I’m a PhD candidate with the QAECO lab at the University of Melbourne. I use quantitative methods and work closely with land managers to solve conservation problems centred around threatened and invasive species. Predators are inherently difficult to monitor and manage (also fairly interesting), and so, make up a large component of my research. More broadly, I visualise my research as falling into three core themes:
Reptiles as food: predation of Australian reptiles by introduced red foxes compounds and complements predation by cats,
Wildlife Research. A Stobo-Wilson… MW Rees… (in press)Genetic sampling and an activity index indicate contrasting lethal control outcomes,
. M Le Pla, EK Birnbaum, MW Rees, BA Hradsky, AR Weeks, A Van Rooyen and JH PascoeSharing meals: predation on Australian mammals by the introduced European red fox compounds and complements predation by feral cats,
. A Stobo-Wilson… MW Rees…Compounding and complementary carnivores: Australian bird species eaten by the introduced European red fox Vulpes vulpes and domestic cat Felis catus,
. A Stobo-Wilson… MW Rees…Counting the bodies: the numbers of, and spatial variation in, Australian reptiles, birds and mammals killed by two introduced predators.,
. A Stobo-Wilson… MW Rees…Monitoring and managing critical weight range mammals in the Indigenous protected areas of the world heritage Budj Bim cultural landscape,
A report prepared for the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. MW Rees