Intrinsic and extrinsic controls on the geomorphic condition of upland swamps in Eastern NSW
By: Fryirs, Kirstie A.; Cowley, Kirsten; Hose, Grant C. CATENA Volume: 137 Pages: 100-112 Published: FEB 2016. | Find with Google Scholar »
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Dear all,
Welcome back – I hope you all found some time to have a relaxing break among family and friends over the Christmas / New Year period and are feeling refreshed and ready for the coming year!
Thanks to all staff who contributed to Information Day on 6 January – it was a bit of a damp day and numbers were down but I’m sure we enthused and inspired lots of new potential students.
I am steadily getting through workload and PDR interviews for academic staff – if we haven’t met yet then please book in a meeting date as soon as possible to discuss your workload for 2016 and log in to the PDR system to finalise your 2015 PDR Plan.
A reminder that Department meetings are held on the first Tuesday of every month at 1pm so our first for the year will be 2 Feb – please put the dates in your calendar now.
Finally – best wishes for all those madly writing ARC applications!
cheerio
Michelle
General News and Announcements
Highly-Cited 2015
Thomson Reuters have released their Highly-Cited 2015 list (http://highlycited.com/) – the top 1% most cited people based on their subject field, going back 11 years. Congratulations to Mark Westoby and Ian Wright, who made it on to the list, Mark for Environment/Ecology field, and Ian for both Environment/Ecology and Plant & Animal Sciences. And in further good news from the plant trait researchers from the department, not one but two papers came out in Nature at the end of the year:
Kunstler G, Falster D, Coomes DA, Hui F, Kooyman RM, Laughlin DC, Poorter L, Vanderwel M, Vieilledent G, Wright SJ, Aiba M, Baraloto C, Caspersen J, Cornelissen JHC, Gourlet-Fleury S, Hanewinkel M, Herault B, Kattge J, Kurokawa H, Onoda Y, Peñuelas J, Poorter H, Uriarte M, Richardson S, Ruiz-Benito P, Sun IF, Ståhl G, Swenson NG, Thompson J, Westerlund B, Wirth C, Zavala MA, Zeng H, Zimmerman JK, Zimmermann NE, Westoby M (2015). Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition. Nature DOI 10.1038/nature16476
Díaz S, Kattge J, Cornelissen JHC, Wright IJ, Lavorel S, Dray S, Reu B, Kleyer M, Wirth C, Prentice IC, Garnier E, Bönisch G, Westoby M, Poorter H, Reich PB, Moles AT, Dickie J, Gillison AN, Zanne AE, Chave J, Joseph Wright S, Sheremet’ev SN, Jactel H, Baraloto C, Cerabolini B, Pierce S, Shipley B, Kirkup D, Casanoves F, Joswig JS, Günther A, Falczuk V, Rüger N, Mahecha MD, Gorné LD (2015). The global spectrum of plant form and function. Nature DOI 10.1038/nature16489
No access to E8C from Friday until Wednesday
There will be further asbestos removal work undertaken in E8C- Level 2 as part of the current refurbishment of Labs 230 & 250. The removal will take place on Friday January 22nd from 5 pm and finish Wednesday January 27th at 10 am. During this time there will be no access to building E8C.
Field Friendly is here!
‘Field Friendly has arrived… No more clunky risk assessments, no more email attachments, no more worry!’ Field Friendly is a new, innovative intelligent software that integrates fieldwork applications and approvals online from your computer, phone or tablet. The software was launched this week on 20th January. For those who missed out please contact Sarah Collison (Terrestrial), Andrew Irvine (Marine) or Matthew Kosnik (diving) for introductory sessions. By February, all fieldwork submissions will need to be put in through this software.
Much thanks to Adam Wilkins (programming and design) and the Field Friendly team for all their hard work.
sarah.collison@mq.edu.au (x7484)
andrew.irvine@mq.edu.au (x8218)
matthew.kosnik@mq.edu.au (x7248)
From Sarah Collison:
‘Thank you to everyone who attended the Field Friendly launch on Wednesday. We hope you are excited and keen to jump in and use the new system. For anyone who missed it, please contact your relevant fieldwork manager who will run small group sessions to get you up to speed. A big thank you to Adam Wilkins for delivering a great session’
Office 365 Update – Department Calendars
With the migration of our emails to Office 365, we have relocated the department calendars to Office as well and will remove the old google calendars early 2016. Access to the department calendars in 2016 will be restricted to Admin staff only. The Biology Department events calendar will again be made public to feed through to our webpage. Read only permissions will be made, on request, to arrange suitable times for your room bookings, however, the room bookings must be made by Admin staff. There have been some problems with the migration of our mailing lists and we are working on sorting these out. Please email sci.bio-adm@mq.edu.au if you would like to make a room booking or view a calendar.
READ THIS IF YOU ARE SUBMITTING AN ARC APPLICATION THIS ROUND
Faculty and external review of 2016 DP/DECRA applications
If you are intending to submit a DP this round and would like your draft reviewed by Em.Prof Peter Baverstock, could you please let Cathi Hood-Humphrey from the FSE Reserach Office know (cathi.humphrey-hood@mq.edu.au) so that she can reserve you a spot on the review list?
There is only a limited number that Peter can review, so we would like to get drafts to him early if we can. This means that if you have a complete draft ready before the Faculty review date of the 3rd of Feb, please send it through to us as soon as you can and we will pass it on to Peter straight away. Peter will then review and give feedback directly to you, and will help with re-drafting as well.
Department review of 2016 DP/DECRA applications
The Department Research committee will be organising an internal review of 2016DP/DECRA for those who would like some feedback. To help with this could you please let Melanie Bishop (melanie.bishop@mq.edu.au) know if:
- You are intending to submit an ARC application
- If you would like us to arrange some feedback for you
- When you propose having your proposal ready for feedback
Also a reminder if you are submitting grants to other schemes and would like feedback, the Research Committee would be happy to help.
Research Environment Statement for ARC applications
At the research retreat last year, we did some brain storming of some ideas for Research Environment statements. Please find attached the notes that were made for each of the Departmental research strengths (Ecology, Evolution, Conservation/Climate Change, and Animal Behaviour) that be helpful in putting together these statements.
Animal Behavior Stuff
Conservation Biology Research Environment
Ecology research environment statement
Points for research environment for evolution projects
Casual Teaching Applications now open for S1 2016
Please read this carefully if you wish to apply for a Casual Teaching position in 2016
To be eligible to apply for casual teaching you must:
- Either be an HDR student (any stage) OR a 2nd year MRes student
- For MRes students you will need to have the support of your supervisor – ask your supervisor to email Jennifer (jennifer.rowland@mq.edu.au) indicating that they support your application, that you are on track to complete on time and that teaching will not negatively impact your progress.
- Have completed a lab induction within the last 18 months or register for the next one, as outlined below
- Submit a one-page CV (in PDF format saved with your name in the document name), using the template link below or on iLEARN
Applications and CV submission can be completed either via iLearn (preferred option) or for those who do not have access
- please complete the form on this link https://docs.google.com/a/mq.edu.au/forms/d/1P7_QQ7G9Yq65F3IUmUcpJmVFvNXbQnpC9S0NuejqulQ/viewform?edit_requested=true
- and using this “CV Template” submit your CV in pdf format to Jennifer <jennifer.rowland@mq.edu.au>. Please change the name of the document to include your name (e.g. ROWLAND_tutoring_CV.pdf)
Lab Inductions the when and the where:
- E8A Digital Teaching Lab Induction, Tuesday 23rd Feb, 2016 9am – 12:30pm (with break). E8A-120.
- E8C Digital Teaching Lab Induction, Wednesday 24th Feb, 2016 8:45am – 12 noon (with break). E8C-106/110.
- If you haven’t been inducted into a teaching lab, or refreshed in the past 18 months, you will not be able to teach there. So attendance is mandatory in these situations.
- Bookings are essential – email <ray.duell@mq.edu.au>
Casual Teaching Applications for S1 2016 close Monday 8th February
Save the date: Supplementary HDR Conference
Tuesday 16th February 2016
Location: TBA
Please set this day aside in your calendars and come along to show your support of our HDR students!
Any questions or queries please contact Lara, <lara.ainley@mq.edu.au>
Michael Gillings Presentation
Michael will be giving a talk on “Efficiency, Harmony and Safety: Getting the Best from a Molecular Lab” in the Biological Sciences Tea Room on the 23rd February from 12 -1pm. This may be of special interest to HDR students and researchers.
Plant of the Week Thank-you
The Plant of the Week group (Alison Downing, Brian Atwell and Kevin Downing) wish to thank all those that contributed and enjoyed the Plant of the Week displays last year. They also have a special request to all the animal bods out there, so please read this attachment.
2015 – thank you to contributors
Galapagos Trip Blog
Rachael Dudaniec is off to the Galapagos Islands next week for a month to collect data on Darwin’s finches as part of a long-term project on host-parasite coevolution and species hybridisation. She is organising a blog for the trip where photos, videos and general field anecdotes will be shared over the next few weeks. Please see the link and follow here: https://galapagosfinch2016.wordpress.com/
Enquiring Minds Want to Know – What Outreach Activities Have You Been Doing or Have You Planned for 2016?
The department is keeping a file on Outreach activities this year. If you are planning or have held an outreach activity in 2016, please contact Jennifer Rowland <jennifer.rowland@mq.edu.au> so she can add your hard work to the list!
Biological Sciences Admin Team for 2016
Please note the changes in the Department of Biological Sciences Administrative Team for 2016
| Name | Task |
| Veronica Peralta | All Academic Finances and Travel |
| Lara Ainley | All HDR and MRes Finances and Travel |
| Hannah Woodrow Clark | Concur, Orders, Purchasing and Invoices |
| Jennifer Rowland | HoD Support, Meeting Rooms, Student Advising and HR (Casuals) |
| Sharyon O’Donnell | Exams, ILearn, Dept. Finances and Approvals and Handbook |
| Laura McMillian | HR (excluding casuals) |
| Ray Duell | Department Matters Newsletter |
Job Seeker
Yasmin Hageer has recently finished a PhD in the department under Linda Beaumont’s supervision and is currently looking for part-time work. She has experience using ArcInfo and Maxent, conducting plant experiments and in conservation management and sustainability. Please contact her directly if you have any suitable employment opportunities for her: yasmin.hageer@students.mq.edu.au
Welcome new PhD student: Guyo Gufu!!
Guyo Gufu has joined the PIREL lab to do a PhD on aquatic invasive plants and is interested more broadly in invasive plant species and global change biology. He is originally from Kenya and obtained his undergraduate degree from Kenyatta University (Bachelor of Education – Botany and Zoology). He was a high school teacher of biology in Kenya before doing his MSc (Ecology and Biodiversity) at Victoria University of Wellington, NZ in 2012. His office is in E8B104.
MQ Biology Intern Looking for Accommodation
Our new Lizard Lab intern, Caroline Fryns, from France is looking for accommodation in Sydney. She would prefer a flatshare with a private room, and somewhere near to MQ. If you have any leads please contact her at: <caroline.f.s@live.fr>
January Baby!
Hi Guys,
On Sunday Morning I had this little guy… Jarrah Ohannes Green. He’s 3.21 kg 49.5 cm. We are happy, healthy and back at home trying to sleep and enjoy as much as possible.
🙂
nic (Nicole Christiansen)
More Babyness!
Rob Lanfear and partner’s baby girl arrived on Tuesday morning. She is as yet nameless but weighs in at 3.5 kilos, and everyone is doing great.
Come Along to the First Nerd Nite of 2016
Hello fellow Nerds (totally a proper noun)
Let’s start the year in honour of how we all came to be – with a big hot bang. January Nerd Nite will leave you smarter than an immortal ant saving the world.
DRY T-SHIRT CONTEST OF 2016: The nerdiest T-shirt wearer wins their table a jug of beer!
January Speakers
Dr Margo Adler explains why it’s not only the good that die young – but the well-fed: ‘Is your New Year’s resolution shortening your life? The surprising science of diet and ageing’.
Entomologist Dr Tanya Latty gives us the low down on whether we’re smarter than ants with… ‘Ants versus engineers: who builds better highways?’
International Law Professor Tim Stephens explains whether the world leaders just solved climate change: ‘The meaning of the Paris climate conference in the Anthropocene’.
We sent the kitchen into a tissy with our smashing numbers at the last Nerd Nite so in the tickets, so we will be having a reduced menu at the next event to make sure you get your food before the talk start.
Best to buy online; December Nerds sold out the venue! We will save a few tickets for walk ins, so if you miss out, show up at 6pm on the Nite.
General entry is $12: Click here to buy tickets.
BE THERE AND BE SQUARE
Andrew Barron featured by Cracked.com
Andrew Barron’s research on the effect of cocaine on bees was featured on the Cracked.com comedy website this week. (He’s really hit the big time!)
It’s #4 in their list of ‘mad scientist’ infographics (http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_1888_23-mad-scientists-that-actually-existed_p4/).
New Publications
Activity Budgets of Captive Cape Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) Under a Training Regime
By: Wierucka, K., Siemianowska, S., Woźniak, M., Jasnosz, K., Kieliszczyk, M., Kozak, P., & Sergiel, A. (2016). Activity Budgets of Captive Cape Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) Under a Training Regime. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 19(1), 62-72. | Find with Google Scholar »The relative importance of spatial proximity, kin selection and potential ‘greenbeard’ signals on provisioning behaviour among helpers in a cooperative bird
By: McDonald, Paul G.; Rollins, Lee Ann; Godfrey, Stephanie BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY Volume: 70 Issue: 1 Pages: 133-143 Published: JAN 2016. | Find with Google Scholar »Sex steroid profiles and pair-maintenance behavior of captive wild-caught zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
By: Nora H. Prior, Kang Nian Yap, Hans H. Adomat, Mark C. Mainwaring, H. Bobby Fokidis, Emma S. Guns, Katherine L. Buchanan, Simon C. Griffith, Kiran K. Soma. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY Volume: 202 Issue: 1 Pages: 35-44 Published: JAN 2016. | Find with Google Scholar »Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world’s woody plant species
By: Gleason, S. M., Westoby, M., Jansen, S., Choat, B., Hacke, U. G., Pratt, R. B., Bhaskar, R., Brodribb, T. J., Bucci, S. J., Cao, K.-F., Cochard, H., Delzon, S., Domec, J.-C., Fan, Z.-X., Feild, T. S., Jacobsen, A. L., Johnson, D. M., Lens, F., Maherali, H., Martínez-Vilalta, J., Mayr, S., McCulloh, K. A., Mencuccini, M., Mitchell, P. J., Morris, H., Nardini, A., Pittermann, J., Plavcová, L., Schreiber, S. G., Sperry, J. S., Wright, I. J. and Zanne, A. E. (2016), Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species. New Phytol, 209: 123–136. doi:10.1111/nph.13646 | Find with Google Scholar »Reduced streamflow in water-stressed climates consistent with CO2 effects on vegetation
By: Anna M. Ukkola, I. Colin Prentice, Trevor F. Keenan, Albert I. J. M. van Dijk, Neil R. Viney, Ranga B. Myneni & Jian Bi. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE Volume: 6 Pages: 75-+ Published: JAN 2016. | Find with Google Scholar »Model-data synthesis for the next generation of forest free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiments
By: Norby, R. J., De Kauwe, M. G., Domingues, T. F., Duursma, R. A., Ellsworth, D. S., Goll, D. S., Lapola, D. M., Luus, K. A., MacKenzie, A. R., Medlyn, B. E., Pavlick, R., Rammig, A., Smith, B., Thomas, R., Thonicke, K., Walker, A. P., Yang, X. and Zaehle, S. (2016), Model–data synthesis for the next generation of forest free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiments. New Phytol, 209: 17–28. doi:10.1111/nph.13593 | Find with Google Scholar »Characterization of red-shifted phycobilisomes isolated from the chlorophyll f-containing cyanobacterium Halomicronema hongdechloris
By: Yaqiong Li, Yuanku Lin, Christopher J. Garvey, Debra Birch, Robert W. Corkery, Patrick C. Loughlin, Hugo Scheer, Robert D. Willows, Min Chen. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS Volume: 1857 Issue: 1 Pages: 107-114 Published: JAN 2016. | Find with Google Scholar »Seafarers or castaways: ecological traits associated with rafting dispersal in tropical reef fishes
By: Luiz, Osmar J.; Allen, Andrew P.; Robertson, D. Ross; Floeter, Sergio R.; Madin, Joshua S. JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY Volume: 42 Issue: 12 Pages: 2323-2333 Published: DEC 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »Influence of rock-pool characteristics on the distribution and abundance of inter-tidal fishes
By: White, Gemma E.; Hose, Grant C.; Brown, Culum MARINE ECOLOGY-AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE Volume: 36 Issue: 4 Pages: 1332-1344 Published: DEC 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »Birds, butterflies and flowers in the tropics are not more colourful than those at higher latitudes
By: Rhiannon L. Dalrymple, Darrell J. Kemp, Habacuc Flores-Moreno, Shawn W. Laffan, Thomas E. White, Frank A. Hemmings, Marianne L. Tindall and Angela T. Moles. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY Volume: 24 Issue: 12 Pages: 1424-1432 Published: DEC 2015 | Find with Google Scholar »BHPMF-a hierarchical Bayesian approach to gap-filling and trait prediction for macroecology and functional biogeography
By: Franziska Schrodt, Jens Kattge, Hanhuai Shan, Farideh Fazayeli, Julia Joswig, Arindam Banerjee, Markus Reichstein, Gerhard Bönisch, Sandra Díaz, John Dickie, Andy Gillison, Anuj Karpatne, Sandra Lavorel, Paul Leadley, Christian B. Wirth, Ian J. Wright, S. Joseph Wright and Peter B. Reich. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY Volume: 24 Issue: 12 Pages: 1510-1521 Published: DEC 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »COBRA-Seq: Sensitive and Quantitative Methylome Profiling
By: Varinli, Hilal; Statham, Aaron L.; Clark, Susan J.; Molloy, Peter L,; Ross, Jason P. GENES Volume: 6 Issue: 4 Pages: 1140-1163 Published: DEC 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »Diopatra nishii, a new brooding species of Onuphidae (Annelida) from Japan
By: Paxton, Hannelore MARINE BIODIVERSITY Volume: 45 Issue: 4 Pages: 711-717 Published: DEC 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »The timing of Carcinus maenas recruitment to a south-east Australian estuary differs to that of native crabs
By: Garside, C. J.; Glasby, T. M.; Stone, L. J.; Bishop, M. J. HYDROBIOLOGIA Volume: 762 Issue: 1 Pages: 41-53 Published: DEC 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »The risk of sexual cannibalism and its effect on male approach and mating behaviour in a praying mantid
By: Jayaweera, Anuradhi; Rathnayake, Darshana N.; Davis, Kaytlyn S.; Barry, Katherine L. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR Volume: 110 Pages: 113-119 Published: DEC 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »Regional extinction, rediscovery and rescue of a freshwater fish from a highly modified environment: The need for rapid response
By: Michael P. Hammer, Todd S. Goodman, Mark Adams, c, Leanne F. Faulks, f, Peter J. Unmack, Nick S. Whiterod, Keith F. Walker. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION Volume: 192 Pages: 91-100 Published: DEC 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »Reprint of: The effectiveness of common thermo-regulatory behaviours in a cool temperate grasshopper
By: Harris, Rebecca M. B.; McQuillan, Peter; Hughes, Lesley JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY Volume: 54 Special Issue: SI Pages: 12-19 Published: DEC 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »Evidence for an Ancestral Association of Human Coronavirus 229E with Bats
By: Corman, Victor Max; Baldwin, Heather J.; Tateno, Adriana Fumie; Zerbinati, Rodrigo Melim; Annan, Augustina; Owusu, Michael; Nkrumah, Evans Ewald; Maganga, Gael Darren; Oppong, Samuel; Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw; Vallo, Peter; Ribeiro Ferreira da Silva Filho, Luiz Vicente; Leroy, Eric M; Thiel, Volker; van der Hoek, Lia; Poon, Leo L. M.; Tschapka, Marco; Drosten, Christian; Drexler, Jan Felix. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY Volume: 89 Issue: 23 Pages: 11858-11870 Published: DEC 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »Does the growth response of woody plants to elevated CO2 increase with temperature? A model-oriented meta-analysis
By: Baig, Sofia; Medlyn, Belinda E.; Mercado, Lina M.; Sonke, Zaehle. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY Volume: 21 Issue: 12 Pages: 4303-4319 Published: DEC 2015 | Find with Google Scholar »Behavioral Microbiomics: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Microbial Influence on Behavior
By: Adam C.-N. Wong, Andrew Holmes, Fleur Ponton, Mathieu Lihoreau, Kenneth Wilson, David Raubenheimer, and Stephen J. Simpson. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY Volume: 6 Article Number: 1359 Published: NOV 27 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »Aggressive Bimodal Communication in Domestic Dogs, Canis familiaris
By: Deaux, Eloise C.; Clarke, Jennifer A.; Charrier, Isabelle PLOS ONE Volume: 10 Issue: 11 Article Number: e0142975 Published: NOV 16 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »OsHV-1 countermeasures to the Pacific oyster’s anti-viral response
By: Timothy J. Greena, Jean-Luc Rolland, Agnes Vergnes, David Raftosa, Caroline Montagnanic. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY Volume: 47 Issue: 1 Pages: 435-443 Published: NOV 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »Current extinction rates of reptiles and amphibians
Current extinction rates of reptiles and amphibians By: Alroy, John PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Volume: 112 Issue: 42 Pages: 13003-13008 Published: OCT 20 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »Factors affecting recruitment of Beilschmiedia tawa in northern New Zealand
By: Morales, N. S. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF BOTANY Volume: 53 Issue: 4 Pages: 231-240 Published: OCT 2 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »Criteria for assessing the quality of Middle Pleistocene to Holocene vertebrate fossil ages
By: Marta Rodríguez-Reya, Salvador Herrando-Péreza, Richard Gillespie, Zenobia Jacobs, Frédérik Saltré, Barry W. Brook, Gavin J. Prideaux, Richard G. Roberts, Alan Cooper, John Alroy, Gifford H. Miller, Michael I. Bird, Christopher N. Johnson, Nicholas Beeton, Chris S.M. Turney, Corey J.A. Bradshaw. QUATERNARY GEOCHRONOLOGY Volume: 30 Pages: 69-79 Part: A Published: OCT 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »Minibrachium, a new subgenus of Rhamphobrachium (Annelida: Onuphidae) from Australia with the description of three new species
By: Paxton, Hannelore; Budaeva, Nataliya ZOOTAXA Volume: 4019 Issue: 1 Pages: 621-634 Published: SEP 18 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »Natural history and display behaviour of Servaea incana, a common and widespread Australian jumping spider (Araneae:Salticidae)
By: McGinley, Rowan H.; Mendez, Vivian; Taylor, Phillip W. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY Volume: 63 Issue: 5 Pages: 300-319 Published: 2015 | Find with Google Scholar »Do land surface models need to include differential plant species responses to drought? Examining model predictions across a mesic-xeric gradient in Europe
By: De Kauwe, M. G.; Zhou, S. -X.; Medlyn, B. E.; A. J. Pitman, Y.-P. Wang, R. A. Duursma, and I. C. Prentice. BIOGEOSCIENCES Volume: 12 Issue: 24 Pages: 7503-7518 Published: 2015 | Find with Google Scholar »Implementation of an optimal stomatal conductance scheme in the Australian Community Climate Earth Systems Simulator (ACCESS1.3b)
| Find with Google Scholar »Information in the Biosphere: Biological and Digital Worlds
By: Gillings, MR, Hilbert, M and Kemp, DJ (2016). Trends in Ecology and Evolution doi:10.1016/j.tree.2015.12.013 | Find with Google Scholar »Modeling character change heterogeneity in phylogenetic analyses of morphology through the use of priors
By: Wright, A. M., Lloyd, G. T. and Hillis, D. M., in press. . Systematic Biology. | Find with Google Scholar »Ghosts in the data: false detections in VEMCO pulse position modulation acoustic telemetry monitoring equipment.
By: Simpfendorfer, C. A., Huveneers, C., Steckenreuter, A., Tattersall, K., Hoenner, X., Harcourt, R., & Heupel, M. R. 2015. Animal Biotelemetry. 3(1), 1. | Find with Google Scholar »Prior exposure to capture heightens the corticosterone and behavioural responses of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) to acute stress.
By: Carroll, G., Turner, E., Dann, P., Harcourt, R. 2016. Conservation Physiology accepted Nov 16 2015. | Find with Google Scholar »The influence of environmental parameters on the performance and detection range of acoustic receivers.
By: Huveneers, C., Simpfendorfer, Colin; Kim, S., Semmens, J., Hobday, A., Pederson, H., Stieglitz, T., Vallee, R., Webber, D., Heupel, M., Peddemors, V., Harcourt, R. 2016. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. | Find with Google Scholar »In the Media
Professor Culum Brown provided comment to South Coast Register about social behaviour of sharks
Professor Culum Brown from the Department of Biological Sciences provided comment to South Coast Register about his ongoing research looking at the social behaviour of sharks by tracking them with acoustic tags.
Professor Michael Gillings contributed an article for The Conversation.
Professor Michael Gillings from the Department of Biological Sciences contributed the article ‘Not so science fiction after all, the internet could out-evolve humanity’ to The Conversation.
Professor Culum Brown provided comment to the Australian Financial Review, Malaysian Digest, Today Online and The Hindu, in ongoing coverage of his research that tracked the movements of sharks.
Professor Culum Brown from the Department of Biological Sciences provided comment to the Australian Financial Review, Malaysian Digest, Today Online and The Hindu, in ongoing coverage of his research that tracked the movements of sharks to gain insight into their social behaviour.
Professor Culum Brown provided comment to The New York Times about tracking the movements of sharks
Professor Culum Brown from the Department of Biological Sciences provided comment to The New York Times about his research which tracked the movements of sharks to gain insight into their social behaviour, and found that they appear to seek the company of other sharks.
Dr Marianne Peso authored for The Conversation: Four psychological tricks to help stick to your New Year’s resolutions.
Dr Marianne Peso from the Department of Biological Sciences authored the piece “Give bees a chance: the ancient art of bee-keeping could save our honey (and us too)”, for The Conversation.
Professor Rob Harcourt was interviewed on SBS Sydney World News about shark behaviour
Professor Rob Harcourt from the Department of Biological Sciences was interviewed on SBS Sydney World News about shark behaviour, after a spear fisherman was attacked off the coast of Central Queensland. See page 9 of report. (Jan 4)
Professor Culum Brown was referenced in a Huffington Post article on fish feeling pain
Professor Culum Brown from the Department of Biological Sciences was referenced in a Huffington Post article commenting on how studies have indicated that fish feel pain, but that these findings have been contested.
Professor Rob Harcourt is quoted in Daily Telegraph article on the prevalence of sharks around Sydney
Professor Rob Harcourt of the Department of Biological Sciences is quoted in Daily Telegraph article on the prevalence of sharks around Sydney (Jan 2).
Siobhan Dennison spoke to 2SER’s Breakfast program
Siobhan Dennison from the Department of Biological Sciences spoke to 2SER’s Breakfast program about the mating practices of black widow spiders.
Associate Professor Adam Stow provided comment to ABC Online
Associate Professor Adam Stow from the Department of Biological Sciences provided comment to ABC Online about the use of nets and drum lines to reduce shark populations in order to decrease the incidence of shark attack.
Dr Leanne Armand in Chemical & Engineering News
Dr Leanne Armand is quoted in Chemical & Engineering News on new phytoplankton research undertaken by A. Prof. Philip Heraud at Monash University. 21/12/15.