I am a social scientist with aspirations to evaluate the
Dear Ecolog,
I am a social scientist with aspirations to evaluate the diversity of flowering
plants, pollinators, and trees on a plot of land. I am competent enough in
botany/dendrology to do some basic counts, but it would be wonderful
If I may interrupt, briefly, I think Esat is not denying the negative impact of
invasives eg. the lionfish. He seems to suggest that many efforts to eradicate
invasives might be futile, and even might exploit the fear of invasives for
profit. It also seems that Esat is highlighting the
I think convoluted code is a relative
Dear Stephen, Wayne, et al.,
I think convoluted code is a relative term, wouldn't you agree? We all have
our disciplinary bias (mine still is history from undergrad) as we struggle to
communicate environmental research across all kinds of boundaries, not
