Isabelle Onley

Dr Isabelle Onley

ARC Grant-Funded Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Biological Sciences

College of Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

My research interests include combining a variety of disciplines to solve real-world conservation problems that can be translated into policy development, adaptive management strategies and stakeholder engagement. My areas of expertise include reintroduction biology, conservation genetics, ecology, and invasion biology, with a key focus on innovative approaches to conservation in a changing climate.

Date Position Institution name
2023 - ongoing Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Adelaide
2022 - 2023 Policy Advisor Aestra
2020 - 2021 Information Officer South Australian Museum

Date Institution name Country Title
2019 - 2022 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
Deakin University Australia Bachelor of Environmental Science (Wildlife and Conservation Biology) Hons

Year Citation
2025 Onley, I. R., Houghton, M. J., Liu, W. P. A., & Shaw, J. (2025). First record of the invasive springtail Hypogastrura viatica occurring synanthropically in East Antarctica. Biological Invasions, 27(1), 55-1-55-7.
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2025 Onley, I. R., Cassey, P., & McGeoch, M. A. (2025). Biodiversity data sharing platforms are vital for the management and prevention of biological invasions. Biodiversity and Conservation, 34(6), 2247-2257.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2024 Onley, I. R., Houghton, M. J., Leggett, K., Cassey, P., Carter, Z. T., & Shaw, J. (2024). Assessing ongoing risks and managing detections of non-native invertebrates in the Antarctic Region. NeoBiota, 95, 133-147.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2023 Onley, I. R., White, L. C., Moseby, K. E., Copley, P., & Cowen, S. (2023). Disproportionate admixture improves reintroduction outcomes despite the use of low-diversity source populations: population viability analysis for a translocation of the greater stick-nest rat. Animal Conservation, 26(2), 216-227.
DOI Scopus8 WoS7
2022 Onley, I., Moseby, K., Austin, J., & Sherratt, E. (2022). Morphological variation in skull shape and size across extinct and extant populations of the greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor): implications for translocation. Australian Mammalogy, 44(3), 352-363.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2022 Stenhouse, P., Onley, I. R., Mitchell, K. J., Moseby, K. E., & Austin, J. J. (2022). Spatial genetic structure and limited gene flow in fragmented populations of the threatened Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata). Ecological Genetics and Genomics, 24, 1-15.
DOI Scopus2
2021 Onley, I. R., Austin, J. J., & Mitchell, K. J. (2021). Sex assignment in a non-model organism in the absence of field records using Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) data. Conservation Genetics Resources, 13(3), 255-260.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2021 Onley, I., Moseby, K., & Austin, J. (2021). Genomic Approaches for Conservation Management in Australia under Climate Change. Life, 11(7), 653-1-653-17.
DOI Scopus14 WoS12 Europe PMC9
2021 Onley, I. R., Austin, J. J., Mitchell, K. J., & Moseby, K. E. (2021). Understanding dispersal patterns can inform future translocation strategies: A case study of the threatened greater stick‐nest rat (Leporillus conditor). Austral Ecology, 47(2), 203-215.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC1
2020 Onley, I. R., Gardner, J. L., & Symonds, M. R. E. (2020). Spatial and temporal variation in morphology in Australian whistlers and shrike-thrushes: is climate change causing larger appendages?. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(1), 101-113.
DOI WoS19

Year Citation
2022 Onley, I., Segaran, R., Abbasnejad, E., Prowse, T., Liu, L., Jackson, M., . . . Brookes, J. (2022). Innovation Sweep: Technological Insights for the Murray–Darling Basin Authority.

Year Citation
- Onley, I. (n.d.). Leporillus conditor Linear Measurements.xlsx.
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- Nature Foundation South Australia Grand Start Grant 2019

- Biological Society of South Australia/Nature Conservation Society of South Australia Conservation Biology Grant 2019

- Field Naturalists Society of South Australia Lirabenda Endowment Fund Research Grant 2020

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