breeding adult population, or a stabilisation following recovery from exploitation.

[Penny Pascoe @PPPascoe]

Our new paper is out on the current status of king #penguin chicks on #Macquarie Island! This #longterm #Subantarctic dataset shows chick number trends have changed in recent decades.
https://t.co/64RCvmSNzw

@thepengatross @databsurdist
@IMAS @taspaws @AusAntarctic

[Penny Pascoe @PPPascoe]

Rainfall, east-coast storm events and warmer sea surface temperatures were all found to correlate with lower chick numbers.

[Penny Pascoe @PPPascoe]

The first paper of my PhD has been published in
@AER_ESE_BES looking at island recovery following #invasivespecies #eradications!

@mpred_lab @IMASUTAS @UTAS_ @RTreb @DocHPJones @justine_d_shaw

[Applied Ecol. Resources|Ecol. Solutions & Evidence @AER_ESE_BES]

📰Published📰
Stable isotopes show islands that have undergone #invasivespecies #eradication begin to resemble never-invaded islands with time. Understanding influence of island characteristics & sampling methods key for application across diverse islands

https://t.co/03ZvkJ05Up

[Holly Jones @DocHPJones]

YAY! I'm so excited this one is out in the world. Led by PhD student @PPPascoe and together with @justine_d_shaw and others, Penny combines stable isotope data from my PhD with data collected since that time.

[MPred Lab IMAS @mpred_lab]

“If we all wake up & work together, climate change becomes an opportunity to change the way we live for the better”
@clairejmason @mpred_lab PhD student in yesterday’s Talking Point! @themercurycomau

We are all there with you, Claire! 🌏 🌱🌳 #climatechange

[Penny Pascoe @PPPascoe]

We have a new paper out highlighting the recent three-generational 50% decrease in the Macquarie Island Gentoo #Penguin breeding population, and the need for considering Gentoo #Penguins for listing under the Australian EPBC Act.
https://t.co/fUcybapKiT

[Penny Pascoe @PPPascoe]

@Chlaraphyll Thanks Clara :)