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School of Life SciencesDepartment of Environmental Management & Ecology
Dr Catherine MeathrelCatherine Meathrel has been employed at La Trobe University, Wodonga since February 1995 in the Department of Environmental Management and Ecology. She was promoted to Senior Lecturer in December 2001. She was/is an academic staff representative for the Campus Computer Committee and Campus Academic Advisory Committee, the New Library and Nursing Facility Committee, University Council Library Committee, University Council Equality, Diversity and Wellbeing Committee, Public Relations and Student Liaison Committee and La Trobe University Animal Experimentation and Ethics Committee. She currently Chairs the Campus Library Advisory Committee and the Faculty Equality, Diversity and Wellbeing Committee. During Catherine's time at La Trobe, she was appointed to the editorial board of Marine Ornithology for a term of four years and nominated to chair the Antarctic Division's Animal Experimentation, Ethics and lonising Radiation Committee and the North East Catchment Management Authority. She has also developed strong research links with sixteen Landcare groups in northern Victoria and was Vice President for the Ovens Landcare Network and the President of Warby Ranges Landcare and Rabbit Control Group. Catherine was an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow from January 1992 - January 1995 at Murdoch University, Murdoch, W.A. before she moved to Wodonga. At Murdoch University, Catherine worked in conjunction with Professors J.S. Bradley and R.D. Wooller, conducting research on the Tasmanian Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris . Now in its 62nd year, this study on the population ecology of muttonbirds in Bass Strait, Tasmania, is one of the longest, uninterrupted studies of vertebrates in the world. This species, a Pacific Basin transequatorial migrant, is important both economically and socially to the Aboriginal peoples of Australia. In addition to this major continuing research collaboration, Catherine continues to conduct extensive research on seabirds, most recently, Pacific Gulls and Little Penguins in Bass Strait, Tasmania.
Auman, H.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Richardson, A. (2008) Supersize me: Does anthropogenic food change the body condition of Silver Gulls? A comparison between urbanized and remote, non-urbanized areas. Waterbirds 31(1): 122-126. Auman, H.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Richardson, A. (submitted). Urbanization of the Silver Gull: evidence of anthropogenic feeding regimes from stable isotope analyses. Under review Condor. Auman, H.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Richardson, A. (submitted). Comparison of blood biochemistry between urbanised and remote Silver Gulls in Tasmania. Under review Emu-Austral Ornithology. Bradley, J.S. and Meathrel, C.E. (2006). Prediction of individual reproductive success in short-tailed shearwaters, Puffinus tenuirostris. In 'Proceedings of the 23rd International Ornithological Congress. Beijing, China 2002'. (Ed. R Schodde) pp. 91-95. (Acta Zoologica Sinica 52 (Supplement): Beijing) Bradley, J.S., Gunn, B.M., Skira, I.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Wooller, R.D. (1999). Age-dependent prospecting and recruitment to a breeding colony of Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris. Ibis 141(2): 277-285. Calver, M.C., Dickman, C.R. and Meathrel, C.E. (1996). Patterns of vertebrate predation on grasshoppers. In Populations and Patterns in Biology. (Walters, K.F.A. and Kidd, N.A.C., eds.). IPPP, Silwood Park, Ascot, UK. Churchill, R.C., Meathrel, C.E. and Suter, P.J. (2004). A retrospective assessment of gold mining in the Reedy Creek subcatchment, north east Victoria, residual mercury contamination 100 years later. Environmental Pollution 132(2): 355-363. Jones, B.A., Meathrel, C.E. and Calver, M. C. (2004). Tales of possums, fire and trees: hypotheses arising from a population recovery of the Western Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus occidentalis in fire regrowth patches in a stand of Agonis flexuosa trees in south-western Australia, pp: 656 - 662 in Lunney, D. (ed.). Conservation of Australia's forest fauna, 2nd edition. Royal Society of New South Wales, Mosman, NSW. Klomp, N.I., Meathrel, C.E. and Wooller, R.D. (1988). The protracted breeding regime of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) in Western Australia. Cormorant 16: 128-129. Klomp, N.I., Meathrel, C.E., Wienecke, B.C. and Wooller, R.D. (1991). Surface nesting by Little Penguins on Penguin Island, Western Australia. Emu 91: 190-193. Lindsay, M.C.M. and Meathrel, C.E. (2008). Where, when and how? Limitations of the techniques used to examine the dietary preference of Pacific Gulls (Larus pacificus) using non-consumed parts of prey and regurgitated pellets of prey remains. Waterbirds 31(4): 611-619. Meathrel, C.E. (1987). Gulls. Landscope 3: 3-6. (W.A. Department of Conservation and Land Management). Meathrel, C.E. (1990). Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides predation of Silver Gulls Larus novaehollandiae at a colony in south-western Australia. Emu 90: 195-197. Meathrel, C.E. (1991). Variation in the eggs and the period of rapid yolk deposition of the silver gull Larus novaehollandiae during a protracted laying season. J. Zool., Lond. 223: 501-508. Meathrel, C.E. (1991). The reproductive performance and body condition of Silver Gulls Larus novaehollandiae during a protracted breeding season. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, Western Australia. 315 pp. Meathrel, C.E., and Holloway, B.P. (in prep.). Colonial nesting and the reproductive success of the threatened Pacific Gull Larus pacificus in the southern Furneaux Group, Bass Strait, Tasmania. To be submitted to Marine Ornithology in early 2009. Meathrel, C.E. and Jackson, J. (2000). KABV Litter Survey literature review and revised methodology. Consultancy to Keep Australia Beautiful, Victoria. Meathrel, C.E. and Klomp, N.I. (1991). Predation of Little Penguin eggs by King's Skinks on Penguin Island, Western Australia. Corella 14: 129-130. Meathrel, C.E. and Reid, S. (2007). Dietary preferences in captive eastern long-necked turtles Chelodina longicollis. Victorian Naturalist 124(3): 163-166. Meathrel, C.E. and Ryder, J.P. (1987). Sex ratios of Ring-billed Gulls in relation to egg size, egg sequence and female body condition. Colonial Waterbirds 10: 72-77. Meathrel, C.E. and Ryder, J.P. (1987). Intra-clutch variation in the size, mass and composition of Ring-billed Gull eggs. Condor 89: 364-368. Meathrel, C.E., Bradley, J.S., Skira, I.J. and Wooller, R.D. (submitted). Interactions between parental age, breeding experience and inter-annual variation of egg size in short-tailed shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris. Under review Journal of Avian Biology. Meathrel, C.E., Bradley, J.S., Wooller, R.D. and Skira, I.J. (1993). The effect of parental condition on egg-size and reproductive success in Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris. Oecologia 93: 162-164. Meathrel, C.E., Holloway, B.P. and Widdup, L. (in prep.) Nest site selection in the threatened Pacific Gull Larus pacificus in the Furneaux Group, Bass Strait, Tasmania – the role of vegetation die-off in the reproductive failure of gulls. To be submitted to Austral Ornithology (formerly Emu), in 2009. Meathrel, C.E., Mills, J.M. and Wooller, R.D. (1991). The Silver Gull in Australia and New Zealand. Acta XX Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici: 2390-2395. Meathrel, C.E., Ryder, J.P. and Termaat, B.M. (1987). Size and composition of Herring Gull eggs: relationship to position in the laying sequence and the body condition of females. Colonial Waterbirds 10: 55-63. Meathrel, C.E., Skira, I.J., Bradley, J.S. and Wooller, R.D. (1993). The influence of egg-size, mass and composition upon hatching success in the short-tailed shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris (Aves : Procellariiformes). J. Zool., Lond. 230: 679-686. Meathrel, C.E., Suter, P.J. and Dwyer, A.M. (1999). The misuse of electronic resources by tertiary, science students. pp. 42-48 in New Learning Technologies, A Challenge for Educators. La Trobe University. Meathrel, C.E., Suter, P.J. and Radford, N.M. (2002). Niche segregation between three species of freshwater turtle in a large billabong during flood. Victorian Naturalist 119: 160-173. Meathrel, C.E., Suter, P.J. and Reid, S. (2004). Habitat and dietary preferences of freshwater turtles in ephemeral billabongs on the Ovens River, north-east Victoria. Victorian Naturalist 121: 4-14. Saffer, V.M., Bradley, J.S., Wooller, R.D. and Meathrel, C.E. (2000). Patterns of growth in nestling Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris. Emu 100(1): 42-48. Saffer, V.M., Bradley, J.S., Wooller, R.D. and Meathrel, C.E. (2000). The effect of human activity on the growth rates of Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris chicks. Emu 100(1): 49-53. Wooller, R.D., Dunlop, J.N., Klomp, N.I., Meathrel, C.E. and Wienecke, B.C. (1991). Seabird abundance, distribution and breeding patterns in relation to the Leeuwin Current. J. Roy. Soc. W.A. 74: 129-132. Conference Papers:Meathrel, C.E. and Ryder, J.P. Secondary sex ratios and egg sequence in Ring-billed Gulls. Poster, Colonial Waterbird Group Annual Meeting, 5-8 Dec. 1987. Charleston, South Klomp, N.I., Meathrel, C.E. and Wooller, R.D. The protracted breeding regime of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) in Western Australia. Open session paper, 1st International Conference on Penguins, 16-19 Aug. 1988. Dunedin, New Zealand. Meathrel, C.E., Mills, J.M. and Wooller, R.D. The Silver Gull in Australia and New Zealand: superabundance, causes, problems and solutions. Invited symposium paper, XX International Ornithological Congress, 2-9 Dec. 1990. Christchurch, New Zealand. Wooller, R.D., Dunlop, J.N., Klomp, N.I., Meathrel, C.E. and Wienecke, B.C. Seabird abundance, distribution and breeding patterns in relation to the Leeuwin Current. Royal Society of Western Australia/Fisheries Department of Western Australia Symposium on the Leeuwin Current, 16 March 1991. Perth, Western Australia. Calver, M.C., Dickman, C.R. and Meathrel, C.E. Patterns of vertebrate predation on grasshoppers. Poster, Individuals, Populations and Patterns, Univ. of East Anglia, UK, 7-10 Sept. 1992. Meathrel, C.E., Saffer, V.M., Bradley, J.S. and Wooller, R.D. Parental attendance, feeding
patterns and growth of Short-tailed Shearwater chicks. Poster, XXI International Ornithological Congress, Vienna, Austria, 20-25 Sept. 1994. Meathrel, C.E., Bradley, J.S. and Wooller, R.D. Recruitment in the Short-tailed Shearwater. Invited round-table seminar, XXI International Ornithological Congress, Vienna, Austria, 20-25 Sept. 1994. Saffer, V.M. and Meathrel, C.E. Effects of human disturbance on the growth of Short-tailed Shearwater chicks. Invited open session paper, Southern Hemisphere Ornithological Congress, Albany, Western Australia, 5-9 Oct. 1996. Stuart, K. and Meathrel, C.E. Density, distribution and impacts of eastern grey kangaroos in the Warby Range, North-East Victoria. Poster, Australian Mammal Society Meeting, Perth, Western Australia, 6-8 July 1998. Bradley, J.S., Meathrel, C.E., Skira, I.J. and Wooller, R.D. Modelling the effects of harvesting on the life history traits of Short-tailed Shearwaters in Tasmania. Invited paper. Joint meeting of the New Zealand Ecological Society and the Ecological Society of Australia. University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ, 24-27 November 1998. Everaardt, A.N., Pridmore, P.A. and Meathrel, C.E. The climbing capabilities of small, Australian, dasyurid marsupials. Poster, Australian Mammal Society Meeting, Sydney, NSW, 5-7 July 1999. Burston, J.L. and Meathrel, C.E. The ecology of pest birds at Uncle Toby's, Wahgunyah, with emphasis on the introduced Passer domesticus and Sturnus vulgaris. Invited open session paper, 2000 Southern Hemisphere Ornithological Congress, 27 June-2 July 2000. Brisbane, QLD. Meathrel, C.E. The Silver Gull in Australia and New Zealand: review of a pest (?) species. Refereed conference paper Pacific, Kelp and Silver Gulls in Australia - Research and Management, Phillip Island, Victoria, 17 August 2002. Meathrel, C.E. Status and conservation of Pacific Gulls in Australia. A species in need of listing. Refereed conference paper Pacific, Kelp and Silver Gulls in Australia - Research and Management, Phillip Island, Victoria, 17 August 2002. Holloway, B.P. and Meathrel, C.E. The reproductive biology of the Pacific Gull Larus p. pacificus in the Furneaux Group, Tasmania. Refereed conference paper Pacific, Kelp and Silver Gulls in Australia - Research and Management, Phillip Island, Victoria, 17 August 2002. McDonald, G. and Meathrel, C.E. Making it count - a comparison of seedbank extraction and quantification techniques, required samples sizes and precision. Poster, 2002 Ecological Society of Australia Conference, 2-6 December 2002. Cairns, QLD. Meathrel, C.E. Conservation of the Pacific Gull in Australia. The importance of the Furneaux Group. Keynote address, 2003 Birds Australia Member's Day, 31 May 2003, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS. Meathrel, C.E. and Robertson, B.I. Monitoring animal welfare and promoting refinement - implications for wildlife studies. Invited paper, ANZCCART Workshop - Monitoring Animal Welfare and Promoting Refinement, 17 October 2003, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC. Robertson, B.I. and Meathrel, C.E. Do sampling rigour and methodology affect the genetic differentiation of threatened populations and resultant conservation strategies? A case study using Australia's Pacific Gull. Invited paper, 24th International Ornithological Congress, 2 – 9 August 2006. Hamburg, Germany. Meathrel, C.E. and Carey, M.J. How important are intrinsic factors to natal recruitment in Short-tailed Shearwaters? Invited paper, 24th International Ornithological Congress, 2 – 9 August 2006. Hamburg, Germany. Auman, H.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Richardson, A. Supersize me: The health consequences of anthropogenic food on Silver Gulls (Larus novaehollandiae) from Tasmania. Invited paper, joint meeting of the New Zealand Ecological Society and the Ecological Society of Australia (Ecology Across the Tasman), Victoria University, Wellington, NZ, 27 August – 1 September 2006. Auman, H.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Richardson, A. Supersize me: Anthropogenic foods affect quantity but not quality of Silver Gulls. Oral presentation. Nutrition Society of Australia Conference, Tasmania Chapter, 17 June 2006. Hobart, Australia. Auman, H.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Richardson, A. Supersize me: Anthropogenic foods affect quantity but not quality of Silver Gulls. Poster presentation, Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand: EIANZ Tasmanian Division Biannual Conference, 4 August 2006. Hobart, Australia. Auman, H.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Richardson, A. Urbanisation of the Silver Gull: Evidence of anthropogenic diet by stable isotope analyses. Oral presentation. CSIRO Marine Laboratories Stable Isotope Workshop, 7 November 2006. Hobart, Australia. Auman, H.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Richardson, A. Supersize me: The effects of anthropogenic foods on Silver Gulls. Oral paper, Animals and Society II: Considering Animals, University of Tasmania, 3-6 July 2007. Hobart, Australia. Carey, M.J. and Meathrel, C.E. Effect of human interactions on the reproductive success of Short-tailed Shearwaters breeding on Great Dog Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania. Invited paper, Australasian Ornithological Congress, 2-5 December 2007. Perth, Australia. Meathrel, C.E., Bradley, J.S, Skira, I.J. and Wooller, R.D. Breeding experience and egg-size variation in the Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris. Invited paper, 4th International Albatross and Petrel Conference, 11-15 August, 2008. Cape Town, South Africa. Research Grants: LTU Starter Grant, "Factors affecting recruitment into the breeding population of a long-lived seabird, the Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris." $3,987. Renewed for 1997 ($4,500). LTU Inter-campus Research Incentive Grant Scheme, "Effect of excluding vertebrate predators on the sex and colour-morph frequencies of the grasshopper Acrida conica Fabricius." $4,500. ARC Small Grants Scheme, "Extra-pair paternity in a socially monogamous seabird, the short-tailed shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris, revealed by microsatellites." $19,922. LTU Inter-campus Research Incentive Grant Scheme, "Effect of microclimate on the sex and colour-morph frequencies of the grasshopper Acrida conica Fabricius." $10,000. Environment Australia, "Evaluation of monitoring effort required to manage sustainable harvesting in an exploited seabird." (with Bradley and Wooller, Murdoch Univ., Perth) $29,940. Greening Australia (Bushcare), "Ecology of kangaroos in the Warby Range State Park." $1500. Uncle Toby's Australia, "A management plan for pest birds at Uncle Toby's, Wahgunyah." $5,000. LTU Starter Grant, "Weed control in Victoria, non-compliance by landowners, enforcement of the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 and the relative success of legal proceedings against offenders." $3,990. LTU Faculty of Science Grant (Small ARC), "The ecology of pest birds in cherry and grape production areas in the Warby Range, north east Victoria." $3,000. Keep Australia Beautiful - Victoria, "Evaluation and redesign of litter survey protocols and data analyses." $7,800. LTU Seeder Grant, "Niche overlap and competition between Pacific Gulls and Kelp Gulls in northern Bass Strait." $6,500. Rural City of Wangaratta, “Development of GIS environmental overlays for the Wangaratta Planning Scheme.” $2,500 Birds Australia (Victoria), “Ecology of birds in grape and cherry production areas adjacent to the Warby Range State Park, NE Victoria.” $880 ANZ Charitable Trust Australia – Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund, “The ecology of the White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus in Chiltern Box-Ironbark National Park, north east Victoria.” $1,000 Holsworth Wildlife Trust, "The ecology of pest birds in cherry and grape production areas in the Warby Range, north east Victoria." $2,800. Birds Australia (Victoria), "The ecology of pest birds in cherry and grape production areas in the Warby Range, north east Victoria." $2,000. Holsworth Wildlife Trust, "Ecology of White-browed Babblers Pomatostomus superciliosus in Chiltern Box-Ironbark National Park, north-east Victoria." $2,000. Birds Australia (Victoria), "Ecology of White-browed Babblers Pomatostomus superciliosus in Chiltern Box-Ironbark National Park, north-east Victoria" $1,200. LTU Research Enhancement Grant, "Ecology of Pacific Gulls in the Furneaux Group, Bass Strait." $5,000. Birds Australia (Tasmanian), Stuart Leslie Bird Research Award, “Effects of anthropogenic food resources on the body condition, chemistry and stable-isotopes of blood in Silver Gulls Larus novaehollandiae in Tasmania.” $1,500. ANZ Charitable Trust Australia – Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund, “Effects of anthropogenic food resources on the body condition, chemistry and stable-isotopes of blood in Silver Gulls Larus novaehollandiae in Tasmania. $2,000 Holsworth Wildlife Trust, "The morphological and genetic relationships of the geographically isolated Pacific Gull Larus pacificus populations in Australia." $1,500. Nature Conservation Society of South Australia, “Morphological and genetic status of the Pacific Gull Larus pacificus in South Australia.” $1,000. Birds Australia Stuart Leslie Bird Research Award, “Morphology and genetic relationships of the geographically isolated Pacific Gull Larus pacificus populations in Australia.” $2,950. Nature Conservation Society of South Australia, “Genetic characteristics of the Pacific Gulls in South Australia.” $2,000. Nature Conservation Society of South Australia, “Genetic characteristics of the Pacific Gulls in Victoria.” $500. Nature Foundation SA Inc., “Morphologic and genetic relationships of the geographically isolated populations of the Pacific Gull Larus pacificus in Australia.” $2,000. Birds Australia Stuart Leslie Bird Research Award, “Morphology and genetic relationships of the geographically isolated Pacific Gull Larus pacificus populations in Australia.” $2,950. Birds Australia Stuart Leslie Bird Research Award, “Effect of human interactions on the reproductive success of Short-tailed Shearwaters breeding on Great Dog Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania.” $450. ANZ Charitable Trust Australia – Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund, “Effect of human interactions on the reproductive success of Short-tailed Shearwaters breeding on Great Dog Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania.” $5,000. ANZ Charitable Trust Australia - Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund "Effect of human interactions on the reproductive success of Short-tailed Shearwaters breeding on Great Dog Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania." $5,000. Additional research undertaken while in Western Australia included: · The monitoring of a Little Penguin Eudyptula minor colony in W.A., and assessment of foraging ecology, for the Department of Conservation and Land Management. · Research on the genetic variation in Silver Gulls with Dr Allan Baker of the Royal Ontario Museum. · Research with Dr Michael Calver of Murdoch University on insectivory in various classes of native vertebrates. · Consultant/Hatchery Manager for Dromaius Emu Enterprises, Mt Gibson, W.A. · Research with Barbara Jones, Drs Ric How and Darryl Kitchener of the Western Australian Museum on the population ecology of Brush-tailed Trichosurus vulpecula and Ring-tailed Pseudocheirus occidentalis Possums in south-western W.A. · Consultant to Uncle Toby's, Keep Australia Beautiful, Environment Australia.
1991: Doctor of Philosophy - Biology (Ornithology): Murdoch University, Perth, Australia . 1986: Master of Science - Biology (Ornithology): Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada. 1983: BSc. Hons Ecology and Evolution: University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. Professional society memberships American Ornithologists' Union 1993 BSc (Hons): Population biology of Silver Gulls Larus novaehollandiae on Rottnest Island, Western Australia. 1993 BSc (Hons): Seasonal variation in the reproductive performance of captive Emus Dromaius novaehollandiae in Western Australia. 1997 BSc (Hons): Habitat and dietary selection of three freshwater turtles, Chelodina expansa, C. longicollis and Emydura macquarii in Lake Moodemere, Victoria. 1997 BSc (Hons): The effect of excluding vertabrate predators on the sex and colour morph frequencies of the grasshopper Acrida conica Fabricius. 1998 BSc (Hons): Comparison of macroinvertebrate sampling techniques for the rapid bioassessment of lowland rivers. 1998 BSc (Hons): Ecological and behavioural notes on the freshwater turtle inhabitants of ephemeral billabongs located within the Ovens River flood plain, Killawarra State Forest, Victoria. 1998 BSc (Hons): The distribution and impact of Eastern Grey Kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) in the Warby Range, north-east Victoria. 1998 BSc (Hons): A retrospective assessment of gold mining in the Reedy Creek subcatchment, north-east Victoria. Heavy metal toxicity 100 years later. 1998 PhD: The ecology of the White-browed Babbler, Pomatostomus superciliosus, in Chiltern Box-Ironbark National Park, north-east Victoria. 1999 BSc (Hons): The ecology of birds at Uncle Toby's, Wahgunyah, with emphasis on the introduced Passer domesticus and Sturnus vulgaris. 1999 BSc (Hons): Studies of horizontal climbing in Antechinus and Sminthopsis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). 2000 BSc (Hons): Development of environmental overlay for the Rural City of Wangaratta's Planning Scheme. 2000 BSc (Hons): The reproductive biology of the Pacific Gull, Larus pacificus, breeding in loose pairs and colonies in the Furneaux Group, Tasmania. 2000 PhD: Ecology of avian pests in cherry and grape production areas in north-east Victoria. 2001 PhD: Development of a health rating index for endangered grassy woodland communities in the South West Slopes Bioregion of New South Wales (conferred April 2004). 2002 BSc (Hons): Impacts of grazing on soil chemistry and macroinvertebrates in the South West Slopes Bioregion of New South Wales (IIA). 2003 BSc (Hons): Foraging ecology of Pacific Gulls Larus pacificus in the Furneaux Group of Islands, Bass Strait, Tasmania (First). 2003 BSc (Hons): Nest site selection and reproductive success of Pacific Gulls Larus pacificus in the Furneaux Group of Islands, Bass Strait, Tasmania (First). 2003 BSc (Hons): Community perceptions of Rural Land Stewardship as an Environmental Management System in north east Victoria (in progress). 2004 BSc (Hons): Feeding behaviour and chick provisioning of the eastern Pacific Gull Larus p. pacificius in the southern Furneaux Group, Tasmania (First). 2004 BSc (Hons): Factors affecting recruitment into a population of Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris (First). 2004 PhD: The morphological and genetic relationships of the geographically isolated Pacific Gull Larus pacificus populations in Australia (in progress). 2004 PhD: Determining effects of differences in dietary resources in Silver Gulls (Larus novaehollandiae) using stable-isotope analyses and plasma biochemical parameters (in progress. Co-superiviser (Research), based at the School of Zoology, University of Tasmania, Hobart) (Conferred July 2008). 2006 PhD: Effects of parental quality, burrow characters and investigator disturbance on the breeding success of Short-tailed Shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) in the Furneaux Group, Bass Strait, Tasmania (in progress).
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