IA CRC PhD student wins
prize
Congratulations to Tarnya Cox, winner of this year's Society for
Conservation Biology student prize. The prize was awarded for
'best student presentation'.
 Tarnya presented on her project 'carnivore odours as
repellents - evolutionary, taxonomical and dietary effects'.
The project is looking at whether eutherian-based products that
have been developed in the USA and Europe are applicable to native
vertebrate pest species. In particular, Tarnya is evaluating
the effectiveness of eutherian (tiger and lion) and marsupial
(Tasmanian devil) carnivore odours in repelling goats and
kangaroos. She is also evaluating dingo odours.
Tarnya works out of the University of Queensland's School of
Animal Studies at Gatton and is supervised by Peter Murray, Graham
Hall, Andrew Tribe and Xiuhua Li.
Tarnya received her award at the Vertebrate Pest Conference in
Darwin.
New reports available on
our website
These reports can now be downloaded on the web and here:
WA Dept of Agriculture and
Food alerts
WA Dept of Agriculture and Food media release on the publication
of 3 national alerts dealing with Indian ringneck parakeet
(Psittacula krameri), common myna (Acridotheres
tristis) and house crow (Corvus splendens). Three
more alerts are in the pipeline and will be on the ferret,
Rusa deer and the black-spined toad. The alerts will be made
available on the feral.org.au website.
The pest alerts were produced with support from the Australian
Government’s National Feral Animal Control Program and
endorsed nationally by the Vertebrate Pests Committee and relevant
state and territory authorities. The aim of the alerts is to raise
public awareness of the potential for some species to establish
populations in the wild in Australia and become pests. They also
attempt to help the public identify exotic species that may be seen
in suburbs or towns from similar looking native species.
Link to media release for interested parties:
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/aboutus/mr/mr010708.htm
Dwellingup Seminar
Series
The next seminar in the Dwellingup Seminar Series is being
presented by Dr Andrew Grigg of Alcoa on their flora and fauna
rehabilitation work and is to be held on Friday 25 July.
Flyer [here]
[Biosketch of
Andrew Grigg]
Congratulations to
Dawson family
Michelle Dawson recently gave birth to a baby girl - Bonnie
Evelyn. Mother and daughter are both doing well.
Best wishes to Michelle, James and family.
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