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 ( 656 )
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生态学 = ‘Ecology’ in China
I’m just heading home after a very inspiring workshop organised by Fangliang He at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China (I’m writing this from the Qantas... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2011 BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE -
Tropical Forests Cooking Their Biodiversity
Another ‘hot’ essay by Bill Laurance recently published online by Yale Environment 360 (a publication of the Yale University School of Forestry &... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2011 ENVIRONMENT -
Silence of the Birds
Yet another contribution from my PhD student, Salvador Herrando-Pérez (see his previous ConservationBytes.com posts on micro-evolution and pollination). – In th... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT -
Ecosystem Services – the Non-human Perspective
A picture is worth a large, generally unquantifiable number of words (in all languages):Who says I’m a misanthropist?Enjoy your weekend. Read more
Posted on 29 April 2011 ENVIRONMENT -
Classics: Effective Population Size Ratio
Here’s another concise Conservation Classic highlighted in our upcoming book chapter (see previous entries on this book). Today’s entry comes from a colleague o... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2011 ENVIRONMENT -
Who’s Your Carbon Daddy?
The other day, Bill Laurance asked Barry Brook and me to comment on an opinion editorial he was doing up, so I feel fully justified in reproducing it here (and... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2011 ENVIRONMENT -
Getting Conservation Stakeholders Involved
Here’s another guest post from another switched-on Queensland student, Duan Biggs. Duan, originally from Namibia and South Africa, is doing his PhD at the ARC... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2011 ENVIRONMENT -
Crocodiles, Spiders and Leeches
I just wrote a fun little piece for a new section in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment that they’re calling Trails and Tribulations. The basi... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT -
Species’ Ability to Forestall Extinction – AudioBoo
Here’s a little interview I just did on the SAFE index with ABC AM:Not a bad job, really.And here’s another one from Radio New Zealand:CJA Read more
Posted on 08 April 2011 ENVIRONMENT -
Resolving the Environmentalist’s Paradox
Here’s an extremely thought-provoking guest post by Megan Evans, Research Assistant at the University of Queensland in Kerrie Wilson‘s lab. Read more
Posted on 06 April 2011 ENVIRONMENT -
Does the Pope Wear a Funny Hat?
Does a one-legged duck swim in circles? Does an ursid defecate in a collection of rather tall vascular plants? Does fishing kill fish? Read more
Posted on 05 April 2011 ENVIRONMENT -
Buzzing to the Plate
Here’s another contribution from my PhD student, Salvador Herrando-Pérez (see his previous ConservationBytes.com post on micro-evolution here). Read more
Posted on 03 April 2011 BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE -
A Very Pissed-off New Guinean Versus the Destroyer of Forests
I really don’t know where this came from (weird e-mail trail), but it was too good not to share. For those of you who follow ConservationBytes.com, you might... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2011 ENVIRONMENT -
How Fast Are We Losing Species Anyway?
I’ve indicated over the last few weeks on Twitter that a group of us were recently awarded funding from the Australian Centre for Ecological Synthesis and... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2011 ENVIRONMENT -
Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss XI
The latest six cartoons… (see full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here). – Filed under: cartoon, conservation, environmental... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2011 ENVIRONMENT -
Classics: Demography Versus Genetics
Here’s another short, but sweet Conservation Classic highlighted in our upcoming book chapter (see previous entries on this book). Read more
Posted on 15 March 2011 ENVIRONMENT