Dear Dr. Neufeld,
Having recently taken a course on experimental design in ecology and written
a term paper on the use of multivariate statistics, I cannot recommend
Gotelli and Ellison's "A Primer of Ecological Statistics" enough. Both of
them are the clearest statistics writers I have ever come a
Josh and Ecolog:
Thanks, Josh. This is related to a recent post of mine in which I asked for
information about light (radiation) requirements/tolerances in relation to
habitat, niche, and (by inference) evolution. I was specifically interested
in a simple graph (I don't remember if the form of
Prairie dog burrows also self ventilate, by design.
Vogel, S., C. P. Ellington, Jr., and D. L. Kilgore, Jr. 1973. Wind-induced
ventilation of the burrow of the prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus. Journal of
Comparative Physiology 85:1–14.
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RK Ban
I wrote an article on biomimicry for National Wildlife's recent issue that
talks about the termite-inspired building. You can find it online here:
http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/Animals/Archives/200
9/Mimicking-Mother-Nature.aspx
I also teach an online writing class tha
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is embarking on a national inventory
and monitoring program (I&M) for Refuges. The initiative is akin to
that conducted by the National Park Service. They will be aligned
closely, as USFWS will have a national office for I&M at Fort
Collins, CO (10 positions t
David
I'm new to this list so if you're already familiar with the following, my
apologies:
For the termite inspired building, more is available here:
www.esf.edu/efb/turner/primary%20research%20articles.html
I'd also suggest inquiring at www.AskNature.org, a project of the Biomimicry
Guild. The
Silvert and Ecolog:
Let me second the remark on Feynman; even books about Feynman ("Genius,"
"Richard Feynman: A Life in Science") and assemblages of his papers
("Perfectly Reasonable Deviations [From the Beaten Track]") are not only
good source of material "on" writing but "on" science as wel
