Projects

Field studies, from the Alps to Cape York

Each project pairs replicated field experiments with camera traps to answer a specific question about scavengers and carrion.

Niraj holding a drone controller beside a field vehicle in Cape York woodland

01 · PhD research

Carcasses at the wild–domestic interface

How scavenger activity around carrion could bridge disease transmission between wild and domestic animals.

Status
Ongoing
Where
Cape York, Queensland
When
PhD
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Placeholder – valley landscape

02 · Field experiment

Heads or tails – selective feeding at carcasses

Which parts of a carcass dingoes, foxes and eagles choose, and how that changes with season and decay.

Status
Published
Where
Wolgan Valley, NSW
When
2026
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Placeholder – desert landscape

03 · Honours research

Australia's apex avian scavenger

How bioregion and season shape wedge-tailed eagle scavenging and social behaviour at carcasses.

Status
Completed
Where
Desert, forest and alpine bioregions
When
Honours, 2023
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