This “Andina-inspired” book was published in August 2023, aimed particularly (but not exclusively) at early-career researchers:
Cousens R. and colleagues (2023) Effective Ecology: Seeking success in a hard science. CRC Press. https://www.routledge.com/Effective-Ecology-Seeking-Success-in-a-Hard-Science/Cousens/p/book/9781032322926 There is a non-downloadable free version on the internet at https://bookdown.org/rogerdavidcousens/_book/
These are some outputs from our previous workshops:
Martin T.G. et al. (2026) With Knowledge Comes Responsibility: Increasing Conservation Scientists’ Impact in a Time of Global Crises. Conservation Letters 19, e70076 https://doi.org/10.1111/con4.70076
Conservation Exchange podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLUbmQG7DIM
Arnillas C. A. et al. (2026) Strengthening responsibilities to face global crises: A call to ecologists, environmental scientists, and their societies. People and Nature 8, 800-807. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70253
Graham S., Atchison J., Ma Z., Howard T., Gill N., Miller L. & Bach T. (2026) Realizing and assessing social successes in invasive species management. Conservation Science and Practice e70229. https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/csp2.70229
Arnillas C.A. et al. (2024) The Conguillío Statement on the values and responsibilities of ecologists and environmental scientists. EcoEvoRxiv. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2B90T
Cano-Barbacil C. et al. (2025) Overcoming barriers that limit the impact of ecological research. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, e70016 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.70016
Ortiz A. M. D. et al. (2025) Listening Deeply to Indigenous People: A Collaborative Perspective and Reflection Between a Mapuche Machi and Ecologists. Ecology & Evolution 15, no. 8: e71914. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71914
Yannelli F. et al. (2025) Ecology for a social revolution: Re-defining the role of ecological and environmental science professionals and their responsibilities towards society. Research Ideas and Outcomes 11: e152859. https://riojournal.com/article/152859/
Alexander J.M., Atwater D.Z., Colautti R.I., Hargreaves A.L. (2022) Effects of species interactions on the potential for evolution at species’ range limits. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 377: 20210020. doi:10.1098/rstb.2021.0020
Bang A. & Courchamp F. (2021) Industrial rearing of edible insects could be a major source of new biological invasions. Ecology Letters 24: 393-397. doi: 10.1111/ele.13646
Graham S. & Bartel R. (2020) Australian Academy of Science 2020 Fenner Conference on the environment – Managing wild and weedy Australia across boundaries and disciplines. Ecological Management & Restoration 21, 264-268.
Lee-Yaw J., Zenni, R.D., Hodgins, K.A., Larson, B.M.H., Cousens R.D. & B.L. Webber (2019) Range shifts and local adaptation: integrating data and theory towards a new understanding of species’ distributions in the Anthropocene. New Phytologist 221, 644-647.
Bagavathiannan, M., et al. (2019) Considering weed management as a social dilemma bridges individual and collective interests. Nature Plants 5, 343-351.
Graham, S. (2019) Coordinating invasive plant management among conservation and rural stakeholders. Land Use Policy 81, 247-255.
Graham, S. et al. (2019) Opportunities for better use of collective action theory in research and governance for invasive species management. Conservation Biology 33, 275-287.
Neve, P. et al. (2018) Reviewing research priorities in weed ecology, evolution and management: A horizon scan. Weed Research 58, 250-258.
Cousens, R. (2017) Do we argue enough in ecology? Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 48(1), 58-61.
Müller-Stöver D. et al. (2016) Contribution of the seed microbiome to weed management. Weed Research 56, 335–339.
Liebman M. et al. (2016) Ecologically sustainable weed management: How do we get from proof-of-concept to adoption? Ecological Applications 26, 1352–1369.
Jordan N. et al. (2016) Transdisciplinary weed research: new leverage on challenging weed problems? Weed Research 56, 345-358.
Ward S.M. et al. (2014) Agricultural Weed Research: A Critique and Two Proposals. Weed Science 62, 672-678.
Murray J.V. et al. (2012) ‘Raising the bar’: improving the standard and utility of weed and invasive plant research. New Phytologist 196: 678-680. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04343.x/pdf
Andina IV, Bariloche, Argentina
