A tribute to a true conservation innovator, Brad McRae, 1966-2017

Joshua Lawler; Paul Beier; Brett Dickson; Joseph Fargione; John Novembre; David Theobald

doi:10.1111/cobi.13235

A tribute to a true conservation innovator, Brad McRae, 1966-2017

Conserv Biol. 2018 Oct 11. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13235. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Joshua Lawler¹, Paul Beier², Brett Dickson³, Joseph Fargione⁴, John Novembre⁵, David Theobald³

Affiliations

¹ School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Box 352100, Seattle, WA, 98195-2100, U.S.A.
² School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, 200 East Pine Knoll Drive, PO Box: 15018, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011-5018.
³ Conservation Science Partners, Inc., 11050 Pioneer Trail, Suite 202, Truckee, CA, 96161, U.S.A.
⁴ The Nature Conservancy, 1101 West River Parkway, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN, 55415, U.S.A.
⁵ Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60616, U.S.A.

PMID: 30311257
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13235

Abstract

Powerful innovations can occur when a concept is taken from one field and used to solve a problem in an unrelated field. In fact, it has been shown that as the distance between a problem solver's field of technical expertise and the focal field of a problem increase, so does the probability of success. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.