Integrative Ecology Lab current projects
Current lab membersÌý
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Caitlyn Drayton-Taylor ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýMasters Student |
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Joanna Haddock ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýPhD Candidate |
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Matthew Hall ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýPhD Candidate |
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Jayne Hanford ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýPhD Candidate |
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Daniel Jin ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýHonours Student |
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Ryan Keith ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýPhD Candidate |
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Margot Law ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýResearch Assistant ·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýmargot.law@sydney.edu.au |
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Heather Lee-Kiorgaard ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýHonours Student |
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Ryan Leonard ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýPhD Candidate Urban environments and the roads bisecting them contribute significantly to the high ambient levels of harmful pollutants, including particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen. These pollutants are detrimental to human health and, principal factors influencing the physiology and development of flora and fauna in urban centers. My research explores the effects urban pollutants have on invertebrate behaviour, with particular emphasis on invertebrate memory and cognitive ability. Using the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) as a model species, I principally investigate the effects of urban pollutants, including those associated with roads and vehicle exhaust, on the recognition and memory of floral-odours by honey bees. |
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Manuel Eduardo Lequerica Tamara ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýMSc Candidate I am interested in ecosystem services and ecology, particularly pollination services within urban areas. Because pollination is a decisive element in most fruit-bearing crops and as urban agriculture will keep on the rise as efficient food repositories, it is important to understand how urbanization can affect insect pollinators, and plant-pollinator interactions. The product of this research project should help us identify the roles of native and introduced pollinators in community gardens throughout Sydney, in order to assist present recommendations that might enhance urban pollination services. |
Henry Lydecker ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýMSc Candidate |
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'Spider' Man ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýLab manager |
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Rodrigo Roman ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýPhD candidate |
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Lucy Taylor ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýPhd Candidate |
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Helen Smith ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýResearch Associate |
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Caragh Threlfall ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýResearch Associate |
Lab alumni
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¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýHabitat use and feeding ecology of the redback spider,ÌýLatrodectus hasseltiÌý(Co-supervised with Dr Mike Gray, Australian Museum). |
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De-anne Attard ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýDelving beneath the surface: thermal ecology of a fossorial skink,ÌýSaiphos equalis. |
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Georgina Barron ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýDo invasive plants in degraded urban ecosystems facilitate ecological interactions? |
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Sarah Beaumont ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýDiversity, function and invasion in a revegetated urban landscape |
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Francesca van den Berg ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýThermal ecology of Flat Rock SpidersÌýMorebilus plagusius ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýHot and hungry: thermal biology of sit-and-wait predator in a thermally extreme/nutrient poor environment. |
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Robert Blackburn ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýEcosystem degradation along an urban-rural gradient: linking diversity to ecosystem processes. |
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Sean Blamires ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýThe ecological and physiological costs of orb weaving spider foraging. Ìý |
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Beatrice Brennan ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýHabitat use by the Major Pancake spider (Hemicloea major). |
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Susan Burrows ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýDieback ofÌýEucalyptus botryoidesÌýin urban forest remnants in the Sydney Basin. Ìý |
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Tony Chen ±Ê´Ç²õ¾±³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýHonours Student Ìý |
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Evelyn Chia ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýHabitat use by koalas in a restored landscape (Co-supervised with Prof Ian Hume). |
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Fiona Christie ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýUrban bushland remnants in the Sydney region: biodiversity in Australia's biggest backyard (Co-supervised with Dr Gerry Cassis, Australian Museum, funded by an ARC SPIRT grant). |
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Madeleine De Montfort ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýSurviving the urban matrix: can small-scale replanting promote insect pollinator communities? |
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Suzanne Dobbie ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýEcological communities as a unit of conservation. Ìý |
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Elisha Duxbury ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýEcosystem services provided by urban exploiters. Ìý |
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Heloise Gibb ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýThe role of small mammals in regulating trophic relationships in leaf litter assemblages. Ìý |
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Sue Giles ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýThe role of small mammals in regulating trophic relationships in leaf litter assemblages. |
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Claire Goldsbrough ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýThe ecology of rock-dwelling fauna of the Hawkesbury sandstone (Co-supervised with Prof Rick Shine). |
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Kristin Graham ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýFaunal responses to hard and soft edges in Eucalypt forests (Co-supervised with Dr Grant Blackwell). Ìý |
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Teresa Gustowski ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýImpacts of urbanisation on plant-insect interactions. Ìý |
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Matthew Hall ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýDoes repairing habitat restore ecological function? Ants and seed dispersal in an endangered ecological community Ìý |
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Jayne Hanford ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýBiodiversity Banking Surrogates: are they effective? Ìý |
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Lisa Harvey ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýHabitat use by the Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) in urban ecosystems Ìý |
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Matilda Hughes ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýBehavioural traits and dominance hierarchies of ants in urban environments Ìý |
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Ryan Keith ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýWrack and Ruin: Impacts of coastal development on trophic interactions at the land-sea interface Ìý |
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Scott Lassau ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýThe influence of natural barriers, habitat complexity and spatial proximity on arthropod assemblages in the Sydney sandstone area (Co-supervised with Dr Gerry Cassis, Australian Museum, funded by an ARC SPIRT grant). Ìý |
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Margot Law ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýUrbanisation and the Ecology of Arthropod Plant Interactions: The Role of Spatial Scale and Species Identity |
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Ryan Leonard ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýBlowing in the wind; the influence of wind energy and dust accumulation on leaf traits and consequences for leaf palatability and insect herbivore performance. |
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Boris Lomov ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýDoes ecological restoration work? Bush regeneration in western Sydney (Co-supervised with Dr David Keith, NSW NPWS, funded by an ARC linkage grant). |
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Petah Low Project:ÌýThe ecology and behavior of eucalypt-feeding caterpillars in relation to avoiding attack from natural enemies |
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Elizabeth Lowe ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýThe effect of urbanization on the diversity, abundance and condition of spiders |
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Claire MacAlpine ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýThe effects of exotic plants on the distribution and prey capture of Australian crab spiders (Thomisidae) Ìý |
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Miguel Matias ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýEffects of structure of habitat on diversity of benthic assemblages. Ìý |
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David McElroy ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýHistorical contingencies in marine eco-toxicology. Ìý |
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Lauren McIntosh ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýNutrient enrichment in urban bushland fragments of Sydney: Effects on the nativeÌýAngophora costataÌýand the native environmental weedÌýPittosporum undulatum Ìý |
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Fiona Powell ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýCo-extinction on endangered plants: threatened acacias and their affiliate communities (Co-supervised with Dr Gerry Cassis, Australian Museum). Ìý |
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Adele Reid ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýEffect of grazing and nutrient inputs on the grassland arthropod diversity and the implications for sustainability (Co-supervised with Dr Gerry Cassis, Australian Museum, funded by Meat and Livestock Australia). |
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Lachlan Robinson ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýThe effect ofÌýAsparagus aethiopicusÌýon ant assemblages and seed removal in urban dry sclerophyll fragments. Ìý |
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Tom Reader ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýGregariousness in larval lepidopterans (Royal Society Banks-Alecto Fellow). Ìý |
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Brendan Ryan ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýThe influence of roads on small mammal ecology in the north-west of Sydney (Co-supervised with Dr Chris Dickman). |
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James Schlunke ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýAnt assemblages and their environment ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýResponses of ant assemblages to revegetationÌý |
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Michelle Sutherland ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýThe nutritional and behavioural ecology ofÌýDoratifera castaÌýandÌýMnesampela privata |
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Bonita Siu ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýNutrient turnover in urban ecosystems: linking belowground biodiversity and plant decomposition in degraded landscapes |
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Celia Symonds ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýCospeciation of Plantbugs and Native Cypress Pines (Co-supervised with Dr Gerry Cassis, Australian Museum, partially funded by an NSF Planetary Biodiversity initiative grant). Ìý |
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Nik Tartanic ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýSystematics and Sexual Selection in the Phylinae and Orthotylinae (Co-supervised with Dr Gerry Cassis, Australian Museum, funded by an NSF Planetary Biodiversity initiative grant). Ìý |
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Luke Tilly ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýShould I stay or should I go? Foraging strategies of orb weaving spiders. Ìý |
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Jun Tong ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýThe evolution of Australian burrowing cockroaches |
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Scott van Barneveld ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýEcology behaviour and physiology of the highly invasive lizard |
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Amelie Vanderstock ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýDetermining the Effects of Coal Dust Pollution on Insect Pollinators and Herbivores |
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Dan Watts ¸é±ð²õ±ð²¹°ù³¦³ó:ÌýThe effect of artificial night lighting on the ecology of nocturnal insects |