[ECOLOG-L] climate change web tool?

Colleagues,In my gen ed class, we are about to go over climate change and energy sustainability. Does anyone know of a website that uses a simplified climate change model? For example, students could type in some level of change (e.g. a volcano erupts, a new tropical dam built, and increase in

[ECOLOG-L] correlation v. causation

Dear Colleagues,The gen ed program and science departments at my university are having a conversation this week about correlation v. causation. Already I am finding serious differences (even within specific disciplines) in how one determines causation. What do you think is required for

[ECOLOG-L] vampire experimental design

Dear Colleagues, I am writing some homework questions on experimental design for my students. Since paranormal trends are common in literature and movies lately, I thought it might be amusing to use some paranormal experiments in my homework assignments. I realize this may cause some to

[ECOLOG-L] Learning Management Systems

, deadline)?  I also listed below some unnecessary but very useful items; do you know of any LMS that also addresses any of these criteria? Thank you,Shelly Shelly Thomas, Ph.D.Department of BiologyJames Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, VA 22807 UNNECESSARY, but would be great:-Students can sign off

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Case studies: food energy sustainability

Hi Colleagues,This summer I requested information on food and energy sustainability case studies/etc. Thank you so much for your responses! I copied them below. If you know of anything else, please let me know!Thank you,Shelly -Dear Colleagues,This fall I

[ECOLOG-L] Registration open: summer field courses at Au Sable Institute

Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies Serving and Protecting Creation Through Education, Restoration, Leadership, and Witness Registration is open at http://www.ausable.org/ Contact: i...@ausable.org Discover your Passion for Stewarding the Earth at Au Sable Institute Au Sable

[ECOLOG-L] SCB on science and religion

Here is another opportunity to learn more about the science/religion connection. Please join us at The Society for Conservation Biology International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) 3-7July 2010 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, for the following workshop organized by The Religion and

[ECOLOG-L] Extra-terrestrial Species

Dear Colleagues, This is outside the normal ecological questions we post here, but I am very interested in your opinions on this. I was having an armchair philosophical discussion with a colleague and some students the other day, trying to figure out if we (ecologists / scientists) would use

[ECOLOG-L] Wildlife Management summer class

Dear colleagues, I'll be teaching a Wildlife Management class this summer for the first time. I would appreciate your advice on absolute musts or strongly suggested ideas for the following areas: -hand-on techniques to do (not just learning about it) -primary literature (or good essays, etc.)

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gallup poll on evolution

I teach at a small university and find that most of my firstyears and sophomores have a poor understanding of evolution. Furthermore, most of them have accepted the false dichotomy that many scientific folks and many religious folks assert- that you must choose EITHER science OR

[ECOLOG-L] BioEthics textbook

Hi Colleagues, I'll be teaching a science ethics class in the spring and am looking for suggestions for a good textbook. This is a senior undergrad course focused on reading and discussion. I have two books I am currently examining: Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Bioethical Issues ed. by

[ECOLOG-L] Amorphophallus konjac??

We have a plant in the school's greenhouse that we think is Amorphophallus konjac (is that species the same as A. rivieri?). If anyone can ID this plant for sure, please contact me directly and I'll send you a photo (sorry, can't attach the delightful scent). Thanks! Shelly

[ECOLOG-L] photo of dragonfly wheel

Hi, I'm looking for a photo of any dragonfly species in flight in the copulating wheel. Does anyone have one they would be willing to share? Thanks, Shelly _ Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with

Re: [ECOLOG-L] summer reading with an ecologic/environmental theme

I haven't seen this one mentioned yet. It is more ecological than conservation-minded. But it is still the best. Hopefully it will have your students grimacing, crying, and peeing their collective pants. Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to all Creation by Olivia Judson Shelly PS. Or you could

[ECOLOG-L] conservation job: Asia Projects Manager

Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asia Projects Manager The Asia Projects Manager—a new joint post of A Rocha USA and A Rocha International--will work among Asian Christians to raise awareness of environmental decline and the connection of that decline to human suffering, in order to awaken

Re: DDT question

All, We are going to be discussing this topic in the class I'm teaching - with most participants very concerned with both poverty AND conservation. So I'm pleased to be reading this discussion. Good to hear all sides. To (a): how much needs to be in the environment to affect species? (Even

FW: Re: microlending/RE: hunting conservation/was ECOLOGY Conservation Princip

Mars Hill is partnering with a micro-finance program in Burundi, where there are quite a few conservation concerns/efforts. If you'd like to partner with them, see the following website. shelly http://www.marshill.org/serving/focus/z/ We believe that the poorest people in the world's poorest

Re: community-based conservation

I don't know who coined the term. I feel like these modern versions of community-based conservation programs are at least partly modeled after much older ones that have been around for hundreds of years... often in the guise of different religions. However, if you are looking for examples of

Re: Overshoot, Homo colossus, detrivore ecosystem, dirty commies, pestilence, nu

We could probably come up with equally absurd statements claiming that there is no need for measures to consrve resources and clean up our enviornment, but none to compare with the statement of James Watt, Secretary of the Interior under Reagon, who declared that conservation was unnecessary

NMS: non-significant species

Dear Colleagues, What does it mean when a large minority of species are not significant in an NMS? (Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling) I ran an NMS on 60 invertebrate species (from habitats with different characteristics). Two axes explained the most variation in the click beetle data (41%

SAS test statement

Dear Colleagues, I am using SAS to generate general linear models. I have a complicated model design, but I will simplify it for this question. We compared the effects of two different forest harvest treatments (each treatment created small gaps in the forest) on insects by collecting insects

NMS language

Dear Colleagues, I would like to make sure I use the correct language to describe relationships between: -field sites -insect species abundance -tree species basal area I ran an NMS ordination on the insect species within the sites. I subsequently correlated the tree species to the

NMDS and CCA

Dear colleagues, Several of us are discussing using NMDS and CCA, and we are hoping you would contribute your advice. We did a study on insects emerging from soil in forest stands dominated by different (usually only one or two) tree species. We want to use NMDS, because it does not have all

Indicator Species Analysis

Howdy All, Thank you very much for your responses/discussion starting in February to my questions about Indicator Species Analysis. The consensus seemed to be that: 1) ISA does not require equal sample size, but unequal sample size may affect the Monte Carlo results (make it easier to get a

Indicator Species Analysis?

Dear Colleagues, I’m using PCord to do Indicator Species Analysis. I have read the McCune and Grace book, but I still have two questions that I think I know the answers to, but want more opinions. (Perhaps I missed the answers in the book). 1) Do I need to have equal number of sample units