Quentin Wheeler

Director, IISE; Virginia M. Ullman Professor; Senior Sustainability Scientist, GIOS; Arizona State University

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Save field biology skills from extinction risk http://t.co/wHoC7GM62V via @timeshighered

[Quentin Wheeler @PresidentESF]

Wall Street Journal offers new species for lunch, http://t.co/qx0Uz1EFEl

[Quentin Wheeler @PresidentESF]

Username change to @PresidentESF from @DeanWheeler HAPPY NEW YEAR

[Quentin Wheeler @PresidentESF]

"What on Earth?" book makes great gift. Nod, nod. Wink, wink. http://t.co/wtqW7MiuUm

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.@NatGeoLive Thanks for opportunity and for championing the invisible masses #natgeolive

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Thanks everyone for tweeting. Go hug a tree... and an insect. And pry the iphone from a child's hand and drag her into nature #natgeolive

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.@cdellamore How's survival for a reason? As E.O. Wilson said ecosystems would collapse tomorrow w/o insects #natgeolive

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.@cdellamore Sadly, we will all pay for our neglect of the spiders and snakes. It will, pardon pun, come back to bite us. #natgeolive

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.@cdellamore Go figure. #natgeolive

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.@Cerabilia True. Also amateurs filling gap. More than 60% new species in Europe each year named by amateurs #natgeolive

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.@cdellamore Important to remember that we need the occasional "poster child" species to stand in for vast unseen #natgeolive

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Shameless self promo: Check out my book "What on Earth?" to see 100 cool species and an argument for taxonomy #natgeolive

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Just wrote op ed in New Phytologist arguing that growing number of authors of new species is NOT sign of health of taxonomy #natgeolive

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.@JaneJayLee Much taxonomy is being done on side. Few pros supported to work full time. Need attitude adjustment #natgeolive

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.@ConservationOrg Hot spots are great way of drawing attention to areas of remarkable diversity and need of exploration #natgeolive

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Kate. Which species to save? Some for our survival and well being, others for uniqueness, others for beauty... #natgeolive

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2013 Top 10 New Species at http://t.co/EfXyPyZom3 #natgeolive

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.@Cerabilia We do not rank Top 10 for reason. Like naming your favorite child! #natgeolive

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.@writingasjoe Imagine that! Role of Academy is to invest in knowledge for long haul, not only solving immediate problems #natgeolive

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Collaboration is key. Answers to conservation and environmental problems far too large, complex for any single discipline #natgeolive