The following is pretty entertaining as well I think. If you are into monocerology that is.
Spatial Distribution of the Montane Unicorn SH Hurlbert Oikos 1990 53(3): 257-271 Cheers, Basti On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Rachael Eaton <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> > -- Bastian Bentlage, Ph.D. Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics The University of Maryland College Park, MD, USA
