Angie Haslem – The Conversation

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March 11, 2025

Australia’s superb lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey – a behaviour rarely seen in nature

Alex Maisey, La Trobe University; Andrew Bennett, La Trobe University, and Angie Haslem, 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.

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April 11, 2023

We rely on expert predictions to guide conservation. But even experts have biases and blind spots

Andrew Bennett, La Trobe University; Angie Haslem, La Trobe University; Jim Thomson, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, and Tracey Hollings, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research

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.

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April 6, 2022

New research shows planting trees and shrubs brings woodland birds back to farms, from superb fairy wrens to spotted pardalotes

Andrew Bennett, La Trobe University; Angie Haslem, La Trobe University; Greg Holland, La Trobe University; Jim Radford, La Trobe University, and Rohan Clarke, Monash University

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.

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