David Chapple
@chapplelab.bsky.social
Leads the Evolutionary Ecology of Environmental Change research group at Monash University, Australia. chapplelab.com. #lizard #skink
Skinks on a Plane! For invasive species to be successful, they must be able to cope with transportation. Third-year student Jaclyn (@jaclynharris.bsky.social) exposed invasive delicate skinks to air and car transport to see if it impacted their behaviour. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Skinks on a Plane: Does Human‐Mediated Transportation Impact the Behaviour of an Invasive Lizard?
In order for invasive species to successfully establish in the non-native region, they must survive the journey and arrive in good condition; however, few studies have investigated the impact of huma....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 19, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Skinks on a Plane! For invasive species to be successful, they must be able to cope with transportation. Third-year student Jaclyn (@jaclynharris.bsky.social) exposed invasive delicate skinks to air and car transport to see if it impacted their behaviour. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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A great article highlighting the incredibly important work @chapplelab.bsky.social, @julesfarquhar.bsky.social and team are doing to improve our understanding of Australia’s data deficient skinks! 🦎
www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildl...?
www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildl...?
Skink on the brink - Australian Geographic
These researchers gave everything to their search – and found not one, but 23 critically-endangered long sunskinks.
www.australiangeographic.com.au
December 10, 2024 at 12:13 AM
A great article highlighting the incredibly important work @chapplelab.bsky.social, @julesfarquhar.bsky.social and team are doing to improve our understanding of Australia’s data deficient skinks! 🦎
www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildl...?
www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildl...?
Reposted by David Chapple
Important reminder by @chapplelab.bsky.social - data deficient / not evaluated species should be treated the same as threatened, and they are more likely to be threatened than not
#ESAus2024
#ESAus2024
December 9, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Important reminder by @chapplelab.bsky.social - data deficient / not evaluated species should be treated the same as threatened, and they are more likely to be threatened than not
#ESAus2024
#ESAus2024
Our new paper, led by PhD student Luke Bonifacio, demonstrating that the Data Deficient Ravensthorpe Range slider qualifies for listing as Critically Endangered. @monashbiol.bsky.social. www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC24048
A noodle in a haystack: determining the conservation status of the rare and Data Deficient Ravensthorpe Range slider, Lerista viduata
Context One-seventh of the ~157,000 species assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species are Data Deficient (DD), with insufficient information to assess their extinction risk. Such a statistic...
www.publish.csiro.au
November 21, 2024 at 6:13 AM
Our new paper, led by PhD student Luke Bonifacio, demonstrating that the Data Deficient Ravensthorpe Range slider qualifies for listing as Critically Endangered. @monashbiol.bsky.social. www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC24048