Big Ecology Lab
People and Projects
 

Angela Moles
Associate Professor in the School of BEES, UNSW
 
My main research projects are:
  • The World Herbivory Project
  • Synthesising life history theory and data across a wide range of taxa on land and in the sea
  • The ecology of invasive species
  • The evolution of plant height
E-mail: A.moles [at] unsw.edu.au

Karen Bartle
BSc(hons) student - UNSW


Rapid evolution of dispersal ability in the invading species Senecio madagascariensis (Fireweed).




Karen's cosupervisor is Stephen Bonser (UNSW)
E-mail: karenbartle [at] optusnet.com.au

Ray Blick
PhD student - UNSW

Projects:
1) Host range and specialization in Australian Mistletoes
2) Visual signal complexity and diversity across a latitudinal gradient

Ray's cosupervisor is Stephen Bonser (UNSW)
E-mail: rayblick [at] yahoo.co.nz
Catherine Duthie
PhD student - at Victoria University of Wellington, NZ

Impacts of introduced wasps on native ants in Nelson Lakes National Park





Cath's main supervisor is Phil Lester (VUW)
E-mail: Catherine.Duthie [at] vuw.ac.nz


coming soon!
Habacuc Flores Moreno
PhD student - UNSW

Topic TBA

Starting Feb 2010

Benjamín Magaña
PhD student - at Victoria University of Wellington, NZ

Are distribution patterns correlated with ecological plant traits at different spatio-temporal scales in the New Zealand flora?






Benjamín's main supervisor is Stephen Hartley. His cosupervisor is Phil Garnock Jones (VUW)
E-mail: Benjamin.Magana [at] vuw.ac.nz


coming soon!
Hannah Sutton
PhD student - UNSW

Topic TBA

Starting March 2010

Fiona Thomson
PhD student - UNSW

Investigating seed dispersal at local (Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, Australia) and larger scales






Fiona's  main supervisor is Richard Kingsford (UNSW), and her cosupervisor is Tony Auld (DECC)
E-mail: fiona.thomson [at] student.unsw.edu.au

Laura Warman
PhD student - UNSW

Vegetation patterns and refugia of the wet tropics in Australia.



Laura's cosupervisor is Will Edwards (JCU)
E-mail: l.warman [at] student.unsw.edu.au

Past lab members

 

Joanna Buswell
MSc - officially at Victoria University of Wellington, NZ, but mostly done at UNSW.

Rapid evolution of exotic plants





Joanna's cosupervisor was Stephen Hartley (VUW)
E-mail: busweljoan [at] vuw.ac.nz

Paul Chachelle
BSc honours - at UNSW

Comparing herbivory on land and in the sea

E-mail: p.chachelle [at] gmail.com



Ben Hancock
MSc - at Victoria University of Wellington, NZ

The Pied Piper of Hataiati: Developing a technique to create attractive sinks for rodent pest management.




Ben's main supervisor was Wayne Linklater (VUW)
E-mail: Hancobenj [at] student.vuw.ac.nz
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Floor Soudijn
MSc student - at the University of Amsterdam

Offspring size/number tradeoffs in marine ecosystems


Floor was cosupervised by Emma Johnston (UNSW) and Dustin Marshall (UQ)
E-mail: soudijn [at] gmail.com