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140 VWSG volunteers have been monitoring waders in SE Aus for 40 years. We have several important sites around Victoria for catching and banding waders. Data are used for pop monitoring, migration route, survival and repro rate assessment
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140 VWSG volunteers have been monitoring waders in SE Aus for 40 years. We have several important sites around Victoria for catching and banding waders. Data are used for pop monitoring, migration route, survival and repro rate assessment
#SCBMelb20
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Using geolocators we have revealed the AMAZING migration of Ruddy Turnstones. Flagging shows individuals return to exactly the same stretch of beach on King Island each summer. Adult birds migrate ~12,500km to Siberia to breed before returning #SCBMelb20
Using geolocators we have revealed the AMAZING migration of Ruddy Turnstones. Flagging shows individuals return to exactly the same stretch of beach on King Island each summer. Adult birds migrate ~12,500km to Siberia to breed before returning #SCBMelb20
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Curlew Sandpipers are experiencing drastic population declines. Through tracking, we find that they leave earlier, use fewer sites, are more site specific, and arrive later than Red-necked Stint, which has only minor population declines. #SCBMelb20
Curlew Sandpipers are experiencing drastic population declines. Through tracking, we find that they leave earlier, use fewer sites, are more site specific, and arrive later than Red-necked Stint, which has only minor population declines. #SCBMelb20
Thanks Holly
1/5 #SCBMelb20
We looked at the quality of SE Melbourne’s urban matrix for 🦋 along an impervious surface cover gradient.
We counted nectar producing flowers, larval host plants, tree cover, & mapped remnant vegetation. Also assessed value of a local wildlife gardening program.
We looked at the quality of SE Melbourne’s urban matrix for 🦋 along an impervious surface cover gradient.
We counted nectar producing flowers, larval host plants, tree cover, & mapped remnant vegetation. Also assessed value of a local wildlife gardening program.
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Detected 25% of regional 🦋 species; huge 📉when >27% impervious surface cover
🌺 abundance had positive impact on B abundance, but were mostly non-native flowers
Remnant veg and Tree cover had small positive effect on 🦋 richness
Kurylo et al202X @ESAApplications
Detected 25% of regional 🦋 species; huge 📉when >27% impervious surface cover
🌺 abundance had positive impact on B abundance, but were mostly non-native flowers
Remnant veg and Tree cover had small positive effect on 🦋 richness
Kurylo et al202X @ESAApplications
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Biodiverse cities = healthy cities but how do we encourage wildlife to thrive?
#urbanEcology can help us decide where to prioritise resources for nature.🌿
In 2018 we showed how @cityofmelbourne can use #connectivity theory as a planning tool: tinyurl.com/y5av3uyw
Biodiverse cities = healthy cities but how do we encourage wildlife to thrive?
#urbanEcology can help us decide where to prioritise resources for nature.🌿
In 2018 we showed how @cityofmelbourne can use #connectivity theory as a planning tool: tinyurl.com/y5av3uyw
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All animals need to move for the same reasons as people🍔🏕️💑
But resources are fragmented across city-scapes, with barriers in between.
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Ecological connectivity quantifies how easy it is for an animal to move around the landscape & where to place new connections.
All animals need to move for the same reasons as people🍔🏕️💑
But resources are fragmented across city-scapes, with barriers in between.
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Ecological connectivity quantifies how easy it is for an animal to move around the landscape & where to place new connections.
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We use Spanowicz & Jaeger 2019 method to quantify the degree of habitat fragmentation across a landscape.
Habitat patches are connected if they are within a reasonable distance for that animal to cross, AND are not separated by a barrier. 🛣️🏫
tinyurl.com/y4kux8f3
We use Spanowicz & Jaeger 2019 method to quantify the degree of habitat fragmentation across a landscape.
Habitat patches are connected if they are within a reasonable distance for that animal to cross, AND are not separated by a barrier. 🛣️🏫
tinyurl.com/y4kux8f3
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Cities around the world are confronting unprecedented challenges to liveability - extreme weather, exponential population growth, stress, anxiety, pandemics - Everyday nature is a key solution (a thread)
#SCBMelb20 @CAULHub @TSR_Hub @ICON_Science @CitiesWNature @urbangreenUP
Cities around the world are confronting unprecedented challenges to liveability - extreme weather, exponential population growth, stress, anxiety, pandemics - Everyday nature is a key solution (a thread)
#SCBMelb20 @CAULHub @TSR_Hub @ICON_Science @CitiesWNature @urbangreenUP
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The benefits of every day nature in cities are remarkable and compelling ... lowering the temperature, improving air quality, reducing risk of poor mental health, increasing sales in retail strips, generating sense of place etc etc etc
#SCBMelb20
The benefits of every day nature in cities are remarkable and compelling ... lowering the temperature, improving air quality, reducing risk of poor mental health, increasing sales in retail strips, generating sense of place etc etc etc
#SCBMelb20
3/10 It's possible to fill a city with trees with little benefit for biodiversity - A HUGE missed opportunity as cities can be hotspots for threatened species, but also given the incredible added co-benefits that BIODIVERSE greening delivers
nespurban.edu.au/wp-content/upl……
#SCBMelb20
nespurban.edu.au/wp-content/upl……
#SCBMelb20
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Cities around the world are confronting unprecedented challenges to liveability - extreme weather, exponential population growth, stress, anxiety, pandemics - Everyday nature is a key solution
#SCBMelb20 @CAULHub
@TSR_Hub @RMIT_CUR @ICON_Science @CitiesWNature
@urbangreenUP
Cities around the world are confronting unprecedented challenges to liveability - extreme weather, exponential population growth, stress, anxiety, pandemics - Everyday nature is a key solution
#SCBMelb20 @CAULHub
@TSR_Hub @RMIT_CUR @ICON_Science @CitiesWNature
@urbangreenUP
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The benefits of every day nature in cities are remarkable and compelling ... lowering the temperature, improving air quality, reducing risk of poor mental health, increasing sales in retail strips, generating sense of place etc etc etc
#SCBMelb20
The benefits of every day nature in cities are remarkable and compelling ... lowering the temperature, improving air quality, reducing risk of poor mental health, increasing sales in retail strips, generating sense of place etc etc etc
#SCBMelb20
3/10 It's possible to fill a city with trees with little benefit for biodiversity - A HUGE missed opportunity as cities can be hotspots for threatened species, but also given the incredible added co-benefits that BIODIVERSE greening delivers
nespurban.edu.au/wp-content/upl…
#SCBMelb20
nespurban.edu.au/wp-content/upl…
#SCBMelb20
