Congratulations Professor Anya Reading!
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
The spatial distribution of Wedge-tailed Shearwater burrow entrances on Rottnest Island, Western Australia, was investigated using the
single- and two-sector nearest neighbour methods ofpoint pattern analysis. Both analyses yielded similar results. Mean burrow density was
0.32 ±0.02 SE burrows m-2, burrow entrances were not distributed at random and entrances tended towards an even distribution. Evenness
ofdistribution was positively correlated with burrow density. Social and structural factors are likely to be important in determining burrow
entrance distribution by Wedge-tailed Shearwaters and there appears to be a density-dependent trade-off between social benefit (aggregated
burrow entrances at low densities) and colony stability (evenly distributed burrow entrances at high densities).
Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
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The Royal Society of Tasmania acknowledges, with deep respect, the traditional owners of this land, and the ongoing custodianship of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. The Society pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples have survived severe and unjust impacts resulting from invasion and dispossession of their Country. As an institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, the Royal Society of Tasmania recognises Aboriginal cultural knowledge and practices and seeks to respect and honour these traditions and the deep understanding they represent.
On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
