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Associate Professor John White

@johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social

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I’m a wildlife ecologist at Deakin University Australia. Long-term small mammal, fire and climate research in Gariwerd (Grampians). Rodenticide impacts in wildlife. Urban ecology. Powerful owls. Native gardener :)

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Apr 20

Hey everyone,
I’m John, a wildlife ecologist from Australia. Work on impacts of fire and climate on small mammals, impacts of rodenticides and wildlife, and urban ecology. Have come here in the hope of some of the old banter that used to exist on Twitter.

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · 23h

Hot off the press. Using species distribution models to find species in landscapes where they are increadibly rare. Our adventures finding potoroo in the Grampians landscape.
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Finding a needle in a heath stack: A strategy to optimize the detection of a rare marsupial on the brink of local extinction

Anthropogenic pressures are reducing species distributions and driving extinctions within ecosystems. As the urgency to address biodiversity loss inte…

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Sep 8

Everyone is trying to get away with actions that don’t actually prevent the use of rodenticides.

Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Sep 7

No. Failed to release it on time. Maybe this year. So over due it is not funny

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Sep 6

An old one. But is sums up one of our favourite study species. Enjoy :)

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Aug 10

Could the APVMA be any more clear how they view scientific evidence of rodenticide poisoning of our wildlife? Time to ditch our regulator? #APVMA

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 28

So apparently the APVMA is supposed to release the recommendations of their review into rodenticides in Australia this month (only a few days left). It is over a year late and we still have no indication if they will do anything.
Rat poison is a disaster for our wildlife.
@davidpocock.bsky.social

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 28

When you reach for the rat poisons, stop for one second and think about where it goes. Often not rats and mice. Here we demonstrate it ends up in possums, many are then eaten by predators like powerful owls.
Please avoid second generation anticoagulants
🙏♥️🦉
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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 28

Mum’s love.

Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 10

Fire not only resets our biological infrastructure but also has significant economic costs. Fire is good for ecosystems in the right dose, but the more frequent mega-fires we are seeing in the Grampians are not good.

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Dhilrukshi Pathman @dhilrukshi.bsky.social · Jul 8

Underrated creatures!

D. Allan Drummond @dadrummond.art · Jul 5

Pieces (27 bits of metal and glass) and the perky resulting gentleman

An array of bronze parts, black glass balls, and nuts and bolts on a white background

The assembled jumping spider on a wooden tabletop

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 8

Jumping spiders rock.

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 7

A tiny little reddish scops owl (Otus rufescens) I encountered in Coastal scrub in Borneo once. At about 20cm in height they are a cute little owl.

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 7

A squadron of green long legged flys waiting for take off.

Kubah NP, Borneo.

Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 6

Sri Lankan green vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta). Super good looking snake.

Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 5

It is absolutely a critical tool in NZ where you have almost no native mammals (I would imagine mopoke are impacted heavily). The point being urban living people use this stuff without thinking or even realising there are consequences.

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 5

Depends on the species. Some almost 100% others not so great. Doesn’t really cost much to try 5 or 6 cuttings of a species and seeing what happens. Cutting hormone and keeping them wet really helps.

Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 5

Similar with powerful owls. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Silent killers? The widespread exposure of predatory nocturnal birds to anticoagulant rodenticides

Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) influence predator populations and threaten the stability of ecosystems. Understanding the prevalence and impact of r…

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 5

Winter burning grass trees. Even in the middle of winter they go up with such force.

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 5

Oh dear that would be Gets!!! 😂

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 5

Hets me all the time!!!

Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 5

My personal native plant nursery. Australian native daisies, emu bush, banksia and grevillea from cuttings. Masses of grass trees grown from seed over many year. I give most of these away to people in my street willing to plant them on their nature strips. 1 plant at a time will make a difference

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 5

Very cool. You are lucky :)

Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 5

That would be grey not great. 🤪

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 5

It is a tough world out there for male eastern great kangaroos. A series of shots of a fight in the Grampians.

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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · Jul 4

Just a little reminder on rat poisons. They don’t just kill rodents! Second generation anticoagulant rodenticides are killing native predators the world over. Think twice, maybe even thrice before using SGARs.

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