Research Themes

Threatened Species
& Island Conservation

Drones & Technology

Ensuring that the transition to clean energy is ecologically sound

Threatened species and island conservation is a key focus area

Using innovative tools for effective ecological monitoring

Recent Publications

Zhou, J. W., Sperring, V. F., Allen, P., & Clarke, R. H. (2025). Satellite-tracking provides first description of migration in Tasmanian Boobooks Ninox leucopsis. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 125(1), 47–59.

Austin, L. M., Amos, J. N., Robledo‐Ruiz, D. A., Zhou, J. W., Clarke, R. H., Pavlova, A., & Sunnucks, P. (2023). Random mating in a hybrid zone between two putative climate‐adapted bird lineages with predicted mitonuclear incompatibilities. Molecular Ecology, e17612.

Yaney-Keller, A., McIntosh, R. R., Clarke, R. H., & Reina, R. (2025). Closing the air gap: the use of drones for studying wildlife ecophysiology. Biological Reviews, 10.111/brv.13181.

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Balancing Norfolk Island ecosystem management: rodent control and avian conservation

Conservation efforts on Norfolk Island have revealed a complex ecological challenge : rodent control vital for the protection of native...

Light-level geolocator accuracy is limited by species idiosyncrasies and equatorial solar profiles

Published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution, this research led by Luke Halpin provides the first large-scale assessment of the spatial...

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