Awards and Prizes

Best Student Paper Award

To recognise and celebrate the important student contribution to zoological research in Australia and worldwide, Australian Journal of Zoology is pleased to present the Best Student Paper Award. This award is presented annually for the best publication arising from student work in the most recent volume of the journal.

The prize – comprising a certificate, a one-year online subscription to the journal, and a $250 book voucher from CSIRO Publishing – is awarded to the student responsible for the research described in the publication.

To be eligible for the Award, the publication must comprise original research that represents student work – i.e. research as part of a degree programme, such as honours, MSc or PhD – and must have been published within 2 years of the student completing the degree. The student should have made the primary contribution to the paper.

Nominations are invited after the last issue of each volume has been published, and are judged by a panel comprising the journal’s Editor-in-Chief and at least two other Editors. The panel assess the nominated publications on their international impact in zoological research using Australasian animals, on the basis of reviewers’ reports, and on the nominator’s justification for why the publication is worthy of the Award.

Winners

2022: Tyler Lepan
Characterisation of volatile organic compounds in dingo scat and a comparison with those of the domestic dog
Tyler J. Lepan, Thy T. Truong, Sonu Yadav and J. William O. Ballard
pp. 142-152
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2021: Shannon Kleemann
Non-invasive monitoring and reintroduction biology of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) in the Grampians National Park, Australia
S. Kleemann, D. Sandow, M. Stevens, D. J. Schultz, D. A. Taggart and A. Croxford
pp. 41-54
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2020: Christoph Höpel
Genetic structure and new occurrence records of the iconic Tasmanian Mountain Shrimp Anaspides tasmaniae (Thomson 1893) (Anaspidesidae, Anaspidacea) reveal relictual distribution in southern Tasmania
Christoph G. Höpel ,C, Shane T. Ahyong and Stefan Richter
pp. 45-53
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2019: Melissa Walker
The influence of meal size on the digestive energetics of Gould’s wattled bat, Chalinolobus gouldii
Melissa J. Walker, Stephen R. Griffiths, Christopher S. Jones and Kylie A. Robert
pp. 331-338
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2018: Lorenzo V. Bertola
Resolving distribution and population fragmentation in two leaf-tailed gecko species of north-east Australia: key steps in the conservation of microendemic species
Lorenzo V. Bertola, Megan Higgie and Conrad J. Hoskin
pp. 152-166
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2017: Amy L. Slender
Plant community predicts the distribution and occurrence of thick-billed grasswren subspecies (Amytornis modestus) in a region of parapatry
Amy L. Slender, Marina Louter, Michael G. Gardner and Sonia Kleindorfer
pp. 273-282
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2015: Michael W. Klunzinger
Range decline and conservation status of Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934 (Bivalvia : Hyriidae) from south-western Australia
Michael W. Klunzinger, Stephen J. Beatty, David L. Morgan, Adrian M. Pinder and Alan J. Lymbery
pp. 127-135
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2014: Natasha J. Wilson
Predation of two common native frog species (Litoria ewingi and Crinia signifera) by freshwater invertebrates
Natasha J. Wilson, Jamie E. Seymour and Craig R. Williams
pp. 483-490
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2013: Matthew L. Brien
Intra- and interspecific agonistic behaviour in hatchling Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) and saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus)
Matthew L. Brien, Grahame J. Webb, Jeffrey W. Lang and Keith A. Christian
pp. 196-205
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2012: Michael G. Sale
Inflated population density of island antechinus: a case of allochthonous marine inputs leading to increased food availability?
M. G. Sale and J. P. Y. Arnould
pp. 343-351
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2011: Rohan J. Bilney
Reversed sexual dimorphism and altered prey base: the effect on sooty owl (Tyto tenebricosa tenebricosa)
Rohan J. Bilney, John G. White and Raylene Cooke
pp. 302-311
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