Next up at #PopBio2023 is Avril Weinbach presenting a #modelling study on #ecoevo #feedback in #mutualistic systems: A decline of #pollinators can trigger joint interaction disinvestment!
More info in our #preprint:
Which herbivores escape predation and might hence control woody vegetation (aka #BushEncroachment)? Obviously those that are too many, too big or too mobile. And Fire. Fire is essentially a herbivore!
My mind has just been blown by the next keynote lecture at #PopBio2023. 🤯. Lots of inspiration for future projects thanks to William Bond!
"Our results suggest that if actions are taken to save endangered populations....."
As a Conservation Biologist that's why l became a Psychologist.
Rationally, it should not be a "if?" (society conserves & restores ecosystem "services")
However, technically, thoughtless or ignorance, greed or "slave" to the business as usual sociopolitical & economic system, is not insanity.
Even if the outcomes are insane.