Sentences with phrase «conservation biology at»

She studied conservation biology at Warren Wilson College and graduated with honors in 2005 with a BS in Biology and Environmental Studies.

He earned a master's degree in tropical conservation biology at the University of Hawaii... (more)

«Having a group of distantly related species, representing markedly different ecologies and biology, is as important, or more important, than just having more species in general,» said Brian R. Silliman, Rachel Carson associate professor of marine conservation biology at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment.

Robin Moore, a graduate student in conservation biology at the University of Kent at Canterbury, investigated how the tadpoles respond when they detect the scent of snakes.

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Finding Your Own Passenger Pigeon - Center for Humans & Nature - January 2015 10 best Chicago museums: Top institutions to visit in Chicago - TimeOut Chicago - December 10, 2014 From prairie and river ecosystems to the biology of Ice Age — mammals, nature and its conservation, the focus at this Lincoln Park museum situated alongside a lagoon is vast and varied.

Doug Taron, curator of biology and vice president of conservation and research at the museum, stood in a...

CANTERBURY, U.K. — The mushrooming trade of «bushmeat» in tropical countries is the most pressing issue in conservation biology today, said scientists at last week's meeting of the Society for Conservatconservation biology today, said scientists at last week's meeting of the Society for ConservationConservation Biology.

At noon on Saturday, 19 February, Live @ AAAS will host a live chat here with Tom Kunz, whose research focuses on the ecology, behavior, evolution, and conservation biology of bats.

«A phylogeny and taxonomy is fundamental for all fields of biology that use lizards and snakes, to understand how to classify the species being studied, to interpret biological patterns in terms of relatedness, and even at a more basic level, to count how many species are in an area, for example, for conservation management purposes.»

At an international conservation biology conference, male scientists asked on average 1.8 questions for every one question posed by a female scientist, the first study reports, even though the audiences of the 2015 meeting sessions that the researchers analyzed ranged from 40 % to 75 % female.

«At present, the synthetic biology and conservation communities are largely strangers to one another, even though they both share many of the same concerns and goals,» said Kent Redford, lead author of the article.

«Coral reefs are declining at an alarming rate and coral restoration programs are now considered an essential component to coral conservation and management plan,» said Diego Lirman, UM Rosenstiel School professor of marine biology and ecology and a coauthor of the study.

«Doing a master's degree is a common way to get a taste of an area and see if it's for you,» says Ben Phalan, a postdoc at the University of Cambridge, who spent months on end in Ghana, surveying wildlife for his PhD in conservation biology.

«You never know what you're going to find when you're out in nature — and you look,» says Martinsen, a research associate at the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute and adjunct faculty in the University of Vermont's biology department.

«In the past, conservation biology was about trying to hold everything static, to save everything just the way it is, like you have a museum collection of species,» said senior author Anthony Barnosky, a professor emeritus of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley, who is now executive director of Stanford University's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve.

Organisation and dynamics of biocoenosis; biodiversity patterns at various scales; hydrobiology of running and standing waters and wetlands; ecological effects of climate and land use changes; conservation biology and restoration ecology; new plant resources; natural vegetation in Hungary; maintenance of the Botanical Garden.

I was always interested in being some sort of scientist and experiences volunteering at a small aquarium, along with taking an conservation biology class in high school, fostered that interest.

Rob Baldwin, associate professor of conservation biology and geographical information systems at Clemson University, and Paul Leonard, a postdoctoral scholar, have long studied this issue.

He was elected as a Pew Fellow in marine conservation for his work in the Patagonian Sea, where he focuses on the biology of marine mammals at Peninsula Valdes, in Argentina.

The author has a master's degree in tropical conservation biology from the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Dr. Skinner's interest in veterinary medicine began at an early age, but only after spending a summer working as a conservation biology researcher in North Dakota did he returned to Ohio to pursue veterinary medicine.

She pursued her undergraduate studies at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, studying conservation biology.

The program lasts for approximately two hours and includes an educational and engaging orientation on the biology, care, training, study, and conservation of beluga whales; an exclusive behind the scenes look at the beluga whale habitat; an intimate experience working alongside our training staff and interacting with the beluga whales, and presentation of a souvenir photograph and towel.

For example, if you are studying marine biology and you want to find a job in that field, volunteering at a wildlife conservation centre or helping out with an oil - spill clean - up would be a perfect match.

Many zoology graduates choose to undertake postgraduate study at Masters or PhD level in order to specialise in a particular area of interest within their discipline, for example conservation biology, ecology and environmental sustainability, and ecology and management of the natural environment.