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Access to ESA Journals - Austral Ecology and Ecological Management & Restoration (EMR)

Annual Conference

Join us for the Ecological Society of Australia’s 60th Anniversary Conference - 29 November to 4 December 2020.

Awards

The ESA awards more than 100 prizes each year to students and professionals for research excellence, study, travel, conference presentations and science communication.

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Hot Topics aim to deliver timely, factual overviews that promote the application of scientifically defensible ecological knowledge in public debate.

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Media

Short-term Impacts of the 2019/20 Fire Season

Fire ecologists are meeting online today to discuss the impact of the devastating 2019/20 fire….... Read more

Student

Ecology Fieldwork Student/Volunteer Opportunities, April – December 2021 (partial costs covered)

Deadline: January 10th 2021 (but earlier enquiries very welcome) The Positions The Forest Restoration and….... Read more

Media

Ecological Extremes in Antarctica, Mechanisms of Resilience and Recovery

To coincide with World Antarctic Day on December 1, this symposium will discuss the impact….... Read more

Student

Honours: Modelling habitat use of a threatened carnivorous marsupial, the black-tailed Dusky Antechinus (Antechinus arktos), in Border Ranges National Park (UQ and QUT)

Commences February 2021 BACKGROUND Australia’s biodiversity is globally unique, with 87% of Australia’s mammals considered….... Read more

Media

Rapid Change in Species Distributions A Cause for Concern

Species distributions around the world are changing rapidly in species ranging from honeyeaters, lichens and….... Read more

Awards

2019 Bush Heritage Australia ‘Right Way’ Science Prize winners – Yugul Mangi Rangers

Yugul Mangi Rangers, South East Arnhem Land Elders and ecologists have joined forces to create….... Read more