Today a new paper on biodiversity indicators came out in Nature Ecology & Evolution, co-authored by group members Emily Nicholson and Lucie Bland. The paper, lead by…… Read more “New paper: A biodiversity-crisis hierarchy to evaluate and refine conservation indicators”
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New Paper: Defining ecosystem collapse for risk assessment
Paper authors: Lucie M. Bland, Jessica Rowland, Tracey J. Regan, David A. Keith, Nicholas J. Murray, Rebecca E. Lester, Matt Linn, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Emily Nicholson [Link] Journal:…… Read more “New Paper: Defining ecosystem collapse for risk assessment”
Lab Member Spotlight: Jess Rowland
This month at the Conservation Science Lab we’ve started a new initiative! We are doing a ‘member spotlight’, and in this post we’ll be highlighting the achievements of…… Read more “Lab Member Spotlight: Jess Rowland”
New paper: Using multiple lines of evidence to assess the risk of ecosystem collapse.
By: Bland, L.M., Regan, T.J., Dinh, M.N., Ferrari, R., Keith, D.A., Lester, R., Mouillot, D., Murray, N.J., Nguyen, H.A. & Nicholson, E. In: Proceedings of the Royal…… Read more “New paper: Using multiple lines of evidence to assess the risk of ecosystem collapse.”
ICCB 2017 Symposium: New Tools for Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment.
We recently attended the 2017 International Congress for Conservation Biology in Cartagena, Colombia. While there, we participated in a symposium titled “New tools for ecosystem monitoring and…… Read more “ICCB 2017 Symposium: New Tools for Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment.”
ARC Discovery grant on Indicators: new postdoc and PhD positions available
We’re delighted to have been successful in our application for an ARC Discovery grant to continue our work on biodiversity indicators. The grant is lead by Emily…… Read more “ARC Discovery grant on Indicators: new postdoc and PhD positions available”
New postdoc: marine ecosystem services
We are embarking on an exciting project on marine ecosystem services. The project is a collaboration between Deakin University’s Daniel Ierodiaconou, Peter Macreadie and Emily Nicholson, The…… Read more “New postdoc: marine ecosystem services”
New PhD project on biodiversity indicators
We are looking for a new PhD student to undertake research on biodiversity indicators, supervised by Emily Nicholson in collaboration with Simon Ferrier at CSIRO, Beth Fulton…… Read more “New PhD project on biodiversity indicators”
A giant spider crabs’ danger zone
By Deakin PhD student, Elodie Camprasse Did you know that Port Phillip Bay is home to a unique phenomenon each year in winter? Not a lot of…… Read more “A giant spider crabs’ danger zone”
Testing biodiversity indicators
One big theme in our research is how to improve understanding of biodiversity change through better indicators and tools (e.g. the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems). Today…… Read more “Testing biodiversity indicators”