Bradshaw
Highlighting, discussing and critiquing the science of conservation that has demonstrated measurable, positive effects for global biodiversity.
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Conservation Bytes
http://ConservationBytes.com/
Highlighting, discussing and critiquing the science of conservation that has demonstrated measurable, positive effects for global biodiversity.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 653 )
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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 -
Fast-lane Mesopredators
© F. Fish http://goo.gl/rWG8fIAnother post from Alejandro Frid (a modified excerpt from a chapter of his forthcoming book).–I fall in love easy. Must be my... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT -
Saving World’s Most Threatened Cat Requires Climate Adaptation
© CSIC Andalusia Audiovisual Bank/H. GarridoThe Iberian lynx is the world’s most threatened cat, with recent counts estimating only 250 individuals surviving... Read more
Posted on 22 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT -
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
The precautionary principle – the idea that one should adopt an approach that minimises risk – is so ingrained in the mind of the conservation scientist that... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT -
Ecology: the Most Important Science of Our Times
The title of this post is deliberately intended to be provocative, but stay with me – I do have an important point to make.I’m sure most every scientist in... Read more
Posted on 12 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT -
The Economy Worse off Since 1978
Can’t eat moneyI was only a little tacker in 1978, and as any little tacker, I was blissfully unaware that I had just lived through a world-changing event. Read more
Posted on 03 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT -
Relaxed Laws Imperil Australian Wildlife
Christmas Island pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus murrayi). © M. SchultzOn the continuing theme of the demise of laws designed to protect Australian biodiversity... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT -
Conservation and Ecology Journal Impact Factors 2012
It’s the time of year that scientists love to hate – the latest (2012) journal ranking have been released by ISI Web of Knowledge. Many people despise this... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT -
I Love Biodiversity
© G. GalliceA corker of an idea, and post, from Diogo Veríssimo.–I don’t like biodiversity. I like beef lasagna, I like the British museum and I like... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT -
Australia’s National Parks Aren’t ‘national’ at All
Following our The Conversation article a few weeks ago about the rapid demise of national parks in Australia, a few of us (me, Euan Ritchie Emma Johnston)... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT -
Learning How to Fail
On the way to work yesterday I was listening to ABC Radio National‘s Life Matters program hosted by Natasha Mitchell about how school children are now apparentl... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT, LIFE COACH -
Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss XIX
Here are 6 more biodiversity cartoons illustrating through humour the sad state of the natural world (see full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT -
Conservation Hypocrisy
telegraph.co.ukAnother soul-searching post from Alejandro Frid.–Confession time. This is going to be delicate, and might even ruffle some big feathers. Still,... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT -
Our National Parks Must Be More Than Playgrounds Or Paddocks
It’s interesting when a semi-random tweet by a colleague ends up mobilising a small army of scientists to get pissed off enough to co-write an article. Read more
Posted on 23 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT -
A Carbon Economy Can Help Save Our Species Too
We sent out this media release the other day, but it had pretty poor pick-up (are people sick of the carbon price wars?). Anyway, I thought it prudent to reprin... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT -
Learning from Danger
Study vehicle, a group of vicuñas and a guanaco in San Guillermo National Park (San Juan, Argentina) [courtesy of Marco Escudero]. Read more
Posted on 12 May 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT -
Take Credit for Your Work
If science is the best way to reduce subjectivity when asking a question of how something works, then an inherently essential aspect of this is getting your... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION