Tag Archives: wildlife

No substitute for untouched tropical forests

By Kate | Published: September 23, 2011
Read more at The Environment Institute “Over the past 50 years, South-East Asia has suffered the greatest losses of biodiversity of any tropical region in the world. A study, published today in the journal ‘Nature‘, involves research from the Environment Institute’s Professor Corey Bradshaw and Professor Barry Brook, University of Adelaide. The study highlights the importance of [...]
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A new phase of TERN is about to start

By Cadence | Published: May 5, 2011
Read more at the Environment Institute “In the latest round of support for the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) a proposal by Profs Wayne Meyer and David Chittleborough has received support. The new support will enable continuation and supplementation of the energy, CO2 and H2O monitoring system set up over mallee vegetation [...]
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Predicting distribution shifts of Grey Nurse Sharks. Guest Blogger Guanfang Su

By Cadence | Published: March 11, 2011
Read more at the Environment Institute “This week is Seaweek and guest blogger Guanfang Su describes her research on predicting distributional shifts of large marine vertebrates around Australia. Guanfang Su comes from Shandong, China. She is currently undertaking her PhD in the Global Ecology Lab within the School of Earth and Environment [...]
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Where are the whale sharks going? Guest Blogger Ana Sequeira

By Cadence | Published: March 11, 2011
Read more at the Environment Institute “This week is Seaweek and guest blogger Ana Sequeira describes how whale shark distribution might be shifting according to seasonal environmental predictors. Ana Sequeira is a PhD student at the University of Adelaide. Her main research interests are to develop models applied to the marine environment to [...]
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What the hell is a banteng?

By Cadence | Published: February 25, 2011
Read more at ConservationBytes.com “A few years ago (ok, 6 years), ABC‘s Catalyst did a piece on our banteng research programme in Garig Gunak Barlu National Park in the Northern Territory. The show basically talks about the conservation and management conundrum of having a successful feral species in Australia that is also highly [...]
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Celebrating Wetlands! Guest Blogger Dr Anne Jensen

By Cadence | Published: February 7, 2011
Read more at the Environment Institute “Guest Post by Dr Anne Jensen, Dr Anne Jensen is an environmental consultant with extensive experience in natural resources management particularly relating to water issues and the environment. She is a Consulting Scientist to the Water Research Centre of the Environment Institute. Anne competed her [...]
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Biodiversity begins at home

By Cadence | Published: January 24, 2011
Read more at ConservationBytes.com “A few months ago I was involved in a panel discussion entitled ‘Biodiversity begins at home’ held at the Royal Institution of Australia in Adelaide and sponsored by the Don Dunstan Foundation. The main thrust of the evening was to have both academic (me & Andy Lowe) and on-the-ground, local conservationists (Sarah [...]
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S.A.F.E. = Species Ability to Forestall Extinction

By Cadence | Published: January 10, 2011
Read more at ConservationBytes.com “I’ve been more or less underground for the last 3 weeks. It has been a wonderful break (mostly) from the normally hectic pace of academic life. Thanks for all those who remain despite the recent silence. But I’m back now with a post about a paper we’ve just had accepted [...]
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Invaders beware

By Cadence | Published: November 3, 2010
From ConservationBytes.com “Recently, the Global Ecology Group at the University of Adelaide has had the immense privilege and pleasure of welcoming a new senior member to the fold – Dr. Phill Cassey. The slightly Pommefied-Kiwi-Now-Coming-To-Terms-With-Being-Australian represents a wonderful new addition to our lab’s expertise and vision. Phill is a distinguished [...]
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The balancing act of conservation

By Cadence | Published: October 7, 2010
From ConservationBytes.com “Navjot Sodhi & Paul Ehrlich‘s book, Conservation Biology for All, has just been reviewed in Trends in Ecology and Evolution. I’ve blogged about the book before and our contributing chapter (The conservation biologist’s toolbox), so I’ll just copy the very supportive review here by Rosie Trevelyan…”
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