Ecolog:
Do I presume correctly that everybody has read (and perhaps taken courses
in?) The Genetics of Colonizing Species by Ledyard Stebbins?
WT
PS: Do I also presume correctly that all 14,000+ ecologists on this list
make clear distinctions between species which actually invade intact or
Ecolog, Joshua, and David:
Competition is a cultural tag we hang on observed phenomena to which we
can relate. Suppression is another one, and I have been known to use both.
I still use suppression, but I have at last eschewed the use of, nay, the
very thought of, competition.
Organisms are
Ecolog and Joshua:
Being cocksure about anything is a bad habit for anybody to cultivate, is
damnfoolish for ecologists, and verboten for scientists. Egocentrism and
science do not mix, but lo, the plethora of contradictions of this statement
that exist in the really, really unreal world of
I am currently seeking multiple volunteers to assist me in tracking toucans
for movement and home range quantification in a fragmented landscape in
Turrialba, Costa Rica, as part of my dissertation research on seed dispersal
at the University of Louisiana Lafayette.
POSITION: Volunteer
The Master of Arts in Sustainability Studies (MASS) at Ramapo College
of New Jersey is now accepting applications for admission.
We are particularly interested in bridging between ecosystem ecology
and sustainability planning.
This is a two year program, following a cohort-based model, with
I cant help but find irony in that in one breath (read: keystroke) we cannot
agree on a definition of an invasive species invasion or the like, or,
seemingly, even if there is such a thing as invasive species when put into the
context of evolutionary time. At the same time, there is the opinion
Dear Ling, WT, and Ecolog,
I think the term invasive implies that whatever is now dominating a system
came from some ambiguously demarcated outside due to human intervention.
The term is largely framed by our conception of history, and so we are
inconsistent about where we draw this line for
While putting resources into science, including ecology, is of course a
wonderful, necessary, and valuable thing, assuredly supporting our own
families with our presence, time, and energy (and societal resources) is at
least as wonderful, necessary, and valuable. Indeed, as many benefits as
flow
