Dr Stephanie Pulsford

Fauna ecologist. Conservation, reptiles, frogs, woodlands and grasslands and most other stuff too. Views are my own

[Jodi Rowley @jodirowley]

🚨New research:

The tiny green hitchhiker: Thousands of people using the @FrogIDAus app have helped reveal just how much the Eastern Dwarf Tree #Frog (Litoria fallax) is establishing populations outside its native range in #Australia. 🐸

https://t.co/cIW85j15Xg

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

Trade in exotic pets online is far more prevalent and diverse than previously thought, writes @AdamToomes + @InvasionEcology (@UniofAdelaide).

Threatened species, invasive species and banned imports are all for sale. https://t.co/8isyIpolNk

[Tim Cutajar @Tim_Cutajar]

Some Australian Geographic coverage of our latest iDNA findings: Dingo, cat and monitor lizard unexpectedly detected in fly-derived DNA samples in Namadgi National Park!

#biodiversity #environmentalDNA

https://t.co/McXVZ7Ud2f

[AMRI @AustmusResearch]

A cat, a dingo and a goanna in Namadgi National Park were the latest animals recorded via DNA from an insect’s belly. Tim Cutajar @austmus & Dr Stephanie Pulsford tell us how 👇
https://t.co/8R4nuUxbzE

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

@Uncle_Maddog Very cool. We don’t get that with the Canberra species.

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

@Dr_Rob_Davis I did mask and got a cold that passed fairly quickly but not Covid 🤷‍♀️

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

Katie Moon asks: are we capable of conservation? Yes we are but… need to consider our brain, our agency, the structure and culture we exist in #ESASCBO2022

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

.@_erikaroper talks about the elusive Superb midge Orchid AKA Superbum which made a rare emergence in 2020 but struggled to get pollinated in burnt sites #ESASCBO2022

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

Emma Spencer explains the many pronged partnership Eyes Across using camera traps to monitor fauna post mega fires across many landscapes in E Australia . They have used Wildlife Insights to start classifying images #ESASCBO2022

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

Emily Massingham examined killing of orangutan’s - a threat that alone could wipe the species out. Lots of money going into deforestation threat but uncoordinated and little effort to combat killing #ESASCBO2022

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

Tristan Derham unpacks the concepts of rewilding which is a controversial concept with many definitions. It is particularly problematic concept in Australia. He suggests we should view it with the lens that it is a collaboration and that nonhumans have autonomy #ESASCBO2022

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

Andrew Denham: Highlights a common problem with post fire studies - we often don’t have recent before fire data so it can be hard to tell if a species absent prior to fire or fire has decreased occupancy #ESASCBO2022

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

Elisa Bayraktarov foreshadows the launch of @EcoCommonsAus tonight! Looks like a exciting tool with lots of uses #ESASCBO2022

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

.@HugePossum presents on the new and improved Marxan, which is now cloud based and has an easier user interface #ESASCBO2022

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

.@arman_pili shows off virToad, which can be used to understand the outcomes of management actions against cane toads #ESASCBO2022

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

John Morgen demonstrates the importance of replication and long term data sets as results from his student work have never been repeated. Turns out seedlings in grasslands are very responsive to climate etc #ESASCBO2022

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

. @that_frog_gorl presents on her exciting research on the changes to alpine tree frog colouration in response to chytrid fungus infection. #ESASCBO2022

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

Adam Toomes talks us through the illegal wildlife trade in Australia, the legacy problems of old laws and the new problems of online trade (including Facebook doing nothing to stop it). Snap shot study showed horrifying amount of illegal trade #ESASCBO2022

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

Mathew Rees: so we need to be keeping an eye on cats (and control them at the same time?). Also need to monitor prey species. Occupancy models and broad scale activity indices didn’t tell the whole story so need to use a range of methods #ESASCBO2022

[Dr Stephanie Pulsford @StephPulsford]

Mathew Rees takes us through the complexity of fox control impacts at two locations in Vic. Some native species benefiting but others not - maybe due to cats. Higher cat density in many fox control sites and increased as control continued #ESASCBO2022