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Comment on Touchy-feely ecologists by EcoTiger

EcoTiger — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:03:21 +0000

I really appreciate the intent of this post. Conservation scientists as a whole are an extremely passionate lot who tend to wholeheartedly believe that the things they value matter the most! However, I think what we often forget, is that everybody values something, probably just as strongly as we value conservation. Getting others to care isn’t as easy as just convincing them that we care. It also involves convincing them that what we care about should be as important to them as what they care about. Is it?

Comment on A carbon economy can help save our species too by tcornelisse

tcornelisse — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:06:05 +0000

Reblogged this on Conservation of Biodiversity.

Comment on Threats to biodiversity insurance from protected areas by Learning from danger | ConservationBytes.com

Learning from danger | ConservationBytes.com — Sun, 12 May 2013 22:01:33 +0000

[…] W. F. et al. (2012). Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature, 489: […]

Comment on Protected areas work, but only when you put in the effort by Learning from danger | ConservationBytes.com

Learning from danger | ConservationBytes.com — Sun, 12 May 2013 22:01:22 +0000

[…] Protected areas work, but only when you put in the effort (10). Donadio and Buskirk (4) provide indirect evidence for weak investment into preventing hunting of South American camelids in well-established protected areas. They postulate that pervasive hunting can displace guanacos and vicuñas to low-quality habitats, and point out that the problem might worsen if the expanding mining industry opens new roads reaching the most remote areas of the llanos. […]

Comment on Take credit for your work by Michael McCarthy

Michael McCarthy — Thu, 09 May 2013 01:49:55 +0000

With a well-considered blend of writing styles, one could aim for both! ;-)

Comment on Take credit for your work by CJAB

CJAB — Thu, 09 May 2013 01:29:28 +0000

Not much choice there – egotistical git or pompous prat.

Comment on Take credit for your work by Jim Croft

Jim Croft — Thu, 09 May 2013 01:00:11 +0000

But isn’t it also a matter of style and balance, appropriate to the situation? Writing to a rule often leads to awkward prose. Too much active first person singular and an egotistical git is suspected. Too much passive voice and I think, pompous prat… ;)

Comment on Take credit for your work by Michael McCarthy

Michael McCarthy — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:27:16 +0000

If convention compels a particular style, then use that style – there’s no choice. Where there is choice, write succinctly. Active voice can help us write succinctly, but we should still write with as much flair as convention, precise wording and talent permit. And we can always work to overturn convention if the alternative is better.

Comment on Journals by Kai Chan

Kai Chan — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:28:53 +0000

Hi Corey, this is a great service–thanks! How about the journal “Ecosystems”, http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/ecology/journal/10021

Comment on Take credit for your work by Daniel Hocking

Daniel Hocking — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:00:08 +0000

Interesting. I still struggle with this. I try to use active voice but my background is in chemical engineering. In classes we were docked a point every time we used active voice in writing. I am mentoring a student in biomedical sciences currently and he is also required to use passive voice. In ecology active voice is generally the standard but I don’t know how universal that is. I agree with Mick that active voice is more succinct, which is enough to convince me to us it, even if it occasionally gets tedious.