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Prof Peter Ward podcast available
The podcast from the presentation by Professor Peter Ward is now available for download. Peter D. Ward, Ph.D, is a paleontologist and professor in the Departments of Geology and Biology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He also serves as an adjunct professor of zoology and astronomy. His research specialties include the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction […]
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Dr Marcel Cardillo – Australian Biodiversity Seminar Today
Ecology, Evolution and Landscape Sciences, The Environment Institute and the Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity present Dr Marcel Cardillo, ARC QEII Fellow and Associate Professor of Evolution and Biodiversity, Australian National University, on Friday 14 June 2013. The presentation is titled ‘Origins of the southwest Australian biodiversity hotspot: ecological and macroevolutionary perspectives’. When: […]
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DNA fingerprinting of timber helps track illegal logging
The application of DNA to timber tracking is another milestone in the valuable use of DNA in tackling crime. Australian Geographic recently featured an article on this technology that is generating significant interest in the timber industry. The DNA testing technology is developed by researchers from the Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity at […]
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Conservation jobs with the Environment Institute
Two conservation jobs have become available with the Global Ecology Group at the University of Adelaide. This Australian Research Council-funded Discovery Project seeks to determine whether functional forms of spatially explicit population dynamics are generalisable across taxa with similar attributes and range limiting factors. By considering the effects of multiple interacting factors (biotic and abiotic) […]
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