Islands as conservation lifeboats

Project description

Islands are often used as 'lifeboats' for conserving biodiversity (e.g., northern quolls in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, devils in Tasmania, tuatara and many other species in New Zealand), but islands are unusual in terms of the species they naturally support. The project will determine how and why Australian islands differ (in terms of species assemblages, trait space, trophic network, etc.) from adjacent mainland areas, and the implications for using islands as conservation lifeboats.

Co-supervisors

John Llewelyn, Frédérik Saltré

Supervisors research focus

I am an environmental modeller who develops mathematical approaches to predict ecosystem function, resilience, and change in the past, present, and future, with a focus on maintaining biodiversity.

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