Christina Gee ‘Quolls on tour – detecting trait differences between reintroduced and dispersing eastern quoll populations’

Christina, a Masters student at Fenner School of Environment and Society, will describe her exploration of how the "quolls on tour" differ behaviourally and morphologically from those who still live in Mulligans Flat, and how we can use this knowledge to manage the metapopulations of eastern quolls and other species.

Abstract
Australia is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis and has the unfortunate legacy of holding the record for the highest number of mammal extinctions. To address this, in 2016 the Mulligans Flat–Goorooyarroo Woodland Experiment partnership reintroduced the endangered eastern quoll to Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary – part of its indigenous range in Canberra.

Free from the pressures of invasive predators, the eastern quoll population has grown to the point that some individuals have climbed over the Sanctuary fence and into the adjoining Goorooyarroo Sanctuary in search of new pastures. In this talk, Christina Gee will describe her exploration of how the "quolls on tour" differ behaviourally and morphologically from those who still live in Mulligans Flat, and how we can use this knowledge to manage the metapopulations of eastern quolls and other species.

Biography  

Christina Gee is a Master of Environment (Advanced) student at the ANU Fenner School, conducting research into eastern quoll behaviour and dispersal. After over a decade working in the tertiary education sector, Christina is following her life-long love for nature to work in biodiversity conservation.

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