UniSQ School of Agriculture and Environmental Science

📣 New Paper 📣
We looked at how native #wildlife responded to the presence of a live cat or it’s cues in the environment, and found varying responses. Also shout out to wonderful reviewers who made the whole process super pleasant.
Onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aec.70105

07.08.2025 02:04 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Join @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social in August for our National Science Week webinars as she talks about the wildlife you might find in your neighbourhood, and how to identify them! Join here: unisq.zoom.us/j/88291112520

19.07.2025 00:39 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Great to see this mammoth effort by
@frewecologist.bsky.social et al finally published!

AusAMF: The Database of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Australia - Frew - 2025 - Global Ecology and Biogeography - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

17.07.2025 04:47 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Join @christinabirnbaum.bsky.social in August for our National Science Week webinars as she talks about the role soil biota plays in shaping plant responses in variety of ecosystems. Join here: unisq.zoom.us/j/85618797119

18.07.2025 09:32 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

UniSQ Ravensbourne field station is not only an active teaching space but also a site for important long-term global research 🧐

Today our group was out in the field sampling for a worldwide project that will reveal global soil biodiversity patterns - what a day to be outside!🦠🧬

26.06.2025 06:27 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social conference was held in Toowoomba this week chaired and organised by our wildlife lecturer Dr Meg Edwards @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social
The conference was a huge success with attendees donning their coolest ecological fashion 🤩🦘🐨🐭

25.06.2025 10:59 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

It’s World Environment Day! We are at the Toowoomba event all day at Lake Annand

01.06.2025 00:52 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Pint of Science is back this year! CSAS researcher Meg Edwards @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social will talk about "Studying the underloved and underappreciated wildlife". Tix are selling fast! Get yours here: pintofscience.com.au/event/tiny-t...

14.05.2025 00:14 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Two‐Way Gateway Designs to Allow Free Movement Between Safe Havens for Bettongs: A Captive Trial Rufous bettongs were provided with a variety of gateway designs to allow movement of native wildlife between fenced reserves. Bettongs successfully learned to use all gateway designs, showing potenti...

Proud of Honours student Rylie who just had her paper published! We looked at the potential for bettongs 🦘🦖 using gateways to move between fenced reserves. Read here!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

23.05.2025 10:21 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Dr Meg Edwards presenting on her research on underloved and underappreciated wildlife

CSAS researcher @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social spoke about her research on under loved and underappreciated wildlife species in Australia and South Africa which has revealed their crucial roles in our ecosystems for todays CSAS seminar presentation.

19.03.2025 03:05 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Last week I had the pleasure of hosting our @soaes-unisq.bsky.social undergrad students studying Water Science during the WAT1101 residential school. In true Toowoomba style, the students had the full immersion experience, with consistent rain during the entire 3 days of our field tour.

02.04.2025 01:58 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Environmental and host plant effects on taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of root fungal endophytes Environmental conditions and host plant species affect the assembly of fungal endophytes in marsh plant roots.

New paper alert!
A bit of a blast from the past as this project started as part of my postdoc with @emilycfarrer.bsky.social @tulaneu.bsky.social 🤓
Great memories working in the coastal wetland systems of Louisiana 🫶

academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...

13.03.2025 22:39 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

It was a pleasure to host last week biotech company MALDIID CEO and founder Dr Sofie De Meyer @soaes-unisq.bsky.social!
Microbes can be harnessed in so many ways to benefit the environment and agriculture and we are exploring how to do this together!
This is an exciting space… 🦠🧫🌾🌱

23.02.2025 23:29 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Dr Christina attended Science Meets Parliament 2025, a 2 day event organised by Science & Technology Australia. As the event, delegates have an opportunity to meet with parliamentarians. @christinabirnbaum.bsky.social met with South Australian Senator Andrew McLachlan at the Parliament House.

13.02.2025 07:20 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What do you get if you put a crop nematologist and a plant geneticist into a field of sorghum? Lots of inspiring ideas for new teaching material! Watch this space…

11.02.2025 23:43 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0