Associate ProfessorThomas Newsome
Associate Professor
Faculty of Science
Research projects & supervision summary
- Rewilding: multiple projects in forest and urban areas exploring the options, benefits and ecosystem impacts of rewilding initiatives (current projects with Invasive Species Council, NSW National Parks, Northern Sydney Councils, Taronga Zoo, and Greater Sydney Local Land Services)
- ProjectOzScav: evaluating the ecosystem effects of carrion and scavengers in Australia (current projects with with NSW National Parks, ACT Government)
- Washington Predator Prey Project (with the Predator Ecology Lab at The University of Washington, USA)
- Trophic cascades and global extinction risk (with the Global Trophic Cascades Program at Oregon State University, USA)
- Long term ecological monitoring in the Simpson Desert (with the Desert Ecology Research Group at The University of Sydney, Australia)
- Long term ecological monitoring in the Tanami Desert (with the Central Land Council and Newmont Pty Ltd)
RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONA matter of life and death: extending scavenger ecology from species to systems
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONDefining the wild-domestic animal interface and microbial spillover risk
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONDingoes goats and riparian vegetation in semi-arid Western Australia: investigating a potential trophic cascade
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONEvaluating sensory deterrents to modify dingo behaviour for non-lethal wildlife management
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONInvestigating eastern quoll reintroductions - improving success ‘beyond the fence’
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONLandscape effects of deer control in alpine Australia
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONLearning to live with dingoes: improving wildlife management by understanding social constraints on coexistence with carnivores
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONOptimised Monitoring to Support Kangaroo Management in Australia
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONReconciling Nature and Culture: A Social Science Approach to Urban Rewilding.
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONReintroduction of New Holland Mouse into Yiraaldiya Nature Reserve
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONResilience in the face of natural disturbances: conservation management and wildlife responses
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONScavenging Dynamics of the Australian Alps
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONScavenging Ecology in the Australian Alps
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONThe ecological effects of animal mass mortalities on an Australian scavenging food web
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONThe Web of Death: Scavenger Communities and Interactions on Carrion in Australian Landscapes
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONTranslocation planning to conserve population genetic health
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONUrban Rewilding: Ecologically informed futures
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONWildlife Assist – Providing an Evidence Base for Post-fire Wildlife Provisioning