[ECOLOG-L] Analysis of habitat specificity and circular logic

2009-01-29 Thread Brian D. Campbell
Dear listserv members: I've been reading a lot of literature recently on the effects of fragmentation and land-use conversion from forests to agroforests and have been really troubled by what seems a pervasive issue (at least in my mind); defining the biodiversity value of a human-modified habitat

Neotropical Birds Ecology and Conservation...Databases

2008-01-31 Thread Brian D. Campbell
Does anyone know if the databases found in Neotropical Birds; Ecology and Conservation (Stotz et al.) are available online an electronic format? Thanks: Brian D. Campbell

Microchip tag identification use for bat research

2007-04-12 Thread Brian D. Campbell
Fellow Ecologgers: A colleague of mine working in brazil is investigating ways to uniquely identify mist-net captured bats by means of microchip technology (some of you with pets may already be familar with this means of identification). Does anyone here know about companies which produce microsh

Model selection using AIC

2006-10-31 Thread Brian D. Campbell
thers have found. Sincerely: Brian D. Campbell

Test of the matrix effect hypothesis

2006-10-02 Thread Brian D. Campbell
Increasingly, the influence of landcover (more commonly referred to as the matrix) is being studied w.r.t species diversity and composition of forest patches (or other habitat types of focal interest) embedded in those landscapes. Recently, this was a subject of discussion in one my lab meetings b

Sample versus individual based rarefaction

2006-08-10 Thread Brian D. Campbell
use individual-based rather than sample-based rarefaction? Any thoughts are much appreciated. Brian D. Campbell Department of Biology Queens University Kingston, Ontario. Canada.

Short-term Position, Field Research Technician in BrazilĀ“s Atlantic Forest

2005-12-12 Thread Brian D. Campbell
Dear Fellow Ecologgers: Sometime ago, I made a post to advertise a field volunteer position with my Ph.D. in the Brazilian Atlantic forest. For the most part, I have employed local materios for general field help, but I need to revisit the possibility of employing a more skilled technician to