A5078625540- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Multicultural Education and Local Wisdom
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Q Methodology Applications
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Cambodian History and Society
Sydney Institute of Marine Science
2020-2021
University of Wollongong
2014-2018
Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation
2018
The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) marine mammals (cetaceans pinnipeds) - referred to here as top predators is one the most iconic components Antarctic Southern Ocean. They play an important role highly mobile consumers, structuring connecting pelagic food webs are widely studied relative other taxa. Many birds establish dense breeding colonies or use haul-out sites, making them relatively easy study. Cetaceans, however, spend their lives at sea thus aspects life...
Conservation translocations aim to restore species their indigenous ranges, protect populations from threats and/or reinstate ecosystem functions. They are particularly important for the conservation and management of rare threatened species. Despite tremendous efforts advancement in recent years, animal generally have variable success, reasons this often uncertain. We suggest that when little is known about physiology wellbeing individuals either before or after release, it will be...
Fauna-mediated ecosystem service provision (e.g. seed dispersal) can be difficult to quantify and predict because it is underpinned by the shifting niches of multiple interacting organisms. Such interactions are especially complex in tropical ecosystems, including endangered peat forests Central Borneo, a biodiversity hot spot home critically orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii). We combined studies digestive physiology captive orangutans Australia with detailed field wild Natural Laboratory...
The relative importance of intrinsic and extrinsic determinants animal foraging is often difficult to quantify. most southerly breeding mammal, the Weddell seal, remains in Antarctic pack-ice year-round. We compared seals tagged at three geographically hydrographically distinct locations East Antarctica (Prydz Bay, Terre Adélie , Ross Sea) quantify role individual variability habitat structure winter behaviour. Most remained relatively small areas close coast throughout winter, but some...
Phenotypic plasticity of the gastrointestinal tract is crucial for optimal food processing and nutrient balance in many vertebrate species. For mammalian herbivores, gut typically correlated with fiber content forage; however, we show here that other factors such as ingesta particle size may effect profound phenotypic fermentative hindgut a medium-sized (10-kg body mass) marsupial herbivore, red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus). When dietary contents were comparable, wallabies fed...