IAEA chief outlines five principles to avert nuclear ‘catastrophe’ in Ukraine

[ad_1] Delivering his latest update, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi reported that the situation at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) – the largest in Europe – remains extremely fragile and dangerous. Military operations continue in the region “and may well increase very considerably in the near future,” he warned. Rolling the dice The Zaporizhzhya […]

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From wildlife-savers to citizen scientists – The Applied Ecologist

[ad_1] Johanna Kauffert and co-authors take us back to one early morning of a fawn rescue in June in order to demonstrate how opportunistically sampled field data of wildlife volunteers can be used to reconstruct birth distributions. It’s early morning (or rather still in the middle of the night) when I get up to drive […]

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Ecological Solutions and Evidence – The Applied Ecologist

[ad_1] Ecological Solutions and Evidence is delighted to announce 27 new Associate Editors who have joined the Editorial Board following our latest open call across all seven BES journals. At the end of 2022, the British Ecological Society journals conducted an open recruitment process for Associate Editors across all seven BES journals. This was the […]

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Journal of Applied Ecology – The Applied Ecologist

[ad_1] Following our recent open call for applicants, we’re thrilled to welcome 23 new Associate Editors to the Journal of Applied Ecology Editorial Board! You can find out about each new Associate Editor’s research interests below. Mark Otieno University of Würzburg, Germany Mark’s research focuses on the sustainable delivery of pollination and other arthropod-mediated ecosystem services, pollinator […]

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Cover stories (111:05): Wood, termites, & fungi—a tale of tribulation

[ad_1] The cover image for our May issue shows fruiting bodies of the fungus Microporus xanthopus sprout from a dead log in the Daintree rainforest of Queensland, Australia. This image relates to the article ‘Wood traits explain microbial but not termite-driven decay in Australian tropical rainforest and savanna‘ by Stephanie Law et al. Here, co-author Steven Allison tells […]

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Welcoming our 2023 Associate Editor Mentees! – The Applied Ecologist

[ad_1] Journal of Applied Ecology offers a two-year mentoring opportunity for early career researchers to gain experience of the Associate Editor role. Each mentee works with one of our five Senior Editors, who act as a mentor, as well as receives on-going support from the Editorial Office. Mentees have a great opportunity to learn more about […]

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Seychelles’ Island Conservation Society opens conservation centre on Astove Atoll

[ad_1] The new centre is located on Astove Atoll located over 1,000km southwest. (Island Conservation Society) Photo license   The Island Conservation Society (ICS) – a non-profit organisation in Seychelles – has extended its conservation presence in the Aldabra group of islands with the opening of a new conservation centre on Astove, which the sixth one among […]

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Forestry raises the predation risk to caribou – we found ways to reduce it – The Applied Ecologist

[ad_1] Tracy McKay and Laura Finnegan share their latest research investigating what affects ungulate occurrence  in forest harvest blocks in west-central Alberta, Canada. Five years ago, our research group developed an idea with forest companies to help conserve woodland caribou – Rangifer tarandus, the same species as the Eurasian reindeer – in western Canada. Summer […]

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