Lily Bentley
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Dr
Lily Bentley
Email: : l.bentley@uq.edu.au
Positions
Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science : Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science : Faculty of Science
Research Fellow : School of the Environment : Faculty of Science
Overview
Background
Lily is a movement ecologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow. She is interested in how and where highly mobile predators travel, what their journeys can teach us about their evolutionary histories, and how to translate research findings into effective conservation policies. At UQ, in affiliation with the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, she is currently working on using animal tracking data and network models to understand migratory connectivity in the oceans. She received her BSc (Hons) from the University of Queensland, studying the thermal physiology and behaviour of wild saltwater crocodiles. In her PhD, at the University of Cambridge, she investigated the foraging ecology of albatrosses and petrels across the Southern Ocean.
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Availability
Dr Lily Bentley is: : Available for supervision : Media expert
Fields of research
Animal behaviour Behavioural ecology Biological Sciences Conservation and biodiversity Ecology Environmental Sciences Environmental management Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) Vertebrate biology Zoology
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Research interests
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Marine migratory connectivity
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Works
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All (18) Journal Article (12) Other Outputs (6)
2026
Journal Article
Mesoscale ocean dynamics structure fisheries interaction risk for an endangered seabird
Wong, Ho Fung, Schoeman, David, Miller, Peter I., Bentley, Lily, Halpin, Luke, Fischer, Johannes H., Debski, Igor, Bose, Samhita, Elliott, Graeme, Walker, Kath and Scales, Kylie L. (2026). Mesoscale ocean dynamics structure fisheries interaction risk for an endangered seabird. Biological Conservation, 313 111574, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111574
Mesoscale ocean dynamics structure fisheries interaction risk for an endangered seabird
2025
Journal Article
What is an ecologically or biologically significant area?
Dunn, D. C., Cleary, J., DeLand, S., Bax, N., Bentley, L. K., Curtice, C., Donnelly, B., Dunstan, P. K., Froján, C. Barrio, Gjerde, K. M., Gunn, V., Johnson, D. E., Klein, E., Kot, C. Y., Nisthar, D., Crespo, G. Ortuño and Halpin, P. N. (2025). What is an ecologically or biologically significant area?. NPJ Ocean Sustainability, 4 (1) 28, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s44183-025-00126-5
What is an ecologically or biologically significant area?
2025
Journal Article
Assessing the presence, pattern, and environmental correlates of seasonal skin thickening in anurans
VanBuren, Collin S., Bentley, Lily K., Norman, David B. and Froebisch, Nadia B. (2025). Assessing the presence, pattern, and environmental correlates of seasonal skin thickening in anurans. Integrative Zoology. doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.13035
Assessing the presence, pattern, and environmental correlates of seasonal skin thickening in anurans
2025
Other Outputs
Blue Corridors for Turtles
Madden, C. A., Maurer, A. S., Bourgogne, H., Jensen, M. P., Bentley, L. K., O'Criodain, C., DiMatteo, A., Hurley, B., Posnik, Z., Baudel, S., Palin, O., Mast, R., Bandimere, A.N., Houtman, N., Pezin, J., Videira, E., van den Berg, S.H.R, Eliosa, E., Wijntuin, S., de Groene, A., Jolis, G, Restrepo, J., Heng, W. K. and Dunn, D. C. (2025). Blue Corridors for Turtles. Indonesia: WWF Coral Triangle Programme.
2025
Other Outputs
Hidden connections of more than 100 migratory marine species revealed in interactive map
Bentley, Lily, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn and Dunn, Daniel (2025, 05 09). Hidden connections of more than 100 migratory marine species revealed in interactive map The Conversation
Hidden connections of more than 100 migratory marine species revealed in interactive map
2025
Journal Article
Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean
Bentley, Lily K., Nisthar, Dina, Fujioka, Ei, Curtice, Corrie, DeLand, Sarah E., Donnelly, Ben, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Heywood, Ellie I., Kot, Connie Y., Ortuño Crespo, Guillermo, Poulin, Sarah, Halpin, Patrick N. and Dunn, Daniel C. (2025). Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 4089, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59271-7
Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean
2025
Journal Article
Current approaches and future opportunities for climate-smart protected areas
Buenafe, Kristine Camille V., Dunn, Daniel C., Metaxas, Anna, Schoeman, David S., Everett, Jason D., Pidd, Alice, Hanson, Jeffrey O., Bentley, Lily K., Kim, Sun Wook, Neubert, Sandra, Scales, Kylie L., Dabalà, Alvise, Brito-Morales, Isaac and Richardson, Anthony J. (2025). Current approaches and future opportunities for climate-smart protected areas. Nature Reviews Biodiversity, 1 (5), 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s44358-025-00041-0
Current approaches and future opportunities for climate-smart protected areas
2025
Other Outputs
Migratory connectivity in the ocean literature review datasheets
Dunn, Daniel and Bentley, Lily (2025). Migratory connectivity in the ocean literature review datasheets. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/aa77f3c
Migratory connectivity in the ocean literature review datasheets
2025
Journal Article
Telecoupling cannot be ignored for the forest-based carbon market
Williams, Brooke A., Metzger, Jean-Paul, Cho, Frankie, Phelan, Anya, López-Cubillos, Sofía, Bentley, Lily K., Fu, Bojie, Zhang, Yangjian, Liu, Yanxu, Johnson, Justin and Rhodes, Jonathan R. (2025). Telecoupling cannot be ignored for the forest-based carbon market. BioScience, 75 (1), 61-67. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biae102
Telecoupling cannot be ignored for the forest-based carbon market
2024
Journal Article
Cooling down is as important as warming up for a large-bodied tropical reptile
Barham, Kaitlin E., Dwyer, Ross G., Frere, Celine H., Bentley, Lily K., Baker, Cameron J., Campbell, Hamish A., Irwin, Terri R. and Franklin, Craig E. (2024). Cooling down is as important as warming up for a large-bodied tropical reptile. Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences, 291 (2034) 20241804, 1-12. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1804
Cooling down is as important as warming up for a large-bodied tropical reptile
2024
Journal Article
Spatial and life history variation in a trait-based species vulnerability and impact model
Fleury, Aharon G., O’Hara, Casey C., Butt, Nathalie, Restrepo, Jaime, Halpern, Benjamin S., Klein, Carissa J., Kuempel, Caitlin D., Gaynor, Kaitlyn M., Bentley, Lily K., Richardson, Anthony J. and Dunn, Daniel C. (2024). Spatial and life history variation in a trait-based species vulnerability and impact model. PLoS One, 19 (6) e0305950, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305950
Spatial and life history variation in a trait-based species vulnerability and impact model
2024
Journal Article
Habitat preferences of Phoebetria albatrosses in sympatry and allopatry
Bentley, Lily K., Phillips, Richard A., Carpenter‐Kling, Tegan, Crawford, Robert J. M., Cuthbert, Richard J., Delord, Karine, Dilley, Ben J., Makhado, Azwianewi B., Miller, Peter I., Oppel, Steffen, Pistorius, Pierre A., Ryan, Peter G., Schoombie, Stefan, Weimerskirch, Henri and Manica, Andrea (2024). Habitat preferences of Phoebetria albatrosses in sympatry and allopatry. Journal of Biogeography, 51 (10), 1-13. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14966
Habitat preferences of Phoebetria albatrosses in sympatry and allopatry
2024
Other Outputs
Moving on migration
Bentley, Lily (2024, 05 07). Moving on migration Australian Geographic 32-32.
2024
Other Outputs
The world’s spectacular animal migrations are dwindling. Fishing, fences and development are fast-tracking extinctions
Fuller, Richard, Dunn, Daniel and Bentley, Lily (2024, 02 13). The world’s spectacular animal migrations are dwindling. Fishing, fences and development are fast-tracking extinctions The Conversation
2023
Other Outputs
Data associated with "Cooling down is as important as warming up for a large-bodied tropical reptile"
Barham, Kaitlin E, Dwyer, Ross G, Frere, Celine H, Bentley, Lily K, Baker, Cameron J, Campbell, Hamish A, Irwin, Terri R and Franklin, Craig E (2023). Data associated with "Cooling down is as important as warming up for a large-bodied tropical reptile". The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/b15b7b4
2022
Journal Article
Divergent foraging habitat preferences between summer-breeding and winter-breeding Procellaria petrels
Bentley, Lily K., Manica, Andrea, Dilley, Ben J., Ryan, Peter G. and Phillips, Richard A. (2022). Divergent foraging habitat preferences between summer-breeding and winter-breeding Procellaria petrels. Ibis, 165 (2), 618-628. doi: 10.1111/ibi.13152
2021
Journal Article
Diving behaviour of albatrosses: implications for foraging ecology and bycatch susceptibility
Bentley, L. K., Kato, A., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Manica, A. and Phillips, R. A. (2021). Diving behaviour of albatrosses: implications for foraging ecology and bycatch susceptibility. Marine Biology, 168 (3) 36. doi: 10.1007/s00227-021-03841-y
Diving behaviour of albatrosses: implications for foraging ecology and bycatch susceptibility
2020
Journal Article
Climate shaped how Neolithic farmers and European hunter-gatherers interacted after a major slowdown from 6,100 bce to 4,500 bce
Betti, Lia, Beyer, Robert M., Jones, Eppie R., Eriksson, Anders, Tassi, Francesca, Siska, Veronika, Leonardi, Michela, Maisano Delser, Pierpaolo, Bentley, Lily K., Nigst, Philip R., Stock, Jay T., Pinhasi, Ron and Manica, Andrea (2020). Climate shaped how Neolithic farmers and European hunter-gatherers interacted after a major slowdown from 6,100 bce to 4,500 bce. Nature Human Behaviour, 4 (10), 1004-1010. doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-0897-7
Funding
Current funding
- 2026
Tracking sympatric seabirds to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Southern Great Barrier Reef
UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
Open grant - 2025 - 2026
Tracking sympatric seabirds to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Southern Great Barrier Reef
Paddy Pallin Science Grants
Past funding
- 2023 - 2024
Beyond Known Hotspots in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
MigraMar
Supervision
Availability
Dr Lily Bentley is: : Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Understanding marine migratory connectivity for more sustainable oceans
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hugh Possingham, Associate Professor Daniel Dunn - Doctor Philosophy
##### Post Nesting Migration Evaluation and Foraging Areas Identification Based on Stable Isotopes Analysis of Green Turtle (Chelonia Mydas) Nesting at Tortuguero Rookery
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Anthony Richardson, Associate Professor Daniel Dunn
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- albatross
- antarctica
- conservation
- migration
- petrel
- seabird
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