Overview
Background
Lily is a movement ecologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow. She is interested in how and where highly mobile predators travel, what their journeys can teach us about their evolutionary histories, and how to translate research findings into effective conservation policies. At UQ, in affiliation with the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, she is currently working on using animal tracking data and network models to understand migratory connectivity in the oceans. She received her BSc (Hons) from the University of Queensland, studying the thermal physiology and behaviour of wild saltwater crocodiles. In her PhD, at the University of Cambridge, she investigated the foraging ecology of albatrosses and petrels across the Southern Ocean.
Availability
- Dr Lily Bentley is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Research interests
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Marine migratory connectivity
Works
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2025
Other Outputs
Migratory connectivity in the ocean literature review datasheets
Dunn, Daniel and Bentley, Lily (2025). Migratory connectivity in the ocean literature review datasheets. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/aa77f3c
2024
Journal Article
Cooling down is as important as warming up for a large-bodied tropical reptile
Barham, Kaitlin E., Dwyer, Ross G., Frere, Celine H., Bentley, Lily K., Baker, Cameron J., Campbell, Hamish A., Irwin, Terri R. and Franklin, Craig E. (2024). Cooling down is as important as warming up for a large-bodied tropical reptile. Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences, 291 (2034) 20241804, 1-12. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1804
2024
Journal Article
Telecoupling cannot be ignored for the forest-based carbon market
Williams, Brooke A, Metzger, Jean-Paul, Cho, Frankie, Phelan, Anya, López-Cubillos, Sofía, Bentley, Lily K, Fu, Bojie, Zhang, Yangjian, Liu, Yanxu, Johnson, Justin and Rhodes, Jonathan R (2024). Telecoupling cannot be ignored for the forest-based carbon market. BioScience, 75 (1), 61-67. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biae102
2024
Journal Article
Spatial and life history variation in a trait-based species vulnerability and impact model
Fleury, Aharon G., O’Hara, Casey C., Butt, Nathalie, Restrepo, Jaime, Halpern, Benjamin S., Klein, Carissa J., Kuempel, Caitlin D., Gaynor, Kaitlyn M., Bentley, Lily K., Richardson, Anthony J. and Dunn, Daniel C. (2024). Spatial and life history variation in a trait-based species vulnerability and impact model. PLoS One, 19 (6) e0305950, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305950
2024
Journal Article
Habitat preferences of Phoebetria albatrosses in sympatry and allopatry
Bentley, Lily K., Phillips, Richard A., Carpenter‐Kling, Tegan, Crawford, Robert J. M., Cuthbert, Richard J., Delord, Karine, Dilley, Ben J., Makhado, Azwianewi B., Miller, Peter I., Oppel, Steffen, Pistorius, Pierre A., Ryan, Peter G., Schoombie, Stefan, Weimerskirch, Henri and Manica, Andrea (2024). Habitat preferences of Phoebetria albatrosses in sympatry and allopatry. Journal of Biogeography, 51 (10), 1-13. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14966
2024
Other Outputs
Moving on migration
Bentley, Lily (2024, 05 07). Moving on migration Australian Geographic 32-32.
2024
Other Outputs
The world’s spectacular animal migrations are dwindling. Fishing, fences and development are fast-tracking extinctions
Fuller, Richard, Dunn, Daniel and Bentley, Lily (2024, 02 13). The world’s spectacular animal migrations are dwindling. Fishing, fences and development are fast-tracking extinctions The Conversation
2023
Other Outputs
Data associated with "Cooling down is as important as warming up for a large-bodied tropical reptile"
Barham, Kaitlin E, Dwyer, Ross G, Frere, Celine H, Bentley, Lily K, Baker, Cameron J, Campbell, Hamish A, Irwin, Terri R and Franklin, Craig E (2023). Data associated with "Cooling down is as important as warming up for a large-bodied tropical reptile". The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/b15b7b4
2022
Journal Article
Divergent foraging habitat preferences between summer-breeding and winter-breeding Procellaria petrels
Bentley, Lily K., Manica, Andrea, Dilley, Ben J., Ryan, Peter G. and Phillips, Richard A. (2022). Divergent foraging habitat preferences between summer-breeding and winter-breeding Procellaria petrels. Ibis, 165 (2), 618-628. doi: 10.1111/ibi.13152
2021
Journal Article
Diving behaviour of albatrosses: implications for foraging ecology and bycatch susceptibility
Bentley, L. K., Kato, A., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Manica, A. and Phillips, R. A. (2021). Diving behaviour of albatrosses: implications for foraging ecology and bycatch susceptibility. Marine Biology, 168 (3) 36. doi: 10.1007/s00227-021-03841-y
2020
Journal Article
Climate shaped how Neolithic farmers and European hunter-gatherers interacted after a major slowdown from 6,100 bce to 4,500 bce
Betti, Lia, Beyer, Robert M., Jones, Eppie R., Eriksson, Anders, Tassi, Francesca, Siska, Veronika, Leonardi, Michela, Maisano Delser, Pierpaolo, Bentley, Lily K., Nigst, Philip R., Stock, Jay T., Pinhasi, Ron and Manica, Andrea (2020). Climate shaped how Neolithic farmers and European hunter-gatherers interacted after a major slowdown from 6,100 bce to 4,500 bce. Nature Human Behaviour, 4 (10), 1004-1010. doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-0897-7
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding marine migratory connectivity for more sustainable oceans
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hugh Possingham, Associate Professor Daniel Dunn
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Doctor Philosophy
Post Nesting Migration Evaluation and Foraging Areas Identification Based on Stable Isotopes Analysis of Green Turtle (Chelonia Mydas) Nesting at Tortuguero Rookery
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Anthony Richardson, Associate Professor Daniel Dunn
Media
Enquiries
Contact Dr Lily Bentley directly for media enquiries about:
- albatross
- antarctica
- conservation
- migration
- petrel
- seabird
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