Zoology & Ecology

Saul Chemonges

Saul Chemonges

Daniel Montesinos Torres

Daniel Montesinos Torres

Claire Gely

Claire Gely

Ben Hirsch

Ben Hirsch

Stephen Williams

Stephen Williams

Myles Menz

Myles Menz

Martijn van de Pol

Martijn van de Pol

Slade Allen-Ankins

Slade Allen-Ankins

Noel Preece

Noel Preece

Conrad Hoskin

Conrad Hoskin

Ecoacoustics Training Modules
Lin Schwarzkopf
30 Jun 2025 - 01 Jul 2026
Development of four one hour training ecoacoustic research training modules. Each module will be de...
Listening to Country – Acoustic data storage, analysis and deployment support
Lin Schwarzkopf
19 Jun 2025 - 30 Jun 2028
This is a project with the Threatened Species Operations (TSO), Department of Environment, Tourism, ...
Understanding the ecology and behaviour of platypus in far North Queensland
Tasmin Rymer
01 Apr 2025 - 01 Apr 2028
Our study seeks to understand the ecology and behaviour of genetically isolated and understudied pla...
The ecology of endangered and widespread species in the Vincetoxicum genus.
Daniel Montesinos Torres
12 Aug 2025 - 12 Aug 2028
The study of a rare and endangered plant species ecology, information from which we can protect the ...
The ecology of endangered and widespread species in the Vincetoxicum genus.
Peter Yeeles
12 Aug 2025 - 12 Aug 2028
The study of a rare and endangered plant species ecology, information from which we can protect the ...
Synthesis of acoustic data streams from TERN sites
Lin Schwarzkopf
30 Jul 2025 - 02 Aug 2027
Analysing data to produce a data product for TERN synthesising audio and FLUX data streams
Adaptation to habitat fragmentation: dispersal and evolution in an Australian bird
Tasmin Rymer
01 Oct 2025 - 27 Feb 2026
I propose to examine the effect of habitat fragmentation on potential for microevolutionary response...
Improving tomato commercial outcomes through enhanced vigour and grafting success
Lucas Cernusak
26 Jun 2025 - 25 Jun 2026
Our aim is to deliver faster-growing, higher-yielding, healthier tomato plants to benefit Australia’...
Breeding Biology, Movement Ecology, and Conservation Genetics of the Endangered Black-throated Finch
Lyanne Brouwer
21 Oct 2025 - 21 Oct 2027
This research project aims to conserve the endangered Southern Black-throated Finch by using a compr...
Understanding population growth time lags in invasive species: Chital deer as a model system. (Old ID 26559)
Ben Hirsch
11 Oct 2019 - 09 Oct 2025
Lags in population growth of introduced species are common, but poorly understood. Chital deer (Axis...

Leaf litter diversity and shredder preferences in an Australian tropical rain-forest stream

An updated estimate of intergeneric phylogenetic relationships in the Australian Vitaceae

Burning season influences the response of bird assemblages to fire in tropical savannas

Functional morphology of scale hinges used to transport water: convergent drinking adaptations in desert lizards (Moloch horridus and Phrynosoma cornutum)

Biological activity of rainforest plant extracts from far North Queensland, Australia

A new combination in Clematicissus Planch (Vitaceae)

Multiple mate choice criteria and the importance of age for male mating success in the microhylid frog, Cophixalus ornatus

Bioactive principles in the bark of Pilidiostigma tropicum

Evaluation of offspring size–number invariants in 12 species of lizard

Chemical discrimination among predators by lizards: responses of three skink species to the odours of high and low-threat varanid predators

Title: ARC Future Fellow ($680,000), Global Change: Rainforest responses to experimental drought
Reseracher: Susan Laurance (Professor, Personal Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2014
Title: American Society of Naturalists
Reseracher: Megan Higgie (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2003
Title: European Research Council Advanced Grant 2018, ($2.5 million Euros). Role: collaborator, Lead Investigator: Dr Lourens Poorter
Reseracher: Susan Laurance (Professor, Personal Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: Habilitation (Venia Docendi), University of Bern
Reseracher: Myles Menz (Senior Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2013
End Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: PhD, The University of Western Australia
Reseracher: Myles Menz (Senior Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2009
End Date: 01 Jan 2013
Title: MSc in Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern
Reseracher: Myles Menz (Senior Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2006
End Date: 01 Jan 2008
Title: Bachelor of Science , The University of Western Australia
Reseracher: Myles Menz (Senior Lecturer, Zoology and Ecology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2000
End Date: 01 Jan 2003
Title: Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand
Reseracher: Tasmin Rymer (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2004
End Date: 01 Jan 2009
Title: Minibeast Wildlife, I partnered with Minibeast Wildlife to support an Honour's student's project focusing on subsociality in tarantulas. That work is in the process of being published.
Reseracher: Tasmin Rymer (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
End Date: 01 Jan 2025
Title: Master of Science, University of Pretoria
Reseracher: Tasmin Rymer (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2003
End Date: 01 Jan 2004