Chris is on the ball.
Although an environmental scientist and and ecologist overlap in their
education, and can and often do similar things, they are not
equivalents. An environmental scientist will be steeped in ecology,
but also policy and economics. This person will be trained to address
as biased conservative, biased liberal, or
relatively unbiased.
This can be a pretty nifty way to get people talking.
I like to get an article online from an MSNBC, Fox News, and then a very very
strait unbiased article (often from BBC or one of the science news outlets).
Fun Fun FUn
Malcolm McCallum
P.S
For people who are interested in the politics of publishing and
citation metrics, the following are really worth
reading...technically, we should all be following this stuff. Although
scientists in general are pretty smart, a huge bunch of us tends to
ignore the continual political under-cutting
Commercial journals and prestigious journals are not inclusive of one another.
Commercial journals use a number of strategies to inflate their
initial impact ratings.
These strategies are not available to most non-commercial outlets.
For example,
most societies publish 1-2 journals. Most
Recent joint editorial from all herp societies published in
Herpetological Conservation and Biology.
The peer in Peer Review.
http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_6/Issue_3/Joint_editorial_2011.pdf
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Chris Lortie lor...@yorku.ca wrote:
Dear Ecologgers,
Thank you so
.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Founder/Owner: All Things Bugs
Capitalizing on Low-Crawling Fruit from Insect-Based Innovation
http://www.allthingsbugs.com/Curriculum_Vitae.pdf
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On 1/3/2012 7:24 PM, malcolm McCallum wrote:
Have you done
.
The basics can be learned with a tutor in about half an hour. The
power of GIS, however, takes a lot longer to master.
I have taught undergrad/grad courses in GIS many times, and have used
it quite a bit.
Malcolm McCallum
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Christi Yoder cyoder...@gmail.com wrote
Its all pretty obvious.
Federal government establishes federally funded financial aid to help
those in need.
State governments cut funding to universities, so universities are
forced to raise tuition
and get more of their finances from the federal financial aid programs.
Lets say a ficticious
into
the literature on amphibians and reptiles. Also, to some degree
insect methods may be useful.
Malcolm McCallum
Department Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
University of Missouri Kansas City
Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Eric Flores sail
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Date: Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 4:30 PM
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:5688] Status of the University of Memphis
Collection of Mammals
To: nhcol...@lists.yale.edu nhcol...@lists.yale.edu
Integration of the University of Memphis
?
In environmental science no one talks about NATURAL.
You have impaired, unimpaired, and degrees of impairment because that
has a meaning.
Natural is too nebulous and subjective.
Malcolm McCallum
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Eric North xcs...@hotmail.com wrote:
This is a troubling
What is NATURAL?
In environmental science no one talks about NATURAL.
You have impaired, unimpaired, and degrees of impairment because that
has a meaning.
Natural is too nebulous and subjective.
Malcolm McCallum
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Eric North xcs...@hotmail.com wrote
we normally have literally 30-60 Scissor Tail Flycatchers around on
our property during the summer in NE Texas (Texarkana, Bowie Co.).
This year we have none.
Has anyone else noticed a disappearance (or resurgence) in this
species this year?
--
Malcolm L. McCallum
Oceania University of
Harzing's Publish or Perish has been using this database for a long time now.
Last I checked they had not opened up the Google version yet.
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:42 PM, David Inouye ino...@umd.edu wrote:
Some information from an article in 4 August 2011 Nature, Computing giants
launch free
ON a related thread.
Lawrence 2007. The mismeasurement of science. Current Biology
http://www.labri.fr/perso/gimbert/lawrence-current-biology-2007.pdf
Excerpt:
Answer from the hero in Leo
Szilard’s 1948 story “The Mark
Gable Foundation” when asked
by a wealthy entrepreneur
who believes that
Having run an open access herpetology journal for 6 years that has no
page charges, no upload fees, is run entirely by volunteers, and is
rapidly rising in stature with coverage by Journal Citation Reports
and having many articles been widely covered by the media, I find the
excessive fees
Open access is a completely different issue from the publishing racket.
In fact, running an open access journal online is so much cheaper than
a traditional journal its funny.
However, the posting fees for many of these outlets amount to 1000s of
dollars.
Where is the money going?
The reduced
Unfortunately, there climate of universities is rapidly shifting to
this viewpoint that they make money. However, this focus on the
internal exchange of money between a student and the institution, or a
grantor and the grantee, ignores the obvious externalities that higher
education provides to
I'm not sure if everyone is aware, but there is also what is called a
shared position. Basically, the school hires the married pair and
they share the opening. They each share teach responsibilities (and
the salary) and both must make tenure or neither does. It is
virtually impossible to know
I have found this publication to be very useful during my academic career.
It was written by a Nobelaureate. I'm not sure how much of it is good advice
in all situations, but at least it gives you something to think about.
here is a link to it on Google Books:
My personal experience with USOPM and applications:
I have applied for many positions with the Feds since 2003.
I have reached the interview stage 6-10 times.
During that time I was offered two positions.
One I turned down because I could not justify to myself leaving my
courses half-way through
here is a very weird plant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffid
picture:
There is a reason many midwestern herpetologists refer to the region
as a cornfield desert.
any uniculture (trees to moss) will be essentially a desert for other
organisms not directly
associated with the plant. Add in the agrichemicals and you got sterile blah.
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:58
Seriously, the Indian Pipeno chlorophyll!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_uniflora
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:10 AM, malcolm McCallum
malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org wrote:
here is a very weird plant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffid
picture:
http://www.google.com/imgres?q
GO to http://www.doaj.org
they have a list of many open access journals.
Malcolm
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:30 PM, kevina vulinec kvuli...@desu.edu wrote:
For tropical ecology:
http://www.tropicalconservationscience.org/
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Zewei Song songze...@gmail.com wrote:
There are a number of them.
Are you looking for mathematical modeling, spatial modeling,
conceptual modeling, or statistical modeling.
Also, are you looking for books on the modeling itself, or
applications, or programs that do modeling?
Biostatistical design and analysis using R is a good one.
Hi,
Craig Hassapakis put together a facebook page for herpetologists.
If you are on facebook, it might be a resource that interests you.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/herpetologists?notif_t=group_activity
Its a closed group, so unless you are a member I don't think you can
read messages.
--
It appears the Genus is now Xenopus tropicalis! Oops.
I was given one that is 31 years old!
Could that be a record for captivity?
Malcolm
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:41 PM, malcolm McCallum
malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to find the known maximum lifespan of Siluarana
egrets.
However, invasiveness is condition dependent and one could argue that
any species can become invasive when the conditions are right.
Malcolm McCallum
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Warren W. Aney a...@coho.net wrote:
Empirical evidence is not needed when observational evidence shows
Conservationists DO devote resources judiciously because they they have too.
Conservation is grossly under-funded and under-manned.
Its amazing how little gets done in environmental and public health
while we throw trillions at a millitary that would still be the most
dominant force in the world
Technically the earth is neither a biome nor an ecosystem. The
living component is the biosphere, one of the four sphere's of the
earth. The others being atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.
Biomes and ecosystems are subparts of the biosphere.
Malcolm
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:19 PM,
as
ecosystems.
I'm still in learning mode on this . . .
WT
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To: Wayne Tyson landr...@cox.net
Cc: ECOLOG-L@listserv.umd.edu
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Terminology Re: [ECOLOG-L
and hazardous
pathways, he will lift some bruised and beaten brother or sister to a higher
and more noble life.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
--- On Thu, 6/2/11, malcolm McCallum malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org wrote:
From: malcolm McCallum malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L
and information.
Malcolm McCallum
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Jason Hernandez
jason.hernande...@yahoo.com wrote:
Re: the question: Is the fact that a huge percentage of our population
don't understand (or at least can't articulate) the basic mechanisms of
evolution their fault or the fault
Wow
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From: Kevin Winker kevin.win...@alaska.edu
Date: Sun, May 22, 2011 at 1:29 PM
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:5446] Save Ornithology at the Barrick Museum!
To:
Dear colleagues,
The dire message below that I received from John Klicka represents a
last-ditch
WHy not just take core samples, store them using ASTM standard
methods, then weigh the sample.
Dry it, then weigh it again. the lost mass is the moisture. However,
it will be the total moisture not just
the capillary water. Again, there are ASTM standard methods for this as well.
malcolm
On
In many schools there is no difference.
In others, MA takes a foreign language and MS takes stats.
In others, MA is a non-thesis degree (sometimes a final book report)
and MS is a thesis.
Combine this with the MAT (masters arts teaching), Professional Masters,
and the oodles of other masters
Wayne brings up a good point.
The bioavailability of toxic compounds, including metals is affected
by many things among which pH can be one.
In fact, the issue of TMDLs in the clean water act is based on problem
that each stream has its own water chemistry and organic load. This
causes us to
obout this too.
Malcolm McCallum
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Ben Bowman bowman.benja...@gmail.com wrote:
I am looking for information about where different types of plants absorb and
retain heavy metals and other toxins.
I would like to compile a list of edible plants that are safe
as the outcomes of
your decisions will be the foundation on which you build the rest of
your career.
Malcolm McCallum
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Aaron T. Dossey bugoc...@gmail.com
wrote:
Biogeochemistry and geochemistry are pretty popular topics. I have seen
several faculty positions
Technically, academic scientists have a specific responsibility to
work for the greater good.
Therefore, their 'agenda' should be for the greater good.
However, in my experience you are correct that many DO NOT work for
the greater good of society and the planet,
but rather for their own
I don't see the problem with allowing a interviewee to read your
article to ensure the quotes are accurate.
In fact, it seems kind of irresponsible as a journalist not to do
this. Why would you not want to make sure?
I am mystified.
In fact, about 10 years ago I was quoted in the St. Louis Post
I can't speak for the other studies, but I can speak on the Atrazine issue.
Atrazine is an estrogen mimic. It imitates estrogen when it enters organisms.
Numerous studies were published, not just by Hayes, but also others.
I don't see anything sensational about his claims.
In fact, you might want
Watching cable news, the closest thing to a scientist you often see is
Bill Nye. Nothing against Bill Nye, but he is not a scientist and
frankly is not an expertalthough he frequently plays one on TV!
Malcolm
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:06 PM, David L. McNeely mcnee...@cox.net wrote:
I
Having done a little unpublished research on this, people are
increasingly getting their news from the internet. Albeit some of
those sources may be the primary news channels and news programs, but
they are not reading the newspaper or watching news programs as much.
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 9:59
Go to your college's Ag major and see if they have a feed grinder for
livestock.
If you don't have a dept or a feed grinder, you might contact a local
tractor dealer and
ask if they will let you use one, either on a short term rental or lease, or
if they would
donate the lease-rental fee to the
Hi,
Anyone out there in Ecologland able to explain the vortex off the coast of
Japan after the Tsunami.
I am not familiar with the phenomenon and I thought someone with knowledge
in this area might
know how this was created and if it was likely to be a dangerous thing or
just a spectacle.
Thanks
I saw that episode. However, there are several deaths and such associated
with Old Sow in Maine (I found this after one of you told me to look up Old
Sow)...
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/journey_encounters.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/journey_encounters.htmlThen there is
I was extremely dissatisfied with Molles.
It is popular among the ultra-conservatives.
I inherited it in a course and half way through the semester
I told the students to stop reading it and ceased assigning readings from
it. I can't cite page numbers for problems because I threw my copy in the
Professors teaching ecology SHOULD NOT be caught up teaching policy issues.
Its not part of ecology, its part of a broader field-environmental science
which in of itself relies on ecology but IS NOT a synonym for ecology.
If someone is interested in interdisciplinary problems, they need to
procedures, and
students in other programs, such as Integrative Biology, are able to take
some of the courses. mcneely
malcolm McCallum malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org wrote:
Arkansas State's Environmental Sciences PHD program was originally
designed
with the intention to train people
Message - From: malcolm McCallum
malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] academia vs consultancies vs govt - dual degree
programs
Arkansas State's Environmental Sciences PHD program was originally
Hi,
for 4-5 years I have been among a group of people that keep an academic jobs
wiki together for applicants to communicate. It is generally intended to be
a supportive community that exchanges information about job searches. It is
not a place to post vacancies, but rather a place where people
Having reviewed dozens of research proposals for NSF, USGS, Delta Bay
Authority, and Faculty Grant Programs at Universities I have rejected
research w/o hypotheses stated when the program required hypotheses be
stated. In two cases, the proposals set up LTREM sites in which data
collection and
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
seem to only be interested in how others can help them
instead of them being the ones to help others (especially students) . This
is just my personal experiences dealing with professors though I'm sure it's
not true for all.
Thank you,
David Moldoff
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:08 PM, malcolm
It can be, however, having taught in one program where the teaching load was
18 hrs, and in another one in which the teaching load was 12 hrs with the
extra responsibilities you list far exceeding those numbers, I found the
teaching, advising, and committee work stressfulbut research was a
Within this thread I was reminded of another situation related to publishing
individual observations and the increasing use/creation of shared databases.
Why are there so many requests to create shared databases? Because people
have delegated individual observations and observations with small
Maybe this was true in the 19th century, and there are still some
minor outlets where
observational notes with limited or no replication is accepted so you
can publish the
kind of observations you suggest, but modern and mainstream natural history
studies require huge sample sizes and extensive
There is a paper by Halliday and Jaeger published in Herpetologica
some years ago that is central to this discussion. It discusses the
differences between explorative and confirmative research. Most
scientists spend their time doing confirmative research, which is
hypothesis testing. However,
Nothing in modern studies; however, many contend that natural history
is still done like back in the 19th century. If you look at those
ancient papers you will find all kinds of pure speculation and things
that simply could never be published today. Modern natural history,
or life history
.
As Malcolm McCallum said if you use statistics to test a scientific
hypothesis I think you are in a more shaking ground, statistics has its own
problems. By the way, statistics is inductive.
Some people are using information theoretic approaches like AIC (Akaike
Information Criterion) to work
I wonder if you mean Alpha values?
p-values are what they are and only tell you how likely the
relationship expressed in your statistical test is to be repeated.
The alpha value is an apriori set value used in decision theory. If
you set alpha to 0.05, then you state that if the p /= 0.05bla
.
Aaron T. Dossey, Ph.D.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
On 2/13/2011 6:32 PM, malcolm McCallum wrote:
There are only two ways to get ahead, but neither gives instant
gratification...
1) keep getting more education whether it means adding courses,
degrees (in same and other disciplines
There are only two ways to get ahead, but neither gives instant
gratification...
1) keep getting more education whether it means adding courses,
degrees (in same and other disciplines) or what.
I have a phd and just finished a course on using the program R. There
is always more to learn. This
a
tank.what would happen? There is plenty of waste in the government, and
usually most of it is found in those with the most funding. Those with
levels like NSF have little to waste.
:)
Malcolm McCallum
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Wayne Tyson landr...@cox.net wrote:
If Steven
to happen, and you need to take a course that is necessary.
No point, just thoughts after reading your post.
Malcolm McCallum
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Jason Hernandez
jason.hernande...@yahoo.com wrote:
This question is inspired by a conversation with a former employer. When
do our
Hi,
I have a copy of SCALE 1.0.3 and I would like to do length-slicing with it.
However, have found the instructions included to be rather confusing
considering the rather simple appearing interface.
If someone out there might have some simple, dumbed down instructions for
the program or
THis may be complete coincidence, but about a month ago (and I'm on the
Arkansas/Texas/Louisiana/Oklahoma border) my spouse and I were commenting
that it seemed like there were fewer large flocks of birds flying by our
house this year.
The way we take such great care of this planet, its a wonder
Get hold of a winter botany book and have them identify trees WITHOUT the
leaves!!!
This is a very good one:
http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Botany-William-Trelease/dp/0486218007
http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Botany-William-Trelease/dp/0486218007Essentially
do the same lab you might have done with
If these are glandular trichomes, what are they secreting?
You could have a fluorescent antibody dye made to stain that
specific product.
Alternatively, put a grid reticle in your eyepiece to make it easier to do.
Also, if you just don't have time to sit and count, maybe you could get an
Use R, it will do any graphs you need and you are giving them the
opportunity to work with a legit widely used program that everyone
should use.
malcolm
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Corbin, Jeffrey D. corb...@union.edu wrote:
Hello Ecologgers - Does anyone have recommendations for
Hi!
I am trying to find the script for running an occupancy model in R.
I know I could use one of the programs, but there are some theoretical
changes i would like to play with which requires more flexibility.
Any help would be great!
malcolm
--
Malcolm L. McCallum
Managing Editor,
Use ArcView!
Just count the pixels of leaf versus missing leaf.
You can actually consolidate the colors to strait out
black (leaf) and white (missing leaf) then tabulate the pixels in
black versus white.
If you want more detailed you can use a more complex color array to indicate
areas that are
It woudl be way easier to use ArcView, almost a simple click to get numbers.
2010/12/11 Jonathan Miles Adams jonad...@snu.ac.kr:
In our various leaf herbivory papers we used Sigmascan. The drawing-round
damaged areas was done by hand using the mouse. It is tedious, but we
preferred to keep the
I would first check the fish literature and try some of their products.
However, some products that might work for you but I am 100% certain
have not been tested on amphibians include:
Ivermectin
Cydectin
Moxidexin
These are readily available at feed stores and farm stores for use in
livestock.
...@mtu.edu wrote:
Could someone please explain what exactly is meant by an intellectual
society? This idea seems fairly ambiguous and abstract.
EAB
- Original Message -
From: malcolm McCallum malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Sent: Sunday, December 5
. First, you must
understand the system in which you work before you can properly
interpret statistical outcomes.
Malcolm McCallum
On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 8:35 AM, William Silvert cien...@silvert.org wrote:
An interesting aspect of this story is that Kepler's decision to accept the
accuracy
I'm not sure if I am getting your question, but if you are using
multiple regression with a pile of predictors it is probably best to
use either best subsets regression or stepwise regression to evaluate
the predictors. If you use best subsets regression, you can examine
Cp, PRESS, s, and VIF to
For those who have not heard
NASA today announced that research done through their exobiology
program discovered a that a bacterium living in Mono Lake, California
can use Arsenic in place of phosphorus. This is being pretty hyped in
the news as a new form of life. I think the aspect
will be much better.
Malcolm McCallum
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Barbara Fraser bfras...@gmail.com wrote:
I completed the on-line Master's in Environmental Studies at Green Mountain
College in VT this year. My situation is not the same as that of someone
pursuing a science career - I am
. Specifically, what coursework
and/or curricular experiences have people seen that best prepare students for
moving into good biology-related jobs.
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
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] On Behalf Of malcolm McCallum [
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Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 10:16 PM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] what makes a biology program good?
I didn't really have anything specific in mind regarding what you
listed. In fact, though most
Hi,
My brother asked this question:
What standards would you use to evaluate whether a biology program is
viable, good, excellent in educational quality?
IT got me thinking? What do you think?
--
Malcolm L. McCallum
Managing Editor,
Herpetological Conservation and Biology
Peer pressure is
malcolm McCallum malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org wrote:
Hi,
My brother asked this question:
What standards would you use to evaluate whether a biology program is
viable, good, excellent in educational quality?
IT got me thinking? What do you think?
--
Malcolm L. McCallum
Managing Editor
Hi,
I have done oxidative stress research with tads.
This was preliminary work which I would like to take further (lots of
directions to go).
The citation is of the work was:
Jones, L., D.R. Gossett, S.W. Banks, and M.L. McCallum. 2010. The
effect of paraquat on the antioxidant defense system of
The problem with laws in ecology is that we really have not had
sufficient time to develop the mathematical laws present in Physics.
Ecology is a new science and it studies essentially one phenomenon in
the long run (evolution), albeit in many many different contexts. I
believe that physics in
Hi,
are there any freeware simulate programs that operate like Stella or Simile?
Thanks!
--
Malcolm L. McCallum
Managing Editor,
Herpetological Conservation and Biology
Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive -
Allan Nation
1880's: There's lots of good fish in the sea
I had my ecology class (Juniors) read E.O. Wilson's The Diversity of Life
outside of class. Certainly some of the stuff is dated, but it was still
really good.
Malcolm
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Euan Ritchie euan.ritc...@jcu.edu.auwrote:
Dear everyone,
I will soon be teaching an
Hi,
I recently started learning R and have been more impressed with it than any
statistics program I have ever used. As a consequence, I was looking at
QGIS as an alternative to continual updating of outrageously priced GIS
software. Do any of you use this open GIS software?
--
Malcolm L.
Karen,
http://snr.unl.edu/powell/teaching/nres896/density_HR/nres896_links.htm
There is a program called ABODE that does some of the things once done
by these extensions.
I hope that helps you out a bit.
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Karen Gaines kfgai...@eiu.edu wrote:
Hi, does anyone
is, of course, of little potential to those studying
climate change, eh?
WT
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From: malcolm McCallum malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] errors in ecology due to bad
, be led down a rocky
scholarly path in a region where two radically different geofloras collide,
a super-ecotone for want of a better term.
This kind of phenomenon is, of course, of little potential to those studying
climate change, eh?
WT
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Tigard, Oregon
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Sent: Wednesday, 29 September, 2010 15:00
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] errors in ecology due to bad taxonomy
I have a copy of Biostatistical design and analysis using R by Murray Login.
I have not gone deep into the book yet, but superficially it seems
pretty useful.
Malcolm
2010/9/28 vickey Chen vickeyc...@msn.com:
Hi! Apurba
I currently used Spatial Analysis: A Guide for Ecologists (Fortin
If you have not read this paper yet, you should!!!
See below...
ERROR CASCADES IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: THE UNWANTED CONSEQUENCES
OF USING BAD TAXONOMY IN ECOLOGY
2008. Ambio 37(2): 114-118
Alejandro Bortolus
Abstract: Why do ecologists seem to underestimate the consequences of
using bad
? If so, how
does the non-taxonomist distinguish between them? And, is there a sliding
scale of quality between those extremes?
What is a species? (Pers. comm., Karen Sausman, ca 1966) It's still a good
question.
- Original Message - From: malcolm McCallum
malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org
Forbes, Stephen. 1887. The lake as a Microcosm
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL178804M/lake_as_a_microcosm
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL178804M/lake_as_a_microcosmAre you
restricting this to lakes??? Some folks teach it as aquatic ecology rather
than restricting it to lakes and ponds.
Malcolm
Thanks to all who responded.
You use the pulldown menu's instead of the text to install the package in R.
Anyone gets in the spot I was in, email and I'll explain!
Malcolm
--
Malcolm L. McCallum
Managing Editor,
Herpetological Conservation and Biology
Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone
I have recently become aware that Carnegie Museum trustees are currently
considering allowing gas wells in the Powdermill Nature Preserve.
(article:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_696394.html)
For those of you who are unfamiliar with PNR, here is a link:
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