I think this might be the fast food one mentioned: Species Packing in the Fast-Food Restaurant Guild Patrick C. Kangas and Paul G. Risser Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America Vol. 60, No. 3 (Sep., 1979), pp. 143-148
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 1:31 PM, David Inouye <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's one of them. I used to use this in ecology classes. > > > Sheldon, R. W., and S. R. Kerr. 1972. The population density of Monsters > in Loch Ness. Limnology and Oceanography 17:746-798. > > > I think there was one about resource partitioning among fast food > restaurants that was published in the Bulletin of the ESA about 30 years > ago but I don't have the citation. > > David Inouye > > At 11:00 AM 3/24/2015, you wrote: > > > I'm looking for funny articles published and a few come to mind that I > can't remember citations for so I thought I'd ask here. I don't really > want to page through J. Irreproducable Results or Worm Runner's Digest but > there are a few I'm hoping someone can help me with (vice vis pdfs) > > In either the late 70's or 80's there was a note in Nature that comprised > the poem and reviewers comments on Shelley's *"Ozymandias*" > > Then at about the same time someone published a paper in Limn. & Ocean. > estimating the biomass of the Loch Ness monster. > > And also at some point someone published a satirical paper on "if no one > heard it, did the tree in the forest really fall?" > > Of course any other humorous gems would be appreciated. > Please remember the list doesn't allow attachments, so please respond to my > university email. > > TIA, g2 > > > > > -- > Gary D. Grossman, PhD > > Professor of Animal Ecology > Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources > University of Georgia > Athens, GA, USA 30602 > > http://grossman.myweb.uga.edu/ < http://www.arches.uga.edu/%7Egrossman> > > Board of Editors - Animal Biodiversity and Conservation > Editorial Board - Freshwater Biology > Editorial Board - Ecology Freshwater Fish > -- *Rachael Eaton* PhD Candidate Department of Zoology Graduate Program in Ecology, Evol Biology & Behavior Michigan State University rachaeleaton.weebly.com <http://www.rachaeleaton.weebly.com>
