http://conservationbytes.com/2010/06/27/faraway-fettered-fish-fluctuate-frequently/ Conservation research... with bite Tue, 29 May 2012 05:05:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://conservationbytes.com/2010/06/27/faraway-fettered-fish-fluctuate-frequently/#comment-14301 Wed, 09 May 2012 04:49:59 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=4143#comment-14301 [...] The upshot is that ecologists have been searching for proxies and indicators of biodiversity patterns and processes, with the ultimate aim of being able to predict dynamics (at least at broad spatial scales) from decidedly non-biological features. A case in point is one that I’m most familiar with – the use of ‘surrogates’ in marine ecology – that is, using a species/taxon to predict the distribution of many more species. We have also done some work to predict coral reef fish diversity using little more than the position of the reef (latitude and distance to shore), and we have inferred inherent susceptibility to extinction using nothing more than the shape and isolation of re…. [...]

]]> http://conservationbytes.com/2010/06/27/faraway-fettered-fish-fluctuate-frequently/#comment-14093 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:30:06 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=4143#comment-14093 [...] important for population persistence than connectivity per se. While we have also identified that isolated and small populations are more temporally variable (and hence, more prone to extinction), it seems like the evidence is mounting that just ensuring [...]

]]> http://conservationbytes.com/2010/06/27/faraway-fettered-fish-fluctuate-frequently/#comment-8052 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:09:46 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=4143#comment-8052 [...] meta-analysis paper on marine surrogacy to determine if any generalities exist (see also a previous post on Camille’s exciting work). The paper appeared in PLoS One last month: Effectiveness of [...]

]]> http://conservationbytes.com/2010/06/27/faraway-fettered-fish-fluctuate-frequently/#comment-3903 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:22:04 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=4143#comment-3903 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by ConservationBytes, ConservationBytes. ConservationBytes said: Faraway fettered fish fluctuate frequently: http://wp.me/phhT4-14P [...]

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