We have a great group of people coming to Melbourne for the Ecological Society of Australia annual conference. Check them out:

Lucy Gilchrist; Mon Poster session 17:45-19:45 Ground floor and level 1 foyers

Greenspots on a red landscape: exploring the role of persistent primary productivity as habitat refuge for small vertebrates in an arid environment 

For more on the Greenspot project: Mon 11:00-11:05 rm 111/112: Dr Shaina Russell Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Understanding ‘greenspots’ to increase climate change resilience and persistence of threatened biodiversity in arid New South Wales.

Article in Landcare in Focus, Nov 2024.

Eleanor Hadfield; Tues 15:45-15:50 rm 103

Ears on Recovery: post-fire responses of birds across different fire severities and historical fire frequencies

Karina Guo; Tues 16:00-16:05 rm 110

A Balancing Act: the use of genetics in restoration to build disease resistant, climate adapted and genetically diverse populations

Vihanga Gunadasa; Tues 16:00-16:05 rm 101/102

Optimizing forecast horizon and model training length for forecasting population abundance

Elise Verhoeven; Tues 16:45-17:00 rm 111/112

Watching the grass grow: how grassland productivity responds to extreme precipitation, nutrient addition and cattle grazing

Hannah Kusch; Tues 17:00:17:05

Grasslands in the Age of Extremes: the impact of rainfall, grazing, and nutrient overload on plant productivity

Prof Glenda Wardle; Tues 17:25-17:30 rm 101/102

Blue sky, green pastures: opportunities on offer through the Oceania Ecological Forecasting Initiative

Emily Simpson; Thurs 13:45-13:50 rm 104

Four Years On: insights from post-fire monitoring in the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, Australia

Dr Aaron Greenville; Thurs 14:20-14:25 rm 104

Our eyes and ears on the ground: a sensor network for post-disaster species recovery