[ECOLOG-L] Dan Egan on Daily show 10 mo ago

This spring I am teaching limnology and decided I would have the class read Dan Egan's "Life and Death of the Great Lakes," that he published in 2017. I decided to find an interview with him that was on PBS, and I stumbled across him being interviewed on the same topic by the Daily Show (comedy cen

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Those rare success stories...

What do you mean by SUCCESS? Getting a job with a B.S.? Getting a job with an M.S.? Getting a job with a Ph.D.? Getting into graduate school? Getting a postdoc, temp. asst. prof, or tenure stream position? getting a non-tenure track teaching or research position? Getting a technical job? Getting i

[ECOLOG-L] bioarxiv (questions about)

Hi, Do many of you use bioarxiv? I recently became familiar with it, and in searching literature, I noticed many papers deposited in it have citations in excess of 100. It brought me to wondering about the role of a preprint server, and read about 30-40 different commentaries and research articles

[ECOLOG-L] aquaculture/aquaponics/water quality research scientist

We just advertised a vacancy for a research scientist in cooperative research and extension at Langston University (Oklahoma) who works in some area of aquaculture, aquaponics and water quality. This has a short deadline...Jan 18. https://okstate.csod.com/ats/careersite/JobDetails.aspx?site=10&id

[ECOLOG-L] bill to eliminare pub service forgiveness for grad students.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/363175-gop-bill-would-eliminate-student-loan-forgiveness-for-those-who-enter

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A question re: Holling's disk equation

You are dealing with objects that have essentially the same handling time in reality. I used the disc equation in my MS thesis. As it turned out there were a number of prey antipredator behaviors that led to differences in swallowing time. Your differences are undoubtedly due to differences amon

[ECOLOG-L] fisheries/aquaculture classroom software

Hi, can anyone recommend any educational software that targets fisheries management and or aquaculture production. I am teaching fisheries and would like to do some simulation stuff. I do have some research software from NOAA that I will incorporate. Any ideas welcome. Thanks in advance and sor

Re: [ECOLOG-L] basic statistics textbooks

Electronic Statistics Textbook (free online since 1995): http://www.statsoft.com/Textbook Online resource: http://stattrek.com/ On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Gregory Zimmerman wrote: > I use Gotelli and Ellison because it has the broadest coverage (classical, > maximum likelihood, re-rando

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: [SANET-MG] Iowa Lawmakers Push to Dismantle Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture - DTN Progressive Farmer

I felt this is probably of interest to some on Ecolog. -- Forwarded message -- From: Lawrence London Date: Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 8:26 PM Subject: [SANET-MG] Iowa Lawmakers Push to Dismantle Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture - DTN Progressive Farmer To: permaculture , sanet

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Limbaugh belittles extinction crisis

Conservative and Liberal political commentary are largely brainwashing America. When a good solution to anything is developed it is essential to consider the concerns and desires of all involved. When people believe that republicans wear golden halos and democrats are scum, or that republicans ar

[ECOLOG-L] Limbaugh belittles extinction crisis

Please draw your attention to this morning's declaration by Rush Limbaugh that we are not in a biodiversity crisis. The transcript is posted at: https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/07/13/rush-247-morning-update-mass- extinction/ Limbaugh uses this opportunity to claim only a handful of scient

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Scientists urged not to publish locations of endangered species

The journal Herpetological Conservation and Biology has, since its inception, provided for authors to upload location data in a locked file. This file can only be accessed by people with a legit reason for downloading it, and permission must be obtained from the authors or if deceases, the editor o

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Nature view on weakness of current publishing trends and the impact on reviewing

the increasingly multidisciplinary nature of many areas of biology are causing this. interdisciplinary studies were always supposed to be done by multidisciplinary groups of individuals each doing their part in the grander project. with the increasing numbers of people who are trained in multidis

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Editor bias in peer review

The editor of most journals is the gatekeeper. Therefore, inquiry with the editor or a member of the editorial staff as to if your paper is appropriate is very important, especially when submitting to journals like Ecology, PNAS, etc. With PNAS, discussion with an academy member is probably suffic

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: #perchgate - Would you have spotted the fraud?

Check this out.. -- Forwarded message -- From: Irene Zweimüller Date: Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 2:56 PM Subject: #perchgate - Would you have spotted the fraud? To: fish-...@segate.sunet.se <> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> > REPLIES WILL BE SENT

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Managing Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Other Significant Decisions: DOI > $100 K

This is simple to deal with. award no grant of over $100,000. IF a program requires $300,000, then write the grant into three $100,000 grants in which each pays for 1/3 of the project. IF some item is involved that is over $100K, then break it up into components. $100,000 building? Ok, $90,000 fo

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are page charges related to Impact Factor?

This won't really work because there are hundreds of non-predatory journals that have no impact factor. Further, impact factor is confounded by a multitude of issues central to why so many have been rejecting it. It is already a fact that impact factor is a better predictor of whether a paper will

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are page charges related to Impact Factor?

In general, journals that charge to access articles TEND to have lower impact factors than those that are open access when comparing apples to apples. Since many journals that are not open access do not charge for publication, there could be some kind of correlation here. But it is probably spuri

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Must Read Article on so called "Open Access Journals" Also known as Predatory journals

This is a serious problem in academic publishing. In fact, some universities trying to pose themselves as productive actually encourage faculty to publish in these outlets. Well, I should say I know of at least one Dean who promoted it for faculty. However, it is also important to know that these

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Question about authorship

Remember,.. these are "more what you'd call guidelines than actual rules." Guidelines are composed of decisions trees intended to help a person make an appropriate decision or action. They may encourage a person to move in one direction or another, but do not mandate such movement. Rules mandat

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Another question about scientific writing in ecology

Sure, there is nothing wrong with this. some journals encourage it to reduce text in the discussion. malcolm On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Manuel Spínola wrote: > Dear list members, > > Is appropriate for an original research paper to include a table with > other research findings in the Re

[ECOLOG-L] download the entire website with httrack (open source)

Concerned about data loss. Just download this free program, then save teh entire website onto a hard drive or cloud database. Then, share the darn thing yourself! http://www.httrack.com/ -- Malcolm L. McCallum (removed affiliation just in case!) Link to online CV and portfolio : https://www.

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: [AESS_LIST] EPA Climate Webpage

-- Forwarded message -- From: "Papadakis, Maria C - papadamc" Date: Jan 25, 2017 1:38 PM Subject: [AESS_LIST] EPA Climate Webpage To: Cc: All, I do not believe I have seen this news posted to the list. But Reuters is reporting that EPA has been directed to remove its climate chan

[ECOLOG-L] a method to deal with misinformation

Members of the listserv of the ecological society of America (ECOLO-L), 1) misinformation jockeys regularly fill the media with politically charged perspectives specifically targeting environmental agendas. 2) most of us depend on organizations like ESA to voice the collective opinion of ecologi

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Food Web App

VERY NICE! On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Orlando, Paul A wrote: > I want to pass along a food web app that I developed. It should work in > any up to date web browser (but not yet developed for mobile). Here is the > link: > > http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~porlando/foodWebApp.html > > The app

[ECOLOG-L] Changes in American's interest in sustainability 2004-2014 (reprint available)

IF you are interested in sustainability, you might be interested in our recent article on Public interest in sustainability. This was a huge undertaking to complete! Changes in United States’ Citizens’ Interest in Sustainability (2004 – 2014)1 Lori Andrew2 , Daniel Arndt3, 21, Nick Beristain4,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Should Calculus Be Required of All Ecology/Biology Majors?

The biggest problem for students in the life sciences is grades, PERIOD!!! If you have a 3.8 in the sciences and never took calculus, you can get in grad school, and at worse they will ask you to take it then. If you have a 2.6 gpa and took calculus, and earned an A, you are still going to face a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Should Calculus Be Required of All Ecology/Biology Majors?

Before anyone responds with the Einstein misinformation.. Read this.. He had stellar grades. http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2004/06/23/1115185.htm On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Malcolm McCallum < malcolm.mccallum.ta...@gmail.com> wrote: > The biggest problem for students in

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Should Calculus Be Required of All Ecology/Biology Majors?

If someone is not taking higher math, they most definitely better be taking some philosophy courses, especially in logic. On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Andrew Wright wrote: > Hi all, > > I find this an interesting response given that the fundamental basis for > creating and understanding stat

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Should Calculus Be Required of All Ecology/Biology Majors?

Back in the 1960s, when my Dad started junior college, freshman math... that everyone was required to take, was calculus I. On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 3:55 AM, Richard Shefferson wrote: > I normally do not contribute to ECOLOG (my apologies...), but thought I > should put my own 2 cents in on thi

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Should Calculus Be Required of All Ecology/Biology Majors?

It depends. First of all, what do you mean by ecology. If the person is working in theoretical domains, it is essential. If the person is working in applied domains, it may be useful. IF the person considers himself-herself an ecologist, although the person is actually an organismal biology such a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Change in linear dimensions of soft tissues in larval insect when fixed

Soft body parts will have signficant shrinkage. This has been demonstrated conclusively with vertebrates, specifically with larval and juvenile fishes. With vertebrates, as they get larger, the signficance of this shrinkage tends to be less. I would expect similar results with inverts, except th

[ECOLOG-L] query about automated water quality instrumentation

Hi, It has been a few years since I priced and looked at water quality instrumentation. However, I know find myself with a 50 pond aquaculture facility. I am planning a study that will involve 12, 1/4-acre ponds. I would really like to set up continuous water quality monitoring of "at least" sta

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship

OG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Loretta Fisher > *Sent:* Sunday, August 21, 2016 6:44 PM > > *To:* ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship > > > > I'm glad this discussion was started. I'm learning a lot from everyone's &g

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship

In all my life, I have met dozens if not dozens of dozens of people who were left off papers and felt they belonged on the manuscript. In every case the situation caused problems. In all my life, I have NEVER, NOT ONE SINGLE TIME EVER, met someone who got irate because they were included as an au

[ECOLOG-L] guidelines needed captive rearing

Hi, I am in need of reports, publications, and annedotes on captive breeding programs. Although the focus is reptile and amphibian programs, any group will be useful. I am especially interested in BMPs, SOPs, biosecurity procedures, and the like. Especially interested in such materials for turtl

[ECOLOG-L] Success rate for applicants from Chronicle of Higher Ed

Hi, I hope my belief that this will be of interest is not misplaced! The Chronicle of Higher Education has a set of forums in which academics, mostly liberal arts, discuss academic issues. So, today I got on that forum and noticed this discussion about the number of applications people submitted a

[ECOLOG-L] very good internship

I got this in my email today, figured it might help someonez I cannot imagine a much better opportunity in conservation. Intern - Biodiversity Assessment Unit Vacancy #: 1295 Unit: Global Species & Key Biodiversity Areas Programme Organization: International Union for Conservation of Nat

Re: [ECOLOG-L] The speed of peer-review

I have learned to expect that any large paper I submit will take a year to get in print. It doesn't matter where I send it. The longest it took me with a paper was 6 years of baloney. The shortest time was literally a month. On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Neil Hammerschlag < nhammersch...@rsm

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Cuts everywhere...except a few states

g there is > a war on science is worse since it helps increase the amount > of polarization in our society. > > david reed > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Malcolm McCallum < > malcolm.mccallum.ta...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> THere are a few states with increased

[ECOLOG-L] Cuts everywhere...except a few states

THere are a few states with increased higher ed budgets, and the vast majority being slashed and burned. IF you read through these articles, you will find common threads in regard to party-lines, common issues, etc. Bottom line, there is a ware on higher education and science. The excuse is budget

[ECOLOG-L] state budgets and higher ed

I have been following the IL budget catastrophe with interest and I was aware that PA had a similar fiasco going on. Today, I discovered KS is also still dealing with a budget fiasco. I am just curious, and I am almost sure most near grads and recent grads will be interested too, just how many st

Re: [ECOLOG-L] GPS recommendations

IN case anyone does not know, its Trimble not Tremble, as Trevor alerted me. I was typing with a baby in my lap and did not notice thetypo. On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: > when using apps, if you are doing research-quality spatial analysis, > it will be importa

Re: [ECOLOG-L] GPS recommendations

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Thiago Silva wrote: > chips are enabling cheaper consumer products as well: > http://bad-elf.com/pages/be-gps-3300-detail (I have no affiliation or > previous experience with this specific product). > Your correction of terminology is much welcomed and correct!!!

Re: [ECOLOG-L] GPS recommendations

when using apps, if you are doing research-quality spatial analysis, it will be important for you to know whether the app is reporting an average or the first reading it gets. I know that several of the hobby-grade GPS units report an average but do not provide an estimate of dispersion (e.g. SE,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] GPS recommendations

Choosing a GPS is not always a simple task. It depends a lot on what you intend to do and the conditions under which you are doing it. Generally, the quality of GPS range from hobbiest to survey-quality devices. For most stuff that does not require exact point accuracy and precision, most of your

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Insect keys?

getting these down to genus should be doable with a key, however, species might be very difficult. Many beetles require you to use scanning em to reveal microstructural variation. http://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/CAT93500709/PDF (chrysomelid key) https://www.academia.edu/1538134/Drosophila_A_Gu

[ECOLOG-L] help: cartogram software recommendations? (free better than $$!)

Does anyone have any recommendations regarding freeware that can be used to make cartograms? I have a variety of data for over 100 countries that I would like to express in a series of cartograms. If you can make a recommendation to me, that would be great. :) -- Malcolm L. McCallum, PHD, REP

Re: [ECOLOG-L] let's go corporate, publishing companies have!

’re missing the point - athletes like to play sports and some > scientists like to review manuscripts. It is the enjoyment that drives > them, not the money. > Steve > > > > > > On 2/17/16, 10:54 AM, "Malcolm McCallum" > wrote: > >>paying reviewers is

Re: [ECOLOG-L] let's go corporate, publishing companies have!

In regard to publishing, I do not agree with you, I agree with Sir Peter Medawar. Medawar won the Nobel Prize in Medicine and the Copley Medal. The papers are the end-point of research. IF you have not published it as some form of a communication (e.g. Journals, proceedings, books, govt docs, inte

Re: [ECOLOG-L] promoting Ecology course

If the AMA gets their way, then it will not be long until gross anatomy is pushed out of the medical schools and made a requirement for admission so they can spend more time on clinicals an clinical-based courses in med school. THis move, which is very likely, is going to place an even higher prem

Re: [ECOLOG-L] promoting Ecology course

a freshman environmental science course is taught in almost every community college in the united states is pretty close to waht Tam stage is describing. ONe textbook most use is Miller. However, most of the time, EVS is taught as a poor man's ecology course more than it is a true interdisciplina

Re: [ECOLOG-L] promoting Ecology course

I will play contrary here. maybe you should ask if these people need or desire to take this class. If not, why and how can you make the class attractive to them? Maybe, like has been done with math in many schools, you need to design a course on ecology that focuses on pre-med students and the inte

Re: [ECOLOG-L] reference for students on citation

Neither. https://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/42CBE.pdf TheCBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 6th. ed. 1994 I believe it has now been replaced by the CSE manual http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/publications/scientific-style-and-format/ Many journals have their own indepen

[ECOLOG-L] Research experience for undergrads

Someone on here was asking about REU opportunities. here is one with the MIchigan biological station. DO NOT CONTACT ME!!! I am just a messenger! Follow the below link, this looks like a spectacular oppotunity for a driven and interested unergraduate. http://www.indeed.com/rc/clk?jk=9b6373ce4bdb21

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Ethiopia

If you are an undergraduate student I figured I would alert you that REU's are outstanding opportunities for learning and figuring out what direction you want to go with your career/future. I participated in an REU at Illinois State as an undergraduate and it 100% convinced me what I wanted to do.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] plant science vs. botany

ants at a > macroscopic or organismal level and thus were facile with (at least > some members of) the regional flora; to academics who focused at > the cellular or molecular level to such a degree that many of them > do not particularly know or care about the real, wild plants > growing

[ECOLOG-L] plant science vs. botany

Over the past several years I have noticed a trend that plant-focused vacancies will refer to the vacancy as plant science and less frequently what used to be typically referred to as zoology will be instead referred to as animal science. When I was an undergraduate, agronomy, pomology, forestry,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Preschool field class

I used to do extension type teaching at an aquarium. At five years some students know a little more than you expect, but others will understand little. It is usually best to emphasize very very basic stuff. For example, collecting leaves off the ground, then placing the leaves behind a piece of pa

[ECOLOG-L] 1900s women wear Anoles on leashes on lapel photos???

I am desperately trying to find a picture of the fashion trend for the turn of the century in which women would place an Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) on their lapel. The lizards were marketed as bugs or chameleons at different times starting around the turn of the century. Later, the fashion

[ECOLOG-L] Anyone work with or have peacocks?

I have an inquiry for anyone who works on or just happens to own peafowl. email me directly please! Thanks in advance. -- Malcolm L. McCallum, PHD, REP Link to online CV and portfolio : https://www.visualcv.com/malcolm-mc-callum?access=18A9RYkDGxO “Nothing is more priceless and worthy of preser

Re: [ECOLOG-L] On research process in ecology

Hypothesis testing is derived from the statistical field called decision theory. Modern statisticians to not subscribe to decision theory as it is an artificial an arbitrarily subscribed notion. Having said that, most biologists are 50 years out of date in this respect even under circumstances wher

[ECOLOG-L] jobtracker on Chronicle's Vitae system

Hi, I thought I woudl point out that the Chronicle of Higher Education has introduced a system called Job Tracker. It can be used to see how positions were filled in previous years, how long it took things like that. In any case, 91% of the ecology vacancies have no data in regard to who filled t

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gaining Experience in Molecular Biology

This is long, and I am posting it to Ecolog because, frankly, I guarantee a ton of people are asking the same question as you! the only realistic way you will get this is to take some classes. When I graduated with my BS most bio programs only required a genetics class. Then, I attended an MS pro

[ECOLOG-L] adjunct in Chicago area

I saw this ad, and thought it might help someone out who is in that area.. Best regards and good luck! (Don't contact me, I don't know anything about it!) Adjunct Professor, Biology Institution: Prairie State College Location: Chicago Heights, IL Category: Faculty -

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: [CTURTLE] Unidentified organism in Olive ridley digestive tract

See below message if you have a clue! -- Forwarded message -- From: Alessandra Bielli Date: Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [CTURTLE] Unidentified organism in Olive ridley digestive tract To: ctur...@lists.ufl.edu Thanks Jesus, Here's the link with the pictures, let me

Re: [ECOLOG-L] bibliometrics

I think we should just change the nomenclature. Instead of calling them "highly ranked" journals or other similar names, we should call them by what they really are "broad-interest journals." or something similar. The original rational for citation ratings in particular was for librarians to cho

[ECOLOG-L] job wiki

This is a reminder that the job wiki is again active this year with roughly 230 jobs currently posted. the site can be sorted by date, status, specialty, school, etc. There are also provisions for additing discussion pages for specific positions. Most positions are either ecology, organismic or c

[ECOLOG-L] Biology jobs wiki online

Introduction.. For those of you on the job market for the first time, you might be interested in the biology jobs wiki. This wiki page is available for you to communicate with other job seekers the status of positions as you find out. Search committee members typcically are not allowed reveal muc

Re: [ECOLOG-L] teaching evolution in ecology courses

gt; *Experiments are only experience carefully planned in advance. * R. A. > Fisher > > *You can’t step twice in the same river. * Heraclitus > > From: Malcolm McCallum > Reply-To: Malcolm McCallum > Date: Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 12:07 PM > To: "ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV

Re: [ECOLOG-L] teaching evolution in ecology courses

I have no doubt that many who are from firm, literalistic religions have this problem. Early on when I was a student, I struggled with the conflict I thought existed between religion and evolution. After taking a pile of evolution coures I slowly transitioned. IT was not a sudden lightbulb coming

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Dissertation defense in Sweden vs. USA

That was a REALLY INTERESTING read. I think some aspects of the Swedish defense would scare the bajeezes out of doctoral candidates. The use of an opponent and the committee members all from outside your university is very interesting. IT doesn't sound like, in the grand scheme of things, that me

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Graduate School Advice

I am here offering an observation I had a few years back in regard to postdocs and advisors. i have a friend who was workig as a hard-money postdoc at a middle tier R1. This guy was incrediblely talented. the area of research he did was kinetics of proteins. essentialy, his advisor's lab was be

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Graduate School Advice

and fulfilling, and has produced postdoc >> opportunities to continue doing the research that interests me. >> >> So go for it. You will get rejections and discouragement. You will get >> frustrated and confused. The key is to be persistent. >> >> More

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Graduate School Advice

ll be fruitful. On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Malcolm McCallum < malcolm.mccallum.ta...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you want to know what to do in graduate school, how to go about being > in graduate school, and how to be a success in graduate school, and > successfully find a job a

[ECOLOG-L] Vertebrate biodiversity losses point to 6th mass extinction

Biodiversity and Conservation has released my paper "Vertebrate biodiversity losses point to 6th mass extinction" today. If you would like a reprint, email me. Abstract: The human race faces many global to local challenges in the near future. Among these are massive biodiversity losses. The 2012

[ECOLOG-L] Am. Competes Reauthorization Act 2015 passed by house

So what will the Senate do with this? >From AIBS: On May 20th, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would cap funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Department of Energy Office of Science for the next two years and make deep cuts to environmental, geosciences, and social s

[ECOLOG-L] news article on how Luxury journals are destroying science

Thought this might be of interest to some of you. It was published last year, but I had not seen it until today. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/09/how-journals-nature-science-cell-damage-science Thought for the day, despite Science and Nature both being several decades old whe

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: [Nhcoll-l] UMMZ Mammals-Suspending Operations July 1st!!!

thought some people might want to know. -- Forwarded message -- From: Cody Thompson Date: Tue, May 12, 2015 at 7:46 AM Subject: [Nhcoll-l] UMMZ Mammals-Suspending Operations July 1st!!! To: nhcol...@mailman.yale.edu Cc: Priscilla Tucker , Philip Myers In preparation of the relo

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Built in GPS unit in Point and shoot cameras

Remember that you GPS signal is going to be affected by many things other than the internal electronics. Things like over-story, cloud cover, position of the satelites will all influence the data. This is why when people are doing stuff that requires solid datasets, they will place down the GPS an

Re: [ECOLOG-L] guidance on editor conduct

A SHORT GUIDE TO ETHICAL EDITING FOR NEW EDITORS http://publicationethics.org/files/short%20guide%20to%20ethical%20editing%20for%20new%20editors.pdf COPE Guidelines http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines In regard to editor responsibilities, when I handle a paper, I feel it is my respo

Re: [ECOLOG-L] advice for disabled student seeking grad program in wildlife biology?

> > -Original Message- > From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto: > ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Malcolm McCallum > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 13:52 > To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU > Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] advice for disabled stud

Re: [ECOLOG-L] advice for disabled student seeking grad program in wildlife biology?

y a person in a wheelchair. Here is an interesting article worth reading: http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/17250/title/Scientists-With-Disabilities-Must-Confront-Societal-As-Well-As-Physical-Challenges/ Malcolm On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Malcolm McCallum < mal

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Is Nature still a credible journal? Or is this the era of Kardasian science?

I think that all of these metrics are just making a mockery out of the system. You know what, my perspective on evaluating publication has changed so drastically its amazing. Here is my philosophy: If someone is doing something and publishing it, they are being productive. Some folks are only in

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: [SANET-MG] Fw: [permaculture] Monsanto knew of glyphosate / cancer link 35 years ago | GM-Free Cymru Special Report | gmfreecymru.org

Got this email from the SANET listserv. Thought it would interest those of you who, like me, have interests/foci in ecotoxicology and environmental heath. If all this is legit, maybe we get a "tobacco settlement" type response for environment? It is worth pursuing. -- Forwarded message --

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Question for the Professionals

(not targeting Ben here, just replying to thread) I know there has been talk about the cellular level and how it seems tangent or outside the realm of ecology, but it is not. Much of ecotoxicology deals with cellular elements. Stress responses can be read in immunofunction, antioxidant levels, an

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Question for the Professionals

but that > might increase your scheduling problems rather than alleviating them! Of > course, if the requirements for a bio minor are fairly, well, minor…it > wouldn’t hurt! > > Emily Moran > UC Merced > > On Apr 8, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Malcolm McCallum < > malcolm.mccal

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Question for the Professionals

a math/computer minor (man would that have been useful!) YOU REALLY NEED TO DEFINE WHAT IT IS YOU ARE TRYING TO DO, WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS IN YOUR EDUCATION? I get a vibe you sorta have these hammered out, but not exactly. That might refect more directy your problem than which major to take! Malco

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Nonprofit publishers of ecology related journals

I dont' see a problem with a for-profit journal, its the principle of soaking researchers for the value of the publication that is out-of-whack. When publication costs for an online outfit are priced at over $1,000 for an article, it is largely undefendable. I have been publishing a journal for a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Nonprofit publishers of ecology related journals

Most open access journals are archived in any number of locations, not the least of which is the INternet Archive. The idea that things on the internet disappear is actually more a myth than reality. Anything of merit tends to get archived somewhere by libraries or other organizations. On Fri, A

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Looking for books to read this summer

if you have not read it, "The Selfish Gene." On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Jake Melichar wrote: > Hey Ecologers, > > I am currently an undergraduate student in biology at Iowa State University > and I am trying to create a reading list for this summer over books > regarding botany, natural

Re: [ECOLOG-L] fabricated reviews lead to retractions of papers

This sounds similar to Pearage of Science. I occassionally do things for them. On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Stefano Liccioli wrote: > Good morning, > in regards to the reviewing issue and the fact that "so many people > decline to do reviews these days",I was wondering how many of the > Eco

Re: [ECOLOG-L] fabricated reviews lead to retractions of papers

SE Naturalist and NE Naturalist give a free year membership for reviewing. On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Atanu Mukherjee wrote: > Yes, people would continue declining to do reviews because at the end they > don't see an extra penny. Let me ask you how much the journals charge for a > paper?

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Herpetological Conservation and Biology is still published by researchers without a publishing house. There is a very good reason you don't see this much anymore, and it is not cost. . If the journal is run as an online outfit, keeping its presence on the web can move forward for as little as $5 a

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I don't know, I enjoy doing peer reviews. But, I don't treat peer review like editing a journal. If the paper is ripe with bad writing, I might correct a paragraph and tell them to do the whole paper. Mostly, I dwell on did they miss citations, cover the literature, approach the problem properly

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I usually do a Google Scholar search and find 2-3 people who have done work that crosses over. For example, lets say the paper was toxicology of amphibian larvae in an agronomic landscape. I might get one reiewer who is versed in amphibians and one who is versed in ecotox (especially involving agro

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I personally have found grad students and postdocs often do better reviews than others. The only downside is they are often ultra-critical, but they definitely put in the time and effort. On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Martin Meiss wrote: > I thought that editors of scholarly journals only us

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In some fields the group of investigators is so small it makes conficts of interest virtually impossible to avoid. I have often wondered if a particular lab has had dozens or more graduates how hard it would be to avoid these things. Further, the opportunity to allow something through that is que

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Not an article, but when I taught Genetics, in order to lighten up the tests and to avoid various issues, I uses mythical creatures as problems. I recall one, alled the bonacum (I think I spelled it right) in which the animal would release toxic gas as a defense. I set up a screwy genetics problem

[ECOLOG-L] anyone familiar with the journal Nature and Culture?

Anyone know have a general perception or experience with the journal, Nature and Culture? -- Malcolm L. McCallum, PHD, REP Environmental Studies Program Green Mountain College Poultney, Vermont “Nothing is more priceless and worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which o

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