
Erin Thomas
@erinbthomas
PhD student optimising eastern quoll translocations @Utas and Research Assistant @MuseumsVictoria ๐๐ฆ๐ธ Views are my own.
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10-05-2019 22:26:42
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This morning I successfully stalked a #tasmaniandevil for 45 minutes!! Not a sentence I ever thought Iโd say given how shy and elusive they are but it happened ๐She even walked right up to me and sniffed my boot! I didnโt move a muscle and then she slowly moved off into the bush


Daniel Nugent (@dnug) from La Trobe University explains that grazing can actually be useful for managing habitat for a critically-endangered bird, the Plains-wanderer. But are the birds selecting the best habitat? #ESAus20 #FindESAus20


Clumsy or cautious? Turns out as Rebecca Wheatley found animals regulate their movements to reduce the risk of accidents depending on their environment #ESAus20


Super interesting talk by Matthew Rees about mesopredator release of cats at sites with fox control, and cats shifting their temporal activity patterns in response to high fox activity (shown in some absolutely amazing graphs!) #ESAus20




Tasmanian devils can socially distance? Excited to share our new research, published today in Royal Society Publishing, looking at how infection with devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) affects devil behaviour & social networks - royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsโฆ Will break it down below...



Check out the most outstanding student posters & presentations at last years conference ๐ ecolsoc.org.au/news/esa2020-sโฆ Ecological Management and Restoration SCB Dr Lily Bentley @lilybentley.bsky.social Hannah Carle Tristan Guillemin Emily McColl-Gausden Erin Thomas Gabrielle Beca @JessicaLKeem . Dr Jacinta Humphrey ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ @rubyecology


These frog ears are good for something! ๐ธCheck out this ABC Gippsland about how I discovered a new population of the elusive giant burrowing frog, which led to the establishment of the first ever captive breeding program with Zoos Victoria and ARI ๐ abc.net.au/news/2021-03-3โฆ



Today on the last day of #TheBioCon, Sussan Ley & Fed. Environment Dept has announced a plan to *scrap the requirement* for a #recoveryplan for the following #ThreatenedEcologicalCommunities Provide comment here to oppose: environment.gov.au/biodiversity/tโฆ #WildOz #ThreatenedSpecies ๐งต1/3


