BEAM | Ngura Nandamari
@beamuts.bsky.social
Based at University of Technology Sydney, our research focuses on species ecology and biogeography, using advanced statistical methods and modelling to examine how species and communities interact with their environments across spatial and temporal scales.
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Thrilled to see our latest research featured in @theguardian.com @australianmuseum.bsky.social @ecologybrad.bsky.social @kjpeters.bsky.social @coorongdan.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
Australia’s #koala paradox: why is the beloved marsupial endangered in parts but overabundant in others? www.theguardian.com/environment/... @theguardian.com
Australia’s koala paradox: why is the beloved marsupial endangered in parts but overabundant in others?
There are so many koalas in some places that food is the issue – while elsewhere populations are threatened by habitat loss. And there are no easy fixes
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Thrilled to see our latest research featured in @theguardian.com @australianmuseum.bsky.social @ecologybrad.bsky.social @kjpeters.bsky.social @coorongdan.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
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New paper:
Balancing high densities and conservation targets to optimise #koala management strategies
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
@fredsaltre.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social @beamuts.bsky.social @coorongdan.bsky.social
Balancing high densities and conservation targets to optimise #koala management strategies
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
@fredsaltre.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social @beamuts.bsky.social @coorongdan.bsky.social
Balancing High Densities and Conservation Targets to Optimise Koala Management Strategies
The koala population in South Australia's Mount Lofty Ranges is increasing, raising concerns about overbrowsing and the need for sustainable management. Using combined demographic, point-process, and...
doi.org
January 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
New paper:
Balancing high densities and conservation targets to optimise #koala management strategies
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
@fredsaltre.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social @beamuts.bsky.social @coorongdan.bsky.social
Balancing high densities and conservation targets to optimise #koala management strategies
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
@fredsaltre.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social @beamuts.bsky.social @coorongdan.bsky.social
New paper out 🐨🌱
SA koala densities are exceeding habitat capacity conservation priorities.
Modelling 25 years of pop growth, hab. suitability, and fertility control strategies, we found: 1) Pop growth projected at +17–25% w/out action, 2) Adult female fertility control most cost effective option.
SA koala densities are exceeding habitat capacity conservation priorities.
Modelling 25 years of pop growth, hab. suitability, and fertility control strategies, we found: 1) Pop growth projected at +17–25% w/out action, 2) Adult female fertility control most cost effective option.
January 14, 2026 at 3:27 AM
New paper out 🐨🌱
SA koala densities are exceeding habitat capacity conservation priorities.
Modelling 25 years of pop growth, hab. suitability, and fertility control strategies, we found: 1) Pop growth projected at +17–25% w/out action, 2) Adult female fertility control most cost effective option.
SA koala densities are exceeding habitat capacity conservation priorities.
Modelling 25 years of pop growth, hab. suitability, and fertility control strategies, we found: 1) Pop growth projected at +17–25% w/out action, 2) Adult female fertility control most cost effective option.
Only a few days left!
💰 Postdoc funding opportunity
Looking for EOI postdoc to co-develop a grant application focusing on climate change impact on scrub typhus risk in Australia
📍 UTS / Australian Museum
🧠 Strong modelling skills needed
🔗Details + EOI Form: www.biogeographyuts.org/post/express...
💰 Postdoc funding opportunity
Looking for EOI postdoc to co-develop a grant application focusing on climate change impact on scrub typhus risk in Australia
📍 UTS / Australian Museum
🧠 Strong modelling skills needed
🔗Details + EOI Form: www.biogeographyuts.org/post/express...
Expression of Interest: funding application for Postdoctoral research position
We invite expressions of interest for a postdoc applicant to the National Intelligence Postdoctoral Grant. The project focuses on forecasting scrub typhus risks in Australia using demographic and ecol...
www.biogeographyuts.org
January 5, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Only a few days left!
💰 Postdoc funding opportunity
Looking for EOI postdoc to co-develop a grant application focusing on climate change impact on scrub typhus risk in Australia
📍 UTS / Australian Museum
🧠 Strong modelling skills needed
🔗Details + EOI Form: www.biogeographyuts.org/post/express...
💰 Postdoc funding opportunity
Looking for EOI postdoc to co-develop a grant application focusing on climate change impact on scrub typhus risk in Australia
📍 UTS / Australian Museum
🧠 Strong modelling skills needed
🔗Details + EOI Form: www.biogeographyuts.org/post/express...
At the British Ecological Society meeting this week in Edinburgh! 🌿
Talking about « The ecological analogue myth: non-native mammals undermine ecosystem stability”
If you’re around, feel free to reach out.
#BES2025 #Ecology #Conservation #RestorationEcology #NonNativeSpecies #ScienceChat
Talking about « The ecological analogue myth: non-native mammals undermine ecosystem stability”
If you’re around, feel free to reach out.
#BES2025 #Ecology #Conservation #RestorationEcology #NonNativeSpecies #ScienceChat
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
At the British Ecological Society meeting this week in Edinburgh! 🌿
Talking about « The ecological analogue myth: non-native mammals undermine ecosystem stability”
If you’re around, feel free to reach out.
#BES2025 #Ecology #Conservation #RestorationEcology #NonNativeSpecies #ScienceChat
Talking about « The ecological analogue myth: non-native mammals undermine ecosystem stability”
If you’re around, feel free to reach out.
#BES2025 #Ecology #Conservation #RestorationEcology #NonNativeSpecies #ScienceChat
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Did some filming yesterday with the @abcnewsbot.bsky.social in #BelairNationalPark for a #koala piece based on a paper led by @fredsaltre.bsky.social of @beamuts.bsky.social coming out (hopefully) next week
@flindersuniversity.bsky.social
@flindersuniversity.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Did some filming yesterday with the @abcnewsbot.bsky.social in #BelairNationalPark for a #koala piece based on a paper led by @fredsaltre.bsky.social of @beamuts.bsky.social coming out (hopefully) next week
@flindersuniversity.bsky.social
@flindersuniversity.bsky.social
New blog post:
“My gap year between Honours and PhD” ✨🌊
Not always a straight path and that’s okay. If you’re thinking about taking time off between study stages, or wondering what it might look like:
🔗 www.biogeographyuts.org/post/my-gap-...
#AcademicLife #MarineBiology #ResearchJourney
“My gap year between Honours and PhD” ✨🌊
Not always a straight path and that’s okay. If you’re thinking about taking time off between study stages, or wondering what it might look like:
🔗 www.biogeographyuts.org/post/my-gap-...
#AcademicLife #MarineBiology #ResearchJourney
December 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
New blog post:
“My gap year between Honours and PhD” ✨🌊
Not always a straight path and that’s okay. If you’re thinking about taking time off between study stages, or wondering what it might look like:
🔗 www.biogeographyuts.org/post/my-gap-...
#AcademicLife #MarineBiology #ResearchJourney
“My gap year between Honours and PhD” ✨🌊
Not always a straight path and that’s okay. If you’re thinking about taking time off between study stages, or wondering what it might look like:
🔗 www.biogeographyuts.org/post/my-gap-...
#AcademicLife #MarineBiology #ResearchJourney
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🌊🐬 New Paper Out! 🧬✨
We’ve developed the first ever epigenetic clock for common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) — using DNA from stranded & bycaught individuals to estimate age non-lethally and with high accuracy. A major step forward for dolphin conservation.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We’ve developed the first ever epigenetic clock for common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) — using DNA from stranded & bycaught individuals to estimate age non-lethally and with high accuracy. A major step forward for dolphin conservation.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Dental Ageing Offers New Insights Into the First Epigenetic Clock for Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis)
We present the first species-specific epigenetic clock for common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), calibrated using dental ages from stranded and bycaught individuals. Despite concerns about dental agei....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
🌊🐬 New Paper Out! 🧬✨
We’ve developed the first ever epigenetic clock for common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) — using DNA from stranded & bycaught individuals to estimate age non-lethally and with high accuracy. A major step forward for dolphin conservation.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We’ve developed the first ever epigenetic clock for common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) — using DNA from stranded & bycaught individuals to estimate age non-lethally and with high accuracy. A major step forward for dolphin conservation.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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New research out! 🐬
We tested 16 NZ toothed whale species to see if habitat predicts PFAS levels.
Results:
• Habitat = weak predictor
• Sex & age = stronger predictors
• Even remote oceans aren’t safe from PFAS
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
#PFAS #MarineScience #Cetaceans #MAVELab #CERG
We tested 16 NZ toothed whale species to see if habitat predicts PFAS levels.
Results:
• Habitat = weak predictor
• Sex & age = stronger predictors
• Even remote oceans aren’t safe from PFAS
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
#PFAS #MarineScience #Cetaceans #MAVELab #CERG
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
New research out! 🐬
We tested 16 NZ toothed whale species to see if habitat predicts PFAS levels.
Results:
• Habitat = weak predictor
• Sex & age = stronger predictors
• Even remote oceans aren’t safe from PFAS
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
#PFAS #MarineScience #Cetaceans #MAVELab #CERG
We tested 16 NZ toothed whale species to see if habitat predicts PFAS levels.
Results:
• Habitat = weak predictor
• Sex & age = stronger predictors
• Even remote oceans aren’t safe from PFAS
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
#PFAS #MarineScience #Cetaceans #MAVELab #CERG
'Forever chemicals’ contaminate more dolphins and whales than we thought – new research theconversation.com/forever-chem... @australianmuseum.bsky.social @kjpeters.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social @ecologybrad.bsky.social
‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate more dolphins and whales than we thought – new research
The sex and age of an animal turn out to be stronger predictors than habitat for higher PFAS levels, suggesting they accumulate over a lifetime.
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
'Forever chemicals’ contaminate more dolphins and whales than we thought – new research theconversation.com/forever-chem... @australianmuseum.bsky.social @kjpeters.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social @ecologybrad.bsky.social
We’ve just started a blog where we’ll share our #research in #Ecology, #ClimateChange, #Biogeography, data & softwares. 🌿
It’s still early days, but we’d love for you to check it out and connect if these topics resonate.
🔗 www.biogeographyuts.org/blog
#OpenScience #ScienceInContext #ResearchLog
It’s still early days, but we’d love for you to check it out and connect if these topics resonate.
🔗 www.biogeographyuts.org/blog
#OpenScience #ScienceInContext #ResearchLog
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www.biogeographyuts.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We’ve just started a blog where we’ll share our #research in #Ecology, #ClimateChange, #Biogeography, data & softwares. 🌿
It’s still early days, but we’d love for you to check it out and connect if these topics resonate.
🔗 www.biogeographyuts.org/blog
#OpenScience #ScienceInContext #ResearchLog
It’s still early days, but we’d love for you to check it out and connect if these topics resonate.
🔗 www.biogeographyuts.org/blog
#OpenScience #ScienceInContext #ResearchLog
@fredsaltre.bsky.social worked with Year 5–6 students in Adelaide ont how #ClimateChange, #LandClearing, and #InvasiveSpecies affect animals distributions and survival. 🌱🌏
Big thanks to the amazing teacher who made this happen.💚
#ScienceEducation #Ecology #Biodiversity #STEM #Sustainability
Big thanks to the amazing teacher who made this happen.💚
#ScienceEducation #Ecology #Biodiversity #STEM #Sustainability
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
@fredsaltre.bsky.social worked with Year 5–6 students in Adelaide ont how #ClimateChange, #LandClearing, and #InvasiveSpecies affect animals distributions and survival. 🌱🌏
Big thanks to the amazing teacher who made this happen.💚
#ScienceEducation #Ecology #Biodiversity #STEM #Sustainability
Big thanks to the amazing teacher who made this happen.💚
#ScienceEducation #Ecology #Biodiversity #STEM #Sustainability
🎤 @fredsaltre.bsky.social presenting “Trait-Space divergence & the use of #non-native #mammals in #conservation strategies” as part of the #EnvironmentalFutures #UOW #Seminar Series 🌿
A great opportunity to discuss how better understand & protect #biodiversity 🌏 #Ecology #Research #Science
A great opportunity to discuss how better understand & protect #biodiversity 🌏 #Ecology #Research #Science
October 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
🎤 @fredsaltre.bsky.social presenting “Trait-Space divergence & the use of #non-native #mammals in #conservation strategies” as part of the #EnvironmentalFutures #UOW #Seminar Series 🌿
A great opportunity to discuss how better understand & protect #biodiversity 🌏 #Ecology #Research #Science
A great opportunity to discuss how better understand & protect #biodiversity 🌏 #Ecology #Research #Science
🐨 New paper out on #Genomics Kangaroo Island #Koalas #Australia. Islands protect species from threats, but...
🔎 Findings:
• KI koalas = lower #genetic #diversity than mainland
• Evidence of inbreeding + maladaptation from a bottleneck
• Genetic rescue needed
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🔎 Findings:
• KI koalas = lower #genetic #diversity than mainland
• Evidence of inbreeding + maladaptation from a bottleneck
• Genetic rescue needed
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Conservation Arks: Genomic Erosion and Inbreeding in an Abundant Island Population of Koalas
The persistence of many threatened species depends on isolated habitat patches such as conservation parks, fenced reserves, and islands. While these ‘conservation arks’ provide refuge from many conte...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🐨 New paper out on #Genomics Kangaroo Island #Koalas #Australia. Islands protect species from threats, but...
🔎 Findings:
• KI koalas = lower #genetic #diversity than mainland
• Evidence of inbreeding + maladaptation from a bottleneck
• Genetic rescue needed
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🔎 Findings:
• KI koalas = lower #genetic #diversity than mainland
• Evidence of inbreeding + maladaptation from a bottleneck
• Genetic rescue needed
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🎓 Always a joy to celebrate achievements, but even more special when it’s your students!
Big congrats to Elise Beaumont, Lavinia Stokes & Will Perkins on graduating to #Honours!
#MarineScience #StudentSuccess #ResearchJourney @kjpeters.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
Big congrats to Elise Beaumont, Lavinia Stokes & Will Perkins on graduating to #Honours!
#MarineScience #StudentSuccess #ResearchJourney @kjpeters.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
🎓 Always a joy to celebrate achievements, but even more special when it’s your students!
Big congrats to Elise Beaumont, Lavinia Stokes & Will Perkins on graduating to #Honours!
#MarineScience #StudentSuccess #ResearchJourney @kjpeters.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
Big congrats to Elise Beaumont, Lavinia Stokes & Will Perkins on graduating to #Honours!
#MarineScience #StudentSuccess #ResearchJourney @kjpeters.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
Our new research shows northern #Australia’s monsoon #rainfall over 150,000 years was shaped by sea level shifts + coastal proximity, often out of phase with the East Asian #monsoon.
#ClimateChange #Paleoclimate @ciehf.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ClimateChange #Paleoclimate @ciehf.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Our new research shows northern #Australia’s monsoon #rainfall over 150,000 years was shaped by sea level shifts + coastal proximity, often out of phase with the East Asian #monsoon.
#ClimateChange #Paleoclimate @ciehf.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ClimateChange #Paleoclimate @ciehf.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Our new #paper is out!
Sahul’s large-bodied animal #communities have drastically changed since the Late #Pleistocene.
#Mammals and #herbivores were the hardest hit, leading to major shifts in the structure and function of #ecosystems over time. @beamuts.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social
Sahul’s large-bodied animal #communities have drastically changed since the Late #Pleistocene.
#Mammals and #herbivores were the hardest hit, leading to major shifts in the structure and function of #ecosystems over time. @beamuts.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social
New paper just out:
Trophic and taxonomic restructuring of Sahul's large-bodied animal community since the Late Pleistocene
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Trophic and taxonomic restructuring of Sahul's large-bodied animal community since the Late Pleistocene
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Trophic and taxonomic restructuring of Sahul's large-bodied animal community since the Late Pleistocene
PDF | Communities of large-bodied animals have changed in composition since the Late Pleistocene, triggering flow-on effects for modern ecosystems.... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...
www.researchgate.net
July 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Our new #paper is out!
Sahul’s large-bodied animal #communities have drastically changed since the Late #Pleistocene.
#Mammals and #herbivores were the hardest hit, leading to major shifts in the structure and function of #ecosystems over time. @beamuts.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social
Sahul’s large-bodied animal #communities have drastically changed since the Late #Pleistocene.
#Mammals and #herbivores were the hardest hit, leading to major shifts in the structure and function of #ecosystems over time. @beamuts.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social
Attended the @aciucn.bsky.social Species Survival Symposium. 🌧️ Weather aside, it was brilliant to reconnect, share research cross-sectors, and listen to #FirstNations, backing their leadership in healing Country.
#Conservation #Biodiversity @euanritchie.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
#Conservation #Biodiversity @euanritchie.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Attended the @aciucn.bsky.social Species Survival Symposium. 🌧️ Weather aside, it was brilliant to reconnect, share research cross-sectors, and listen to #FirstNations, backing their leadership in healing Country.
#Conservation #Biodiversity @euanritchie.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
#Conservation #Biodiversity @euanritchie.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
Great to contribute to this paper led by @citizenstem.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social @conservbytes.bsky.social
A guide for developing demo-genetic models to simulate genetic rescue onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#GeneticRescue @ecologybrad.bsky.social @ciehf.bsky.social
A guide for developing demo-genetic models to simulate genetic rescue onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#GeneticRescue @ecologybrad.bsky.social @ciehf.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Great to contribute to this paper led by @citizenstem.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social @conservbytes.bsky.social
A guide for developing demo-genetic models to simulate genetic rescue onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#GeneticRescue @ecologybrad.bsky.social @ciehf.bsky.social
A guide for developing demo-genetic models to simulate genetic rescue onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#GeneticRescue @ecologybrad.bsky.social @ciehf.bsky.social
🚀 We’re live!
The Biogeography, Ecology & Modelling Lab at UTS finally has a website! 🎉
🌐 Check it out: www.biogeographyuts.org
#Ecology #Biogeography #ClimateChange #Conservation #ScienceWithImpact #Science
@ecologybrad.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social
@ciehf.bsky.social
The Biogeography, Ecology & Modelling Lab at UTS finally has a website! 🎉
🌐 Check it out: www.biogeographyuts.org
#Ecology #Biogeography #ClimateChange #Conservation #ScienceWithImpact #Science
@ecologybrad.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social
@ciehf.bsky.social
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July 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
🚀 We’re live!
The Biogeography, Ecology & Modelling Lab at UTS finally has a website! 🎉
🌐 Check it out: www.biogeographyuts.org
#Ecology #Biogeography #ClimateChange #Conservation #ScienceWithImpact #Science
@ecologybrad.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social
@ciehf.bsky.social
The Biogeography, Ecology & Modelling Lab at UTS finally has a website! 🎉
🌐 Check it out: www.biogeographyuts.org
#Ecology #Biogeography #ClimateChange #Conservation #ScienceWithImpact #Science
@ecologybrad.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social
@ciehf.bsky.social