Pat Taggart

We’ve recently spent a week in the arid zone surveying for one of Australia’s most elusive mammals – itjaritjari/the marsupial mole @Uncle_Maddog 🧵1/8

Want to join a global 🌎 initiative to test the thermal limits of 🐟 using standard approach? Led by @PatriceEcoEvo, we are planning a globally distributed experiment to collect data on fish embryonic heat tolerance 🌡️. Make this experiment global! 🔗: thermalecologyalliance.org

Quantifying timing and impact of invasive predators on seabird breeding success conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

New paper in @Ecology_Letters. We show that bats 🦇 fatten predictably in cold climates, but also in warm climates with strong rainfall seasonality. This relationship is also influenced by interactions with sex and study year | doi.org/10.1111/ele.70… | @westsyduhie

A lay-person summary of our paper can be found in @ConversationEDU | theconversation.com/bats-get-fat-t…

Today we are launching an urgent appeal for nature 🌏🌳 Our ecosystems on land and water are irreplaceable. The past decade has been the warmest on record. Climate change and biodiversity loss are accelerating, threatening the nature we all depend on. Together, we can take tangible action to strengthen our precious landscapes 💪 Your tax-time donation will be DOUBLED up to $1 million! Let's go further, together. 👉 Donate before 30 June and help us reach our goal of raising $3.5 million: bit.ly/436xK4e 🎞️ @grasslandfilms #WeLoveNature #ClimateSolutions #Biodiversity #Conservation

@alsnothome Thanks Al. That’s what I’m using at the moment, which I wasn’t sure if was the best method or not. I was trying to follow a microbiome community analysis paper which used ANCOM-BC, but that is just for microbiome/genetic data, not general ecology data

@PLTaggart SIMPER? It will give you species contributing to withing group similarity and among group dissimilarity. It is not a formal test like PERMANOVA but a useful descriptive method

After conducting a PERMANOVA to formally test for differences in animal communities, what is the best/most appropriate way to identify and test what specific species are driving community differences? Desert salt lake photo for interest

Note my data are not genetic/microbiome data

A/Prof Daniel Noble, a leader in evolutionary ecology and ecophysiology based @ScienceANU, has been awarded the Fenner Medal which recognises outstanding research in biology.

@DanielWANoble @EcoEvo_ANU Congrats Dan!! Well deserved!

Very happy and humbled to have received this award. A huge thanks to all my wonderful colleagues @EcoEvo_ANU and abroad who made this possible!

We’re looking for another ecologist here in SA. Please share widely and check it out yourself. Happy to chat to anyone interested and suitably qualified. Join the team! nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/2002…

If you haven’t put an application in for our ecologist position already then please check it out. Applications close soon

Time is running out to apply for this exciting role on our SA team ecolsoc.org.au/opportunities/…

Gibber pebbles play a vital role in our arid ecosystems, offering a protective blanket to armour hillslopes against erosion + they act like natural mulch, limiting vegetation growth & leading to incredible heterogenous landscapes! Read all about it in this recap by Honours student Ida Gaulke in collaboration with @MonashUni Geomorphology Lab👉 bit.ly/3QcPZil

@NicholasWuNZ @Nature @PatriceEcoEvo @pietro_pollo @SammyMarineB @szymekD @itchyshin Amazing, congrats!!

New paper in @Nature led by @PatriceEcoEvo! We demonstrated global vulnerability of amphibians to warming, threatening 10% of >5,000 species examined. How did we do it? | nature.com/articles/s4158… | See thread🧵

@HuveneersSSEG @jcu @BiopixelTV @usceduau @Meyer_Sci @SouthernSharkEG @ausmarineparks @Parks_Australia @arc_gov_au @Flinders A portion of their diet was cows?

With >50% of tiger shark diet on Norfolk Island being bird, it made sense to start learning more about Norfolk's seabirds New project targeting shearwater movement and rafting ecology just started in collaboration with #NicholasCarlile @jcu @BiopixelTV @usceduau

📢AWMS is delighted to announce details for our 38th annual conference! It will be held in Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand, on 2–4 December 2025. The conference theme is 'New challenges. new solutions'. Abstracts open on 1st July 2025! Find out more: awms.org.au/conference/awm…

@TKusuminda Sure. Send me an email and we can organise something patrick.taggart@bushheritage.org.au

@PLTaggart Hi Pat, I am interested in applying for this position and like to chat with you about it.

💼 Your next job in conservation could be just around the corner! We're looking to fill multiple positions, including an #Ecologist role and an #AccountsOfficer role. This is your chance to play a vital part in protecting Australia's unique wildlife and their habitats! 🌱 Follow the link to learn more and apply 👉 bit.ly/3QDUhje #ConservationJobs #Biodiversity #Sustainability #JobOpportunity