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 ( 664 )
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How to Avoid Reduce the Probability of Being Killed by a Shark
Easy. Don’t go swimming/surfing/snorkelling/diving in the ocean.“Oh, shit”Sure, that’s true, but if you’re like many Australians, the sea is not just a beautifu... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2021 ENVIRONMENT -
A Perfect Storm of Global Ineptitude
Given the ‘success’ (i.e., a lot of people seem to be reading it) of our recent Ghastly Future paper, I thought it would be interesting to go back and have a... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2021 ENVIRONMENT -
Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss LXV
Here is the second set of biodiversity cartoons for 2021. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here. Read more
Posted on 10 March 2021 ENVIRONMENT -
Recreational Hunting, Conservation and Livelihoods: No Clear Evidence Trail
Enrico Di Minin, University of Helsinki; Anna Haukka, University of Helsinki; Anna Hausmann, University of Helsinki; Christoph Fink, University of Helsinki;... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2021 ENVIRONMENT -
Conservation Paradox – the Pros and Cons of Recreational Hunting
The recovery of species such as mountain zebra (Equus zebra) was partly supported by the economic benefits generated by trophy hunting. Read more
Posted on 19 February 2021 ENVIRONMENT -
Job: Research Associate in Mammalian Morphology-Environment Interactions
This might be a little outside the realms of ‘conservation’ per se, but put has a lot of ecology-evolution components, with spin-off applications to modern... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2021 ENVIRONMENT -
Citizens Ask the Experts in Climate-change Communication
In the second of two consecutive interviews with climate-change experts (see the first one here), readers of the Spanish magazine Quercus have a chat with... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2021 ENVIRONMENT -
Ancient Bones — How Old?
Radiocarbon (14C) dating was developed by Nobel-Prize winning chemist Willard Libby, and has become the predominant method to build chronologies of ancient... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2021 ENVIRONMENT -
Worried About Earth’s Future? Well, the Outlook is Worse Than Even Scientists Ca...
Daniel Mariuz/AAP Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University; Daniel T. Blumstein, University of California, Los Angeles, and Paul Ehrlich, Stanford... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2021 ENVIRONMENT -
Time for a ‘cold Shower’ About Our Ability to Avoid a Ghastly Future
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,’ said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to... Read more
Posted on 13 January 2021 ENVIRONMENT -
Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss LXIV
As the pandemic rages globally, and the fragility of the American political system goes on full display, I give you the first set of biodiversity cartoons for... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2021 ENVIRONMENT -
Rank Your Own Sample of Journals
If you follow my blog regularly, you’ll know that around the middle of each year I publish a list of journals in conservation and ecology ranked according to a... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2020 ENVIRONMENT -
Influential Conservation Papers of 2020
Following my late-December tradition, I present — in no particular order — a retrospective list of the ‘top’ 20 influential papers of 2020 as assessed by expert... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2020 ENVIRONMENT -
Plan B: COVID-19 Challenges for Field-based PhD Students
Originally published on the GEL.blogBlistering heat, pouring rain, finding volunteers, submitting field-trip forms, forgetting equipment, data sheets blowing... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2020 ENVIRONMENT -
Need to Predict Population Trends, but Can’t Code? No Problem
Yes, yes. I know. Another R Shiny app.However, this time I’ve strayed from my recent bibliometric musings and developed something that’s more compatible with th... Read more
Posted on 02 December 2020 ENVIRONMENT -
Citizens Ask the Expert in Climate Physics
In the first of two consecutive interviews with climate-change experts, authors, editors and readers of the Spanish magazine Quercus have a chat with Ken... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2020 ENVIRONMENT -
Collect and Analyse Your Altmetric Data
Last week I reported that I had finally delved into the world of R Shiny to create an app that calculates relative citation-based ranks for researchers. Read more
Posted on 17 November 2020 ENVIRONMENT -
The Ε-index App: a Fairer Way to Rank Researchers with Citation Data
Back in April I blogged about an idea I had to provide a more discipline-, gender-, and career stage-balanced way of ranking researchers using citation data. Read more
Posted on 09 November 2020 ENVIRONMENT -
Giving the Perfect Seminar at a Job Interview
Have a job interview coming up and have been invited to give a seminar to the committee/school/department/institute?Here are some handy tips for giving the... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2020 ENVIRONMENT -
Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss LXIII
The sixth set of biodiversity cartoons for 2020. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here. Read more
Posted on 26 October 2020 ENVIRONMENT