If your research project is going to involve building an SDM, then one of your first tasks will be to … More

Image: http://phdskills.blogspot.com.au/ I’ve started supervising students a little more frequently now, and during the induction process have found myself coming back … More

We recently published a paper in Global Ecology and Biogeography which shows that, contrary to popular belief, Australian cities and towns are … More

At the risk of coming across as a tree-hugger: I love trees. I do. Now don’t get me wrong – … More

I know, I hear you: I was also deeply skeptical about Twitter when I joined the QAECO group (@qaecology) a … More

Doesn’t stay at a bat conference, because I’ve written a post about it! I have just returned from Costa Rica … More

About six months ago, I moved back to Melbourne for my first postdoc (the job you do after your PhD). … More

Here are some attempted-quotes from the Forum: (‘attempted’ because I can’t write very quickly and didn’t get them down verbatim… … More