Kathryn Bugler

I am currently doing a PhD at the University of Adelaide looking at red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) movement and behaviour ecology on the arid-rangelands of South Australia. We plan to put 40-60 GPS collars on wild kangaroo on a Bush Heritage Australia reserve to answer questions related to wildlife management. Results will imporve our knowledge of red kangaroo movement in the aird environment, leading to better outcomes for conservation reserve management, pastoral management and welfare concerns.

Previously I studied kea (Nestor notabilis) on the west coast of New Zealand. As part of a pilot project studying behaviour of wild kea, trying to train an adversion to cereal 1080 baits as well as gathering data for citizen science projects, health checks (mainly for blood lead levels) and human-wildlife conflicts.

My masters was focused on behaviour of captive red panda (Ailurus fulgens) around camera traps in New Zealand and Australian zoos. This related directly to a wild study done on trail cameras which lead to also working with the Red Panda Network in Nepal to publish some of their data and visit a reforestation project in eastern Nepal.

I am most interested in human-wildlife conflicts and wildlife management