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Javier Leon
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Animal Behavior
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Marine Biology

Javier X Leon

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Summary

Dr Javier Leon is a geographer with broad interests in geomorphology and is particularly interested in the study and management of coastal systems including sandy beaches and coral reefs. He has developed and collaborated in multidisciplinary research projects combining field data, geospatial techniques and modelling in study sites across the Great Barrier Reef and Eastern coast of Australia and Pacific Islands including Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. His aim is to answer questions related to links between morphology, ecology and management in the current changing climate and sea-level rise context.

Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of the Sunshine Coast

Work details

Lecturer

University of the Sunshine Coast
October 2014
School of Science and Engineering
Lecturer in physical geography

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
January 4, 2017
Marine turtles are not fussy nesters: a novel test of small-scale nest site selection using structure from motion beach terrain information
Ilana Kelly, Javier X. Leon, Ben L. Gilby, Andrew D. Olds, Thomas A. Schlacher
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2770 PubMed 28070454