Re: [ECOLOG-L] Editorial on Not Saving Endangered Species

Here is the google-drive version of the Antonelli et al. letter to the editor in response to Pyron: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VJuKuXDP62NQcBdIuIkCi-LqMyRbORv2 Cheers, Tom Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin-Madison givn

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Editorial on Not Saving Endangered Species

interested might contact him. Cheers, Tom Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin-Madison givn...@wisc.edu From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> on behalf of

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Angiosperm Phylogeny Group

systems based ± entirely on morphology. Cheers, Tom Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin-Madison givn...@wisc.edu From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> on

[ECOLOG-L] MS/PhD position – General Ecology Course Coordinator, University of Wisconson-Madison // Deadline, December 18 , 2016

on the faculty and staff. Cheers, Tom Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin-Madison givn...@wisc.edu University of Wisconsin - Madison Position Vacancy Listing PVL # 88413 Working Title: General Ecology Course Coordinator Official Title

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Question for the Professionals

) and statistics (means and variances, t-tests, ANOVA, MANOVA, regression, multiple regression) and ... some real biology - get to know the ecology and systematics (and physiology) of at least one group very well, and it will serve as an inspiration and strength forever. Cheers, Tom Thomas J. Givnish Henry

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Some ideas for advancing grad education in the face of scarcity

. Such people deserve as much discomfort and illumination as we can provide them! Cheers, Tom Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html On 08/26/14, Kenneth M Brown wrote: A good

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Shade cloth artifacts

by the Mitsui Corporation, is no longer available, alas. Cheers, Tom Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html On 06/17/14, Corbin, Jeffrey wrote: Hello Ecologgers - I am planning

[ECOLOG-L] searching for Suzuki quote

(and who knows, perhaps he even reads this blog!). Help! -- Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Recent PhDs on Food Stamps - Overwhelmed with Replies

) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -- Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan

Re: [ECOLOG-L] new HR bill requires NSF funders to justify funding

a widespread negative reaction from the DEB scientific community. Cheers, Tom Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html On 11/20/13, Rissler, Leslie wrote: A few quick things in regard

Re: [ECOLOG-L] new HR bill requires NSF funders to justify funding

to which (alas) many reviewers and panel members are prone, of playing gotcha with minor details of protocol while giving short shrift to the innovative or possibly transformational value of the studies being proposed. Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Merits of invasion science

several times already), we shouldn't do anything about it? Are you saying that you aren't willing to judge whether, say, the introduction of the emerald ash borer or the balsam wooly adelgid were or were not good for the ecology? Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Merits of invasion science

copies of the original message. -- Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Human-assembled ecosystem

other places. Don Strong's pithy questions are the best response to the shallow account re Ascension Island that triggered this string. His questions are posted (ca. Aug 26) with the article. Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Percent shade methodology?

for Midwestern savannas. Cheers, Tom Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html On 08/09/13, Jordan Marshall wrote: Juan Are you wanting shade as in percent cover or shade

Re: [ECOLOG-L] plot sampling for density

to the ocean. -- Gill, Finding Nemo We have met the enemy and he is us. -- Pogo No trespassing 4/17 of a haiku -- Richard Brautigan -- Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html

[ECOLOG-L] two suggestions re inundation by opinion pieces

you have to say, when you want to say it, as frequently as you would like to say it. Cheers, Tom  Thomas J. Givnish  Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany  University of Wisconsin  givn...@wisc.edu  http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Take the Train to ESA Minneapolis

. But if you change future meetings, you will have a far larger impact in the long term. Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin-Madison givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Arguments for Native Plants

enemies behind. There is strong evidence for this hypothesis from a number of studies. Sincerely yours, Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin-Madison

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A response to E.O. Wilson's opinion about math

information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -- Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A response to E.O. Wilson's opinion about math

insights that mathematically savvy, ecologically well-grounded scientists have provided. And it reinforces the delusion that many people aren't good at math, when in fact they didn't have a good set of math teachers, or took the math at the wrong stage of their development. Thomas J. Givnish Henry

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Livestock practice and ethics

program, and at least partly designed to increase the humaneness of production conditions. Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html On 03/27/13, Ganter, Philip wrote: Ecologgers

Re: [ECOLOG-L] need help

we are about to submit that predicts max tree height from two mean anything environmental variables over a 600-km transect with an r2 = 0.88. That is NOT next to worthless. Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu

Re: [ECOLOG-L] ECOLOGY Research design Re: [ECOLOG-L] need help

of angiosperm tree heights found on Earth. Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html On 03/08/13, Wayne Tyson wrote: Thanks to Givnish for pointing this out. I said NEXT to worthless

Re: [ECOLOG-L] summary of evolutionary videos

A great set of videos on a variety of evolutionary topics – often aimed at debunking evolution deniers – is posted on YouTube by cdk007. Cheers, Tom Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

Thanks, Nirmalya! For comparison, tree failures cause about half as many deaths in the US as lightning in any or all contexts. Very sad if it happens to you or someone you know, but not worth a whole lot of worry. -- Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Community level effects of habitat fragmentation

Start by looking up the seminal paper by Ellen Damschen and her colleagues, based on experimental work in the southeast (Savannah River lab). Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html

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

suspect faculty-faculty marriages split much more frequently 30 years ago, when spousal hires were rare, than they do today. That's a good thing (a very good thing) for faculty and especially for their children. Cheers, Tom Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University

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

. On 10/21/2012 12:02 AM, Thomas J. Givnish wrote: For most applicants for faculty jobs, it's a buyers' market, with the institutions having a bit of an upper hand. -- Aaron T. Dossey, Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Founder/Owner: All Things Bugs Capitalizing on Low-Crawling Fruit

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

Insect-Based Innovation http://allthingsbugs.com/about/people/ http://www.facebook.com/Allthingsbugs 1-352-281-3643 -- Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html

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

a job at first- or second-tier universities. Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html On 10/18/12, brandi gartland wrote: As I am currently deciding on whether to enter a PhD

Re: [ECOLOG-L] FIRE Wildland and Urban Interface Myth or Truth 1 Fire dependent plants?

of the southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain without fire? Absolutely not. Thus, for all intents and purposes, in an ecological rather than theoretical or physiological context, I would say it is a fire-dependent species. Kevin Robertson -- Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University

Re: [ECOLOG-L] correlation v. causation

fire to the prairie. -- Francis Chadron, 1839, Fort Clark, North Dakota http://www.devanmcgranahan.info -- Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html

Re: [ECOLOG-L] FIRE Wildland and Urban Interface Myth or Truth 1 Fire dependent plants?

fire – it has advantages (often via serotinous cones) in dispersing and establishing on recently burnt sites. Pinus resinosa is adapted to fire, in that individuals can often survive fire, and have advantages in competing, surviving, and reproducing subsequently. Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan

Re: [ECOLOG-L] FIRE Wildland and Urban Interface Myth or Truth 1 Fire dependent plants?

an abundance of Lupinus perennis, the sole larval food plant. -- Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html On 10/07/12, David L. McNeely wrote: I apologize. I left off the list of references

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Biodiversity Symposium - Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

offered by someone from the region, or by someone with regional experience and historical perspective. Thomas J. Givnish Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany University of Wisconsin givn...@wisc.edu http://botany.wisc.edu/givnish/Givnish/Welcome.html On 09/19/12, Resetarits, William wrote