Long-term studies by citizen scientists help us understand changes in nature
- Emeritus Professor in Ecology, La Trobe University
“Farming” behaviour is very unusual in the non-human world. As lyrebirds forage, they cultivate the soil and shore up their own food sources.
We should seize opportunities to test expert predictions – as we did, seeing how much bird experts got right about which birds would return to revegetated farmland.
Increasing revegetation from 1% to 10% of the landscape doubled the number of woodland bird species. The collective efforts of landowners can make a real difference for native wildlife.
The Superb Lyrebird is famous for its song and dance, but what is less known is their extraordinary role as world-class ecosystem engineers.
The smell of smoke in the autumn and spring air is an increasingly familiar one to many Australians. It signifies that time of year when land management agencies in southern Australia feverishly try to…
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