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Dylan Westaway @dylanwestaway.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 New research

🦉 Using citizen science data, we created a regional SDM for the cryptic sooty owl (Tyto tenebricosa). We then used field surveys and occupancy modelling to validate the SDM.

🌳 We discuss factors driving habitat suitability and conservation implications for this apex predator

Developing a regional species distribution model and validating with independent survey data: a case study of an avian apex predator, the greater sooty owl (Tyto tenebricosa)

Context Comprehensive understanding of the distribution and habitat requirements of wildlife species is crucial for the development of effective conservation strategies. For cryptic predators, such as...

www.publish.csiro.au

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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · Jul 30

Areas of ocean that are cooler than average are shown in BLUE.

Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · Jul 30

I've been working on story about the toxic algal bloom spreading off the South Australian coast. I just went back and looked at how hot the waters off the coast of Australia were getting starting in September 2024. Here's the visual:

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Dylan Westaway @dylanwestaway.bsky.social · Jul 8

Nice one, Grant! 🔥

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Dylan Westaway @dylanwestaway.bsky.social · Jul 8

Cool idea @ellapouton.bsky.social. Looking forward to reading the paper 🙌🏻

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Ella Plumanns Pouton @ellapouton.bsky.social · Jul 8

Is there a potential to strengthen ecological processes as a way to restore fire regimes?

🔥 🔥 New Paper Out! 🔥 🔥

@adrianregos.bsky.social @bakxbakx.bsky.social @fmoreira65.bsky.social @lluisbrotons.bsky.social and our other co-authors explore this

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Grant Linley @glinley.bsky.social · Jul 2

I am happy to share my final PhD chapter in @oikosjournal.bsky.social

The 2019–20 wildfires altered vegetation structure yet had little effect on most species’ relative abundance. However, several species shifted their diel activity in burnt landscapes.

doi.org/10.1002/oik....

#FireEcology

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Dylan Westaway @dylanwestaway.bsky.social · May 8

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Genome-wide diversity and MHC characterisation in a critically endangered freshwater turtle susceptible to disease - Immunogenetics

Small, isolated populations are often vulnerable to increased inbreeding and genetic drift, both of which elevate the risk of extinction. The Bellinger River turtle (Myuchelys georgesi) is a criticall...

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Pauline Grierson @pfgblue.bsky.social · Apr 16

Mr Dutton appears to have very little understanding of the broad functioning of the CSIRO and its achievements. WiFi anyone?
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Dylan Westaway @dylanwestaway.bsky.social · Apr 3

Some pics from helping Josh Fastuca, set up field sites for his honours research. Josh will be using a variety of methods to assess the effect of cats, foxes and rabbits on herpetofauna.

Carrying around tin and tiles brought back repressed memories from my PhD 😆 Excited to see what Josh finds!

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Dylan Westaway @dylanwestaway.bsky.social · Mar 15

🚨 New research out today from my PhD exploring population genetics of 3 lizard species across fragmented and continuous habitat.

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Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · Mar 9

An important bit of detail in this story:

“They also lower the intensity of bushfires by burying leaves & branches that fuel fires, thereby shaping whole ecosystems.”

melanalyst.bsky.social @melanalyst.bsky.social · Mar 9

Superb Lyrebirds ‘Farm’ Their Invertebrate Prey
www.sci.news/biology/farm...
#wildoz #birds

Superb Lyrebirds ‘Farm’ Their Invertebrate Prey, Ornithologists Discover | Sci.News

The superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), a ground-dwelling species of moist eucalypt forests in south-eastern Australia, engineers micro-habitats to host and fatten its prey before returning late...

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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · Feb 4

“South Australian scientists have demonstrated a clear link between the proximity of native vegetation (which attracts pollinators) and higher crop yields, showing why widespread clearance of native vegetation is not a good idea.”

theaimn.net/dont-clear-n...

Don’t clear native vegetation if you want high crop yields

South Australian ecologists have provided irrevocable proof why native vegetation is critical for healthy crop yield.

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Our Hen House @ourhenhouse.org · Jan 31

🚨 EXPOSED: The Truth About Regenerative Grazing 🚨 Environmental experts @jennifermolidor.bsky.social and Ashley Capps reveal why this "sustainable" beef trend is pure greenwashing. Must-listen episode with @jasminsinger.com & @marisul.bsky.social! 🎧 ourhenhouse.org/ep786

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · Jan 7

Accused by a whistleblower of covering up an oil spill that killed dolphins and sea snakes, Santos get fined just $10k 🤯

Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

Gas giant Santos fined $10,000 for 25,000-litre oil spill off Pilbara coast

The energy giant has pleaded guilty to causing an oil spill in 2022, that leaked 25,000 litres of oil off WA's north-west coast. Santos will pay a $10,000 fine and $9,700 in court costs for failing to...

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Dylan Westaway @dylanwestaway.bsky.social · Jan 6

*angry react*

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LizardGuy @lizardguy.bsky.social · Jan 6

Here's my #EmotionalSupportSpood, a Pellenes bitaeniata from the north-west slopes of NSW Australia. #Spiders #OzNature #Cute #Salticidae

A small cute spider with ridiculously large eyes and strong black and white transverse bands looks like an Anime cartoon- but it isn't.

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 3

I've recently been trialling some thermal binoculars to help with creature tracking. Pretty impressed so far, picking up lots of things that are often tough to get eye shine out of, like this chuditch (western quoll) #WildOz

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Dylan Westaway @dylanwestaway.bsky.social · Jan 6

Surely soy over oat?

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 6

One of the best things about Perth is that you can normally order an oat flat white <150m from a weedy seadragon #WildOz

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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · Jan 6

Restored vs Near-natural #wetlands: lower plant diversity incl rare species - but #grazing had positive effect as did available species pool size, prior presence of near-natural habitat & restored #hydrology; high soil Fe+N had negative effects🌿🐂💦 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Nutrients, isolation and lack of grazing limit plant diversity in restored wetlands

Restoration of plant diversity in wetlands is challenging, but our results point to potential remedies: plan restoration areas near colonisation sources of the target biota, restore hydrology to near...

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · Dec 30

#YearInReview: Animal agriculture harms the environment and is a major driver of the climate crisis.

Novel meat & dairy alternatives can provide more sustainable ways for humanity to source its protein, according to a UNEP report issued earlier this year: www.unep.org/resources/wh...

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Dec 18

Hey All, plz repost, and share with grads, post-docs and disease folks! We are hiring a post-doc to work on mechanisms of immune responses of frog hosts to Bd infections. Deadline is February 1, 2025. Details for the position can be found at the link below. 🐸🐸🐸

zamudiolab.org/2024/12/17/p...

Post-Doc position in the KZLab! Immune responses to pathogen infections in frogs

We are looking for an NSF-funded post-doc in our lab in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. The work will examine immune mechanisms that potentially underlie…

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Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · Dec 12

Wildlife restoration in fragmented agricultural landscapes: trialling wild-to-wild translocation with two common reptiles #ESAus2024

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Dr Christina N. Zdenek @cnzdenek.bsky.social · Dec 12

Dylan Westaway’s PhD work w/ @biodiversityguy.bsky.social, finding 84% survival rate of translocated dragon lizards to isolated habitat patches in highly fragmented landscapes. And no sign of ⬆️ post-translocation movement rate. Hope for ⬆️ resilience of our rad reptiles❤️. So good! #ESAus2024

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · Nov 28

Overall, the global food system does more damage to the planet than anything else we do, even burning fossil fuels.

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How food and farming will determine the fate of planet Earth

Agriculture has disrupted the planet more than anything we have ever done, including burning fossil fuels. A sustainable future depends on recognizing this fact – and radically changing how we farm an...

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