Hi Philippe was asking who coined the expression Jordan's rule. I found this interesting article:
'Jordan’s and other ecogeographical rules,and the vertebral number in fishes' by R. M. McDowall in the Journal of Biogeography (J. Biogeogr.) (2008) 35, 501–508. There is a pdf file available online that answers the question + provides some interesting reading. Ling Ling Huang Sacramento City College --- On Wed, 8/29/12, Susan Kephart <skeph...@willamette.edu> wrote: From: Susan Kephart <skeph...@willamette.edu> Subject: [ECOLOG-L] David Starr Jordan Indiana U Re: [ECOLOG-L] Jordan's rule To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 10:37 AM The last few posts all lead to the same path.. I"m not an expert on all Jordan's accomplishments as I work w. plants, but Indiana University should have quite a digest on him since that's where he worked for many years. One of the biology buildings there is named after him S On Aug 29, 2012, at 8:02 AM, Chava Weitzman wrote: > How about this one: Jordan, D.S. (1892) Relations of temperature to > vertebrae among fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, > 1891, 107–120. > > Cited in: > R. M. McDowall. 2007. Jordan’s and other ecogeographical rules, and the > vertebral number in fishes. Journal of Biogeography. > http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01823.x/full > Chava > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Jan Ygberg <jygb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear all >> >> Maybe this one? : >> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_algebra >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascual_Jordan >> >> Cheers >> >> >> Jan H. N. Ygberg >> Public Relations >> Resident Naturalists Programme Coordinator >> >> EXPLORER'S INN >> in the >> TAMBOPATA NATIONAL RESERVE >> A PERUVIAN SAFARIS ECO LODGE – A LODGE WITH A DIFFERENCE >> Since 1976 A SHOWCASE OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST >> Peruvian Safaris S.A >> Alcanfores 459 - Miraflores >> Lima 18 - Peru >> Phone: (51 1) 447 8888 >> Fax: (51 1) 241 8427 >> E-mail: safa...@amauta.rcp.net.pe / sa...@explorersinn.com >> Web Site: http://www.explorersinn.com >> Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/explorerslodge >> Twitter: @explorersinn >> >> 2012/8/28 Philippe Golay <g...@geneva-link.ch> >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> do you know who coined the expression « Jordan’s rule » or « Jordan’s >> law » >>> (fish species develop more vertebrae in a cold environment than in a warm >>> one) ? >>> >>> Thank you in advance. >>> Truly yours. >>> >>> Philippe >>> >>> SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS >>> >>> Philippe GOLAY >>> elapsoïdea >>> 21, chemin du Moulin >>> CH – 1233 Bernex >>> tel : +41(0)22 7771131 >>> mail : g...@geneva-link.ch >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> --- On Wed, 8/29/12, Lyndell Bade <lyndell.b...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Lyndell Bade <lyndell.b...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Jordan's rule To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 10:35 AM I agree with Dr. Resetarits. It seems to me that it would be associated with David Starr Jordan. Please see: http://vertebrates.si.edu/fishes/ichthyology_history/ichs_colls/jordan_david.html http://www25-temp.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/davidstarrjordan.html (The wikipedia page on him does not appear to be complete and needs editing. I caught some mistakes just scrolling through it.) Best, Lyndell On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Resetarits, William < william.resetar...@ttu.edu> wrote: > I have no direct info on this, but it seems the most likely scenario is a > connection to the famous Ichthyologist and Evolutionary biologist David > Starr Jordan. > > William J. Resetarits, Jr > Professor > Department of Biological Sciences > Texas Tech University > Lubbock, Texas 79409-3131 > Phone: (806) 742-2710, ext.300 > Fax (806) 742-2963 > > > > > On 8/29/12 9:25 AM, "Jan Ygberg" <jygb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Dear all > > > >Maybe this one? : > > > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_algebra > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascual_Jordan > > > >Cheers > > > > > >Jan H. N. Ygberg > >Public Relations > >Resident Naturalists Programme Coordinator > > > > EXPLORER'S INN > > in the > > TAMBOPATA NATIONAL RESERVE > >A PERUVIAN SAFARIS ECO LODGE A LODGE WITH A DIFFERENCE > >Since 1976 A SHOWCASE OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST > >Peruvian Safaris S.A > >Alcanfores 459 - Miraflores > >Lima 18 - Peru > >Phone: (51 1) 447 8888 > >Fax: (51 1) 241 8427 > >E-mail: safa...@amauta.rcp.net.pe / sa...@explorersinn.com > >Web Site: http://www.explorersinn.com > >Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/explorerslodge > >Twitter: @explorersinn > > > >2012/8/28 Philippe Golay <g...@geneva-link.ch> > > > >> Dear all, > >> > >> do you know who coined the expression « Jordan¹s rule » or « Jordan¹s > >>law » > >> (fish species develop more vertebrae in a cold environment than in a > >>warm > >> one) ? > >> > >> Thank you in advance. > >> Truly yours. > >> > >> Philippe > >> > >> SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS > >> > >> Philippe GOLAY > >> elapsoïdea > >> 21, chemin du Moulin > >> CH 1233 Bernex > >> tel : +41(0)22 7771131 > >> mail : g...@geneva-link.ch > >> > >> SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS > >> L¹autre jour, au fond d¹un vallon, Un serpent piqua Jean Fréron. Que > >> pensez-vous qu¹il arriva? Ce fut le serpent qui creva.. (Voltaire, > >>Poésies > >> mêlées) > >> > > > > > > > >-- >
