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A/Prof. Mike Weston

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Position

Associate Professor of Wildlife and Conservation Biology

Faculty

Faculty of Sci Eng & Built Env

Department

School of Life & Env Sciences

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Qualifications

Graduate Certificate of Higher Education, Deakin University, 2009
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne, 2000
Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne, 1991

Biography

My key interest as a conservation biologist is to find effective solutions to biodiversity conservation challenges which permit coexistence between people and wildlife. Emphases include shorebirds and their breeding, sandy shores and the human dimensions of wildlife management.

 

Most of my career has been in the not-for-profit scientific conservation sphere, where I worked to integrate science and conservation into actual conservation benefits for Australian birds and their habitats. I maintain strong connections with industry, especially with respect to the conservation of beach-nesting birds, and mitigating the threats they face.

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Biography summary

I worked for 17 years in a science-based conservation organisation, before starting at Deakin in 2007.

Career highlights

Apart from working with many inspirational students, and colleagues, co-winning a Victorian Coastal Award was a highlight. I have also won the VC award for Excellence in teaching (one individual and one team award), and two OLT awards.

 

As part of a team, I have also won the Eureka Prize for Biodiversity Research.

 

In 2015 I won a National Award for Teaching Excellence.

Research interests

Wildlife and conservation biology

Affiliations

Australasian Wildlife Management Society

BirdLife Australia

Units taught

SLE 302 Wildlife Field Studies

SLE 309 Wildlife Conservation

 

I also teach into a range of other units (e.g. SLE114, SLE151, SLE301, SLE307).

Knowledge areas

Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Shorebird Breeding Ecology, Disturbance of Wildlife

Conferences

I have presented at numerous conferences. I co-organised the AWMS conference (2011)

Professional activities

Member, BirdLife Australia National Education Committee 2010-2015

Member, Scientific Advisory Panel, Victorian Coastal Council

Associate Editor, The Emu (Austral Ornithology) 2010-2015

Media appearances

Many - TV, radio, print - once I did 23 radio interviews in a day. More recently:

2019 - ABC774, The conversation

2017 - ABC 774, Sentinel Times, Geelong Advertiser

2013 - Scope and Totally Wild

2012 - Scope and Totally Wild (Channel 10)

Research groups

I lead a research group which seeks to further conservation science and conservation.

Awards

VC Award for Teaching Excellence team award (2019)

National Award for Teaching Excellence (2015)

VC Award for Teaching Excellence (2012 and 2017)

Office of Teaching and Learning citation for outstanding contributions to student learning (2013)

 

Numerous faculty and school teaching awards.

Projects

I run numerous research projects on shorebirds, their threats and solutions to those threats. My publications indicate a broad area of interest, underpinned by themes of "being part of the solution", and acknowledging the fact that people are both the part of the biodiversity conservation problem, and also importantly part of the solution. 

Publications

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2024

A meta-analysis of the relationship between flock size and flight initiation distance in birds

L Shuai, F Morelli, P Mikula, Y Benedetti, M Weston, E Ncube, T Tarakini, M Díaz, G Markó, J Jokimäki, M Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki, Y Cao

(2024), Vol. 210, pp. 1-9, Animal Behaviour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Seasonal Changes of Surface-Active Beach Invertebrate Assemblages in Southern Central Victoria, Australia

D Surdo, M Weston, A Rendall, N Porch

(2024), Estuaries and Coasts, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article
2023

The leashing behavior of dog owners in different types of natural areas

L van Eeden, A Geschke, F Hames, Z Squires, M Weston

(2023), Vol. 28, pp. 356-371, Human Dimensions of Wildlife, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Invasive African boneseed and a native shrub support similar faunal assemblages in a heavily infested landscape

Emma Carlos, Michael Weston, Maria Gibson, Anthony Rendall

(2023), Vol. 63, pp. 69-76, Weed Research, C1

journal article

Interactions between European rabbits and native marsupials in the absence of terrestrial predators

Georgia Randall, Michael Weston, Annette Rypalski, Anthony Rendall

(2023), Vol. 48, pp. 513-531, Austral Ecology, London, Eng., C1

journal article

The habitat connectivity hypothesis of escape in urban woodland birds

Max Radvan, Anthony Rendall, Michael Weston

(2023), Vol. 34, pp. 297-305, Behavioral Ecology, Oxford, Eng., C1

journal article

Bird tolerance to humans in open tropical ecosystems

P Mikula, O Tomášek, D Romportl, T Aikins, J Avendaño, B Braimoh-Azaki, A Chaskda, W Cresswell, S Cunningham, S Dale, G Favoretto, K Floyd, H Glover, T Grim, D Henry, T Holmern, M Hromada, S Iwajomo, A Lilleyman, F Magige, R Martin, M de A Maximiano, E Nana, E Ncube, H Ndaimani, E Nelson, J van Niekerk, C Pienaar, A Piratelli, P Pistorius, A Radkovic, C Reynolds, E Røskaft, G Shanungu, P Siqueira, T Tarakini, N Tejeiro-Mahecha, M Thompson, W Wamiti, M Wilson, D Tye, N Tye, A Vehtari, P Tryjanowski, M Weston, D Blumstein, T Albrecht

(2023), Vol. 14, pp. 1-10, Nature communications, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Bird feeding at urban wetlands: A comparison of demographics, attitudes and norms between feeders and non-feeders.

E Henson, E McLeod, M Weston, K Miller

(2023), Vol. 891, pp. 1-6, Science of the Total Environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Maintaining vegetative structure during weed management sustains birds and an invasive mammal

E Carlos, A Rendall, M Gibson, M Weston

(2023), Vol. 31, pp. 1-9, Restoration Ecology, London, Eng,, C1

journal article

A review of the potential effects of recreational wind-powered craft on coastal habitats and wildlife

R Brooker, P Carnell, J Pocklington, M Antos, M Weston

(2023), pp. 1-25, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Leash Status of Approaching Dogs Mediates Escape Modality but Not Flight-Initiation Distance in a Common Urban Bird

S Barnett, W van Dongen, R Plotz, M Weston

(2023), Vol. 4, pp. 277-283, Birds, C1

journal article

Attenuation of Responses of Waterbirds to Repeat Drone Surveys Involving a Sequence of Altitudes and Drone Types: A Case Study

Lachlan Howell, Blake Allan, Don Driscoll, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Todd Doran, Michael Weston

(2023), Vol. 7, pp. 1-10, Drones, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Silent killers? The widespread exposure of predatory nocturnal birds to anticoagulant rodenticides

R Cooke, P Whiteley, C Death, M Weston, N Carter, K Scammell, K Yokochi, H Nguyen, J White

(2023), Vol. 904, pp. 1-12, Science of the Total Environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Sex and Age Bias in Australian Magpies Struck by Aircraft

W Steele, M Weston

(2023), Vol. 4, pp. 295-302, Birds, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

DNA metabarcoding complements but does not replace direct observations of penguin predation by corvids

L Tan, H Gan, W van Dongen, P Dann, D Sutherland, M Weston

(2023), Ibis, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2022

Research methods for birds

Teagan Douglas, Mike Weston, Claire Greenwell, Lilleyman Amanda, Hamilton Neil, Simon Cherriman, Nicholas Dunlop, Grainne Maguire, Rosalind Jessop, Grace Maglio, Lisa O'Neill, John Porter, Deborah Sullivan, Jennifer Spencer, David Parker

(2022), pp. 313-359, Wildlife research in Australia: Practical and applied methods, Clayton South, Vic., B1

book chapter

Embryonic vocalizations mediate parental care in Masked Lapwings (Vanellus miles) but not Red-capped Plovers (Charadrius ruficapillus)

K Kostoglou, W van Dongen, M Weston

(2022), Vol. 164, pp. 267-281, Ibis, C1

journal article

Day-night cycle influences the division of incubation in the Hooded Dotterel (Thinornis cucullatus)

J Ryeland, M Magrath, M Weston

(2022), Vol. 164, pp. 785-792, Ibis, C1

journal article

Widespread exposure of powerful owls to second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides in Australia spans an urban to agricultural and forest landscape

R Cooke, P Whiteley, Y Jin, C Death, M Weston, N Carter, J White

(2022), Vol. 819, pp. 1-9, Science of the Total Environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Dark heterochromia in adult masked lapwings is universal, asymmetrical and possibly slightly sexually dimorphic

A Cardilini, D Lees, D Roche, P Dann, M Weston

(2022), Vol. 163, pp. 531-537, Journal of Ornithology, C1

journal article

Exploring cultural differences in wildlife value orientations using student samples in seven nations

M Jacobs, S Dubois, T Hosaka, V Ladanović, H Muslim, K Miller, S Numata, E Ranaweerage, T Straka, M Weston, Z Abidin

(2022), Vol. 31, pp. 757-777, Biodiversity and Conservation, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

The influence of resting posture and orientation on alertness and escape in shorebirds

A Timmis, M Symonds, M Weston

(2022), Vol. 163, pp. 509-521, Journal of Ornithology, C1

journal article

Anatomy of avian distress calls: Structure, variation, and complexity in two species of shorebird (Aves: Charadrii)

E Miller, K Kostoglou, D Wilson, M Weston

(2022), Vol. 153, pp. 1-35, Behaviour, C1

journal article

Ecological and environmental predictors of escape among birds on a large tropical island

K Ekanayake, J Gnanapragasam, K Ranawana, D Vidanapathirana, U Abeyawardhana, C Fernando, A McQueen, M Weston, M Symonds

(2022), Vol. 76, pp. 1-13, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Vocal traits of shorebird chicks are related to body mass and sex

K Kostoglou, E Miller, M Weston, D Wilson

(2022), Vol. 164, pp. 816-824, Ibis, C1

journal article

Asian elephant movements between natural and human-dominated landscapes mirror patterns of crop damage in Sri Lanka

C Fernando, M Weston, R Corea, K Pahirana, A Rendall

(2022), pp. 1-8, Oryx: journal of fauna and flora international, Cambridge, Eng., C1

journal article

Non-breeding habitat selection of a sandy shore obligate shorebird

M Barker, G Maguire, M Weston, D Whisson

(2022), Vol. 271, pp. 1-12, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Assessing the efficacy of electronic quail callers in attracting stubble quail and non-target predators

M Ray, J White, M Weston, A Rendall, S Toop, H Dunstan, J Hampton, R Cooke

(2022), Vol. 17, pp. 1-13, PLoS ONE, San Francisco, Calif., C1

journal article

Ecological and Cultural Understanding as a Basis for Management of a Globally Significant Island Landscape

Kim Walker, Claudia Baldwin, Gabriel Conroy, Grahame Applegate, Clare Archer-Lean, Angela Arthington, Linda Behrendorff, Ben Gilby, Wade Hadwen, Christopher Henderson, Chris Jacobsen, David Lamb, Scott Lieske, Steven Ogbourne, Andrew Olds, Liz Ota, Joachim Ribbe, Susan Sargent, Vikki Schaffer, Thomas Schlacher, Nicholas Stevens, Sanjeev Srivastava, Michael Weston, Aaron Ellison

(2022), Vol. 2, pp. 152-202, Coasts, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Natural and anthropogenic processes influence the occurrence of vertebrate fauna in coastal dunes

A Chadwick, M Weston, T Burns, G Randall, M Radvan, A Rendall

(2022), Vol. 276, pp. 1-10, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

DIGGING IN! BURROWING PENGUINS AND SURFACE PREDATORS

L Tan, K Ekanayake, W VAN DONGEN, P Dann, D Sutherland, M Weston

(2022), Vol. 50, pp. 177-187, Marine Ornithology, Honolulu, Hawaii, C1

journal article
2021

Options for shorebird-exclusion devices for pitfall traps on sandy shores

M Evans-Clay, N Porch, G Maguire, M Weston

(2021), Vol. 48, pp. 175-180, Wildlife Research, C1

journal article

The importance of wetland margin microhabitat mosaics; the case of shorebirds and thermoregulation

J Ryeland, M Weston, M Symonds

(2021), Vol. 58, pp. 382-391, Journal of Applied Ecology, C1

journal article

Taking the bait: The influence of attractants and microhabitat on detections of fauna by remote‐sensing cameras

Anthony Rendall, John White, Raylene Cooke, Desley Whisson, Thomas Schneider, L Beilharz, E Poelsma, J Ryeland, Michael Weston

(2021), Vol. 22, pp. 72-79, Ecological Management & Restoration, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Hooves on the Beach; Horses Disrupt the Sand Matrix and Might Alter Invertebrate Assemblages on Beaches

M Evans-Clay, N Porch, G Maguire, M Weston

(2021), Vol. 67, pp. 398-411, Environmental Management, United States, C1

journal article

Adult capture on the nest does not affect hatching success of masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) eggs on a fox-free island

D Lees, A Cardilini, C Sherman, P Dann, M Weston

(2021), Vol. 48, pp. 361-365, Wildlife Research, C1

journal article

The assemblage of birds struck by aircraft differs among nearby airports in the same bioregion

W Steele, M Weston

(2021), Vol. 48, pp. 422-425, Wildlife Research, C1

journal article

Transmission of a novel predatory behaviour is not restricted to kin

L Tan, W van Dongen, C Sherman, K Ekanayake, P Dann, D Sutherland, M Weston

(2021), Vol. 23, pp. 2473-2484, Biological Invasions, C1

journal article

Shorebird embryos exhibit anti-predator responses

K Kostoglou, W van Dongen, S Bowe, M Weston

(2021), Vol. 163, pp. 1425-1436, Ibis, C1

journal article

A Bayesian optimal escape model reveals bird species differ in their capacity to habituate to humans

N Sutton, M Weston, P Guay, J Tregoweth, J O'Dwyer

(2021), Vol. 32, pp. 1064-1074, Behavioral Ecology, Oxford. Eng., C1

journal article

Differences in flight initiation distances between African and Australian birds

M Weston, A Radkovic, L Kirao, P Guay, W Van Dongen, P Malaki, D Blumstein, M Symonds

(2021), Vol. 179, pp. 235-245, Animal Behaviour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Civil war is associated with longer escape distances among sri lankan birds

J Gnanapragasam, K Ekanayake, K Ranawana, M Symonds, M Weston

(2021), Vol. 198, pp. 653-659, American Naturalist, United States, C1

journal article

Pilot perceptions of options to manage drone-wildlife interactions; associations with wildlife value orientations and connectedness to nature

E Gray, M Weston

(2021), Vol. 64, Journal for Nature Conservation, C1

journal article

Defense of Eggs and Chicks in the Polyandrous Pheasant-Tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) in Sri Lanka: Sex-Roles, Stage of Breeding, and Intruder Type

C Fernando, S Kotagama, A Rendall, M Weston

(2021), Vol. 44, pp. 363-369, Waterbirds, Waco, Tex., C1

journal article
2020

Regulations fail to constrain dog space use in threatened species beach habitats

T Schneider, G Maguire, D Whisson, M Weston

(2020), Vol. 63, pp. 1022-1036, Journal of environmental planning and management, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

Key ecological function peaks at the land-ocean transition zone when vertebrate scavengers concentrate on ocean beaches

Thomas Schlacher, Ben Gilby, Andrew Olds, Christopher Henderson, Rod Connolly, Charles Peterson, Christine Voss, Brooke Maslo, Michael Weston, Melanie Bishop, Ashley Rowden

(2020), Vol. 23, pp. 906-916, Ecosystems, New York, N.Y., C1

journal article

Flight-initiation response reflects short- and long-term human visits to remote islets

M Thibault, M Weston, A Ravache, E Vidal

(2020), Vol. 162, pp. 1082-1087, Ibis, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Photography can determine the sex of a predator with limited sexual dimorphism: A case study of the powerful owl

R Cooke, A Rendall, M Weston, N Porch, N Bradsworth, J White

(2020), Vol. 22, Global Ecology and Conservation, C1

journal article

Escape responses of terrestrial and aquatic birds to drones: Towards a code of practice to minimize disturbance

M Weston, C O’Brien, K Kostoglou, M Symonds

(2020), Vol. 57, pp. 777-785, Journal of Applied Ecology, C1

journal article

The fox and the beach: Coastal landscape topography and urbanisation predict the distribution of carnivores at the edge of the sea: Beach Fox Habitat Choice

O Kimber, B Gilby, C Henderson, A Olds, R Connolly, B Maslo, M Weston, A Rowden, B Kelaher, T Schlacher

(2020), Vol. 23, Global Ecology and Conservation, C1

journal article

My dog, my beach! Attitudes towards dog management on Victorian beaches

S Guinness, G Maguire, K Miller, M Weston

(2020), Vol. 27, pp. 329-342, Australasian journal of environmental management, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

Parental defence in shorebirds is mediated by embryonic calling, ambient temperature and predator latency

K Kostoglou, W van Dongen, M Weston

(2020), Vol. 161, pp. 1153-1165, Journal of Ornithology, C1

journal article

Morphological and molecular evidence of population divergence in a widespread shorebird across its southern mainland Australian distribution

M Weston, K Clarke, G Maguire, J Sumner

(2020), Vol. 21, pp. 757-770, Conservation genetics, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Successful breeding predicts divorce in plovers

N Halimubieke, K Kupán, J Valdebenito, V Kubelka, M Carmona-Isunza, D Burgas, D Catlin, J St Clair, J Cohen, J Figuerola, M Yasué, M Johnson, M Mencarelli, M Cruz-López, M Stantial, M Weston, P Lloyd, P Que, T Montalvo, U Bansal, G McDonald, Y Liu, A Kosztolányi, T Székely

(2020), Vol. 10, Scientific Reports, England, C1

journal article

A physiological cost to behavioural tolerance

A Charuvi, D Lees, H Glover, A Rendall, P Dann, M Weston

(2020), Vol. 181, Behavioural Processes, Netherlands, C1

journal article

Foraging behaviour of an obligate, sandy shore predator

S Butler, N Sheppard, P Dann, G Maguire, M Weston

(2020), Vol. 246, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, C1

journal article

Tree cover is crucial but riparian areas provide a strategic focus for preserving an urban avoider in a fragmented urban ecosystem

Christine Connelly, Erin Lennox, Bronwyn Isaac, Vincent Aulich, Raylene Cooke, Michael Weston, John White

(2020), Vol. 120, pp. 304-312, Emu - Austral Ornithology, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

Persistent spatial gaps in ornithological study in Australia, 1901-2011

Michael Weston, Maree Yarwood, Desley Whisson, Matthew Symonds

(2020), Vol. 47, pp. 264-271, Archives of Natural History, Edinburgh, Scotland, C1

journal article
2019

Only the strictest rules apply: investigating regulation compliance of beaches to minimize invasive dog impacts on threatened shorebird populations

Grainne Maguire, Kelly Miller, M Weston

(2019), Vol. 29, pp. 397-412, Impacts of invasive species on coastal environments: coasts in crisis, Cham, Switzerland, B1

book chapter

Evaluating how the group size of domestic, invasive dogs affect coastal wildlife responses: The case of flight-initiation distance (fid) of birds on Southern Australian beaches

S Guinness, W Van Dongen, P Guay, R Robinson, M Weston

(2019), Vol. 29, pp. 413-424, Impacts of Invasive Species on Coastal Environments: Coasts in Crisis, Cham, Switzerland, B1

book chapter

Human disturbance

M Weston

(2019), pp. 277-308, The population ecology and conservation of Charadrius Plovers, Boca Raton, Fl., B1

book chapter

Birdwatchers evoke longer escape distances than pedestrians in some African birds

A Radkovic, W Van Dongen, L Kirao, P Guay, M Weston

(2019), Vol. 18, pp. 100-106, Journal of ecotourism, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

Biological determinants of research effort on Australian birds: a comparative analysis

M Yarwood, M Weston, M Symonds

(2019), Vol. 119, pp. 38-44, Emu, C1

journal article

Optimizing conservation benefits for threatened beach fauna following severe natural disturbances

B Maslo, K Leu, T Pover, M Weston, B Gilby, T Schlacher

(2019), Vol. 649, pp. 661-671, Science of the Total Environment, Netherlands, C1

journal article

Does zonation and accessibility of wetlands influence human presence and mediate wildlife disturbance?

P Guay, W Van Dongen, E McLeod, D Whisson, H Vu, H Wang, M Weston

(2019), Vol. 62, pp. 1306-1320, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, C1

journal article

Modest levels of interpretability of the term 'biodiversity', mediated by educational level, among the Australian public

H Kiley, Gill Ainsworth, M Weston

(2019), Vol. 25, pp. 208-210, Pacific conservation biology, Clayton, Vic., C1

journal article

Morphology and geography predict the use of heat conservation behaviours across birds

G Pavlovic, M Weston, M Symonds

(2019), Vol. 33, pp. 286-296, Functional ecology, London, Eng., C1

journal article

A global paucity of wild bird feeding policy

Sinéad Baverstock, Michael Weston, Kelly Miller

(2019), Vol. 653, pp. 105-111, Science of the total environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

A unique Lepidopteran assemblage in primary forest understory of central Sri Lanka

C Slater, C Tolley, C Fernando, M Weston

(2019), Vol. 12, pp. 324-327, Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, C1

journal article

Flight initiation distance in Lepidopterans is species-specific and positively related to starting distance

D Harbour, E Henson, C Boers, D Truman, C Fernando, P Guay, M Weston

(2019), Vol. 22, pp. 41-43, Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, C1

journal article

Zonation of a small mammal community within coastal dunes

A Rendall, R Cooke, J White, M Weston

(2019), Vol. 217, pp. 206-210, Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Equitable chick survival in three species of the non-migratory shorebird despite species-specific sexual dimorphism of the young

D Lees, T Schmidt, C Sherman, G Maguire, P Dann, M Weston

(2019), Vol. 9, Animals, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Leg length and temperature determine the use of unipedal roosting in birds

J Ryeland, M Weston, M Symonds

(2019), Vol. 50, Journal of Avian Biology, C1

journal article

Camera shy? Motivations, attitudes and beliefs of bird photographers and species-specific avian responses to their activities

C Slater, G Cam, Y Qi, Y Liu, P Guay, M Weston

(2019), Vol. 237, pp. 327-337, Biological conservation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Higher rates of non-breeding territory occupancy of urban compared with rural Masked Lapwings Vanellus miles on Phillip Island, Victoria

A Cardilini, D Lees, P Dann, M Weston

(2019), Vol. 136, pp. 96-100, Victorian naturalist, Blackburn, Vic., C1

journal article

Flight initiation distance in dragonflies is species-specific, positively related to starting distance and sometimes body length

Tom Bell, Jack Harriss, Ahmed Ruzaini, Chandima Fernando, Patrick Guay, Michael Weston

(2019), Vol. 22, pp. 173-179, International journal of odonatology, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

An assessment of radio telemetry for monitoring shorebird chick survival and causes of mortality

D Lees, T Schmidt, C Sherman, G Maguire, P Dann, G Ehmke, M Weston

(2019), Vol. 46, pp. 622-627, Wildlife Research, C1

journal article

Are disturbance separation distances derived from single species applicable to mixed-species shorebird flocks?

Grant Linley, Patrick-Jean Guay, Michael Weston

(2019), Vol. 46, pp. 719-723, Wildlife Research, Melbourne, Vic., C1

journal article
2018

Shorebird monitoring in Australia: a successful long-term collaboration among citizen scientists, governments and researchers

B Hansen, R Clemens, E Gallo-Cajiao, M Jackson, R Kingsford, R Maguire, G Maurer, D Milton, D Rogers, D Weller, M Weston, E Woehler, R Fuller

(2018), pp. 100-120, Monitoring threatened species and ecological communities, Clayton, Vic., B1

book chapter

The culture of bird conservation: Australian stakeholder values regarding iconic, flagship and rare birds

G Ainsworth, J Fitzsimons, M Weston, S Garnett

(2018), Vol. 27, pp. 345-363, Biodiversity and conservation, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

A genetic assessment of the human-facilitated colonization history of black swans in Australia and New Zealand

V Montano, W van Dongen, M Weston, R Mulder, R Robinson, M Cowling, P Guay

(2018), Vol. 11, pp. 364-375, Evolutionary Applications, C1

journal article

Are the big and beautiful less bold? Differences in avian fearfulness between the sexes in relation to body size and colour

P Guay, R Leppitt, M Weston, T Yeager, W van Dongen, M Symonds

(2018), Vol. 304, pp. 252-259, Journal of zoology, Chichester, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Urban corvids on the move: habitat use and movement ecology of the little raven Corvus mellori at a peri-urban wetland

K Ekanayake, D Whisson, T Schlacher, M Weston

(2018), Vol. 42, pp. 29-37, Corella, Penrith, N.S.W., C1

journal article

Motivations and behavior of off-road drivers on sandy beaches

N Petch, G Maguire, T Schlacher, M Weston

(2018), Vol. 163, pp. 82-91, Ocean and coastal management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Plover parents care more for young of the opposite sex

D Lees, C Sherman, K Kostoglou, L Tan, G Maguire, P Dann, M Weston

(2018), Vol. 29, pp. 933-938, Behavioral ecology, Oxford, Eng., C1

journal article

Australian magpies exhibit increased tolerance of aircraft noise on an airport, and are more responsive to take-off than to landing noises

G Linley, K Kostoglou, R Jit, M Weston

(2018), Vol. 45, pp. 282-286, Wildlife research, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Tree canopy defoliation impacts avifauna

Desley Whisson, Amy Orlowski, Michael Weston

(2018), Vol. 428, pp. 81-86, Forest ecology and management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Bicycles evoke longer flight-initiation distances and higher intensity escape behaviour of some birds in parks compared with pedestrians

G Bernard, W van Dongen, P Guay, M Symonds, R Robinson, M Weston

(2018), Vol. 178, pp. 276-280, Landscape and Urban Planning, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Functional plasticity in vertebrate scavenger assemblages in the presence of introduced competitors

E Bingham, B Gilby, A Olds, M Weston, R Connolly, C Henderson, B Maslo, C Peterson, C Voss, T Schlacher

(2018), Vol. 188, pp. 583-593, Oecologia, Germany, C1

journal article

Woodland birds and rural towns: artificial clutch survival in fragmented Box-Ironbark forests

Beau Meney, S Cunningham, Michael Weston, Desley Whisson

(2018), Vol. 130, pp. 7-17, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Clayton, Vic., C1

journal article

Managing birds of conservation concern on sandy shores: How much room for future conservation actions is there?

B Maslo, K Leu, T Pover, M Weston, T Schlacher

(2018), Vol. 8, pp. 10976-10988, Ecology and Evolution, England, C1

journal article

A test of the "leave early and avoid detection" (LEAD) hypothesis for passive nest defenders

M Weston, Yung-Ki Ju, Patrick Guay, Callum Naismith

(2018), Vol. 130, pp. 1011-1013, The Wilson journal of ornithology, Albion, Mich., C1

journal article
2017

Avian responses to an emergent, wetland weed

E Carlos, M Weston, M Gibson

(2017), Vol. 42, pp. 277-287, Austral Ecology, C1

journal article

Joggers cause greater avian disturbance than walkers

H Lethlean, W Van Dongen, K Kostoglou, P Guay, M Weston

(2017), Vol. 159, pp. 42-47, Landscape and urban planning, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Parental cooperation in a changing climate: fluctuating environments predict shifts in care division

O Vincze, A Kosztolányi, Z Barta, C Küpper, M Alrashidi, J Amat, A Argüelles Ticó, F Burns, J Cavitt, W Conway, M Cruz-López, A Desucre-Medrano, N dos Remedios, J Figuerola, D Galindo-Espinosa, G García-Peña, S Gómez Del Angel, C Gratto-Trevor, P Jönsson, P Lloyd, T Montalvo, J Parra, R Pruner, P Que, Y Liu, S Saalfeld, R Schulz, L Serra, J St Clair, L Stenzel, M Weston, M Yasué, S Zefania, T Székely

(2017), Vol. 26, pp. 347-358, Global Ecology and Biogeography, C1

journal article

Bill size mediates behavioural thermoregulation in birds

J Ryeland, M Weston, M Symonds

(2017), Vol. 31, pp. 885-893, Functional ecology, London, Eng., C1

journal article

A comparison of the effectiveness and time efficiency of traditional and photographic environmental monitoring techniques

W van Dongen, R San Martin, P-J Guay, M Weston

(2017), Vol. 193, pp. 64-69, Journal of environmental management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Variation in public perceptions and attitudes towards terrestrial ecosystems

H Kiley, G Ainsworth, W van Dongen, M Weston

(2017), Vol. 590-591, pp. 440-451, Science of the Total Environment, Netherlands, C1

journal article

Measurement techniques for curved shorebird bills: a comparison of low-tech and high-tech methods

J Ryeland, M Symonds, M Weston

(2017), Vol. 124, pp. 33-39, Wader study, [Devon, Eng.], C1

journal article

Algal subsidies enhance invertebrate prey for threatened shorebirds: a novel conservation tool on ocean beaches?

T Schlacher, B Hutton, B Gilby, N Porch, G Maguire, B Maslo, R Connolly, A Olds, M Weston

(2017), Vol. 191, pp. 28-38, Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Implications of radio-tracking for the survival of Masked Lapwing chicks

D Lees, C Sherman, G Maguire, P Dann, M Weston

(2017), Vol. 41, pp. 37-41, Corella, C1

journal article

Acoustic cues from within the egg do not heighten depredation risk to shorebird clutches

K Kostoglou, W Van Dongen, D Lees, G Maguire, M Weston

(2017), Vol. 28, pp. 811-817, Behavioral ecology, Oxford, Eng., C1

journal article

High fidelity: extra-pair fertilisations in eight Charadrius plover species are not associated with parental relatedness or social mating system

K Maher, L Eberhart-Phillips, A Kosztolányi, N Remedios, M Carmona-Isunza, M Cruz-López, S Zefania, J St Clair, M Alrashidi, M Weston, M Serrano-Meneses, O Krüger, J Hoffman, T Székely, T Burke, C Küpper

(2017), Vol. 48, pp. 910-920, Journal of Avian Biology, C1

journal article

Ecological research questions to inform policy and the management of sandy beaches

A Jones, T Schlacher, D Schoeman, M Weston, G Withycombe

(2017), Vol. 148, pp. 158-163, Ocean and coastal management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

A citizen-trapper effort to control Common Myna: trap success, specificity and preferred bait type

G Linley, D Paton, M Weston

(2017), Vol. 18, pp. 249-252, Ecological management and restoration, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Case studies of motion-sensing cameras to study clutch survival and fate of real and artificial ground-nests in Australia

M Weston, K Ekanayake, S Lomas, H Glover, R Mead, A Cribbin, L Tan, D Whisson, G Maguire, A Cardilini

(2017), Vol. 64, pp. 476-491, Bird study, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

Red-capped plover

M Weston

(2017), Journal of avian biology, Chichester, Eng., J2

Non-Traditional Research Output
2016

Corvids congregate to breeding colonies of a burrow-nesting seabird

K Ekanayake, M Weston, P Dann, D Sutherland

(2016), Vol. 41, pp. 291-301, Austral Ecology, C1

journal article

Flight initiation distances in relation to sexual dichromatism and body size in birds from three continents

A Møller, D Samia, M Weston, P Guay, D Blumstein

(2016), Vol. 117, pp. 823-831, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, C1

journal article

Do social values influence levels of conservation effort in threatened species? The case of two Australian chats

G Ainsworth, H Aslin, M Weston, S Garnett

(2016), Vol. 50, pp. 636-645, Oryx, Cambridge, Eng., C1

journal article

Functional replacement across species pools of vertebrate scavengers separated at a continental scale maintains an ecosystem function

C Huijbers, T Schlacher, R Mcveigh, D Schoeman, A Olds, M Brown, K Ekanayake, M Weston, R Connolly

(2016), Vol. 30, pp. 998-1005, Functional ecology, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Long incubation bouts and biparental incubation in the nomadic Banded Stilt

R Pedler, M Weston, A Bennett

(2016), Vol. 116, pp. 75-80, Emu, C1

journal article

Human threats to sandy beaches: a meta-analysis of ghost crabs illustrates global anthropogenic impacts

T Schlacher, S Lucrezi, R Connolly, C Peterson, B Gilby, B Maslo, A Olds, S Walker, J Leon, C Huijbers, M Weston, A Turra, G Hyndes, R Holt, D Schoeman

(2016), Vol. 169, pp. 56-73, Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Human residential status and habitat quality affect the likelihood but not the success of lapwing breeding in an urban matrix

D Roche, A Cardilini, D Lees, G Maguire, P Dann, C Sherman, M Weston

(2016), Vol. 556, pp. 189-195, Science of the Total Environment, Netherlands, C1

journal article

Avian assemblages at bird baths: A comparison of urban and rural bird baths in Australia

G Cleary, H Parsons, A Davis, B Coleman, D Jones, K Miller, M Weston

(2016), Vol. 11, PLoS ONE, United States, C1

journal article

AvianBuffer: An interactive tool for characterising and managing wildlife fear responses

P Guay, W van Dongen, R Robinson, D Blumstein, M Weston

(2016), Vol. 45, pp. 841-851, Ambio, Sweden, C1

journal article

Continental-scale decreases in shorebird populations in Australia

R Clemens, D Rogers, B Hansen, K Gosbell, C Minton, P Straw, M Bamford, E Woehler, D Milton, M Weston, B Venables, D Weller, C Hassell, B Rutherford, K Onton, A Herrod, C Studds, C Choi, K Dhanjal-Adams, N Murray, G Skilleter, R Fuller

(2016), Vol. 116, pp. 119-135, Emu, C1

journal article

Pitfall trapping does not reliably index the diet or prey resources of Masked Lapwings

D Roche, D Lees, A Cardilini, G Maguire, P Dann, M Weston

(2016), Vol. 123, pp. 16-20, Wader study, Thetford, Eng., C1

journal article

Estimating animal populations and body sizes from burrows: Marine ecologists have their heads buried in the sand

T Schlacher, S Lucrezi, C Peterson, R Connolly, A Olds, F Althaus, G Hyndes, B Maslo, B Gilby, J Leon, M Weston, M Lastra, A Williams, D Schoeman

(2016), Vol. 112, pp. 55-64, Journal of sea research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Social values and species conservation: The case of Baudin's and Carnaby's black-cockatoos

G Ainsworth, H Aslin, M Weston, S Garnett

(2016), Vol. 43, pp. 294-305, Environmental Conservation, C1

journal article

The early shorebird will catch fewer invertebrates on trampled sandy beaches

T Schlacher, L Carracher, N Porch, R Connolly, A Olds, B Gilby, K Ekanayake, B Maslo, M Weston

(2016), Vol. 11, PLoS ONE, United States, C1

journal article

Assemblage, size and abundance bias in a novel sandy shore macro-infaunal sampling technique

N Sheppard, M Weston, S Butler, B Baird, P Dann

(2016), Vol. 11, pp. 1-9, Journal of negative results - ecology & evolutionary biology, Helsinki, Finland, C1

journal article

Regional drivers of clutch loss reveal important trade-offs for beach-nesting birds

B Maslo, T Schlacher, M Weston, C Huijbers, C Anderson, B Gilby, A Olds, R Connolly, D Schoeman

(2016), Vol. 2016, PeerJ, United States, C1

journal article

An obligate beach bird selects sub-, inter- and supra-tidal habitat elements

G Ehmke, G Maguire, T Bird, D Ierodiaconou, M Weston

(2016), Vol. 181, pp. 266-276, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, C1

journal article

Time since urbanization but not encephalisation is associated with increased tolerance of human proximity in birds

M Symonds, M Weston, W Van Dongen, A Lill, R Robinson, P Guay

(2016), Vol. 4, pp. 1-1, Frontiers in ecology and evolution, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Selecting umbrella species for conservation: a test of habitat models and niche overlap for beach-nesting birds

B Maslo, K Leu, C Faillace, M Weston, T Pover, T Schlacher

(2016), Vol. 203, pp. 233-242, Biological conservation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article
2015

Distance from shore positively influences alert distance in three wetland bird species

E Dear, P-J Guay, R Robinson, M Weston

(2015), Vol. 23, pp. 215-318, Wetlands ecology and management, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Conservation gone to the dogs: when canids rule the beach in small coastal reserves

T Schlacher, M Weston, D Lynn, D Schoeman, C Huijbers, A Olds, S Masters, R Connolly

(2015), Vol. 24, pp. 493-509, Biodiversity and conservation, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Limited functional redundancy in vertebrate scavenger guilds fails to compensate for the loss of raptors from urbanized sandy beaches

C Huijbers, T Schlacher, D Schoeman, A Olds, M Weston, R Connolly

(2015), Vol. 21, pp. 55-63, Diversity and Distributions: a journal of conservation biogeography, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Golden opportunities: A horizon scan to expand sandy beach ecology

T Schlacher, M Weston, D Schoeman, A Olds, C Huijbers, R Connolly

(2015), Vol. 157, pp. 1-6, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, C1

journal article

Up the creek with a paddle; avian flight distances from canoes versus walkers

H Glover, P-J Guay, M Weston

(2015), Vol. 23, pp. 775-778, Wetlands ecology and management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Cover, not caging, influences chronic physiological stress in a ground-nesting bird

L Tan, K Buchanan, G Maguire, M Weston

(2015), Vol. 46, pp. 482-488, Journal of avian biology, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Re-framing values for a World Heritage future: what type of icon will K'gari-Fraser Island become?

G Wardell-Johnson, D Schoeman, T Schlacher, A Wardell-Johnson, M Weston, Y Shimizu, G Conroy

(2015), Vol. 22, pp. 124-148, Australasian journal of environmental management, Oxford, Eng., C1

journal article

The height of approaching humans does not affect flight-initiation distance

W Van Dongen, E McLeod, R Mulder, M Weston, P Guay

(2015), Vol. 62, pp. 285-288, Bird study: the science of pure and applied orinthology, Oxford, Eng., C1

journal article

The bright incubate at night: sexual dichromatism and adaptive incubation division in an open-nesting shorebird

K Ekanayake, M Weston, D Nimmo, G Maguire, J Endler, C Küpper

(2015), Vol. 282, pp. 1-8, Proceedings of the royal society of London: biological sciences, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Feeding wild birds in gardens: A test of water versus food

K Miller, V Blaszczynski, M Weston

(2015), Vol. 16, pp. 156-158, Ecological management and restoration, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Do birdwatchers care about bird disturbance?

M Weston, P-J Guay, E McLeod, K Miller

(2015), Vol. 28, pp. 305-317, Anthrozoös, Oxford, Eng., C1

journal article

Breeding habitat selection in an obligate beach bird: a test of the food resource hypothesis

A Cuttriss, G Maguire, G Ehmke, M Weston

(2015), Vol. 66, pp. 841-846, Marine and freshwater research, Melbourne, Vic., C1

journal article

Invasive carnivores alter ecological function and enhance complementarity in scavenger assemblages on ocean beaches

M Brown, T Schlacher, D Schoeman, M Weston, C Huijbers, A Olds, R Connolly

(2015), Vol. 96, pp. 2715-2725, Ecology, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Home range, habitat use and movements by the little raven (Corvus mellori) in a coastal peri-urban landscape

D Whisson, M Weston, K Shannon

(2015), Vol. 42, pp. 500-508, Wildlife research, Melbourne, Vic., C1

journal article

Out of sight but not out of mind: corvids prey extensively on eggs of burrow-nesting penguins

K Ekanayake, D Sutherland, P Dann, M Weston

(2015), Vol. 42, pp. 509-517, Wildlife research, Melbourne, Vic., C1

journal article

Intense predation of non-colonial, ground-nesting bird eggs by corvid and mammalian predators

K Ekanayake, D Whisson, L Tan, M Weston

(2015), Vol. 42, pp. 518-528, Wildlife research, Melbourne, Vic., C1

journal article

Biological, ecological, conservation and legal information for all species and subspecies of Australian bird

S Garnett, D Duursma, G Ehmke, P Guay, A Stewart, J Szabo, M Weston, S Bennett, G Crowley, D Drynan, G Dutson, K Fitzherbert, D Franklin

(2015), Vol. 2, pp. 1-6, Scientific data, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Variation at the DRD4 locus is associated with wariness and local site selection in urban black swans

W van Dongen, R Robinson, M Weston, R Mulder, P Guay

(2015), Vol. 15, pp. 1-11, BMC evolutionary biology, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Sharing the load: role equity in the incubation of a monomorphic shorebird, the masked lapwing (Vanellus miles)

A Cardilini, M Weston, P Dann, C Sherman

(2015), Vol. 127, pp. 730-733, Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article
2014

Dogs as agents of disturbance

M Weston, T Stankowich

(2014), pp. 94-116, Free-ranging dogs and wildlife conservation, Oxford, England, B1

book chapter

Human dimensions of dog-wildlife interactions

K Miller, E Ritchie, M Weston

(2014), pp. 286-304, Free-ranging dogs and wildlife conservation, Oxford, England, B1

book chapter

Open-coast sandy beaches and coastal dunes

T Schlacher, A Jones, J Dugan, M Weston, L Harris, D Schoeman, D Hubbard, F Scapini, R Nel, M Lastra, A McLachlan, C Peterson

(2014), pp. 37-94, Coastal conservation, Cambridge, England, B1

book chapter

From little things, big things grow: trends and fads in 110 years of Australian ornithology

M Yarwood, M Weston, S Garnet

(2014), Vol. 98, pp. 2235-2254, Scientometrics, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Pro-environmental beach driving is uncommon and ineffective in reducing disturbance to beach-dwelling birds

M Weston, T Schlacher, D Lynn

(2014), Vol. 53, pp. 999-1004, Environmental management, New York, N. Y., C1

journal article

Comparative analysis of classic brain component sizes in relation to flightiness in birds

M Symonds, M Weston, R Robinson, P Guay

(2014), Vol. 9, pp. 1-8, PLoS one, San Francisco, California, C1

journal article

Sex bias in captured little ravens corvus mellori varies with entry aperture size in a modified australian crow trap

K Shannon, M Weston, D Whisson

(2014), Vol. 38, pp. 22-23, Corella, Penrith, N. S. W., C1

journal article

Weeds and wildlife: perceptions and practices of weed managers

E Carlos, M Gibson, M Weston

(2014), Vol. 12, pp. 54-64, Conservation and society, Mumbai, India, C1

journal article

Metrics to assess ecological condition, change, and impacts in sandy beach ecosystems.

T Schlacher, D Schoeman, A Jones, J Dugan, D Hubbard, O Defeo, C Peterson, M Weston, B Maslo, A Olds, F Scapini, R Nel, L Harris, S Lucrezi, M Lastra, C Huijbers, R Connolly

(2014), Vol. 144, pp. 322-335, Journal of environmental management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

American exceptionalism: population trends and flight initiation distances in birds from three continents.

A Møller, D Samia, M Weston, P Guay, D Blumstein

(2014), Vol. 9, pp. 1-6, PLoS One, San Francisco, CA, C1

journal article

Prolonged and flexible primary moult overlaps extensively with breeding in beach-nesting Hooded Plovers Thinornis rubricollis

K Rogers, D Rogers, M Weston

(2014), Vol. 156, pp. 840-849, Ibis, England, London, C1

journal article

Bark in the park: a review of domestic dogs in parks

M Weston, J Fitzsimons, G Wescott, K Miller, K Ekanayake, T Schneider

(2014), Vol. 54, pp. 373-382, Environmental management, New York, NY, C1

journal article

The influence of cover on nesting Red-capped Plovers: a trade-off between thermoregulation and predation risk?

Lomas, Stephanie, Whisson, Desley, Maguire, Grainne, Tan, laura, Guay, Patrick-Jean, M Weston

(2014), Vol. 131, pp. 115-127, The Victorian naturalist, Blackburn, Vic, C1

journal article

Are vehicles 'mobile bird hides'?: A test of the hypothesis that 'cars cause less disturbance'

P Guay, E McLeod, A Taysom, M Weston

(2014), Vol. 131, pp. 150-156, Victorian naturalist, Melbourne, Vic., C1

journal article

Sex-specific dive characteristics in a sexually size dimorphic duck

S Osterrieder, M Weston, R Robinson, P Guay

(2014), Vol. 64, pp. 126-131, Wildfowl, Slimbridge, England, C1

journal article

Stakeholder knowledge of threatened coastal species; the case of beach-goers and the Hooded Plover Thinornis rubricollis

G Maguire, J Rimmer, M Weston

(2014), Vol. 19, pp. 73-77, Journal of Coastal Conservation, Dordrecht, C1

journal article

Cover, dog

Weston, Michael

(2014), J2

Non-Traditional Research Output

Cover, car

Weston, MA

(2014), Berlin, Germany, J2

Non-Traditional Research Output
2013

Brains and bravery: little evidence of a relationship between brain size and flightiness in shorebirds

P Guay, M Weston, M Symonds, H Glover

(2013), Vol. 38, pp. 516-522, Austral ecology, Richmond, Vic., C1

journal article

Human recreation alters behaviour profiles of non-breeding birds on open-coast sandy shores

T Schlacher, T Nielsen, M Weston

(2013), Vol. 118, pp. 31-42, Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Distance from water, sex and approach direction influence flight distances among habituated black swans

P Guay, R Lorenz, R Robinson, M Symonds, M Weston

(2013), Vol. 119, pp. 552-558, Ethology, Weinheim, Germany, C1

journal article

Observer effects occur when estimating alert but not flight-initiation distances

P Guay, E McLeod, R Cross, A Formby, S Maldonado, R Stafford-Bell, Z St-James-Turner, R Robinson, R Mulder, M Weston

(2013), Vol. 40, pp. 289-293, Wildlife research, Melbourne, Vic., C1

journal article

Perceptions of effectiveness and preferences for design and position of signage on Victorian beaches for the management of Hooded Plovers Thinornis rubricollis

J Rimmer, G Maguire, M Weston

(2013), Vol. 130, pp. 75-80, Victorian naturalist, Melbourne, Vic., C1

journal article

Surviving in sprawling suburbs : suburban environments represent high quality breeding habitat for a widespread shorebird

A Cardilini, M Weston, D Nimmo, P Dann, C Sherman

(2013), Vol. 115, pp. 72-80, Landscape and urban planning, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Swooping in the suburbs : parental defence of an abundant aggressive urban bird against humans

D Lees, C Sherman, G Maguire, P Dann, A Cardilini, M Weston

(2013), Vol. 3, pp. 754-766, Animals, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Urbanisation alters processing of marine carrion on sandy beaches

C Huijbers, T Schlacher, D Schoeman, M Weston, R Connolly

(2013), Vol. 119, pp. 1-8, Landscape and urban planning, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Setback distances as a conservation tool in wildlife-human interactions : testing their efficacy for birds affected by vehicles on open-coast sandy beaches

T Schlacher, M Weston, D Lynn, R Connolly

(2013), Vol. 8, pp. 1-15, PLoS ONE, San Francisco, Calif., C1

journal article

Stakeholder perceptions of threatened species and their management on urban beaches

G Maguire, J Rimmer, M Weston

(2013), Vol. 3, pp. 1002-1020, Animals, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Buses, cars, bicycles and walkers the influence of the type of human transport on the flight responses of waterbirds

E McLeod, P Guay, A Taysom, R Robinson, M Weston

(2013), Vol. 8, pp. 1-11, PLoS ONE, San Francisco, Calif., C1

journal article
2012

Little Ravens 'Corvus mellori' hunt, kill and eat individuals of two species of shorebird

A Cardilini, K Ekanayake, M Weston

(2012), Vol. 129, pp. 22-24, Victorian naturalist, Blackburn, Vic., C1

journal article

Do temporary beach closures assist in the conservation of breeding shorebirds on recreational beaches?

M Weston, F Dodge, A Bunce, D Nimmo, K Miller

(2012), Vol. 18, pp. 47-55, Pacific conservation biology, Baulkham Hills, N. S. W., C1

journal article

Establishment and development of a seabird colony : long-term trends in phenology, breeding success, recruitment, breeding density and demography

T Pyk, M Weston, A Bunce, F Norman

(2012), Vol. 154, pp. 299-310, Journal of ornithology, Heidelberg, Germany, C1

journal article

Hope for resurrecting a functionally extinct parrot or squandered social capital? Landholder attitudes towards the Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) in Victoria, Australia

M Weston, K Miller, J Lawson, G Ehmke

(2012), Vol. 10, pp. 381-385, Conservation and society, Mumbai, India, C1

journal article

A review of flight-initiation distances and their application to managing disturbance to Australian birds

M Weston, E McLeod, D Blumstein, P Guay

(2012), Vol. 112, pp. 269-286, Emu, Melbourne, Vic., C1

journal article
2011

Provision of artificial shelter on beaches is associated with improved shorebird fledging success

G Maguire, A Duivenvoorden, M Weston, R Adams

(2011), Vol. 21, pp. 172-185, Bird conservation international, Cambridge, England, C1

journal article

Being beside the seaside : Beach use and preferences among coastal residents of south-eastern Australia

G Maguire, K Miller, M Weston, K Young

(2011), Vol. 54, pp. 781-788, Ocean and Coastal Management, United States, C1

journal article

Nest return times in response to static versus mobile human disturbance

M Weston, G Ehmke, G Maguire

(2011), Vol. 75, pp. 252-255, Journal of wildlife management, Hoboken, N.J., C1

journal article

Towards ecologically meaningful and socially acceptable buffers : response distances of shorebirds in Victoria, Australia, to human disturbance

H Glover, M Weston, G Maguire, K Miller, B Christie

(2011), Vol. 103, pp. 326-334, Landscape and urban planning, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1

journal article

Conflict between genetic and phenotypic differentiation : the evolutionary history of a 'lost and rediscovered' shorebird

F Rheindt, T Szekely, S Edwards, P Lee, T Burke, P Kennerley, D Bakewell, M Alrashidi, A Kosztolányi, M Weston, W Liu, W Lei, Y Shigeta, S Javed, S Zefania, C Küpper

(2011), Vol. 6, pp. 1-9, PLoS ONE, San Francisco, Ca., C1

journal article

Aggressive behaviour of red-capped plovers charadrius ruficapillus towards the eastern blue-tongue lizard tiliqua scincoides scincoides

K Ekanayake, M Weston

(2011), Vol. 118, pp. 191-192, Wader study group bulletin, Norfolk, England, C1

journal article
2010

Identification of significant shorebird areas : thresholds and criteria

R Clemens, M Weston, A Haslem, A Silcocks, J Ferris

(2010), Vol. 16, pp. 229-242, Diversity and distribution, Oxford, England, C1

journal article
2009

Birds, buffers and bicycles : a review and case study of wetland buffers

M Weston, M Antos, H Glover

(2009), Vol. 126, pp. 79-86, Victorian naturalist, [Melbourne, Vic.], C1

journal article

Forensic fibre analysis to determine the origins of leg-entangling threads on shorebirds : a case study

M Weston, X Liu, T Tsuzuki, J Fallaw, P Dann

(2009), Vol. 116, pp. 46-48, Wader study group bulletin, Beaumaris, Vic., C1

journal article

Towards a set of priorities for bird conservation and research in Australia : the perceptions of ornithologists

K Miller, M Weston

(2009), Vol. 109, pp. 67-74, Emu, Collingwood, Vic., C1

journal article

Birds and beaches, dogs and leashes : dog owners' sense of obligation to leash dogs on beaches in Victoria, Australia

K Williams, M Weston, S Henry, G Maguire

(2009), Vol. 14, pp. 89-101, Human dimensions of wildlife, Philadelphia, Pa., C1

journal article

Sand pads : a promising technique to quantify human visitation into nature conservation areas

M Weston, M Antos, C Tzaros

(2009), Vol. 89, pp. 98-104, Landscape and urban planning, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1

journal article

Manage one beach or two? Movements and space-use of the threatened hooded plover (Thinornis rubricollis) in south-eastern Australia

M Weston, G Ehmke, G Maguire

(2009), Vol. 36, pp. 289-298, Wildlife research, Collingwood, Vic., C1

journal article

Attempted incubation and nest-maintenance behaviour of artificially deployed quail egg clutches by Hooded Plovers Thinornis rubricollis

D Stojanovic, G Maguire, M Weston, C Dickman, M Crowther

(2009), Vol. 116, pp. 41-43, International wader studies / Wader Study Group Bulletin, Norfolk, England, C1

journal article

Conditioned taste aversion reduces fox depredation on model eggs on beaches

G Maguire, D Stojanovic, M Weston

(2009), Vol. 36, pp. 702-708, Wildlife research, Collingwood, Vic., C1

journal article
2008

Sustainability of a long-term volunteer-based bird monitoring program : recruitment, retention and attrition

I Wolcott, D Ingwersen, M Weston, C Tzaros

(2008), Vol. 13, pp. 48-53, Australian journal on volunteering, Melbourne, Vic., C1

journal article

A review of terrestrial bird atlases of the world and their application

A Dunn, M Weston

(2008), Vol. 108, pp. 42-67, Emu, Collingwood, Vic., C1

journal article

Can oiled shorebirds and their nests and eggs be successfully rehabilitated? A case study involving the threatened Hooded plover Thinornis rubricollis in South-eastern Australia

M Weston, P Dann, R Jessop, J Fallaw, R Dakin, D Ball

(2008), Vol. 31, pp. 127-132, Waterbirds, Waco, Tex., C1

journal article

Spatial and temporal variation in the breeding of Masked Lapwings (Vanellus miles) in Australia

L Chambers, H Gibbs, M Weston, G Ehmke

(2008), Vol. 108, pp. 115-124, Emu, Collingwood, Vic., C1

journal article
2007

The foraging and diet of non-breeding hooded plovers thinornis rubricollis in relation to habitat type

M Weston

(2007), Vol. 90, pp. 89-95, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, Perth, W.A., C1

journal article

Comparison of atlas data to determine the conservation Status of bird species in New South Wales, with an emphasis on woodland-dependent species

G Barrett, A Silcocks, R Cunningham, D Oliver, M Weston, J Baker

(2007), Vol. 34, pp. 37-77, Australian zoologist, Mosman, N.S.W, C1

journal article

Responses of incubating hooded plovers (Thinornis rubricollis) to disturbance

M Weston, M Elgar

(2007), Vol. 23, pp. 569-576, Journal of coastal research, Coconut Creek, FL, C1-1

journal article

Unauthorised human use of an urban coastal wetland sanctuary: current and future patterns

M Antos, G Ehmke, C Tzaros, M Weston

(2007), Vol. 80, pp. 173-183, Landscape and urban planning, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1-1

journal article
2006

Factors influencing awareness of community-based shorebird conservation projects in Australia

M Antos, M Weston, B Priest

(2006), Vol. 5, pp. 63-72, Applied environmental education & communication, Abingdon, England, C1

journal article
2005

Disturbance to brood-rearing Hooded Plover Thinornis rubricollis: responses and consequences

M Weston, M Elgar

(2005), Vol. 15, pp. 193-209, BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, C1-1

journal article

Parental care in hooded plovers (Thinornis rubricollis)

M Weston, M Elgar

(2005), Vol. 105, pp. 283-292, Emu, Clayton, Vic., C1-1

journal article

Climate change and its impact on Australia's avifauna

L Chambers, L Hughes, M Weston

(2005), Vol. 105, pp. 1-20, Emu, Clayton, Vic., C1-1

journal article
2003

A male-biased sex-ratio in non-breeding hooded plovers on a salt-lake in Western Australia

M Weston, F Kraaijeveld-Smit, R McIntosh, G Sofronidis, M Elgar

(2003), Vol. 9, pp. 273-277, Pacific conservation biology, Clayton, Vic., C1-1

journal article

Volunteers in bird conservation: insights from the Australian Threatened Bird Network

M Weston, M Fendley, R Jewell, M Satchell, C Tzaros

(2003), Vol. 4, pp. 205-211, Ecological management and restoration, Chichester, Eng., C1-1

journal article
2000

The effect of a major rainfall event on Hooded Plovers on a salt-lake in Western Australia

M Weston, M Elgar

(2000), Vol. 100, pp. 64-69, Emu, Collingwood, Vic., C1-1

journal article
1999

Managing a breeding population of the hooded plover Thinornis rubricollis in a high-use recreational environment

B Dowling, M Weston

(1999), Vol. 9, pp. 255-270, Bird conservation international, Cambridge, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Funded Projects at Deakin

Other Public Sector Funding

Indicators for monitoring the effectiveness of fox control

A/Prof Mike Weston

Parks Victoria Grant - Research

  • 2009: $3,100

Western Port Welcomes Waterbirds - social research project

A/Prof Kelly Miller, A/Prof Mike Weston

Central Coastal Board

  • 2010: $32,000

Understanding the impacts of koala-related tree defoliation on bird and mammal communities

A/Prof Desley Whisson, A/Prof Mike Weston, Amanda Orlowski

DSE Grant - Research - Dept Sustainability & Environment VIC

  • 2010: $1,500

Little Raven (Corvus mellori) as an egg predator of other bird species

A/Prof Mike Weston, Mr Kasun Ekanayake

Parks Victoria Grant - Research, MWC Grant - Research - Melbourne Water Corporation

  • 2013: $5,000
  • 2012: $30,000

Hooded Plover conservation - weed removal

A/Prof Mike Weston, Dr Grainne Maguire

Department of Environment and Primary Industries

  • 2014: $19,300

Little Raven (Corvus mellori) as an egg predator of other bird species

A/Prof Mike Weston, Mr Kasun Ekanayake

VEAC Grant - Bill Borthwick Scholarship

  • 2015: $1,990

Adaptive predator management to protect ecotourism of an iconic species

A/Prof Mike Weston, Miss Laura Xin Lu Tan

VEAC Grant - Bill Borthwick Scholarship

  • 2016: $1,818

Examining the influence of photographers in avian escape behaviour

A/Prof Mike Weston, Ms Caitlin Marie Slater

VEAC Grant - Bill Borthwick Scholarship

  • 2017: $1,900

Assessing the impacts to shorebirds of an emerging threat in critical habitat ¿ horses on exposed sandy shores

A/Prof Mike Weston, Miss Madison Jamie Evans-Clay, Dr Nicholas Porch

Balnarring Foreshore and Parks Reserve Committee of Management

  • 2019: $3,100

Review of effects of wind powered vessels on wildlife within Victoria's MPAs and sensitive coastal areas.

Dr Paul Carnell, A/Prof Mike Weston

Parks Victoria Grant - Research CAT2-1-2

  • 2021: $7,182
  • 2020: $7,182

Assessing the effectiveness of quail callers in attracting stubble quail.

Prof Raylene Cooke, A/Prof John White, A/Prof Mike Weston

Game Management Authority

  • 2021: $6,477
  • 2020: $14,659

ERP16 USE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR NATIVE WILDLIFE POPULATION ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT

Prof Don Driscoll, Prof Euan Ritchie, A/Prof Desley Whisson, A/Prof Mike Weston, A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Blake Allan, Dr Shuddha Rafiq, Dr Duc Thanh Nguyen, A/Prof Tim Wilkin, Prof Robin Ram Mohan Doss, Prof Seng Loke

Department of Environment Land Water and Planning

  • 2022: $327,000

STUDENT APPLICATION - Danger noodles, nope ropes or slinkys? The role of community attitudes and experiences in promoting tolerance and coexistence with snakes

A/Prof Kelly Miller, Ms Kimberley Anne Peters, A/Prof Mike Weston

VEAC Grant - Bill Borthwick Scholarship

  • 2024: $1,900

Industry and Other Funding

Nesting success and causes of nest failure among Australia's resident shorebirds.

A/Prof Mike Weston

Bird Observation and Conservation Australia Grant - Research

  • 2010: $5,000

Hooded plover habitat mapping

A/Prof Mike Weston, A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou

Birds Australia - Victoria Grant

  • 2010: $13,920

Attitudes and understanding towards Orange-bellied Parrot conservation in the Corangamite Catchment

A/Prof Kelly Miller, A/Prof Mike Weston

Birds Australia Grant - Research

  • 2009: $15,500

Nest predation and genetic sampling of shore birds

A/Prof Mike Weston

Birds Australia - Victoria Grant

  • 2009: $6,000

The habitat value of weeds for wildlife and implications for bird conservation and management

Dr Maria Gibson, A/Prof Mike Weston, Dr Emma Carlos

Birds Australia - Victoria Grant

  • 2009: $1,000

Nesting success and causes of nest failure among Australia's resident shorebirds

A/Prof Mike Weston

M.A. Ingram Trust Grant - Research

  • 2009: $1,500

The habitat value of weeds for wildlife: implications for weed management

Dr Maria Gibson, A/Prof Mike Weston, Dr Emma Carlos

ANZCT Grant - Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund - closed

  • 2010: $7,500
  • 2008: $4,000

Breeding biology, mating system and parental care among Red-capped Plovers

A/Prof Mike Weston

Birds Australia Grant - Research

  • 2008: $3,000

Conserving Australia's resident shorebirds

A/Prof Mike Weston

Hermon Slade Foundation Grant - Research CAT3

  • 2012: $9,500
  • 2010: $16,500

The influence of koala-related tree defoliation on woodland bird and ground dwelling mammal assemblages.

A/Prof Mike Weston, A/Prof Desley Whisson, Amanda Orlowski

Aust Geographic Society Grant - Research

  • 2010: $1,650

Differential costs and benefits to males and females of incubation in the Red-capped Plover.

A/Prof Mike Weston

M.A. Ingram Trust Grant - Research

  • 2010: $1,500

Foraging ecology and the impacts of spatially and temporally dynamic resources of a beach-dwelling shorebird

A/Prof Mike Weston, Miss Natalie Sheppard

ANZCT Grant - Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund - closed

  • 2012: $5,200
  • 2011: $5,500

Hooded plover nest fate and conditioned aversion project

A/Prof Mike Weston

Birds Australia - Victoria Grant

  • 2011: $36,000

Hooded plover nest fate

A/Prof Mike Weston

Bass Coast Friends of the Hooded Plover

  • 2012: $909

Funding for research projects and subsequent write up

A/Prof Mike Weston

BirdLife Australia

  • 2013: $500
  • 2012: $28,200

Can nest cages rescue Red-capped Plover reproductive success?

A/Prof Mike Weston, Miss Laura Xin Lu Tan

M.A. Ingram Trust Grant - Research

  • 2012: $2,000

Little Raven (Corvus mellori) as an egg predator of other bird species

A/Prof Mike Weston, Mr Kasun Ekanayake

ANZCT Grant - Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund - closed

  • 2014: $7,500
  • 2013: $7,500
  • 2012: $7,500

Funding for lapwing projects and subsequent write up

A/Prof Mike Weston, A/Prof Craig Sherman

BirdLife Australia

  • 2012: $2,000

Funding for shorebird projects and subsequent write up - Masked Lapwings, Hooded Plovers and their predators and threats, including Magpies and vehicles on beaches.

A/Prof Mike Weston

BirdLife Australia

  • 2014: $800
  • 2013: $16,750

Brood sex ratio in the Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus), Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) and Masked Lapwing (Vaneullus miles)

A/Prof Mike Weston, Mr Daniel Lees

BirdLife Australia

  • 2015: $1,000
  • 2014: $1,500

Brood Sex Ratio in the Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus), Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) and Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)

A/Prof Mike Weston, A/Prof Craig Sherman, Mr Daniel Lees

ANZCT Grant - Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund - closed

  • 2016: $6,500
  • 2015: $6,500
  • 2014: $6,500

Projects involving the Manningham Local Government Area (LGA)

A/Prof Mike Weston

The Dina and Ron Goldschlager Family Charitable Foundation

  • 2018: $5,000
  • 2017: $5,000
  • 2016: $5,000
  • 2015: $5,000
  • 2014: $5,000

Dune vegetation change and hooded plover habitat monitoring coastal ecology drones

A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, A/Prof Mike Weston, Dr Alexandre Schimel, Dr Ty Matthews

Birds Australia Grant - Research

  • 2015: $2,545
  • 2014: $2,545

Sex-ratio in shorebirds

A/Prof Mike Weston, A/Prof Craig Sherman, Mr Daniel Lees

BirdLife Australia

  • 2015: $1,500

The role of auditory cues in the risk of egg depredation of shorebirds

A/Prof Mike Weston

BirdLife Australia

  • 2015: $2,200

A CITIZEN SCIENCE SURVEY OF BIRD FEEDING IN AUSTRALIA

Dr Grainne Cleary, A/Prof Kelly Miller, A/Prof Mike Weston

Mars Birdcare Australia

  • 2016: $20,000
  • 2015: $20,000

Adaptive predator management to protect ecotourism of an iconic species

A/Prof Mike Weston, Miss Laura Xin Lu Tan

BirdLife Australia Research Awards - 75 149 124 774

  • 2016: $1,000

Adaptive predator management to protect ecotourism of an iconic species

A/Prof Mike Weston, Miss Laura Xin Lu Tan

ESA - Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment - 20 571 098 795

  • 2019: $5,525
  • 2017: $4,800
  • 2016: $7,000

Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis): radio-tracking of chicks

A/Prof Mike Weston

BirdLife Australia Research Awards - 75 149 124 774

  • 2016: $10,000

Across the egg shell - embryonic vocalisations in shorebirds

A/Prof Mike Weston, Miss Kristal Kostoglou

ESA - Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment - 20 571 098 795

  • 2020: $5,500
  • 2018: $7,500
  • 2017: $6,000

Adaptive predator management to protect ecotourism of an iconic species

A/Prof Mike Weston, Miss Laura Xin Lu Tan

Australian Wildlife Society

  • 2017: $2,000

Flight-initiation Distances of the world¿s birds

A/Prof Mike Weston

BirdLife Australia Research Awards - 75 149 124 774

  • 2017: $2,657

Shorebird conservation projects

A/Prof Mike Weston

BirdLife Australia Research Awards - 75 149 124 774

  • 2019: $5,545

STUDENT APPLICATION - Fear, flight, and fitness: The adaptive significance of escape response in Hooded Plovers, Thinornis cucullatus cucullatas.

Miss April Timmis, Prof Matthew Symonds, A/Prof Mike Weston

ESA - Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment - 20 571 098 795

  • 2023: $7,490
  • 2022: $5,400

Fear, flight, and fitness: The adaptive significance of escape response in Hooded Plovers Thinornis rubricollis.

Prof Matthew Symonds, Miss April Timmis, A/Prof Mike Weston

Australian Bird Study Association

  • 2023: $1,000

Supervisions

Principal Supervisor
2021

Kristal Kostoglou

Thesis entitled: Functions of communication across the eggshell in two ground-nesting shorebird species

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Laura Xin Lu Tan

Thesis entitled: Towards adaptive predator management to protect ecotourism of an iconic species

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2019

Daniel Terry Lees

Thesis entitled: Sex-ratio dynamics in three species of resident shorebird

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2018

Natalie Sheppard

Thesis entitled: Prey resources and foraging of an obligate sandy beach shorebird, the Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus

Master of Science (Ecology & Environment), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2016

Kasun Bandara Ekanayake

Thesis entitled: Little Raven (Corvus mellori) as an Egg Predator of Other Bird Species

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2013

Tanya Pyk

Thesis entitled: Longitudinal trends, individual quality, and foraging of a temperate seabird

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Associate Supervisor
2020

Timothee Antonin Poupart

Thesis entitled: Foraging ecology of winter-breeding seabirds in New Zealand

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2019

Marlenne Adriana Rodriguez Malagon

Thesis entitled: Behavioural consistency and foraging specialisations in the Australasian gannet (Morus serrator).

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Christine Connelly

Thesis entitled: Exploring the effects of urbanisation on Eastern Yellow Robins.

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2018

Reece Pedler

Thesis entitled: Banded Stilt movement and breeding ecology in arid Australia

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2016

Beth Volpov

Thesis entitled: Physiological and behavioural factors influencing foraging success in otariid seals

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2015

Maude Berlincourt

Thesis entitled: Foraging strategies and reproductive success in two sympatric seabird species: influence of environmental variability

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2013

Emma Carlos

Thesis entitled: The value of weeds for wildlife and implications for management

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences