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New Paper: Climate change, variability and conservation impacts in Australia
A new paper written by Environment Institute members Thomas Prowse and Barry Brook has recently been published in the Journal Pacific Conservation Biology. The paper is titled ‘Climate change, variability and conservation impacts in Australia’ and talk...Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:22:02 +1030
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New Paper: Robust estimates of extinction time in the geological record
A new paper written by Environment Institute members Corey Bradshaw, Alan Cooper and Barry Brook, as well as C.S.M Turney from the University of New South Wales, has recently been published in the Journal Quaternary Science Reviews. The paper is titled...Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:43:17 +1030
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New Paper: Amphibian and butterfly diversity across a tropical land-use gradient in Sri Lanka; implications for conservation decision making
A new paper written by Environment Institute member Thomas Wanger, as well as E.P Kudavidanage, from the National University of Singapore and Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, C. de Alwis and S. Sanjeewa from the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lank...Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:54:54 +1030
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New Paper: Trophic ecology of reef sharks determined using stable isotopes and telemetry
A new paper written by Environment Institute member Corey Bradshaw, as well as C. W. Speed, from the Australian Institute of Marine Science/ Research Institute for the Environment & Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University; M. G. Meekan from the Australi...Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:00:35 +1030
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Archaeopteryx – shaken but not stirred
For over 150 years, Archaeopteryx has been almost universally assumed to be a primitive bird. However, earlier this year, an intriguing dinosaur fossil from China challenged this entrenched view: Xiatongia, a Velociraptor-like dinosaur, showed many si...Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:24:40 +1030
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New Paper – Experimental comparison of aerial larvicides and habitat modification for controlling disease-carrying Aedes vigilax mosquitoes
A new paper written by Environment Institute members, Siobhan DeLittle, Barry Brook and Corey Bradshaw as well as Grant Williamson and David Bowman from Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania and Peter Whelan from the Medical Entomology, ...Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:51:46 +1030
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New Paper – Plant DNA Barcodes Can Accurately Estimate Species Richness in Poorly Known Floras
A new paper written by Environment Institute members, Craig Costion, Hugh Cross and Andrew Lowe as well as Andrew Ford from CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences and Darren Crayn and Mark Harrington from the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, has...Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:19:33 +1030
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New Paper – Booming during a bust: Asynchronous population responses of arid zone lizards to climatic variables
A new paper written by Environment Institute members, Dr John Read, Professor Barry Brook and Dr Damien Fordham as well as Kelli-Jo Kovac from the Environment Section, BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, has been made available online and will soon be published ...Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:00:16 +1030
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New Paper – Strange bedfellows? Techno-fixes to solve the big conservation issues in southern Asia
A new paper written by Environment Institute members, Professor Barry Brook and Professor Corey Bradshaw has been made available online and will soon be published in the Journal Biological Conservation. The paper titled ‘Strange bedfellows? Techno-fixe...Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:52:57 +1030
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New Publication – Managing the risk of exotic vertebrate incursions in Australia
Biological invasions are a profound contribution to human induced environmental change. Preventing the incursion of non-native species to Australia is by far the most cost-effective way to reduce future pest damage. Assoc. Prof. Phill Cassey from the S...Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:09:32 +1030
