Dr Michelle Dawson

Honorary Senior Fellow

Room 35.G03

Email: mdawson@uow.edu.au

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Research Interests

Wildlife ecology

Population monitoring

Population dynamics

Invasive species

Wild horses in the Australian Alps

Representative Publications

Dawson, M.J. and Miller, C. (2008). Aerial mark – recapture estimates of wild horses using natural markings. Wildlife Research 35: 365 – 370.

Laake, J. Dawson, M. J. and Hone, J. (2008). Visibility bias in aerial survey: mark-recapture, line-transect or both? Wildlife Research 35: 299 – 309..

Dawson, M. J., Lane, C. and Saunders, G. (Eds)(2006). Proceedings of the National Feral Horse Management Workshop. Canberra, August 2006. Invasive Animals CRC, Canberra.

Walter, M. (2003). The Effect of Fire on Wild Horses in the Australian Alps National Parks. A Report to the Australian Alps National Parks.

Walter, M. and Hone, J. (2003). The comparison of three aerial survey techniques to estimate the abundance of wild horses in the Australian Alps. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31: 1138-1149.

Walter, M. (1997). The Effect of fire on Fauna in the Australian Alps National Parks. A Report to the Australian Alps Liaison Committee.

Walter, M. and Broome, L. (1997). Snow as a factor in animal hibernation and dormancy. Pages 165–191. In K. Green, editor. Snow: A Natural History; an Uncertain Future. Australian Alps Liaison Committee, Canberra, Australia.

Abbreviated CV

Academic Record

1999 – 2002

Doctor of Philosophy

    “Population ecology of wild horses in the Australian Alps"

    University of Canberra

1996

Bachelor of Applied Science (First Class Honours)

      “Ecology of hibernating mountain pygmy-possums in Kosciuszko National Park”

    University of Canberra

    1992 – 1994

    Bachelor of Science (Resource and Environmental Management)

    Australian National University

Employment History

2008-9

    • Wildlife Research Consultant

2005 – 2007

    • Project Officer (national feral horse workshop) – Invasive Animals CRC

    • Tutor – Division of Health, Design and Science, University of Canberra

    • Wildlife Research Consultant

    • Research Adjunct, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra

2004 – 2005

    • Project Officer (Vertebrate Pests- Foxes) – Vertebrate Pest Research Unit, NSW Department of Primary Industries

2003

    • Graduate Officer – Department of Environment and Heritage, Australian Government

1996 – 1999

    • Research Officer, mountain pygmy-possum project – Kosciuszko National Park

    • Research Assistant, Elephant Seal Program, Macquarie Island – Australian Antarctic Division (spring 1997)

    • Wildlife Research Consultant

    • Field Officer – Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Orbost Victoria (seasonal)

Society Memberships

    • Institute for Conservation Biology and Law, University of Wollongong

    • Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra

    • Australasian Wildlife Management Society

    • Royal Zoological Society

Awards

    • Student Presentation Award (2002). Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference

    • Scholarship: Australian Postgraduate Award, University of Canberra (1999–2003)

Last reviewed: 15 July, 2009