We are thrilled to announce our new publication “The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science” in PLOS Biology. In this paper we surveyed 908 environmental scientists from eight countries (Bangladesh, Bolivia, Japan, Nepal, Nigeria, Spain, Ukraine and …
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New paper in Journal of Applied Ecology
We are excited to share the new publication in Journal of Applied Ecology: “Drone-induced flight initiation distances for shorebirds in mixed-species flocks”. In this study led by Joshua Wilson, a PhD student suvervised by Prof Richard Fuller and Dr Tatsuya Amano, …
Kelsey’s presentation at ESA 2023
Kelsey Hannah will be giving a presentation on the first chapter of her PhD project at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, at Portland, Oregon, USA. Enjoy and good luck with your presentation Kelsey! Presentation Title: The …
Tatsuya’s presentation at Helsinki Initiative webinar on multilingualism in scholarly communication
Tatsuya’s presentation on language barriers in conservation science, together with two other exciting presentations on multilingualism in science, at the Helsinki Initiative webinar on multilingualism in scholarly communication, is now available here.
New paper in Nature Sustainability
We are pleased to see the publication of our latest paper “The role of non-English-language science in informing national biodiversity assessments” in Nature Sustainability. In this paper we surveyed 37 countries where English is not an official language, and found that …
New letter in Science
After Science updated its editorial policy to ban the use of text generated by AI tools in scientific papers, we wrote a letter to the Editor raising our concern about the decision made. We argue that AI tools like ChatGPT and DeepL could help alleviate current linguistic disparities …
Two new papers on birds in Taiwan
We have two more new papers both on the status of bird populations in Taiwan, led by Da-Li Lin at UQ. One paper “Taiwan’s Breeding Bird Survey reveals very few declining species” has been published in Ecological Indicators, showing that there …
New paper in Ibis
Our new paper “Using empirical data analysis and expert opinion to identify farmland-associated bird species from their habitat associations” led by Da-Li Lin at UQ has been published in Ibis. See the abstract below and read the paper here. Agricultural expansion …
Tatsuya’s plenary at ESA-SCBO2022 is now available online
Tatsuya’s plenary on why language barriers matter in conservation and how we can tackle the issue, at the joint conference of the Ecological Society of Australia and the Society for Conservation Biology Oceania 2022, is now available online here (under “Morning …
Contribution to a new book: Transforming Conservation: A practical Guide to Evidence and Decision Making
We are very excited to see the release of a new open access book: Transforming Conservation: A practical Guide to Evidence and Decision Making which is edited by Prof William Sutherland, and authored by 76 experts from around the world. The …