Tag Archives: Dispersal

QAECOlogist Talks at #ESAus2012

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

We’re looking forward to ecologists descending on Melbourne for the 2012 meeting of the Ecological Society of Australia. QAECO is sponsoring a student mixer on the Wednesday evening (I think it’s full in case you were hoping to get ticket), … Continue reading →

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Role of protected areas in species’ range expansions

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

In this week’s QAECO Reading Group we talked about whether and how protected areas (PAs) may facilitate species’ range expansions – a topic that is becoming increasingly important as the global climate changes. In their recent PNAS paper, Thomas et … Continue reading →

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Spatial heterogeneity can create biodiversity – all you need are species with different dispersal abilities

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

ARC fellow and qaecologist Mike Bode had a paper recently published in PNAS. It’s about how different dispersal abilities allow reef fish to coexist. Read on for Mike’s summary of this research.

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