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I am the Matthew Flinders Fellow in Global Ecology at Flinders University.
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Wondering if you should apply for a DECRA?

7 Feb 20227 Feb 2022
Do you love doing job applications, but wish they were longer and more involved? If so, applying for an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) should…
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Extinct megafauna prone to ancient hunger games

14 Dec 202114 Dec 2021
I'm very chuffed today to signal the publication of what I think is one of the most important contributions to the persistent conundrum surrounding the downfall of Australia's megafauna many…
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Animating models of ecological change

6 Dec 2021
Flinders University Global Ecology postdoc, Dr Farzin Shabani, recently created this astonishing video not only about the results of his models predicting vegetation change in northern Australia as a function…
policy…

An eye on the past: a view to the future

29 Nov 2021
originally published in Brave Minds, Flinders University's research-news publication (text by David Sly) Clues to understanding human interactions with global ecosystems already exist. The challenge is to read them more…
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PhD opportunity in control strategies of feral deer

1 Oct 2021
In collaboration with Biosecurity South Australia, the Global Ecology Lab at Flinders University is happy to announce a wonderful new PhD opportunity in feral deer control strategies for South Australia.…
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Pest plants and animals cost Australia around $25 billion a year — and it will get worse

2 Aug 20212 Aug 2021
AAP Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University and Andrew Hoskins, CSIRO This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons licence. Read the original article. Shamefully, Australia has…
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Mapping the ‘super-highways’ the First Australians used to cross the ancient land

4 May 2021
Author provided/The Conversation, Author provided There are many hypotheses about where the Indigenous ancestors first settled in Australia tens of thousands of years ago, but evidence is scarce. Few archaeological…
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Population of First Australians grew to millions, much more than previous estimates

30 Apr 2021
Shutterstock/Jason Benz Bennee We know it is more than 60,000 years since the first people entered the continent of Sahul — the giant landmass that connected New Guinea, Australia and…
concepts

What was the Medieval warm period?

23 Apr 2021
As this reconstructed village shows, Vikings made it as far as Newfoundland during the Medieval warm period. Wikimedia/Dylan Kereluk, CC BY-SA Frédérik Saltré, Flinders University and Corey J. A. Bradshaw,…
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The biggest and slowest don’t always bite it first

16 Apr 2021
For many years I've been interested in modelling the extinction dynamics of megafauna. Apart from co-authoring a few demographically simplified (or largely demographically free) models about how megafauna species could…
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Job: Research Associate in Mammalian Morphology-Environment Interactions

15 Feb 202115 Feb 2021
The Research Associate will investigate how the skull of extant mammal populations varies according to their environment, with a focus on the interaction between mega-herbivores and vegetation change. The project…
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Plan B: COVID-19 challenges for field-based PhD students

8 Dec 20208 Dec 2020
Blistering heat, pouring rain, finding volunteers, submitting field-trip forms, forgetting equipment, data sheets blowing away in the wind — a field-based research project is hard at the best of times.…
concepts

Climate explained: humans have dealt with plenty of climate variability

24 Sep 2020
© Professor John Long, Flinders University, Author provided  (originally published on The Conversation) How much climate variability have humans dealt with since we evolved and since we started settling (Neolithic…
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History of species distribution models

21 Jul 2020
This little historical overview by recently completed undergraduate student, Sofie Costin (soon to join our lab!), nicely summarises the history, strengths, and limitations of species distribution modelling in ecology, conservation and restoration.…
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I’m nearing the end of my PhD/postdoc … What the hell am I supposed to do now?

13 Jul 2020
What do you want to be when you grow up? The term ‘job security’ seems a fanciful idea to budding biologists — you may as well be studying unicorns (and…
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Queer science

18 Jun 202018 Jun 2020
Happy Pride Month to the beautiful Queers of the scientific community, and beyond! I decided to write this post to help non-queer scientists interact respectfully with their queer colleagues. When…
PhD…

You’ll be on the Red List if your supervisor goes extinct

15 Jun 2020
Bearing in mind that a PhD candidacy will last roughly three and a half years, the planned endeavour should be achievable in the given time, according to personal capability and…
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Amphibian conservation in a managed world

1 Apr 2020
The amphibian class is diverse, and ranges from worm-like caecilians to tiny frogs that live their entire lives within bromeliads high in the rainforest canopy. Regardless of form or habit,…

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  • ‘Draconian and undemocratic’: why criminalising climate protesters in Australia doesn't actually work 30 Jun 2022
    Politicians may be better served addressing the message, rather than attacking the messengers.
  • Hear me out – we could use the varroa mite to wipe out feral honey bees, and help Australia's environment 29 Jun 2022
    The varroa mite’s arrival in Australia was only a matter of time. We could benefit from one pest fighting another.

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