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Editor of the Societys journal WETLANDS. WETLANDS is an international
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critical reviews that contribute to our understa
Honorable Ecolog Forum:
What does it matter, for the advancement of science and ecology in
particular, whether or not the root of the matter is resolved such that the
state of knowledge in this matter is articulated with clarity to the public
and those who inform the public (such as science wr
Position Announcement
Postdoctoral Position in Functional Ecology (Plant Functional Traits)
Developing Novel Ecosystems that Enhance Carbon Storage, Native
Biodiversity, and Human Mobility in Lowland Hawaiian Forests
A postdoctoral research position is available for an individual interested
in
I see nothing threatening about this. The US has been attracted/"buying
away"/"brain-drain" scientists from all over the world. This may have created
the "US/Euro/Western centric" perspective of science. Now, China is doing the
same thing that the US has been doing. And, influx and enhanced i
Is the "vast majority" of tenured academia really "dead wood" in America? Isn't
this the same kind of thing being said about schoolteachers in the "education
reform" debate in this country - that K-12 schools are full of "bad teachers"
who can't be fired because of unions, etc., etc.? How real a
Date and Location: July 18-22, 2011 at the USFWS National Conservation
Training Center. Registration deadline is June 3.
Description: This course will cover specialized Geographic Information
system (GIS) tools and techniques used to analyze spatially related
biological field data. The class st
Rather than a knee-jerk defense of tenure as a holy system/right, why
not accept that there IS a problem and consider alternatives?
I have recently proposed replacing it with an "academic's bill of rights
and responsibilities" - a code for faculty including a list of reasons
one CAN'T be fired
Aaron,
I have read your recommendations for improving science funding. I think you
are taking a band aid approach to the problem. Peter Lawrence has suggested a
much more fundamental change which would, if adopted, correct many of the
faults addressed in your document and might be a viable al
McNeely
I am not going to argue anything about plant consciousness, and wrote in my
previous message that I'm putting such issues aside. I wrote "make decisions"
in
quotation marks to avoid just such interpretations.
As Clara wrote, in behavioral biology lingo, any organismic response is called
