Fish intelligence, sentience and ethics
Brown, C. 2015. Fish intelligence, sentience and ethics. Animal Cognition 18:1-17. | Find with Google Scholar »
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Dear all,
the HOD office is being refurbished, so I have moved a little bit further down the corridor, and Anne-Marie and Hannah are on the third floor.
cheerio
Mariella
General News and Announcements
Friday drinks are back
The first Friday drinks of the year will be happening this Friday. Usual deal, $3 alcoholic drinks and free non-alcoholic drinks + snacks. We’ll be having a bit of a jam, so feel free to bring instruments and join in. See you all there!
James
Department meeting slides
Thank you all for attending last week’s Department meeting. I attach the slides I used.
Volunteer Field Assistant wanted for bird research in outback South Australia
See attached for details
Volunteer field assistant autumn 2015
Looking for membership for Level B promotions committee
Academics (Level C and above) – this is a great opportunity to get an insight into the promotions process. Please email me if you wish to be nominated.
New Seawater Facility arrived!
Check out the photos of the pods arriving up on the Hill.
AINSE Honours/MRes Scholarships now open
Students working at ANSTO from AINSE Member institutions are welcome to apply for an honours/MRes scholarship for 2015. This is a $5,000 stipend that is awarded to a student to help support them in their honours year.
Please find the application form attached. Applications close 15th February 2015.
Students that commenced mid-2014 and are continuing into 2015 are welcome to apply as well as new students commencing in 2015.
AINSE Honours scholarship application
O-Week: Wilderness Society is looking for volunteers
We are looking for HDR students to talk to first years and school students during O-Week (25 Feb). An excellent outreach opportunity for young researchers. Please email me if you are interested.
The Aus We Love A5 Flyer_Back_FA
Looking for accommodation
A New Zealand Masters student will be visiting Sydney early February and is looking for a week’s accommodation. Please email Greg Holwell (g.holwell@auckland.ac.nz) if you have help out.
New to the Department?
Please send me a short blurb about you with a photo so that I can introduce you in the weekly newsletter!
New Publications
Fire in Australian savannas: from leaf to landscape
Beringer, J., L. B. Hutley, D. Abramson, S. K. Arndt, P. Briggs, M. Bristow, J. G. Canadell, L. A. Cernusak, D. Eamus, A. C. Edwards, B. J. Evans, B. Fest, K. Goergen, S. P. Grover, J. Hacker, V. Haverd, K. Kanniah, S. J. Livesley, A. Lynch, S. Maier, C. Moore, M. Raupach, J. Russell-Smith, S. Scheiter, N. J. Tapper, and P. Uotila. 2015. Fire in Australian savannas: from leaf to landscape. Global Change Biology 21:62-81. | Find with Google Scholar »Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). IV. Multifaceted study of the brachyotis group identifies additional taxa
Potter, S., R. L. Close, D. A. Taggart, S. J. B. Cooper, and M. D. B. Eldridge. 2014. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). IV. Multifaceted study of the brachyotis group identifies additional taxa. Australian Journal of Zoology 62:401-414. | Find with Google Scholar »Behaviour and molecular physiology of nurses of worker and queen larvae in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
He, X. J., L. Q. Tian, A. B. Barron, C. Guan, H. Liu, X. B. Wu, and Z. J. Zeng. 2014. Behaviour and molecular physiology of nurses of worker and queen larvae in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 17:911-916. | Find with Google Scholar »The distribution of the European shore crab, Carcinus maenas, with respect to mangrove forests in southeastern Australia
Garside, C. and M. J. Bishop. 2014. The distribution of the European shore crab, Carcinus maenas, with respect to mangrove forests in southeastern Australia. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 461:173-178. | Find with Google Scholar »In the Media
New technology to detect sharks
Biologist Rob Harcourt talks to the ABC on the potential of new technology to track sharks.
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The Supply Chain in Farming
Emeritus Professor Andy Beattie talks about a more holistic way to look at farming in The Conversation
Male praying mantids like big, bright butts!
Ever wondered what a male mantid is looking for in a female – Biologist Kate Barry found out that they like females with large and bright abdomens.
Read more about it here:
Recent Completions
PhD: Anthony Manea – Impacts of key threatening processes on grass-dominated ecosystems in a high C02 world: a case study of Cumberland Plain Woodland
Supervised by Michelle Leishman
PhD – Matt Lott: Nematode Community Dynamics in Australian Vertebrates: Impacts of Contemporary Captive Management Practices
Supervised by Michelle Power
PhD – Anna Ukkola: Effects of Vegetation Processes on Water Resources at Global and Continental Scales
Supervised by Colin Prentice, Trevor Keenan, Ian Wright