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Haylee D'Agui

@hayleedagui.bsky.social

Botany. Ecology. 🌱🌼 Senior Research Officer, National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Resilient Landscapes Hub nesplandscapes.edu.au Project Officer, Population Biology and Genomics Group popbiolgenomics.org Curtin University Perth, WA

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Haylee D'Agui@hayleedagui.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Toad Containment Zone - a project that aims to protect Pilbara wildlife from the impending cane toad invasion. For more details on the Toad Containment Zone, see the project's website here: toadfree.zone/the-tcz-1 www.abc.net.au/news/science... @benflips.bsky.social

Cane toads have almost conquered the width of the country. This 'waterless barrier' could stop them

A bevy of small mammals and lizards could find themselves on the endangered species list if cane toads got into the Pilbara. A bold plan could prevent the biodiversity disaster, but more money is need...

abc.net.au

Holly Kirk@hollykirk.bsky.social · 2y ago

Big day for colleagues at Curtin University @benflips.bsky.social as they launch WA's proposed Toad Control Zone - ambitious plans to hold back the cane toad wave by controlling water across the Pilbara! #conservation #invasiveSpecies 🧪🌏🐸 www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Cane toads have almost conquered the width of the country. This 'waterless barrier' could stop them

A bevy of small mammals and lizards could find themselves on the endangered species list if cane toads got into the Pilbara. A bold plan could prevent the biodiversity disaster, but more money is need...

abc.net.au

Holly Kirk@hollykirk.bsky.social · 3y ago

It is April here in Western Australia & we're hitting the 6 month mark since we had any meaningful rainfall. The hills to the east of Perth are quiet, as if holding their breath, waiting for the heat to break & refreshing rains of Djeran to begin.

A deep blue sky is striated with high clouds, above the dry shrubby heathland of the Darling scarp. The low vegetation is baked to a rich yellow brown colour, with the sparse and twisted moodjar (Nuytsia floribunda) and spikey-topped balga (Xanthorrhoea preissii) standing tall.
Holly Kirk@hollykirk.bsky.social · 3y ago

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04... Looks like WA might be witnessing the 2nd ever "forest collapse" on record right now. Places shown in the article are all areas I've visited several times in the last 6 months & entire stands of vegetation have died between visits. Scary stuff. #climateChange 🌏🧪🪶

Ecologists warn of second 'forest collapse' event in WA as record dry spell continues

It's been likened to coral bleaching, but on land — and experts are fearful dry conditions have Western Australia on the brink of another devastating 'forest collapse' event.

abc.net.au

Holly Kirk@hollykirk.bsky.social · 3y ago

It is April here in Western Australia & we're hitting the 6 month mark since we had any meaningful rainfall. The hills to the east of Perth are quiet, as if holding their breath, waiting for the heat to break & refreshing rains of Djeran to begin.

A deep blue sky is striated with high clouds, above the dry shrubby heathland of the Darling scarp. The low vegetation is baked to a rich yellow brown colour, with the sparse and twisted moodjar (Nuytsia floribunda) and spikey-topped balga (Xanthorrhoea preissii) standing tall.
Haylee D'Agui@hayleedagui.bsky.social · 3y ago

Expressions of interest for this PhD project and scholarship opportunity with Dr Brenton von Takach and Prof. Ben Phillips close this week! please share with your networks. 🪲🪳🪰🪱👨‍🔬🧬 @certhionyx.bsky.social @benflips.bsky.social

Brenton von Takach@certhionyx.bsky.social · 3y ago

I have a funded PhD project for someone! It's a good mix of landscape ecology and biology with cool fieldwork, and will build skills in genomics and data analysis. Focal species are native and invasive invertebrates. Please tell anyone who might be interested! popbiolgenomics.org/opportunitie...

Brenton von Takach@certhionyx.bsky.social · 3y ago

Pitcher plant traps have evolved at least six times, with two types found in Australia: the southwestern Cephalotus, which contains just a single species, and the tropical genus Nepenthes, which is represented by a few species (3000 km away!) in far north Queensland

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Bruce Webber@drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 3y ago

A shot-hole borer invasion in Perth threatens urban trees, important crops and native forests. Understanding the impacts of both the pest and its management will ensure we get the best possible outcomes in both the short and long term. theconversation.com/australias-s...

Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

It’s a horror story unfolding in the west that could sweep across the country. Beware the shot-hole borer, an exotic pest that threatens our tree crops, plantations, urban forests and wild places.

theconversation.com