All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Biological science student wins national prize Biological science student wins national prize 10/09/2020 | 2 MINS Master of Biological Science student Debs Bayliss has won BirdLife AustraliaΓÇÖs 2020 Australasian Seabird Group student prize. Deb, who surveyed Western Australian breeding populations of little penguins and great-winged petrels as part of her postgraduate thesis, said her research would help inform conservation plans for these important species. Focusing on populations on a small island off the coast of Albany, Deb surveyed the burrows of both species throughout the winter breeding season. ΓÇ£Until now, the only breeding data for great-winged petrels in WA was collected over 50 years ago, while little penguin populations were last studied on the island 30 years ago,ΓÇ¥ she said. "WA provides important breeding grounds for both species. I hope my work will establish a significant baseline against which ongoing monitoring and future changes in the populations can be assessed, aiding in the development, planning and imp
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Biological science student wins national prize Biological science student wins national prize 10/09/2020 | 2 MINS Master of Biological Science student Debs Bayliss has won BirdLife AustraliaΓÇÖs 2020 Australasian Seabird Group student prize.
Deb, who surveyed Western Australian breeding populations of little penguins and great-winged petrels as part of her postgraduate thesis, said her research would help inform conservation plans for these important species.
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Focusing on populations on a small island off the coast of Albany, Deb surveyed the burrows of both species throughout the winter breeding season.
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ΓÇ£Until now, the only breeding data for great-winged petrels in WA was collected over 50 years ago, while little penguin populations were last studied on the island 30 years ago,ΓÇ¥ she said.
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"WA provides important breeding grounds for both species.
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I hope my work will establish a significant baseline against which ongoing monitoring and future changes in the populations can be assessed, aiding in the development, planning and imp
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