Re: [ECOLOG-L] Plagiarizing methods...

2009-06-05 Thread James Crants
Cara Lin, I was trying to craft a good response to your questions, but I think I should leave it to people with more experience publishing and editing than I have. I'll just mention that the issue of Science I just received yesterday has an article about blatant plagiarism in scientific papers an

[ECOLOG-L] CURRENT ZOOLOGY: papers to be published in latest issue

2009-06-05 Thread jiazy
SORRY FOR CROSS POSTING Dear Colleagues, The papers to be published in the coming August now have been uplodated on the journal webpapge, http://www.currentzoology.org/currentissue.asp, we welcome you to browse and download them. Indexed in Scopus, BIOSIS, ZOOLOGICAL RECORD and CHEMICAL ABS

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Plagiarizing methods...

2009-06-05 Thread Zewei Song
I think it is not a big deal. As what you wrote in Method part is some standard method for PCR, it may be developed by someone and you are just using it as a technique in the paper. I suggest that reading some similar paper first, then discard them and write some of your own word, it should be sig

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Input needed on Sustainability Curriculum Development at your college/university

2009-06-05 Thread Cid, Carmen (Arts and Sciences)
Please answer the following questions -- Thank you so much for your help! As part of a talk I am giving for the annual conference of the Ecological Society of America, I would like to survey the ECOLOG audience for the following information: 1) Do you have a track on sustainability in one of you

[ECOLOG-L] Rusty crayfish revisited

2009-06-05 Thread Kelly Stettner
Greetings, fellow ECOLOG-ers. I'm still chewing on the issue of the "invasiveness" of Orconectes rusticus, and am still seeking answers, references or guidance. I understand that the rusty is a high-energy crayfish who is a messy eater and a pushy neighbor. I am not trying to be a pain, I am

[ECOLOG-L] POSITION AVAILABLE: Lab Research Assistant in Ecology of Infectious Diseases

2009-06-05 Thread Felicia Keesing
The Biology Program at Bard College is seeking a highly motivated individual with molecular biology laboratory experience for a Research Assistant position. The successful candidate will be joining an NSF-funded multidisciplinary group studying the ecological factors affecting transmission of

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral research position in Ecology of Infectious Diseases

2009-06-05 Thread Felicia Keesing
*Ecology of Infectious Disease Postdoctoral Researcher* sought to join a multidisciplinary research program examining the ecology of emerging tick-borne diseases of humans. This position focuses on babesiosis, which is caused by a protozoal parasite closely related to /Theileria/ and /Plasmodiu

[ECOLOG-L] World Environment Day, 2009

2009-06-05 Thread Ashwani Vasishth
http://www.unep.org/wed/2009/english/

[ECOLOG-L] Plagiarizing methods...

2009-06-05 Thread Cara Lin Bridgman
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 tried to standardize these examples for temperatures and times. Ten papers used this formula: “All PCR reactions included an initial denaturation o

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystem function at the most basic level

2009-06-05 Thread Steve Kunz
Tom's view is largely how I see the debate/discussion over climate change. One side sees the man-made burning of fossil fuels as a key factor in global warming and all of the changes that will occur as a result (sea level rise, severe weather pattern shifts, mass extinctions of certain species

[ECOLOG-L] Update for the interested

2009-06-05 Thread La MICA Biological Station
Hello Everyone:   Thank you for the continued inquires as to our progress to develop the community-run La MICA Biological Station in central Panama. I am happy to provide this update.   In March La MICA Biological Station made the decision to develop on a private plot of land, located just outsi

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystem function at the most basic level

2009-06-05 Thread Tom Cuba
Ecosystems and "collapse." I think that many people have become habituated to thinking of ecosystems as stable sorts of things, hence the recent widespread and inappropriate use of the adjective "healthy" in their description. I tend to think of ecosystems as complex sets of interactions in which

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystem function at the most basic level

2009-06-05 Thread Ashwani Vasishth
Well, if exchange processes are what allow flows of matter, energy and information, and since the degree of complexity of an ecosystem is a function of the relationships that embody it, then, although the meme of homeostasis is at least quaint, an evolutionary stability is made manifest by the

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystem function at the most basic level

2009-06-05 Thread Warren W. Aney
An ecosystem can be defined as a community of living organisms and their non-living environment. "Collapse" can be defined as a change in status of this ecosystem from something ecologically more complex and productive to something less so (e.g., draining a wetland) but you still have an ecosystem