I am a PhD candidate in the Botany and Plant Ecology Research Group, where my research focuses on understanding the climate and drought vulnerability of narrow range endemic limestone specialist plants. Through the use of glasshouse experiments and transplant studies my work focuses on physiological responses to terminal drought, heat stress and soil specialization.

I completed my Masters in 2020 where I investigated drivers of recruitment failure in Banksia marginata across western Victoria.

PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS

Heyes, SD, Sinclair, S, Hoebee, S & Morgan (2016) Recruitment bottlenecks in a keystone species: A demographic study of remnant Banksia marginata woodlands in Western Victoria. Australasian Plant Conservation Conference, Melbourne, Vic

Heyes, SD, Hoebee, S, Sinclair, S & Morgan, JW (2018) What's on the menu? Role of cockatoo granivory on recruitment limitation in a savanna tree. Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Brisbane, QLD

Heyes, SD (2018) The story of a hidden savanna: A study on Banksia Marginata savannas of the western plains and their demographics. Victorian Volcanic Plains Research and Development Forum, Geelong, Vic

Heyes, SD, Hoebee, S, Sinclair, S & Morgan, JW (2019) Unexpected villains?  The role of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo’s on recruitment limitation in Silver Banksia (Banksia marginata) of western Victoria. Biodiversity Across the Borders, Ballarat, Vic

Heyes, SD, Miller, R, Hoebee, S & Morgan, JW (2024) Adapt, disperse, or die: Understanding the future of some of Victoria’s rarest and unusual flora. Victorian Biodiversity Conference, Melbourne (Deakin), Vic

Heyes, SD, Miller, R, Hoebee, S & Morgan, JW (2024) Getting a start in life: germination of soil specialists on non-home soils. Ballarat, Vic