[ECOLOG-L] County level land use/cover data

2018-06-12 Thread Bradley Carlson
Hello, I have an analysis to perform that would require data on land use or land cover from each US county, in some kind of spreadsheet format. I'm particularly wanting to know the proportion of land or total land area in each county that is either in agriculture or

[ECOLOG-L] Southern US amphibians breeding in spring

2016-12-06 Thread Bradley Carlson
Hi everyone, I'm preparing to work on a project with larval amphibians this spring that will have to begin some time around mid-February or so (it will be a student independent study project and needs to finish by end of semester.) The local amphibians here in Indiana will be breeding too late,

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

2015-03-30 Thread Bradley Carlson
Something occurred to me - maybe it's a new thought or maybe one I forgot hearing elsewhere. If page charges are burdening some researchers, and the lack of compensation (monetary, prestige, etc.) for peer-reviewing is inhibiting the review process, why not link these two? Couldn't a journal keep

[ECOLOG-L] Finding control cases for comparative study

2014-05-05 Thread Bradley Carlson
I'm working on a project to evaluate some drivers of a behavior that is occasionally observed in amphibians. We've collected nearly a hundred instances in which this behavior was observed and reported. The plan is to analyze these data (in a phylogenetic context) to test a couple potential

Re: [ECOLOG-L] How to chose a Master's Thesis in Biology

2012-07-20 Thread Bradley Carlson
Maybe instead of asking whether you need graduate school to achieve your career goals, you should instead ask whether you would consider it an immense waste of time if it didn't lead to the career you expected. If so, maybe it's not for you. You've got to love learning, thinking, research, and

Re: [ECOLOG-L] How to collect Green Darner Dragonflies? (Anax sp.) in Gainesville, FL?

2012-06-18 Thread Bradley Carlson
I had the same thought as Malcolm. I had A. junius metamorphose in 120 ml cups of water; just make sure they have good sturdy twigs to climb out on (some tried hanging on to the sides of the cup and ending up falling off and failing to emerge completely). Definitely avoid group-housing them. The