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Jessop, Rosalind (Roz)

Occupation
Conservation biologist and Ornithologist

Summary

Roz Jessop is an ornithologist who has made significant contributions to the study of Australian shore birds and immigrant species. Her interests have focused on birds of the East Asia-Australia flyway, pelicans in Western Port Bay, and passerines on Philip Island. An active member and office-bearer of the Australasian Wader Studies and Victorian Wader Study Groups for many years, she helped establish the large, volunteer network essential to the work of the Groups; edited their journals; trained many people in the technique of cannon-netting; and worked on the preparation of submissions of animal ethics, fauna and landholder permits to necessary for the Groups' activities. For over 30 years Jessop was Manager of the Philip Island Nature Parks in Victoria. Her work has been recognised with the award of the inaugural Clive Minton Medallion by the Victorian Wader Study Group and the J. N. Hobbs Medal by Birdlife Australia.

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Chronology

1979
Education - BSc, James Cook University
1980
Education - MSc, Deakin University
September 1984 - October 2019
Career position - Manager, Philip Island Nature Parks, Victoria
1985
Education - PhD, Deakin University
1993 -
Career position - Member of Committee, Victorian Wader Study Group
1994 - 2017
Career position - Editor, VWSG bulletin, Victorian Wader Study Group
2001 - 2006
Career position - Chair, Australasian Wader Studies Group
2004 -
Career position - Deputy Chair, Victorian Wader Study Group
2019
Award - Inaugural Clive Minton Medallion, Victorian Wader Study Group
2019
Life event - Retired
2023
Award - J. N. Hobbs Medal, Birdlife Australia

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Published resources

Books

  • Christie, Maureen, Jessop, Rosalind and Gibbs, Heather, Report to the Wildlife Conservation Fund Research Grants Program: site faithfulness of Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres in south east of South Australia ([Adelaide]: Friends of Shorebirds SE, 2009), 24 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Anon, 'Clive Minton Medallion citation: Dr Rosalind Jessop: inaugural recipient 2019', VWSG bulletin, 43 (2020), 55. Details
  • Hanks, Petra and Jessop, Roz, 'Clive Minton Medallion citation 2021: Maureen Christie', VWGS bulletin, 45 (2022), 87-8. Details
  • Jessop, Rosalind, Graham, Doris, Collins, Peter and Davidson, Rosemary, 'John Hobbs Medal 2000: citation - Clive Dudley Minton MA PhD', Emu, 100 (2000), 247. Details
  • Klassen, Marcel; Standen, Roger; and Lane, Brett, 'J.N. Hobbs Medal 2023: citation - Dr Rosalind Jessop', Australasian field ornithology, 40 (2023), 165. http://dx.doi.org/10.20938/afo40165165. Details
  • Lilleyman, Amanda [and others], 'Variation in space use between sites, years and individuals for an endangered shorebird has implications for coastal planning', Conservation science and practice, 6 (12) (2024), 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13261. Details
  • McQueen, A. [and others], 'Shorebirds are shrinking and shapeshifting: declining body size and lengthening bills in the past half century', Ecology letters, 27 (1) (2024), https://doi.org/10.1111.ele.14513. Details
  • Minton, C. [and others], 'Geolocator studies of Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres and Greater sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii in the East Asian-Australian flyway reveal widely different migration strategies', Wader Study Group bulletin 118:87-96, 118 (2011), 87-96. Details
  • Minton, C., Jessop, R., Hassell, C., Dawkins, M., Wright, P. and Leung, K., 'North-west Australia wader & tern expedition 2015 report', Stilt, 67 (2015), 36-42. Details
  • Minton, C., Jessop, Rosalind, Hassell, Chris J. and Christie, Maureen, 'North-West Australia wader & tern expedition report 23rd February to 16th March 2013', Stilt, 63/4 (2013), 50-5. Details
  • Minton, Clive, Jessop, Rosalind, Hassell, Chris and Christie, Maureen, 'North-West wader and tern expedition 2007 (10th November to 1st December 2007)', Stilt, 53 (2008), 31-6. Details

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