Kingsley Dixon ‘A life in the service of plants’
Kingsley has spent a lifetime unlocking the mysteries of the Australian bush and now calls on us to help our plants, animals and landscapes to thrive and continue to define […]
Dr Erin Hahn ‘Conservation time machine: harnessing degraded DNA for wildlife protection’
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ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Professor Tim Entwisle ‘Three Worlds Oak: The First Memoir of a Genus’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaA dying hybrid oak in Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens sets off on a search for its parents, and in doing so reveals the extraordinary diversity of the genus Quercus. There […]
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Dr Bruno Ferronato ‘Cultural turtles: experiences from Peru and Australia’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaBruno will tell us about his work in a turtle project with Ashaninka Indigenous people in Peru. He’ll also share what he’s learned about Australian turtles, turtle rock art motifs […]
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Kushini Kalupahana ‘The mimic and the fool: A tiny bird’s use of vocal mimicry as an antipredation strategy’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaVocal mimicry occurs in nearly 20% of songbird species, yet the constraints on mimetic accuracy and its consequences for function remain poorly understood, particularly in alarm calling and predator deterrence […]
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Kim Pullen ‘Our local ants: big in numbers and big in diversity’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaAbstract Kim will talk about ants, and their habitats and relationships with other insects in the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Black Mountain Reserve and surrounding areas. Biography Kim grew up […]