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February 11, 2008
Chapter 16 - Looking forward - prospects for biogeography.
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Chapter Outline :
- Subjects are dynamic and in an increasingly competitive world they need to be examined critically for justification of their area of study;
- Biogeography has been a part of study for thousands of years but only recently has it become a discrete academic topic;
- Research shows that its importance is growing especially since the 1990s;
- Biogeography
is a dynamic subject area with many topics of relevance to current
conditions and a growth in significance in public, business and
political dimensions.
| Author(s) | Title (and link) | Comment |
| Possingham, Grantham and Rondinini 2007 | How can you conserve species that haven’t been found? | Questions the use of conservation in the light of imperfect knowledge. |
| Lawton 2007 | Ecology, politics and policy | Comments on the role of the British Ecological Society. |
| Sutherland et al 2006 | The identification of 100 ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK | A forum from the BES shows the need for scientists and policy makers to communicate better if key ecological processes are to be promoted. |
| Lomolino et al 2006 | The island rule and a research agenda for studying ecogeographical patterns | Argues for a new research agenda in finding organism patterns - notably one using a greater range of variables than seen to date. |
| Dabelko 2005 | Speaking Their Language: How to Communicate Better with Policymakers and Opinion Shapers – and Why Academics Should Bother in the First Place | The author puts forward a simple yet powerful message: if we want to communicate we need to work in the language of the audience and not expect them to learn ours! |
| Revell 2005 | Ecological
Modernization in the UK: Rhetoric or Reality? |
An investigation into the extent that ecological theory is used in UK policy-making - where rhetoric meets reality. |
| Whittaker et al 2004 | Conservation Biogeography: assessment and prospect | Highlights the contribution that biogeography can make both practically and theoretically. |
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