August Monthly Meeting – Speaker: Christina Gee “Quolls on Tour”

Australia is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis and has the unfortunate legacy of holding the record for the highest number of mammal extinctions. To address this, in 2016 the Mulligans Flat–Goorooyarroo Woodland Experiment partnership reintroduced the endangered eastern quoll to Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary– part of its indigenous range in Canberra

Free from the pressures of invasive predators, the eastern quoll population has grown to the point that some individuals have climbed over the Sanctuary fence and into the adjoining Goorooyarroo Sanctuary in search of new pastures. In this talk, Christina Gee will describe her exploration of how the “quolls on tour” differ behaviourally and morphologically from those who still live in Mulligans Flat, and how we can use this knowledge to manage the metapopulations of eastern quolls and other species

Christina is a recent graduate with a Master of Environment (Advanced) at the ANU Fenner School. For her masters thesis, she conducted research into eastern quoll behaviour and dispersal. After over a decade working in the tertiary education sector, Christina is following her life-long love for nature to work in biodiversity conservation and is currently a member of the threatened species team at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

Meet in the Slatyer Seminar Room, on the first floor of the R N Robertson Building, 46 Sullivans Creek Road at the ANU.  Head up the stepped ramp on the right as you enter the building. The Slatyer room will be on your left at the front of the building. Light refreshments will be served from 7pm with the talk to start at 7.30pm. Please bring a keep cup or mug for coffee or tea.

Non-members welcomed.