Based in the Centre for Ecosystem Science and collaborating closely with Bush Heritage Australia, I am leading and coordinating research into the design, implementation and analysis of ecosystem monitoring using drones. This research project will compare and evaluate different approaches to vegetation assessment, considering accuracy, time, cost, expertise, data management, and long-term monitoring potential.
Previous to this role, I worked at the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (and the previous Department of Planning and Environment) as a Spatial Scientist supporting the regional delivery of the Koala Strategy. I also worked with koalas at NGO Science for Wildlife, leading post-bushfire koala surveys and research.
I was previously based at the Centre for Ecosystem Science during my PhD, where I examined how hippopotamus were affected by changing water and vegetation resources in northern Botswana.
Becker FK; Boyes RS; Wittmer HU; Inman V; Marsland S, 2024, 'Landscape-wide pulse events predict trait-based responses among wetland birds in perennial channels of a dryland wetland.', Ecol Appl, 34, pp. e2931, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.2931
Journal articles | 2023
Leigh KA; Hofweber LN; Sloggett BK; Inman VL; Pettit LJ; Sriram A; Haering R, 2023, 'Outcomes for an arboreal folivore after rehabilitation and implications for management.', Sci Rep, 13, pp. 6542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33535-y
Journal articles | 2022
Inman VL; Bino G; Kingsford RT; Chase MJ; Leggett KEA, 2022, 'Temporal and spatial patterns of common hippopotamus populations in the Okavango Delta, Botswana', Freshwater Biology, 67, pp. 630 - 642, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13868
Journal articles | 2022
Inman VL; Leggett KEA, 2022, 'Hidden Hippos: Using Photogrammetry and Multiple Imputation to Determine the Age, Sex, and Body Condition of an Animal Often Partially Submerged', Drones, 6, pp. 409 - 409, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/drones6120409
Journal articles | 2021
Francis R; Bino G; Inman V; Brandis K; Kingsford RT, 2021, 'The Okavango Delta's waterbirds – Trends and threatening processes', Global Ecology and Conservation, 30, pp. e01763, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01763
Journal articles | 2020
Inman VL; Leggett KEA, 2020, 'Observations on the response of a pod of hippos to a dead juvenile hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius, Linnaeus 1758)', African Journal of Ecology, 58, pp. 123 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aje.12644
Journal articles | 2020
Inman VL; Lyons MB, 2020, 'Automated inundation mapping over large areas using landsat data and google earth engine', Remote Sensing, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/RS12081348
Journal articles | 2019
Inman VL; Kingsford RT; Chase MJ; Leggett KEA, 2019, 'Drone-based effective counting and ageing of hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the Okavango Delta in Botswana', Plos One, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219652
Preprints | 2023
Leigh KA; Hofweber LN; Sloggett BK; Inman V; Pettit L; Sri A; Haering RJ, 2023, Assessing outcomes for an arboreal folivore after rehabilitation; implications for management., http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2405157/v1
Inman V; Kingsford R; Chase M; Leggett K, 2019, Drone-based effective counting and ageing of hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/689059
