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ECOLOGY Education and Learning 2 Re: ECOLOG-L Digest - 17 Nov 2007 to 18 Nov 2007 (#2007-312)

I share the contempt for soft in the sense of sham (for which all too many courses, degrees, and institutions qualify), but ecology (we should not be forced to qualify the term, for example, as not referring to the ecology, whatever that is, or saving beer cans and mulching xmas trees) should

textbook-free classes

Speaking as a former high school teacher and current environmental science graduate student, I'd like to comment on instructors tossing the textbook from their courses. I appreciate _supplements_ to the textbook, such as selected websites, journal articles, etc. I have always had a problem,

invasive species and cats

Hi all -- In all the discussion so far about introduced/invasive/non-native species, I don't recall seeing any mention of cats. I've heard a lot about the impacts of cats on wildlife in Australia, but not as much about cats here in the U.S. Indeed - this can be a sensitive issue, since so

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I am trying to purchase a stereo boom microscope for plant identification work, and am finding that my limited budget leads me either to a used Bausch Lomb Stereo Zoom 4 scope or a new Omano OM2300/V6 7x-45x scope. Does anyone have experience with Omano microscopes? Thank you for any advice

Re: invasive species and cats

Yes, feral cats are considered an unwelcome invasive. Just ask any field biologist or the Audubon Society http://www.audubon.org/local/cn/98march/nasr.html Warren W. Aney Senior Wildlife Ecologist Tigard, OR 97223 -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs,

invasive species and cats

Lori, I've worked with Stanley Temple at UW-Madison who has done extensive research on free-ranging cats in Wisconsin; and has also been active on trying to get the word out to the public. Recently, the governor of Wisconsin turned-down a widely supported (in WI) bill to allow hunting of feral

Review ecology texts, etc., in TIEE

Colleagues: In TIEE (Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology; tiee.ecoed.net) Volume 5 we added two new sections - Research Papers and Reviews. If anyone would like to review a new ecology text, or other ecology resource useful for faculty, please contact Jennifer Riem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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Re: Throwing away the textbooks

Steve -- Well said. Like many others in this profession, I am a first=20 generation college graduate. I am pleased that my two sons are a second=20 generation. I remember how disappointed I initially was when they did not = aspire to go into ecology for a program of study. But am now very

Re: invasive species and cats

here in the US a lot of effort is put into maintaining feral cat populations, as strange as it sounds. advocates of this idea usually promote catch-neuter-release programs, and claim such programs will eventually reduce feral cat populations humanely. the evolutionary biologist in me says that's