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Conference abstracts

The 2018 Australasian Network for Ecology and Transportation (ANET) Conference, which explored the theme "CONNECTING NATURE CONNECTING PEOPLE", was held at the RACV Goldfields in Creswick, Victoria on 30 April to 2 May 2018.

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Podium presentations

Planning

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Chris Thomson

Approaches to positioning crossing structures to facilitate emu movements across a major highway

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Fiona Davies

Are we monitoring in the dark? Implementation of a bat framework on a roading project in Hamilton, New Zealand

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Elvira Lanham

Gardens are not just for wall skinks - a threatened reptile in the suburb

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Victoria Harvey

Green and golden frog guidelines for construction projects

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Richard Pidgeon

Logan Enhancement Project: A collaborative approach to road ecology connectivity

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Carol Bannock

The long and winding road to better ecological outcomes

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Project and policy insights

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Mel McGregor

Exploring the unexpected: The benefits of understanding non-target species use of fauna passages

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Sophie Hughes

Evidence-based development of a commercial arboreal wildlife bridge to prevent habitat fragmentation and isolation

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Maggie Baron

Metro Tunnel: Embedding urban ecology performance targets in infrastructure projects

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Arianna Scarpellini

Effect of artificial light on wildlife use of underpasses

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Chris Murphy

How bureaucratic structure influenced the assessment of transport infrastructure under the EPBC Act from 2006 to 2008

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Josie Stokes

Recent innovations in microbat mitigation on road projects in NSW

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Offsets

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Julie Ravallion

Sourcing biodiversity offsets within a market based system

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John Seidel

Using innovative method to assess development impacts and biodiversity offset requirements in NSW

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Heini Kujala

Taking the landscape view: from ad hoc to strategic offsets

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Assessment

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Kylie Soanes

How effectively can we mitigate the barrier impacts of roads on wildlife movement? A global assessment and meta-analysis

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Steve Bega

Road mortality mitigation: The effectiveness of mesh fencing vs. Animex

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Omar Seychell

Western Belfast Bypass, South Island NZ: Aquatic ecology aspects and sharing of lessons learned - A contractor’s perspective

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Yun Wang

Wildlife protection along QinghaiTibet expressway in China

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Kelly Dalton

Use and effectiveness of glider pole linkages as a mitigation measures

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Jonathon McLean

How did the frog cross the road? Design standards for road crossings

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Landscapes

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Austin O’Malley

Application of connectivity modelling to highly fragmented urban landscapes at local scales

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Kristina Chyn

Projecting road kill risk for Taiwan’s reptiles and amphibians

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Manisha Bhardwaj

Road effect zone for bats not caused by lack of insects

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Scott Lawrence

Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway upgrade koala management

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Vanessa Gorecki

Insectivorous bat roosts in road structures in Brisbane

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You Shicheng

How the retaining wall form effects snakes crossing the road in Taiwan

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Vegetation and ecosystem management

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Gabrielle Guthrie

2017 Reform of native vegetation laws in VIC & NSW: Legal update for linear infrastructure

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Leigh Bull

Kaikoura earthquake: Managing ecology during a major road and rail rebuild

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Mark Harris

Vegetation management in the Central Queensland Coal Network Rail system

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Paul Gibson-Roy

Restoring threatened native plant communities to roadsides

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David Francis

Driving vegetation management along transport corridors

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Darryl Jones

Cover, carpet and continuity: Expanding the role of vegetation and furniture to enhance the use of crossing structures

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Panel discussions

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Kelly Parkinson, Bart Popielcyzk, Helen Lewers, Louise Costa-Pelle, Sharon Edlich

Genuine community engagement on large infrastructure projects: Lessons learnt from road projects in Victoria

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Marcel Huijser, Casey Visintin, Rob Appleby, Stuart Ballingall

How will technology and innovation influence transportation ecology research and practice?

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Invited presentation

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Matt Mooney & Aunty Doreen Garvey Wandin

Connecting People, Connecting Culture through road projects: A VicRoads and Wurundjeri partnership

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Lightning talks

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Brendan Taylor

Timelapse and concrete pipes: Some surprises from two years of frog pipe monitoring

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Casey Visintin

Validating collision model predictions with disparate datasets: A case for a unified system

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Rodney van der Ree

Mitigating the ecological impacts of transportation infrastructure: A compilation of global case studies

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Cathryn Dexter

When does a hot spot go cold: A method for looking at hot spots over time

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Ross Goldingay

Facilitated movement of small mammals through a road-underpass by a wildlife railing

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Matt Davis

Achieving improved fauna connectivity during highway upgrade projects

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Nic McCaffrey

From random meander to stratified meander: Using a quantifiable method to elucidate survey effort and detectability for threatened flora surveys

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Kylie Soanes

Evaluating the success of wildlife crossing structures using genetic approaches and an experimental design: Lessons from a gliding mammal

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Posters

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William Terry

Developing an effective method for the safe dispersal of the threatened brush-tailed phascogale across roads and other barriers

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Cassie Thompson

Reducing barrier effects for eastern pygmy possums in the peri-urban environment

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Manisha Bhardwaj

Artificial night-time lighting influences the use of wildlife crossing structures by insectivorous bats in Southeast Australia

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Jo Horsfall

A decision support framework for prioritising actions to mitigate wildlife-vehicle collisions

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Jennifer Hill

St. Peters West Connect: The partial relocation of the Rudders Bond Store

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Kylie Soanes

The promise and reality of using genetic techniques to quantify the impacts of linear infrastructure and evaluate the effectiveness of mitigation

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Rodney van der Ree

IUCN Transport working group

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Austin O’Malley

The ECAV

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Tanya Blakely

Culverts: Implications for aquatic fauna

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Amy Blacker

Lessons learnt from monitoring wildlife throughout a rail construction project

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Yun Wang

Methods of designing mammal crossing structures along the highways in China

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Jacqueline Marlow

Effective community action

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Te-En Lin

Using Facebook to find citizen scientists for systematic roadkill surveys

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Mark Woods

Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway upgrade fauna connectivity strategy

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Alison Martin

Microbats in road and rail structures: Australian guidelines for assessment and management

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Nicholas Somes

Successful delivery of large scale ecological restoration projects

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Helen Lewers

PLAN for the environment - Community members, researchers and peak environmental groups campaigning to curb excessive roadside clearances around Victoria

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