Posts from qaecologists- Linking species distribution models with structured expert elicitation for prediction of management effects November 11, 2020
- New paper: Connectivity over a disease risk gradient enables recovery of rainforest frogs November 3, 2020
- Projecting future deaths from COVID-19 cases October 30, 2020
- COVID-19 dynamics October 20, 2020
- Discover the beauties (and oddities) of the avian world, rate some birds and help science September 28, 2020
- Recent QAECO Posts
- Virtual #ISEC2020 June 22, 2020 Michael McCarthy
- QAECO’s favourite papers of 2018 April 12, 2019 qaecology
- What is HPC and why would I use it? April 4, 2019 qaecology
- Kickstarting the year with HGAMs February 25, 2019 qaecology
- Philosophical discussions in the lab: Žižek criticises ideological ecology June 5, 2018 qaecology
Category Archives: Conservation
Exposing the creatures of the deep Dr Tim O’Hara, Mr Skipton Woolley , Associate Professor Brendan Wintle, Dr Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita and Dr José J. Lahoz-Monfort For the first time, a light has been shone on the diversity of creatures that … Continue reading
Posted in ARC-CEED, Conservation, News, Qaecologists, spatial ecology
Tagged deep-sea, ecology, Environment, modelling, qaecology, research, The University of Melbourne
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Moving beyond the Science of Doom at the Inaugural School of BioSciences Seminar
contributed by Lucie Bland The School of BioSciences held their inaugural seminar on the 10th of December 2015 in the Sidney Myer Centre at the University of Melbourne. The seminar aimed to showcase upcoming views and ideas in conservation, as … Continue reading
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Saving the most species at #uomOpenDay
How should you invest $20 million to save the most species from extinction? That was the challenge we put to visitors to The University of Melbourne Open Day. You can take the challenge too! It is a difficult problem; programs … Continue reading
Socially-acceptable conservation planning: how can we integrate biological and social values to improve conservation?
By Rachael Vorwerk, Amy Whitehead and Heini Kujala (This article was first published in the July 2014 issue of Decision Point, The Monthly Magazine of the Environmental Decisions Group) Understanding how society perceives and values different areas is important for … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Decision Point, post-docs
Tagged Biodiversity, conservation, research, science, social values, spatial prioritisation, Zonation
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Gauging the extent of ecosystem novelty: measuring levels of biological invasion
By Jane Catford (This article was first published in the July 2013 issue of Decision Point, The Monthly Magazine of the Environmental Decisions Group) It is all very well having an academic definition of novel ecosystems, but how do we identify them in … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Decision Point
Tagged Corangamite, ecology, invasive species, River Murray, wetlands
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Where are the goal posts now? Setting environmental objectives in novel ecosystems 
By Jane Catford (This article was first published in the July 2013 issue of Decision Point, The Monthly Magazine of the Environmental Decisions Group) In a rapidly changing world full of strange new assemblages of species, the goal posts for conservation aren’t as … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Decision Point
Tagged Biodiversity, Biology, Ecosystem, Environment, invasive species, novel ecosystems
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Evidence and the conservation manager: what evidence does a manager need?
By Carly Cook (This article was first published in the June 2013 issue of Decision Point, The Monthly Magazine of the Environmental Decisions Group) It’s often said that there’s a gap between conservation science and conservation management, that the work of conservation researchers … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Decision Point
Tagged Biodiversity, conservation, ecology, Environment, Parks Victoria
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WE NEED YOUR HELP! A study on technical information in conservation decision making
Sana Bau is recruiting participants for a PhD study investigating technical information in conservation decision making. Your participation in this research will provide important information on the interplay between technical (science-based) information and value judgements in decision making for conservation, … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Events, Qaecologists
Tagged Biodiversity, conservation, Decision making, Doctor of Philosophy, Environment, Sana Bau
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Recent Qaecologist blog posts (May 2013, Weeks 3 & 4)
Another fortnight has gone by in the QAECO lab and there is another smorgasbord of science writing for us all to feast on. QAECO PhD student Sana Bau is conducting a study on technical information and conservation decisions and is looking for … Continue reading
Posted in ARC-CEED, Conservation, News
Tagged Australia, Biodiversity, conservation, Environment, National Park, victoria
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It’s make or break time for Australia’s national parks
This post was originally published on The Conversation and is authored by Euan Ritchie, William Laurance, Corey Bradshaw (re-blogged on his site), David Watson, Emma Johnston, Hugh Possingham, Ian Lunt and QAECO’s Mick McCarthy (re-blogged on his site too). It arose from a … Continue reading
