Woohoo! @Josie_Anya takes out runner up best student talk #AWMS2016 @aklecol

Allen: discusses expt introducing 4x dingoes to Pelorus Is. to test ideas around trophic cascades: control goats? #awms2016 @BenAllenDingo

Weihong Ji: ecotourists provide snub-nosed monkeys with food - food is higher in carbs & fats - health risk for this species? #awms2016

Weihong Ji: golden snub-nosed monkeys resolve family conflicts by 'hugging it out' Love it! #awms2016

Pech: socio-ecological modelling required for conservation step change: social networks & predicting the effect of interventions #awms2016

Pech: social norms re: pest control (private property): some people respond well to peer pressure but mixed results #awms2016

Caughley medallist Roger Pech discusses the use of models in wildlife management- assisting management decisions #awms2016

Strive: new strain of RHD (rabbit calici virus) found in Oz - genetics say from Europe. Looks like it may overcome immunity issue #awms2016

Strive: we need something new every 15yrs to maintain biocontrol benefits - rabbits bounce back! #awms2016

Tompkins: Adult male possums are super shredders & super spreaders - driving TB persistence & spread #awms2016

Tompkins: investigating TB 'shedding' & 'spreading' in possums - nice use of social networks & exptl intro. of new TB strain #awms2016

White: disease in Adelie penguins - "you really don't want feather loss if you live in the Antarctic" #awms2016

White: talks about problem-solving around finding causes of uncommon diseases - meta genomics or 'fancy pants sequencing' #awms2016

Digby: kakapo have low levels of vitamin D - but chicks being fed high-vitamin D rimu fruit by adults - paradox! #awms2016 @takapodigs

Digby: @takapodigs talks about the work with kakapo disease & infertility - #awms2016

Jakob-Hoff: cites Michael Jackson's 'Man in the mirror' to remind us how to work together! #awms2016

Jakob-Hoff: Effective collaboration via a 'working agreement' #awms2016

Jakob-hoff: How do we get people working together to meet challenges? Transparency + Inclusiveness + Safety #awms2016

Jakob-hoff: talks about data deficiencies & socio-political complexities in assessing disease risk #awms2016

Roger Pech - A most humble winner of the Caughley Medal - a true gentleman & scholar #AWMS2016 @LCR_NZ

The Caughley medal awarded to Roger Pech - a worthy recipient. An outstanding ecologist with important applied outcomes #AWMS2016 @LCR_NZ

Practitioners Award for 2016 goes to the Kakapo Recovery Team #AWMS2016

Williams: inverse relationship between public perception of control tools & their effectiveness!!! #awms2016

Williams: wallaby impacts? #AWMS2016

Williams: problems with feral wallabies in NZ. Damar wallabies cover 180000ha in BoP. Impacts on plant spp. diversity #AWMS2016

Krebs: snow is disappearing in Yukon - can't use snow-tracking as an index for lynx - trying to quantify camera trap data #climate #AWMS2016

Krebs: 45yr monitoring programme in Yukon. Temp. has already gone up 3.5oC already under climate change in Yukon #AWMS2016

Super excited to hear Charlie Krebs talk about the Yukon. When I teach my undergrads I can wax lyrical!#krebsgroupie #bucketlist #AWMS2016

Christie: probability of detecting rodents with tracking tunnels in a non-mast year is super low. Concerning. #AWMS2016

Christie: the importance of knowing the detection probabilities of your monitoring devices - case study with pests in alpine areas #AWMS2016