Author Archives: Aaron Greenville

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About Aaron Greenville

I'm an Ecologist investigating how ecosystems respond to climate change and the introduction of exotic species.

Ecosystem Dynamics lab at ESA2025

Join us at the Ecological Society of Australia’s annual conference in Adelaide to explore recent research from our group. Presentations include topics on semi-arid vertebrates, bird monitoring, post-wildfire bat activity, ecological forecasting, and vegetation structure post-fire recovery. Continue reading

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Ecosystems Dynamics lab at ESA2024

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 … Continue reading

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PhD Opportunities: Understanding ‘Greenspots’ to Increase Climate Change Resilience and Persistence of Threatened Biodiversity in Arid New South Wales

Love working in wild and remote Australia?   Would you like to understand and improve the conservation of threatened arid flora and fauna?  We are looking for enthusiastic and passionate Ph.D. candidates for the Greenspots Project. The Greenspots Project examines the … Continue reading

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PhD project opportunity: Can ecosystems recover under a changing wildfire regimes?

We are now in an era of rapid global environmental change, which is coupled with increases in extreme disturbance events, such as wildfires. The age of mega-fires has begun, with unprecedented burn extents and fire severity already occurring in Europe, … Continue reading

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PhD project opportunity: developing an acoustic sensor network for post-megafire biodiversity recovery

Brief Project Summary:  We are now in an era of rapid global environmental change, which is coupled with increases in extreme disturbance events, such as wildfires. The age of mega-fires has begun, with unprecedented burn extents and fire severity already … Continue reading

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Ecosystem Dynamics lab: Honours Opportunities 2022

Here at the Ecosystem Dynamics lab we are offering the following Honours projects: DigiFarm: incorporating biodiversity into farming decisions (with the Sydney Institute of Agriculture) We aim to develop a digitally enabled network which will monitor native flora and fauna … Continue reading

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ABC Catalyst: The Wildlife Revolution

Last month our some of our research was featured on ABC Catalyst! The episode was about using emerging technology to highlight the importance of wildlife and being used to conserve it. Our project DigiFarm that is using technology to survey … Continue reading

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Ecosystem Dynamics lab: Honours Opportunities 2021

Here at the Ecosystem Dynamics lab we are offering the following Honours projects: Can machine learning be used to accurately identify wildlife in remote camera trap images in a rapidly changing world? Machine learning (ML) techniques provide a powerful method … Continue reading

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New paper: Simultaneously operating threats cannot predict extinction risk

Journal: Conservation Letters Abstract: Species afflicted by multiple threats are thought to face greater extinction risk. However, it is not known whether multiple threats operate antagonistically, additively, or synergistically, or whether they vary across different taxonomic and spatial scales. We … Continue reading

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New paper! Class Conflict: Diffuse Competition between Mammalian and Reptilian Predators

Journal: Diversity Abstract: (1) Diffuse competition affects per capita rates of population increase among species that exploit similar resources, and thus can be an important structuring force in ecological communities. Diffuse competition has traditionally been studied within taxonomically similar groups, … Continue reading

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