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Tag: Conservation

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Lessons Learned Since Entering the Workforce

November 6, 2015

In December of last year I dusted off my nice suit, pleasantly learned that I can still tie a tie, . . . (1 Comment)

A look into the Itaimbézinho canyon, Aparados da Serra National Park, Brazil

Even Better than Gold: The Value of Protected Areas

March 11, 2015

The implementation of protected areas (PAs) is considered the backbone strategy of efforts towards the conservation of biodiversity and natural . . . (No Comments)

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Best of Biodiversity in 2014

December 30, 2014

Happy New Year! To put the cap on 2014, we’ve highlighted some of our favorite biodiversity research and stories from . . . (No Comments)

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Why Conservation? Communicating Applied Biodiversity Science

November 18, 2014

You might have a favorite science writer. Mine are David Quammen, Bill Bryson, Carl Sagan, and Tim Flannery. Others may . . . (No Comments)

Many species globally are threatened by numerous biotic and abiotic stressors, resulting in declining population and shifts in ecosystem functioning.

Deconstructing Defaunation

September 30, 2014

Science recently released a special issue on defaunation, which spanned seven articles detailing the recent decline in animal species diversity . . . (No Comments)

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Diverse Introspectives: a conversation with John Harte

August 31, 2014

Some may know UC Berkeley professor John Harte from his work developing the MaxEnt Theory of Ecology (check out July’s TREE . . . (7 Comments)

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Continuing the Conversation: The Role of Theory in Conservation, a…

August 30, 2014

In my conversation with John Harte, he mentions work by his post-doc, Justin Kitzes, who is interested in how ecological . . . (1 Comment)

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Flump – Lichens, Theoretical Ecology, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis…

August 1, 2014

It’s Friday and that means that it’s time for our Friday link dump, where we highlight some recent papers (and . . . (No Comments)

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We are asking the four questions of biodiversity conservation at…

July 14, 2014

Why is this week different from all other weeks? Because this week, Emily Grason and Fletcher Halliday are serving as . . . (16 Comments)

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Celebrate conference season with BioDV!

July 8, 2014

The boreal summer has already kicked in, which means that we are in that period of the year where some . . . (No Comments)

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DEB-1050680. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions
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