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Hot stuff! Thermal #drone surveys can be used to determine & monitor the abundance of #FlyingFox camps. …lpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rs… #bats @Wingtags @batslab @ElieDoesEcology
These #FruitBats are on the @IUCN #redlist, & while the attached looks like a firework display, it’s actually a roosting colony of #flyingfoxes. 
Check out this incredible #drone video showing heat detections over #FlyingFox roosts. #ThermalDrone @batslab @Wingtags @ElieDoesEcology
#CitizenScience allows Taronga & collaborators to collate valuable ecological data over scales that would be difficult to achieve through traditional methods. Another plus? It also means that you can get directly involved in Taronga #Science! #ScienceWeek
The #brushturkey project is a great example of this onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ae… Taronga's Dr John Martin & Dr Alicia Burns & their collaborators were finalists in the 2020 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Innovation in #CitizenScience. Go team! #ScienceWeek
While accolades are nice, significant ecological insights are the main outcome. These apps are a gift that keeps on giving, and recently Taronga joined forces with partners to combining them into an all new @BigCityBirds app.
Later in #ScienceWeek, we’ll be hearing from Taronga’s Terrestrial Ecologist, Dr John Martin (@Wingtags), and his collaborators’ work in #urbanecology, but his focus at the human-wildlife interface means #humanwildlifeconflict is on John’s radar too.
The 4 #flyingfox species in mainland #Australia predominantly roost in urban areas (42–59%). And as such they are exposed to a number of threats. abc.net.au/news/science/2… .
Dr Martin’s work with @batslab, @CES_UNSW, @CSIRO on #flyingfoxes demonstrated that while they are threatened, they are not effectively conserved. publish.csiro.au/zo/ZO20086
