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| | Welcome
As we bid farewell to summer, I reflect on the outstanding work that we have had the opportunity to be involved with. Recent months have been busy for ARI, with staff involved in fieldwork all across Victoria, from Mildura to Mallacoota (and !). We have relished the opportunity to get back outdoors, undertaking research that supports government, our environment, and the community.
This issue of our eNews features a project that has taken our researchers across the globe, from Victorian grasslands to Mongolian deserts and two compilations of great work that our researchers have done over the years in uncovering the mysteries of some understudied, enigmatic species. I hope you enjoy reading!
Keep well
Fern Hames
Director
Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
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| | Modelling ecosystem condition with expert opinion
ARI researchers have been combining expert opinion and modelling techniques to measure ecosystem condition in a cost-effective and way. This method has been applied across a wide variety of places, from Victorian Volcanic Plains grasslands to the Mongolian Gobi Desert.
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| | Discovering the secrets of Victoria's small bats
Microbats play a vital role in ecosystem functioning, consuming large quantities of insects, including mosquitoes and agricultural pests. However, due to their nocturnal and cryptic behaviour, they are difficult to study. To address this, ARI is using innovative approaches to shed light on these fascinating creatures.
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| | Understanding and conserving our threatened galaxiids
For many years, researchers at ARI have been at the forefront of galaxiid research. They have led many projects to understand and conserve . This has included identifying new species, uncovering the details of their distribution, and helping to manage the threats of change, invasive species and bushfire.
Find more about this project on our website
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| | ARI quarterly research updates
Recent editions of our Aquatic and Aquatic Influence (Summer 2021-22) Quarterly Updates and the Terrestrial Quarterly Update are now available.They feature new projects and research such as saving the Southern Right Whale, eel tracking, and the discovery of a new crayfish species.
Interested in receiving these directly? All are welcome to sign up!
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| | Recent journal articles (link to abstract) and report (link to PDF) include:
Chown, S.L., Bergstrom, D.M., Houghton, M., Kiefer, K., Terauds, A.and Leihy, R.I. (2022) Invasive species impacts on sub-Antarctic Collembola support the Antarctic climate-diversity-invasion hypotheses. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 166, 108579
Haeffner, M., Hames, F., Barbour, M., Grover, S., Reeves, J., Platell, G. (2022) Expanding collaborative autoethnography into the world of natural science for transdisciplinary teams. One Earth 5, 157-167
Hauser, C.E., Giljohann, K.M., McCarthy, M.A., Kendal, D., Garrard, G.E., Robinson, A.P., Williams, N.S.G., Cousens, R.D. and Moore, J.L. (2022) A field experiment characterizing variable detection rates during plant surveys. Conservation Biology online early
Legge, S., Lyon, J., MacHunter, J., Menkhorst, P., Raadik, T.A., and many authors (2022) The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time-bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019–2020 Australian megafires. Global Ecology and Biogeography online early
Little, C., Rizzuto, M., Luhring, T., Monk, J., Nowicki, R., Paseka, R., Stegen, J., Symons, C., Taub, F. and Yen, J. (2022) Movement with Meaning: Integrating Information into Meta-Ecology. Oikos, e08892
Robley, A., Murray, A., Cally, J.G., Bluff, L., Collyer, A., Borg, N., and Phillips, L. (2022) The response of native species to the 2019-20 bushfires and introduced predators in Far East Gippsland, ARI Technical Report No 329.
Stoessel, D.J., Todd, C.R., Brown, T., Koehn, J.D., Walsh, C., van der Meulen, D., Williams, J. and Birleson, M. (2022) Assessing Outcomes of Environmental Flows for an Estuary‑Dependent Fish Species using a Novel Stochastic Population Model Approach. Estuaries and Coasts
Tonkin, Z., Moloney, P., Lyon, J., Kitchingman, A., O’Mahony, J., Raymond, S., Hackett, G., Saddlier, S., Greenfield, A., Wood, D. and Hale, R. (2022) Movement behavior of a threatened native fish informs flow management in a modified floodplain river system. Ecosphere 13(1), e3916
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| | ARI Seminar Series (online)
Our next seminar will focus on genetic management, featuring Zeb Tonkin (ARI) and Sasha Pavlova (Monash University). The seminar will be on Monday 16th May. Register at Eventbrite via this link.
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