Associate Professor John White

New paper.
Dynamics of the introduced house mouse in the Gariwerd-Grampians landscape in response to fire and climate. With climate change driving more regular fires and changes in rainfall, we show one of the species to benefit will be the house mouse.
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Anticoagulant rodenticides Number of types 1 2 3 5 ? n= 37 Chicago, USA n = 15 ? P n = 101 Exposure pathway M ? Primary exposure Mammary transfer Unknown P 1=4 M n = 4

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An all to familiar story. At least they tested the owls, which is something that does not happen in too many parts of the world.

Agree entirely. But pretty much all the poison used by domestic and commercial operators are SGARs and that is what is turning up in wildlife. There are as you say alternative, but very few will use them.

Why we need better management of rodenticides post. A #rentokil bait station at the interface af a pond with wildlife and a public swimming pool. All rodenticides must be within 3m of a building. This is at least 20m from a building and in a place where it will attract the attention of wildlife.

It bothers me so much that every building I encounter has rodenticides outside them. The bait in these boxes out doors will more than likely spread to the food chain. We need to do so much better and ban second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs). Do better APVMA!!

Feral bees getting ready to take over my glider nesting box. They came in with a massive buzz and are looking like staying in the garden for a while.

Finding a needle in a heath stack: A strategy to optimize the detection of a rare marsupial on the brink of local extinction Anthropogenic pressures are reducing species distributions and driving extinctions within ecosystems. As the urgency to address biodiversity loss inte…

Hot off the press. Using species distribution models to find species in landscapes where they are increadibly rare. Our adventures finding potoroo in the Grampians landscape.
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Everyone is trying to get away with actions that don’t actually prevent the use of rodenticides.

No. Failed to release it on time. Maybe this year. So over due it is not funny

An old one. But is sums up one of our favourite study species. Enjoy :)

Could the APVMA be any more clear how they view scientific evidence of rodenticide poisoning of our wildlife? Time to ditch our regulator? #APVMA

So apparently the APVMA is supposed to release the recommendations of their review into rodenticides in Australia this month (only a few days left). It is over a year late and we still have no indication if they will do anything.
Rat poison is a disaster for our wildlife.
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When you reach for the rat poisons, stop for one second and think about where it goes. Often not rats and mice. Here we demonstrate it ends up in possums, many are then eaten by predators like powerful owls.
Please avoid second generation anticoagulants
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Mum’s love.

Fire not only resets our biological infrastructure but also has significant economic costs. Fire is good for ecosystems in the right dose, but the more frequent mega-fires we are seeing in the Grampians are not good.

Underrated creatures!

Jumping spiders rock.

A tiny little reddish scops owl (Otus rufescens) I encountered in Coastal scrub in Borneo once. At about 20cm in height they are a cute little owl.

A squadron of green long legged flys waiting for take off.

Kubah NP, Borneo.

Sri Lankan green vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta). Super good looking snake.

It is absolutely a critical tool in NZ where you have almost no native mammals (I would imagine mopoke are impacted heavily). The point being urban living people use this stuff without thinking or even realising there are consequences.

Depends on the species. Some almost 100% others not so great. Doesn’t really cost much to try 5 or 6 cuttings of a species and seeing what happens. Cutting hormone and keeping them wet really helps.

Silent killers? The widespread exposure of predatory nocturnal birds to anticoagulant rodenticides Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) influence predator populations and threaten the stability of ecosystems. Understanding the prevalence and impact of r…

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Winter burning grass trees. Even in the middle of winter they go up with such force.

Oh dear that would be Gets!!! 😂

Hets me all the time!!!

My personal native plant nursery. Australian native daisies, emu bush, banksia and grevillea from cuttings. Masses of grass trees grown from seed over many year. I give most of these away to people in my street willing to plant them on their nature strips. 1 plant at a time will make a difference

Very cool. You are lucky :)

That would be grey not great. 🤪