Past projects and the people who did them

The Hall of Fame

Scroll down to see some of the things we've done in the past. Most of the links to people's individual pages are as they were when they left... we take no responsbility for any character judgements you may wish to make based on hairstyles and dress sense. Most recent departures are listed first and honours and graduate students are mixed together, just like they were when they were here.

 



Scott Lassau
PhD 2005

 

 

The influence of natural barriers, habitat complexity and spatial proximity on arthropod assemblages in the Sydney sandstone area.
(Co-supervised with Dr Gerry Cassis, Australian Museum, funded by an ARC SPIRT grant).


Adele Reid
PhD 2004

 

 

Effect of grazing and nutrient inputs on the grassland arthropod diversity and the implications for sustainability.
(Co-supervised with Dr Gerry Cassis, Australian Museum, funded by Meat and Livestock Australia).


Heloise Gibb
PhD 2004

 

 

Interactions amongst ants on outcrops of Hawkesbury sandstone.


Fiona Christie
 PhD 2004

 

 

Urban bushland remnants in the Sydney region: biodiversity in Australia's biggest backyard.
(Co-supervised with Dr Gerry Cassis, Australian Museum, funded by an ARC SPIRT grant).



Kristin Graham
Hons 2003

 

 

Faunal responses to hard and soft edges in Eucalypt forests
(Co-supervised with Dr Grant Blackwell)


Lauren McIntosh
Hons 2003

 

 

Nutrient enrichment in urban bushland fragments of Sydney: Effects on the native Angophora costata and the native environmental weed Pittosporum undulatum


Beatrice Brennan
Hons 2002

 
Habitat use by the Major Pancake spider (Hemicloea major).


Dr Tom Reader
Visiting Scholar 2002

 

 

Gregariousness in larval lepidopterans.
(Royal Society Banks-Alecto Fellow)


Evelyn Chia
Hons 2001

 

 

Habitat use by koalas in a restored landscape.
(Co-supervised with Prof Ian Hume).


Sue Giles
MSc 2001

 

 

The role of small mammals in regulating trophic relationships in leaf litter assemblages.


Brendan Ryan
MSc (Env) 1999

 

 

The influence of roads on small mammal ecology in the north-west of Sydney
(Co-supervised with Dr Chris Dickman)


Scott Lassau
MSc (Env) 1999

 

 

Effects of road edges on distribution and abundance of ground dwelling invertebrates and small mammals in Sydney, New South Wales

 


Susan Burrows
MSc (Env) 1999

 

 

Dieback of Eucalyptus botryoides in urban forest remnants in the Sydney Basin


Suzanne Dobbie
MSc (Env) 1999

 

 

Ecological communities as a unit of conservation

 


Michelle Sutherland
Hons 1999

 

 

The nutritional and behavioural ecology of Doratifera casta and Mnesampela privata

Claire Goldsbrough
Hons 1998

 

The ecology of rock-dwelling fauna of the Hawkesbury sandstone
(Co-supervised with Prof Rick Shine).

 


Warrick Angus
Hons 1998

 

 

Habitat use and feeding ecology of the redback spider, Latrodectus hasselti
(Co-supervised with Dr Mike Gray, Australian Museum)

 


Heloise Gibb
Hons 1997

 

Effects of fragmentation on arthropod assemblages in heath and woodland

 
 

The lab in 2000

Graduation 1999 Scott Lassau Suzanne Dobbie Brendan Ryan Susan Burrows Dieter Hochuli

Evelyn and Ian tracking koalas

 


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