Re: [ECOLOG-L] UC-Berkeley and other 'public Iv ies'in fiscal peril

Hmmm, maybe a look at how the number and salaries of administrators have changed would add some illumination to this subject. Greatly increasing trends at both private and public institutions. Here's a recent article from the Times

Re: [ECOLOG-L] NSF pre-proposal count

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Swaddle, John P jps...@wm.edu wrote: Is there anyone left to review these proposals? This seems like a huge number to deal with. I have to say my first reaction was an expletive g. I'm sure that much of this increase is due to the switch from a twice a year

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Invasion, or progression?

Well Josh, here are some things to think about. Humans are part of natural systems but that doesn't mean that everything that humans do is an acceptable part of nature. Take for example the atomic bomb or biological weapons. Should we accept these actions because humans are part of nature?

[ECOLOG-L] Music videos as teaching aids

Since I started playing the ukulele I've been thinking about how to incorporate music into my teaching. Here's the first attempt. This video is a study aid to accompany a lecture on speciation in my Natural History of Georgia class. The main focus was to grab the kids attention while imparting

[ECOLOG-L] Estimate S help

I'd like to talk with someone who's using the current version of Estimate S and has a thorough understanding of the program especially output. Please email me directly. And yes I know that I can ask Rob. cheers, g2 -- Gary D. Grossman, PhD Professor of Animal Ecology Warnell School of Forestry

[ECOLOG-L] Natural Selection music video

Greetings Ecologgers, here is my second venture into ecology music videos g. This is Natural Selection and the link is www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRlbLJY-Uig . Please let me know via personal email if you intend to use these videos for your class/s - that will help me get support for future

[ECOLOG-L] choosing a grad program

I am writing this post mainly for students who are considering graduate school. The subject of whether one should pursue a PhD is one that has been debated endlessly since I was in graduate school in the late 70's as well as on this list since its inception. In fact, discussion on this list

[ECOLOG-L] grad school advice

The French have an expression which describes the current grad. school situation and advice that's been given (at least to us old-timers) that goes plus ca change, plus c'est le meme chose (apologies for the lack of accents) which translates loosely into our English expression the more things

Re: [ECOLOG-L] grad school advice

of their peers in/from a lab they are considering joining than that of the boss - because that of their peers is much more germane to them. ATD On 10/20/2012 10:19 AM, Gary Grossman wrote: The French have an expression which describes the current grad. school situation and advice that's been

Re: [ECOLOG-L] The Audacity of Graduate School -Knowledge of Today Documentary

Mal, I always thought that under-employed meant working in a job that was below your training, not a comment on full or part-time status, or term or permanent (although you could argue about that last one I suppose). So underemployed for a PhD might be working in a job that only required a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A Graduate Student¹s Gui de to Neces sary Skills for Landing a Job

As a long-term ECOLOG member I have watched this list change from one filled with ecological ideas and cross-fertilization replete with many postings by senior scientists to one that is filled with job announcements (no jobs, seriously?), lots of posts about how messed up academia, government

[ECOLOG-L] effects of internet bibliographic sources

Greetings colleagues, I am interested in examining the effects of internet bibliographic sources such as Web of Science or Zoological Abstracts, etc. on citation patterns of published papers in ecology. Does anyone have a date for when these resources became available online? Anyone else looking

[ECOLOG-L] Fresh/Soph Conservation Biology text

Greetings colleagues, I am developing a non-majors conservation biology course for first second year students. I'm wondering if other folks have taught such a course and would love recommendations regarding texts, films, computer packages (probably too advanced), etc. The goal for this class is

[ECOLOG-L] natural history course text

Greetings, Next fall I'm going to teach a 1st year course on Natural History of Georgia for non-science students (although science majors are not excluded). This is a sort of show and tell course focusing on everything from geology to fauna but at an introductory level. The course is structured

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open Access and Intellectual Imperialism

Dear Alexey, As someone posted before, all that most folks want is to be asked before their work is used. I suspect Jim Boone feels that way, but the original post didn't mention permission or anything else, it just mentioned taking something off someone else web site and using it in your talk

Re: [ECOLOG-L] MentorNet seeks mentors

I have been associated with the MentorNet program www.mentornet.net (see previous post) for a number of years and it has been a very satisfying experience. If your mentoring is meaningful it will take longer than 15 minutes a week, at least mine did, but like any interaction of this type, there

Re: [ECOLOG-L] non-major ecology textbooks

Hi Sean, For the last two years I've taught a non-majors class in Georgia Natural History (frosh level) which meets both basic life science and environmental literacy requirements at UGA. About half of my class is ecology/evolutionary biology/animal behavior and is equivalent to junior-level

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc available

PostDoc:UniversityofGeorgia.NetworksAndAging The Promislow lab at the University of Georgia is seeking an enthusiastic, independent postdoctoral researcher to study the genetic architecture of aging in* Drosophila*. The goal of this project is to better understand the causes and consequences of

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Disseminating scientific thought to the general public: are scientists making science readily accessible?

Dear Dr. Lawrence, I have to agree with Hal Caswell comments -- obviously this is a hot button issue for you and your interpretation of many of the posts, as quoted below is quite different from my own. The idea being discussed is that journalists should screen their stories with scientists prior

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Job Announcement: US Forest Service Ecologist

Dear Wayne, although I am not a federal employee I have watched federal hiring practices and seen ads like this before that have nothing to do with fair-haired boys or girls. What they have everything to do with is getting people on board before drastic budget cuts occur so that you don't

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ethics of spousal hires (was Re: [ECOLOG-L] Job Announcement: US Forest Service Ecologist)

Well I suppose everyone has a need to vent about the jobs that they didn't get, and certainly some Federal hiring practices are arcane (of course no less than those in industry or NGO's, gee whiz, no favoritism there), but to say that spousal hiring is unethical is absurd, especially given that

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ethics of spousal hires (was Re: [ECOLOG-L] Job Announcement: US Forest Service Ecologist)

. The stakes are just too high to not pursue the highest germane standards based on emotional or nepotistic considerations. On 8/20/2011 10:05 AM, Gary Grossman wrote: I hope that some day we have a society that values ecologists as much as it values medical doctors and that everyone has a job

Re: [ECOLOG-L] WAS: RE: [ECOLOG-L] now I've seen it all - says Orwell; NOW: origin of foods

Geoffrey, certainly pecans and hickories and their variants originated in the US. I assume that all of those western berries like salmon berries, logan berries, etc. did too, just as we have wild blackberries all over the south. The small native persimmon also is good to eat. Blueberries as

Re: [ECOLOG-L] name change?

Hi David, on some of my early publications I just used my first initials and originally they showed up under a different name in Science Citation Index (yes this was the days when it only was a print index). Since they've gone electronic you can write them and ask them to switch citations into

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecological Laws

The statement below is why we still have a general public that doesn't accept evolution as fact, or global climate change, or, that invasive species harm ecosystems. Certainly what the author says is technically correct, but in reality what is the difference between a probability of occurrence of

[ECOLOG-L] sample adequacy study

Greetings ecologgers, I am working on techniques to determine sample adequacy for microhabitat studies and am looking for data sets, for vertebrates other than fish, or invertebrates to test the generality of our findings. The data sets need to consist of habitat measurements (e.g. depth,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] G-test with zero values

JasonI don't know how it works with a g-test, but the common statistical remedy for this is to add 1 or 0.1 to all numbers which then allows the calculation of a log transform but preserves the relative relationships among data points. cheers, cheers, g2 On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Gary

[ECOLOG-L] Wildlife faculty position

*ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - WILDLIFE ECOLOGY and MANAGEMENT* *Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources* - *University of Georgia* *POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES:* This is a 12-month, tenure-track, research/teaching (50/50) appointment with involvement in outreach and service activities

Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?

I eat pea crabs on purpose! If there are enough of them when I'm opening oysters for a feed I'll save them and saute them in butter but sometimes just pop them in my mouth. But the oysters have to be really fresh, less than a week after harvesting. I think that I got the idea from Euell Gibbons

[ECOLOG-L] interspecific competition the niche

Here's a new song on interspecific competition and the niche that some of you might find useful for teaching. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHs3Fp57cwg -- Gary D. Grossman, PhD Professor of Animal Ecology Warnell School of Forestry Natural Resources University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA 30602

Re: gender bias

It is unfortunate that Ms. Lahey generalizes from her own very negative personal experiences to the whole field of fisheries, and she is not the only one who has done so in this thread. Do I think that there are sexist individuals in science who will use whatever power they have to enforce

Re: Classical Invasive Species Papers?

How about the old Zaret and Paine classic Species Introduction in a tropical lake? cheers, g Arvind Bhuta wrote: Hello fellow listservers, I was wondering if any of you all might be able to help me with finding out the titles of some classic invasive species literature out there. I'm no

ed larson

Ed Larson is no longer at the University of Georgia , he's at Pepperdine, IIRC. cheers, g2 -- Gary D. Grossman Distinguished Research Professor - Animal Ecology Warnell School of Forestry Natural Resources University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA 30602 http://www.arches.uga.edu/~grossman Board

Re: [ECOLOG-L] GRE Scores In Picking a PhD Student. Do they Matter?

I think that we all look at this issue from a personal perspective, especially those that did well on standardized tests, and I've had this same argument with colleagues for 30 years, including the exact same situation where the student was up for a competitive assistantship with a mediocre GRE

Re: [ECOLOG-L] FW: [ECOLOG-L] GRE Scores In Picking a PhD Student. Do they Matter?

their writing skills based on the materials they have submitted. Mitch Cruzan On 9/3/2014 6:07 AM, Gary Grossman wrote: I think that we all look at this issue from a personal perspective, especially those that did well on standardized tests, and I've had this same argument with colleagues

[ECOLOG-L] water velocity meter

Greetings colleagues, I'm wondering if anyone knows a shop in the US that repaired Marsh-McBirney model 201 water velocity meters. The one shop that I found on the web turns out to have a Better Business Bureau rating of F and lots of on-line complaints. Any suggestions about repair or reasonably

[ECOLOG-L] computer assisted drawing

Greetings, I am looking for suggestions for a computer-assisted drawing program that would allow students to draw an animal, typically a fish or bird in three dimensions, either from a set of pre-drawn components or completely freehand. The program should then be able display the animal from all

[ECOLOG-L] humorous papers

Oy vay, who knew there were so many humorous papers. Thanks you all -- I am sated, except for the Shelley poem, no one seems to have come up with that. I'll figure out some way to put these in a shared drop box folder to share. cheers, g2 -- Gary D. Grossman, PhD Professor of Animal Ecology

[ECOLOG-L] peer review

I'm looking for funny articles published and a few come to mind that I can't remember citations for so I thought I'd ask here. I don't really want to page through J. Irreproducable Results or Worm Runner's Digest but there are a few I'm hoping someone can help me with (vice vis pdfs) In either

[ECOLOG-L] issues regarding publication in ecology/evolution

There are a number of recent papers in the ecological literature discussing many of the issues described here and some offering a variety of solutions. If I didn't just post a link to one last week I'd repost, but you can contact me via back channel if you'd like that link. cheers, g2 -- Gary D.

[ECOLOG-L] humor

Thanks to the list I now have the articles I'm looking for and about 30 more g. My own interest in this topic stems from two factors, first, concerns I have about the current state of the reviewing process (the Ozymandias paper is a fake review of this famous poem describing the needed

[ECOLOG-L] EPA STAR reviewer

Greetings, if anyone has served as a STAR reviewer (the 20 proposal kind) and is willing to discuss their experience, please contact me back-channel. TIA, g2 -- Gary D. Grossman, PhD Professor of Animal Ecology Warnell School of Forestry Natural Resources University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA

[ECOLOG-L] job announcement

*RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL POSITION AVAILABLE, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA* Prof. Gary Grossman and Dr. Jason Neuswanger are seeking a motivated individual with an MSc degree (please do not apply if you don’t have your degree) and experience in fish/aquatic ecology for a project developing and testing

[ECOLOG-L] European PhD defenses

I have been an evaluator for both a French PhD and a tenure (habilitacion) review. In both cases the approach was similar to those described. The proceedings, except for the committee deliberations, are open to the public, the candidate gives a long presentation, the committee asks questions and

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Graduate School Advice

Ecologgers, this topic seems to come up several times a year. Here's a short article on how to choose a major professor that was published in Fisheries in 1998. It is as relevant now as it was then. Notes from the Blackboard Choosing the right graduate school and getting the job you've always

[ECOLOG-L] ecological songs

I spent about a month this summer writing, playing and recording some new songs on ecological topics. Here are two more, one on the mechanics of Predation/Foraging Theory and the other on the biology of the Northern Cardinal. One more to come on the biology of the Red Fox. Enjoy, If you're

[ECOLOG-L] ecological music videos

Here are two links to new music videos on ecological topics Schooling www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYTPYDB0NFw and biology of the short-tailed shrew www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVCkY7TV_yg ​Enjoy​, g2 -- Gary D. Grossman, PhD Professor of Animal Ecology Warnell School of Forestry Natural Resources

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology CD

ernational sales.. Single songs or a digital download (songs only) are available on www.reverbnation.com just search under Gary Grossman . For purchase please contact me at assortedpie...@gmail.com -- Gary D. Grossman, PhD Fellow, American Fisheries Soc. Professor of Animal Ecology Warn

[ECOLOG-L] caloric value of individual brine shrimp

Greetings colleagues, does anyone know if there are published or unpublished data on the caloric value of individual frozen or live brine shrimp? Or even dry mass of individual shrimp? TIA, g2 -- Gary D. Grossman, PhD Fellow, American Fisheries Soc. Professor of Animal Ecology Warnell School of

[ECOLOG-L] giving expert testimony to congress

I've written an article about what it's like to give expert testimony on a scientific issue to a Congressional Committee that might interest some of you. Here's a link

[ECOLOG-L] fixed vs. random effects in field research

I'm having a bit of difficulty getting a clear understanding of what should be considered a fixed vs. a random effect in a linear mixed model analysis of field data. Even the statisticians seem to say "it depends on who's defining it" or "sometimes the same treatment/variable can be either". Some

[ECOLOG-L] How to publish a scientific paper

A six step guide to publishing a scientific paper https://medium.com/@garydavidgrossman/a-six-step-guide-to-writing-and-publishing-a-scientific-paper-147c21e655b0#.xt7wqgnto Enjoy this Friday the 13th. -- Gary D. Grossman, PhD Fellow, American Fisheries Soc. Professor of Animal Ecology

[ECOLOG-L] 21st century syllabus

As we approach the beginning of the school year I thought I'd share my idea of what a modern syllabus should look like. Feel free to share. https://medium.com/@garydavidgrossman/the-21st-century-university-course-syllabus-ba9b0a1a1cdf#.wgl7jdelz Gary D. Grossman, PhD Fellow, American Fisheries

[ECOLOG-L] guidelines for authorship

Although there are clear guidelines for authorship in the Vancouver Protocol and I believe ESA actually follows these guidelines, I believe that the guidelines adopted (which were for medical journals) are unnecessarily rigid. The four guidelines are: - Substantial contributions to the

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship

cal Society of America: grants, jobs, news < > ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> on behalf of Gary Grossman < > gdgross...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* August 20, 2016 12:04 PM > *To:* ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship > > Querido Jorge, this is a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship

Querido Jorge, this is a murky area of co-authorship except for one point. Coauthorship is *earned* and should not be taken away because of some other circumstance outside of the project responsibilities. Given that the second student completed the work while they were at your institution, the

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship -taking responsibility

Well we could have a long discussion about these criteria, which to me, seem much more directed at preventing fraud than ensuring ethical decision-making in authorship. Authorship decisions never are simple as we've already seen from the posts here. To have four simple rules without exceptions as

Re: [ECOLOG-L] guidelines for authorship

5221-0006 > *Tel*: 513-556-9705 <(513)%20556-9705> > *Web*: www.homepages.uc.edu/~culleyt/CulleyLab.html > *Email*: theresa.cul...@uc.edu > > > > > On Feb 24, 2017, at 9:51 AM, Gary Grossman <gdgross...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Although there are clear guidelines

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hollywood star wants to study whales, jellyfish

What we really need is Tinder for stars and scientists, where stars can find a scientist whose work they're interested in and a scientist that would be willing to take them out into the field with no publicity. That might eventually result in greater publicity but also famous people who actually

[ECOLOG-L] How to address referees comments

Here's a link to a paper that I've just published that is directed towards early-career researchers on how to address referees' and editors' comments. I thought some folks might be interested

[ECOLOG-L] Music & Science instruction video conference

Next week there will be a video conference (just like a meeting except you'll be able to watch via your computer) on the use of music in STEM education. The cost is only $10 and here's a link to the conference web site. The conference is the 27th and 28th of September i.e., Weds and Thurs after

[ECOLOG-L] Predatory Publishing

I haven't followed the predatory publishing debate for awhile (aside from the endless spammy emails I receive), but it appears that over the last few years a number of open-access ecological journals have appeared that have reasonable page charges (e.g., one that I received an email from today,

[ECOLOG-L] predatory publishing

To those of you who inquired, I will post a summary of the responses I receive (none so far). g2 -- Gary D. Grossman, PhD Fellow, American Fisheries Soc. Fellow, The Linnean Soc. Professor of Animal Ecology Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA

[ECOLOG-L] Transboundary Conservation in the Mediterranean

I'm preparing to teach a first year seminar course (14 lecture hours) on transboundary conservation issues in the Mediterranean region, especially the eastern Med. Online literature searches haven't yielded much specific information so I'm wondering if more knowledegable folks have references,

[ECOLOG-L] Fisheries Faculty Position University of Georgia

*FACULTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT* *Assistant/Associate Professor – Fisheries* *POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES:* This is an academic year (9-month, 0.75 EFT) tenure-track, 45% research and 30% instruction appointment offered at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor that is stationed at the

[ECOLOG-L] fisheries position closing soon

*FACULTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT* *Assistant/Associate Professor – Fisheries* *POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES:* This is an academic year (9-month, 0.75 EFT) tenure-track, 45% research and 30% instruction appointment offered at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor that is stationed at the

[ECOLOG-L] Help with reaching out to potential major professors

Here's an article that I published twenty years ago that gives some advice about approaching major professors and also strategies once you're in a grad program. Still very relevant today. I try and answer any inquiry that's reasonable but students should also realize that productive faculty get

[ECOLOG-L] Authorship issues

A colleague and I have written an ms. summarizing the literature on authorship decisions in biological sciences and suggested a number of ways to address potential conflicts in authorship. The ms. was sent to a general journal and one of the reviewer's sentiments appeared to be that such conflicts

[ECOLOG-L] Promotion/tenure evaluation letters

I've just published a paper that discusses how to write promotion/tenure letters that might interest some. A pdf can be obtained here http://abc.museucienciesjournals.cat/files/ABC_42-1_pp_39-43.pdf . Cheers, g2 -- Gary D. Grossman, PhD Fellow, American Fisheries Soc. Fellow, The Linnean Soc.

[ECOLOG-L] Authorship conflict poll

I just wanted to thank everyone who responded to my unscientific poll regarding authorship conflicts. In brief of 44 respondents, 36 had experienced conflicts of authorship, including a few cases where the experience was direct but didn't involve them. Of the eight individuals who hadn't had

Re: Number of times cited in a CV?

I agree with everything that Susan Kephart said - it's the meat and potatoes of a vita that get you the interview. The one exception would be if you're applying for jobs at small colleges where the open position may be the only ecologist in the dept. However, in those cases it probably would be

ecology in film and lit

Dear Colleagues, At some point in my career I'd like to teach a moderately, large non-majors oriented course, delineating basic concepts in ecology and resource management, via film, art and literature. One idea would be to have the film, etc. illustrate the point which could then be reinforced

film clarification

Wow, I've gotten a ton of great responses, thanks to everyone. Just to clarify on the film, book etc. issues - I'm looking for fiction, poetry, non-documentary movies - i.e. non-traditional approaches to the issues of ecology or resource management. I'll be out of the country for awhile but