Tag Archives: Biology

New paper: On the validity of visual cover estimates for time series analyses

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Vuong Nguyen, Aaron Greenville, Chris Dickman and Glenda Wardle. Journal: Plant Ecology Abstract: Changes in vegetation cover are strongly linked to important ecological and environmental drivers such as fire, herbivory, temperature, water availability and altered land use. Reliable means … Continue reading →

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ESA2014 conference talk: the web of arid life

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Aaron Greenville

The web of arid life: biotic and abiotic interactions in a changing world. Below is my abstract and slides for the Ecological Society of Australia annual conference. My talk is a summary of the last three years on my PhD … Continue reading →

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A 25 year commitment to digging for answers in the sand

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Aaron Greenville

Remote regions of Australia are rarely studied, but one research group from the School of Biological Sciences has been heading to the Simpson Desert for the last 25 years. This long-distance relationship has endured droughts, floods, fires and flies, but: … Continue reading →

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Of mice and dogs

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Aaron Greenville

New study suggests that the role of the dingo in controlling smaller predators is more complex than first thought. A surveillance operation is underway in one of the most remote parts of the Australian continent. For 24 hours a day … Continue reading →

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Predicting rat plagues in the heart of the continent

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Aaron Greenville

They ate the supplies belonging to Burke and Wills, and more recently chewed on the electrical wiring through-out homesteads, and have even disrupted communication networks. An invasion that presumably leaves the Channel Country in western Queensland and spreads out across … Continue reading →

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EcoTas 2013: Spatial and temporal synchrony in small mammal populations

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Aaron Greenville

Here I give a summary of my talk to EcoTas13. A joint conference of the Ecological Society of Australia and New Zealand Ecological Society, Auckland. A big thanks to my co-authors Chris Dickman and Glenda Wardle. Slide Share link from … Continue reading →

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