Building a Better Understanding of "Resilience"
BioScience Talks28 Touko 2019

Building a Better Understanding of "Resilience"

The concept of resilience is an important one in conservation science and resource management. However, the term itself is often poorly understood, or understood differently by different parties, with potentially troublesome effects for land managers, researchers, and others.

Writing in BioScience, Dr. Phillip Higuera (University of Montana), Dr. Alex Metcalf (University of Montana), and their colleagues suggest that a more holistic framework would consider the crucial human element of social-ecological systems. By doing so, managers could work toward outcomes that best fit the ecological needs and human priorities inherent in the system. The work they describe here is focused on fire-prone landscapes, but the approach is broadly applicable across a range of systems.

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Blackologists and the Promise of Inclusive Sustainability

Blackologists and the Promise of Inclusive Sustainability

Historically, shared resources such as forests, fishery stocks, and pasture lands have often been managed with an aim toward averting "tragedies of the commons," which are thought to result from selfi...

12 Heinä 202148min

The COVID-19 Pandemic, Viral Evolution, Vaccines, and Variants

The COVID-19 Pandemic, Viral Evolution, Vaccines, and Variants

In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Charlie Fenster, Professor at South Dakota State University, Director of Oak Lake Field Station, and President of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AI...

24 Kesä 202136min

Environmental DNA and RNA May Be Key in Monitoring Pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2

Environmental DNA and RNA May Be Key in Monitoring Pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2

A discussion of environmental DNA and RNA (eDNA and eRNA, respectively) and its potential for pathogen monitoring. eDNA and eRNA approaches work through the collection of a sample (often from an aquat...

27 Touko 202137min

In Their Own Words: John E. Burris

In Their Own Words: John E. Burris

This episode is the next in our oral history series, In Their Own Words. These pieces chronicle the stories of scientists who have made great contributions to their fields, particularly within the bio...

14 Huhti 202148min

Urban Ecology, Segregation, and the Work of the Baltimore Field Station

Urban Ecology, Segregation, and the Work of the Baltimore Field Station

Dr. Morgan Grove of the USDA Baltimore Field Station joins us to discuss urban ecology, segregation, environmental justice, DEI, and the efforts of the USDA Forest Service's Baltimore Field Station, i...

8 Huhti 202151min

Using Citations to Find Scientific Communities

Using Citations to Find Scientific Communities

George Chacko (University of Illinois) and Steve Gallo (American Institute of Biological Sciences) discuss using article citations to generate "clusters" that reflect scientific communities. The clust...

17 Maalis 202134min

In Their Own Words: Thomas Lovejoy

In Their Own Words: Thomas Lovejoy

This episode is the next in our oral history series, In Their Own Words. These pieces chronicle the stories of scientists who have made great contributions to their fields, particularly within the bio...

15 Helmi 202145min

Indigenous Systems of Management for Healthier Fisheries

Indigenous Systems of Management for Healthier Fisheries

Before European colonization, populations of Pacific salmon were successfully managed by the Indigenous communities of the Pacific Northwest since time immemorial. Colonization and its associated fish...

10 Helmi 202128min

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