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Comment on Fear of humans by Fear of humans | ConservationBytes.com – pcachary.in

Fear of humans | ConservationBytes.com – pcachary.in — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:12:28 +0000

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Comment on Wondering if you should apply for a DECRA? by DECRA Application Process Explained: Step-by-Step Guide for First-Time Applicants

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:46:18 +0000

[…] Decision prompts: Apply when your niche is clear, you have institutional backing and time to prepare. Defer if the project needs more maturity, or if support is weak. For a worked perspective, consider whether to apply. […]

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Comment on Pollination worth 153 billion Euros per year by Rescue Plan Needed for Biodiversity because Trillions of Dollars are being Lost Each Year – i70 Wildlife Watch

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:52:11 +0000

[…] and of course no honey! The value of pollination of our commercial crops is estimated to be US $216 billion every year. We can survive without bees, of course but imagine if we had to do all that pollination by […]

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Comment on Outright bans of trophy hunting could do more harm than good by Abstracts Of Recently Published Wildlife Papers - Conservation Frontlines

Abstracts Of Recently Published Wildlife Papers - Conservation Frontlines — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:44:33 +0000

[…] International pressure to ban trophy hunting is increasing. However, we argue that trophy hunting can be an important conservation tool, provided it can be done in a controlled manner to benefit biodiversity conservation and local people. Where political and governance structures are adequate, trophy hunting can help address the ongoing loss of species. Download at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26746807 Also to be read https://conservationbytes.com/2016/01/05/outright-bans-of-trophy-hunting-could-do-more-harm-than-good… […]

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Comment on Native invaders divide loyalties by Pied Crows, Powerlines and Climate Change – Karoo Space

Pied Crows, Powerlines and Climate Change – Karoo Space — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 06:50:31 +0000

[…] the situation, it may be that pied crows are an example of the relatively new phenomenon of the native invader. These are species that occur naturally in one area, but whose numbers suddenly increase out of all […]

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Comment on 10 things I wish I knew before doing an Honours degree by degree courses

degree courses — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 05:29:21 +0000

Incredibly valuable advice for any student considering an Honours degree. Sharing this with my entire cohort

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Comment on More is better by Reading lists in Ecology – Short Essays – Geekcologist

Reading lists in Ecology – Short Essays – Geekcologist — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:48:37 +0000

[…] More is better – This post is about the ‘diversity-productivity relationship’. This relationship predicts that higher plant species diversity should lead to higher net productivity. But the evidence is not clear and the author writes about a paper addressing this point. […]

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Comment on The state of global biodiversity — it’s worse than you probably think by Reading lists in Ecology – Short Essays – Geekcologist

Reading lists in Ecology – Short Essays – Geekcologist — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:48:35 +0000

[…] The state of global biodiversity — it’s worse than you probably think – Here the authors write about the fact that we are “without a doubt well within a sixth mass extinction event”. […]

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Comment on Classics by Reading lists in Ecology – Short Essays – Geekcologist

Reading lists in Ecology – Short Essays – Geekcologist — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:48:33 +0000

[…] This blog has a very nice section on professional/writing tips for researchers and another one on classical […]

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Reading lists in Ecology – Short Essays – Geekcologist — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:48:30 +0000

[…] highlighting, discussing, and critiquing conservation science. This blog has a very nice section on professional/writing tips for researchers and another one on classical […]

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Comment on Rextinct: a new tool to estimate when a species went extinct by A long life can be a disadvantage | ConservationBytes.com

A long life can be a disadvantage | ConservationBytes.com — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 23:00:27 +0000

[…] Radiocarbon, or carbon 14, is present in small, constant amounts throughout an organism’s life (including ours), but after death, its quantity decreases by half every ~ 5700 years (8, 9). By knowing this decay rate, the amount of radiocarbon in inert, organic materials — such as proteins in a fossilised mammoth bone or a shark’s eye lens — can indicate age (see video on radiocarbon dating and my previous blogs here and here). […]

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Comment on Ancient bones — how old? by A long life can be a disadvantage | ConservationBytes.com

A long life can be a disadvantage | ConservationBytes.com — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 23:00:24 +0000

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Comment on The extinction vortex by Genetics to the rescue | ConservationBytes.com

Genetics to the rescue | ConservationBytes.com — Mon, 26 May 2025 23:00:06 +0000

[…] rates arising from inbreeding depression. This produces what is generally known as the ‘extinction vortex‘ — the smaller your population, the more you inbreed and produce sub-optimal offspring, […]

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Comment on Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why by Peter Apps

Peter Apps — Wed, 07 May 2025 17:36:23 +0000

In my view the probelm, and hence the solution does not lie with either the journals or the authors – it lies with an academic system that has abdicated its judgement of a researcher’s quality to a simple minded count of publications and “impact”. The current problem, and hence the solution, follows from that – a cohort of researchers desperate to publish, a journals industry doing what industries do when demand is high; put up prices at the top end and provide shoddy products at the other end (there are a host of journals with low standards that accommodate first-time authors who need their name of a paper to graduate M.Sc), and the final stage of the Ponzi scheme; and an academic industry churning out papers of little value and graduates fit only to become yet more academics paying yet more publication fees for yet more papers, in order to get yet more grants. The first step towards a solution is for academia to drop the blanket requirement for postgraduates to publish in order to graduate.

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Comment on CJA Bradshaw by Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why | ConservationBytes.com

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:24:45 +0000

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Comment on How to review a scientific paper by Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why | ConservationBytes.com

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:24:43 +0000

[…] editor a little about your paper’s history and why you think you were treated unfairly (e.g., one reviewer was horrible, and the editor didn’t actually edit). Being honest about your paper’s history, warts […]

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Comment on When to appeal a rejection by Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why | ConservationBytes.com

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:24:41 +0000

[…] don’t just take it sitting down (read more on dealing with rejection). I have written an entire post on this subject, but in brief, the higher the journal’s reputation, the better the chance a well-reasoned […]

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Comment on Dealing with rejection by Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why | ConservationBytes.com

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:24:39 +0000

[…] decision is ‘no, bugger off’, don’t just take it sitting down (read more on dealing with rejection). I have written an entire post on this subject, but in brief, the higher the journal’s […]

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