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Supporting students of ornithology and ecology is a high priority for Birds Australia, as they will make a major contribution to the future of Australia's native birds.
Stuart Leslie Bird Research Award 2007 Winners
Last year's crop of successful applicants were:
Research Awards
Alex Anderson, James Cook Uni, Rainforest biodiversity and climate change: interactions between climate, primary productivity and birds in Northern Australian Rainforests
Graeme Armstrong, Charles Darwin Uni, Environmental factors affecting the seed availability for granivorous birds in tropical savannas of Australia
Christa Beckman, Sydney Uni, Reciprocal interactions and impacts of cane toads (Bufo marinus) and native bird populations in Australia
Rohan Bilney, Deakin, Potential competition between Powerful and Sooty Owls in East Gippsland, Australia
Anastasia Dalziell, ANU, The function of mimicry in the Superb Lyrebird
Bronwyn Isaac, Deakin, Spatial ecology of top-order predators using innovative GPS technologies
Brian Hawkins, Monash, Landscape-scale spatial and temporal patterns of avian habitat use in subtropical NSW
Anna Kearns, Uni of Qld, The phylogeography and evolutionary history of the Australo-Papuan Butcherbirds (Cracticus spp.): Phylogeography and population genetics of the Black Butcherbird (C. quoyi).
Michelle Landstrom, ANU, The coevolutionary arms race between Pallid Cuckoo and its hosts
Sarah Lovibond, Uni of Tas, Shorebird census and coastal values mapping on King and Flinders Island, Tasmania
Kim Maute, Uni Of Wollongong, Conservation management of granivorous birds in tropical savannah
Nicki Munro, ANU, The habitat value of ecological revegetation and woodlot plantings to birds in Gippsland, Victoria
John Rawsthorne, CSU, Constraints on the Dispersal of Parasitic Plants: The Role of Frugivorous Birds
Danielle Shanahan, Uni of Qld, Understanding the impact of fragmentation on rainforest bird populations
Sarah Tassell, Uni of Tas, The impact of the Superb Lyrebird on Tasmanian forest ecosystems
Nicole White, Murdoch Uni, DNA profiling to enhance Conservation, Management, Protection and Identification of the endangered Carnaby’s Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) and other cockatoo species in Australia
Conference Awards
Christa Beckman, AOC-Perth, Reciprocal interactions and impacts of cane toads (Bufo marinus) and native bird populations in Australia
Mark Carey, AOC-Perth, Effects of investigator on hatching success of Short-tailed Shearwater
Carol Erwin, ESA & AOC-Perth, Climate change effects on pelagic foraging seabirds
Lyndal Horne, 6th International Penguin Conference, Geographical variability in little penguin metabolism
Adam Leavesly, AOC-Perth, Fire and mulga birds
Mylene Mariette, Evolution-NZ, Habitat choice and breeding behaviour in wild Zebra finch
Tiana Preston, 6th International Penguin Conference, Effects of seabed disturbance on Little Penguin foraging
John Rawsthorne, AOC-Perth, Role of frugivorous birds in distribution of parasitic plants
Debbie Saunders, Bird Migration – Spain, Migratory movements of endangered Swift Parrot
Itzel Zamora-Vilchis, Evolution-NZ, Behavioural traits and immune genes in wet tropics avifauna
Full list of previous Stuart Leslie Bird Research Award recipients 2000 - 2005 (43kb)
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