Population ecology, conservation, frogs, disease. Research Fellow, ANU
Australia
Joined September 2015
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Ben Scheele retweeted
In Port Lincoln & the Eyre Peninsula?
Please listen out for a squeaky door noise- it could be a very important #frog!
Bibron's Toadlet has only been heard twice
in the area. Pls record with @FrogIDAus & help its conservation!
#EyrePeninsula #SouthAustralia @DonnellanSteve
Ben Scheele retweeted
It's the 25th anniversary of our little “advice” website for research students and postdocs. Check it out of you don’t know about it. It’s also the 25th anniversary of our little lab here at ANU. Can't believe it.
keoghlab.com/resources-and-a…
Ben Scheele retweeted
New paper co-authored by @AusTSX's Geoff Heard details the impact of the Black Summer on two endangered Mountain Frogs. A project funded by @NSWDPE and @DCCEEW, with Liam Bolitho, @Wild_ByNature, Harry Hines, @pat_m_norman, @RosieWillacy and @BenCScheele. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Come and work with us!
Associate Research Fellow (Level A, Step 6), Full-time, 2 years. Must be based in Narrm (Melbourne). careers.deakin.edu.au/cw/en/…
Applications close June 9, 2023.
ALT Photo credit: https://www.facebook.com/angusemmottphotography
Ben Scheele retweeted
This endangered Giant Burrowing #Frog (Heleioporus australiacus) is a really solid beefcake #frog….. with the cutest little call!!! 🤣🐸💚 (sound on!). So many calling last night in #Sydney, here’s hoping there will be lots of tadpoles soon! @FrogIDAus
Ben Scheele retweeted
The Darling River floodplain near Louth, NSW looking positively verdant in the wake of recent flooding. sentinelshare.page.link/MWYz
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Explaining Leadbeater’s possum rope bridges in 60 seconds or less #roadecology #wildlifecrossing #wildoz Full paper here 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Ben Scheele retweeted
Using @GBIF and @protectedplanet data, we show that 76% of insect species are inadequately represented by protected areas and nearly 1900 species have no coverage at all. doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.202… @cyclonewatson
@jeff_o_hanson @PutterT @UQ_CBCS @idiv @RCCUQ @OneEarth_CP (1/8)
Ben Scheele retweeted
"The last time I talked to Will was in early January. He was looking forward to an operation to get rid of the cancer ... so he could get on with his life." Will Steffen's colleagues laud a great man whose work here was not yet done: theconversation.com/weve-los… via @ConversationEDU
Ben Scheele retweeted
My spirit animal, such a lovely behavioural shot! 🔥 Thanks for pinging me @NatureMapr, needed this today 🌞 – at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Canberra Nature Map featured sighting: Eastern Brown Snake or Pseudonaja textilis at Acton, ACT from MTranter: canberra.naturemapr.org/sigh… #NatureMapr #biodiversity #snake @CitSciOZ @gavin_jd_smith @ANBG
Ben Scheele retweeted
🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨 - I’m looking for a student interested in population / evolutionary ecology to come join my group in @EcoEvo_ANU @BiologyANU as part of an ARC Future Fellowship! Come work with a fantastic team in a fantastic place! Please RT
Ben Scheele retweeted
🚨 galah 1.5.1 is now on CRAN! 📦
Lots of bug fixes 🐞& two exciting experimental features:
▪ Call {dplyr} functions natively in galah to construct & filter queries 😎
▪Improved support for 11 Living Atlases including @GBIF 😱
🔗 galah.ala.org.au/news/index.…
#rstats #NCRISImpact
ALT Galah logo of a pink and grey bird on a blue background
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ALT Chart of living atlases and their capabilites in galah 1.5.1
Ben Scheele retweeted
The Confluence, where the highly polluted (from Mt Lyell mine waste) Queen River meets the highly regulated (from a hydro-electric dam & power station) King River- one of the most degraded freshwater systems on the planet adjacent to Tasmania’s world heritage wilderness.
Ben Scheele retweeted
As Assoc Professor Latty says "If we are noticing the loss of Christmas Beetles, how many (species) have we NOT noticed which have declined?"
If / when you hear this familiar sound, please record it on the Naturalist website (deta…lnkd.in/geJheKDp lnkd.in/g8wcsjSX
Ben Scheele retweeted
74 orange-bellied parrots returned from migration - quadruple the number from 2106 😊 still a huge amount to do before they are saved but it’s going in the right direction
Ben Scheele retweeted
Water (relatively cool) in the Darling, Lachlan and Murray Rivers inhibiting convection over western NSW.
Ben Scheele retweeted
In Koala, @DanielleClode follows her curiosity about these unusual creatures & takes the reader with her, through multiple scales of time and perspective. Koala makes complex science absolutely engaging & a great read 🐨 My review in the @canberratimes canberratimes.com.au/story/7…
Ben Scheele retweeted
We have not one, not two but *eight* #PhD #scholarship opportunities available through several universities. Apply by 3 January
Exciting times for collaboration with @ANUWaterFutures and #OneBasinCRC in the #MurrayDarlingBasin
onebasin.com.au/phd-programs