Tag Archives: Desert

New paper: Cattle removal in arid Australia benefits kangaroos in high quality habitat but does not affect camels

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Anke S. K. Frank, Glenda M. Wardle, Aaron C. Greenville and Chris R. Dickman Published in: The Rangeland Journal Abstract: Removing cattle as a management tool to conserve biodiversity may not necessarily alter grazing impacts on vegetation if other … Continue reading →

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ESA 2015 conference talk: Managing species across vast spatial areas: does one size fit all?

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Aaron Greenville

Understanding how the spatial and temporal dynamics of populations vary across the landscape is fundamentally important to managing and conserving species. For example, populations may fluctuate in synchrony, or exhibit other forms of spatial sub-structuring, due to intrinsic population parameters … Continue reading →

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My PhD journey comes to an end: the role of ecological interactions

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Aaron Greenville

Ecology is often described as the web of life. Many complex interactions occur across this web, including between individuals of the same or different species (biotic) or between the environment and a species (abiotic). Understanding ecological interactions, such as the … Continue reading →

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New paper: Ecosystem risk assessment of Georgina gidgee woodlands

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Glenda Wardle, Aaron Greenville, Anke Frank, Max Tischler, Nathan Emery and Christopher R Dickman. Published in: Austral Ecology Special Issue: Ecosystem Risk Assessment Abstract: Ecosystems across the world, and the biodiversity they support, are experiencing increasing anthropogenic pressure, and … Continue reading →

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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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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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