Very brief, but charming "Apples and Oranges: a comparison". http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume1/v1i3/air-1-3-apples.html
> On Mar 24, 2015, at 3:46 PM, John Mull <jm...@weber.edu> wrote: > > Though not from the primary literature, here's another paper in this > category that I first saw referenced in Joel Cohen's *How Many People Can > the Earth Support*: > > Fremlin, J.H. 1964. How many people can the world support. New Scientist 24 > (29 October): 285 - 287. > > http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13518297.500-letters-packing-them-in.html > > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Gregor Kalinkat <kalin...@igb-berlin.de> > wrote: > >> There are a couple of papers out there on modelling disease dynamics with >> Zombie and/or Vampire etc attacks >> >> e.g. >> http://www.math.upenn.edu/~ted/203S10/Projects/Zombies/Zombies.pdf >> >> >> http://www.m-hikari.com/ams/ams-2013/ams-9-12-2013/strielkowskiAMS9-12-2013.pdf >> >> enjoy! >> >> °°° >> Dr. Gregor Kalinkat >> email: gregor.kalin...@eawag.ch >> skype: gregor.kalinkat >> >> Postdoctoral research fellow >> >> Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) >> Department Fish Ecology and Evolution >> Theoretical Evolutionary Ecosystem Ecology Lab >> Seestrasse 79 >> 6047 Kastanienbaum >> Switzerland >> >> Personal website: http://goo.gl/ztVSm8 >> Google Scholar profile: http://goo.gl/RI0a5 >> Working group at Eawag: http://goo.gl/Lw2AQ8 >> B-Types project at the IGB: www.b-types.igb-berlin.de >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> Von: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [ >> ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU]" im Auftrag von "David Inouye [ >> ino...@umd.edu] >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 24. März 2015 18:31 >> Bis: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU >> Betreff: Re: [ECOLOG-L] humorous papers >> >> Here's one of them. I used to use this in ecology classes. >> >> >> Sheldon, R. W., and S. R. Kerr. 1972. The population density of >> Monsters in Loch Ness. Limnology and Oceanography 17:746-798. >> >> >> I think there was one about resource partitioning among fast food >> restaurants that was published in the Bulletin of the ESA about 30 >> years ago but I don't have the citation. >> >> David Inouye >> >> At 11:00 AM 3/24/2015, you wrote: >> >> >> 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 the late 70's or 80's there was a note in Nature that comprised >> the poem and reviewers comments on Shelley's *"Ozymandias*" >> >> Then at about the same time someone published a paper in Limn. & Ocean. >> estimating the biomass of the Loch Ness monster. >> >> And also at some point someone published a satirical paper on "if no one >> heard it, did the tree in the forest really fall?" >> >> Of course any other humorous gems would be appreciated. >> Please remember the list doesn't allow attachments, so please respond to my >> university email. >> >> TIA, g2 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Gary D. Grossman, PhD >> >> Professor of Animal Ecology >> Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources >> University of Georgia >> Athens, GA, USA 30602 >> >> http://grossman.myweb.uga.edu/ < http://www.arches.uga.edu/%7Egrossman> >> >> Board of Editors - Animal Biodiversity and Conservation >> Editorial Board - Freshwater Biology >> Editorial Board - Ecology Freshwater Fish >>
