Population ecology, conservation, frogs, disease. Research Fellow, ANU
Joined September 2015
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Ben Scheele retweeted
15 Jun 2023
In Port Lincoln & the Eyre Peninsula?
Please listen out for a squeaky door noise- it could be a very important #frog!
Bibron's Toadlet has only been heard twice
in the area. Pls record with @FrogIDAus & help its conservation!
#EyrePeninsula #SouthAustralia @DonnellanSteve
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Ben Scheele retweeted
29 May 2023
It's the 25th anniversary of our little “advice” website for research students and postdocs. Check it out of you don’t know about it. It’s also the 25th anniversary of our little lab here at ANU. Can't believe it.
keoghlab.com/resources-and-a…
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Ben Scheele retweeted
22 May 2023
New paper co-authored by @AusTSX's Geoff Heard details the impact of the Black Summer on two endangered Mountain Frogs. A project funded by @NSWDPE and @DCCEEW, with Liam Bolitho, @Wild_ByNature, Harry Hines, @pat_m_norman, @RosieWillacy and @BenCScheele. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Ben Scheele retweeted
Come and work with us!
Associate Research Fellow (Level A, Step 6), Full-time, 2 years. Must be based in Narrm (Melbourne). careers.deakin.edu.au/cw/en/…
Applications close June 9, 2023.
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Ben Scheele retweeted
27 Feb 2023
This endangered Giant Burrowing #Frog (Heleioporus australiacus) is a really solid beefcake #frog….. with the cutest little call!!! 🤣🐸💚 (sound on!). So many calling last night in #Sydney, here’s hoping there will be lots of tadpoles soon! @FrogIDAus
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Ben Scheele retweeted
20 Feb 2023
The Darling River floodplain near Louth, NSW looking positively verdant in the wake of recent flooding. sentinelshare.page.link/MWYz
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Ben Scheele retweeted
7 Feb 2023
Explaining Leadbeater’s possum rope bridges in 60 seconds or less #roadecology #wildlifecrossing #wildoz Full paper here 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Ben Scheele retweeted
2 Feb 2023
Fingerprinting tadpoles
1 Feb 2023
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Like tigers and their stripes, tadpoles got their veins. Might be useful for tadpole population studies 🐸 #frogs #ecology 📷
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Ben Scheele retweeted
2 Feb 2023
Using @GBIF and @protectedplanet data, we show that 76% of insect species are inadequately represented by protected areas and nearly 1900 species have no coverage at all. doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.202… @cyclonewatson
@jeff_o_hanson @PutterT @UQ_CBCS @idiv @RCCUQ @OneEarth_CP (1/8)
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Ben Scheele retweeted
31 Jan 2023
"The last time I talked to Will was in early January. He was looking forward to an operation to get rid of the cancer ... so he could get on with his life." Will Steffen's colleagues laud a great man whose work here was not yet done: theconversation.com/weve-los… via @ConversationEDU
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Ben Scheele retweeted
31 Jan 2023
My spirit animal, such a lovely behavioural shot! 🔥 Thanks for pinging me @NatureMapr, needed this today 🌞
31 Jan 2023
Canberra Nature Map featured sighting: Eastern Brown Snake or Pseudonaja textilis at Acton, ACT from MTranter: canberra.naturemapr.org/sigh… #NatureMapr #biodiversity #snake @CitSciOZ @gavin_jd_smith @ANBG
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Ben Scheele retweeted
30 Jan 2023
🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨 - I’m looking for a student interested in population / evolutionary ecology to come join my group in @EcoEvo_ANU @BiologyANU as part of an ARC Future Fellowship! Come work with a fantastic team in a fantastic place! Please RT
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Ben Scheele retweeted
19 Jan 2023
🚨 galah 1.5.1 is now on CRAN! 📦
Lots of bug fixes 🐞& two exciting experimental features:
▪ Call {dplyr} functions natively in galah to construct & filter queries 😎
▪Improved support for 11 Living Atlases including @GBIF 😱
🔗 galah.ala.org.au/news/index.…
#rstats #NCRISImpact
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ALT Chart of living atlases and their capabilites in galah 1.5.1
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Ben Scheele retweeted
17 Jan 2023
The Confluence, where the highly polluted (from Mt Lyell mine waste) Queen River meets the highly regulated (from a hydro-electric dam & power station) King River- one of the most degraded freshwater systems on the planet adjacent to Tasmania’s world heritage wilderness.
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Ben Scheele retweeted
19 Dec 2022
As Assoc Professor Latty says "If we are noticing the loss of Christmas Beetles, how many (species) have we NOT noticed which have declined?"
If / when you hear this familiar sound, please record it on the Naturalist website (deta…lnkd.in/geJheKDp lnkd.in/g8wcsjSX
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Ben Scheele retweeted
19 Dec 2022
74 orange-bellied parrots returned from migration - quadruple the number from 2106 😊 still a huge amount to do before they are saved but it’s going in the right direction
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Ben Scheele retweeted
3 Dec 2022
Water (relatively cool) in the Darling, Lachlan and Murray Rivers inhibiting convection over western NSW.
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Ben Scheele retweeted
3 Dec 2022
In Koala, @DanielleClode follows her curiosity about these unusual creatures & takes the reader with her, through multiple scales of time and perspective. Koala makes complex science absolutely engaging & a great read 🐨 My review in the @canberratimes canberratimes.com.au/story/7…
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Ben Scheele retweeted
1 Dec 2022
We have not one, not two but *eight* #PhD #scholarship opportunities available through several universities. Apply by 3 January
Exciting times for collaboration with @ANUWaterFutures and #OneBasinCRC in the #MurrayDarlingBasin
onebasin.com.au/phd-programs
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