Animal Ecology Lab

New paper on the musical #dance of the Albert's #lyrebird. #birdsong journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…… @fiona_backhouse @AnimalEcoLab @BW_Robinson

Excited to share our paper on bat mating systems! 🦇 We categorise mating systems based on male reproductive skew, and propose a new mating system: lek-like mating systems onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec… @Wingtags @AnimalEcology @westsyduhie @JustinWelbergen @KarrieARose @Ecol_Evol

@ecophys @JuliaLanguage Congratulations, Michael!!

Just published: Quantifying Diets of Wildlife and Fish: Practical and Applied Methods Bringing together knowledge from both terrestrial and aquatic systems, this book explores traditional approaches as well as newer methods for studying animal diets. publish.csiro.au/book/8027/

‘Joyful madness’: ANU scientist wins global prize for ‘dancing his PhD’ about kangaroos dlvr.it/T3JHVs

Our new research aims to better understand two threatened species: the Christmas Island goshawk and the Christmas Island hawk-owl.🦅🦉 We're learning more about their population sizes, habitat preferences, diet and genetic diversity. #ChristmasIsland nesplandscapes.edu.au/projects/nesp-… 1/2

#ABCscience is having a #lyrebird song and dance extravaganza for #scienceweek! abc.net.au/news/2023-08-1… For more on the science of lyrebird song and dance see lyrebirdlab.org/publications including (thread):

@Jones_ann @alexcmaisey @fiona_backhouse @AnimalEcoLab @westsyduhie

Cuteness & New Paper🚨 We use Close-kin mark-recapture to assess the critically endangered 🎄🏝️🦇 CKMR estimated total adult female abundance to be ~2050 individuals! @SciReports @CSIRO @westsyduhie @batslab @AusBats @AnimalEcoLab nature.com/articles/s4159…

Our new paper is out in @Amornith! We now know that "Preferred nesting habitat of the slow-breeding Superb #Lyrebird is rare and was disproportionately impacted by Australia’s “Black Summer” #megafires (2019–2020).." academic.oup.com/condor/advance…. Congratulations @lyrebirdlab

Lyrebirds are losing their voices due to continued #habitatloss @westernsydneyu doi.org/grf6mq phys.org/news/2022-12-l…

A new study led by Western Sydney University @westsyduhie reveals Albert’s lyrebirds are losing their voice due to continued habitat loss, with variation in song diversity indicating declining population health and the need for conservation action. READ - bit.ly/3utXgzL

@DrAnthonyChmiel @MARCSInstitute @fiona_backhouse So wonderful to be a part of the 2022 Music Science Conference @MARCSInstitute It was an exciting day! Thanks for inviting us! @AnimalEcoLab @westsyduhie @uowresearch @UOW_CSES @CornellBirds

If you are interested in the impact of #SocialTransmission in #VocalMimicry, this talk led by @fiona_backhouse in the #ABS2021 conference is for you! Available on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=Ui6309…

BREAKING NEWS: The 2022 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Svante Pääbo “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.”

Multiple postdoctoral Research positions are available in Soil and Plant Microbiomes, in our group @westsyduhie Prior experience in virome, metagenomics and/or metabolomics is advantageous. Deadline for application submission in 3 October. Please re-tweet uws.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?e…

This iconic Australian spider-eating #bat was once safe from fire – until the Black Summer burnt its rainforests theconversation.com/this-spider-ea… via @ConversationEDU #wildoz @turbillc @westsyduhie @nswdpi @AusBats

@ElieDoesEcology @batslab @Wingtags @MatthiasBoer Such great and important work, Elie! You’re a ⭐️

The second paper from my masters is out! We compared ground counts of the number of flying-foxes in colonies across urban Sydney to counts derived from aerial thermal imagery with some surprising results. doi.org/10.1071/WR21120

An exciting opportunity for a field-based PhD project, the student will need to be comfortable with prolonged and very remote field work in western Queensland, bring a strong collaborative approach, and be passionate about research that informs management of threatened species

@gmetternicht Welcome Graciela!

Thrilled to join WSU, #1 worldwide in 2022 Times Higher Education for its commitment to the UN SDGs. Western Sydney University appoints new Dean of Science | Western Sydney University westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/new…