Dr Holly Kirk

Holly is an ecologist who is fascinated by how animals move around their environment, from foraging fairy-wrens to migrating monarch butterflies.

She is currently working in the ICON Science group investigating movement ecology in urban birds as part of an Endeavour post-doctoral fellowship.

Before joining RMIT University, Holly completed her PhD studying migration and behavioural ecology in UK seabirds. Here she developed a keen interest in using miniaturised technology to eves-drop on secretive animal species.

You can find out more about Holly’s research on her web page, or by following her on Twitter @HollyKirk.

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New ARC project to help plan for urban nature

26 May 2023

Dr Holly Kirk has been awarded an ARC Early Career Industry Fellowships for her project “Spatial planning to implement biodiversity sensitive urban design (BSUD) across scales and contexts”.  With growing recognition of the benefits urban nature has for human wellbeing, developers, planners and designers are urgently seeking ways to enhance biodiversity within urban areas.   With […]

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Seven ways to bring nature into new urban spaces

03 June 2021

With many local governments keen to include nature in new developments, RMIT ecologists working on Australia’s biggest urban renewal project share what they’ve learned about delivering true biodiversity.

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Want to help save wildlife after the fires? You can do it in your own backyard

24 February 2020

Here we provide various practical tips on things people can do in their own backyards and neighbourhoods to help some of the species hit hard by the fires.

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How should I vote if I care about preventing the extinction of nature?

17 May 2019

Some voters heading to the polls this weekend may be casting their ballot with biodiversity in mind, after a major UN report released last week highlighted the global extinction crisis facing more than a million species.

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