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Deakin Centre for Integrative Ecology
2013 HDR Conference
24th
-25th
October
Geelong Conference Centre
Eastern Park Gardens, Adams Court, Geelong
Day 1
10:00 Morning tea
10:30 Opening addressProf Lee Astheimer, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research)
Session 1 (chaired by Marta Ferenzi)
10:40 Plenary speakerForaging ecology of migratory shorebirds wintering
at Banc dArguin (Mauritania)Dr Jan van Gils, Marine Ecology, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research,
Netherlands
Students talks:
11:20 1. John McEvoy- It's more than rain: Cues for long distance movementin nomadic waterfowl
11:35 2. Reece Pedler- Banded Stilt movements in arid Australia11:50 3. Wayne Koster- Spawning season movements of Macquarie perch12:05 4. Blake Allen- Using tri-axis accelerometers to understand fine-scale
movement in animals
12:20 Lunch
Session 2 (chaired by Milla Mihailova)Students talks:
13:30 1. Justin Eastwood- Running rings around your host: first evidence of aviral ring species and its role in host speciation
13:45 2. Marta Ferenczi- Avian influenza virus dynamics in a waterfowlcommunity
14:00 3. Simeon Lisovski- Seasonal variability in avian influenza infectiondynamics
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Session 3 (chaired by Yaara Rotman)
14:15 Plenary speakerMovement ecology of sea turtlesProf Graeme Hays, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
Students talks:
14:45 1. John Patykowski- The contribution of rare plants towards ecosystemfunctions within the Victorian Central Highlands15:00 2. Adam Cardilini- For the love of understanding, knowledge and
progress
15:15 3. Mark Richardson- Population genetics of the invasive northern PacificSeastar
15:30 Tea, poster & photo judging session
16:00 Discussion- building expertise
18:30 Dinner at the Wharf ShedPizza Night
15 Easter Beach Road, Geelong
Location map @
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Day 208:30 Arrival & tea/coffee
Session 5 (chaired by Simeon Lisovski)
09:00 Plenary speaker Using ecology to help solve conservation problems
in Australia: the approach of the Australian Wildlife ConservancyDr. John Kanowski, National Ecologist & Regional Ecologist, North-east Australia
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Students talks:
09:40 1. Anna Moodie- Vulnerability of small mammal nesting sites duringlow-coverage prescribed burning
09:55 2. Evelyn Chia- Too hot to handle: Fire severity and its role in influencingmammal recovery post wildfire
10:10 3. Christine Connelly- Identifying landscape connections for a smallwoodland bird in an urbanising ecosystem in Melbourne, Australia
10:25 4. Grant Leeworthy- Preserve your patch! Spatial management offisheries
10:40 Morning tea
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Session 6 (chaired by Zoe Robertson)
Students talks:
11:10 1. Meijuan Zhao- Aging techniques in vertebrates and their limitedadequacy when deducing mortality rate from age distributions
11:25 2. Milla Mihailova- Olfactory signalling in the crimson rosella complex(Platycercus elegans)
11:40 3. Nega Tassie Abate- Plumage pigments reflect birds latitudinal shift inresponse to global climate change
11:55 4. Sera Blair- The role of community in threatened species conservationin Victoria
12:10 Lunch
Session 7(chaired by Meijuan Zhao)
Student talks:13:30 1. Marty Gent- Mapping Social-Ecological Hotspots13:45 2. Victoria Bywater- Nocturnal population counts of waterfowl:
implications for conservation
14:00 3. Eliza Larson- Temperature variation, reproductive success and stressin crimson rosellas
14:15 4. Tom Hurst- Mangrove Restoration In Western Port Bay14:30 5. Kim Weston- Resilient Reefs and the role of connectivity14:45 Prizes
(Eliza Larson, Chair)
15:00 Closing addressProf Marcel Klaassen, Director-Centre for Integrative Ecology
15:15 Afternoon tea