How about this one? The unicorn, the normal curve, and other improbable creatures. Micceri, Theodore <http://psycnet.apa.org.sci-hub.org/index.cfm?fa=search.searchResults&latSearchType=a&term=Micceri,%20Theodore> Psychological Bulletin, Vol 105(1), Jan 1989, 156-166. http://dx.doi.org.sci-hub.org/10.1037/0033-2909.105.1.156 <http://psycnet.apa.org.sci-hub.org/doi/10.1037/0033-2909.105.1.156>
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Wesley Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Very brief, but charming "Apples and Oranges: a comparison". > > > http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume1/v1i3/air-1-3-apples.html > > > > On Mar 24, 2015, at 3:46 PM, John Mull <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Though not from the primary literature, here's another paper in this > > category that I first saw referenced in Joel Cohen's *How Many People Can > > the Earth Support*: > > > > Fremlin, J.H. 1964. How many people can the world support. New Scientist > 24 > > (29 October): 285 - 287. > > > > > http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13518297.500-letters-packing-them-in.html > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Gregor Kalinkat < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> There are a couple of papers out there on modelling disease dynamics > with > >> Zombie and/or Vampire etc attacks > >> > >> e.g. > >> http://www.math.upenn.edu/~ted/203S10/Projects/Zombies/Zombies.pdf > >> > >> > >> > http://www.m-hikari.com/ams/ams-2013/ams-9-12-2013/strielkowskiAMS9-12-2013.pdf > >> > >> enjoy! > >> > >> °°° > >> Dr. Gregor Kalinkat > >> email: [email protected] > >> skype: gregor.kalinkat > >> > >> Postdoctoral research fellow > >> > >> Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) > >> Department Fish Ecology and Evolution > >> Theoretical Evolutionary Ecosystem Ecology Lab > >> Seestrasse 79 > >> 6047 Kastanienbaum > >> Switzerland > >> > >> Personal website: http://goo.gl/ztVSm8 > >> Google Scholar profile: http://goo.gl/RI0a5 > >> Working group at Eawag: http://goo.gl/Lw2AQ8 > >> B-Types project at the IGB: www.b-types.igb-berlin.de > >> > >> > >> ________________________________________ > >> Von: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [ > >> [email protected]]" im Auftrag von "David Inouye [ > >> [email protected]] > >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 24. März 2015 18:31 > >> Bis: [email protected] > >> Betreff: Re: [ECOLOG-L] humorous papers > >> > >> 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 > >> > -- Amandine Bourg Estudiante de Doctorado Red de Ecoetología Instituto de Ecología A.C.
