Reposted by Heather NeillyDale Nimmo @biodiversityguy.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Some more Sentinel Hub images of the Little Desert (Victoria, Australia) wildfires, showing the breadth of impact. The fire spans about 55 km from east to west. Some unburnt patches remain within the fire boundary, but there are also extensive areas with no unburnt refuges. 21710
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 27/01/2025We have used Dodonaea viscosa (sticky hop bush) which is local/native, but considered a ‘woody weed’. It grows quickly and takes over disturbed sites, and so we thinned it from other restoration sites and transported to these sites (without seeds of course). A win win for both spots! 040
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Sure does! plus reduces herbivory from kangaroos and goats, a major barrier to restoration in this part of Aus (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...)onlinelibrary.wiley.com‘Branching’ with complex coarse woody debris reduces herbivory on recovering erosion scaldsCoarse woody debris (CWD) has many benefits in restoration, including protecting seedlings from herbivory, and it is often reintroduced where CWD is depauperate. At Calperum Station on the Murray Riv.... 020
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 27/01/2025We applied 22,500m2 of woody debris to overgrazed arid Australia, the first pic sums up the results pretty nicely!! It not only helped veg and soil recover but provided habitat for reptiles and mammals, details in Restoration Ecology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 513738
Reposted by Heather NeillyScience News @scinews.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky 1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research Open Access journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... 551236466
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Hello Melbournians #ESAus2024 any brekky place reccos near the conference? 191
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Wow what a project! Teaching crocs and goannas to not eat invasive and poisonous cane toads via taste aversion. Congrats to all involved on such an ambitious, collaborative project in remote northern Aust #DCBA #MacquarieUniversity #BunubaRangers #ESAus2024 0145
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 09/12/2024How cool is this from the City of Melbourne?! Are searchable planting guides available for other Aus cities? #ESAus2024 0111
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 09/12/2024A fantastic talk by @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social on urban biodiversity and working with practitioners. But more importantly a masterclass in how to deliver an engaging plenary #ESAus2024 #scicom 1348
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Oh I missed this talk! Will have to go check out your poster 010
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Cities are making brushtail possums sick! Check out Tara’s poster 168 and speed talk at 5:20pm at the Nature in Cities symposium @ESAus2024 2247
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 08/12/2024A traditional smoking ceremony to welcome us to Wurundjeri country for #ESAus2024 Looking forward to a week of inspiration and connection 090
Reposted by Heather NeillyEcological Society of Australia @ecolsocaus.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Have you packed your most fabulous animal prints for #ESAus2024? We'll be snapping pics of people's style each day of the conference for the chance to win best-dressed! #ecology 0154
Reposted by Heather NeillyJohn Griffin @jngriffy.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Strongly agree with this letter in Science arguing that field-based research should be more highly and fairly valued in academia. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgThe value of field research in academiaFrom anthropology to zoology, immersion within communities, cultural settings, and study systems is integral to research and learning (1, 2). Fieldwork, the direct observation and collection of data i... 08828
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 24/11/2024A rare treat in the aussie desert! 50mm (and counting) of soft soaking rain. Enough to shut most tracks and cancel fieldwork. Better get started on that data entry I guess #caleprum #wildoz #officebound 1194
Reposted by Heather NeillyDr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · 23/11/2024A couple gems of the #mallee. #spinytailedgecko #growlinggrassfrog #commonscalyfoot #redtailedwormlizard #coralsnake #snake #gecko #herpetology #WildOz #WomenInSTEM #fieldwork #ecology #science 1606
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Final catch of the day, what a beauty! The apex predator Burton’s legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) wrapping up an amazing week, many thanks to @harrison-kent.bsky.social @hannah-churches.bsky.social @rebeccaarnold.bsky.social and the formidable @drdunnart.bsky.social and her team of legends! 2315
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 21/11/2024When you can no longer tell the student from the sand dune #phdlife #mallee #fieldrat 0100
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Catch of the day: a sweet little coral snake (Brachyurophis australis) #calperum #wildoz 0263
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Very excited to get these Tomst soil moisture and temp loggers into our erosion scald ‘branching’ (aka woody debris addition) experimental plots on the Murray River floodplain. These scalds are the result of 100 yrs of sheep grazing. Can you tell the difference between our control and treatment?! 031
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Catch of the day: double dunnies! Common dunnart (Sminthopsis murina) lucky @drdunnart.bsky.social is here #calperum 0182
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Catch of the day Desert Skink Liopholis inornata aka ‘bulldog’ @hannah-churches.bsky.social #calperum 150
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Catch of the day Ctenophorus spinodomus x 3 #calperum 1405
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 18/11/2024And we’re off! A week of pitfall trapping in the beautiful mallee #calperum #wildoz #ecology @harrykent.bsky.social @hannah-churches.bsky.social @rebeccaarnold.bsky.social 190
Reposted by Heather Neillyharrison-kent.bsky.social @harrison-kent.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Beautiful place to be kicking off #fieldwork for the next few weeks 191
Reposted by Heather Neillyharrison-kent.bsky.social @harrison-kent.bsky.social · 15/11/2024A little eastern mallee dragon (Ctenophorus spinodomus) from setting up some pit fall traps this morning. #WildOz 0142
Reposted by Heather NeillyDon A. Driscoll @dadriscoll.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires. In this massive collaboration, >100 Australian ecologists put a novel spin on meta-analysis to discover how fire frequency, interval, unburnt area, pre-fire drought and protected areas modify fire impacts.🌏 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comBiodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires - NatureData collected from more than 2,000 taxa provide an unparalleled opportunity to quantify how extreme wildfires affect biodiversity, revealing that the largest effects on plants and animals were in are... 411853
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Please share, and help me find a #PhD student to study #ecosystem #engineers and their role in #ecological #restoration 0911
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Hello blue sky! I’m a #restoration #ecologist working in #aridzone #dryland #conservation in particular #mallee #woodlands in #Australia currently an #ARCfellow and some extra #s for good measure #wildoz #ecology #research #fringedlily #plants #animals 1101
Heather Neilly @heatherneilly.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Me please! Restoration ecologist in arid Australia 100