Category Archives: PhD related

Since November…

Its been a little while since my last post, and while I will eventually get to ‘the hierarchical bit of my hierarchical models’, I thought I would first explain my absence.  My last blog post was in November, since then … Continue reading

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‘Model’ refers to…

My blog is titled Freya’s Research, but to date, there has (rather sneakily) been a lack of posts related to what I actually do here in the QAEco lab.   Unfortunately, I don’t just look at orchids and take photos of … Continue reading

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Trait-based Reading Group

Trait-based approaches to ecology and conservation I chose the paper for our recent lab Reading Group and we discussed McGill et al.’s (2006) paper on community ecology and functional traits.  General principals in community ecology are notoriously hard to find.  … Continue reading

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Mallee, where is?

Following on from my last blog post, ‘Mallee, what is?‘, I thought I would briefly introduce some geographic context to my mallee musings with ‘Mallee, where is?‘… ‘Mallee’ is a vegetation that is typically mapped based on the biogeography of … Continue reading

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Mallee, what is?

mal.lee I am going to be working in the semi arid north western region of Victoria. This prompted a question: ‘Mallee, what is?’  Not such a simple question… Deciding what ‘Mallee’ is, takes you on a research path spanning centuries, … Continue reading

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