Responses of two semiarid conifer tree species to reduced precipitation and warming reveal new perspectives for stomatal regulation
Garcia-Forner N, Adams HD, Sevanto S, Collins AD, Dickman LT, Hudson PJ, Zeppel M, MartÍNez-Vilalta J, McDowell NG, 2015. Responses of two semiarid conifer tree species to reduced precipitation and warming reveal new perspectives for stomatal regulation. Plant, Cell & Environment:n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1111/pce.12588 | Find with Google Scholar »
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Dear all,
Many thanks for the feedback on the 2014 annual report so far. The document is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AGJl08dlCFejHtxgK9eVVKxdObNeZogjCyjta-E3P14/edit?usp=sharing
I will close it off today at 5pm and send it to print next week. If you have photos of animals, plants, microbes, people, please dropbox them to me with a word doc that includes a description and photo credit.
I am particularly looking for the cover photo…we have had animals two years running (if you count Daphnia as an animal). Time for a plant!!!! Send me your best planty photos!
cheerio
Mariella
General News and Announcements
Our new HOD
I am delighted to announce that Michelle Leishman has been appointed by the Dean as Biology’s new Head of Department. The official ‘Passing of the Buck’ (or Doe in this case) ceremony is on the 15th of July and will inaugurate Michelle’s term.
International Postgraduate Research scholarships – due 31 August 2015
The updated 2016 International Postgraduate Research scholarships (IPRS) information is now available on the HDRO website.
The completed and submitted E application or original application must be received or post-dated no later than 31 August 2015.
Successful applicants must commence the IPRS in Session 1, 2016.
Plant of the week
Eucalyptus sideroxylon – Mugga Ironbark – one of the very few pink flowered eucalypts of Eastern Australia
Reproductive success
Congratulations to Tory Clarke who has given birth to the lovely Reuben Kellaway Clarke, born Sat June 13th at 9.48 pm, 3.66 kg and 52.5 cm. All are well and delighted!
Movie and drinks
Don’t forget to come to the E8 tearoom this afternoon for the movie Frackman (http://frackmanthemovie.com/about)
and drinks starting at 4:30!
Addendum to the L&T Green Paper
If you have not already, have a look at it (http://mq.edu.au/thisweek/2015/06/14/the-talk-of-the-town-hall/#.VYNahBOqqkp) and whizz off any comments to pvclt@mq.edu.au
Jobs – Systematic Zoology, Germany
see attached
ausschreibung_professorship_systematic_zoology_may15
Honorary Award Nominations
If you know someone who you think deserves an honorary degree from MQ, please let me know.
NSW Fisheries Scientific Committee
Congratulations to Jane Williamson who has been reappointed to the NSW Fisheries Scientific Committee for a 3 years term.
Scientific Advisory Committee for the Society for Marine Mammalogy
Congratulations to Rob Harcourt for his appointment to the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Society for Marine Mammalogy.
2015 Australasian Wildlife Management Society conference
The 2015 Australasian Wildlife Management Society conference will be held in Perth in November. We were wondering whether you could distribute following information among your students, colleagues and other interested parties? I also attached the Call for Abstracts PDF and a poster PDF.
AWMS 2015 – ‘Wildlife Management in a Changing Environment’
The Call for Abstracts opened for the upcoming 28th annual Australasian Wildlife Management Society (AWMS) conference being held in Perth, Western Australia, November 24-26 2015.
This year, the overall theme for AWMS2015 is ‘Wildlife Management in a Changing Environment’. In our dynamic environment, climatic, biological, and social challenges need to be met to ensure the future for our charismatic wildlife. Our tools and approaches to wildlife management therefore also have to adapt to our changing environment.
An AWMS conference typically attracts 200 delegates, all of whom have an interest in the wildlife management field. AWMS promotes the use of science to identify appropriate wildlife management principles and practices, develop plans of management, and to implement and review these plans within a social, environmental, economic and political context. AWMS members include research scientists, educators, wildlife managers, and extension, interpretation and policy professionals.
In addition to dedicated session for student and general presentations, proposed symposia are:
– From Management to Stewardship
– Engineering ecosystems
– Managing feral cats and canids in complex systems – tools, techniques, and tensions
– Wildlife Management education and engagement
– Remote surveillance
– Genetics for Wildlife Management
For more information on the conference, student prizes and subsidies, how to register and submit abstracts please visit our conference website www.awms.org.au/conference, see the attached PDF or contact the conference organiser (conference@awms.org.au).
Grant opportunities with Taronga zoo
Jobs – UK
Lecturer in Life Sciences @ Lincoln University
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ALJ190/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-life-sciences/
New Publications
Genetic Divergence among Regions Containing the Vulnerable Great Desert Skink (Liopholis kintorei) in the Australian Arid Zone
Dennison S, McAlpin S, Chapple DG, Stow AJ, 2015. Genetic Divergence among Regions Containing the Vulnerable Great Desert Skink (Liopholis kintorei) in the Australian Arid Zone. PLoS ONE 10:e0128874. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128874. | Find with Google Scholar »An Integrative Framework for the Appraisal of Coloration in Nature
Kemp DJ, Herberstein ME, Fleishman LJ, Endler JA, Bennett ATD, Dyer AG, Hart NS, Marshall J, Whiting MJ, 2015. An Integrative Framework for the Appraisal of Coloration in Nature. American Naturalist 185:705-724. doi: | Find with Google Scholar »Ecosystem risk assessment for Gnarled Mossy Cloud Forest, Lord Howe Island, Australia
Auld TD, Leishman MR, 2015. Ecosystem risk assessment for Gnarled Mossy Cloud Forest, Lord Howe Island, Australia. Austral Ecology 40:364-372. doi: 10.1111/aec.12202. | Find with Google Scholar »Towards consistency, rigour and compatibility of risk assessments for ecosystems and ecological communities
Nicholson E, Regan TJ, Auld TD, Burns EL, Chisholm LA, English V, Harris S, Harrison P, Kingsford RT, Leishman MR, Metcalfe DJ, Pisanu P, Watson CJ, White M, White MD, Williams RJ, Wilson B, Keith DA, 2015. Towards consistency, rigour and compatibility of risk assessments for ecosystems and ecological communities. Austral Ecology 40:347-363. doi: 10.1111/aec.12148. | Find with Google Scholar »Ecosystem risk assessment for Cumberland Plain Woodland, New South Wales, Australia
Tozer MG, Leishman MR, Auld TD, 2015. Ecosystem risk assessment for Cumberland Plain Woodland, New South Wales, Australia. Austral Ecology 40:400-410. doi: 10.1111/aec.12201. | Find with Google Scholar »An International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List ecosystems risk assessment for alpine snow patch herbfields, South-Eastern Australia
Williams RJ, Wahren CH, Stott KAJ, Camac JS, White M, Burns E, Harris S, Nash M, Morgan JW, Venn S, Papst WA, Hoffmann AA, 2015. An International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List ecosystems risk assessment for alpine snow patch herbfields, South-Eastern Australia. Austral Ecology 40:433-443. doi: 10.1111/aec.12266. | Find with Google Scholar »Life in the unthinking depths: energetic constraints on encephalization in marine fishes
Iglesias TL, Dornburg A, Brandley MC, Alfaro ME, Warren DL, 2015. Life in the unthinking depths: energetic constraints on encephalization in marine fishes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28:1080-1090. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12631. | Find with Google Scholar »Modeling rates of life form cover change in burned and unburned alpine heathland subject to experimental warming
Camac JS, Williams RJ, Wahren CH, Jarrad F, Hoffmann AA, Vesk PA, 2015. Modeling rates of life form cover change in burned and unburned alpine heathland subject to experimental warming. Oecologia 178:629-630. doi: 10.1007/s00442-015-3309-3. | Find with Google Scholar »In the Media
The timing of spring termines the onset of autumn in trees
A recent model developed by Macquarie University Research fellow, Trevor Keenan shows that if spring is early for trees, so is autumn. Read more about it in the Scientific American.
Photo credit: wikimedia
Conservation and parasites
PhD student Elke Vermeulen and her research on the impact of parasites on threatened species is featured in the Australian Museum Blog
The Science of Mantis Shrimp
Biologist Siobhan Dennison explains the intriguing biology of mantis shrimp on 2SER
Photo Credit: Klaus Stiefel
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