Ecolog-L,
Way back when the question about hypothesis testing in ecology was first posed
to the group, one of the questions was whether anyone had rejected projects or
grant proposals for lack of hypotheses. The discussion has gone on while I
thought about posting a response to that, but with
Regarding the suggestion of Lee Davis on training needs, I completely agree.
Even if someone is going to go into strict research, one needs to have
some understanding of how the results of that research may be used and
interpreted as well as misused and misinterpreted.
To David McNeely who said
Any suggestions where to buy a van Dorn Bottle, a van Veen Box Corer, and
Oxygen Meter from a USA Supplier?
Pura Vida,
Ignacio Escorriola
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Dear Pat,
But what do you consider a scientific hypothesis? Because the statement of
an hypothesis could be easy, the difficult task is the logic of the study to
test the hypothesis, something that you have to do with the predictions
because you cannot test an hypothesis itself, but throught its
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The Plant and Mycorrhizal Ecology Lab at the FU Berlin (Prof. Matthias C.
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Coincidentally, I just came across this interesting article about a
successful project using camera traps to map animal populations in new york
state...
http://scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/more-animals-found-in-urban-forests/
Ok I'm a normal reader of Ecolog but I haven't posted before. I've finally
registered, and will now contribute to this thread.
The methods used by Marcus Rowcliff, Chris Carbon, et al. have been field
tested on BCI Panama (by Roland Kays and others). Most of these publications
are still in prep or
If a funding agency wants hypothesis driven research, then you give them
hypothesis driven research!
This varies form state to state, agency to agency. Getting exploratory
research funded is not easy, its much easier to get funding for confirmatory
research.
Malcolm
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 8:03
Position available for summer 2011, starting in April, assisting in a study
of the Karner blue butterfly. As part of a larger study on effects of
climate change on this federally endangered species, we are maintaining a
colony of Karner blue butterflies on the campus of the University of Notre
Hello Ecologers!
My name is Chelsea Peterson and I am currently an undergraduate at Boston
University graduating with a B.A. in Biology this summer. I am going to be
moving to the Seattle, WA area to be with family and am really interested in
expanding some of my lab/field experience before
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