Tag Archives: conservation biology

2012 Smith Postdoctoral fellowships

The Smith Fellowship is a great opportunity for a soon to be or recent PhDs involved in conservation.  Their 2012 call has just been announced. The Society for Conservation Biology is pleased to solicit applications for the David H. Smith … Continue reading

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Four PhD positions in sustainability and biodiversity

My colleague Joern Fischer is offering four new PhD positions at Leuphana University Lueneburg. He writes: Expressions of interest are being sought for four new PhD positions, for commencement in 2011 (details to be negotiated). Please register your interest and … Continue reading

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2011 Smith Fellowships Annoucement

I had a Smith Fellowship during my post-doc and it was a good experience.  The 2011 call is open now, and they are open to individuals who want to extend the social-ecological frontiers of conservation biology. The Society for Conservation … Continue reading

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Conservation Social Science

Conservation Biology has published three ‘virtual issues’ of Conservation Biology for the International Year of Biodiversity.  The issues each include 10-15 previously published articles from Conservation Biology, but access to these articles is now free of charge.  The virtual issues … Continue reading

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Mammals better invaders than birds

Journal Watch Online reports an interesting finding: According to the “tens rule”, roughly ten percent of introduced species become established and ten percent of those become invasive. Only it doesn’t hold for mammals or birds, according to Jonathan Jeschke’s study, … Continue reading

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