Re: [ECOLOG-L] bioarxiv (questions about)

[cruzan]

In response:

1. The submissions are not peer-reviewed. You can post anything there. 
They just screen for stuff that is offensive or "non-scientific." I 
wonder what percentage are ever published.


2. I wonder who is citing these papers and where and why? If they are 
not reliable resources then why cite them. I'm guessing people want to 
get some results out quickly or maybe get some feedback to make the 
review process go better.


I don't see the point of posting anything on a website like this one. 
The papers are suspect unless peer reviewed and I seriously doubt that 
any search committee or any promotions committee would accept a paper 
posted at this web site or any others like it as a valid publication. 
The peer review process is not perfect, but in most cases we get it 
right. If you publish in journals run by non-profit professional 
societies it will cost you much less and sometimes nothing at all.


Mitch Cruzan


On 6/1/2018 12:24 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote:

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 about 
preprint servers last night.  the parallel preprint server in physics 
and math, arxiv, has been around since 1991.  There are a growing 
number of people who put their paper in the database, then update it, 
but don't ever publish it.  There are a number of op-eds and such that 
suggest these servers will never or absolutely will replace journals 
in the near future.


I have to wonder how long it will be before this overtakes journals 
for scholarly communication.


1. some funders are requiring papers to be deposited in a preprint 
server..

2. there is no delay.
3. there is opportunity for feedback, sort of a post-peer review, and 
for you to revise the article, with all versiions freely available.
4. it is fully accessible by Google Scholar, probably the most used 
scholarly search engine at this time.
5. it is fully citable in a manuscript, I saw some that had over 150, 
and one with 180 citations.  A lot were in the 30's.
6.  outside of tenure and review committees, the purpose of pubs is 
communication, so if 1-5 are true, I have to wonder why I should fork 
out $1500 to some journal to put my findings behind a paywall.  Yes, I 
plan to publish what I have already posted, but it has crossed my mind 
as to whether there is even a point.  One could even question whether 
a typical tenure and review committee would even notice or care if 
these are preprints and not publications if one has been cited dozens 
or hundreds of times.  This is further reinforced by a trend to 
evaluating scientists based on their citations and their paper's 
citations rather than on the citations to the journals in which they 
have published (investigator impact instead of journal impact).


Anyone else starting to wonder about this?

--
Malcolm L. McCallum
Aquaculture and Water Quality Research Scientist
School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Langston University
Langston, Oklahoma


Link to online CV and portfolio : 
https://www.visualcv.com/malcolm-mc-callum?access=18A9RYkDGxO
Google Scholar citation page: 
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lOHMjvYJ=en
Academia.edu: 
https://ui-springfield.academia.edu/MalcolmMcCallum/Analytics#/activity/overview?_k=wknchj
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Malcolm_Mccallum/reputation?ev=prf_rep_tab 

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[ECOLOG-L] Drought effects on soil biogeochemical cycling

[Pete Homyak]

We invite contributed abstracts (poster and oral presentations) to our
session “Drought effects on soil processes and biogeochemical cycling” to be
held at the Soil Science Society of America International meeting in San
Diego, CA Jan 6-9, 2019. The meeting will be held in collaboration with the
Canadian Society of Soil Science and the Mexican Society of Soil Science. 

The early abstract submission deadline is July 24th (lower fees) while the
final deadline is August 7th. 

To submit an abstract please visit : https://www.sacmeetings.org/submit 

Our confirmed speakers include: Asmeret Asewaf Berhe, Bonnie Waring, Bruce A
Hungate, Charles Warren, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Joseph Blankinship, Omar
Gutierrez del Arroyo, Peyton Smith, and Stephanie Kivlin.

We look forward to seeing you in San Diego,

-Pete Homyak, Eric Slessarev, and Josh Schimel


Drought effects on soil processes and biogeochemical cycling

Extended dry periods can affect both physiological and physical processes
that control soil biogeochemical cycling. For instance, abiotic
transformations can govern C and N cycling during dry periods when microbes
are moisture stressed and dormant (or dead). Drought can also alter the
physical structure and chemical nature of soil by controlling the extent of
water-filled pores and solution ionic strength, which in turn influence
microbial access to C and N. Because longer and more frequent droughts are
expected with climate change, understanding how drought governs soil
biogeochemical cycling is important if we are to predict changes in the
direction and shape of ecosystem responses to arid conditions. We welcome
contributions from landscape to microbial scales evaluating how drought
affects soil processes, as well as questions such as i) How does drought
influence microbial physiology, activity, and community structure? ii) How
do interactions between physiological and physical processes during drought
influence landscape-scale biogeochemical cycling? 

[ECOLOG-L] AmeriCorps Positions Available!!!

[Logan Smith]

AFHA AmeriCorps is seeking full time Conservation AmeriCorps to serve in 
WV for the following:
Conservation members conserve natural resources on projects to including 
ecosystem restoration, habitat monitoring, and environmental education. 
Most positions are assigned individually to a sponsor organization in 
various counties in WV. Members will work both individually and as team 
members on multiple projects in several counties. Winter work is 
primarily project planning and office-based work; fall, spring and 
summer work may include substantial outdoor field work. Some positions 
are focused on field work, other projects will focus more on 
environmental education and outreach to stakeholders and volunteers. 
Most conservation positions are with government agencies (Forest 
Service, US Fish & Wildlife) or with the local office of major 
conservation non-profits. 
Depending on the position, assignments may include one or more of: 
Perform hands-on conservation work such as ecosystem restoration, tree 
planting, invasive species control, watershed, wetlands, or wildlife 
habitat improvements, recreation improvements, trails, etc.
Assist with ecosystem surveys, wildlife or wilderness monitoring, data 
collection, mapping Conduct environmental education with school children 
and/or public, develop interpretive projects such as signs or brochures, 
or provide information and outreach about recreation opportunities and 
conservation issues Additional skills and qualities expected for this 
position:
Degree and/or experience in natural and environmental issues -- could 
include forestry, botany, wildlife biology, ecology, environmental 
studies, invasive species, watersheds, landscape, gardening, trails, 
outdoor recreation, etc.
Willing and able to do physical labor. (less important for some outreach
positions)
Interest or experience with environmental education or 
communications/writing for some positions.
Strong computer skills, word processing and email required. Expertise 
with specialized programs such as database and GIS is a plus for some 
positions.

This is a full time, one year AmeriCorps position starting in September,
2018 which includes living stipend and Segal Education Award. For more 
information see www.appalachianforest.us/americorps.htm

[ECOLOG-L] bioarxiv (questions about)

[Malcolm McCallum]

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 about preprint servers last
night.  the parallel preprint server in physics and math, arxiv, has been
around since 1991.  There are a growing number of people who put their
paper in the database, then update it, but don't ever publish it.  There
are a number of op-eds and such that suggest these servers will never or
absolutely will replace journals in the near future.

I have to wonder how long it will be before this overtakes journals for
scholarly communication.

1. some funders are requiring papers to be deposited in a preprint server..
2. there is no delay.
3. there is opportunity for feedback, sort of a post-peer review, and for
you to revise the article, with all versiions freely available.
4. it is fully accessible by Google Scholar, probably the most used
scholarly search engine at this time.
5. it is fully citable in a manuscript, I saw some that had over 150, and
one with 180 citations.  A lot were in the 30's.
6.  outside of tenure and review committees, the purpose of pubs is
communication, so if 1-5 are true, I have to wonder why I should fork out
$1500 to some journal to put my findings behind a paywall.  Yes, I plan to
publish what I have already posted, but it has crossed my mind as to
whether there is even a point.  One could even question whether a typical
tenure and review committee would even notice or care if these are
preprints and not publications if one has been cited dozens or hundreds of
times.  This is further reinforced by a trend to evaluating scientists
based on their citations and their paper's citations rather than on the
citations to the journals in which they have published (investigator impact
instead of journal impact).

Anyone else starting to wonder about this?

-- 
Malcolm L. McCallum
Aquaculture and Water Quality Research Scientist
School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Langston University
Langston, Oklahoma


Link to online CV and portfolio :
https://www.visualcv.com/malcolm-mc-callum?access=18A9RYkDGxO
Google Scholar citation page:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lOHMjvYJ=en
Academia.edu:
https://ui-springfield.academia.edu/MalcolmMcCallum/Analytics#/activity/overview?_k=wknchj
Researchgate:
 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Malcolm_Mccallum/reputation?ev=prf_rep_tab

Ratemyprofessor: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=706874

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of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a
many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers
alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share as Americans.*
”
*-President Richard Nixon upon signing the Endangered Species Act of 1973
into law.*

"*Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive*" -*
Allan Nation*

"...Every time they kick your teeth down your throat in this business, and
believe me, they will, you get right back up and say that to yourself. Hey,
it worked for me and the boys!” John Lennon

*1880's: *"*There's lots of good fish in the sea*"  W.S. Gilbert
*1990's:*  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,and
pollution.
2000:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction *MAY*
help restore populations.
2022: "Soylent Green is People!" Charleton Heston as Detective Thorn
2022: "People were always awful, but their was a world once, and it was
beautiful.' Edward G. Robinson as Sol Roth.

The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi)
Wealth w/o work
Pleasure w/o conscience
Knowledge w/o character
Commerce w/o morality
Science w/o humanity
Worship w/o sacrifice
Politics w/o principle

[ECOLOG-L] Course: Introduction to QGIS in Berlin

[Carlo Pecoraro]

Dear all,

we still have some places available for our course "Introduction to QGIS"
which will be held in Berlin this July (2-4 July 2018).

Our instructor is Matteo Ghetta, Co-Founder of QGIS Italia. Matteo is
working for the company Faunalia that operates since more than 10 years in
the field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) basing on free and open
source software.

In this course, you will learn how to install and use QGIS, access and
present the data, style the data and produce high quality layouts with high
informative content. 

Please visit our website for more information about the course:
https://www.physalia-courses.org/courses-workshops/course35/


Many thanks,
Carlo



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[ECOLOG-L] Call for Chapters

[Peter Yang]

Dear List Member,

 

I hope this e-mail finds you well! As the editor of Cases on Green Energy
and Sustainable Development to be published by IGI Global, I cordially
invite you, and, through you, your most valued colleagues to participate in
the making of this exciting publication on one of the most important topics
of our times. All submissions will the undergo a double blind peer review
process.

If you are interested in joining this project, please submit by June 30th,
2018 a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the
mission and concerns of your proposed chapter. After your submission, you
will be notified by July 15th, 2018 about the status of your proposal and
sent chapter guidelines. Full chapter is expected to be submitted by October
30th, 2018. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review
basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this
project. Following are recommended topics, but you are free to propose any
other topic relevant to the general theme of this book.

1. Fossil fuels, climate change, carbon reduction, and energy transformation
and energy efficiency 
2. Economic and political fundamentals: cost development of renewable energy
and energy efficiency technologies 
3. Promotion policies and regulations for renewable energy and energy
efficiency technologies 
4. renewable energy technologies and market penetrations 
5. Renewable energies in general 
6. Solar power: photovoltaic 
7. Solar power: Concentrated 
8. Solar cells 
9. Wind power: on-shore 
10. Wind power: off-shore 
11. Biomass: first generation 
12. Biomass: second and third generations 
13. Algae fuel 
14. Biofuel 
15. Geothermal power 
16. Hydropower 
17. Renewable energy grid integration 
18. Distributed renewable energy 
19. Renewable energy transmission 
20. HVDC and UHVDC power transmission 
21. Smart grid 
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Here are some important deadlines for this publication:

1.   Proposals Submission Due: June 30, 2018

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[ECOLOG-L] Summer School in Geocomputation - Berkeley - USA

[Giuseppe Amatulli]

Dear colleagues,

the registration is open now for the

*International Summer School:*
*Geocomputation using free and Open Source Software** (20th-24th August
2018) *

organized by Spatial Ecology (www.spatial-ecology.net)
 hosted at the *Berkeley Institute of Data
Science *

A 5 days intense experience opening new horizons on the use of the vast
potentials of *Linux* environment and the command line approach for
*geo-data* massive processing using Bash, AWK, Python, GRASS, QGIS,
GDAL/OGR, R, PKtools. We will guide newbies and experienced GIS users who
have never used a command line terminal to a stage which will allow them to
understand and apply very advanced open source data processing routines.
Our focus is to enhance a self-learning approach. This allows participants
to keep on progressing and improving their skills in a continuously
evolving technological environment.

More information and registration:

www.spatial-ecology.net
www.facebook.com/spatialecology  -> event


twitter: @BigDataEcology

Best regards
Spatial Ecology – Team


-- 
Giuseppe Amatulli, Ph.D.

Research scientist at
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Yale Center for Research Computing
Center for Science and Social Science Information
New Haven, 06511
Teaching: http://spatial-ecology.net
Work:  https://environment.yale.edu/profile/giuseppe-amatulli/

[ECOLOG-L] Belowground Botany Papers

[Culley, Theresa (culleyt)]

Does your research involve the underground world of the plant sciences?  For 
example, do you study root growth, nutrient dynamics, chemical signaling, or 
the genetic composition of soil communities?  Are you interested in sharing any 
novel methods you have developed with other researchers?

If so, we are making one last call for manuscripts for the Special Issue on 
“Methods in Belowground Botany” for Applications in Plant 
Sciences (APPS), the open 
access methods journal of the Botanical Society of America.  If you are 
interested, please submit a brief proposal (title and summary or abstract) to 
the APPS editorial office (a...@botany.org) by Friday 
June 8, 2018.  The deadline for manuscript submission is Oct. 1, 2018 and the 
issue is scheduled to be published in early 2019.  Please refer to the APPS 
Instructions for Authors 

 for details on article types and manuscript preparation.

Reduced article publication charges (at the member rate) are available for 
papers accepted for publication in the issue.  Questions? Please contact 
a...@botany.org.

Sincerely,
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Editor-in-Chief

Gregory J. Pec (University of New Hampshire)
James F. Cahill, Jr. (University of Alberta)
Special Issue Editors