Overview
Background
Lily is a movement ecologist and 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. She is also a Deputy Director of the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science. 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. She is currently working on using animal tracking data and network models to understand migratory connectivity in the oceans, and is the UQ lead of a multi-institution partnership tracking tropical seabirds in the Great Barrier Reef.
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
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Seabirds of the Great Barrier Reef
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Conservation planning for migratory species
Works
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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
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Lily Bentley is:
- Available for supervision
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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
Demographically Informed Conservation Prioritisation for Seabirds of the Great Barrier Reef
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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