Suzi Bond

Suzi Bond is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University (ANU), with expertise spanning butterfly ecology, landscape restoration, and woodland bird ecology. Her academic journey includes a PhD in ecology focusing on breeding success of woodland birds in fragmented agricultural landscapes of southeastern Australia, along with a BSc (Resource and Environmental Management) (Hons).

Her research interests demonstrate a clear progression from avian ecology to butterfly conservation. She is an A-class bird bander with field experience across multiple Australian banding sites and has established a long-term butterfly monitoring project in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Her scholarly contributions include the 2016 publication Field Guide to the Butterflies of the ACT and co-authorship of the 2022 book Moths in the ACT.

Bond's publication record reveals a consistent research trajectory focused on biodiversity conservation, with recent work emphasizing citizen science approaches to butterfly monitoring and biodiversity accounting. Her 2021 review article on the Butterflies Australia database demonstrates how national citizen science initiatives can track changes in butterfly distribution and abundance. The 2023 paper on biodiversity accounts for ACT butterflies represents a significant contribution to systematic conservation planning, while the 2025 publication on habitat connectivity for urban wildlife shows her expanding research scope into urban conservation challenges.

Her scholarly work spans multiple conservation domains including agricultural ecology (2011 book What Makes a Good Farm for Wildlife?), climate change impacts on biodiversity (2009 paper), and methodological approaches to conservation research (2007 paper on single-species versus ecosystem-oriented research).

As an active researcher with publications extending to 2025, Bond continues to contribute significantly to Australian conservation science, particularly in the specialized domains of lepidopteran ecology and biodiversity monitoring. Her work bridges field research with practical conservation applications, demonstrating commitment to both scientific rigor and real-world environmental management.