Sam Banks
@MolEcol_Darwin
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Professor at Charles Darwin University and Director at RIEL. Keen on biodiversity, conservation, wild places and new ways of doing wildlife science.
Larrakia Country, NT
Joined August 2018
RT @EuanRitchie1: Layers and layers of stupidity and deep ignorance in this. Where to start?
abc.net.au
NSW has recently begun the aerial killings of 14,000 feral horses in Kosciuszko in the name of protecting biodiversity. But why should conserving native species diversity take precedence over other...
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RT @brettpmurphy: Great PhD opportunity @CDUni in conservation science! Focused on recent @TerritoryNRM translocation of brush-tailed rabbi….
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RT @certhionyx: 📝New quoll paper is out! 🧬.Declining populations of northern quolls will lose genetic diversity through time. If we strateg….
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RT @nicci_hanrahan: Delighted that we have been awarded an ARC Linkage grant to fund the Macroderma Initiative, a project that will aim to….
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RT @EnviroKimberley: Petroleum leases put up for bidding in the Kimberley by @RogerCookMLA govt. Covers Martuwarra Fitzroy River and prop….
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RT @brettpmurphy: Want to have real impact on biodiversity conservation on Indigenous lands, using ‘right-way science’? We are seeking a Ph….
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RT @nicci_hanrahan: Releasing a Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros ater) captured during this week's field trip #SlowMo #WildOz
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RT @certhionyx: 📚 Myself and @benflips have some exciting PhD opportunities available in the field of genomics and spatial ecology. Please….
popbiolgenomics.org
Inference for the management of populations, across agriculture, health, and environment.
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RT @guido_meijer: I was watching Lord of the Rings last night and realized there are many parallels with academia!. A thread 🧵👇.
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RT @RIELresearch: RIEL seminar series.Two short talks: cane toads and carbon fluxes.Friday 14 July, Casuarina campus.
cdu.edu.au
Two short seminars: Linking terrestrial–aquatic carbon fluxes to rectify the Australian carbon balance, presented by Dr Francesco Ulloa Cedamanos; Evaporative water loss in cane toads of the world,...
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Black-footed tree-rats are getting a bit of publicity in Australia lately. This one is the Melville Island subsp. The mainland NT version is endangered and an important stronghold is the urban Darwin region. They are kind of like rats pretending to be possums.
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RT @HeredityJournal: OA Population genomics and conservation management of the threatened black-footed tree-rat (Mesembriomys gouldii) in n….
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Heredity - Population genomics and conservation management of the threatened black-footed tree-rat (Mesembriomys gouldii) in northern Australia
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RT @Dr_AnnaM: @EuanRitchie1 @MolEcol_Darwin Museum genomics reveals the rapid decline and extinction of Australian rodents since European s….
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Australia has the highest historically recorded rate of mammalian extinction in the world, with 34 terrestrial species declared extinct since Europ...
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RT @SpotterOz: I am recruiting a PhD student for 3 years to work on comparative genomics of Australian mammals @mqnatsci under an @arc_gov_….
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RT @LukeEinoder: We are looking for a passionate environmental scienist with experience and expertise in collabor….
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RT @certhionyx: 📝Protecting genetic diversity matters for conservation! Check out our new paper on the population genomics of Australia's g….
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RT @RIELresearch: New research has shown that gamba grass covers 20% of Litchfield National Park and could increase to 30% within a decade.….
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