Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Lab

12/05/2016

Bennett and colleagues (2016) discerningly point out calls to integrate the social and natural sciences in conservation are “now routine.” Yet, these calls have a limited effect as they continue to go...

11/18/2016

(2016). An Augmented Norm Activation Model: The Case of Residential Outdoor Water Use. Society & Natural Resources. Ahead of Print. doi: 10.1080/08941920.2016.1239294

05/18/2016

The Bioblitz Dance (Bioblitz Centennial Dance) is a celebration of the outdoors, human diversity and biodiversity, and national parks. It was created for Nat...

05/03/2016

New article from HDNR alumni Adam Landon http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169416300580

Residential water conservation initiatives often involve some form of education or persuasion intended to change the attitudes and behaviors of residential consumers. However, the ability of these instruments to change attitudes toward conservation and their efficacy in affecting water use remains p…

04/20/2016

New article from HDNR lab mate Justin Harmon http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14927713.2016.1169435

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10/06/2015

The Applied Biodiversity Science Perspectives Series has released its 2015 issue. This student-led publication presents papers written by undergraduates, graduate students and faculty who are aff...

10/05/2015

biodiversity.tamu.edu/research/perspectives-series/

The Applied Biodiversity Science Perspectives Series is releasing its 2015 issue today, October 5th. This is a student-led publication that presents papers written by undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty that are affiliated with the Applied Biodiversity Program (ABS) at Texas A&M University. I am pleased to invite you to read our current issue and learn more about how researchers at Texas A&M connect biodiversity sciences and on-the-ground conservation practices, this publication will take you on a journey through conservation management in the Peruvian Andes to human-elephant conflict in Botswana. The ABS program at Texas A&M brings multiple perspectives together, from biology, economy, anthropology, and other disciplines, to address real problems in a world facing one of its biggest challenges: the loss of biodiversity and its impacts on human livelihoods. Learn more about what we are doing and about what we are thinking! This year’s issue can be read and downloaded from:

biodiversity.tamu.edu/research/perspectives-series/

The Applied Biodiversity Sciences (ABS) Perspectives is a student-led publication that presents papers written by undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty at Texas A&M University.

02/09/2015

HDNR Lab member Kenny Wallen was part of a recently published article in Biodiversity and Conservation:

In 2012, Kareiva and Marvier published What is Conservation Science? almost 30 years after Soulé’s (1985) What is Conservation Biology? The “New Conservation Science” (NCS), as it has been called (Doak et al. 2014; Miller et al. 2014; Soulé 2013), refocuses conservation biology towards human wellbei…

01/20/2015

Congratulations to HDNR Lab member Adam Landon who was recently awarded a $5,000 research scholarship from the US Geological Survey and Texas Water Resources Institute for his dissertation research on water conservation. Congratulations Adam!

12/15/2014

HDNR Lab member Kenny Wallen was recently awarded a Graduate Student Pursuit from the National Science Foundation’s Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC). SESYNC focuses on funding relevant, transdisciplinary, and far-reaching collaborative research by bringing together different disciplines and stakeholders to increase knowledge on the complex interactions between human and ecological systems.

The social and ecological drivers of human–fire relationships have shifted in the past century. Our Graduate Pursuit team will utilize existing datasets to understand these shifting dynamics of the human–fire relationship within the San Diego–Cleveland National Forest wildland–urban interface (SDCNF…

12/03/2014

Introduction to BioDiverse Perspectives Posted on December 2, 2014 by Laura Laurencio Dear ABSers, The purpose of the ABS Perspectives Series is to share our experiences as ABSers, inform likeminded conservationists and practitioners of our research, and promote the mission of the ABS Program. In th…

11/20/2014