Ayesha Tulloch
PhD Candidate
University of Queensland, January 2009-current
Email: a.tulloch@uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 3365 2494
I am interested in the conservation of rare and threatened fauna, cost-effective resource allocation, and decision-making processes for optimal monitoring and management. Whenever I am not analysing data I can generally be found out in the field conducting bird surveys.
My PhD research focuses on integrating disciplinary perspectives (economic, social, and environmental) to evaluate approaches for prioritising conservation investments in multiple stakeholder landscapes. My case study area is the biodiversity hotspot of south west Australia, where I am investigating the benefits and costs of a range of monitoring and management options. These include selecting cost-effective indicator species to monitor invasive predator control, understanding the motivations of private landholders who conduct conservation activities in order to prioritise collaborative management, and optimising the usefulness of volunteer-collected datasets for scientific research and conservation planning.
My PhD project is supervised by Dr Kerrie Wilson, Dr Tara Martin (CSIRO) and Professor Hugh Possingham (School of Biological Sciences, UQ).
Publications:
Tulloch, A, Possingham H.P., & Wilson, K.A. 2011. Wise Selection of an Indicator for Monitoring the Success of Management Actions. Biological Conservation 144(1):141-154
doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2010.08.009
Tulloch, A (2010). Selecting good indicators – Effective management in Gondwana Link depends on good guidance. Decision Point 36
Tulloch, A.I. and Dickman, C.R. (2007) Effects of food and fire on the demography of a nectar-feeding marsupial: a field experiment. Journal of Zoology, London 273(4): 382-388. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00339.x
Tulloch, A.I. and Dickman, C.R. (2006) Floristic and structural components of habitat use in the eastern pygmy possum (Cercartetus nanus) in burnt and unburnt habitat. Journal of Wildlife Research 33(8): 627-637. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR0605
Tulloch, A. (2004) The Importance of Food and Shelter for Habitat Use and Conservation of the Burramyids in Australia. In The Biology of Australian Possums and Gliders (Eds. R. L. Goldingay and S. M. Jackson), Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, New South Wales, Australia, Pp. 268-284.
Tulloch, A. (2003) Post-fire Distribution, Abundance and Habitat Use of Small Mammals in Royal National Park, Heathcote National Park and Garawarra State Recreation Area, NSW: A Survey Targeting the Eastern Pygmy Possum, Cercartetus nanus. Unpublished report, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney.
