I would have to concur in general with Jim
Roper. We teach a large enrollment Principles of
Ecology course (BIOL 414) that has one year of
General Biology as a prerequisite, and after
trying a number of different textbooks over the
years, have settled on the textbook by Manuel
Molles. Our
The last edition of Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi (73 - 6)
has a special section to papers on invasions in the
context of fisheries. Most of the reports are in
Japanese, but two are in English:
Introduced marine organisms in China from japan and
their impacts
Distribution of non-indigenous intertidal
Bill -- One correction there were mammals on Australia. However, most
were metatherians and not eutherians. mas tarde, EJF
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So, if the students do not have that background, then I think you are wasting
your time teaching ecology and what you should be teaching is environmental
studies. That could easily be geared to unprepared undergrads, and could fill
in some of those voids that you mentioned your students have.
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Andrew,
I haven't used a textbook for my ecology class for several years. I do
put several on reserve in the library for students to access for reference.
Otherwise, I use examples from the current literature to demonstrate the
concepts that we are discussing in class. In general, the students
Does anyone have citations in which there are estimates of
the percentage of mammal species (not primates) having
post-fertilization paternal care?
Lorna
Joe makes some interesting points. I've inserted some comments [[thus--WT]].
WT
At 10:04 AM 11/16/2007, Joe Tyburczy wrote:
Another point I'd like to pick up on is that a distinction should be
made between introduced species (those outside of their native range)
and invaders (introduced species
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Great! Now all is needed is for professors to use them (preferably
as the author intends), publish them, publish only in free on-line
journals, and for the institutions to stop insisting that such
journals, ipso facto don't count as publications (e.g., toward
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