The issue of human overpopulation has fallen out of favour among most contemporary demographers, economists, and epidemiologists. Discussing population control has become a taboo topic. The silence around…
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In that world of peripheral vision, essential for business, social and political leaders, it is surprising that the World Economic Forum’s report, Global Risks 2012 has not received greater publicity or…
The image of the bearded, grubby ecologist, out-dated spectacles askew and sporting an eccentric grin of geeky, scientific relish, is one that is shared by many, including novice ecologists themselves…
I’ve been an ecologist in Australia for the last ten years, working for both government agencies and as a university researcher. Over this time, funding for fieldwork has been increasingly hard to secure…
I’ve been away in the UK for a few years – and what do I find when I come back? In the Murray Darling we are still arguing over inputs (the amount of water to be returned to the river) instead of focusing…
Sound and its use in communication have shaped the ecology, evolution, behaviour, and ultimately the success of many animal species. But are animals the only lifeforms to communicate with sound? Do plants…
Toxic industrial pollutants contaminate bird eggs in Australia’s major eastern cities at levels seven to nine times higher…
Climate change is causing more frequent flooding of the Wooramel River that leads into Shark Bay and threatening the unique…
New research challenges previously held ideas about plant species and biomass. Research conducted in the 1970s showed that…
Australian researchers have discovered that a dolphin found in Victoria is its own separate species, distinct from all other dolphins worldwide. The dolphins, found only in Port Phillip Bay and Gippsland…
A new analysis of plants in grassland ecosystems around the world has revealed that most grassland plant species are important…
Results from an Atlantic herring population model developed by National Oceanic and Atmoshpheric Administration (NOAA) scientists…
For bacteria, it seems that what matters more than your species identity is whether you have specific genes that let you…
A giant river shark, rainbow fish and a lurid blue monitor lizard are among the 1,060 new species discovered in the relatively untouched forests of New Guinea, according to a new report by conservationist…
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, University of Florida
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Ecology, University of Salford
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Biology, Boston University
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Professor of Sustainability, Azim Premji University
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Professor, University of Tasmania
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, The University of Melbourne
