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Has Australia’s dingo management gone to the dogs? michaelwest.com.au/has-australias… via 💧Michael West

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.

Two of Australia's apex predators meet! #dingo #wedgetaileagle #australianalps #wildoz

Students heading into the swamp for Advanced Field Biology at UNSW's Smith Lake Field Station. Highlights this year were close encounters with tiger quolls and koalas.

Works from the Advanced Field Biology Natural History Exhibition. The brief: Observe and record nature in the spirit of a 19th century naturalist in any medium you like. Gumnut beanies, Ellie Pinkerton; Angophora, Kate Brennan, Forest kingfisher, Hee-Jun Lee E&ERC @BEES_UNSW

Kangaroos are nutrient vectors that transport nutrients from open areas where they graze to the shade where they rest during the day. Using "shade hotels" Sophie Hewitt shows that roos enriched soils under the shades where they sheltered at Fowlers Gap doi.org/10.1016/j.jari…

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

abc.net.au/news/2024-07-0… More discussions about balancing protection of dingoes with protecting livestock - and the importance of including First Nations peoples in stakeholder discussions about dingo management at all levels. Killing dingoes is killing kin #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

Plains-wanderers prefer grasslands at an optimal height, and without foxes. Habitat management and landscape-scale fox control are key actions to recover the species shorturl.at/jB0Wu.

Wild herbivores' impacts on vegetation in arid Australia translate to soil seedbanks shorturl.at/no5bn. Tongtong Xu shows that seed density increased along an aridity gradient and that herbivores suppressed seed density at the most arid site. Will Cornwell @BapsWijas

Bird soup! Zooming in reveals an amazing diversity of wading birds on the shore of Roebuck Bay, Broome. How many types of birds in the pic? #wildoz

Mustard-bellied snakes were identified as a species of concern because 46% of their habitat was burnt by Australia's Black-summer bushfires. However, research shows that the fires had no effect on site occupany by these tiny snakes. Mitchell Hodgson tinyurl.com/ykkpp5fp

Podcast about my research on invasive species including rabbits, feral cats, foxes and cane toads abc.net.au/listen/program…