melissajensen1.bsky.social
Wildlife ecologist 🦘| Research Adjunct at the Western Australian Museum 🤓| PhD student at Adelaide Uni 👩💻 | Own views 💭| She/her | Research: https://linktr.ee/MelissaJensen
👤 Joined on 11 December 2024
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@melissajensen1.bsky.socialDay 1 of #ICTC26! Genetics in translocations by @testeeves.bsky.social 🧬 And ICYMI, my team and I also published a simplified version of this concept in Frontiers for Young Minds earlier this year, for younger readers and really anyone who isn’t a geneticist! kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Show PostThe amazing @rebeccajquah.bsky.social had another PhD chapter published. This study examines two keystone mycophagous marsupials the boodie and woylie. Bec used DNA metabarcoding to work out what they were eating. Her work inform translocations. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Show PostThird installment of my PhD just dropped! 📄🏝️🍄🟫 I surveyed Dirk Hartog Island for fungi to learn what’s on the menu for reintroduced bettongs and the habitats they’re likely to prefer😋🍽️ Beyond survival, we also get a sneak peek into the ecosystem restoration potential that the critters might bring
Show PostA hectic day of radio and TV interviews done and dusted😮💨 Always appreciative of these opportunities nonetheless!
Show PostGreat article about our very own @rebeccajquah.bsky.social's amazing research into marsupial diets and conservation translocations!
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