-
Recent Posts
Categories
Archives
Twitter Updates
- I'm looking forward to the @SciMelb Lecture by @suziesheehy on Discoveries that Changed our World. Only 10 hours to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
- RT @SciMelb: Thanks everyone who came and asked great questions! Remember we've got online Masterclasses every day for the rest of the week… 3 days ago
- RT @EuanRitchie1: IT'S ON!!! 🎶 It's the final countdown...🎶 We have a final top ten and it's the last week of #AusMammalOfTheYear! Voting… 3 days ago
- Only a few days left to apply for this tenure-track position... twitter.com/qaecology/stat… 1 week ago
- RT @JamesTodd_: Such an important and great program for participants and @DELWP_Vic - attracting and maintaining younger talent. Please app… 2 weeks ago
- RT @OBryanMoira: Testament to the efforts of a great team. Thank you @SSRepro 😄 3 weeks ago
- RT @abakcus: 30 Best Math Books to Learn Advanced Mathematics for Self-Learners 👀 If you want to learn math by yourself, here is a beautif… 3 weeks ago
- RT @IAB_Bryology: #WomenInBryology Dr. Perpetua Turner from Australia was fondly called 'Moss Lady' during her Hons year as an undergraduat… 3 weeks ago
Links
Blogroll
Scientific Societies
Journals
Tag Archives: science
Simple Adaptive Management
This post gives some details of my speed talk at the SCB Oceania conference, which is in room P9 on Thursday 7 July at 11:50 as part of a session on conservation planning and adaptive management. We have submitted this … Continue reading
Posted in CEED, Communication, Ecological models, Probability and Bayesian analysis
Tagged #SCBO2016, adaptive management, Alana Moore, conference, ecology, environmental decisions, Michael McCarthy, mick mccarthy, probability, research, science, Society for Conservation Biology, The University of Melbourne, uncertainty
1 Comment
Ecology and Environmental Sciences star in ERA15
The results of the latest assessment of research excellence in Australia have been released. Now, every university will spin the results to suit their own purpose*. While we can leave universities to report their results so they appear to shine … Continue reading
Posted in Communication
Tagged Australia, ecology, Environmental Science, ERA, excellence, research, science
3 Comments
Writing concisely about indices of extinction risk
Edit: An updated version of the paper mentioned in this post is available at bioRxiv: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/000760 (and now it is published: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12308) A post on the joys of editing science. For three years I have worked on a paper in … Continue reading
Optimal monitoring when detectability varies – my talk at #ESAus2012
Edit: A paper based on this work has now been published in PLoS One (open access, i.e. free). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115345. I’m looking forward to the Ecological Society of Australia conference this week. I’m speaking in the second time slot (2:15 … Continue reading
Posted in CEED, Communication, Detectability, Ecological models, New research, Probability and Bayesian analysis
Tagged #ESAus2012, detectability, detection rate, ecological surveys, ecology, environmental decisions, models, monitoring, research, science, science communication, uncertainty
4 Comments
Royal Society of Victoria Lecture on Science for Conservation Decisions
I’m speaking tomorrow (7.00 pm, 22 November 2012) at the Royal Society of Victoria. It will be in the Lecture Theatre upstairs in the Royal Society building (entry via 8 La Trobe Street Melbourne). RSV lectures are open to all … Continue reading
More cattle grazing in national parks
A recent announcement that cattle grazing leases will be extended in New South Wales national parks as part of a “scientific trial” reminds me of cattle grazing in Victoria’s Alpine National Park. The study in New South Wales, which is … Continue reading
Detectability and traits of plants
If you’ve seen previous posts, you would realise that I am interested in the topic of imperfect detectability in field surveys. I’m interested in what influences detectability, how to account for it in analyses, and what it means when designing … Continue reading
Tuesday at #ESA2012
Here is my post about Tuesday at ESA 2012. My first stop was the session run by Ben Bolker (one of the people I enjoyed meeting and chatting with on Monday) and Drew Tyre (another case of meeting up with … Continue reading
You must be logged in to post a comment.