Hi,
I am trying to install WiSP on my computer.
When following the manual, I keep getting this message back...
install.packages(C:/wisp.zip, CRAN = NULL)
Warning in install.packages(C:/wisp.zip, CRAN = NULL) :
argument 'lib' is missing: using
'C:\Users\mmccallum\Documents/R/win-library/2.8'
go to a livestock company and you should be able to get markers used on
cattle.
http://www.livestockmarkers.com/
http://www.livestockmarkers.com/However, this is going to be a temporary
mark. If that is all you need, why not
just buy a mens beard trimmer at wal mart and fur clip them. That, or
fishing is another's bull fighting. The lesson is that
cultures distinguish themselves from one another by finding something
repulsive in the other.
David Duffy
At 10:53 AM 8/19/2010, malcolm McCallum wrote:
Back in the 1970s my uncle (Douglas McCallum) in Joliet did a pencil
sketch
bull
fighting. The lesson is that cultures
distinguish themselves from one another by
finding something repulsive in the other.
David Duffy
At 10:53 AM 8/19/2010, malcolm McCallum wrote:
Back in the 1970s my uncle (Douglas McCallum) in Joliet did a pencil
sketch
Back in the 1970s my uncle (Douglas McCallum) in Joliet did a pencil sketch
of a bullfighter.
IT is a great picture, my uncle was an artist who did quite a bit of pretty
good stuff in the 70s
before he got injured and could no longer do it. Anyway, just as he
finished the drawing, people
started
Hi,
today an emu showed up in my front yard.
Until we find the owner I guess I'm its caretaker.
Anyone have any advice on handling?
I have heard the stories of ostrich disemboweling people,
and although it will let you scratch it on the head,
I am not exactly experienced with birds that stand
There are many factors that could mess up this logic.
1) the season.
2) the size of the boulder.
3) The aspect of the land on which the boulder lies.
4) The lattitude.
5) The climate of the area where this boulder resides.
All of these things interact, which is why the old saying that moss grows
I don't know how many of you have checked out the recent job listings, but I
was very surprised this year at how many are in China, India, Japan.
Doesn't bode well for the future of US science.
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Aaron T. Dossey bugoc...@gmail.com wrote:
Actually the most
Cut-throatedness occurs in two cases for which I am aware.
First, if there is a scizm. This is very common at schools where the focus
is changing from teaching to research, although I have personally seen it
happen in the other direction!
Second, if you do not fit into the culture of the current
David makes a great point.
We already have one impact rating company that biases by adding its own
journals into the pot regardless of quality and that uses guidelines other
than journal quality to include publications in its database (such as will
it expand their market into new geographic
Although there has been an explosion in the number of journals no one
discipline has so many journals/articles that this should be a problem.
Having reviewed almost 100 manuscripts, dozens of proposals, and even some
legislation I can say that if you want to contribute in this manner you can.
I
, or is it that those who
depend on that system are not ensuring that they participate in all facets
of it, rather than just using it for their own papers.
Malcolm McCallum
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Kersner Golden kersn...@gmail.com wrote:
I would say that part of the problem is also
For anyone who this might be useful, the technique I earlier introduced to
you on Ecolog just came out in the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of
America. It should click through to the article, if not, I typed out the
link address below.
McCallum, M.L. 2010. A method for encouraging classroom
Anyone familiar with any published reports of gar feeding on snakes?
I'm coming up with zilch.
THanks!
--
Malcolm L. McCallum
Managing Editor,
Herpetological Conservation and Biology
1880's: There's lots of good fish in the sea W.S. Gilbert
1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to
By its very nature, the only unquestionable authority of science is that all
results and methods must be questioned.
Malcolm
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Wayne Tyson landr...@cox.net wrote:
JLH:
Culture is, by definition, an institutionalizing (codifying) force. But in
each culture,
Lots of information on greenhouse management should be available. It is
generally a part of a horticulture curriculum.
Here are some links:
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/greenhouse/nursery/guides/green/
http://www.umass.edu/umext/floriculture/fact_sheets/greenhouse_management.html
What distinguishes humans from the other organisms is the psychological
phenomenon of culture
One could argue that culture is nothing but variation in an adaptive trait
or set of traits.
Therefore, we could easily interpret intraspecific variation as aspects of
culture, especially where
it
behavior is, fundamentally, cooperation, mutualism, and, in
its rape-state, the buddy system on steroids--culture. I see a LOT of
difference. But granted, it's only a matter of degree--a HUGE degree.
WT
- Original Message -
*From:* malcolm McCallum malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org
if not agreement. But I appreciate the
good critical review very much; don't give up yet!
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*From:* malcolm McCallum malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org
*To:* Wayne Tyson landr...@cox.net
*Cc:* ECOLOG-L@listserv.umd.edu
*Sent:* Wednesday, June 30, 2010 6:38 AM
*Subject:* Re
the pictures and use
calipers, rulers, or other drafting equipment to make the same comparisons.
HARDLY ANYONE DOES THIS ANYMORE, but it works very well if you print the
stuff out large enough!
Malcolm McCallum
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 7:26 AM, Geoffrey B. Steinhart
gsteinh...@lssu.eduwrote:
I like
rather easily, and you can
determine the
area based on the number of pixels in the photo.
Malcolm McCallum
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Beth Strain strain.b...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Ecology List Server
I have recently been given a set of photos which I would like to
convert into densities
You might go to a local paint or hardware store, even the big box stores
like lowes, and buy a can of sealant. I think they sell rubber paint coat
tool handles (like pliers). If you dip the ibutton in this sealant, it will
be very waterproof and still record your data.
Hope that is helpful
THis is not the first time that Bear Grylls has been the subject of such
things (biting in half live snakes for example!). However, below is a post
from Bat Conseration international that many of you may want to address.
IT is time for these shows to demonstrate environmental responsibility and
I recommend everyone just learn R and become familiar with several of the
other free statistical applications on the web. There are some very good
ones!
Malcolm
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Lis Castillo Nelis lne...@stanford.eduwrote:
Dear fellow Ecologgers,
This is a cautionary note
subjects- organic, physical, biochemical, inorganic. We've got an astounding
diversity of college-level biology courses taught; would accreditation mean
giving that up to create standard curricula? That might not be a bad thing,
but its pretty far from where we are.
Quoting malcolm McCallum
I use the Selfish Gene in my lower-level genetics class and Diversity of
Life in Ecology.
A lot depends on the reading level of the folks you are dealing with.
Malcolm
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Michael Cooperman
michael.cooper...@noaa.gov wrote:
Hello -
Although not a text book per
I have not read every single post here, but I wanted to give you my twist on
it.
(1) With a BS in biology leaves you with some options, but unless you have
taken certain course sequences (key wildlife/fisheries courses and
specialized technical courses such as instrumentation or GIS) that allow
Although the entire book is not on writing, there are areas that are about
the importance of writing, it also is stacked full of good advice from a
Nobel laureate's point of view. I found it very useful to read before I
entered my doctorate and I can tell you that having followed it closely, his
As an editor of a journal I have been surprised to find only a single time
in five years that a review was possibly unfair,
and that one was unfairly positive. It has been refreshing to find that
most people review manuscripts objectively despite
personal disgruntlements with individuals or
This student could use Hartzings Publish or Perish to do the same thing. It
may give you a slightly different number for h than will ISI but it is close
enough for everyday purposes. Both systems make equally signficant, but
different, errors in the calculation in that ISI leaves out so many
While on the topic of Web of Science, as managing editor of Herpetological
Conservation and Biology I figured I'ld do a search on our journal this
morning to see how many times our journal has been cited (HCB has qualified
for ISI inclusion, but is still waiting for them to start giving us actual
You can upload it to Google Documents and use the Google word processor. I
know it will save or open word files, I think it does LaTex too. Its not
fancy, but will do the job if you aren't doing fancy figures.
Malcolm
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 8:58 AM, fortino kfort...@email.unc.edu wrote:
Hi,
If you are looking for a great 30 min video on Mendel, I found one on
YouTube.
I have the students watch it outside of class.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OPJnO9W_rQ
--
Malcolm L. McCallum
Associate Professor of Biology
Managing Editor,
Herpetological Conservation and Biology
Texas AM
hi,
I am studying the literature on adaptive radiation and after digging through
volumes of the Annual review of ecology and systematics I got curious...
How would you define an adaptive radiation and what is your understanding of
its causes and how the process works.
--
Malcolm L. McCallum
Also, SAT/ACT tests as recently as the 1980's were not required by all
schools, especially if you had stellar grades. When I applied to
undergrad, if you were in the upper 10% you didn't need to take the
test. Now, virtually everyone takes it. Seems like you could get an
increase as more and
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From: malcolm McCallum malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org
To: ecolo...@listserv.umd..edu
Sent: Fri, January 15, 2010 7:11:47 PM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] now I've seen
At what point does the scientific community realize that the current
surge in patent medicines and nonsense medical devices are seriously
eroding the nation's confidence in science?
This is not directly related to ecology, but ecology is science and if
people misuse science to sell products that
grow
exponentially.
Much of ecology follows from there. Add the existence of heritable
traits, and so does natural selection.
Jane Shevtsov
On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 11:11 AM, malcolm McCallum
malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org wrote:
Evolution by Natural Selection.
Its the basis of ecology
Over the past decade I have made it a point to listen to Hannity and
Limbaugh for the simple reason that it is a great way to be prepared
when a student or faculty member repeats their anti-environmental and
anti-science comments. Despite some of their exceptionally radical and
moronic statements
Anyone who teaches stats might be interested in this false correlation I
just stumbled on.
1) Stalin did not smoke
2) Hitler did not smoke
3) Mussolini (sp?) did not smoke.
4) Roosevelt smoked
5) Churchill smoked
I guess you can see where I'm going with that!
:)
--
Malcolm L. McCallum
THink about this.
Tycho Brahe is considered one of the observational genious's of his time.
Johannes Kepler is considered one of the theoretical genious's of the same
time.
Kepler used Brahe's data to create his laws of planetary motion.
The laws could not have been created without Brahe's
Then you would be lumping inappropriately.
I am not saying we should not try, just saying that we are
pretty darn naive if we think we can do much of a good job
with our absence of knowledge. How can you value something
for which you don't know its role
IN fact, such situations of valuing
politicians are paying
any attention to anything other than polls. This question does not
reflect party lines, in fact, it transcends them.
Malcolm McCallum
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Wayne Tyson landr...@cox.net wrote:
Sarah and Ecolog:
While I have no doubt that you and your colleagues
://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pazqLcoM5IS87jPLwWPg8CAhl=en
Sorry for the mistake! :)
Malcolm
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 11:52 AM, malcolm McCallum
malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org wrote:
In case you are an academic job seeker, the wiki page for ecology
vacancies is active and you are welcome to participate
In case you are an academic job seeker, the wiki page for ecology
vacancies is active and you are welcome to participate.
This is not a vacancy advertising site, although there is no reason
one could not post in that manner.
It is a place for people who are applying for vacancies can keep tabs
and
Image J will do it as Sarah said.
Also, you might try throwing it in ArcView.
Import the jpg and do raster analysis. You might need to regrid the
pixel size to lower resolution. Or you can do it the old fashioned
way. Print out the picture, cut out the canopy shots, weigh the
canopy vs
Bill,
Using impact ratings for ranking the importance of research is kind of
like looking in a laboratory and discovering that forceps are used
more than any other tool in the lab. So, we cancel the contracts on
the electron microscope, atomic absorbition spec, HPLC, freezers, etc.
because they
One spot would be the Journal of Aquaculture published by the American
Fisheries Society.
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Dennis Pilien dpilie...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi All,
I am looking to write academically-oriented, and at the same time, heavily
permaculturally-influenced articles for a
If you download Hartzing's Publish or Perish freeware off of the web,
you can find several index scores for Urban Ecosystems. For example,
the h-index of UE is currently 25. Then compare it to other journals.
However, you are probably better to use an age-weighted citation
index to compare it
You are absolutely correct.
However, there is absolutely no guarantee that any journal will be
included in ISI regardless of what benchmarks it meets. THIS is the
problem with ISI, it is not completely objective.
Here is the process abbreviated:
1) SUBMIT JOURNAL TO ISIS
2) WAIT 2 YEARS TO
Is this the case in animals too?
Lets say common-toad which is not a species of Toad (Bufo/Anaxyrhynus)?
Man, this is getting complex!
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Don McKenzie d...@u.washington.edu wrote:
Sometimes a hyphen (Douglas-fir), or sometimes two words are just
concatenated
Ornithologists, and a growing majority of herpetologists are using all capitals.
American Robin
American Toad.
However, grammatically these are NOT proper nouns.
Proper nouns by definition both identify and individualize.
Fred, the american toad, is a good example.
Here, Fred is the proper noun
Do Hindu's believe this?
I thought the bovine was the top of the caste system?
I am reminded of an east asian religion (which one I do not remember)
that believed humans
were lice on God's head. Not sure where that fits in.
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Tom Cuba tom.c...@delta-seven.com
enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9h1tR42QYA
--
Malcolm L. McCallum
Associate Professor of Biology
Managing Editor,
Herpetological Conservation and Biology
Texas AM University-Texarkana
Fall Teaching Schedule:
Vertebrate Biology - TR 10-11:40; General Ecology - MW 1-2:40pm;
Forensic
of non-productively by complaining about past events or current
situations. This accomplishes nothing except simply eating time,
filling email boxes, and giving ourselves a false sense of
accomplishment.
Malcolm McCallum
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Wayne Tyson landr...@cox.net wrote
be at the forefront of following the crowd. It must be what the
football player,
the rock star, and the cool kid on the street are doing.
So how do you get it there? Know any environmental nascar drivers?
that woudl be a start!
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 10:16 AM, malcolm McCallum
malcolm.mccal
- vegetarian diets can provide all the nutrients that
normal people need.
QED - a vegetarian diet would be better for the planet (and we would
have much smaller problems with obesity!).
Cheers,
Jim
malcolm McCallum wrote on 09-Sep-09 0:50:
I tend to believe that any absolute answer
I tend to believe that any absolute answer that is declared an end all answer
is probably not the answer. For example, I'm not convinced that everyone
jumping into a vegetarian diet is going to suddenly or even slowly
save the world.
Especially, considering that some of these stats are based on
, and low-fat dairy foods and
with reduced saturated and total fat can substantially lower blood pressure.
This diet offers an additional nutritional approach to preventing and
treating hypertension. (C) 1997, Massachusetts Medical Society.
On Sep 8, 2009, at 10:50 PM, malcolm McCallum wrote:
I
IF this were Science or Nature I'ld be more inclined to agree than with PNAS.
It is possible someone came back and disproved their findings
or that the findings were limited to a small set of circumstances.
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Warren W. Aneya...@coho.net wrote:
I am only a sometimes
I wonder if it goes beyond the things people have said thus far.
Generally, people who go into environmental fields recognize they are
going to make
modest salaries. Conversely, people who end up in clinical research
often start out
heading for medical school and certainly there is an
Try Lab-x and Ebay on the web. I have purchased minor lab items on
ebay and one of my chemistry friends had purchased an Ion
Chromatograph and an HPLC for teaching
purposes on Lab-x.
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Kamweti Mutukamw...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I'm searching for basic high
Why, do we continue to see this ticker tape of falsified studies
coming out of the clinical sciences?
The last ecological/evolution study I recall like this was Piltdown Man!
If it is just human nature why do we see so few in ecology and evolution?
I thought this might be a good talking point! :)
Why, do we continue to see this ticker tape of falsified studies
coming out of the clinical sciences?
The last ecological/evolution study I recall like this was Piltdown Man!
If it is just human nature why do we see so few in ecology and evolution?
I thought this might be a good talking point! :)
I'm not really sure what the point of your post is.
Are you trying to say that deductions from science are simply conjecture?
Are you trying to relate that there can always be an exception?
Are you trying to say its all trite?
I looked up the book on Amazon, and I found a much more interesting
Here you go, these are just the ones I found on the web:
(what a waste of time this was!!!)
bees: savannah college of art design, St. Ambrose U
blackflies: College of the Atlantic
Boll Weavles: U of AR-Monticello
Fire Ants: U of SC-Sumter
Scorpions: U of TX Brownsville
Spiders: U of Richmond
are we limiting this discussion to community and population ecology?
Behavioral ecology is steeped in theory regarding sexual selection,
predator prey relationships, altruism, kin selection, etc.
Additionally, population ecology has a huge theoretical base in the
likes of Merritt Emlen, W
It sounds like you are making a false dicotomy.
Evolutionary biology is essentially biology. Its a broader field and
encompasses ecology. However, evolution itself was and is, in my
opinion, and ecological theory, or at least the theories of natural
selection and sexual selection certainly fall
There is also something called an environmental MBA. Essentially, its
an MBA with a series of graduate level environmental courses. ITs
target job market is managing a company's footprint, while still being
able to perform other business functions. The professional science
masters (PSM) has
There is a great set of points of view papers in this issue of Herpetologica!
They have three groups discussing systematic accuracy and frequent
name changes.
Crother states in his rebuttal that these name lists are not binding,
as they are actually
hypotheses of relationship. These three papers
We discussed the double blind system at Herpetological Conservation
and Biology, however, we could find no other journal in biology that
did it at the time (2005). So, we opted for the traditional system,
although I really wanted to do double blind anyway. The problem was
that we were concerned
7, 2009 at 8:31 PM, oh...@mappi.helsinki.fi wrote:
malcolm McCallum wrote:
Maybe this will help...
Imagine you have two people sitting at a table drinking and you are
the waiter/waitress.
One customer says, I have 13.21435343234 ml of alchohol in my drink.
The other says, My drink is low
Maybe this will help...
Imagine you have two people sitting at a table drinking and you are
the waiter/waitress.
One customer says, I have 13.21435343234 ml of alchohol in my drink.
The other says, My drink is low.
Which is more meaningful??? When the first person makes their
statement, do
to this policy
through agreements, or have similar policies of their own, the action
could be implemented by these lower levels of government.
Malcolm McCallum
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:57 AM, William Silvertcien...@silvert.org wrote:
When I saw this in yesterday's paper I wondered about posting
This past weekend I went to Portland for the Ichs and Herps meeting.
Portland has a huge contingent of street people.
Surprisingly, there were many professors talking with these folks.
This doesn't strike me as either snooty or snobish.
Snooty and snobish people typically turn up their noses at
We live in an anti-intellectual society in which having an opinion is
treasured, but having the intellect or background to
defend it is not. (this was in no way targeted at the previous
post). Snootiness can sometimes be a personality trait,
but if someone else really is smarter or really
economic or welfare
economic theory to really understand the principles of true
sustainability, whether or not actual economic growth is involved or
not.
Malcolm McCallum
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Heather Reynoldshlrey...@indiana.edu wrote:
An unfortunate typo in my last post that should
published. The rest
is profit and
personnel costs. Sounds almost like a scam, doesn't it??
Malcolm McCallum
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Susan Kephartskeph...@willamette.edu wrote:
Dear Charlene and other Ecologgers..:)
Im really very sorry to hear of this decision coming at a time when
, makes those cases all the
more impressive. Enough said perhaps as we will not all agree on any
particular circumstance, but I hope that the ESA committee process in August
and this fall identifies a good resolution for this.
Best to all
Susan
On Jul 24, 2009, at 8:51 AM, malcolm McCallum
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Malcolm McCallum
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 2:31 PM, B E Carlsoncarb...@gmail.com wrote:
I am developing research on wood frog (Rana [Lithobates] sylvatica)
dispersal patterns among ponds. Ideally, I would like to be able to
identify the natal ponds of individual
excess Cladophora and Spirogyra are typical indicators of excess n or
p pollution. however, there is a government publication that outlines
the taxonomy of water quality agal indicators. its a big book, and I
have forgotten the title, cerainly a phycologist or limnologist might
be familiar with
No more hard copies for ACA!
What you folks think?
Chronicle of Higher Education
July 10, 2009
Chemistry Journals Go Digital-Only
The American Chemical Society, which publishes several dozen academic
journals, is moving to end print editions and produce journals only
online. The move was noted
back in the 90's I simply photocopied the first and second creation
stories from the bible and then handed 1/2 the class one version and
the other 1/2 the other version. Then I asked them to list the order
that things were created. The students were shocked to find that they
were almost the
The ISI list is good, but not complete and they are making it easier
for journals centered in
the third world to get inclusion than for those from North America.
This is right from ISI, no
misconceptions. I spoke directly with their evaluations folks in my
work with HCB. They
willingly and
Having been an editor for four years, I am starting to think that most things
get rejected due to:
1) poor writing
2) incomplete lines of though
3) poorly citing statements
4) excessive speculation
5) wrong stats
And usually, you can clean up these issues.
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Mitch
Well, for one thing is the journal full of bunk. One of these fake
journals was on the Directory of Open Access Journals some time ago.
Last I checked DOAJ had removed it from the list, I believe that they
booted it after it was reported that the journal was junk.
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 5:03
Anyone out there miffed that ESRI will not provide a patch to allow
its use on Vista?
I own an old copy of 3.X and now I simply can't use it!
:(
--
Malcolm L. McCallum
Associate Professor of Biology
Texas AM University-Texarkana
Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology
times and temperatures in my examples below
have probably confused things. Those temperatures and times and number of
cycles vary. Well, 94*C and 72*C are used in many studies, as are 35
cycles.
CL
malcolm McCallum wrote:
Just write We Followed the PCR methods of AUTHOR (year).
Malcolm
in some sectors the fist author wrote the paper, the last directed it.
in other sectors, authors are listed in order of the amount of contribution.
in other sectors, they are listed in alphabetical order
Some folks always put the student first, other groups always put the
lab director or senior
Just write We Followed the PCR methods of AUTHOR (year).
Malcolm
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Cara Lin Bridgmancara@msa.hinet.net wrote:
One of my students did a quick survey of 18 papers from 9 journals and found
a total of four ways of describing conditions for PCR reactions. I’ve
I want to sit down and learn R.
Where is the best place to start?
Malcolm
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Gavin Simpson gavin.simp...@ucl.ac.uk wrote:
On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 14:15 -0700, AdRiAnA HuMaNeS wrote:
Dear Listers:
I am writing to ask if anyone knows a statistical program besides
One could argue that pdf sharing and pdf depositories are in the best
interest of the journals.
The more widely the pdf's are shared, the more likely they are to be
cited and so the higher the
impact rating of the journal playing to the perception that this
rating means quality.
So, playing on
writing papers in
their second or third language: English. I'm working hard to get my
Taiwanese students to attend and follow directions, but it is an uphill
battle. Some authors are just going to need some help.
CL
malcolm McCallum wrote:
we are
working to shift most of the formatting
It is my understanding that sexual development in insects is driven by
the hormones that control ecdysis, and that although estrogens are
produced by insects, their role in insect physiology and reproduction
is unknown.
Is this information still current? HELP! :P
Thanks in advance.
--
Malcolm
Thank you Bill!
I am wondering about the original estimate of 20.
Was this an estimate of 20 or up to 20?
most risk assessments involve confidence intervals, fuzzy sets, or ranges.
I don't remember, and do not have the time right now to check it out what their
actual estimate was.
In such as
Most figures from textbooks are now open use at the textbook companies push.
they were spending a lot getting and keeping records of permissions
and gave up some years ago.
Anything that is posted on the internet without
Copyright (c) YEAR. NAME OF COPYRIGHT HOLDER.
is technically open for use
You can. Duplicate our effort http:/www.herpconbio.org
but it means someone has to do the work that the publishers do, we are
working to shift most of the formatting to the authors, but this
requires VERY GOOD directions!
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Sarah Frias-Torres
To clarify as I copy and paste from the copyright office! (hm)
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap4.html
§ 401. Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies1
(a) General Provisions. — Whenever a work protected under this title
is published in the United States or elsewhere by
1) I am a founding editor of Herpetological Conservation and Biology (
http://www.herpconbio.org).It charges nothing for anything. Our turn-around
tends to be competitive with any other journal and
if you look at the journal you will see that it is done pretty
professionally and has a very good
The truth.
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Wayne Tyson landr...@cox.net wrote:
Ecolog Forum:
What do you not know about ecology that you would most like to know, either
in your specific field or in general?
WT
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Malcolm L. McCallum
Associate Professor of Biology
Texas AM
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