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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

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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