Dr Julia Hoy
Senior Research Manager - ex situ conservation
Hidden Vale Research Station
+ 61 7 5351 5030
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Work days: Monday - Thursday
| Featured projects | Duration |
|---|---|
| Microchip-automated technology in wildlife conservation | 2015–2030 |
| Australian mammals’ naivety towards predators: innovative solutions | 2016–2020 |
| Mata Hari Judas females | 2015–2024 |
| Competition and predation of brushtailed rock wallabies | 2017 |
| The impact of human landscapes on wildlife-pathogen dynamics | 2017–2021 |
| The in situ use of microchip-automated devices for wildlife | 2019–2020 |
| Development of the Mata Hari Judas canid | 2018–2020 |
| In situ animal classification on embedded devices for biodiversity surveys | 2019–2022 |
PhD and MPhil Supervision
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Find out more information on how to apply for a Research Higher Degree (MPhil or PhD) with the School. For all enquiries regarding research supervision, please contact ask@uq.edu.au.
Book Chapter
Hoy, Julia and Webber, Sarah (2024). Human–animal interactions, technology and release programmes in the modern zoo. Human-animal interactions in zoos: integrating science and practice. (pp. 57-78) edited by Eduardo J. Fernandez and Sally L. Sherwen. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: CABI. doi: 10.1079/9781800622715.0006
Journal Articles
Dennien, Abby L., Edwards, Megan C., Hoy, Julia M., Nicolson, Vere, Brady, Megan J. and Murray, Peter J. (2024). Trialling a new method to attract feral cats (Felis catus) in situ – the Mata Hari Judas queen. Wildlife Research, 51 (4) WR23128. doi: 10.1071/wr23128
Edwards, M. C., Hoy, J. M., FitzGibbon, S. I. and Murray, P. J. (2024). Whose scat is that? Determining recognition of predator scat by Australian mammals. Australian Mammalogy, 46 (2) AM23050, 1-5. doi: 10.1071/am23050
Edwards, M. C., Hoy, J. M., FitzGibbon, S. I. and Murray, P. J. (2024). The reaction of wild-caught northern brown bandicoots (Isoodon macrourus) to predators. Australian Mammalogy, 46 (1) AM23001. doi: 10.1071/am23001
Langhorne, Charlotte, Sullivan, Jennifer, Hoy, Julia, Kopp, Steven, Murray, Peter and McMichael, Lee (2021). Identification and prevalence of a gammaherpesvirus in free-ranging Northern Brown Bandicoots (Isoodon macrourus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 57 (4), 912-916. doi: 10.7589/jwd-d-20-00166
Watson, Shania J., Hoy, Julia M., Edwards, Megan C. and Murray, Peter J. (2021). In situ training of brushtail possums to use microchip‐automated doors. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 45 (3), 390-395. doi: 10.1002/wsb.1217
Langhorne, C., McMichael, L., Hoy, J., Kopp, S. and Murray, P. (2021). Haematology and serum biochemistry results for anaesthetised northern brown bandicoots (Isoodon macrourus) in south east Queensland. Australian Veterinary Journal, 99 (9) avj.13098, 408-411. doi: 10.1111/avj.13098
McMichael, Lee, Adam, Dalene, Tribe, Andrew, Bynon, Brian, Bradshaw, Lana, Langhorne, Charlotte, Hoy, Julia, Murray, Peter and Kopp, Steven (2021). Clinical pathology of captive endangered mahogany gliders (Petaurus gracilis) in response to environmental change. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 52 (1), 268-275. doi: 10.1638/2019-0163
Edwards, Megan C., Hoy, Julia M., FitzGibbon, Sean I. and Murray, Peter J. (2021). Relaxed predation theory: size, sex and brains matter. Biological Reviews, 96 (1) brv.12611, 153-161. doi: 10.1111/brv.12611
Watson, Shania J., Hoy, Julia M., Edwards, Megan C. and Murray, Peter J. (2021). First use of a microchip-automated nest box in situ by a brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa). Australian Mammalogy, 44 (1), 139-142. doi: 10.1071/am20046
Edwards, Megan C., Ford, Caitlin, Hoy, Julia M., FitzGibbon, Sean and Murray, Peter J. (2021). How to train your wildlife: a review of predator avoidance training. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 234 105170, 105170. doi: 10.1016/j.applanim.2020.105170
Botma, Kiarra-Lea, Shapland, Felicity, Hoy, Julia M., Pritchard, Tanya and Murray, Peter J. (2021). Habitat influence on activity patterns of brush-tailed rock-wallabies in Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology, 68 (3), 136-144. doi: 10.1071/zo20090
Coe, Jon and Hoy, Julia (2020). Choice, control and computers: empowering wildlife in human care. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 4 (4) 92, 92-18. doi: 10.3390/mti4040092
Murray, Peter J., Rogie, Melanie, Fraser, Natalie, Hoy, Julia and Kempster, Samantha (2020). Development of the Mata Hari Judas Queen (Felis catus). Animals, 10 (10) 1843, 1843-14. doi: 10.3390/ani10101843
Edwards, Megan C., Hoy, Julia M., FitzGibbon, Sean I. and Murray, Peter J. (2020). Monitoring with microchips: microchip‐automated doors as a potential novel method for tracking the survival of released Northern Brown Bandicoots. Ecological Management and Restoration, 21 (3) emr.12434, 254-256. doi: 10.1111/emr.12434
Edwards, M. C., Hoy, J. M., FitzGibbon, S. I. and Murray, P. J. (2020). Bandicoot bunkers: training wild-caught northern brown bandicoots (Isoodon macrourus) to use microchip-automated safe refuge. Wildlife Research, 47 (3), 239-243. doi: 10.1071/wr19151
Edwards, M. C., Hoy, J. M., Fitzgibbon, S. and Murray, P. J. (2019). Training a wild-born marsupial to use microchip-automated devices: The brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa) as proof of concept. Australian Mammalogy, 41 (2), 279-282. doi: 10.1071/AM18017
Muns, Sabrina J., Hoy, Julia M. and Murray, Peter J. (2018). Microchips for macropods: first use of a microchip-automated door by a bridled nailtail wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata). Zoo Biology, 37 (4), 274-278. doi: 10.1002/zoo.21419
Kearney, P. E., Murray, P. J., Hoy, J. M., Hohenhaus, M. and Kotze, A. (2016). The 'Toolbox' of strategies for managing Haemonchus contortus in goats: what's in and what's out. Veterinary Parasitology, 220, 93-107. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.02.028
Finch, Neal, Murray, Peter, Hoy, Julia and Baxter, Greg (2014). Expenditure and motivation of Australian recreational hunters. Wildlife Research, 41 (1), 76-83. doi: 10.1071/WR13171
Hoy, J. M., Murray, P. J. and Tribe, A. (2010). The potential for microchip-automated technology to improve enrichment practices. Zoo Biology, 29 (5), 586-599. doi: 10.1002/zoo.20296
Hoy, Julia M., Murray, Peter J. and Tribe, Andrew (2010). Thirty years later: Enrichment practices for captive mammals. Zoo Biology, 29 (3), 303-316. doi: 10.1002/zoo.20254
Conference Papers
Edwards, M.C. and Hoy, J.M. (2024). Chip ’N’ Save: revolutionising targeted refuge supplementation for wildlife. Ecological Society Australia, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 9-13 December 2024.
Hoy, J. M. and Booth, R. J. (2024). Lines of leadership: colouring outside the lines, just to hold the line. Zoo and Aquarium Association Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 5-9 August 2024.
Edwards, M.C. and Hoy, J.M. (2024). Chipping in for wildlife: microchip automation for mammal conservation. Australian Mammal Society Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 1-4 July 2024.
Jeon, J., Hoy, J. M. and Keeley, T. (2023). Quantitative assessment of activity levels and behavioural patterns in long-nosed potoroos and rufous bettongs. Australia and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry conference, Gatton, QLD, Australia, 9-10 December 2023.
Hoy, Julia M. (2023). Where science meets practice: university + philanthropy = positive partnership. Zoo and Aquarium Association conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 9-11 August 2023.
Dennien, A.L., Edwards, M.C., Hoy, J.M., Brady, M., Nicolson, V. and Murray, P.J. (2022). Mata Hari Judas Queens: attracting feral cats in situ. Ecological Society Australia, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, 28 November - 2 December 2022.
Edwards, M.C., Hoy, J.M., FitzGibbon, S. and Murray, P.J. (2022). How not to train a bandicoot to avoid predators. Ecological Society Australia, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, 28 November - 2 December 2022.
Webber, Sarah, Oliver, Jessica, Smith, Wally, Hoy, Julia, Vella, Kellie, Brereton, Margot, Bender, Helena, Davies, Alasdair and Judith, Kate (2021). Digital technologies in nature. International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, Bloomington, IN, United States, 8-11 November 2021. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3493842.3493885
Edwards, Meg, Hoy, Julia, FitzGibbon, Sean and Murray, Peter (2020). Catch me if you can: using traps and predator scat to determine recognition of predators by Australian mammals. Australian Mammal Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual, 16-18 November 2020.
Edwards, M. C., Hoy, J. M., FitzGibbon, S. and Murray, P. J. (2019). Why run when you can eat? Recognition of predators by northern brown bandicoots, Isoodon macrourus. Australasian Wildlife Management Society Annual Conference, Darwin, Australia, 3-5 December 2019.
Edwards, M. C., Hoy, J. M., FitzGibbon, S. and Murray, P. J. (2019). Catch me if you can! Microchip-automation to avoid introduced predators. Student Conference on Conservation Science, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 3-10 July 2019.
Edwards, M. C., Hoy, J. M., FitzGibbon, S. and Murray, P. J. (2018). Creating panic rooms for wildlife: training northern brown bandicoots to access safe refuge using microchip-automation. Australian Mammal Society 64th Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 1-5 July 2018.
Edwards, M. C., Hoy, J. M., FitzGibbon, S. and Murray, P. J. (2018). Could predator avoidance training increase the reintroduction success of bandicoots?. 17th International Behavioural Ecology Congress, Minneapolis, United States of America, 11-16 August 2018.
Edwards, M. C., Hoy, J. M., FitzGibbon, S. and Murray, P. J. (2018). To eat or not to eat: a bandicoot's dilemma when facing predation. Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 12-14 July 2018.
Baxter, Greg, Finch, Neal, Hoy, Julia and Murray, Peter (2018). Practices of Australian recreational hunters. Conservation through Sustainable Use of Wildlife Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 30 August - 1 September 2016. Gatton, QLD, Australia: Wildlife Science Unit, School of Agriculture and Food SciencesUniversity of Queensland.
Edwards, M. C., Hoy, J. M., FitzGibbon, S. and Murray, P. J. (2018). Bandicoot bunkers: training bandicoots to use microchip-automated doors and avoid introduced predators. Ecological Society of Australia Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 25-29 November.
Edwards, M. C., Hoy, J. M., FitzGibbon, S. and Murray, P. J. (2018). The very hungry bandicoot: how food may affect the success of predator avoidance training. RSPCA Animals in Focus, Brisbane, Australia, 4-5 October 2018.
Edwards, M. C., Hoy, J. M., Martin, S., Fitzgibbon, S. and Murray, P. J. (2017). Knock knock, who’s there? Microchip-automation for individualised animal access. Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference: 30th Annual Conference Wildlife Management: Past, Present and Future, Katoomba, NSW, Australia, 5 - 7 December 2017. Katoomba, NSW, Australia: Australasian Wildlife Management Society.
Hoy, J.M and Murray, P.J (2017). The future of microchip-automation for Australian wildlife. Workshop on Animal Interaction Design, (ACI) & Designing for Animal Interaction (AXD) OzACHI: the 29th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 28 November 2017. Brisbane, Queensland: Queensland University of Technology.
Murray, Peter , Tribe, Andrew , Hoy, Julia , Englebright, Robert and O'Hara, Patricia (2016). Hidden Vale UQ Wildlife Facility Project. Australian and New Zealand Laboratory Animal Association (ANZLAA) Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 2016.
Tribe, A., Hoy, J., Maccoll, M. and Murray, P. (2016). Wildlife at Spicers Hidden Vale – A Multi-Dimensional Conservation Initiative. Zoo and Aquarium Association Queensland (ZAAQ) Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2016.
Baxter, Greg, Finch, Neal, Murray, Peter and Hoy, Julia (2012). Attitudes and characteristics of Australian recreational hunters. Queensland Pest Animal Symposium, Caloundra, QLD, Australia, 30 July - 2 August 2012.
Hoy, J, Murray, P and Tribe, A (2007). Animal care staff and management opinions differ on constraints involved with enrichment. ICEE 2007: 8th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment. Enrichment – Key for successful animal management, Vienna, Austria, 5-10 August 2007. San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Shape of Enrichment.
Hoy, Julia, Murray, Peter and Tribe, Andrew (2007). The state of primate enrichment in Australasian zoos. The 25th Annual Conference of the Australasian Primate Society, Brisbane, Australia, 9-11 March 2007. Traralgon, Vic., Australia: Australasian Primate Society.
Hoy, J., Murray, P. J. and Tribe, A. (2006). Integrating technology with conservation in zoos. ARAZPA 2006 Conference, Perth, WA, Australia, 26-31 March 2006.
Hoy, J., Murray, P. J., Tribe, A., Edstein, M. and Mcleod-Robertson, S. (2006). Automation of enrichment for captive owl monkeys. 24th Annual Conference of the Australasian Primate Society, Perth, Australia, 31 March - 2 April, 2006.
Hoy, J., Murray, P. and Tribe, A. (2005). Variation in responses of individual squirrel monkeys towards enrichment. Annual Conference of the Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria Queensland (ARAZPAQ), Caloundra, Australia, 2005.
Hoy, J. M., Murray, P. J. and Tribe, A. (2005). Evaluation of the effectiveness of enrichment for a group of captive squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) using time-lapse recording and instantaneous scan sampling. 7th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment, New York, USA, 31st July - 5th August 2005. Bronx, NY, United States: Wildlife Conservation Society.
Hoy, J. M., Murray, P. J. and Tribe, A. (2005). High levels of interest in surveillance cameras indicates the effectiveness of mirrors as enrichment for captive squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). x, x. Australia: Australasian Primate Society.
Hoy, J. M., Murray, P. J. and Tribe, A. (2005). Changing the presentation and distribution of food as an effective, simple and inexpensive method of feeding enrichment for captive squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). ARAZPA - SEAZA 2nd Joint Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 1-5 May, 2005.
Hoy, J. M., Murray, P. J. and Tribe, A. (2005). Feeding enrichment for captive squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) by changing the presentation and distribution of food. National Veterinary Conference, Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast, 16 - 19 May, 2005.
Theses
Hoy, Julia Margaret (2010). Microchip-automated husbandry as enrichment for captive animals. PhD Thesis, School of Animal Studies, The University of Queensland.
Hoy, Julia M. (2004). Environmental enrichment of captive squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) by changing the presentation and distribution of their food. Honours Thesis, School of Animal Studies, The University of Queensland.