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 […]
David, from Fenner School of Environment & Society, will base his talk on his new book, The Forest Wars, and include a number of anecdotes from his experiences in dealing with Ministers and other officials over the past four decades. David will be happy to sign copies of this new book after his talk. Abstract […]
Jim, from University of Canberra, will describe a surprising aspect of patterns of smaller birds and larger birds observed at 7 sites over 16 years, along with links of birds and vertebrate pest control in Namadgi to recommend that monitoring of the birds in Namadgi be part of on-going Park management. Abstract The bird community […]
Did mankind kill megafauna, or was it four great Ice Ages that caused Australia’s megafauna extinction? In the talk Steve, Adjunct Professor of Australian Studies at Bond University, will outline the biogeography and general disposition of the megafauna and their predisposition leading to their extinction as he views it. Link to Steve's book Corridors to […]
We plan to remove lots of woody weeds from the north east, between Barry Drive and Powerline road in Black Mountain Nature Reserve. Meet: Dryandra Street, O’Connor; on western verge between the Frith Road and Faunce Street junctions with Dryandra Street. Look for banners. Bring: more of your friends if you wish, as everyone is […]
A LATE CHANGE to Thursday's talk as the planned speaker is unwell. Patrick De Dekker will now be talking about ‘The first expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula some 125 years ago - Amazing scientific achievements of great relevance today for the biota already affected by global warming’. This replacement talk is delivering new results from […]