Email	reece.pedler@deakin.edu.au
Phone	0400 038 452
Campus	Geelong Waurn Ponds
Supervisor	Andy Bennett
	Raoul Ribot
	Mike Weston
	Bill Buttemer
	David Paton (Uni of Adelaide)

Thesis title
Movement and breeding ecology of Banded Stilt in arid Australia

Research interests
1. Conservation biology
2. Behavioural ecology
3. Arid ecosystems

Career
2011 – Current: PhD, Deakin University, Australia
2007 – Current: Threatened Fauna Project Officer, Natural Resources – SA Arid Lands (SA Dept for Environment, Water and Natural Resources)
2006 – 2007: Graduate Ecologist, BHP Billiton, Olympic Dam
2005: Honours, University of Adelaide, Australia

Key publications
Pedler, R. D., Bennett, A. T. D., & Ribot, R. F. H. (2014). Extreme nomadism in desert waterbirds: flights of the banded stilt. Biology Letters, 10(10). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0547

Pedler, R. D., Brandle, R., Fenner, A., & Lennon, S. (2014). Limbless geckoes hanging on? Lessons in exploiting arid zone unpredictability from an elusive habitat specialist pygopod. Wildlife Research, 41, 266-274. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR13217

Pedler, R. D., & Kovac, K.-J. (2013). Waterbirds on the Arcoona Lakes in arid South Australia, 2007–2010. Australian Field Ornithology, 30, 79-96.

Black, A., Carpenter, G., Pedler, R. D., Pedler, L., & Langdon, P. (2011). Habitats of the Grey Grasswren Amytornis barbatus diamantina and a review of the species’ distribution. Corella, 36(2), 29-37.

Pedler, R. D. (2011). Recent records of the Woma Python (Aspedites ramsayi) in South Australia, with an evaluation of distribution, habitat and status. Herpetofauna, 41(1-2), 31-50.

Pedler, R. D. (2010a). The impacts of abandoned mining shafts: Fauna entrapment in opal prospecting shafts at Coober Pedy, South Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration, 11(1), 36-42.

Pedler, R. D. (2010b). Southerly observations of the Flock Bronzewing, Phaps histrionica, in South Australia between 2008 and 2010. South Australian Ornithologist, 36(1-2), 25-32.

Pedler, R. D., & Neilly, H. (2010c). A re-evaluation of the distribution and status of the Lake Eyre Dragon (Ctenophorus maculosus): an endemic South Australian salt lake specialist. The South Australian Naturalist, 84(1), 15-29.

More information about Reece’s work

• New York Times (20/10/14) – Australian Birds That Mysteriously Chase Rain
• Sydney Morning Herald (15/10/2014) – Australian banded stilt’s nomadic path tracked for first time
• ABC Science Online (15/10/14) – Speedy birds track down remote desert rain
• Science/AAAS (14/10/14) – Desert birds fly more than 2000 kilometers to find ephemeral lakes
• Smithsonian (14/10/14) – These Extreme Desert Nomads Set Records for Migrating Birds