Visiting lecture Oct 3rd: Rick Shine tells the saga of the gigantic frog, Cane Toad, in Australia
Join us to hear Professor Rick Shine talk about his research on Australia’s Most Unpopular Animal – the Cane Toad. Find out about how Cane Toads are adapting to Australia, and how the Australian wildlife is adapting to this alien amphibian. And as well as documenting the Toad’s ecological impacts, Rick and his team have discovered ways to control Toad numbers, and to help the native fauna coexist with these toxic invaders. You’ll never think of Cane Toads in quite the same way again.
Rick Shine is a Professor of Biology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He has conducted field-based research on reptiles in many parts of the world and has played leadership roles in several national and international groups. He has supervised more than 100 research students, many of whom have gone on to stellar careers in their own right.
Rick Shine has published more than 1,000 scientific papers, that have been cited more than 50,000 times. His primary research focus has been on the ecology and conservation of snakes including studies in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and the Pacific Islands. His most extensive work has been on the snakes of tropical Australia, and on the impact and control of the invasive cane toads that arrived at his research site in tropical Australia in 2005.
The lecture is on Thursday 3rd of October 2019 at The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences in Ambitioca, lecture hall YAA 303. The lecture begins at 3 o'clock pm. Free entrance, welcome!
More information:
Johanna Mappes
Academy Professor
Department of biological and environmental science
johanna.mappes@jyu.fi
+358405372263