Fields of Research

Behavioural ecology
Conservation and biodiversity
Forest biodiversity
Ecological physiology
Animal behaviour
Wildlife and habitat management

Research Objectives

Terrestrial biodiversity
Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land use
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Rehabilitation or conservation of terrestrial environments
Rights to environmental and natural resources (excl. water allocation)
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Terrestrial erosion

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Endangered Australian top predator is frequently exposed to anticoagulant rodenticides; Science of The Total Environment
High frequency of lead exposure in the population of an endangered Australian top predator, the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax fleayi); Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Morphometric sex identification of nestling and free-flying Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles (Aquila Audax Fleayi); Journal of Raptor Research
Portable X-ray fluorescence for bone lead measurements of Australian eagles; Science of The Total Environment

Research Projects

Behavioural ecology and response to disturbance of the endangered Tasmanian Wedge-Tailed Eagle (Aquila audax fleayi); Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Estimating the population size of the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax fleayi) using modern genetic techniques; Southern Regional Natural Resource Management Association Inc (NRMSOUTH)
GPS-tracking Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles (NRM South) (2020 - 2022); Southern Regional Natural Resource Management Association Inc (NRMSOUTH)
Spatial ecology of wedge-tailed eagles in the Tasmanian Midlands; Southern Regional Natural Resource Management Association Inc (NRMSOUTH)
Aspects of the spatial and reproductive ecology of the grey goshawk in modified landscapes of Tasmania
Aspects of the spatial and reproductive ecology of the grey goshawk in Tasmania
Conservation ecology and response to disturbance of the Tasmanian Wedge-Tailed Eagle (Aquila audax fleayi)
Conservation ecology and response to disturbance of the Tasmanian Wedge-Tailed Eagle (Aquila audax fleayi)
Coordinating conservation and research priorities for the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle Aquila audax fleayi
GPS tracking wedge-tailed eagles at Guildford (Epuron)
GPS tracking wedge-tailed eagles with Epuron
GPS-tracking Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles (EPF) (2021)
Investigating the conservation biology of the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle using high-frequency GPS telemetry - UPC
Investigating the conservation biology of the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle using high-frequency GPS telemetry - Woolnorth

Research Candidate Supervision