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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

7 years

I'm getting tired of arrogant attitudes of privileged senior scientists to #PeerReview . This: response to a review request, and my reply.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 months

I will be recruiting two new PhD students to start in Feb 2025, to join a lively social-ecological research team working on protected areas. This is a competitive opportunity that involves applying for internal scholarships; I will support two or three applicants. If interested./

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

Officially confirmed by @arc_gov_au as new director of @CoralCoE . Many thanks @ProfTerryHughes for all you've brought to this role & wishing you well for the next steps in your own journey. Big shoes to fill, but I'm lucky to have so many excellent colleagues to help me!

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

1 year

Are you looking for a #PhD project + interested in social-ecological systems, #interdisciplinary research, spatial/ #landscape / #seascape ecology, GIS/remote sensing, economic and social dimensions of #conservation , and/or institutional analysis? Based in Perth - pls get in touch!

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

5 years

I’m looking for a PhD student to work with me on avian movement ecology & conservation on islands and reefs along the Great Barrier Reef. You’d need a decent CV and at least one published paper to qualify for full JCU funding. Send email if interested.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

2 years

@archeohistories Ahem. The savannas where baobabs live are diverse & complex ecosystems. Much thrives there - e.g., megaherbivores such as elephant, which often strip the bark to eat the pulpy wood. Baobabs are one of the few trees that can regrow if ring-barked. Photo:

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

2 years

Happy to share news that I'm taking on the role of Editor in Chief for Conservation Letters #journal from January 2023. It has been one of my favourite #conservation #ecology #sustainability journals for a while, so am both excited + a little nervous!

Conservation Letters

Conservation Letters, publishes empirical & theoretical research on the conservation of biological diversity.

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

6 years

Just found myself writing another email about how to structure discussion sections for scientific data papers in #ecology & #environment . In case it's useful to anyone, here's a summary. #sciencewriting #phdadvice #students

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

7 years

Chapter 2, by popular demand: in which I discover that a certain scientist has missed my point, and further argue the case for #PeerReview .

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

Sounds like great advice for academics too!

The Female Lead

@the_female_lead

4 years

"I really rebel against this idea that politics has to be a place full of ego and where you're constantly focused on scoring hits against each one another. Yes, we need a robust democracy, but you can be strong, and you can be kind." Jacinda Ardern

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

5 years

Corals are red Corals are blue When corals go white It’s their bones showing through Corals are blue Corals are red Can we cut CO2 Before they’re all dead? #mybleachedvalentine

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

New paper just out in COSUST on post-Ostrom research on institutions in SESs w fantastic coauthors @OrjanBodin @TH_Morrison @ChawlaSivee @HayleySClements @gbepstein @Georgina_Gurney @hita_auk @RSeppelt @EnvPolicyCenter @michael_e_cox @nickmags13 & more!

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

Just subm a paper that took intensive field work over 2yrs, incl. wks of remote camping; massive writing & rewriting; intensive reading & R-battles. Sometimes it pains me that if published, this kind of paper will count same & get fewer cites than a synthesis written in 2-3 wks.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

2 months

If you have a background in ecology + good CV + might be interested in a PhD involving meta-analysis and modelling for marine protected areas, please email me CV + short statement of interest asap.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

2 years

1/2 Australian borders are open again and JCU has competitive #PhD bursaries available. I am looking to rebuild my lab group and am interested in taking on new students in social-ecological systems research (protected areas, spillover effects, ecosystem services) and/or

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

5 months

@RyoMasahiro To-do list with most important tasks at top; pick task appropriate to brain condition; try to keep one day a week, or at least one morning, to focus on research; limit numbers of conferences and seminars; quality > quantity; & avoid working evenings & weekends whenever possible!

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

3 years

So this happened today, and I scored a tree too. Now officially authorised to say things like ‘mate’ and ‘too easy’... 🇦🇺🇿🇦

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

3 years

If you’re an Australian student looking for an interdisciplinary social-ecological systems modelling or ecosystem services themed PhD, please consider dropping me an email. Scholarships available and I’m looking to take on 2 new students.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

2 years

Happy to say that my proposed framework for a mechanistic classification of #scale mismatches in social-ecological systems #SESs #socecosys is now published open access at

A mechanistic framework for social–ecological mismatches

A minimal social-ecological model, based on the robustness framework, suggests a typology of six different kinds of social-ecological mismatch and a set of

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

2 months

Did you ever wonder whether #birds use or depend on #coral reefs? Or if birds might be affected by coral bleaching? Our new paper w @DrVictorHuertas @NLJames_ + Chia Miin Chua develops novel framework + reviews evidence: #CoralReef #seabird #fishes

A framework and review of evidence of the importance of coral reefs for marine birds in tropical...

We reviewed the dependence of marine birds on coral reefs, with a focus on trophic relationships. We found evidence for only a few avian species, particularly the Eastern Reef Egret, depending...

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

3 years

Twitter is often used to express frustrations with #Academia . But today I'm thinking how lucky I've been to spend so much time thinking, reading, teaching, observing (etc) things that fascinate me, surrounded by smart, interesting people with deeper motivations than $$.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

This is Banjo. Newest member of our family! As you can see, he is very good at gardening.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

1 year

Some personal news today: just finished my last week at JCU. I'll start as Premier's Science Fellow in the Oceans Institute at the University of Western Australia next week. 😎

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

9 months

Nice example of ‘global’ analysis having little local accuracy or relevance. In my field, so much of what is published in rockstar journals takes scaling problems too lightly (or ignores them entirely!). Woof woof

Mathis Messager

@messamat

9 months

Happy to share "Limited comparability of global and local estimates of environmental flow requirements to sustain river ecosystems". We tested 128 combinations of climate, hydrological and e-flow global models for 1194 sites across 25 countries. 1/2

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

7 years

My paper on #resilience and #collapse in #socecosys w @resilienceSci now out in TREE - early view: @Trends_Ecol_Evo

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

2 years

1/3... Our new paper led by Marty Anderies in #BiologicalConservation presents a minimal modelling framework for social-ecological systems #socecosys #SESs in #conservation contexts. @ChawlaSivee @StevenLade @HayleySClements @RSeppelt @birgit

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

3 years

Absolutely delighted to see my Dad on this list for his massive and ongoing contributions to conservation of big mammals in Southern Africa, & student mentorship. My first and best mentor 😍

SCB

@Society4ConBio

3 years

Last week, at @ICCB2021 , we announced the winners of our 2021 Distinguished Service Awards! These five conservationists from around the world have been honored for their contributions to the science and practice of biodiversity conservation:

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

9 months

Stay safe, Townsville!

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

Our new article in @OneEarth_CP presents a new approach to quantifying #scale mismatches in #socialecological systems #SES linking spatial analysis of permit data and ecological features for the #GBR #reef #marine park. @gbrmarinepark Open access:

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

5 years

I'm gutted by this news. I'll always be grateful to Buzz for helping me to find a postdoc, and for his subsequent encouragement and example as I tried to carve out an interdisciplinary career. A truly fantastic person. 😢

Victor Galaz

@vgalaz

5 years

Very sad to hear that brilliant and kind Buzz Holling has passed away at the age of 88. The spirit, collaborative culture and warm energy of @sthlmresilience would not have existed without his humble intellectual leadership.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

1 year

Currently marvelling over this review of #network #resilience , which has over 600 references and covers many different disciplines while also explaining the maths:

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

Big congratulations to @Georgina_Gurney and @BrockBergseth from @CoralCoE for their successful DECRA applications. Proud of you!

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

6 years

Our article just out @PNASNews presents an empirical test of the red loop-green loop model. National data show two interdependent attractors in economies, driven by different feedbacks betw environment, pop growth, economic wealth.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

I like this list. Also would add: pretending that small-scale solutions will work at big scales 🙄

Simon Kuestenmacher

@simongerman600

4 years

FLICC: The 5 techniques of science denial. Fake experts Logical fallacies Impossible expectations Cherry picking Conspiracy theories Source:

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New paper out today, led by stellar PhD student Marie Lapointe, compares ecosystem service preferences between urban and rural inhabitants of the Solomon Islands #SIDS #urban #ES #Ecoserv @Georgina_Gurney Urban dwellers less demanding & less satisfied!

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/... please email me a half-page statement of interest and a CV, before the 12th July. I will aim to respond to all applicants by the 20th July. For more information on the program see . Perth is a great place to live & work!

Resilient WAys | coastal resilience

Resilient-WAys provides information about Coastal Resilience research by WA Premier's Science Fellows Prof. Graeme S. Cumming and Dr. Abbie Rogers. We are based in the Oceans Institute of the...

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

Big congratulations to Marie Lapointe for nailing your PhD completion seminar on #urban -rural differences in ecosystem service perceptions and attitudes this morning! 🎆🍷👏Great to see it all come together as a rigorous and cohesive body of work. #ecosystemservices @CoralCoE

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

8 years

Our new article in #Ecosystems on research directions in spatial resilience & corals DOI: 10.1007/s10021-016-0089-5

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

5 years

I get locked down So I stay in again You gotta keep the virus down He drinks a coffee drink He does his best to think He cleans the kitchen sink No he still can’t think He reads the papers that remind him of the good times The papers to remind him of the better times Dani & Boy

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

7 years

Also, yes; sadly, you're right. No prizes for guessing age, gender, race of respondent.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 months

And yes funding is available for international students if your track record is suitable...

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

9 months

@DinaPomeranz 2048 is a bit Tetris-like. Also rush hour.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

7 years

Out in December, our paper led by @HayleySClements on traps and transformations in private #conservation describes #SES trade-offs between (long-term) ecological and (short-term) economic #sustainability . DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12999

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

New paper led by @RSmallscale just out in @PaN_BES ! Our analysis explores seasonal shifts in gleaning behaviour in Timor-Leste in relation to food security and ecosystem services. #fisheries #ecosystemservices

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

2 years

Honoured to take on this role and looking forward to help further build our community and support coral reef science and practice. Big thanks also to @Shamylto , councillors and contributors for such a fun and stimulating #ACRS2022 meeting.

Naomi Gardiner

@NaomiMGardiner

2 years

congrats to @gscumming who takes up the @AustCoralReefs president role. huge shoes to fill from so many amazing presidents before him over the last 100 yrs and @Shamylto most recently. Do good things and lead on Graeme🐟🐠🪸🪸 @jcu @CoralCoE #ACRS22

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

5 years

Just out: article in Landscape Ecology with @gbepstein on the landscape ecology of institutions explores the feedbacks between landscape pattern and institutions, and their relevance for sustainability: view-only or paywalled at

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

Biting a pig‘s butt has never looked so therapeutic... 🤔

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

5 years

I often hear people say 'biodiversity conservation doesn't work' because we're losing species. But what's your counterfactual? Think about it. The alternative, no conservation efforts + many fewer species, seems a whole lot worse to me. #Conservation #biodiversity #ecology

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

7 years

My paper with @TH_Morrison @ProfTerryHughes on #SpatialResilience in #Ecosystems now in print #SocEcoSys

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

2 years

For ecological resilience scholars in particular, I recommend this interesting take on #regimeshifts , #resilience , #thresholds in #coral reefs: @bellwoodlab @CoralCoE @ReefFunctionHub lead by Samantha Crisp. It nicely challenges some existing paradigms!

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

My latest highly original scientific paper after peer review

Sofía Villalpando

@sofiabiologista

4 years

This beetle is already dead but he hasn't noticed yet

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

6 years

New paper in Functional Ecology on spatial variation in #functional #diversity and delivery of herbivory by #fishes on #coralreefs - led by super-talented PhD student @robert_p_streit @bellwoodlab #resilience #herbivory

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

5 years

Here are some ground rules that I've written down for a @sesync workshop that I'm co-leading with @gbepstein . It's always a challenge to get 15-20 people working together productively, but we have a great group. What have we forgotten on this list?

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

3 months

I recently posted a call for expressions of interest from potential PhD students to work on social-ecological dynamics of protected areas. If you wrote to me, please note that I am still reading through applications. I hope to get back to everyone by Thursday.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

Happy to see this in press, and well done Kim! IMHO this is an important paper - the first to show how ecological ideas about functional groups can be applied to cultural services to understand pattern-process & social-ecological links in #ecosystemservice provision.

Kim Zoeller

@kc_zoeller

4 years

Our paper on #culturalfunctionalgroups has been published in Ecosystem Services! Here we explored #culturalecosystemservices through perceptions of the functional traits that underpin their production @gscumming @Georgina_Gurney @CoralCoE

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

3 years

Loving this panel format @CoralCoE symposium

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

3 years

Important finding here: 'The consequences of anthropogenic habitat destruction may extend from species loss to wider simplification of natural communities'.

NatureEcoEvo

@NatureEcoEvo

3 years

Ecological network complexity scales with area

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@gscumming

3 years

It's been an intense year for many of us who work in ecology & the environment. Look after yourself, folks, and let's look out for each other.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

6 years

As an immigrant, I can confirm. We rock. 😎

Florian Ederer

@florianederer

6 years

Immigrants are more productive than natives, as measured by number of patents, patent citations, and the economic value of patents. 30.4% of aggregate US innovation since 1976 can be attributed to immigrants, with large indirect spillovers on both natives and immigrants.

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@gscumming

5 years

Congratulations @HayleySClements ! Very happy for you!

Oppenheimer Generations Research & Conservation

@OppGenRC

5 years

Dr. Hayley Clements is awarded as the first recipient of the Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Grant of $150 000 for her groundbreaking research on #Biodiversity .👏🏽 Read more: #ORC2019

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@gscumming

4 years

I have a landscape ecology joke But it’s What? Yep. I know. Kinda... Fragmented

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

2 years

Easter peace… being an ecologist and conservation scientist can be depressing, but at least we know that this👇is what we work for.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

7 years

Great view of #Oaxaca #MonteAlban when leaving enjoyable #PECSII meeting 👍 Well done & thanks everyone! 😎

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 months

@AdamCSharp In Shona when your hair lacks shine and bounce they call it ‘mufushwa’ hair, literally ‘dried vegetables’

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@gscumming

9 months

@TimothyKuiper @MandelaUni Congratulations Tim! Makorokoto!

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

2 years

Just reading and enjoying @SB_Tebbett @bellwoodlab @ConnollySeanR I think those #resilience scientists who have bought into #coral - #macrolaga #regimeshift concepts as globally relevant may need to reconsider...

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

2 years

Lovely view today from the summit of Mt Halifax. Townsville visible in distance, to the right. Also officially now at the point where I’m slower than my son up the hills! 😎

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

1 year

Our article on research priorities for coral-rich seascapes is now available OA: #SDGs #marine #coral #conservation

Research priorities for the sustainability of coral-rich western Pacific seascapes

Regional Environmental Change - Nearly a billion people depend on tropical seascapes. The need to ensure sustainable use of these vital areas is recognised, as one of 17 policy commitments made by...

link.springer.com

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@gscumming

4 months

List includes ‘Frontiers in Marine Science’ and ‘Sustainability’. For the same reasons I personally do not submit to or review for MDPI or Frontiers (apart from the ESA Frontiers journal, which is great).

Retraction Watch

@RetractionWatch

4 months

Finland group downgrades 60 journals.

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@gscumming

6 years

Paper led by @HayleySClements on #traps and #transformations in #protectedarea #PA #management now in print at - shows how starting conditions drive economic vs ecological #tradeoffs in SA private reserves

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@gscumming

7 years

Digging in old files, found this cover letter & had a chuckle... as newly hired asst prof I actually sent it, w manuscript, to an editor I thought I knew well enough. What I learned: keep journal correspondence formal & assume editors have no sense of humour. At all. 🤐

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

5 years

Shoutout to conference and workshop hosts/organisers this year: please think carefully about risk & make your minds up soon, and early, about your stance on #coronavirus . Then let us know your call, preferably asap... in my case, looking at you @ICRS2020 @sesync @FutureEarth 🤔

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@gscumming

4 years

Happy to see another paper led by stellar PhD student Marie Lapointe in print - open access at Marie's thesis explores urban-rural differences in perceptions of #access to #ecosystemservices in the Solomon Islands. @Georgina_Gurney

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

Nice analysis! Even without the ethical concerns, science really suffers from this lack of diversity. We have to do better.

Bea Maas 🐦🦇🌳

@MaasBea

4 years

OUT NOW: #Women & #GlobalSouth strikingly underrepresented among top-publishing authors in ecology! We studied 1051 authors from 14 leading journals (1945-2019): only 11% women; >75% from 5 countries! See our 10 recommendations @ConLetters #WomenInSTEM

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@gscumming

4 years

How it started... how it's going... #2020asadogtoy

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@gscumming

6 years

Finally! Overturning a law made for the British South Africa Company and their ilk... so many African countries inherited oppressive legislation at independence; benefiting the rich & those in power, too little has been changed.

UN Environment Programme

@UNEP

6 years

Court rules that companies must first seek permission from local communities if they plan to mine on their ancestral land. This new achievement in land & mining rights for South Africa will encourage communities to realise their role in decision making.

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3 years

@EddieGame @ConLetters So how does this work in relation to the diaspora? Are you looking at current residence, past residence, or passports?

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

Yesterday's crime scene. 'Not me officer, I'm perfectly innocent... pure coincidence that I happened to be here.' [Footnote: doll & shoe both fine, small child unaware of events; dog now happily chewing chair cushions]

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@gscumming

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Big congrats to @NLJames_ on publishing his first PhD thesis paper! We observed breeding Noddies on Heron Island foraging an order of magnitude further during periods of low food availability + roosting at the closest vegetated islands ~600 km away. 😲🤯

Climate change may impact habitat complementation and cause disassociation for mobile species

Landscape Ecology - As complementary terrestrial and aquatic habitats are pulled apart by environmental change, animals will have to adjust their behaviours to successfully track their fundamental...

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

I had a review invitation from @PNASNews and it came through while I slept. And when I accepted the invitation while checking email in the morning, I was told they already had enough reviewers. So is this where all the reviewers have gone? 🤔

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@gscumming

1 year

@simongerman600 This time yoregon too far

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

Question for early-career scientists, particularly recent PhDs: in Covid context, besides obvious (extending appointments, paid 'filler' contracts, helping network & find jobs) - are there other practical actions that tenured faculty can take to help you stay in science? #phdchat

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

6 years

New review in BioScience led by @CoralCoE student Marie Lapointe highlights important gap in knowledge: need to understand differences in #ecosystemervices #SES #SocEcoSys between #urban and #rural dwellers @Georgina_Gurney

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3 years

Big congratulations to @ChawlaSivee for a very successful PhD completion seminar today! Now we're looking forward to seeing the thesis... nearly there 😎 @TH_Morrison @CoralCoE

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@gscumming

3 years

@Mattbradbury1 @Rainmaker1973 Yeah mine likes to sleep under the stairs with his nose sticking out so you can stand on it by mistake.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

@AmeliaWenger Hi Amelia, as current @CoralCoE director I am listening. I would like to reaffirm publicly that we have a strong commitment to rectifying imbalances & will strive to improve. Please don't overlook our many fantastic #WomenInSTEM or our graduates, like you, now in permanent jobs.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

6 years

Our data-driven article led by @ForceCT on long-term change in South African private & state #protectedareas #PPAs now out in @ConLetters : shows scope & importance of private conservation! @HayleySClements @duanbiggs

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

4 years

Digging through old presentations & found this. At a Millennium Assessment meeting back in 2002, I remember discussing this 'matrix' with @resilienceSci @ElenaBennett and others. I never really believed we'd get to 'Higher Fences' in 2020, but that's the sh*tty outcome. ☹️

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@gscumming

4 years

@WhySharksMatter Blue Whale. It is very very big and sings like a rockstar... but at different times of day depending on what it’s up to.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

5 years

Sometimes I read these accounts & ask myself: would I have the humanity to risk my life for a persecuted minority? The courage? I hope so, but I can’t guarantee it. This lady was a teenager & saved a family of 6! - WW2 Jewish survivors reunion w rescuer

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

3 years

Looks like this will again exclude those of us who work on public goods. What value is fancy tech if you lose the biodiversity that sustains life? Australia needs much larger investment in research, policy & implementation to help communities manage natural resources sustainably.

Terry Hughes

@ProfTerryHughes

3 years

In case you missed the government’s press release….. you can find a copy here: via @ConversationEDU

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

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My paper with @bellwoodlab is now available open access at . It shows that regional #connectivity influences #coral #reef #fish communities + provides suggestions for #conservation responses. #ecology #spatial Also uses @AllenCoralAtlas @aims_gov_au data

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

6 years

Planning meeting for #Townsville #Strike4Climate - join the children on Friday (tomorrow) at the Strand amphitheater from 9-11 to show you care! Music and more!

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

6 years

Good advice for academic job talks! 👇

Liz Bucar

@BucarLiz

6 years

My institution has been hiring a ton, which means I've attended over 20 job talks in the last 12 months. It occurred to me a thread about DOs and DON'Ts might be helpful, so here goes:

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

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Reminder: if you want to measure areas in space, you need to use an equal-areas projection. Lats and Longs in geographic ‘projections’ are not even the same lengths. Every non-spherical projection introduces one or more distortions (e.g., area, distance, angle). Pick your poison!

Dr Urska Demsar

@udemsar

3 months

Did any geographer review this paper? You can't show metric distances as concentric circles on a map where x & y are geographic coordinates (lat/long, in degrees). This is spatial data 101 & the paper is full of interpretations based on this wrong representation. @sciencemagazine

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

9 months

Me considering writing another systematic review

Nature is Amazing ☘️

@AMAZlNGNATURE

9 months

Pelican tries to eat capybara

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

5 years

Spam email from predatory publisher... this one can't even find the title of something 'important'. I get ~20 of these a day. Reminder to students/ECRs: don't submit an article in response to an unsolicited email unless it comes from or via someone you know, or know of. #PhDlife

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

3 years

@EuanRitchie1 Banjo as a pup.

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Graeme Cumming

@gscumming

6 years

Townsville has had a year’s rainfall in less than 10 days. Ross R Dam >200% full, campus and schools closed, some flooded areas. Here’s Aplin’s weir as normal & today 4pm. My usual cycle route to work. #flooding #townsville

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