Sunday November 27 2016 Monday November 28 2016

1515-1545 Afternoon Tea (Wednesday)
1545-1800 SYMPOSIUM: New science for
prioritising management actions on
Australian islands
SYMPOSIUM: Surviving the dry:
how diversity is maintained in the
arid zone (part 1)
SYMPOSIUM: Seed ecology; from
population process to applied
conservation (part 2)
SYMPOSIUM: Beneath the surface:
groundwater-dependent ecosystem
hydroecology, diversity and processes (1)
Invasion Ecology
ROOM Sirius Room Pleiades Room Orion Room Rottnest Room Garden Room
CHAIR Bob Pressey Glenda Wardle Mark Ooi Andrew Boulton Elizabeth Wandrag
1545-1600 Carolyn Williams, Department of Parks and
Wildlife, WA
A manager's perspective on managing
islands
Dr Catherine Nano, Department of Land
and Resource Management, NT Drought,
browsing and fire: A reassessment of
population viability in the arid tree Acacia
peuce
Annisa Satyanti, Phd Candidate, The Australian
National University, ACT
Australian alpine seeds are short-lived compared
to other Australian species
A/Prof Grant Hose, Macquarie University, NSW
What happens to groundwater ecosystems when
you take out the groundwater?
Pauline Lenancker, Phd Student
James Cook University & CSIRO
Colony founding strategies of the invasive
tropical fire ant Solenopsis geminata
1600-1615 Katherine Zdunic, Department of Parks
and Wildlife, WA
Mapping habitats on remote islands using
remote sensing
Dr Jayne Brim Box, Department of Land
Resource Management, NT
Camels and native species at desert
waterholes: Evidence of an interference
cascade?
Dr Anne Cochrane, Senior Research Scientist,
Department of Parks and Wildlife
Can hot summer temperatures effectively
overcome dormancy and stimulate germination in
physically dormant seeds?
Dr Jarrod Kath, University of Southern
Queensland, Qld Seeking ecohydrological
commonality among groundwater-dependent
ecosystems: A framework for assessing ecological
responses to groundwater-regime alteration
Louise Barnett, Phd Candidate
James Cook University, Qld
Hide and seek: factors affecting detection of
invasive gecko populations
1615-1630 Dr Owen Woodberry, Senior Consultant,
Bayesian Intelligence, Vic
Developing Bayesian Belief networks to
support ecological risk assess-ment in
Western Australian Islands
Professor Jenny Davis, Charles Darwin
University, NT
Characterising the climatic and hydrological
processes supporting arid zone aquatic
refugia
Matthew Chick, Student, The University of
Melbourne, Vic
Soil heat transfer during prescribed burns and its
implications for post-fire recruitment?
Dr Jodie Dabovic, A/Team Leader Plan Ecological
Assessment, NSW DPI Water
A new method for identifying groundwater
dependent vegetation communities in NSW
Associate Professor Melodie McGeoch
Monash University, Vic
Pattern and process in invaded plant
communities: Dry forest floors in northern
Victoria
1630-1645 Dr Amelia Wenger, The University of
Queensland, Qld Predicting weed spread
throughout Western Australian Islands to
enable effective environmental management
Professor Glenda Wardle, The University
of Sydney, NSW
Dry, drier, driest: extreme years and
potential ecosystem collapse
Dr Jenny Wilson, Goulburn Broken Catchment
Management Authority, Vic
Direct seeding for revegetating landscapes for
biodiversity - how effective is it?
Dr Kathryn Korbel, Macquarie University, NSW
The importance of groundwater biotaunderstanding
the structure and potential roles of
groundwater communities
Dr Michael Crossland, The University of
Sydney, NSW
Enhanced cannibalism by cane toad larvae in
Australia following introduction from Hawai’i
1645-1700 Dr Christopher Baker, The University of
Queensland, Qld
Modelling the spread of weeds to inform
decision-making on islands
Dr Paul Nevill, Curtin University, WA
Insights into landscape genetic structure of
three short range rock outcrop endemic
plant species using resistance surfaces
Berin Mackenzie, PhD Candidate, The
University of New South Wales, NSW
Advancing our understanding of fire-driven
recruitment in species with physiological
dormancy
Michelle Pyke, PhD Candidate
The University of Western Australia, WA
Ecosystems and cultural life: groundwater
dependent cultural-systems of the Dampier
Peninsula, Kimberley region of WA
Emily De Stigter, PhD Candidate
Monash University, Vic
Understanding invasive species spread using
phenological and environmental data
1700-1715 Dr Cheryl Lohr, Department of Parks and
Wildlife, WA
Modelling dynamics of native and invasive
species in response to management
Claire Treilibs, PhD Candidate, Flinders
University, SA
Spatial dynamics and burrow occupancy in
a population of Slater’s skink Liopholis
slateri
Dr Shane Turner, The University of Western
Australia, WA
Mechanisation of native seed use to enhance
large-scale land restoration programs
Professor Nick Bond, Murray-Darling Freshwater
Research Centre, Vic What can existing datasets
tell us about streamflow characteristics and
surface-groundwater interactions across landscape
scales?
Richard Faulkner, RMIT University, Vic
Evaluating and Understanding National Feral
Cat Management Effort
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