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Dr Helen Waudby is a wildlife ecologist specialising in the study of small terrestrial vertebrates, including desert vertebrates. She is particularly interested in understanding the effect of environmental factors (e.g., herbivory and rainfall) and management interventions on the diversity and abundance of vertebrates in rangelands.

Dr Waudby is a Threatened Species Officer with the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH). Her work with OEH focuses on the planning and implementation of conservation projects for threatened species such as southern bell frog (Litoria raniformis), Sloane's froglet (Crinia sloanei), squirrel gliders (Petaurus norfolcensis), and a suite of threatened mallee fauna, including southern Ningaui (Ningaui yvonneae).

For her PhD, Dr Waudby worked in the stony plains region of the southern Lake Eyre Basin, South Australia. She investigated the role of cracking-clay systems in supporting local biodiversity, and the effect of cattle grazing on native plants and animals. Most recently Dr Waudby has been working with researchers from the University of New South Wales to examine the influence of total grazing pressure on vegetation and soils in conservation reserves.

Research Interests

  • Factors influencing the abundance and distribution of desert biota
  • Ecology and conservation of small mammals
  • Integrated rangeland management
  • Improved methods for trapping, handling, and monitoring small vertebrates

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

Education/Academic qualification

Environmental Science, Doctor of Philosophy, Effects of cattle grazing on the biodiversity of cracking-clay gibber-gilgai systems in the arid South Australian rangelands, University of South Australia

Award Date: 29 Aug 2015

Environmental Science, Honours, Hosts, Density, and Human Perception of the Exoctic Ornate Kangaroo Tick, Amblyomma Triguttatum Triguttatum Koch, at Innes National Park, and Its Distribution on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, University of South Australia

External positions

Threatened Species Officer, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage

Oct 2016 → …

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  • Spatial prioritisation of survey and management efforts for a threatened pygopodid in south-western New South Wales

    Waudby, H., Turak, E., Callister, K., Florentine, S., Westbrooke, M., Palmer, G. & Dayman, R., 31 Oct 2023, In: Australian Journal of Zoology. 71, 1, 12 p., ZO23016.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • Amphibians

    Hunter, D., Young, S., McFadden, M., Kelleher, S. & Waudby, H. P., 01 Jul 2022, Wildlife research in Australia : Practical and applied methods. Smith, B. P., Waudby, H. P., Alberthsen, C. & Hampton, J. O. (eds.). Clayton, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, p. 497-505 8 p.

    Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paperChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  • Detecting and monitoring wildlife remotely

    Lumsden, L. F., Waudby, H. P., Meek, P. D., Crisp, H. A., Cripps, J. K., Cristescu, R., Jamieson, L. T., Nelson, J. L., Teixeira, D., Hodgens, N., Rutter, N., Morrant, D. S., Bower, D. S., Dickman, C. R. & Soennichsen, K., 01 Jul 2022, Wildlife research in Australia: Practical and applied methods. Smith, B. P., Waudby, H. P., Alberthsen, C. & Hampton, J. O. (eds.). Clayton, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, p. 75-95 21 p.

    Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paperChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  • Emerging and evolving dilemmas in wildlife research

    Waudby, H. P., Alberthsen, C., Lunney, D., Smith, B. P., Wilkinson, L. L., Hampton, J. O., Morrant, D. S. & Roger, E., 01 Jul 2022, Wildlife Research in Australia: Practical and Applied Methods. Smith, B. P., Waudby, H. P., Alberthsen, C. & Hampton, J. O. (eds.). Clayton Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, p. 29-38 10 p.

    Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paperChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  • Marsupial carnivores

    Pavey, C. R., Molyneux, J., Körtner, G., Friend, J. A., Vaughan-Higgins, R., Fancourt, B. A., Heiniger, J. & Waudby, H. P., 01 Jul 2022, Wildlife research in Australia : Practical and applied methods. Smith, B. P., Waudby, H. P., Alberthsen, C. & Hampton, J. O. (eds.). Clayton Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, p. 389-398 12 p.

    Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paperChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review