With growing enthusiasm in gardening to help wildlife, which simple features will help the most native species?
After 5,795 wildlife surveys in 30 WA towns by 243 citizen scientists the results are in. 212 vertebrate native wildlife species used the gardens and only 4…

The #EU  is a global hub for #wildlife #trade . 12 researchers, inc. WildCRU's Diogo Veríssimo diogoverissimo.bsky.social, propose ways current #regulations  could be improved to track all species, observe laws of species’ home countries & ensure sustainability of legal traffic. See: bit.ly/3TvrW0U

indaily.com.au/news/adelaide/…

#RaiseTheStipend

Finally, PhD stipends.

The problem we all know is one of the “findings” of the Report (p14)⤵️

The Universities Accord Final Report was released yesterday (on Sunday, obvs):
▶️ education.gov.au/accord-final-r…

In case you haven't read all 408 pages, the main ARC-related recommendations are:
✅ Increase ARC funding!
✅ Increase minimum PhD stipends!

A very brief summary👇

New #preprint led by Dr. Alice C Hughes and Ben Marshall looks into 22 years of #wildlife #trade in the US. When LEMIS data is combined with CITES records, the US imported over 29,445 species. With Carol Fukushima and many others

researchsquare.com/article/rs-389…

Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research CE3C

Police seize >130 #lizards 🦎, 3 #snakes 🐍, 8 #eggs 🥚 in #Sydney home. Suspects charged & facing 15 yrs prison.

They had previously #trafficked #reptiles to #HongKong , a major destination market for #exotic #animal trade.

bbc.com/news/world-aus…

I'm super excited to share the first chapter from my PhD! We examined 14,000 online advertisements to discover which pet birds Australians are interested in, what traits make them popular, and how this relates to the risk of new invasive species 💻🦜🔍 rdcu.be/dtNsV

🎉Congrats to Liz Reed 🦇🦴🦉🐀🐩 for her Images of L&T Comp win, run by the UofA Library. Check out her pic + also Frank Grutzner Adam Toomes & Lachlan McLeod's submissions.

Visit adelaide.edu.au/library/librar… or L4 of the Hub til 13/11. Also People's Choice Award voting til midnight 12/11.

Feeling very privileged to have met Hugh Possingham and Karen Possingham last week. Thank you again for the Possingham Supplementary Scholarship, and for supporting me and my research 🦂🪲

Online #plant trade in Australia has a dark side!

Our author Jacob Maher and his team uncovered shocking details: hundreds of prohibited #weeds are invading the country's environment and agriculture through public online marketplaces.

blog.pensoft.net/2023/10/06/hun…

NEW PAPER | Literature review on online #primate trade and a global survey of the ease of purchasing #primate s online #wildlife trade #wildlife #wildlife conservation sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

It’s finally arrived! 🚨 Tickets for our annual quiz night go on sale today!

Join us on the 20th October for our biggest fundraiser of the year - enjoy some top-notch trivia and your chance to win some fantastic prizes🥇

Tickets ➡️ eventbrite.com.au/e/2023-bssa-qu…

This isn't going to blow any minds, but I just pushed some updates to #Rstats #phytools for the plotting method phylo.to.map for projecting a phylogeny onto a geographic map. More details on my blog: blog.phytools.org/2023/09/update….

Ecological niche modelling! Propagule pressure! Espionage!

My latest invasion ecology deep dive into the freshwater pet trade is out now in People and Nature. Made possible by a wonderful team of collaborators and Humboldt-Stiftung.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa…

Want to do great stuff for great people? Habitat Innovation is currently looking for a Graduate to Mid-level Ecologist to join our close-knit, dynamic, fun and hard working team. Attractive package for the right person. Email us at [email protected] for full PD.

Me in literally EVERY discussion on how individual consumer behaviour can solve the environmental crisis. Thank you Tadhg

Have you bought or sold plants online? You could be breaking the law and not even know it! Check out my conversation article on the trade of weeds in Australia 🪴💻🌏 The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand theconversation.com/exposing-austr…

I did a thing!! Listen to this new podcast episode to learn all about my labs wildlife trade research, including the fascinating world of invertebrate trade 🪲🐌 thank you Prof Andy Lowe for the great chat, and Phill Cassey 😷🇳🇿🍻🍲💉x5 for doing this with me!

Thank you Monika Glavina my copy arrived today and makes for a lovely morning read 📖🌿

You can find the full issue of the #ErasmusLawReview here: shorturl.at/iDFIU