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Environmental Science and ARC Future Fellowships

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Michael McCarthy

Environmental Science is one if Australia’s leading research areas. It is a field with Australia’s highest representation of highly-cited authors. And for all the foibles of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) ratings, it is the field with the … Continue reading →

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Simple Adaptive Management

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Michael McCarthy

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 →

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Ecology and Environmental Sciences star in ERA15

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Michael McCarthy

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 →

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Anniversary Lecture at the Mathematical Association of Victoria Annual Conference

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Michael McCarthy

I’m honoured to be presenting the Anniversary Lecture at the opening of the Mathematical Association of Victoria Annual Conference tomorrow at La Trobe University. I will aim to show how relatively simple mathematics can be used to help understand and … Continue reading →

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Writing concisely about indices of extinction risk

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Michael McCarthy

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 →

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Statistical inference in ecology

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Michael McCarthy

Update: a pdf of an updated version of this chapter is available here. If this post had a single take-home message, it would be this: whatever statistical method you use, make sure that you use and report it appropriately. I’m … Continue reading →

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Optimal monitoring when detectability varies – my talk at #ESAus2012

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Michael McCarthy

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 →

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Royal Society of Victoria Lecture on Science for Conservation Decisions

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Michael McCarthy

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 →

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More cattle grazing in national parks

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Michael McCarthy

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 →

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Detectability and traits of plants

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Michael McCarthy

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 →

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