Cane toads

THE CANE TOAD INVASION


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Speaker List
Scientific Day

Formal publication of the scientific papers presented at the forum will be available at the end of May 2005

Dr. Andrew Storey, Uni of W.A. - Introduction to the day

Current Status of Cane Toads

Dave Walden: ERISS (Confirmed)
Topic:
Review of cane toad impacts and risk assessment
for Kakadu
Contact details:
Email: Dave.Walden@deh.gov.au

Jarrad Holmes: WWF & Cane Toad Task Force (Confirmed)
Topic: Brief summaries of WWF's 'Cane Toads as a
Key Threatening Process' nomination and the National
Cane Toad Taskforce’.

Contact details:
Email: jholmes@wwf.org.au
Address: Threatened Species Network
Northern Savannas Coordinator, 1/55 Knuckey St., Darwin.
Postal Address: GPO Box 1268, Darwin, Northern Territory, 0801.
Phone: (08) 8941 7554
Fax: (08) 8941 6494

Questions & discussion - all

Impacts of cane toads - Recent Research Findings

Dr. Ross A. Alford: James Cook University (Confirmed)
Topic: Ecology of cane toads in new and established populations
Contact details
Email:
ross.alford@jcu.edu.au
Address:
Postal Address:
Associate Professor, School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
Phone:
07 4781 4732
Fax:
07 4725 1570

Lin Schwarzkopf: James Cook University, (Confirmed)
Topic:
Behaviour and movement abilities of cane toads.
Contact details
Email:
lin.schwarzkopf@jcu.edu.au
Address:
Postal Address:
School of Tropical Biology , James Cook University , Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
Phone:
07 4781 5467
Fax:

Adam Britton: Wildlife Management International (Confirmed)
Topic:
Studying impacts of Cane Toads on a population of Freshwater Crocodiles and a summary of known impacts to date.
Authors: Adam Britton, Grahame Webb, Jacob Bar-Lev
Contact details
Email:
abritton@wmi.com.au
Postal Address:
Wildlife Management International,
PO Box 530, Sanderston, NT 0813
Phone:
(08) 8922 4510
Fax:
(08) 8947 0678

Meri Oakwood & Amber Hooke: Envirotek, NSW (Confirmed)
Topic:
Local extinction of northern quolls - the effect of cane toad invasion.
Authors:
Meri Oakwood & Amber Hooke
Contact details
Email:
envirotek@hot.net.au
Postal Address:
Dr Meri Oakwood, Envirotek: Ecological Research,
Survey and Education, PO Box 25 , Nana Glen, NSW 2450,
Phone:
61-2-6656 9079

Ben Phillips: University of Sydney (confirmed)
Topic: NT Predicting the impact of cane toads on native fauna: a mechanistic approach.
Authors:
Ben L. Phillips, Matthew Greenlees, Greg Brown, Richard Shine: School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW.
James Smith, Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management, Charles Darwin University, Darwin.
Contact details:
Email:
bphi4487@mail.usyd.edu.au
Postal Address:
PO Box 441 Humpty Doo, NT 0836
Phone:
(08) 8988 1871
Fax: (08) 8988 8008

Questions & discussion - all

Control of cane toads – Recent Developments.

Dr Tony Robinson : CSIRO (Confirmed)
Topic: Biocontrol approaches to cane toad control .
Contact details:
Email:
Tony.Robinson@csiro.au
Postal Address: Agriculture Landscapes Program, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, GPO Box 284, Canberra, ACT 2601
Phone:
61 (02) 6242 1676
Fax: 61 (02) 6242 1556

Graeme Sawyer: NT Frogwatch (Confirmed)
Topic:
traps and attractants
Contact details:
Email:
gsawyer@pobox.com
Address:
Phone:
0411881378

Paul Sharp :CTEC (Cane Toad Exclusion Consultancy)(Confirmed)
Topic: Regional exclusion barriers against cane toads
– concepts, terrain challenges, and new barrier designs.
Route options in the East Kimberley .
Contact details:
Email:
drmoonmagic@hotkey.net.au
Address:
Postal Address:
P.O. Box 1248 , Nightcliff , NT 0810.
Phone:
0408 678 367
Fax:
08 8985 4266

Monitoring effects of cane toads -
what, where, when, how.

Dr Sunil Samaraweera
Sustainable Development Specialist
Argyle Diamonds Pty Ltd

Graham Thompsom : ECU (Confirmed)
Topic: Assessing the impact of Cane Toads on the terrestrial fauna of the East Kimberley
Authors: Graham G Thompson, Centre for Ecosystem Management, Edith Cowan University and Philip C Withers, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia.
Contact details:
Email: g.thompson@ecu.edu.au
Address:
Centre for Ecosystem Management, Edith Cowan University, 100 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6010
Phone:
08 6304 5427

Andrew Storey : The University of Western Australia (Confirmed)
Topic:
Approaches for monitoring effects of cane toads on aquatic fauna - fishes and invertebrates
Author: Andrew Storey
Contact details:
Email:
awstorey@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Address:
School of Animal Biology (M092),
The University of Western Australia,
35 Stirling Hwy,
Crawley, WA 6009,
Phone: (08) 6488 1482,
Fax: (08) 6488 1029,

David Pearson: Science Division, Dept of Conservation and Land Management (Confirmed)
Topic:
monitoring impacts on frog populations of the East Kimberley
Authors:
Contact details:
Email: davidp@calm.wa.gov.au
Address:
Postal Address:
Science Division, Dept of Conservation and Land Management,
PO Box 51 Wanneroo WA 6946
Phone:
(08) 9405 5112

Where to from here

Keith Saalfeld: Dept Infrastructure Planning and
Environment. (Confirmed)
Topic: Management of the cane toad and its impacts in the
Northern Territory.
Contact details
Email:
keith.saalfeld@nt.gov.au
Postal Address:
Wildlife Management Officer,
Biodiversity Conservation, Department of Infrastructure
Planning and Environment, GPO Box 30, Palmerston NT 0831
Phone:
89994463
Fax: 89994793

Gordon Graham: W.A. Dept Conservation & Land Management (Confirmed)
Topic: Proposed monitoring strategies & programs
Authors:
Contact details:
Email:
gordong@calm.wa.gov.au
Address:
Postal Address:
Phone:
Fax:

Questions & discussion - all

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