WILDLIFE CONSERVATION LAB
Our expertise and interests cover a wide breadth of research topics.
Explore some of our exciting research below!
Threatened species and ecological communities
Southern Black-throated Finch Poephila cincta cincta (BTF) was once widespread, but is now restricted to less than 20% of its former distribution. Only an estimated 2,200 individuals remain.
The Endangered Condamine earless dragon (Tympanocryptis condaminensis) is restricted to a small area of cropping land in southeast Queensland but its habitat requirements and population are unknown, preventing the development of dragon-friendly practices.
National Australian Science Programme
Through NESP, April has been involved in several projects synthesising knowledge for a national approach for combating species extinction, and identifying and managing refuges.
Climate change and conservation planning
Climate change and conservation planning
Climate change is one of the largest threats facing species and ecosystems. To secure our species into the future, we need to consider climate change in our conservation planning. Projects have included
- Refugia for terrestrial biodiversity
- Conservation planning for climate change
- Climate change impacts on Australian tropical savannah birds
Securing a species - Glossy Black- and Gang-gang Cockatoo
Climate change is one of the largest threats to biodiversity. How can we plan for the future and conserve species under climate change?
Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) and Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum)
Tarengo Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum petilum)
Photo: Larissa Dann
Land clearing
Queensland has one of the worst land clearing rates in the world
Bats
Ecology and conservation of bats
Bats make up around one-quarter of the World's mammals and play a key ecosystem service provider role.
