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- 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
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- 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
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Category Archives: Qaecologists
Qaeco’s favourite papers of 2017
We asked our lab members to nominate a paper published in 2017 that they had enjoyed. Recommendations ranged from the skill-based (scientific writing, reproducible coding, camera-trapping) to global reviews (plant traits, climate change, size-based models) and some great case studies … Continue reading
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Qaeco’s favourite papers of 2016
A little late off the mark this time around, we asked people in the lab to nominate a paper they had enjoyed in 2016. This year, we based one of our fortnightly reading groups on this topic and everyone gave … Continue reading
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ESA 2016: Look out for us!
This year’s Ecological Society of Australia conference is upon us! Next week will see the annual migration of a flock of qaecologists over to the conference, held this year in Fremantle, WA. There will be presentations & posters on topics … Continue reading
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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
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Tagged deep-sea, ecology, Environment, modelling, qaecology, research, The University of Melbourne
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QAECO’s PhD Student completion season: Darren Southwell
Over the last few months a number of QAECO members have submitted their PhDs and several more will be submitting early this year. To celebrate their success, we’re going to tell you a little bit about some of them. First … Continue reading
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QAEco’s favourite papers of 2015
compiled by Natalie Briscoe For our final post of the year, we asked everyone at QAEco to name their favourite ecology, conservation and decision science papers of 2015. The list shows our diverse interests including modelling methods (metapopulation, mechanistic, and … Continue reading
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QAEcologists participate in #ESA15
Many QAEcologists have just returned from an energising week at the annual conference of the Ecological Society of Australia, this year held in Adelaide. The conference theme was Interconnectedness; in his opening address Threatened Species Commissioner Gregory Andrews encouraged us … Continue reading
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Jane Elith wins Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year
Congratulations to Jane Elith, who tonight will be awarded the Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year, an early career award within the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science. Jane is recognised as one of the world’s leading ecologists … Continue reading
Drawn to Science
We have several talented artists among us at Qaeco, not least of whom is Kate Cranney. Kate’s been using her flair for images and words in a series of pieces for Melbourne Uni student magazine Farrargo. Each piece tells us … Continue reading
#EMAPI2015 & #ICOET2015: upcoming Qaeco talks
Next week sees Qaecologists presenting on either side of the US: At International Conference on Ecology and Transportation in Raleigh, North Carolina, Casey Visintin will be talking about “Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions: Predicting Where to Mitigate with a Conceptual Modelling Framework”. Monday, September the 21st, Session 101: … Continue reading