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Comment on Conservation catastrophes by CJAB

CJAB — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:06:24 +0000

Thank you, Onnie. If you haven’t yet read the Gale et al. obituary, it’s worth the read too (link provided above).

Comment on Conservation catastrophes by Onnie Byers

Onnie Byers — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:30:40 +0000

This is a lovely tribute to David. I have shared it with the entire CBSG membership and am sure that many will be as moved by it as I am.Thank you.

Comment on Wobbling to extinction by Conservation catastrophes « ConservationBytes.com

Conservation catastrophes « ConservationBytes.com — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:52:28 +0000

[...] fertility and migration that arise due to variation in environmental conditions (process error), demographic ‘chance’ (e.g., the uncertainty of finding a mate and breeding) and measurement error. But predicting the [...]

Comment on Inbreeding does matter by Conservation catastrophes « ConservationBytes.com

Conservation catastrophes « ConservationBytes.com — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:52:04 +0000

[...] generalities in conservation phenomena, such as minimum viable population sizes, effects of inbreeding depression, applications of population viability analysis and extinction risk. But more on some of that [...]

Comment on Who are the world’s biggest environmental reprobates? by Money, money, everywhere, and not a drop to save the environment | East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:53:04 +0000

[...] was looking online for the premise of my newest post, and I came across an interesting article that listed the 10 worst countries’ proportional environmental impact (based on their [...]

Comment on Knowledge slavery by CJAB

CJAB — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:17:09 +0000

Just how is it "flawed", Marjorie? You provide absolutely no evidence for your claim. I fail to see how divesting some of a publisher's profits to the very people who make them possible cannot be done. If the model is 'flawed', it's time to change the model! Publishers are merely trying to reinvent themselves to maintain the strangle-hold on authors. No publishers trying to prevent open access? Please. Have a look at this and this.

Comment on When the cure becomes the disease by See the forest for the trees! | Conservation of Biodiversity

See the forest for the trees! | Conservation of Biodiversity — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:17:50 +0000

[...] habitats. We don’t have two Earth’s and we can all live together. Corey Bradshaw at Conservation Bytes recently wrote about this (and the role of conservationists) and linked to Peter Kareiva’s [...]

Comment on When the cure becomes the disease by François Olivier Hébert

François Olivier Hébert — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:52:32 +0000

Hi, I really like the way you write. I think it’s always good to shake people up to make them think about their own visions and opinions. I’ve been following you for a while from Québec, Canada. I’m a masters student at Laval University in Quebec city and we’ve discussed this topic in our last lab meeting. I totally agree with you and now I think we really have to ask the “good” questions regarding the way we want to do conservation biology. Maybe it’s time for a new area of what we could call “conciliation biology”. I am curious to know how people feel about invasive species and their pernicious impact on “pristine” habitats/ecosystems. How should we manage these situations?

There is a good paper on that in Evolutionary Applications from Scott P. Carroll (2011) : “Conciliation biology: the eco-evolutionary management of permanently invaded biotic systems”. According to him, we should first try to prevent those invasions and the resulting habitat destruction (and consequently local species extinction), if it doesn’t work, then we should try to see if the problem can be solved and if it’s impossible, then try to manage the invaded and permanently altered environments by including the invasive species in the conservation plans. It could be an interesting way to save some precious money. I totally agree that wasting good money to save species that can’t be saved or that are not THAT important for the stability of the ecosystems is completely stupid.

Thanks for these interesting positions you take on your blog !

Cheers from Québec,
François Olivier Hébert

Comment on Knowledge slavery by CJAB

CJAB — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:00:01 +0000

Spread the word: scientists are tearing down publishers' wall

Comment on Knowledge slavery by Marjorie

Marjorie — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:25:44 +0000

The economics described here are flawed, from lack of familiarity with the industry you purport to dissect.

The concept that publishers have to be destroyed to give authors the privilege of paying to publish is also flawed. Publishers are trying to change as quickly as they can, and would welcome an opportunity to collaborate on that effort, in particular as is entails a wholesale re-invention of a rather extensive infrastructure.

Open access is quite a different matter from copyright protection. To my knowledge there are no publishers lobbying to prevent open access.

Otherwise fine. Carry on.