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New Publication: Treecreeper Torpor? Almost..

johnfmcevoy

Jul 23, 20232 min read

New Publication: Treecreeper Torpor? Almost..

You may remember that I've been working on a collaboration with the amazing Yaara Aharon-Rotman and Christa Beckman on a project...

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New Publication: Joining the Dots in Myanmar's Wildlife Trade

johnfmcevoy

Jun 11, 20222 min read

New Publication: Joining the Dots in Myanmar's Wildlife Trade

In some previous work we carried out a survey of hunters and wildlife markets across Myanmar and found evidence of widespread hunting and...

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New Publication: GIS Standards for Tackling the Global Illegal Wildlife Trade

johnfmcevoy

Jun 3, 20221 min read

New Publication: GIS Standards for Tackling the Global Illegal Wildlife Trade

Some time ago I took part in an excellent workshop exploring ways to better utilise GIS data and analyses to understand and help tackle...

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New Publication: Going Green and Feeling the Heat – Migration decisions of passerine birds

johnfmcevoy

Apr 25, 20222 min read

New Publication: Going Green and Feeling the Heat – Migration decisions of passerine birds

I recently collaborated with the excellent Yaara Aharon-Rotman (rapidly becoming my most frequent co-author) on a new paper about...

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New Publication: Space Use by Elephants in Myanmar's Human-Wildland Interface

johnfmcevoy

Feb 8, 20221 min read

New Publication: Space Use by Elephants in Myanmar's Human-Wildland Interface

Our team of elephant researchers have come together to produce a new paper on the spatial ecology of Asian elephants in Myanmar. This...

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New Publication: Do small birds use torpor? Yes!

johnfmcevoy

Dec 17, 20212 min read

New Publication: Do small birds use torpor? Yes!

Over the last year I've been working with Yaara Aharon-Rotman and Christa Beckman on a project investigating the use of torpor (a kind of...

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johnfmcevoy

Sep 24, 20211 min read

New Job: Ecology at CSIRO

I just started and exciting new role with Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). I will be...

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New Publication: Flying Foxes Going About Their Bat Business

johnfmcevoy

Aug 29, 20214 min read

New Publication: Flying Foxes Going About Their Bat Business

Fruit bats play a vital role in tropical ecosystems as pollinators and seed dispersers but are also potential vectors of zoonotic...

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New Publication: Ungulate foraging - surf the green wave or stay close to water?

johnfmcevoy

Aug 8, 20212 min read

New Publication: Ungulate foraging - surf the green wave or stay close to water?

I was lucky enough to be invited as a co-author on a recent study by the excellent Dr. Saeideh Esmaeili at Colorado State University. We...

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New Publication: Good Times, Bad Times - Tracking Endangered Parrots in Tasmania

johnfmcevoy

Apr 27, 20212 min read

New Publication: Good Times, Bad Times - Tracking Endangered Parrots in Tasmania

A little while ago I started a collaboration with my good friends and colleagues at Australian National University looking at the...

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johnfmcevoy

Mar 28, 20212 min read

New Job: Measuring Conservation Impact

I have just started an exciting new position with Bush Heritage Australia, one of the largest environmental NGOs in the country. Bush...

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New Publication: Capybara in Human Modified Landscapes

johnfmcevoy

Feb 2, 20212 min read

New Publication: Capybara in Human Modified Landscapes

While at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute I had the great pleasure of working with Beatriz Lopez, one of the many interns...

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Project Update: Do small birds use torpor?

johnfmcevoy

Nov 2, 20202 min read

Project Update: Do small birds use torpor?

Back in July I spent a few weeks in the field with Yaara Aharon-Rotman working on a project investigating the use of torpor (a kind of...

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johnfmcevoy

Aug 20, 20201 min read

Talking Elephants at Deakin University

I was recently invited to give a seminar at the Centre for Integrative Ecology at Deakin University, Australia. I did my PhD at the CIE,...

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New Collaboration: Do small birds use torpor?

johnfmcevoy

Jul 22, 20203 min read

New Collaboration: Do small birds use torpor?

Dr Yaara Aharon-Rotman at the University of New England recently invited me to join her on a nifty project looking at torpor in small...

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Teaching Open Source GIS and Spatial Ecology

johnfmcevoy

Sep 29, 20191 min read

Teaching Open Source GIS and Spatial Ecology

We just wrapped up a fantastic residential course for post-graduates and professionals at the Smithsonian Mason School of Conservation....

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New Publication: Illegal Wildlife Trade in Myanmar

johnfmcevoy

Aug 9, 20193 min read

New Publication: Illegal Wildlife Trade in Myanmar

Over the past year we have been working on a project to understand and map illegal hunting and trade of wildlife in Myanmar. We have just...

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johnfmcevoy

Jan 31, 20192 min read

New Publication: Australian Wood Ducks

During my time at University of New England in Australia I worked on a waterfowl project with Paul McDonald and Graham Hall. We tracked...

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New Collaboration: One Parrot, Two Parrot, Red Parrot, Blue Parrot

johnfmcevoy

Oct 1, 20182 min read

New Collaboration: One Parrot, Two Parrot, Red Parrot, Blue Parrot

I recently travelled to Campo Grande in Brazil to kick off a new collaboration with the Instituto Ara Azul (Hyacinth Macaw Institute)....

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Elephant Poaching Crisis Covered on National Television

johnfmcevoy

Aug 10, 20181 min read

Elephant Poaching Crisis Covered on National Television

Last night the excellent PBS Newshour ran a segment on our elephant project in Myanmar and on the horrific elephant poaching crisis being...

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