Tag Archives: Nature

New paper in Nature: Eutrophication weakens stabilising effects of diversity in natural grasslands

Posted on February 21, 2014 by

Plant diversity, eutrophication and the stability of natural grasslands is the topic of a paper by Yann Hautier and the Nutrient Network published online this week in Nature. Check out a blog about the paper by Jos Moore (QAECO associate and NutNet member). … Continue reading →

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Qaecologists in the blogosphere

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

This week Qaecologists took to the blogosphere in droves. Senior Qaecologist Mick McCarthy has been blogging regularly on a wide range of topics from interpreting variation in data to alpine cattle grazing. Geoff Heard gave us a sneak preview of … Continue reading →

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Qaecologists at SCB

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

This week a bunch of qaecologists will be presenting their work at the Society for Conservation Biology meeting in Auckland, New Zealand. If you’re in town be sure to check them out.

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Qaecologists in the Media

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

Brendan is the lead author on a paper published in Nature Climate Change this week looking at how to optimise investment in conservation under climate change. Brendan discusses the findings in The Conversation and you can see him in the flesh on the ABC … Continue reading →

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Qaecology Reading Group: Saccheri et al, 1998

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

Once a fortnight the Qaecology lab gathers round a couple of packets of Tim Tams and a pot of coffee to discuss a paper. This week the theme was extinction risk and the paper chosen was Saccheri et al’s, Inbreeding … Continue reading →

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