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
Tag Archives: The University of Melbourne
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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A Future Fellowship for Fiona Fidler
Today the Australian Research Council has announced their 2016 Future Fellows, and among them is QAEco associate Fiona Fidler. She will take up a joint position between the University of Melbourne’s School of BioSciences and School of Historical and Philosophical … Continue reading
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Tagged ARC, ecology, Fiona Fidler, Future Fellowship, reproducibility, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Opportunities with the NESP Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub (CAUL)
The University of Melbourne node of the NESP Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub is advertising four Research Fellow (Level A) positions. They are seeking candidates with expertise in amphibian ecology, urban ecology, urban greening and environmental psychology to contribute … Continue reading
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Tagged amphibian, Biodiversity, greening, postdoc, psychology, research, The University of Melbourne, urban
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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
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
Choose your cake and eat it too: A very QAECO morning tea
By Natasha Cadenhead How do academics forage at morning tea? Do sweets go extinct faster than savouries? Which cake should you eat? How much should you eat? How close should you be to the coffee? The exit? Yesterday we hosted … Continue reading
Research and teaching positions at The University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is recruiting outstanding researchers to research only positions that will convert to regular teaching and research positions after 5 years. These appointments are overseen by the University’s senior executive, with support of relevant faculties. We’d love … Continue reading
Posted in post-docs, Qaecologists
Tagged available positions, research positions, The University of Melbourne
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McKenzie Fellowships
The University of Melbourne has an annual round of postdoctoral positions known as McKenzie Fellowships. The most recent round has just opened. The Fellowships will be funded for a three year appointment commencing at Level A.6 in the University Salary … Continue reading
Posted in News, post-docs
Tagged careers, jobs, McKenzie Fellowship, post-doc, Postdoctoral research, QAECO, The University of Melbourne
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Making smart management decisions even when we are uncertain
How do we use structured decision making and value of information analysis to identify robust management strategies even when there is a lot of uncertainty about the system? QAECO’s Joslin Moore and Mike Runge describe how they did it in … Continue reading
Qaecologists at #ESA2012
Three members of QAECO are going to ESA2012 in Portland. In chronological order of their talks, we have: Mick McCarthy: “Indices of population viability” (Monday, 6 August, 2012: 2:50 PM, D136). Laura Pollock: “The role of speciation and introgression in … Continue reading
Posted in Conference, Qaecologists
Tagged Biodiversity, Eucalypts, extinction, fire, Laura Pollock, Luke Kelly, Mick McCarthy, model, modelling, qaecology, research, science, The University of Melbourne
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