Biodynamos at the 2023 Ecological Society of Australia Conference

Eliza Thompson, Julianna Santos and Ella Plumanns Pouton will be presenting at the 2023 Ecological Society of Australia Conference in Darwin from July 3 – 7.

They will be showcasing their work on: bird conservation in landscapes containing a mix of eucalypt plantations and remnant vegetation, genetic diversity of animals in different types of “fire mosaics”, and serotiny and plant life-cycles in fire-prone heathlands.

Here’s where you can find them:

Eliza Thompson (elizat2@student.unimelb.edu.au)

Title: Are there habitat thresholds for bird diversity in landscapes with eucalypt plantations?

Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session, Tuesday July 4 from 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.

Julianna Santos (jlsantos@student.unimelb.edu.au)

Title: How does variation in fire regimes influence animal abundance and genetic diversity?

Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session, Tuesday July 4 from 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.

Ella Plumanns Pouton (e.plumannspouton@student.unimelb.edu.au)

Title: Serotinous species display varying germination strategies and responses to recurrent fire

Open Forum (urban ecology and seed biology), Wednesday July 5 from 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM.

 

Feature image: The white-eared honeyeater was one of the most common birds observed by Eliza Thompson in field studies of eucalypt plantations in western Victoria (Photo: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons).