Movement ecology for conservation action 1.3.6
Tracks
Track 6
Monday, November 24, 2025 |
4:00 PM - 5:20 PM |
Breakout Room 6 |
Speaker
Dr Stephan Leu
Lecturer
Adelaide University
Heat stress conditions affect the spatial and social behaviour of free-ranging sheep
4:00 PM - 4:15 PMBiography
I am a Behavioural Ecologist working at Adelaide University. My research combines animal social networks, movement ecology and disease ecology.
https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/stephan.leu
Ms Saskia Gerhardy
Student
The University of Adelaide
Rethinking a grassland specialist: new insights into Plains-wanderer habitat at range edge.
4:15 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
Saskia Gerhardy is a PhD candidate with the School of Biological Sciences researching Plains-wanderers in the South Australian semi-arid rangeland. Her research covers the classification of vegetation communities used by Plains-wanderers, analysing the genetic diversity of the species, and determining species distribution through spatial analyses and GPS technologies.
Laura Murray
PhD Candidate
University Of Adelaide
Fine-scale movements and diving patterns of threatened sea snakes in Northern Australia
4:30 PM - 4:45 PMBiography
Laura Murray is a PhD candidate at The University of Adelaide. Her interests and research focus on the conservation of Australia's sea snakes, including investigations into their distributional ranges, habitat preferences, movements and dive physiology.
Courtney Adams
Phd Candidate
UNSW
Can Numbats Cope with Extreme Heat?
4:45 PM - 4:50 PMBiography
Courtney Adams is a PhD candidate at the University of New South Wales, looking at how extreme heat affects the behaviour and physiology of Australia’s threatened, arid-zone mammals.
Ms Katie Barton
Student
University Of Sydney
Evaluating the Epidemiological Risk of Mass Mortality Events: A Bipartite Network Analysis
4:50 PM - 4:55 PMBiography
Katie Barton is currently an Honours student at The University of Sydney where she is applying network analysis to scavenger movement data to highlight the potential epidemiological risk of mass mortality events. Having recently earned her Bachelor of Science with a double major in Data Science and Animal and Veterinary Bioscience, Katie is passionate about interdisciplinary research and leveraging novel quantitative methods to unravel complex dynamics between animal movement and disease risk.
Sam Girvan
PhD Candidate
University Of Melbourne
Using experimental burns to examine Greater Bilby associations with fire mosaics.
4:55 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Sam (she/her) is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne studying bilby ecology, with a particular focus on their movement behaviours associated with prescribed burns.
Co-Convenor
Mitchell Cowan
Research Associate
University of WA
Convenor
Scott Forrest
PhD Student
Queensland University Of Technology, Csiro
