https://pialentini.com/what-i-do-projects/https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/coffee_farm-e1655425421415.jpgCoffee_FarmGrey-headed flying-foxes, Parramatta Park. Image: Optimusprimetransformer CC BY-SA 4.0https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/grey-headed_flying_fox_are_residing_in_parramatta_park_nsw_australia-e1655426174153.jpgGrey-headed flying-foxes, Parramatta Park. Image: By Optimusprimetransformer CC BY-SA 4.0https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bat.jpgbatWith careful planning insectivorous bats can persist in urban areashttps://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/793px-southern_brown_bandicoot_juvenile.jpg793px-Southern_Brown_Bandicoot_juvenilehttps://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/11-zones-with-towns.jpg11-zones-with-townshttps://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/brush-tailed-phascogale-web.jpgBrush-tailed-Phascogale-webhttps://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/the-stock-route-network1.jpgthe-stock-route-network1Endangered species in the stock route network.https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/the-stock-route-network.jpgThe stock route networkhttps://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/a_host_of_striped_bees.jpgBlue-banded beesNative blue-banded bees are common in Australia's primary agricultural zones Image: John Tann, Sydneyhttps://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/grey-butcherbird-on-the-watch.jpeggrey butcherbird on the watchImage: Dejan Stojanovic2025-02-28T03:43:54+00:00weekly0.6https://pialentini.com/publications/https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/slide1.jpgThesis cover2025-01-31T05:36:53+00:00weekly0.6https://pialentini.com/contact-2/https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img-20210109-wa0006-crop.jpgIMG-20210109-WA0006 - 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Image: @AusBats, Twitter.2013-08-28T23:40:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pialentini.com/2012/07/05/hooray-moreland-ccs-feral-cat-trap-neuter-release-proposal-scrapped/https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/feral_cat.jpgferal_catImage: http://www.angells-au.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=62&MMN_position=72:72https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cat-w-bird.jpgcat w birdImage: http://www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au/act/night-stalk/what-you-might-see/feral-species/https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/damage-by-feral-cats.jpgdamage-by-feral-catsImage: http://envirowire.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/wwf-claims-endangered-species-shortfall/damage-by-feral-cats/https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/feral_cat_lorikeet.jpgCat with preyImage: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/pestsweeds/FeralCats.htm2013-09-15T10:23:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pialentini.com/2013/03/05/moving-labs-for-your-first-postdoc-to-stay-or-to-go/https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/self-collaboration1.pngSelf collaborationImage: Noise to signal (Rob Cottingham)https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/indecision2.pngindecisionWell, I think this guy made the right decision! Image: www.CartoonStock.com.2013-03-16T01:56:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pialentini.com/2012/11/18/shifting-the-focus-of-agri-environment-schemes-managing-for-bats-around-farms/https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wff.jpgWFFThe difference between wildlife friendly farming and land sparing. Image: Phalan et al (2011), Food Policy 36, S62https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1020469.jpgP1020469A bat detector on a large remnant tree in a heavily grazed exotic pasturehttps://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1020634.jpgP1020634A bumper crop of insects in the UV light traphttps://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1020705.jpgEucalyptus populneaIt might look like just a weathered old tree in a paddock, but we recorded over 500 calls and 10 species around this Bimble box (Eucalyptus populnea) in a single night!https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/bat-calls.jpgC. gouldii callsSpot the difference? 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Image: PhD comics.2012-10-03T03:26:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pialentini.com/2012/09/27/young-australian-scientists-questioning-the-status-quo-part-2-the-issues/https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/imag0126.jpgQuestionsDodgy phone photo #3: Young scientists asking questions at the Forum.https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/robu-payne-scott.jpgRuby Payne-ScottRuby Payne-Scott, Alec Little, and “Chris” Christianson at Radiophysics’ Potts Hill Reservoir field station, probably in late 1948. From ATNF Historical Photographic Archive B14315, provided by Miller Gosshttps://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/imag0112.jpgPanel discussionDodgy phone photo #2: Panel discussion (Prof Andrew Hopkins, Dr Marnie Blewitt, Prof Tony Peacock)2013-03-11T19:48:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pialentini.com/2012/09/27/young-australian-scientists-questioning-the-status-quo-part-1-the-emcr-forum/https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/imag0108.jpgIan ChubbDodgy phone photo #1: Chief Scientist, Prof. Ian Chubbhttps://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/the_shine_dome.jpgThe_Shine_DomeHome of the Australian Academy of Science, the Shine Dome (aka "Martian embassy")2012-10-02T05:28:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pialentini.com/2012/07/12/taxonomic-specialisation-in-ecologists-why-we-need-the-fanatics/https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/juvenile-mountain-pygmy-possum.jpgJuvenile mountain pygmy possumA juvenile mountain pygmy possum.https://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/panda-and-cake.jpgPanda and cakePandas are extreme specialists, which feed only on bamboo... usually. Image: http://cakeheadlovesevil.wordpress.comhttps://pialentini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/racoon.jpgRacoonRacoons are well-known generalists, commonly considered a pest species. I still think they're pretty cute, and this one appears to have some serious dance moves downpat too.2012-07-12T08:35:47+00:00monthlyhttps://pialentini.com/2012/06/19/presentation-on-publishing-papers/2012-06-19T12:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pialentini.com/blog-posts/2012-06-16T08:32:37+00:00weekly0.6https://pialentini.com/2012/06/13/hello-world/2012-06-13T07:52:38+00:00monthlyhttps://pialentini.comdaily1.02025-02-28T03:43:54+00:00