*hosted by BirdLife Southern Queensland & The Australian Bird Study
Association*
*This Birds of Tropical and Subtropical Queensland Conservation
Conference annual conference brings together a blend of talks related to
birds and their conservation.*
*Location: Environmental Centre, Nathan Campus, Griffith University,
Brisbane
*
*23 March 2013. - Registration form available from
www.birdlife.org.au/locations/birdlife-southern-queensland/meetings-conferences-sq.*
9.00-10.00 Plenary Dr. Carla Catterall, Professor Griffith University
(What do birds do for rainforest decline or recovery, and vice versa?)
10.00-10.30 Morning Tea – Sponsor Displays
10.30-11.00 Dr. Martine Maron, Lecturer University of Queensland
(Avifaunal disarray from a single despotic species)
11.00-11.30 Dr. Richard Noske
(Altitudinal Migration around Brisbane and the Problem of Historical
Survey Data)
11.30 -12.00 Dr. Ayesha Tulloch, Post Doc University of Queenlsand
(Making the most of investment in citizen science: what makes a twitcher
tick?)
12.00-13.00 Lunch and Sponsor Displays. The ABSA AGM will be held during
the lunch time recess
13.00-13.15 Claire Runge, PhD candidate, University of Queensland
(Conserving nomadic birds)
13.15-13.30 Jason Wimmer, PhD candidate, Queensland University of Technology
(Effect of Observers on Calling Behaviour of Birds during Surveys)
13.30-13.45 Krista Verlis, PhD candidate, Central Queensland University
(Marine debris and the seabirds of the Southern Great Barrier Reef)
13.45-14.00 Juliana Rechetelo, PhD candidate, James Cook University
(Movement and home range of the black-throated finch southern subspecies
(Poephila cincta cincta) – preliminary results)
14.00-14.15 Stanley Tang, PhD Candidate, James Cook University
(Foraging behaviour of the Peaceful Dove (Geopelia striata) in relation
to predation risk: group size predator cues in a natural environment)
14.15-14.30 Renee Chapman, Phd Candidate, Griffith University
(The Social Dimensions of Feeding Birds in Australia and the United Kingdom)
14.30-15.00 Afternoon tea – Poster Session & Sponsor Displays
15.00-15.30 Dr. Paula Peeters, Threatened Species Unit, Department of
Environment and Heritage Protection, Brisbane
(Synergies between carbon farming and bird conservation in Queensland)
15.30-16.00 Dr. Darryl Jones, Professor, Griffith University
(Guided by the light: what is going on with those huge urban lorikeet
roosts?)
16.00-16.30 Awards and Close
Grahame Rogers| Secretary
BirdLife Southern Queensland
PO Box 5457 Stafford Heights Qld 4053
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