
James Vandersteen
@field_ecologist
Field Ecologist | Conservationist | Naturalist | PhD at @UNSW/@unswbees investigating the role of dingoes as apex predators in the Australian Alps.
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15-06-2019 01:37:29
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Short note describing instances of dingoes killing foxes by Neil Jordan et al. doi.org/10.7882/AZ.202… An discovery during radio tracking GPS collared dingoes on the NSW coast.






Incredible to watch tens of thousands of Grey-headed Flying-fox megabats (Pteropus poliocephalus 🦇) leave their roost at sunset to forage for nectar overnight - so many that they're accidentally mapped as rain on the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia weather radar! 🤯 #wildoz

Just back from Namadji National Park with James Vandersteen who is looking at the effects of dingoes on alpine ecosystems. We saw plenty of dingoes including one with a great big rip in its side.





This is amazing and very welcome news for Wilkerr (dingoes) in Northwestern Victoria! "Effective from 14 March, the Dingo Unprotection Order will conclude in north west Victoria" premier.vic.gov.au/striking-balan… An excellent decision, Steve Dimopoulos MP & Ros Spence MP. Thank you!



Dingoes in Namadgi!?! #canberra abc.net.au/news/2024-05-1… 🐈⬛🐶🐕🐾 UNSW James Vandersteen Dr Kylie Cairns Dr Marisa Paterson MLA Rebecca Vassarotti MLA for Kurrajong Georgie Purcell

James Vandersteen and others talking about ACT dingoes. Yes some have odd coat colours, but this doesn’t change the fact that they are dingoes and a native animal. Policy needs to evolve with changing scientific knowledge. abc.net.au/news/2024-05-1… UNSW Science UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences Mike Letnic


‘Vegetarian’ possums eat meat when the weather’s cold, writes Patt Finnerty + Thomas Newsome University of Sydney theconversation.com/vegetarian-pos…
