Well done!

Many congratulations to Barbara Goettsch on receiving the Harry Messel Award for Conservation Leadership. This recognizes exemplary service to the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of IUCN, especially from individuals who have…

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Welcome

The last of our recent flurry of new additions to the research group started work today. It is a pleasure to have Stefano Casalegno join us as a postdoctoral researcher…

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Welcome

Two new additions to the research group today. Rich Inger joins as the group manager and a postdoctoral researcher working on the ecosystem services provided by wild birds. Maria Avila-Jimenez…

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Climate velocities

Sandel, B., Arge, L., Dalsgaard, B., Davies, R.G., Gaston, K.J., Sutherland, W.J. & Svenning, J-C. 2011. The influence of late Quaternary climate-change velocity on species endemism. Science 334, 660-664. We show that…

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New papers

  Booth, J.E., Gaston, K.J., Evans, K.L. & Armsworth, P.R. 2011. The value of species rarity in biodiversity recreation: a birdwatching example. Biological Conservation 144, 2728-2732. We determine the relationship between the…

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