[ECOLOG-L] CALL FOR AUTHORS: Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia Edited by Robert Warren Howarth

2012-05-21 Thread Joseph Golson
***PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY*** Greetings, We are inviting academic editorial contributors to a new reference work about biomes and ecosystems to be published by Salem Press in 2013. With approximately 600 articles in 4 volumes, *Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia* is a comprehensive

[ECOLOG-L] CALL FOR AUTHORS: Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia Edited by Robert Warren Howarth

2012-05-04 Thread Joseph K. Golson
***PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY*** Greetings, We are inviting academic editorial contributors to a new reference work about biomes and ecosystems to be published by Salem Press in 2013. With approximately 600 articles in 4 volumes, Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia is a comprehensive

[ECOLOG-L] CALL FOR AUTHORS: Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia Edited by Robert Warren Howarth

2011-12-07 Thread Joseph K. Golson
***PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY*** Greetings, We are inviting academic editorial contributors to a new reference work about biomes and ecosystems to be published by Salem Press in 2013. With approximately 600 articles in 4 volumes, Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia is a comprehensive

[ECOLOG-L] CALL FOR AUTHORS: Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia Edited by Robert Warren Howarth

2011-08-01 Thread Joseph K. Golson
Greetings, We are inviting academic editorial contributors to a new reference work about biomes and ecosystems to be published by Salem Press in 2013. With approximately 600 articles in 4 volumes, Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia is a comprehensive review of key biological and

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Terminology Re: [ECOLOG-L] CALL FOR AUTHORS: Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia - Edited by Robert Warren Howarth

2011-06-09 Thread Wayne Tyson
McNeely and Ecolog: As usual, McNeely gets it better than I do; I hope the author understands that we mean no malice toward his project and wish him well in his endeavor. WT - Original Message - From: David L. McNeely mcnee...@cox.net To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Terminology Re: [ECOLOG-L] CALL FOR AUTHORS: Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia - Edited by Robert Warren Howarth

2011-06-09 Thread malcolm McCallum
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,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Terminology Re: [ECOLOG-L] CALL FOR AUTHORS: Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia - Edited by Robert Warren Howarth

2011-06-09 Thread malcolm McCallum
Its kind of a parallel to economics. IN economics we have microeconomics and macroeconomics. Clearly the two are closely related, but there are certain phenomena that can only be observed or studies at the macro level and others that are only observable at the micro level. We have the biosphere,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Terminology Re: [ECOLOG-L] CALL FOR AUTHORS: Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia - Edited by Robert Warren Howarth

2011-06-08 Thread David L. McNeely
Wayne and others, I did not understand the way the distinction was made, either. To me, both biome and ecosystem are useful terms. To me, a biome has always meant a set of landscapes around the world, each sharing ecological similarities. The similarities are for the most part botanical

[ECOLOG-L] Terminology Re: [ECOLOG-L] CALL FOR AUTHORS: Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia - Edited by Robert Warren Howarth

2011-06-07 Thread Wayne Tyson
Ecolog: It seems I am in need of some serious educating or I'm misunderstanding this post. My standard for terminology, as I have said before, is clarity. That is, useful terms should delineate, in non-misleading brevity, the crucial distinction between the phenomena described by them. If

[ECOLOG-L] CALL FOR AUTHORS: Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia - Edited by Robert Warren Howarth

2011-06-06 Thread Joseph K. Golson
Greetings, We are inviting academic editorial contributors to a new reference work about biomes and ecosystems to be published by Salem Press in 2013. With approximately 600 articles in 4 volumes, Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia is a comprehensive review of key biological and