The Ecological Society of Australia annual meeting is being held from 5-10 December this year, and marks the 50th anniversary of establishment of the ESA. Submissions for abstracts are closing this Friday 30 July, so you need get in quick if you plan on presenting. Update: abstract submissions have been extended to 13 August 2010.…
By Megan Evans I recently arrived back from attending the 24th International Congress for Conservation Biology, which took place in Edmonton, Canada. I was especially excited to take part in a symposium investigating Strategic Priorities for the Conservation of the World’s Mammalian Fauna, where I presented research that Kerrie, Moreno and I have been working…
Andrew Knight and several colleagues from the Spatial Ecology Lab at UQ have published a letter in the latest issue of Science. Read the full article here. Knight, A.T., Bode, M., Fuller, R.A., Grantham, H.S., Possingham, H.P., Watson, J.E.M. and Wilson, K.A. (2010). More action, not more data. Science. 9 July 2010: 141. DOI: 10.1126/science.329.5988.141-a
Corey Bradshaw has compiled the latest ISI impact factors for a range of conservation and ecology journals – take a look here .
What Is Natural? The Need for a Long-Term Perspective in Biodiversity Conservation. K. J. Willis, et al. Science 314, 1261 (2006); DOI: 10.1126/science.1122667 By Ana Prohaska Conservation science and management tends to ignore long-term historical records. An increasing number of studies, however, have illustrated the importance of long term and palaeo-ecological data in several aspects…
A new study led by Angela Guerrero has investigated the value of considering the willingness-to-sell of landowners in determining priorities for expanding protected area networks. The paper has just been published in Conservation Letters, and has been profiled by Conservation Maven – read the review here. Guerrero, A., Knight, A., Grantham, H., Cowling, R., &…
Each month the Wilson Lab meets to discuss an important piece of literature, brainstorm grand ideas or discuss research directions and progress. This month, Lochran Traill led the discussion. Ehrenfeld, D. 2000. War and Peace and Conservation Biology. Conservation Biology 14(1): 105-112. By Lochran Traill Written a decade ago, Ehrenfeld’s reference to “great events of…
Recent article from BIOLinks, The School of Biological Sciences Newsletter Kerrie Wilson has recently returned from a productive (and very cold) couple of months working with researchers at the University of Copenhagen particularly, Professors Niels Strange, Carsten Rahbek and Neil Burgess, world leaders in ecological economics, climate change science and conservation biology respectively. During her…
The 11th annual Science meets Parliament (SmP) is being held this week in Canberra, where over 160 scientists from around Australia will meet with Ministers, Senators and Members over two full days. Dr. Kerrie Wilson is one of five scientists nominated by the Australian Research Council to attend the event, which is being organised by…
How do you select the best indicator for monitoring and evaluation of conservation actions? As part of her PhD research, Ayesha Tulloch has devised metrics to assist in the selection of indicators to determine the effectiveness of fox baiting in a highly fragmented landscape. Read the article in the latest issue of AEDA’s Decision Point.
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