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Structured graphs for visualisation and exploration of biodiversity data. 5th International Conference on Ecological Informatics, Santa Barbara, California, December 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12807)
Category 3: Verbal presentation

We describe the use of structured graphs for the visual exploration of biodiversity data. A graph consists of a set of nodes, representing entities of interest, linked by edges showing relationships between those entities. For biodiversity data, the nodes are typically chosen to represent taxa…

Type II polar stratospheric cloud detection over East Antarctica using satellite imagery. Thesis for Degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours, 2006 (Ref: 12809)
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Category 3: Thesis, higher degree

New techniques have been developed to aid in the remote sensing of type … II Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs) using NASA’s MODIS (MODerate resolution … Imaging Spectroradiometer) nadir imaging satellite.

Age-related shifts in the diet composition of southern elephant seals expand overall foraging niche. Marine Biology, 2006 (Ref: 12805)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Southern elephant seals are important apex … predators in a highly variable and unpredictable marine … environment. In the presence of resource limitation, foraging behaviours evolve to reduce intraspecific … competition increasing a species’ overall … probability of successful foraging.

Southern giant petrels Macronectes giganteus diving on submerged carrion. Marine Ornithology, 2006 (Ref: 12804)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We filmed Southern Giant Petrels Macronectes giganteus as they pursuit dived on a submerged Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii … carcass.

Assessing hot-iron and cryo-branding for permanently marking southern elephant seals. Journal of Wildlife Management, 2006 (Ref: 12803)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The process of marking otherwise indistinguishable animals … as individuals (and following them through subsequent … phases of their lives) has been central to numerous advances … in animal ecology, management, and conservation (Caughley … and Gunn 1996). Indeed…

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