School of Environmental Sciences
Anna Burns
BSc(Hons) Melb
Campus Thurgoona Campus
Office Room 107 , School of Environmental Sciences
Phone (02) 6051 9924
EMAIL ANNA BURNS 
Personal homepage: http://csusap.csu.edu.au/~anburns/
Student Member of ILWS
The aim of my research is to determine the diversity, spatial turnover and re–colonisation patterns of the insects and spiders associated with mistletoe in remnant eucalypt woodlands. Mistletoe has been identified as a keystone resource in woodlands and forests worldwide. As the first community–level study of the insects and spiders (i.e. arthropods) that inhabit mistletoe in Australia, this research will help determine whether there are mistletoe–specific assemblages of arthropods, and quantify the contribution of these assemblages to the biodiversity of remnant woodlands. It will also complement other studies investigating the role of mistletoe as a keystone resource for native animals inhabiting Australian woodlands.
Thesis topic
Diversity and dynamics of the arthropod assemblages of mistletoe in remnant woodlands
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