Understanding stakeholder influence: lessons from a controversial megaproject

Understanding Land Conservation from Diverse Stakeholder Perspectives

In this paper, we discuss the perspectives of diverse stakeholders on the changing nature of rural communities and land conservation. We used a questionnaire derived from interviews with stakeholders in two locations near expanding metropolitan areas at the edges of the southeastern and eastern forests. Based on principal component analysis, responses were most highly correlated within three pe...

Understanding emotion: lessons from anxiety.

We agree that conceptualisation is key in understanding the brain basis of emotion. We argue that by conflating facial emotion recognition with subjective emotion experience, Lindquist et al. understate the importance of biological predisposition in emotion. We use examples from the anxiety disorders to illustrate the distinction between these two phenomena, emphasising the importance of both e...

A Guide for Megaproject Researchers

Understanding phylogenetic incongruence: lessons from phyllostomid bats

All characters and trait systems in an organism share a common evolutionary history that can be estimated using phylogenetic methods. However, differential rates of change and the evolutionary mechanisms driving those rates result in pervasive phylogenetic conflict. These drivers need to be uncovered because mismatches between evolutionary processes and phylogenetic models can lead to high conf...

Understanding biological complexity: lessons from the past.

Advances in molecular biology now permit complex biological systems to be tracked at an exquisite level of detail. The information flow is so great, however, that using intuition alone to draw connections is unrealistic. Thus, the need to integrate mathematical biology with experimental biology is greater than ever. To achieve this integration, obstacles that have traditionally prevented effect...