Re: [ECOLOG-L] Used a tablet for field work?

2012-05-16 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
you were doing. I am sure the size issue has been resolved, even the weight issue o battery expectancy. I doubt the noisy sky has,   Abraham de Alba Avila Terrestrial Plant Ecology INIFAP-Ags Ap. postal 20, Pabellón Arteaga, 20660 Aguascalientes, MEXICO   SKYPE: adealba55  Tel: (465) 95-801-67

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Agriculture in a Steady State Economy

2010-10-10 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
dramatically. I find that there has been more done by progressive farmers than by serious researchers, that said, I guess that academia is still hoocked on chemicals and big farm thinking. Abraham de Alba Avila Terrestrial Plant Ecology INIFAP-Ags Ap. postal 20, Pabellón Arteaga, 20660 Aguascalientes

[ECOLOG-L] Fw: [ECOLOG-L] worlds authorities in sustainable ag/meat/ag ecology

2010-06-27 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
that it should be regenerative sustainable is not enough anymore) Abraham de Alba Avila Terrestrial Plant Ecology INIFAP-Ags Ap. postal 20, Pabellón Arteaga, 20660 Aguascalientes, MEXICO SKYPE: adealba55 Tel: (465) 95-801-67, 801-86 ext. 126, FAX ext 102 alternate: dealba.abra...@inifap.gob.mx cel

[ECOLOG-L] stats for undergrads -

2010-04-30 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
by Chew ?   Abraham de Alba Avila Terrestrial Plant Ecology INIFAP-Ags Ap. postal 20, Pabellón Arteaga, 20660 Aguascalientes, MEXICO   SKYPE: adealba55  Tel: (465) 95-801-67, 801-86 ext. 126, FAX ext 102 alternate: dealba.abra...@inifap.gob.mx cel: 449-157-7070

Re: [ECOLOG-L] 10 years without warming

2009-10-02 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
the Copenhagen meeting, but I guess researchers don`t foresee that their work can and will be used against them   Abraham de Alba Avila Terrestrial Plant Ecology INIFAP-Ags Ap. postal 20, Pabellón Arteaga, 20660 Aguascalientes, MEXICO   SKYPE: adealba55  Tel: (465) 95-801-67, 801-86 ext. 126, FAX ext 102

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Population control

2009-09-22 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
, but when they give to women's groups it usually flourishes into a small buisness, so much for our macho economy. Abraham de Alba Avila Terrestrial Plant Ecology INIFAP-Ags Ap. postal 20, Pabellón Arteaga, 20660 Aguascalientes, MEXICO   SKYPE: adealba55  Tel: (465) 95-801-67, 801-86 ext. 126, FAX ext

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are ecologists the problem?

2009-09-09 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
by consumers that want the cheapest not the best (I do hope that the grain prices stay up there). Which touches on the basic issue here: education (but not the typical school ed, is almost ethical ?). For what it's worth, I also believe it`s a human problem, not even ecologists.   Abraham de Alba

[ECOLOG-L] C Seq Grass vs Wood

2009-09-07 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
the same rainfall regime, if it's a grassland it probably is too dry to get a woodland to grow, the exception probably being the ecotone between eastern woodlands and tall grass praerie.   Abraham de Alba Avila Terrestrial Plant Ecology INIFAP-Ags Ap. postal 20, Pabellón Arteaga, 20660

[ECOLOG-L] C Seq Grass vs Wood

2009-09-03 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
to grazing can increase the net C content in the soil (which is more stable than the above ground wood), even better if high density grazing can topple residue and mix it with urine and feaces. What do you think ?   Abraham de Alba Avila Terrestrial Plant Ecology INIFAP-Ags Ap. postal 20, Pabellón

Re: [ECOLOG-L] simulate grazing with mowing treatments

2009-05-08 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
. then you can use a mower. They are different and w should aknowledge that from the begining.   Abraham de Alba Avila Terrestrial Plant Ecology INIFAP-Ags Ap. postal 20, Pabellón Arteaga, 20660 Aguascalientes, MEXICO   SKYPE: adealba55  Tel:  (465) 95-801-67 , 801-86 ext. 126, FAX ext 102

[ECOLOG-L] Soil Hyd corers ?

2009-03-26 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
be greatly appreciated   Abraham de Alba Avila Terrestrial Plant Ecology INIFAP-Ags Ap. postal 20, Pabellón Arteaga, 20660 Aguascalientes, MEXICO  Tel:  (465) 95-801-67 , 801-86 ext. 126, FAX ext 102 alternate: dealba.abra...@inifap.gob.mx cel:  449-157-7070 

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Penetrometers (Pesola Spring Scales??)

2008-04-14 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
Cone penetrometers are fairly simple to construct in a sho Dear Sarah, Cone penetrometers are fairly simple to construct in a shop, at La jornada web page they have a link to a paper by Hendricks from a soil science paper (I think) that has instructions on building one, the down side is that

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Environmental gradients

2008-04-10 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
I 'm not sure about the latest but I do remember Dean L. Urba Wayne, I 'm not sure about the latest but I do remember Dean L. Urban on his work on Classification Trees (CART) in the Sequoia-Kings Canyon N.P. quite an elegant work, interfaced with SIG, but don`t have access to a descent library

Re: She will not have babies

2007-11-29 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
Another third world, but with the knowledge from science Noone to quote, but it is a well researched area in sociology, it is the empowering of women which actually lowers conception rates, not the minimum wage as most of us thought in the 70's My one cent Abraham de Alba Avila

slope as dependant var

2007-10-01 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
as independant variables or use a geostatistical model in ArcView or any other geostatistical software. Am I breaking some holy statistical rules here ?? I would appreciate any comments since I am very far from any statistical-savy collegue. Abraham de Alba Avila Terrestrial Plant

Fwd: [ECOLOG-L] DDT question

2007-08-27 Thread Abraham de Alba A.
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Re: Your Opinion About a Relativization Issue

2007-06-21 Thread Abraham de Alba
-- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. Abraham de Alba Avila Terrestrial Plant Ecology INIFAP-Ags Ap. postal 20, Pabellón Arteaga, 20660 Aguascalientes, MEXICO Tel: (465) 95-801-67, 801-86 ext. 118, FAX ext 102 alternate

Re: Gap Light Analysis - what kind of hardware?

2007-05-17 Thread Abraham de Alba
Abraham de Alba Avila Terrestrial Plant Ecology INIFAP-Ags Ap. postal 20, Pabellón Arteaga, 20660 Aguascalientes, MEXICO Tel: (465) 95-801-67, 801-86 ext. 118, FAX ext 102 alternate: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cel: 449-157-7070

On Plagiarism

2006-10-04 Thread Abraham de Alba
Dear Ecologgers: It might seem odd to say this, but the problem is that in our education (as in yours) knowledge has been at the top, NOT values (or ethics for that matter). But then again, japanese (that supposebly do stress values before knowledge) also have been known to trip on

excell bias/poptools

2006-09-12 Thread Abraham de Alba
Dear Ecologgers, Do wonder if said program POPTOOLS does take into account several calculating biases that Excell, excells in. Or if the objetive is only for demostration purposes, didactic demostration, etc ??? I myself use excell only for simple data manipulation on excell, nothing else.

CART modeling

2006-05-10 Thread Abraham de Alba
Hi, I am a newophyte on CART and trying to use it to classyfy some vegetation plots with different spp of pines in the middle of México, I am wondering if it's necessary to transform the environmental variables such as soil (% sand, silt, ph, Ntot%, C%, O.Matter) and geographic variables such as

CART modeling

2006-05-10 Thread Abraham de Alba
Hi again ecologgers I presume that in looking for the best model in a CART you are looking for the lowest residual mean deviance (besides the biological meaning) ?? or to put it in another perspective, what is the most sensible procedure to arrive a the most stable solution without getting into