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• Hate Journal Impact Factors? Try Google Rankings Instead

  

  A lot of people hate journal impact factors (IF). The hatred arises for many reasons, some of which are logical. For example, Thomson Reuters ISI Web of... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Cleaning up the Rubbish: Australian Megafauna Extinctions

  

  A few weeks ago I wrote a post about how to run the perfect scientific workshop, which most of you thought was a good set of tips (bizarrely, one person was... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Quantity, but Not Quality – Slow Recovery of Disturbed Tropical Forests

  

  It is a sobering statistic that most of the world’s tropical forests are not ‘primary’ – that is, those that have not suffered some alteration or disturbance... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Translocations: Keep It in the Family

  

  Prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) comprise 5 species native to North American grasslands. Rather than a ‘dog’ (‘perrito’ or ‘little dog’ in Spanish), this animal is... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Making the Scientific Workshop Work

  

  I don’t mean thisI’ve been a little delayed in blogging this month, but for a very good reason – I’ve just experienced one of the best workshops of my career. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Making Science Matter

  

  © XKCDI’ve been home from my last overseas trip now for nearly two weeks, but despite not feeling caught up, it’s high time I report what I was up to. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Greenies Can Be Pro-nuclear

  

  Published today on The Conversation by Ben Heard me.–The IPCC fifth climate change report lays out a carbon budget that we must follow if we’re to keep the... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss XXI

  

  Interim post following some mind- and body-stressing international travel. I present another 6 biodiversity cartoons (see full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Too Small to Avoid Catastrophic Biodiversity Meltdown

  

  Chiew Larn Reservoir is surrounded by Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary and Khao Sok National Park, which together make up part of the largest block of... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Science Immortalised in Cartoon Version 2.0

  

  © Seppo LeinonenI’m in the middle of participating in a short-course on science communication based at the University of Helsinki‘s Lammi Biological Station... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Early to Press is Best for Success

  

  This paper is bound to piss off a few people. So be it. This is what we found, regardless of what you want to believe.Led by the extremely prolific Bill... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Conservation: So Easy a Child Could Do It

  

  I don’t like to talk about my family online. Call me paranoid, but there are a lot of crazy people out there who don’t like what scientists like me are saying... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• How to Make the Most of a Conference

  

  Having just attended two major international conferences back-to-back (ICCB 2013 in Baltimore, USA and INTECOL 2013 in London, UK), I thought it might be a... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• MPs’ Ignorance Puts National Parks in Peril

  

  Led by Bill Laurance, our latest opinion editorial in the Higher Education supplement. Interestingly, it has already spawned a bilious and spittle-flecked... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• DNA Barcoding Plants with Citizen Science

  

  I was contacted recently by Oscar Jaslowski of Microryza (a web platform that allows scientists to post research ideas and collect contributions from web... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Biogeography Comes of Age

  

  This week has been all about biogeography for me. While I wouldn’t call myself a ‘biogeographer’, I certainly do apply a lot of the discipline’s techniques. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Don’t Blame It on the Dingo

  

  Our postdoc, Tom Prowse, has just had one of the slickest set of reviews I’ve ever seen, followed by a quick acceptance of what I think is a pretty sexy paper. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss XX

  

  I can’t believe I’ve now done twenty of these – another 6 biodiversity cartoons while I’m travelling (see full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Ecologists: Join F1000Research’s Open Science Ecosystem

  

  The people at the new open-access journal F1000Research (a Faculty of 1000 publication) have asked me to help them announce their new deal for ecologists – no... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Shrinking Global Range Projected for the World’s Largest Fish

  

  © W. Osborn (AIMS)My recently finished PhD student, Ana Sequeira, has not only just had a superb paper just accepted in Global Change Biology, she’s recently... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT