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open science: bridging the gap between society & researcher

@BrunaLab embruna@ufl.edu www.BrunaLab.org

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