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Category Archives: blog
Lines in the sand
Dr. Suzanne Prober, Prof Richard Hobbs, Prof Hugh Possingham and I have recently had a paper entitled ‘Lines in the sand: quantifying the cumulative development footprint in the world’s largest remaining temperate woodland‘ published in the journal Landscape Ecology. You … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, cumulative impacts, ecology, edge effects, environment, Great Western Woodlands, R, research, science
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Overview of Keren’s PhD research
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Being quoted
I just came across an interesting book recently published by Random House in the UK called Linescapes: Remapping and Reconnecting Britain’s Fragmented Wildlife, by Hugh Warwick. In the book, the author discussed some of my research, published a few years … Continue reading
Jungkajungka Woodlands Festival
Don’t miss being a part of the inaugural Jungkajungka Woodlands Festival, held over Easter in Norseman, Western Australia—the Heart of the Great Western Woodlands. This event is organised by the Wilderness Society in collaboration with the Shire of Dundas, GondwanaLink, … Continue reading
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The Great Western Woodlands: a biological wonderland, a poem, a movement
I’m pleased to share that I have had one of my poems used as the voiceover for the Wilderness Society’s Great Western Woodlands campaign that they launched last month. The poem is called Biological Cornucopia and is one of a … Continue reading
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The Great Western Woodlands Campaign Launch: 3rd February 2017
All are invited to join the Wilderness Society for a special celebration of the Great Western Woodlands (GWW), one of West Australia’s most significant natural spaces. They’ll be launching a new campaign for the Great Western Woodlands and showcasing the new … Continue reading
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In defense of science
Originally posted on Being A Better Scientist:
I (Pleuni Pennings) endorse the following, which was drafted by Graham Coop (UC Davis), Michael Eisen (UC Berkeley) and Molly Przeworski (Columbia): We are deeply concerned by the Trump administration’s move to gag…
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Mixed-model analysis of a percentage outcome using logit transformation in R
Warning: this post is terribly technical. Readers not inclined towards statistical analysis and R coding may wish to skip this one! I was recently contacted by a biologist in the UK regarding one of the analyses that I did in … Continue reading
R Script for spatial analysis disturbance by patch – for reference in blog post on mixed-model analysis with logistic transformation
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A reflection
Two quotes from the recent newsletter of DBytes, a Newletter of the Environmental Decisions Group, seem to highlight a manifestation of Dr. Robert Sapolsky’s claim that the one trait that best defines and distinguishes us humans from other species is the … Continue reading
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Sustaining Ecology 