Ecology student | Plant and animal lover | All round nerd✌️|🍀BSc conservation, ecology and environmental management graduate from Lincoln Uni🌲#BiInSci she/her
We are looking for a budding conservation genetics PhD student! Work with our awesome multidisciplinary team - Yolngu Yirralka Rangers, @MolEcol_Darwin CDU, @bridge_campbell@ShainaRussell8@LukePreece@nature_org Prof Craig Moritz and anthro-linguist Ass. Prof Frances Morphy!
Postgrad Janie Kerston looks at the value of Mātauranga Māori in our approach to ecology in a new @ecolincnz article #ECOL608@LincolnUniNZ
https://t.co/PEjIzI7umY
Is your moggy safe for local wildlife? Postgrad Andrew Wells looks at what our cats are up to in a new @ecolincnz article at https://t.co/14ni8JoTSJ #ECOL608@LincolnUniNZ
Lucy T Smith has achieved the botanical illustration equivalent of winning an Oscar. https://t.co/wq1kT7oqW7 A scientific paper about a NEW GIANT WATER LILY Victoria boliviana is the result of team effort - but Lucy proved it was a new plant through observation & illustration!
Encroachment in grassy ecosystems is widespread driven by environmental change in 🔥🐘🐄☀️🌧️🌍 but with the same result >> pervasive loss of the herb diversity 🌾🥀🌻defining grassy ecosystems. Time to think of encroachment as global process of degradation in grassy ecosystems.
The Australian #Frog Atlas provides our most detailed look yet at the distribution of frog species richness in Australia. This, along with individual species' ranges, is available free in shapefile format. Maps also in the Open Access paper: https://t.co/4H3ZeRa4qW
Excited to share that we got funding to restore a large area of seagrass near Adelaide! 🌊🐟🦈🦐 Seagrasses take up lots of #BlueCarbon - a nature based solution to climate change 🌱. They’re also very important marine habitats: https://t.co/DDVQDWHYxr
#Restoration#ClimateAction
Just because a student does not raise their hand, does not mean that they are not thinking deeply about the content. We need to broaden what we mean by engagement in our classrooms/schools. This will invite/value more students in the learning process.
Applications are open for @AucklandUni Summer Scholarships - this year my project is focussing on complaint and universities if you know a talented undergraduate who wants to spend the Summer reflecting on @SaraNAhmed work and its relationship to NZ universities let them know
When Tasmanian devils open their mouth widely, it's often not an aggressive signal - it's a bit more like a redirection of nervous energy when they're wary or uncertain #DevilFactThursDay
The devil in the picture below was watching a large wallaby approaching
All of the #kakapo chicks on Whenua Hou and Anchor have fledged (left the nest). They’ll stay with their nest mother for several months before becoming independent. They won’t count towards the official population until they’re 150 days old. #kakapo2022#conservation#parrots