Re: [ECOLOG-L] Statistic program question

On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 17:27 -0500, malcolm McCallum wrote: I want to sit down and learn R. Where is the best place to start? R has a steep learning curve. In my experience in helping colleagues to start using R, unless you can set aside a good chunk of time to learn by yourself and you stick at

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Statistic program question

If you have specific statistics you want to run in mind (or even just want to redo some old analyses in R in order to make sure you understand what you are doing) I wrote up the following quick and dirty guide while I was teaching myself R. A few other folk have found it useful when they

[ECOLOG-L] Tracking Small Seeds

Hello All, I am interested in methods that would allow me to track relatively small (1-3 mm diameter) seeds that are moved around in an agricultural environment by both vertebrate and invertebrate seed predators. I've read about using radioactivity to label seeds, which might work except I

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Statistic program question

Another tutorial website that is useful for learning R and written for those with experience in SAS and other programs, Quick R. http://www.statmethods.net/ AJ On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 17:27 -0500, malcolm McCallum wrote: I want to sit down and learn R. Where is the best place to start?

[ECOLOG-L] Questions about Campbell 21x datalogger

Dear listers, I'm currently working on a project at the Ohio State University in Columbus, and I plan to use the Campbell 21x datalogger to monitor temperature by wiring 8 thermocouples on the panel board. The datalogger is borrowed from a colleague, and the battery is totally discharged and

[ECOLOG-L] M.Sc. position in Rocky Intertidal Ecology (Canada)

A new M.Sc. position will become available in my lab in September 2009. Research will be funded by Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans and will investigate regional differences in rocky intertidal community composition as related to environmental stress and nearshore productivity on

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[ECOLOG-L] Procedure control

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[ECOLOG-L] Job: WWF - LAC Forest Carbon Officer

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[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc: aquatic ecology, Spain

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