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• Different is Better

  

  I found a nice complement to my More is Better post from January where I reported the results of a new meta-analysis demonstrating how higher species evenness... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Sink to Source – the Loss of Biodiversity’s Greatest Ecosystem Service

  

  I’ve mentioned this idea before, but it’s nice when some real data support a prediction (no matter how gloomy that prediction might have been). It’s what... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Conservation Catastrophes

  

  David ReedThe title of this post serves two functions: (1) to introduce the concept of ecological catastrophes in population viability modelling, and (2) to... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Parts a Whole Do Not Make

  

  I’m particularly proud of our latest paper for three main reasons: (1) Salva Herrando-Pérez, lead author and contributor-extraordinaire to CB, has worked... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss XV

  

  I’m in the field at the moment, so here are the latest six cartoons to pass the time (see full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2012 ENVIRONMENT, LIFESTYLE

• When the Cure Becomes the Disease

  

  I’ve always barracked for Peter Kareiva‘s views and work; I particularly enjoy his no-bullshit, take-no-prisoners approach to conservation. Sure, he’s said... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Knowledge Slavery

  

  Another workshop; another productive week. As many readers will know, I’ve spent the last week in the mountains north of Madrid working on a series of... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Give Way to the Invader

  

  By weird coincidence, Salvador Herrando-Pérez (student blogger extra-ordinaire – see his previous posts on evolution, pollination, bird losses, taxonomic... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• The Seeds of Tropical Forest Destruction

  

  Bill Laurance asked me to reproduce his latest piece originally published at Yale University‘s Environment 360 website. – We live in an era of unprecedented roa... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• More is Better

  

  In one of those rare moments of perusing the latest ecological literature, I stumbled across an absolute gem, and one that has huge conservation implications. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• When Did It Go Extinct?

  

  It was bound to happen. After years of successful avoidance I have finally succumbed to the dark side: palaeo-ecology. I suppose the delve from historical/moder... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Does Conservation Biology Need DNA Barcoding?

  

  In November last year I was invited to participate in a panel discussion onthe role of DNA barcoding in conservation science. The discussion took place during... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss XIV

  

  The last post of 2011, I thought I’d focus on the lighter side (that is to say, my brain is muddled by the lovely break from academia, so I don’t really feel... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Surgical Conservation: Gain Requires Some Pain

  

  I apologise to CB readers for the unusually low frequency of posts this month. With the International Congress for Conservation Biology taking up a lot of my... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Slicing the Second ‘lung of the Planet’

  

  Apologies for the slow-down in postings this past week – as many of you know, I was attending the International Congress for Conservation Biology in Auckland.... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Better SAFE Than Sorry

  

  http://goo.gl/KZ50oLast day of November already – I am now convinced that my suspicions are correct: time is not constant and in fact accelerates as you age... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Supercharge Your Science V.2

  

  http://goo.gl/ogdT8I suspect a lot of ConservationBytes.com readers will be attending the imminent 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology to be... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Marine Forests Dropping off the Edge

  

  This is probably a little late in terms of breaking news, but it’s good fodder for a blog post nonetheless. I’ve done several posts now on the value (and... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Where Are They? Finding (and Conserving) the Biggest Fish in the Sea

  

  A post from my PhD student, Ana Sequeira, on her latest paper just out in Diversity and Distributions: Ocean-scale prediction of whale shark distribution. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Sustainable Kangaroo Harvests

  

  http://goo.gl/FNgcO When I first started this blog back in 2008, I extolled the conservation virtues of eating kangaroos over cattle and sheep. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 ENVIRONMENT