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open science: bridging the gap between society & researcher
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emilio m. bruna university of florida editor-in-chief, Biotropica
Co-authorship network, Costa Rica
Association for Tropical Biology &
Conservation (ATBC)
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tropics are home to majority of Earth’s biodiversity, critical ecosystem services, & 4o% of the human population
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emerging political, agricultural, & economic superpowers are primarily tropical countries
Growth in GDP (GDP>US$100 bi)
cnn.com
GDP (trillions)
$11.2 $2.3 $1.9
Research by ATBC
members is critical for developing, implementing,
& evaluating global conservation &
development policies
ATBC Past-President
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44,084
articles, reviews, & essays.
3,330
78,731 citations of these in
other articles
1969-2014
Online-only in 2015; app launching any day
Where is research in Biotropica conducted?
11995-2004, using data from Stocks et al. 2008. Biotropica. Data available at www.Dryad.org.
>90 countries: American Samoa to Zimbabwe1
why is open access so critical to our members?
1. because of where they work
Budongo Conservation Field Station, Uganda
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why is open access so critical to our members?
2. because a key audience doesn’t subscribe
Three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus
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Melo et al. 2014.. Football and Biodiversity Conservation: FIFA and Brazil Can Still Hit a Green Goal”, Biotropica. 46(3): 257-259
why is open access so critical to our members?
3. the public pays for our research
challenges of open access for the ATBC
1. financial (but not wh you’re thinking of)
$3000 Top ten (1st author): Brazil, USA, Mexico, Germany,
India, UK, Australia, Colombia, China Japan
Bolivia Ecuador Malaysia Thailand Indonesia Peru Venezuela Brunei Cambodia Cameroon Chile Cuba Ethiopia French Guiana Ghana Guatemala Kenya Panama Seychelles Uganda Uruguay
2) ATBC members – especially in the global south – need OA to save the world.
OA, Societies, & Publishers
1) societies like ATBC need OA to maximize benefits to members & policy-level impact of our work
OA, Societies, & Publishers
3) Our members want me to challenge you: Work with societies on Open Access. Do More. Lead.
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photo credits
1) Russell Ede, Flickr Commons, CC-BY-NC-2.0
2) Nick Mitchell on Biotropica.org
3) Emilio Bruna
4) Gertrud Schaab, Farwig et al. 2014 Biotropica
5) Jenkins et al. 2013, PNAS
6) Google Earth, Digital Globe
7) Asha Tanna, whogivesamonkeys.com blog
8) J. A. Siqueira on Biotropica.org
9) Vigdis Vandvik on Biotropica.org
10) Fabricio Baccaro on Biotropica.org
