Re: [ECOLOG-L] life history of medicinal plants?

For whatever Wickipedia is worth, this article lists some 200 plants used in traditional and modern medicine. Most listed are perennial, but a few are annual or biennial. Among the annuals is the opium poppy. David Inouye wrote: > I'm wondering whether it's possible to generalize about

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Leaving science?

Angela, any volunteer work that you do that is in your field and that contributes to your experience, skills, and so on should be included on your resume or cv. It can help, depending on the needs (and attitude) of the hiring entity and personnel. That said, I once got a letter of "recommendat

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Beach dragonflies

I can't answer all your questions definitively. However, butterflies as adults feed almost exclusively on low mineral materials, and thus benefit greatly by supplementing their mineral intake from damp soils and feces. Dragonflies are carnivores, and would intake more minerals from their diets

Re: [ECOLOG-L] tagging small fishes

"Judith S. Weis" wrote: > If you're not tagging a huge number of fishes there are dyes that can be > injected subcutaneously in various colors, quantities, and places that > could be used to identify individuals. artists acrylic paints work well. > > > > Hello, > > > > I need to tag smal

Re: [ECOLOG-L] puffin problems, decadal scale evidence

I believe that the Atlantic Puffin is native to Maine. Project Puffin has carried out REINTRODUCTION of puffins to native breeding locations in Maine, not introductions. Though not definitive, this reference does recognize the historical use of coastal Maine by puffins. http://birds.audubon.o

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Loss of field courses, continued

> > -- > Dr. Jim Ryan > Biology Department > Hobart & William Smith Colleges > Geneva, NY 14456 > Www.wildmammal.com > > > On 5/18/14, 10:54 AM, "David L. McNeely" > mailto:mcnee...@cox.net>> wrote: > > Jordan mentions another aspect, the de

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Loss of field courses, continued

Jordan mentions another aspect, the decline of courses on particular taxonomic groups of organisms. Those of us old enough to have used (or even taught) the Odum ecology text well remember his "layer cake" graphic of the organization of biological science. He represented biology as a layer cake

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Loss of field courses, continued

Absolutely true, Malcolm and others. Sure, OTS is an important organization that provides access to tropical field locations for those students who can afford it. But when I was an undergrad, I had to work at a job year round, and go to school near home. I did not have money for travel to for

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Loss of field-based courses

I have been observing this for some time now. Organisms and their habitats are being written out of biology, so far as direct experience with them is concerned. We soon will have no means of knowing what is going on in nature, as no one will be investigating nature, or even have a clue as to h

Re: [ECOLOG-L] scientists and bureaucrats

I would add that government bureaucrats and politicians should not dispute scientific findings or promote claims contrary to scientific results. They should expect complete objectivity on the part of government funded science, but they should not raise false objectivity as a reason to consider

Re: [ECOLOG-L] fake papers, the h-index, and publish or perish

Well, TAs CAN be paid to assist with grading. I know that I was expected to grade as a TA, and I have had TAs help with grading. One justification for the low pay that TAs get has always been that part of the job was the learning experience. How can one learn teaching without practicing teach

Re: [ECOLOG-L] fake papers, the h-index, and publish or perish

I noticed that a couple of journals accounted for a large majority of the reported "gibberish" papers. Hmmm . Being retired for a bit, I was completely unaware that many institutions and faculty were giving tests by an online method. I can understand the desire to reduce the labor involve

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Recent PhDs on Food Stamps - Overwhelmed with Replies

o > explore, perhaps more than one.* > http://writingfornature.wordpress.com/ > > > > On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 12:57 PM, David L. McNeely wrote: > > > Kevin Klein wrote: > > > I haven't been able to follow the entire thread but one thing I draw from > >

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Recent PhDs on Food Stamps - Overwhelmed with Replies

Kevin Klein wrote: > I haven't been able to follow the entire thread but one thing I draw from > what I have read is that it is incumbent on those of us who work with > students at all stages in their academic careers to also advise them to > consider the job market in their chosen disciplin

Re: [ECOLOG-L] new HR bill requires NSF funders to justify funding

Excellent proposal Givnish. MacCallum, I was not intending to disagree with your comments. In fact, I stated that I agreed. I just thought all related information should be considered before declaring the grants system a total bust. It does result in good science, it just interferes with a l

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Merits of invasion science

gt; > > ……. > > Stephen L. Young, PhD > > Weed Ecologist > > University of Nebraska-Lincoln > > http://ipcourse.unl.edu/iwep > > Twitter: @NAIPSC > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Ecological Society of America: grants,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Merits of invasion science

Biology, M/S SB73 > California State University, Fresno > 2555 E San Ramon AVe > Fresno, CA 93740 > > http://about.me/mkatti > > On Oct 29, 2013, at 12:09 PM, David L. McNeely wrote: > > > A better term than "native invasive" to apply to species that b

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Merits of invasion science

A better term than "native invasive" to apply to species that become pests within their native geographic range (Eastern Red Cedar is an excellent example in the southern plains and prairies) is "noxious." Or, we might simply call them pests. "Invasive" makes no sense for such species. From w

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Merits of invasion science

Miles, "When will we we learn to just leave things alone?" Had we left things alone in the first place, there would be no invasions. You can't have it both ways. So, if you want things left alone, then you don't do the things that bring about invasions -- you don't start aviation activities t

Re: [ECOLOG-L] FIRE Wildland Dependence or adaptation? Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fire and Wildlife in the Northern Lake States

Wayne, I may be behind in the way terminology for fire and ecosystems is used. But, I do hear people speak of fire dependent systems. I also hear people speak of fire adapted organisms. The usage makes sense to me. Organisms exhibit adaptations, and for example, trees with serotinous cones a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open Source versus Paywalls IRONY Re: [ECOLOG-L] clarification on prothonotary article request

R.K., Google Scholar can be searched free by anyone with internet access. My search just now, using prothonotary warbler as the search term, yielded a very long list of publications. Some of them concern nesting and reproductive biology of the Prothonotary Warbler. The abstracts and in some c

Re: [ECOLOG-L] ENERGY Biofuels and their questionable potential Re: [ECOLOG-L] Switchgrass Conference September 2013

t;>> vested interests in, say, switchgrass culture. > >>> > >>> WT > >>> > >>> - Original Message - From: "John Raasch" > >>> To: > >>> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:59 AM > >>> Subject: Re

Re: [ECOLOG-L] FW: [ECOLOG-L] Searching for Tips for Teaching Assistant Professorship or Post Doc

Many regional universities hire part-time faculty, also. In fact, unfortunately, community colleges teach a majority of their credit-hours with part-time personnel, and many people cannot get full-time teaching jobs, though more than enough credit hours are taught by part-time to justify more f

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Anti-singles discrimination? Re: [ECOLOG-L] Career - Life Balance supplements to NSF awards

I assume you are not serious. What people who find fault with NSF doing this fail to acknowledge is that NSF is responsible for the furtherance of science. Projects suffer when participants must be away for family matters. So science suffers, and NSF money goes to waste. By providing PIs sma

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Anti-singles discrimination? Re: [ECOLOG-L] Career - Life Balance supplements to NSF awards

Dossey, indeed you do have a life. But with no spouse and no kids, you have no basis for understanding what those who do have kids face in managing to work while managing their families. It is a great loss to science for them to drop out of work, or to have to miss work in order to care for ch

Re: [ECOLOG-L] ENERGY Biofuels and their questionable potential Re: [ECOLOG-L] Switchgrass Conference September 2013

I did not see conservation listed as a discipline involved in "Switchgrass II." There is a move afoot in Oklahoma and Kansas to convert Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands, which have been succeeding toward something resembling a prairie in those states after having been inappropriately fa

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecology Fact and Fiction Bee collapse

Cherubini, the pesticide industry is hardly an uninterested party in the question of whether pesticides are involved in colony collapse. The original article brought up by Tyson is just frantic shouting with no substance, but to turn to the pesticide industry is not an unbiased approach. That

Re: [ECOLOG-L] quantifying snails, slugs, worms, and mushroom biomasses

Russell, if you can get AC current (ordinary household current 120 V) to the field with you, a stout wire inserted into the soil, with a power source on it, will bring the worms to the surface. Then you do not have a chemical pollutant on the soil. I do not know about sizes of worm needed by

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Job: National Coordinator for the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives initiative, USFWS

ot; wrote: > I fundamentally disagree. I work with words, so meanings are very > important to me, and I do not think there is any popular confusion > between the noun usage of "landscape" and the verb usage. > > So let's try to avoid manufacturing such confusion n

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Job: National Coordinator for the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives initiative, USFWS

Wayne Tyson wrote: > The etymology of the term "landscape" means "to scrape the land." Not much > to do with ecology. Yes, I know that the word has come to mean something > else, but it interferes with public understanding of the fundamental > opposition of landscaping with ecosystems. >

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Take the Train to ESA Minneapolis

To get to Minneapolis from my home in Oklahoma via train, I would have to take an Oklahoma City to Fort Worth (220 miles south) train, then from Fort Worth to Chicago, wait almost 24 hours to get the next train west, and finally get a train to Minneapolis, arriving 50 hours after leaving home.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] habitat (was Arguments for Native Plants)

malcolm McCallum wrote: > Sorry, but habitats are places. > The are defined by composition, soil type in a space. > That space is a place. > Granted, the habitat in a place can change, but it is for now a defined place. Hmm. . I think that most ecologists consider an organism's habitat

Re: [ECOLOG-L] English as second language instructors

Some have voiced displeasure with their experiences or lack of success at understanding instruction delivered by persons whose first language was something other than English, and who spoke the language with difficulty. First, I have had difficulty understanding the spoken English of quite a few

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A response to EO Wislon's opinion about math

Jane, I believe there are some institutions where one can earn an undergraduate degree in biology with only college algebra, and some of those even still offer and require trigonometry, both of which have been subsumed at most post secondary institutions that offer them into a "precalculus" cour

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A response to EO Wislon's opinion about math

Mike, of course we find (or found, I am retired from teaching) many of those enrolled to be lacking in math training and skills. So do the chemistry, physics, and engineering faculty. Math proficiency may be the one skill that high school graduates are most lacking in. Many students do come t

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A response to EO Wislon's opinion about math

Robert Gilman wrote: > . At many US and UK universities, a student can obtain a BS in biology > without taking a single course in mathematics or statistics. In some cases, a > student can obtain a PhD in biology with no more than a basic high school > math background. > What schools are

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A response to E.O. Wilson's opinion about math

Wilson did not say mathematics is not important. He said that one can make meaningful contributions to science without being expert at advanced mathematics. He also did mention collaboration and stated that he sought such collaboration in his own work, which he stated benefited from his doing

Re: [ECOLOG-L] PA high school to host bizarre swim meet - in fracking fluid

The date says it all. The problem is, jokes don't get the environmental problems of introducing materials of unknown composition into the environment. David McNeely Michael Halpern wrote: > http://blog.ucsusa.org/pennsylvania-high-school-to-host-bizarre-swim-meet-in-fracking-fluid/ > >

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

"Culliney wrote: > The statement that "homosexuals have a fitness of zero," which is a true > statement, implies nothing about desires, which cannot be known. It implies > everything about reproductive rate, which, in a homosexual, is zero. Nothing > about this topic, which is >scientific

Re: [ECOLOG-L] What's More Fun Than Owl Pellets?

R K, I'll bet you can do this yourself. Here is a start: http://www.discoverwildlife.com/british-wildlife/how-identify-owl-pellets http://naturalsciences.sdsu.edu/classes/lab2.2/lab2.2.html There are lots of resources for identifying the contents of owl pellets, on line, in libraries, and fo

Re: [ECOLOG-L] faculty overtime

David Inouye wrote: > I suspect most faculty fall into this exempt category. I would imagine that postdocs and graduate students working in their field of training also fall into the exempt category. However, there may be quite a few grad students around the country who are not compensat

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Education Cost of Textbooks Re: [ECOLOG-L] What is the best book to teach Conservation Biology?

Wayne Tyson wrote: > > I fear that I must run the risk of offending some to say that, in my > experience (admittedly not a large "sample"), most of those with > conservation biology/ecology degrees fall woefully short in terms of the > fundamentals. These were well-intentioned, even sen

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Amazing facts about insects? (Education/Outreach)

"Aaron T. Dossey" wrote: > What are some of the most amazing facts about insects you can think of? Bombardier beetle. African beetle that harvests water from mists via exoskeletal surface texture. endosymbionts of termites. life cycle of aphids. Lacewing larvae that build portable hou

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Measuring the Human Mind Re: [ECOLOG-L] Advice for 36 year old trying to get into M.S. program

ith as little as three years > at the university) officials. > > NOTE: No student or professor dare make this kind of comment on a Forum of > this kind and you will notice how circumspect I had to be, careful not to > name names. > > WT > > - Original Mes

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Advice for 36 year old trying to get into M.S. program

Each individual school has a score age after which it expects new results. However, AFAIK one can take the exam as often as one wants to pay the money and spend the time and effort. The most recent score is the one reported. So, for a person whose scores are "high enough," retaking is foolish

Re: [ECOLOG-L] EVOLUTION Misconceptions Re: [ECOLOG-L] evolution vs. natural selection videos

Wayne, I believe you are substantially correct in your understanding of the general perception of "improvement" through natural selection and evolution. I am surprised at Dawkins, as he is considered both one of the top evolutionary biologists and a top publicist for evolution and scientific th

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Advice for 36 year old trying to get into M.S. program

Sean wrote: > Having graduated with an abysmal GPA from Colorado State University back in > 2000 ( wildlife > biology 2.7), I have found it very difficult getting into graduate school. > Two winters ago I > completed two graduate level classes at Oregon State: Forest Wildlife > Manage

Re: [ECOLOG-L] (repost) Do decaying plants in lakes melt surface ice?

Kirsten, some microbial metabolism does occur at low temperatures. That is why there is sometimes oxygen depletion in winter, under ice. When ice cover occurs, gas exchange with the atmosphere is obviously precluded. Under ice metabolism has been sufficient to deplete oxygen enough to cause f

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Bird count data

Jeff Davis wrote: > Many birders now enter such count data into eBird, a powerful, citizen > science, online database sponsored by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and > Audubon. Check it out at www.ebird.org. Also, given the time of year, the birders may have been involved in Audubon Chr

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area

If you can live with the stump while it rots, that is one approach. Rotting can be hastened by drilling many holes deep into the stump and filling them with fertilizer and water. Potassium nitrate works. This will promote bacterial and fungal growth, and the stump will rot faster than without

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Permaculture + Leadership - Bring a friend FREE!

I too looked at the web site. My impressions were identical with Wayne's. David McNeely Wayne Tyson wrote: > Ecolog: > > My questions remain unanswered. > > WT > > - Original Message - > From: "Vladislav Davidzon" > To: "Wayne Tyson" ; > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 12:3

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Discussion Panel Topic Suggestions

Douglas Shoemaker wrote: > > Finally, I wonder what can be said of a system that has produced "Love"? Is > this not directional advancement? > Not any more than fingers, pheromones, or flagella would be. David McNeely

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Discussion Panel Topic Suggestions

s. > > It is a matter of what "improve," "better," and "advance" mean. To > different people, they mean different things. > > > > WT > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "David L. McNeely" > > To:

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Discussion Panel Topic Suggestions

Hello All, I believe that the argument here, and throughout this discussion, IS one of semantics. It arises from the view that non-scientists have taken in the past that holds that recent organisms are in some way better organisms. They definitely have viewed humans as some sort of pinnacle o

Re: [ECOLOG-L] ...re: responses concerning my "bushmeat" request...

"Clara B. Jones" wrote: > Ecolog-l-ers: > 1. ...a few individuals have contacted me with concerns about the ethics of > my post requesting "bushmeat"... > 2. ...i was not concerned about the ethical dimension for several > reasons...perhaps, the most important is that it didn't seem likely a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] ...what sorts of questions might pertain to sampling "bushmeat"?...

I do not see enough scientific value in this endeavor to justify the potential conservation harm. Bush meat is a serious conservation concern in substantial parts of the tropics. For a person from a wealthy country to encourage this practice for the sake of what is admitted to be play rather

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Is there a Water Quality Index for lakes?

Kirsten Harma wrote: > Does anyone know if someone has developed a single, integrated water quality index that combines the basic parameters (Temp, DO, Conductivity, pH and secchi depth).  We're curious if there is an easy way to categorize a lake as in "good" "fair" or "poor" condition

Re: [ECOLOG-L] "The Audacity of Graduate School" -training grad students in teaching and outreach

Dossey, one of the greatest strengths of the teaching component of the higher education system in the U.S. is that the people doing the teaching are truly experts in the fields in which they teach. These experts range from full professors through junior faculty members and down to post doctoral

Re: [ECOLOG-L] audacity of graduate school--follow-up

I recommend not being pessimistic at all, but a healthy dose of realism is a good thing. Broadening what one considers acceptable employment helps. Enrollments are booming in community colleges and regional state schools during this time of high unemployment/underemployment. Eventually jobs w

Re: [ECOLOG-L] "The Audacity of Graduate School" -Knowledge of Today Documentary

"Borrett wrote: > Colleagues, > > We need to be careful about the assumption that the only "real" job for a > person trained with a PhD is a tenure track faculty job. I do not believe > this assumption to be true. Several of my colleagues are using their degree > in the private sector.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] correlation v. causation

Miles Medina wrote: > > Also, I would add, in response to a comment above.. someone said > correlation implies causation. Yes it may, of course, but let's not forget > that there could be a third variable that causes the two correlated ones > originally in question. I believe that the me

Re: [ECOLOG-L] FIRE Wildland and Urban Interface Myth or Truth 1 Fire dependent plants?

fly has no life > > stages resistant to fire, but depends on fire to renew its habitat and > > maintain an abundance of Lupinus perennis, the sole larval food plant. > > > > -- > > Thomas J. Givnish > > Henry Allan Gleason Professor of Botany > > University of Wis

Re: [ECOLOG-L] FIRE Wildland and Urban Interface Myth or Truth 1 Fire dependent plants?

html http://cee.unc.edu/people/graduate-students/theses/Kaplan_MA.pdf ---- "David L. McNeely" wrote: > Wayne, I have heard this "fire dependent" terminology in reference to both > community types and specific plants. However, most often it has been in > reference

Re: [ECOLOG-L] FIRE Wildland and Urban Interface Myth or Truth 1 Fire dependent plants?

Wayne, I have heard this "fire dependent" terminology in reference to both community types and specific plants. However, most often it has been in reference to community types that included dominant fire adapted species. I also have heard more convincingly that lodgepole pine, _Pinus contorta_

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Teaching kids about abiotic factors

Voltini, Day length, light intensity, humidity, temperature, light wavelength, soil moisture, soil nutrient concentration, soil composition, nutrient composition in water, are all fairly easily manipulated. Effects on plant growth; seed germination; fruiting response; seed production; leaf si

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystem Function Re: [ECOLOG-L] Visualizing functional diversity

Ms. Dussalult, I accept completely that when beneficial consequences of the two ecosystem functions of energy flow and biogeochemical cycling are impaired, then intervention is appropriate. It is just that intervention itself often has the unexpected and undesired consequence of altering the si

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystem Function Re: [ECOLOG-L] Visualizing functional diversity

Wayne, I thought we went through that, a bit back. Ecosystem function is what ecosystems do. They process energy and chemicals. As someone else pointed out, in both cases those functions are mediated through organisms and other compartments. Evidently some think that the consequences (such a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fwd: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Visualizing functional diversity

Martin, I will give you, absolutely and without reservation, that ecosystems process matter and energy through organisms. Since the questions dealt with ecosystems, I assumed that the involvement of organisms was a given. I will also give you that what kinds of organisms are involved is of gr

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Visualizing functional diversity

Finally, people are talking on my simplistic level, and I hope I can respond in a meaningful way. I say these things with the definite understanding that they may mark me as just an old, irrelevant fart in today's exciting world. It seems to me that ecosystems do two things, and that both are o

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Visiting Assistant Professor Positions in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Just wanted to say how refreshing it is to see your statement that, "Electronic applications will not be considered," in this era. I like it. David Mcneely Dan Ardia wrote: > The Biology Department of Franklin & Marshall College invites applications > for three one-year VISITING ASSISTA

Re: [ECOLOG-L] David Starr Jordan Indiana U Re: [ECOLOG-L] Jordan's rule Folkloric Tangent

Well, Laura Hubbs herself was a scientist, working alongside Carl. She coauthored papers with him, especially ethnographic and marine mammal papers. Clark Hubbs followed in his father's footsteps as an ichthyologist, one of the outstanding ones. He was a professor at University of Texas at Aus

Re: [ECOLOG-L] David Starr Jordan Indiana U Re: [ECOLOG-L] Jordan's rule

Why do people keep posting things that seem as if the matter is a bit equivocal. It is not. "Jordan's Rule" refers to David Starr Jordan's work with meristic features of fishes. It was almost certainly so named by his star student, Carl Hubbs. The references I posted earlier should clear the

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Jordan's rule

Wrong Jordan. The Jordan's Rule being queried was named for David Starr Jordan, a late 19th/early 20th century ichthyologist who did a great deal of field work and descriptive ichthyology in North America. He was the first president of Stanford University. Besides his scientific writings (the

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are we doomed yet: A journal debate about science, the practice of sustainability, and communicating issues

Michael Riedman wrote: > Hello sustainable eco-loggers, > > This is my first eco-log post! I just graduated from University of > Maryland with a minor in Sustainability Studies. We were taught the > Brundtland Commission definition of Sustainability, which I believe is > clear and concise

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are we doomed yet: A journal debate about science, the practice of sustainability, and communicating issues

Ok, I'll bite: A sustainable practice is one which can be continued indefinitely without depleting the resources upon which it and other features necessary to the system it supports depend. I submit that as written it captures the essence of the idea. Knock it down if you wish, or modify it.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Confronting climate deniers on college campuses - EOS Forum

Cherubini, the fallacy of your interpretation of the graph has been pointed out several times on this list. What part of the explanations did you not understand? You certainly have no reason to extrapolate that the temperatures will not rise in the future on the basis of one short period in th

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Confronting climate deniers on college campuses - EOS Forum

Hamilton, you got a couple of things right: Water is a more powerful greenhouse gas than is carbon dioxide. Climate models predict warming based on carbon dioxide increases, but no one has done an actual controlled experiment with a population of planets to test those models in the classical m

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

Michael, my suggestion was not a joke. It is a technique advocated by Kenneth Stewart, the noted aquatic entomologists who accomplished a lot of excellent research during his 40 year career at The University of North Texas . He advocated the technique to students in his aquatic entomology cour

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

Aaron, if you are willing to do it, and are a good enough wing shot, a 28 gauge shotgun with dust shot works. Only tiny holes in the wings, usually not damaging the taxonomically important features. However, if you need the beasts alive, that is another matter. If your collection location is

Re: [ECOLOG-L] are millipedes fully submersible?

http://ekologie.upol.cz/ad/tuf/pdf/papers/Tufova_Tuf_2005a.pdf R K wrote: >     For the past three days, I've been keeping tabs on a millipede who's been exploring a bucket of rainwater in my yard.  Ordinarily I would've fished him out, but he seems perfectly comfortable wandering around

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Field Experience! Certificate Programs and Internships

Lauren, look into the Student Conservation Society. This organization funds internships with government agencies and NGOs. Expenses and a small stipend are paid. The internships include ones involving management activities, and research. There are usually large numbers of internships in wide

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Field Experience! Certificate Programs and Internships

Lauren and others, my previous post, which referred to the Student Conservation Society, should have said Student Conservation Association. Good luck, David Lauren Kiser wrote: > Dear Ecologgers, > > I would love to get some feedback/advice on the subject of obtaining more > field experi

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Subject: Re: Non-Majors Biology

george middendorf wrote: > For a wider list of disciplines with programmatic accreditation, > including several > of those listed by earlier responders, take a look at the CHEA (Council for > Higher Education Accreditation) website {stuff cut} > I’d like to suggest

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Non-Majors Biology

June _Scientific American_ has an excellent article that very effectively relates microbiology to the lives of students. It considers the ecology of human symbiotic microbes. More microbiology of this kind, and less memorization of how microbial cells metabolize could be quite meaningful in a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

This is not meant as a wet blanket, as I encourage family friendly employment practices for all countries and for all occupations. But, I wonder how those figures would look if all areas of science were considered? It may be that smaller economies, and the Scandinavian countries in particular,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Plants Invasive natives? Re: [ECOLOG-L] Invasion, or progression?

Well, several responses have answered in the affirmative so far as natives becoming invasive, with examples. Raccoons and Eastern Red Cedar come to mind as examples mentioned so far. I won't comment further here on my thoughts about them. So far as "When do invasives become native?": What

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Invasion, or progression?

Ling, so far as purple loosestrife is concerned, it is considered invasive and a pest, and conservation agencies have active control programs operating. I believe it is considered responsible for degradation of wetlands in many parts of the U.S. ling huang wrote: Thanks for your inter

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Invasion, or progression?

"Russell L. Burke" wrote: > raccoons are native invasives What are they invading? Do you mean they are more common than formerly? An individual raccoon invaded my yard, drinking from my bird bath and catching and eating crayfish from my pond. But somehow that doesn't strike me as what

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Invasion, or progression?

I appreciate that this question was asked now by an undergraduate. It is always good to hear good questions from young people. However, it is a question that comes up on here periodically, and this example of a native "invasive" is always given, sometimes by me, sometimes by others. But now I

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Pond health and maintenance

Cynthia, answers to you questions might partly depend on where your pond is located. But, in my experience, in my locality, a heavy growth of duckweed usually means that there may be some nutrient imbalance. Does your pond receive runoff from a fertilized pasture or other source of excess nutr

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fwd: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

?? Clara simply said everything about the current system as she sees it is fine, and those who find it does not provide effectively for them to participate and contribute because they have family responsibilities, well, too bad, they knew the system when they started, and should not

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fwd: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

Clara, I respectfully disagree with some of your points. I will not detail each point, but will simply point out that collaboration is now the norm in science. Look at the lists of authors, sometimes running to 10, on a paper nowadays. People should get respect and reputation for the contribu

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

Andres, do you have any ideas about how we can import that Finlandian model to the U.S.? And how to get more universities and other employers in the U.S. to recognize the need to provide for professional couples? Thanks, David Andres Lopez-Sepulcre wrote: > In my experience, it all depe

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

Rachel, I believe that the relative success of combining family life and work life is similar for scientists and other highly intensive occupations. It is simply a matter of how individuals manage, their temperaments and their abilities to deal with stress when it arises, as it inevitably will.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Where have all the earthworms gone?

For what it is worth, my garden and compost are "wriggling" with worms this year, far more than usual. Like Martin, I have speculated that my bounty, like his dearth, is due to the warm, almost snowless winter we experienced here in central Oklahoma. Our soil hardly froze all winter, and when

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Backpacking with an infant?

o be framed within the context of an entitlement that never existed for woman and is probably not going to exist much longer for men. From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] on behalf of David L. McNee

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Backpacking with an infant?

I originally responded only to Simone personally. But, I now see a need for wider discussion. I agree with Hal Caswell and others who have said that child safety is paramount. If at all possible, another approach should be considered. Hal, in answer to your query: In forty years of teaching

Re: [ECOLOG-L] attracting fish food

David, I would question whether the light would actually increase food availability. It definitely would concentrate flying insects over the water and so would concentrate the insects dropping on the water surface. almost all of the insects would be the aerial stages of aquatic forms, and most

Re: [ECOLOG-L] definition of "native"

des us still > stands. While local and pragmatic definitions of it might exist, a global, > scientifically defensible definition of it does not exist. > > Andrew D. Pierce, Ph.D > Post-Doctoral Research Associate > Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management > Univers

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecology (the journal) stalled?

Lonnie Aarssen wrote: > I wonder if Don Strong would explain to us why > Ecology is still publishing on paper? No > ecologist that I know reads paper journals > anymore, and hasn't for years. I read paper journals, and I have for years. i hope to be able to continue to do so. And l

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