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• Mucking Around the Edges

  

  Barry Brook over at BraveNewClimate.com beat me to the punch regarding our latest paper, so I better get off my arse and write my take on things. This post is... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Oceans Need Their Giants

  

  Another great post from Salvador Herrando Pérez.–from adsown.blogspot.comCommercial and sport fishing establish minimum body sizes for catches of many species t... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Where the Sick Buffalo Roam

  

  It’s been some time coming, but today I’m proud to announce a new paper of ours that has just come out in Journal of Applied Ecology. While not strictly... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Follow the TREND

  

  A little clichéd, I know, but that’s what it says on the T-shirt.It’s been an interesting week. Not only did I return to some much-needed field work (even if... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Not Magic, but Necessary

  

  In April this year, some American colleagues of ours wrote a rather detailed, 10-page article in Trends in Ecology and Evolution that attacked our concept of... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Twenty Landmark Papers in Biodiversity Conservation

  

  While I can’t claim that this is the first time one of my peer-reviewed papers has been inspired by ConservationBytes.com, I can claim that this is the first... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Little Left to Lose: Deforestation History of Australia

  

  I don’t usually do this, but I’m going to blog about a paper I’ve just had accepted in the Journal of Plant Ecology that isn’t yet out online. The reason for th... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• 1 Million Hectares Annually – the Forest Destruction of Indonesia

  

  Bill Laurance wrote a compelling and very dour piece in The Conversation this week. He asked for some ‘link love’, so I decided to reproduce the article here fo... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• All That Glitters is Not Gold – Ecological Traps

  

  Another corker from Salvador Herrando-Pérez: – Cinema fans know that choosing a movie by the newspaper’s commentary or the promotional poster might be a lottery... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Rise of the Phycologists

  

  Dead man's fingers (Codium fragile) - © CJA BradshawI’ve had an interesting week. First, it’s been about 6 years since I was last in Japan, and I love coming... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• No Substitute for Primary Forest

  

  A little over five years ago, a controversial and spectacularly erroneous paper appeared in the tropical ecology journal Biotropica, the flagship journal of... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• When You Have No Idea, You Should Shut up

  

  Last week, The Conversation published a particularly wonderful example of uninformed drivel that requires a little bit of a reality injection. Like our good... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2011 ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• A Supervisor’s Lament

  

  Time for a little supervisory whinge. I’ve lamented these very issues over many a beer at many a conference, so I thought I’d solidify those hazy arguments... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Gone with the Birds

  

  ebaumsworld.comAnother great post by Salvador Herrando-Pérez.–Through each new species, evolution assembles a unique combination of genes. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• How Buggered Are Our Hairy Red Cousins?

  

  Here’s a post from one of our lab’s post-doctoral fellows, Dr. Stephen Gregory. Stephen just got back from Borneo (jammy bastard), and will now regale you with... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Recognising Differing Viewpoints in a Rapidly Changing World

  

  Is oil palm bad? Is protecting tropical forests more important than converting them for economic development? Should we spike trees to make sure no one cuts the... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss XIII

  

  The latest six cartoons… (see full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here). – Filed under: biodiversity, cartoon, climate... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Gagging Scientists About Marine Parks

  

  Apologies to my readers for the lack of a post this past week – I’ve been attending the Ecological Society of America‘s 96th Annual Meeting in an extremely hot... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• More Than Leftovers: Getting Marine Parks Right in Australia

  

  Image via Wikipedia A few weeks back I cosigned a ‘statement of concern’ about the proposal for Australia’s South West Marine Region organised by Hugh... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Pickled Niches

  

  Another fine contribution from Salvador Herrando-Pérez (see previous posts here, here, here and here).–Sometimes evolution fails to shape new species that are... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 ENVIRONMENT