Communication is a two-way street: Ecologists must learn to listen too

C O M M U N I C AT I O N I S A T W O - W AY S T R E E T: E C O L O G I S T S M U S T L E A R N T O L I S T E N T O O

M A D H U S U D A N K A T T I @ L E A F W A R B L E R C A L I F O R N I A S TA T E U N I V E R S I T Y, F R E S N O

#ESA2014

Hmm… #ESA2014… ESA = European Space Agency? Or Entomological Soc of America?

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T U N E I N T O #ESA2014

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T H E A H W A N E C H E E O F Y O S E M I T E

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K E O L A D E O G H A N A N A T I O N A L PA R K : A W O R L D H E R I TA G E S I T E

C A T T L E I N A N A T I O N A L PA R K ? N O W A Y ! !

O O P S ! I T S A N A R T I F I C I A L W E T L A N D !

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rare-tigers-found-high-in-the-himalayas/

Oh yes, sorry, I didn’t “discover” it—I Columbused it. I discovered it

for white people SCIENCE!!

http://www.livescience.com/2308-yellowstone-rabbits-hop-extinction.html

W H AT, M E ? E X T I N C T ? !

S AY S W H O ? ? ! !

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T H E A N T H R O P O C E N E

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S H U T U P A N D L I S T E N !

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