New publication! AWMS member Julie Ryeland and colleagues have recently published a paper examining the efficacy of acoustic deterrents for protecting threatened shorebird clutches from foxes in southern Australia. Read their paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.gecc…

Meet the keynotes! Professor Andrew Pask Andrew Pask is from the University of Melbourne, and his research includes exploration of de-extinction for the thylacine. Andrew’s plenary will kick off our ‘Desperate measures’ symposium at AWMS2024 . Read more: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/4401-a…

📢New publication! AWMS member Andrew Veale and his colleagues have recently published a paper examining the genetic mechanisms behind coat colour in brushtail possums in New Zealand. Read their paper: doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2…

Meet the keynotes! Professor Christl Donnelly is from the University of Oxford, where she studies epidemiological patterns of infectious diseases. Christl’s plenary will kick off our ‘Cause and effect’ symposium at AWMS2024: stats.ox.ac.uk/people/christl…

AWMS staff enjoyed catching up with colleagues at our stall at the recent #AVPC. We look forward to getting to more and more wildlife events to promote the benefits of becoming an AWMS member Centre for Invasive Species Solutions

📢New publication! AWMS members Peter Caley and Dave Forsyth have recently published a paper documenting serial replacement of an established invasive fish species by a second invasive species in the context of Australian rivers. Read the paper: doi.org/10.1007/s10530…

A workshop on using spatially explicit capture-recapture (SECR) analyses is on the week before #AWMS2024 this year, presented by Jo Potts and Ben Stevenson, and ideal for anyone working with animal tracking data. Found out more: awms.org.au/conference/awm…

New publication! AWMS members Niraj Meisuria, Tom Newsome and their colleagues have recently published a paper in the journal Oikos documenting the influence of bioregional, habitat, and seasonal variation on scavenging by wedge-tailed eagles in Australia: doi.org/10.1111/oik.10…

Congratulations to three AWMS student members who were recently successful in being awarded Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowments. Congratulations Stacey Dix, Nat Grassi and Faith Chen! ecolsoc.org.au/grants-awards/…

A workshop on using continuous-time movement modeling (ctmm) analyses is on the week after #AWMS2024, presented by Christen Fleming and Inês Silva, and ideal for anyone working with animal tracking data. Found out more: awms.org.au/conference/awm…

📢New publication! Former AWMS President Tom Newsome and colleagues have recently published a paper documenting factors affecting patterns of vertebrate scavenging in Australia in Journal of Zoology: doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13…

⭐️Job Opportunity!⭐️The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) in Western Australia has a current vacancy for a wildlife biologist in their Vertebrate Pest Management Program, focusing on wild deer and feral pigs: search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pageI…

AWMS are delighted to see that the Sensory Conservation team from the USYD University of Sydney took out the Eureka Prize for Environmental Research. This team features AWMS members Peter Banks Peter Banks, Catherine Price, Patt Finnerty Patt Finnerty. Congratulations! 🌿🦘🐘

New publication! AWMS member Ian Radford and his colleagues have recently published a paper assessing the benefits of prescribed burning for native herbaceous vegetation in northern Australia in #AustralEcology: doi.org/10.1111/aec.13…