Episodes
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Biogeography
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Jonah and Camden attempt to provide a crash course in the field of biogeography, a synthetic field that describes and analyzes patterns of biodiversity as we see them today.
A brief overview of this huge topic:
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-biogeography-1435311
Check out the Journal of Biogeography to get an idea of the (technical) questions this field address:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13652699
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Theme Song: Epic Cinematic by Scott Holmes / https://scottholmesmusic.com
Monday Feb 03, 2020
Scavengers
Monday Feb 03, 2020
Monday Feb 03, 2020
Jonah and Camden talk about dead things and things that eat things.
Read about the recent changes to the Clean Water Act (they're not good!):
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/trump-rollback-could-leave-waterways-vulnerable-pollution-n1122481
Learn about the Indonesian expedition that discovered 5 new bird species and 5 new subspecies:
India plans to reintroduced cheetahs:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cheetahs-can-be-reintroduced-indian-habitats-supreme-court-rules-180974075/
Roadkill statistics :
https://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15268
https://patch.com/us/across-america/deer-collisions-across-u-s-odds-hitting-animals
Two studies demonstrating the role of pumas in an ecosystem:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329325727_Pumas_as_ecosystem_engineers_ungulate_carcasses_support_beetle_assemblages_in_the_Greater_Yellowstone_Ecosystem
Why large herbivores matter in ecosystem food webs:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0226946
Scavenger study in the UK:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5513233/pdf/ECE3-6-7015.pdf
The human-scavenger relationship throughout history :
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/64/5/394/2754213
Worldwide vulture declines:
https://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/vulture-crisis
http://www.globalraptors.org/grin/researchers/uploads/580/2011_dropping_dead.pdf
How humans benefit from vultures:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23644288_Counting_the_costs_of_Vulture_decline_-_an_appraisal_of_human_health_and_other_benefits_of_Vultures_in_India
Rewilding Europe’s Circle of Life:
https://www.rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/uploads/publications/circle-of-life/index.html
Polar bears in Chukotka:
https://siberiantimes.com/ecology/others/news/56-hungry-polar-bear-besiege-village-in-chukotka/
Ethiopia's urban hyenas:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41682522?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Listener Patrick's blog about restoring prairie Iowa:
https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2019/01/09/one-man-and-a-chainsaw-a-journey-in-faith-and-prairie-restoration/
We’d love to hear from you! Send any questions or comments to conservationchronicles@gmail.com, and find us on Facebook & Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Lastly, our show’s webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.
Theme Song: Epic Cinematic by Scott Holmes / https://scottholmesmusic.com
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Taking Care in the Field
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Jonah and Mariana sit down for a conversation on the perils of field work, and share some first-hand advice on taking care of yourself in the field.
Sources & Links:
Check out the organization advocating for wildlife at the US/Mexico border: No Border Wall Facebook Page
And learn how important proper nutrition is to your body: Nutrition Facts
Today's News:
A Philippine island employs a rare cockatoo in its fight against mines
Watch: California embarks on massive wildlife overpass
CITES convention passes new wildlife trade protections
Several groups challenge new ESA rules
Biologists document oldest recorded Kentucky Warbler
This upland sandpiper was banded 13 years ago. And it's still alive.
Find us on Facebook and Instagram @ Conservation Chronicles. Our email address is conservationchronicles@gmail.com, and our show’s webpage can be found at conservationchronicles.podbean.com.
Theme Song: Epic Cinematic by Scott Holmes / https://scottholmesmusic.com
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Lifelong Learning
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Monday Aug 27, 2018
We're returning from a short hiatus to share some stories from the field and laugh a little over what we’ve learned from our misadventures. Mud pits, questionable plants, and poetry are involved.
Sources & Links:
See what a rufous-capped warbler looks like:
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/rufous-capped-warbler
Decide for yourself if you’d put a jack-in-the-pulpit in your mouth (don’t do it):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arisaema_triphyllum
And learn more about the incomparable Neil Rettig:
http://www.neilrettigproductions.com/
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Leonard by Jonah Gula
My world is large.
I cross continents and waters,
By land and by sky.
I see mountains and forests,
The rivers, the seas.
Yet I know not these lands.
For they are deep,
Deeper than a thousand years can reveal.
And there is Leonard,
Just a blip on a map.
His twitches and brooks,
The ponds, the stands.
His corners are mapped
In my mind, so I think.
But he is deep,
Deeper than a thousand years can reveal.
Then I zoom.
Zoom to the flow
Where beavers keep work.
The engineer and his home,
His pond, his dam.
But it is deep,
Deeper than a thousand years can reveal.
Who inhabits the flow?
More than I see
Make their home up the dam.
There are otters and turtles,
The dragons, the trout.
And that is deep,
Deep as I’ll go in a thousand years.
On the shores of the pond
Are the softwoods inmixed.
Riches and wonders
I supposedly see.
The moose and the bear,
No midges, no ants.
I feel the depth,
And for a thousand years search.
Wait! So easy to miss
Are Leonard’s ditches and pools.
My wheel will destroy
What I’m too blind to see.
Here live leopards and snappers,
The pupa, the swallowtails.
There seems no depth,
So a thousand years, wasted.
Leonard’s a friend,
I believe when I leave.
But a friend with great secrets,
Is hardly a friend.
For what of his ponds and shores,
The ditches, the pools
Can I ever know in a thousand years?
~
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Our theme song is Epic Cinematic by Scott Holmes / https://scottholmesmusic.com
Friday Jul 13, 2018
Welcome & Introductions
Friday Jul 13, 2018
Friday Jul 13, 2018
Welcome to Conservation Chronicles, a new podcast covering the human-wildlife interface. In this first episode, we tell you a little about ourselves and cover a story about a museum collection and an unjustly labeled bird murderer.
Sources & Links:
Read the main article we reference in Dr. Filardi’s story:
The Ornithologist the Internet Called a Murderer (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/opinion/sunday/moustached-kingfisher-internet-harassment.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Read Dr. Filardi’s response to the controversy:
Why I Collected a Moustached Kingfisher (Audubon)
https://www.audubon.org/news/why-i-collected-moustached-kingfisher
For more on our DDT reference, and museum collections, according to the experts:
Eggshells, DDT, Collections, and Study Design (The Field Museum)
https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/eggshells-ddt-collections-and-study-design
Visit the show’s website at www.conservationchronicles.podbean.com to learn more
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