Dr Lauren C White

The potential for unwanted genetic rescue in invasive fallow deer populations Biological invasions by non-native species pose significant threats to agriculture, ecosystems, human health, and economies. Despite the efforts of management agencies, many populations of invasive species...

📢 New publication! AWMS members Andrew Bengsen, Sebastien Comte, David Forsyth, Jordan Hampton, and Thomas Newsome and their colleagues have recently published a paper on the potential for unwanted #genetic rescue in invasive fallow #deer populations

Read the article here: doi.org/10.1007/s105...

Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R

Responsible publication of your research!

To help you do this @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and coauthors have put together a handy database of academia-friendly journals, DAFNEE. You can read about it in their article recently published in @jevbio.bsky.social:

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

@biolinvasions.bsky.social

New paper out in Biological Invasions! We show that “genetic rescue” can unintentionally boost invasive fallow deer in Australia. Genomic data & simulations reveal how escaped genotypes from farms may increase pop growth & spread → key implications for management. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Happy 2026! May it be as much fun as 2025 😊

Births mark conservation success for rare Queensland wombat Three wild-born northern hairy-nosed wombats born in Powrunna State Forest mark a new chapter in the species' recovery from near extinction.

From only 35 wild individuals in the 1980's, there are now more than 400 #northernhairynosedwombats - and now three wild-born bubs! #conservationsuccess #australianmammals #wildoz

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Quantifying deer control efficiency using non-invasive genetic sampling and spatial capture–recapture Context Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor) are the most numerous of the six species of introduced deer in Australia. They cause significant environmental damage and pose a considerable biosecurity threat to ...

New paper! We use non-invasive genetic sampling (poo swabs + SNP typing) and spatially-explicit capture-recapture modelling to estimate deer density before and after control to quantify how effective the programs were.

www.publish.csiro.au/WR/WR24214

Screenshot of the online app, showing the sliders for the settings of different social parameters on the left and the result relatedness and competition patterns on the right. The settings reflect the case we found for chimpanzees.

Want to explore the expected relatedness in different social groups - and how this can affect competition? Check out the neat app L. White did for our paper: https://bsky.app/profile/drlozwhite.bsky.social/post/3lsgieizk4k2a

paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.250385

Bonus shiny app for exploring the impact of different demographic parameters on kinship dynamics and inclusive fitness, as predicted by Johnstone & Cant’s formulae: lozwhite.shinyapps.io/ShinyJohnsto...

“Avoidance of reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause in chimpanzees”
Read how we used genomic data to examine kinship dynamics as they relate to menopause in chimpanzees!
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