Conference Program

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Monday 3 July 2023
0630-0815	Bird Watching: Esplanade (Bicentennial Park) Tickets can be purchased via the conference registration site ($15 per person). Depart Darwin Convention Centre at 0630, or meet at the Darwin Family War Memorial, corner of Esplanade and Herbert street at 0645.
0900-1030	OPENING PLENARY SESSION
Room	Auditorium 2
Chair	Alan Andersen
0900-0915	Welcome to Country: Dr Aunty Bilawara Lee
0915-0925	Conference Opening: ESA 2023 LOC Chair, Alan Andersen
0925-1000	Keynote Presentation: An ecology of feeling, of being, of hope Professor John Woinarski, Charles Darwin University
Chair	Stephen van Leeuwen
1000-1030	Keynote Presentation: Martuwarra River of Life for All life Professor Anne Poelina, Chair, Martuwarra Council
1030-1100	Morning tea
1100-1300	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Room	Waterfront Room 1	Waterfront Room 2	Waterfront Room 3	Meeting Room 1	Meeting Room 2
	SYMPOSIUM: Indigenous Ecological Knowledge With thanks to our Symposium Sponsors: Atlas of Living Australia EcOz	SYMPOSIUM: Transforming fire risk management to improve biodiversity conservation under climate change (1)	SYMPOSIUM: Unravelling the underground: new insights into plant-soil ecology from diverse fields	OPEN FORUM: Invasive species	OPEN FORUM: Ecological monitoring methods 1
Chair	Stephen van Leeuwen	James Barker	Carlos Aguilar	Louis Elliot	Segun Osunkoya
	1100-1115 A Deadly Solution: Towards an Indigenous-led bushfood industry La Schaya Body, Australian Tropical Herbarium	1100-1115 Fire Management to Mitigate the Impacts of Large Bushfires on Ecological Values Dr Laurence Berry, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action	1100-1115 Embracing fungal multifunctionality Dr Carlos Aguilar-Trigueros, University of Jyväskylä	1100-1115 Buffering vulnerable wildlife from toxic Cane Toads at a landscape scale Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University	1100-1115 Eyes on Recovery: exploring the results of a large-scale camera trap initiative investigating post-fire wildlife recovery in Australia Dr Emma Spencer, Dr Tracy Rout, WWF - Australia
	1115-1130 Näpurru ga larrum naweku warrakangu nalapalmi ga djamarrkuli; Co-adapting fauna survey methods with Indigenous Rangers, Elders and youth Bridget Campbell, Macquarie University, Yirralka Rangers	1115-1130 Fire response strategies: groupings to estimate risk to species from fire Renee Woodward, Department of Planning and Environment - Science, Economics and Insights	1115-1130 Heatwaves and drought - How will Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi help conserve our native communities? Shae Jones, University of Wollongong	1115-1130 Untangling the impact of plant invasion in combination with different types of herbivores on plant diversity in grassy woodlands Corinne Schlierenzauer, QUT	1115-1130 The effect of different camera setups on species detectability. Towards optimising camera-trap surveys Dr Doug Mills, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
	1130-1145 Gadji Gadji Garden - Regrowing Traditional Language and Knowledge for plants and animals Nat Raisbeck-Brown, CSIRO	1130-1145 Immediate and long-term responses of native mammals to prescribed fire and invasive predation in fox-baited landscapes Vishnu Ramachandran Menon, University of Melbourne	1130-1145 Could biofertilisers accelerate restoration of degraded soils? Dr Ellen Fry, Edge Hill University	1130-1145 Using spatially explicit models to extract ecological insights for feral buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) management in the Northern Territory Dr Kyana Pike, CSIRO	1130-1145 Using waterbirds to monitor coastal catchment health Claire Willard, James Cook University
	1145-1200 Aboriginal Medicinal Plants: Showcasing Indigenous Biocultural Knowledge Through Plants Gerald Turpin, James Cook University	1145-1200 Integrating multiple data sources to inform fire management planning in Victoria Dr Cindy Hauser, Arthur Rylah Institute	1145-1200 Assembling the dream team: Host filtering, not competitive exclusion, drives the assembly of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under high phosphorus Dr Adam Frew, Western Sydney University	1145-1200 People, Biodiversity and Urban Reptiles under pressure from Cane Toads Graeme Sawyer, Biodiversitywatch	1145-1200 Winner winner chicken dinner: testing the effectiveness of different lures for detecting spotted-tailed quolls Nicole Lynch, University of Sydney
	1200-1215 Impacts of Seventh-day Adventism on Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Raggiana Bird of Paradise along the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea Challis Pulotu, Pacific Adventist University	1200-1215 Long-term monitoring to inform fire management and improve biodiversity conservation Dr Jane Williamson, Department of Planning and Environment	1200-1205 Ecotypic variation in the dual mycorrhizal associations of Melaleuca alternifolia Luke Florence, La Trobe	1200-1205 What's scat got to do with it? A snap-shop study into the predictive capabilities of scat in detecting Broad-toothed Rat presence Sally Fuik-Burgemeestre, Deakin University	1200-1215 Using fish earbones to determine birth origin, and guide management decisions related to both stocking programs and other restoration actions Annique Harris, Arthur Rylah Institute of Environmental Research
	1215-1230 The Mayh Recovery Program – two-way ecological monitoring in the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area Warddeken Rangers, Warddeken Land Management	1215-1220 The Importance of Thermal Refugia for ectotherms under a Changing Climate: Fire-induced Impacts on reptile microhabitats in arid Mallee woodland Max Tibby, The University of New England	1205-1210 Making sense of soil health: is microbial trait-based ecology a way forward? Berenice Della Porta, La Trobe University	1205-1210 Evasive invasives? Temporary neophobia of feral cats (Felis catus) towards Felixers Ned Ryan-Schofield, University of Adelaide	1215-1230 Searching for the Top End’s most at risk reptile - the Arnhem Land gorges skink (Bellatorias obiri) Dr Emily Hoffmann, Territory Natural Resource Management; UWA
	1230-1245 Doing science the right way: Reflecting on obstacles in our systems to doing right-way science Stephen Brown, Budjiti Aboriginal Corporation	1220-1235 Measuring ecosystems for bushfire management: the current state and the next five years of fire ecology for better bushfire management Dr Simon Watson, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action	1210-1215 Go belowground – microbial community in the rhizosphere as driver of plant-plant interactions Wing Man Siu, School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne	1210-1225 High altitude, groundwater-dependent wetlands are changing through time: insights from a 40 yr study Zac Walker, University of Melbourne	1230-1245 Evaluation of a multi-method approach for systematically surveying koalas across NSW Dr Graeme Gillespie, NSW Department of Environment and Planning
		1235-1240 The use of artificial refuges by small vertebrates after prescribed fire Darcy Watchorn, Deakin University		1225-1230 Non-target impacts of lethal control of an invasive mesopredator in a semi-arid mallee environment Rachel Mason, Deakin University	1245-1300 ForestGEO in Australia: The Starvation Creek Forest Dynamics Plot Dr Patrick Baker, University of Melbourne
		1240-1245 Toward a new tolerable fire interval system for NSW Dr James Barker, NSW Department of Planning and Environment		1230-1245 When the cat's away, the potoroos will play... Dr David Hamilton, Tasmanian Land Conservancy 1245-1250 Collateral damage: epiphytic orchids at risk from myrtle rust Dr Heidi Zimmer, Centre For Australian National Biodiversity Research
1300-1400	Lunch
1300-1400	Workshop: ALLY Training (Monday session) Facilitated by Leanda Mason Room: Waterfront Room 3
1400-1530	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Room	Waterfront Room 1	Waterfront Room 2	Waterfront Room 3	Meeting Room 1	Meeting Room 2
1400-1530	SYMPOSIUM: Building Cross-cultural Futures Through Healing Country	SYMPOSIUM: Transforming fire risk management to improve biodiversity conservation under climate change (2)	OPEN FORUM: Conservation Biology	OPEN FORUM: Animal behaviour / animal physiology	OPEN FORUM: Ecological monitoring methods 2
Chair	Stephen van Leeuwen	Victoria Reynolds	John Woinarski	Georgia Ward-Fear	Graeme Gillespie
	1400-1415 The Wuyagiba Bush Uni: Local Solution for on-Country two-way Higher Education Dr Emilie Ens, Macquarie University	1400-1415 Moving to a risk-based approach: using Bayesian network modelling to create a Fire Risk Estimator for threatened species fire management Dr Victoria Reynolds, Department of Planning and Environment	1400-1415 Delivering incremental benefits for Moreton Bay's migratory shorebirds. Liz Gould, Healthy Land & Water	1400-1405 Fear, flight, and fitness: The adaptive significance of escape response in Hooded Plovers, Thinornis cucullatus cucullatas April Timmis, Deakin University	1400-1415 Habitat and detectability of the endangered Condamine earless dragon Laura Harms, The University of Queensland
	1415-1430 Indigenous led Data Governance and Djandak Dja Kundjtia (Country Healing its Home) Caitlin Dunolly-Lee, Dr Nathan Wong, Djandak	1415-1430 Predicting risks to conservation activities by simulating spatial patterns of fire risk with climate change and management Dr Erica Marshall, The University of Melbourne	1415-1430 How does habitat fragmentation influence pollinators and pollination dynamics of native wildflowers? Manuel Sevenello, University of Melbourne	1405-1410 Diving into new waters: quantifying the dive behaviour of short-tailed shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris) foraging in southeast Tasmania Olivia Dove, Institute For Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania	1415-1430 Thermal cameras versus spotlighting: New opportunities for monitoring threatened small endotherms Finella Dawlings, Monash University
	1430-1445 Kimberley cross-cultural partnerships to strengthen ecological health and resilience Tom Andrews, Leroy Andrews, Yawuru Rangers, Arnold Sahanna, Nyaliga Rangers, Dr Leigh-Ann Woolley, WWF-Australia	1430-1445 The influence of fire and habitat on mammal distribution and activity in Victoria’s mallee region Ange Pestell, Deakin University	1430-1445 Things that go munch in the night: the investigation and emergency management of a novel threat to endangered orchids Erika Roper,NSW Department of Planning and Environment	1410-1415 Using telomeres to investigate physiological stress in free-ranging vertebrates in response to anthropogenically influenced landscapes Natarsha Babic, Monash University	1430-1435 Spying on phascogales - a how to guide Tessa Manning, University of Adelaide
	1445-1500 First Nations peoples and NRM research and implementation on private lands Dr Wesley Ward, Gulbali Research Institute, Charles Sturt University	1445-1500 Comparing How Burn Severity Affects Key Habitat Values in Western Australian Forests using the OzCBI Dr Valerie Densmore, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation & Attractions	1445-1500 Evaluating the recovery potential of threatened ecosystems Javiera Olivares-Rojas, Monash University	1415-1430 Daily rhythmic behaviour of water buffalo and its effect on their spatial distribution Scott Forrest, Queensland University of Technology	1435-1440 Recording phenological observations in Eucalyptus species: an approach to capturing intrinsically complex and entangled data Claudia Helena Giraldo Escobar, University of Melbourne
	1500-1515 Rrambaŋi djäma (working together): a co-designed camera trap network for Yolŋu priority and threatened warrakan (animals) in the Laynhapuy IPA Yirralka Rangers and Dr Shaina Russell, Macquarie University	1500-1515 Biodegradable artificial refuges as a disaster response for wildlife and restoration opportunity Dr Alexandra Carthey, Macquarie Univeristy	1500-1515 Towards mapping critical habitat for threatened species Dr Michelle Ward, WWF Australia	1430-1445 Increasing hypoxia progressively slows early embryonic development in an oviparous reptile David Adams, Monash University	1440-1445 Global review of indicators used in terrestrial ecosystem risk assessments Clare Vernon, Deakin University
		1515-1520 Forecasting future fire impacts through demographic modelling Lily Wheeler, The University of Melbourne	1515-1520	1445-1500 Biomarkers reveal the physiological impacts of long-term environmental challenges on a large ectotherm Kaitlin Barham, The University of Queensland	1445-1500 Challenges in measuring progress in the recovery of threatened ecological communities Dr Megan Good, University of Melbourne
			1520-1525 Individual movements and seascape connectivity of threatened sea snake populations Shannon Coppersmith, University of Adelaide Peter Fairweather Award Winner	1500-1515 Rest for the weary: Baleen whale gene expression and blubber cortisol concentrations reveal reduced physiological stress during COVID-19 restrictions Jacob Linsky, The University of Queensland	1500-1505 Collecting good spatial ecological data in the field using customised smartphone apps Dr Claire Moore, Flinders University
				1515-1530 Intraspecific geographic variation in metabolic rates of a temperate amphibian Sebastian Chekunov, University of Adelaide	1505-1510 Detecting early warning signs of decline in currently common species for prompt conservation action Dr Holly Sitters, Australian Wildlife Conservancy
					1510-1525 Is there a need for horizon scan for new, emerging weeds in Queensland? Dr Olusegun (Segun) Osunkoya, Queensland Department of Agriculture & Fisheries
1530-1600	Afternoon tea
1600-1730	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Room	Waterfront Room 1	Waterfront Room 2	Waterfront Room 3	Meeting Room 1	Meeting Room 2
	SYMPOSIUM: A yarn about Walking Together	SYMPOSIUM: Transforming fire risk management to improve biodiversity conservation under climate change 3	OPEN FORUM: Conservation policy and decision-making 1	OPEN FORUM: Species interactions	OPEN FORUM: Evolutionary biology
Chair	Katharina-Victoria Perez-Hammerle	Andrew Denham	Martine Maron	Kirsti Abbott	Sam Banks
	1600-1615 Reconnecting fire culture of Aboriginal communities with contemporary wildfire risk management Amos Atkinson, RMIT, Dr Nathan Wong, Djandak	1600-1615 Tropical savanna vegetation trends after a decade of changing climate and regional adaptive management Dr Ian Radford, Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions	1600-1615 Art as Environmental Policy Strategy Dr Tony Meppem, Mud Render Institute	1600-1615 Predicting conservation risks without simplifying complex food-web dynamics Sarah Vollert, Queensland University of Technology	1600-1615 Lifespan and investment strategies in ants: a field and lab study Hannah Riskas, La Trobe University
	1615-1630 Walking together: women returning food plants and healing Country Nina Roberts, La Trobe University, Marilyne Nicholls, Dja Dja Wurrung Enterprises	1615-1630 Buffel Grass and its place in the changing climate of Arid Australia Michelle Franklin, Weed Management Branch	1615-1620 Modelling for ecological resilience decision making in bushfire management planning: A Victorian perspective Irena Cassettari, DEECA	1615-1630 From threatened to threatening: Impacts of a reintroduced predator on reintroduced prey Ben Stepkovitch, Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW	1615-1630
	1630-1645 “Turtuni sits in Murrukupuni”: Using local governance stories to guide decision-making for Murrukupuni (Country), Tiwi Islands, Australia Dr Alana Brekelmans, Deakin University, Mavis Kerinaiua, Tiwi Resources	1630-1645 Fire severity affects mistletoe abundance in Warrumbungle National Park Cameron Kirk, University of Wollongong / Local Land Services	1620-1625 Sneaky Snakes: Using species distribution models in the conservation planning of the endangered floodplain snake - Ngabi (Hemiaspis damelii) Talia Schlen	1630-1645 The critical role of birds as pollinators of Banksia menziesii Dr Siegfried Krauss, Kings Park Science, DBCA	1630-1645 Complex selection processes on invasive crayfish phenotype at the leading-edge of the Zambezi floodplains ecoregion Professor Ryan Wasserman, Rhodes University
		1645-1700 Assets of Intergenerational Significance provides for a practical mechanism to ensure environmental values are protected from bushfires Jessica Birrell , NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service	1625-1640 A new method to visualise landscape level ecological connectivity for urban planning Dr Holly Kirk, RMIT University	1645-1700 Carnivorous plants and thieving bugs: the relationship is not exclusive Zoe Bloesch, UNSW	1645-1700 How can we use novel techniques to understand the success of invasive predators in Australian Ecosystems Joshua Gaschk, University of The Sunshine Coast
		1700-1730 Australian Megafire Synthesis II Professor Don A. Driscoll, Deakin University	1640-1655 Understanding the policy-related reasons for contemporary deforestation in northern Australia Hannah Thomas, University of Queensland	1700-1715 Wombat burrows are hotspots for small vertebrates in a landscape subject to gigafire Grant Linley, CSU	1700-1705 Omnivore to predator, a dietary shift in an Australian gliding marsupial Meagan Powley, University of Wollongong
			1655-1710 Planning R&D for conservation: an adaptive management problem Luz Pascal, QUT / CSIRO	1715-1730 Leveraging light to understand forest function Dr Laura Williams, Hawkesbury Institute For The Environment, Western Sydney University
			1710-1725 Impacts on ecosystems by invasive ungulates: a global systematic review and meta-analysis Professor Euan G Ritchie, Deakin University
1730-1800	Queer Mixer Networking event - cash bar available Room: Waterfront Room 1
1900	DOCUMENTARY AND PANEL DISCUSSION with the Film Director Cathryn Vasseleu, Head of the University of Melbourne TIGRR Lab Prof. Andy Pask, Deakin University Wildlife & Conservation Ecologist Prof. Euan Ritchie and Traditional Owners of Arnhem Rock Art. Facilitated by ABC Darwin. DECK CHAIR CINEMA - Tiger on the Rocks In partnership with MAGNT, we invite you to view this documentary and stay for an insightful discussion integrating thylacine science and culture. TIGER ON THE ROCKS takes audiences on a journey around Australia, posing questions about the Thylacine’s 25 million year old past, when it lived across the continent and showing how Australia’s largest surviving marsupial predator co-existed with Australia’s First People for many thousands of years Optional: book directly with Deck Chair via their website. You can purchase Nepalese fusion food and drinks at the venue.

Tuesday 4 July 2023
0630-0815	Bird Watching: East Point Mangrove boardwalk Tickets can be purchased via the conference registration site ($15 per person). Depart Darwin Convention Centre at 0630 or meet at the Mangrove Boardwalk carpark at the northern end of Lake Alexander at 0645.
0900-1000	PLENARY SESSION
Room	Auditorium 2
Chair	Samantha Lloyd
0900-0930	Keynote Presentation: Biodiversity on the balance sheet - guiding decision making and scaling up of nature finance to fund global restoration targets Dr Rachael Marshall, Accounting for Nature
0930-1000	Keynote Presentation: ESA Ecological Impact Award Presentation Fitness consequences of weakened anti-predator responses: experimental release of havened and non-havened woylies (Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi) to inform conservation management Natasha Harrison, University of Western Australia and Peter Lacey, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation, and Attractions, Wheatbelt Region
1000-1030	Morning tea
1030-1230	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Room	Waterfront Room 1	Waterfront Room 2	Waterfront Room 3	Meeting Room 1	Meeting Room 2
	SYMPOSIUM: Practitioner Engagement: Collaborative Research Informing Ecological Management	SYMPOSIUM: Business and Biodiversity 1	SYMPOSIUM: Thinking about human-non-human relationships - what does this mean and why does it matter for ecology? 1	OPEN FORUM: Climate change and extreme events	SYMPOSIUM: Ecosystem Services: concepts, valuation, and applications
Chair	Sacha Jellinek	Sarah Luxton	Euan Ritchie	Susanna Venn	Kamaljit Sangha
	1030-1045 Cross-cultural conservation: combining balanda science and Bininj knowledge to protect a threatened Stone Country endemic species Dr Kelly Dixon, Territory Natural Resource Management	1030-1045 Setting the scene: what is the nature-positive economy? Dr Sarah Luxton, CSIRO Environment	1030-1045 Diverse ways of connecting, diverse ways of knowing the more-than-human Dr Rachel Morgain, University of Melbourne	1030-1045 No drought about it: Disturbance impacts body condition Kristina Macdonald, Deakin University	1030-1045 An overview of the symposium and introduction to the common ecosystem services concepts and approaches Dr Kamaljit Sangha, Associate Professor
	1045-1100 The first field trial of a novel, biodegradable artificial refuge to assist post-fire mammal recovery Angela Rana, University of Sydney	1045-1100 A nature-positive world is more than the sum of its parts Dr Simon Ferrier, SIRO Environment	1045-1100 Ecology via onto-epistemology Katharina-Victoria Perez-Hammerle	1045-1100 Microclimatic effects on high country pollinators Joshua Coates, Australian National University	1045-1100 People’s preference of land uses for ecosystem services and well-being in Bangladesh Dr Ronju Ahammad, Charles Darwin University
	1100-1115 Bridging the gap: using people power to provide temporary habitat connectivity in storm damaged forests Dr Jo Isaac, Ecology and Restoration Australia P/L	1100-1115 Nature Positive must not distract from the Mitigation Hierarchy Professor Martine Maron, The University of Queensland	1100-1115 "Divisible Governance: or how environmental regulation is failing us" Dr Kirsty Howey, Environment Centre	1100-1115 Biodiversity trends in South East Queensland – the cooling of a biodiversity hotspot in a heating climate Liz Gould, Healthy Land & Water	1100-1105 Harnessing wild and managed stingless bees as pollinators of crops in the Northern Territory: mango as a case study Dr James Makinson, Hawkesbury Institute For The Environment, Western Sydney University
	1115-1130 Revegetated areas lack structural diversity compared to remnant areas: lessons for restoration practice Dr Sacha Jellinek, University of Melbourne	1115-1130 What is a ‘financial ESG professional’ and how are they responsible for averting biodiversity loss? A trek through corporate lingo, organizational management, and risk appetite Natasha Cadenhead	1115-1130 Creative interventions for cultivating good relations with soil worlds Professor Mindy Blaise, Centre For People, Place, & Planet, Edith Cowan University	1115-1130 Flood impacts on Victorian Native Fish populations Ruby Stoios, Arthur Rylah Institute, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action	1105-1110 Environmental Values: underpinning moral philosophies, theories, and concepts Elizabeth Damoah, University of South Australia
	1130-1145 Diet breadth of a critically endangered owl presents challenges for management Victoria Sperring, Monash University	1130-1145 Measuring and reporting on corporate nature-related impacts, dependencies, and risks for a nature-positive economy Dr Greg Smith, CSIRO	1130-1145	1130-1145 Modelling Long-Term Effects of Climate Change on Coral Reefs Kaitlyn Brown, Queensland University of Technology	1110-1115 Describing a typology of values for nature positive outcomes using IPBES framing Dr Kim Zoeller, CSIRO
	1145-1200 Restore and Renew: Provenancing for restoration based on genetics and climate Karina Guo, RECER / Botanic Gardens of Sydney	1145-1200 Needs and opportunities for biodiversity markets: perspectives on the way forward Dr Anthelia Bond, CSIRO	1145-1230 Facilitated discussion: cultivating connection in ecology and beyond Dr Rachel Morgain, University of Melbourne	1145-1200 Quantifying responses to forest thinning Dr Katinka Ruthrof, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions	1115-1120 Linking ecosystem health to ecosystem services: a systematic review at the biome level Michael Traurig, Deakin University
	1200-1215 Fish use of Tasmanian coastal saltmarsh following invasive Spartina anglica removal Violet Harrison-Day, School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania	1200-1215 Cart before the horse: What are the enabling legislative conditions necessary for effective biodiversity markets? Allana Brown, Environment Centre		1200-1215 Animal population decline and recovery after severe fire: Relating ecological and life history traits with expert estimates of population impacts from the Australian 2019-20 megafires Miki Ensbey, University of Melbourne and Charles Darwin University
	1215-1220 Managing Koalas during plantation harvest Stacey Harwood, Deakin University	1215-1220 Agribusiness; a key partner in increasing biodiversity above and below ground Dr Samantha Grover, RMIT University		1215-1220 Low recruitment success limits the upward range shift of Snowgum at alpine treeline despite a warming climate and fire disturbance Dr Susanna Venn, Deakin University
				1220-1235 Greater gliders out on a limb: using movement to inform conservation Viviana Miritis, The University of Sydney
1230-1330	Lunch
1330-1500	PLENARY SESSION
Room	Auditorium 2
Chair	Perpetua Turner
1330-1400	ESA AERA Award Presentation: Transects, trade-offs, teamwork, and tenacity: Survival guide for infusing ecology into policy and management in Queensland Dr Teresa Eyre
1400-1430	ESA 2022 Gold Medal Winner Presentation Professor David Keith
1430-1500	ESA Gold Medal 2023 Winner Presentation Professor Dieter Hochuli
1500-1530	Afternoon tea
1530-1730	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Room	Waterfront Room 1	Waterfront Room 2	Waterfront Room 3	Meeting Room 1	Meeting Room 2
	SYMPOSIUM: Open interoperability frameworks and data management for monitoring biodiversity and the environment to help meet global societal challenges	SYMPOSIUM: Business and Biodiversity 2	SYMPOSIUM: Thinking about human-non-human relationships - what does this mean and why does it matter for ecology? 2	OPEN FORUM: Fire ecology	Early Career Ecologist Pathways Forum
Chair	Siddeswara Guru	Sarah Luxton	Rachel Morgain	Dieter Hochuli	Sam Lloyd and Caragh Threlfall
	1530-1545 The state of threatened reptile and amphibian monitoring in Australia Tayla Lawrie, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, The University of Queensland	1530-1545 Lessons from Australia's carbon market Dr Don Butler, Australian National University	1530-1545 Indigenous Engagement to Support Resilience: A Case Study From Kamilaroi Country (NSW, Australia) Associate Professor Bradley Moggridge, University of Canberra	1530-1545 Fire ecology traits of Australian plants: Creating a database to summarise scientific knowledge about plant response to fire events Dr José Rafael Ferrer-Paris, University of New South Wales	Early Career Ecologist Pathways Forum Facilitated by D Sam Lloyd and Dr Caragh Threlfall Panelists: Prof John Morgan, La Trobe University Dr Pep Turner, President, Ecological Society of Australia Dr Sam Lloyd, Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium, Healthy Land and Water Lincoln Kern, Practical Ecology Dr Heather Neilly, Australian Landscape Trust Dr Kirsti Abbott, MAGNT Dr Anna Richards, CSIRO Dr Cara Penton, Ecological Monitoring Manager, Warddeken Land Management Stephina Salee, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Coordinator, Bush Heritage Australia A/Prof Hedley Grantham, Chief Scientist, Bush Heritage Australia
	1545-1600 How to make a sharable code workflow for reproducible and efficient science: Learnings from {galah} and ALA Labs Dr Dax Kellie, Atlas of Living Australia	1545-1600 Boom or bust: Australia’s Restoration Economy Professor Owen Nevin, Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute	1545-1600 Managing urban flying-fox roosts amid ongoing challenges Matthew Mo, NSW Department of Planning and Environment	1545-1600 How does fire management shape vegetation structure along an environmental gradient? Rachel McIntosh, La Trobe University
	1600-1615 Strategic regional spatial planning for sustainable development of utility-scale solar and wind energy in the Northern Territory Billee McGinley, Charles Darwin University	1600-1605 Making nature count: biodiversity assessment for the nature repair market Dayani Gunawardana, Department of Climate Change, Energy, The Environment and Water	1600-1605 Larrakia-led biodiversity values of Darwin Dr Adam Liedloff, CSIRO	1600-1615 Resilience of small mammals and reptiles to prescribed burning in a desert ecosystem Dr Tim Doherty, The University of Sydney
	1615-1630 EcoAssets: streamlining access to data from Australian environmental research infrastructures Dr Shandiya Balasubramaniam, CSIRO	1605-1700 Facilitated Discussion: Business and Biodiversity Dr Sarah Luxton, CSIRO Environment	1605-1610 Nature Based Resilience - putting nature at the centre of disaster management Amanda Lamont, Nature Based Resilience	1615-1630 Stop, drop and get down that hole: Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies surviving megafires Lauren Hook, Department of Planning and Environment, Biodiversity and Conservation
	1630-1645 Enabling environmental data and services for researchers and decision makers: the Planet Research Data Commons Kerry Levett, Australian Research Data Commons		1610-1615 Recreational impacts on Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland: Awareness raising campaign & an assessment of the public’s perception and attitudes Chelsea Kluske, Healthy Land & Water	1630-1645 Bat species responses to short interval high severity fires Sandra Penman, The University of Melbourne
	1645-1700 Disentangling the metacommunity processes using species occurrence observations Dr Taku Kadoya, National Institute For Environmental Studies		1615-1620 Comics as a tool for ecological storytelling Dr Caitlyn Forster, The University of Sydney	1645-1650 Post-fire recovery of Mountain Galaxias (Galaxias olidus) in Namadgi National Park, ACT Chris Malam, ACT Government
	1700-1715 Developing standards to represent and exchange site-based survey data Dr Siddeswara Guru, University of Queensland		1620-1700 Facilitated discussion: opening pathways for a more-than-human ecology Dr Rachel Morgain, University of Melbourne	1650-1655 Where there's smoke, there's... bats? Reduced activity of Pilbara Leaf-nosed Bats (Rhinonicteris aurantia) following fire in an arid-zone landscape Heather North, GHD
1730-1900	ESA 2023: Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session

Wednesday 5 July 2023
0630-0815	Birdwatching - George Brown Botanic Gardens Tickets can be purchased via the conference registration site ($15 per person). Depart Darwin Convention Centre at 0630 or meet at the the Geranium Street carpark (accessed from Stuart Highway) at 0645.
0900-1000	PLENARY SESSION
Room	Auditorium 2
Chair	Kirsti Abbott
0900-0930	Keynote Presentation: Incentivising sustainable fire management in fire-prone savanna landscapes Professor Jeremy Russell Smith, Charles Darwin University
0930-1000	Keynote Presentation: The Australian Ecosystem Models Framework: Harnessing expert knowledge to evaluate landscape change Anna Richards, CSIRO
1000-1030	Morning tea
1030-1230	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Room	Waterfront Room 1	Waterfront Room 2	Waterfront Room 3	Meeting Room 1	Meeting Room 2
	SYMPOSIUM: Fire, biodiversity and ecological function in tropical savannas – insights from field experiments 1	OPEN FORUM	SYMPOSIUM: Detecting and attributing change in Australian vegetation 1	OPEN FORUM: eDNA and genomics	OPEN FOURM: Ecological management and restoration 1
Chair	Alan Andersen	Teigan Cremorne	Rachael Gallagher	Paul Nevill	Patricia Werner
	1030-1100 The importance of fire in tropical savannas Emeritus Professor William Bond, University of Cape Town	1030-1045 Native wildflower meadows: a new opportunity to reinstate grassy ecosystems on hostile urban sites Katherine Horsfall, University of Melbourne	1030-1045 Generating and testing hypotheses for change in Australian vegetation Professor Belinda Medlyn,Western Sydney University	1030-1045 Taking to the hills: advances in terrestrial eDNA monitoring Dr Erin Hahn, CSIRO	1030-1035 Population genomic diversity and structure in the golden bandicoot: a history of isolation, extirpation, and conservation Kate Rick, The University of Western Australia
	1100-1115 Burning for biodiversity in tropical savannas: a long-term field experiment Professor Alan Andersen, Charles Darwin University	1045-1050 Bridging the gaps: citizen science is the next frontier for biodiversity research Louis Backstrom, University of Queensland	1045-1100 Spatio-temporal variability in vegetation facets in southeast Australia highlights the need for refined ecosystem management goals under changing climates Dr Matthew Adeleye, University of Cambridge	1045-1100 Using molecular data to resolve species boundaries in lyrebirds Yasara de Mel, QUT	1035-1040 Wattle we do about all these weeds? Determining how interactions of co-occurring woody weeds affect restoration plantings Diana Borse, University of Auckland
	1115-1130 Long-term fire regime effects on fine fuel loads and grass species composition in a northern Australian savanna Merinda Day-Smith, La Trobe University	1050-1055 The Seedling Image Library ID tool; starting with threatened wet sclerophyll forest Ruby Paroissien, University of New South Wales	1100-1115 Written in wood – insights into vegetation change from dendrochronology Professor Pauline Grierson, The University of Western Australia	1100-1115 The use of genetics tools in conservation management applications—a systematic review Dr Maggie Watson, Charles Sturt University	1040-1045 Helping the Animal Housing Crisis Courtney Morris, University of Adelaide
	1130-1145 The tropical savanna fuel load ‘time bomb’ – does it exist? Dr John Morgan, La Trobe University	1055-1100 The influence of disturbance and liana proliferation on invertebrate indicators of rainforest function Charlotte Raven, University of The Sunshine Coast	1115-1130 Historical forestry data offers novel insights into forest responses to climate and fire Dr Patrick Baker, University of Melbourne	1115-1130 Comparing the diets of co-occurring species to assess potential competition using DNA metabarcoding Aurelie Kanishka, Australian National University	1045-1100 Surviving in a Changing Landscape: The Effects of Environmental Stress on Eastern Grey Kangaroos Nora Campbell, UNSW
	1145-1150 Effects of fire regime on Northern Australian tropical savanna soils: exploring microbial communities and their critical role in carbon cycling Marissa Blunden, La Trobe University	1100-1115 Large-scale patterns in Delayed Greening Giancarlo Chiarenza, UNSW Sydney	1130-1145 Diverging paths of ecosystem greening in Australian terrestrial ecosystems Dr Sami Rifai, University of Adelaide	1130-1145 Monitoring the birds and the bees: Environmental DNAmetabarcoding of flowers detects plant-animalinteractions Dr Paul Nevill, Curtin University	1100-1115 Living in human-modified landscapes narrows the dietary niche of a specialised mammalian scavenger, the Tasmanian devil Anna Lewis, University of New South Wales
	1150-1155 Fire regime impacts grass diversity and function in tropical savannas Dr Anna Richards, CSIRO	1115-1130 Is there a lizard down that spider burrow? Microhabitat preferences of the endangered pygmy bluetongue (Tiliqua adelaidensis) Kimberley Michael, Flinders University	1145-1200 Attribution of change in riverine leaf area index (LAI) in dryland ecosystems Jake Eckersley, University of Western Australia	1145-1200 Microbial indicators of soil health: temperate to arid Australia Dr Erinne Stirling, CSIRO	1115-1130 Navigating the mining maze: how northern quolls interact with an altered landscape Mitchell Cowan, Charles Sturt University
	1155-1230 Facilitated Discussion: Fire, biodiversity and ecological function in tropical savannas – insights from field experiments Professor Alan Andersen, Charles Darwin University	1130-1145 Modelling environmental responses from the little life in the leaf-litter Tessa Smith, University of Tasmani	1200-1215 Satellite-observed shifts in C3/C4 abundance in Australian grasslands are associated with rainfall patterns Dr Qiaoyun Xie, University of Western Australia	1200-1215 Genomics approaches for environmental management: The current state of play Allyson Malpartida, Charles Darwin University	1130-1145 Land use effects and seasonal changes in bird community assembly across a low-intensity tropical agricultural landscape Biang Syiem, Deakin University
		1145-1200 Whale baleen reveals link between feeding patterns and climate cycles for humpback and southern right whales Adelaide Dedden, University of New South Wales	1215-1220 DTC, STS and GEDI-simulations, next generation ecological datasets? Professor Simon Jones, RMIT	1215-1230 eDNA and Pollinator Invertebrate Communities: An EPIC survey method comparison study Allison Menzies, La Trobe University	1145-1200 Undermining anuran community dynamics: longwall mining exerts community-scale impacts on frog assemblages Samantha Wallace, The University of Newcastle
		1200-1215 The interactive effect of extreme precipitation, nutrient addition, and grazing on grassland productivity and diversity Elise Verhoeven, The University of Sydney	1220-1225 Up, down, and around: where will alpine species go with climate change? Iris Hickman, La Trobe University	1230-1235 A review on the Environmental DNA field sampling techniques for terrestrial and semi-aquatic macrofauna Kendrika Gaur, Deakin University	1200-1215 Are lianas preventing rainforest recovery in the Wet Tropics? Emma Mackintosh, University of The Sunshine Coast
		1215-1230 Disentangling the direct and indirect effects of fire and livestock grazing on small mammals and reptiles Miranda Rew-Duffy, The University of Queensland			1215-1220 Coexistence conservation- can warabin (bush stone curlew) survive beyond the fence? Shoshana Rapley, Australian National University
1230-1330	Lunch
1330-1500	PLENARY SESSION
Room	Auditorium 2
Chair	Andy Bennett
1330-1345	ESA President's address
1345-1400	Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2022 Presentation - Danielle Wallace
1400-1405	Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Winner - Sara Cavalcanti Marques
1405-1420	ESA 2023 Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship presentation - Oscar Jones
1420-1435	ESA 2022 Fundamental Ecology Award Presentation - Oliver Aylen
1435-1500	KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: ESA Next Generation Award Presentation Dr Adam Frew, Western Sydney University
1500-1530	Afternoon tea
1530-1730	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Room	Waterfront Room 1	Waterfront Room 2	Waterfront Room 3	Meeting Room 1	Meeting Room 2
	SYMPOSIUM: Fire, biodiversity and ecological function in tropical savannas – insights from field experiments 2	SYMPOSIUM: Enhancing drone-based capabilities for improving conservation, management, monitoring and FAIR data	SYMPOSIUM: Detecting and attributing change in Australian vegetation 2	OPEN FORUM: Functional traits and Disease	OPEN FORUM: Urban ecology and seed biology
Chair	John Morgan	Tim Brown	Laura Williams	Mark Westoby	Sandra Penman
	1530-1545 Fire and space: Fire driven spatial patterns of trees in Australian tropical savannas Dr Hari Paramjyothi, Supervising Scientist Branch, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	1530-1545 Edge effects, tammar wallabies and kangaroos: Precise distribution modelling from airborne thermal technology Dr Mark Lethbridge, Ecoknowledge	1530-1545 Ecological consequences of the loss of traditional Aboriginal fire management on the Arnhem Plateau using multiple lines of evidence Professor David Bowman, University of Tasmania	1530-1545 Quantifying plant functional traits and life strategies of Australian annual species to inform green roof plant selection Zahra Saraeian, University of Melbourne	1530-1545 Investigating the effect of artificial lighting on insectivorous bats in Brisbane Rani Davis, The University of Queensland
	1545-1600 Termites, tree hollows and long-term fire regimes in Top End savannas Ellen Rochelmeyer, Charles Darwin University	1545-1600 Drones; Opportunities and Barriers to their use in Conservation and Environmental Management Sophie Walker, James Cook University	1545-1600 Attributing forest change – ecology, remote sensing, and geophysics Dr Gavan McGrath, Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions	1545-1600 Linking functional traits to lifetime demographic performance in a diverse annual plant community Alexandra Catling, The University of Queensland	1545-1600 The insectivorous microbats of Adelaide, South Australia Harry Rust, Faunatech
	1600-1615 Internal stem damage in tropical Australian savanna trees significantly reduces biomass Abbey Yatsko, University of Miami	1600-1615 Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable: National Research Infrastructure can enable rapid development of solutions for ecology, carbon drawdown and biodiversity preservation Dr Timothy Brown, Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, ANU Node	1600-1615 Combining disparate data and multiple forms of knowledge to monitor ecosystems Alys Young, Deakin University	1600-1615 Towards a unified theory in Microbial Community Ecology Dr Jen Wood, La Trobe University	1600-1605 Exploring Spontaneous and Precarious Urban Ecosystems Professor Dieter Hochuli, The University of Sydney
	1615-1630 The effects of fire on ants in an Australian tropical savanna vary according to the vertical stratum they live in François Brassard, Charles Darwin University	1615-1630 Remote orange hawkweed flower detection using deep learning methods: challenges and lessons learned Dr Remy Dehaan, Charles Sturt University	1615-1620 Effect of drought on ecosystem gross primary productivity under different climate gradients across Australia Huanhuan Wang, University of Technology Sydney	1615-1630 Form versus function trade-offs in leaf venation networks Ilaine Silveira Matos, University of California at Berkeley	1605-1610 Investigating the complex germination requirements and seed dormancy of the nationally threatened Kakadu Hibiscus Amelia Stevens, National Seed Bank, Australian National Botanic Gardens
	1630-1645 Lizard responses to experimental fire regimes in an Australian tropical savanna Angga Rachmansah, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University	1630-1645 Drone thermal imaging and machine learning for kangaroo population monitoring Dr Lachlan Howell, Deakin University	1620-1625 Investigating opposing gradients in competition and stress along the NATT: impacts on savanna productivity Prashant Paudel, Western Sydney University	1630-1645 Phylogenetically conservative trait correlation: quantification and interpretation Professor Emeritus Mark Westoby, Macquarie University	1610-1615 Happy as a frog in pondwater: Habitat characteristics that promote diversity of threatened frog species in urban Australia Britt Mitchell, UNSW Sydney
	1645-1650 Hop, hop, and away: behavioural responses of magnificent tree frogs (Litoria splendida) to the olfactory and auditory cues of fire Levi Brown, Macquarie University	1645-1715 DISCUSSION: Enhancing drone-based capabilities for improving conservation, management, monitoring and FAIR data Dr Timothy Brown, Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, ANU Node	1625-1630 An introduction to Fowlers Gap and long term monitoring plans Dr Hedley Grantham, UNSW	1645-1650	1615-1630 Homing pythons? Do relocated carpet pythons return to residential capture sites? Jessica Sabatino, University of New England
	1650-1705 45 years of the Solar Village Project, a community science experiment of fire exclusion, reforestation and biodiversity stewardship Liam Golding, Solar Village		1630-1645 Linking remotely-sensed 3D-structural vegetation data to Forest and Biodiversity frameworks: using Ozius Biome to support nature-based solutions at scale Alisa Starkey, Ozius	1650-1705 Eco-epidemiology of Beak and Feather Disease Virus in wild parrots of southern Australia Professor Andy Bennett, University of Melbourne	1630-1645 Seed banking is more applicable to the preservation of tropical montane flora than previously assumed: a cloud forest case study Dr Gemma Hoyle, National Seed Bank, Australian National Botanic Gardens
	1705-1720 Facilitated Discussion: Fire, biodiversity and ecological function in tropical savannas – insights from field experiments Dr John Morgan, La Trobe University		1645-1700 A new approach to monitor changes in carbon stocks following restoration of woodlands and shrublands across Australia’s rangelands Dr Jacqueline England, CSIRO	1705-1720 Fleas, trypanosomes and sympatric Australian mammals: exploring the role of ectoparasite assemblages in Australian disease ecology Chloe McAuley, Charles Sturt University	1645-1700 Species’ probability of occurrence does not reflect environmental signals associated with seed germination in a Mediterranean woodland in Western Australia Isis Arend Da Silva, The University of Queensland
			1700-1715 What tools are available to build ecosystem-level state and transition models in Australia? Dr James Furlaud, CSIRO	1720-1735 A dynamic geospatial model of habitat suitability for Japanese encephalitis virus in Australia Professor Nick Golding, Telethon Kids Institute and Curtin University	1700-1715 Serotinous species display varying germination strategies and responses to recurrent fire Ella Plumanns Pouton, University of Melbourne
				1735-1740 Avoidance of environmental chytrid by green and golden bell frogs Madeleine Holmes, Macquarie University	1715-1720 Cracking the code: ​​Seed chemistry in physically dormant seeds Sarah McInnes, The University of New South Wales
1800	CONFERENCE DINNER, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (Gardens), 19 Conacher Street, Darwin Tickets can be purchased via the conference registration site. Coaches depart Darwin Convention Centre at 5:30pm Join us for the Conference Dinner. A relaxed opportunity to network or just meet up with old and new friends over a meal and drinks. After dinner a cash bar will be available.

Thursday 6 July 2023
0630-0815	Birdwatching - Darwin International Airport (Gurambai Trail) Tickets can be purchased via the conference registration site ($15 per person). Depart Darwin Convention Centre at 0630 or meet at the carpark along Sir Norman Brearley Drive at 0645.
0900-1000	PLENARY SESSION
Room	Auditorium 2
Chair	Nigel Andrew
0900-0930	NZ Te Tohu Taiao Award Presentation: Building transdisciplinary across the biological invasion continuum: a role for One Biosecurity Professor Philip Hulme, Lincoln University
0930-1000	Keynote Presentation: Ecology of arid Australia: some answers, many questions Dr Steve Morton, Charles Darwin University
1000-1030	Morning tea
1030-1230	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Room	Waterfront Room 1	Waterfront Room 2	Waterfront Room 3	Meeting Room 1	Meeting Room 2
	SYMPOSIUM: Fire, biodiversity and ecological function in tropical savannas – insights from field experiments 3	SYMPOSIUM: Putting the floristics back into vegetation	OPEN FORUM: Conservation policy and decision-making 2	OPEN FORUM: Ecological management and restoration 2	OPEN FORUM
Chair	Anna Richards	Donna Lewis	Simon Ferrier	Pat Taggart	Allyson Malpartida
	1030-1045 Native mammal populations on the Tiwi Islands: what have we learnt so far? Dr Hugh Davies, Charles Darwin University	1030-1045 An Australian Alien Flora Standardised System (AAFSS) to facilitate management and decision making on biological invasions and biosecurity Dr Irene Martin-Fores, Tern / The University of Adelaide	1030-1045 Protected, cleared, or at risk: the fate of plant species ranges in the Australian environment Associate Professor Rachael Gallagher, Hawkesbury Institute For The Environment, Western Sydney University	1030-1045 LiDAR reveals old growth conservation is sensitive to rule-based definition and spatial patterns in old growth trees Dr Raphael Trouve, The University of Melbourne	1030-1045 Prediction and Protection of Re-emerging GAB Springs Roxane Blackley, Desert Channels Queensland
	1045-1100 Using terrestrial laser scanning to quantify fire-induced changes to woodland structure and its impact on tropical savanna biodiversity Dr Alyson Stobo-Wilson, CSIRO	1045-1100 Putting ecology back into vegetation classification and mapping Professor David Keith, Centre For Ecosystem Science, University of NSW	1045-1100 Leadership for Good: Universities' Role in Biodiversity Management Dr Eliza Middleton, The University of Sydney	1045-1100 ‘Branching’ with woody debris as a multipurpose restoration tool; improving soil and vegetation and creating habitat for fauna Dr Heather Neilly, Calperum Station - Australian Landscape Trust	1045-1100 Intersectional identities and barriers in ecological practices Dr Leanda Mason, Curtin University
	1100-1105 Understanding spatial population dynamics and small mammal population persistence in fire-prone landscapes on the Tiwi Islands Professor Sam Banks	1100-1115 National Vegetation Information System: a nationally consistent framework and future delivery of national vegetation data Wes Davidson, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	1100-1115 Accounting for Australia’s terrestrial threatened species – estimating recent change in habitat provision Dr Kate Giljohann, CSIRO	1100-1115 Climbing plant ecology, exploration of a problem they pose, and proposal of a cost-effective and climate-change mitigating solution Professor Francis Putz, University of The Sunshine Coast	1100-1105 Great knot gut microbes greatly differ among individuals and after long-distance migration Dr Chava Weitzman, Charles Darwin University
	1105-1120	1115-1130 The art of the possible: integrated vegetation classification and mapping for NSW Daniel Connolly, NSW Department of Planning and Environment	1115-1130 Beyond the headline: roles of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems across the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne	1115-1130 The community composition of woodland birds in agricultural landscapes in south-east Australia: trends and responses to restoration over 20-years Dr Caroline Wilson, Birdlife Australia	1105-1110 Identifying the mechanistic underpinnings of heat adaptation in Themeda triandra Dr Vinod Jacob, Western Sydney University
	1120-1125 The use of spatial metrics in fire ecology Alex Carey, Charles Darwin University	1130-1145 The Territory’s regional ecosystem and landscape mapping program: considerations for classifying an ecological map Dominique Lynch, Northern Territory Government	1130-1145 Making decisions in biodiversity conservation management: a threatened species case study Dr Caroline Chong, Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security, Northern Territory Government	1130-1145 Fencing and revegetating around farm dams increases bird species richness and breeding activity David Smith, Sustainable Farms, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University	1110-1115 Nest site fidelity in Australian Pelicans Dr John Porter, NSW Department of Planning & Environment
	1125-1140 Fire and Food: Dietary response of three mammals to fire in tropical savanna Dr Teigan Cremona, Charles Darwin University	1145-1200 The Northern Territory vegetation macrogroups: adding value to Australia’s major vegetation groups and state typologies Dr Donna Lewis, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network	1145-1200 An update on the Victorian Biodiversity Index (VBX) and gap analysis for Victoria Dr Emily McColl-Gausden, The University of Melbourne	1145-1200 A decade of demographic monitoring resolves factors affecting survival and recruitment in terrestrial orchid translocations Dr Noushka Reiter, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria	1115-1130 Growth and survival of termite-hollowed trees decrease with degree of piping, contrary to commonly-held belief that termites benefit host trees Professor Patricia Werner, Australian National University
	1140-1155 Where there’s smoke there’s cats: long unburnt habitat is crucial to mitigating the impacts of cats on the Greater Bilby Harry Moore, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions		1200-1215 A Mixed Method Habitat Suitability framework to inform Queensland Threatened Species legislative trigger maps Stephen Trent, Queensland Department of Environment and Science	1200-1215 Optimising predator baiting through a meta-analytic approach Dr Pat Taggart, Bush Heritage Australia	1130-1145 The importance of arid zone waterholes for terrestrial wildlife in a warming world Professor Jenny Davis, Charles Darwin University
	1155-1200 Ecological prioritisation framework for fire managers: a Kimberley example Dr Skye Cameron, Australian Wildlife Conservancy		1215-1220 Islands in the Stream: using population connectivity modelling to shape impactful conservation strategies for a threatened endemic plant Sabrina Ropiha, Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security, Northern Territory Government		1145-1200 Increasing knowledge of one of the most spectacular marine invertebrates' gathering Dr Elodie Camprasse, Deakin University
	1200-1215 A conceptual framework and practical environmental accounting method to monitor condition in the Australian savanna biome Gabrielle Davidson, Landscape Ecological Services				1200-1215 Long-term monitoring of invasive species dynamics along and adjacent forest roads in protected conservation areas within Southeast Queensland Dr Michael Ngugi, Queensland Herbarium and Biodiversity Science
	1215-1225 Facilitated Discussion: Fire, biodiversity and ecological function in tropical savannas – insights from field experiments Dr Anna Richards, CSIRO				1215-1220 COVID-19 lockdowns reveal the impact of jumping crocodile tours Dr Cameron Baker, Charles Darwin University
1225-1230	Quick refresh break
1230-1315	ESA 2023 CLOSING SESSION Announcement of Prizes and Awards Closing Remarks
Room	Auditorium 2
1315-1415	LUNCH

1330-1630	WORKSHOPS
Room	Waterfront Room 1	Waterfront Room 2	Waterfront Room 3	Meeting Room 1	Meeting Room 2	Meeting Room 3	Offsite TBC
1430-1630	Workshop: Writing for Publication	Workshop: Using the ‘galah’ R package to source open biodiversity data	Workshop: A Beginner’s Guide to Data Analysis and Visualisation in Python for Ecologists using EcoCommons’ Coding Cloud	Workshop: Introduction to Kaleidoscope Pro for Acoustic Analysis	Workshop: Australian Vegetation Classification	Workshop: ALLY Training (Thursday session)	Workshop: Top End Invertebrate Blitz! (Coach departs Darwin Convention Centre at 2:30pm)
1715-1830	Book Launch: Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory by Chris Jolly, Brendan Schembri and Stewart MacDonald. Facilitated panel discussion and Q & A with authors. To book tickets click here Purchase the book at the launch. Venue: MAGNT, Bullocky Point. Just near Mindil Beach Markets.

Friday 7 July 2023
0630-0845	Birdwatching - Muirhead Bushland Tickets can be purchased via the conference registration site ($15 per person). Depart Darwin Convention Centre at 0630 or meet at the pathway entrance along Lee Point Road, next to the communication tower at 0645.
FIELD TRIPS Some field trip tickets are available via the conference registration site, others are booked direct.
0830-1130	Field Trip: Introduction to Nature Journaling at Binybara Lee Point
0830-1130	Field Trip: Macrophotography (morning session)
0900-1430	Field Trip: Padakul Cultural Tours
0930-1500	Field Trip: Territory Wildlife Park
1400-1600	Field Trip: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)