Since I have to cover my professional fees and insurance, I've been charging
$50 per hour, remaining somewhat conservative regarding how many hours I
claim (e.g., I don't usually charge travel time although I may charge
mileage).
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
, there are many exceptions to these generalities due to
factors such as elevation and precipitation.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR
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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Alexandre
The Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentate) is an important and highly valued
food species by indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest. They continue
to harvest this species mostly by hand at anadromous migration concentration
sites such as Willamette Falls in Oregon.
Warren W. Aney
Senior
with the loose conditionalities of biology. I got B's and C's in my math and
statistics classes and I believe the mathematicians got similar grades in
their biology and ecology courses.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR
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From: Ecological
Native plants host native insects that provide food for native birds.
See Tallamy, Douglas W. 2007. Bringing nature home; how you can sustain
wildlife with native plants. Timber Press.
Prof. Tallamy is chair of the Dept of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology,
University of Delaware.
Warren W. Aney
?
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
(503) 539-1009
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From: Wayne Tyson [mailto:landr...@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, 27 March, 2013 11:53
To: Warren W. Aney; ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Expedition notice and question
Warren and Ecolog:
As a stock-farmer&#
is further
modified by a varying continuum of sexual intensity from hypersexuality to
asexuality.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
(503) 539-1009
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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Wayne Tyson
Sent: Wednesday
Presence of rare mammals can and is being verified through DNA analysis of
hair or scat samples. The sasquatchers cannot be taken seriously until they
do this in a replicable and independently verifiable manner.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
(503) 539-1009
, which in effect are
megamillennial old sources of non-cycled greenhouse gases.
Does this make sense? Doesn't it seem prudent to concentrate on reducing
fossil fuels combustion rather than get distracted by cycled sources of
greenhouse gases?
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigar
understand and accept, even by the skeptics?
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR
(503) 539-1009
(503) 246-2605 fax
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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of malcolm McCallum
Sent: Wednesda
more relevant to who the
students are, where they are in their life, and what they are likely to do
from then on."
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On
and its meaning (does
ecology=environmentalism?). So terms such as native, invasive, indigenous,
endemic, exotic, introduced, etc. all have to be considered and defined in
terms of a particular context or usage.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
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From: Ecological Soc
ed to the proper Federal
agencies via this mailbox."
The site also shows a comment expiration date of 7 February.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Sean Hoban [mailto:sho...@alumni.nd.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, 08 February, 2012 06:25
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
as become
devalued in terms of ecosystem health -- to me, that is also significant.
I have chosen to sign onto this letter for this reason.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
9403 SW 74th Ave
Tigard, OR 97223
(503) 539-1009
(503) 246-2605 fax
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From: Ecological Society
their human intelligence and cognition?" "Why
are humans altruistic to other humans outside their genetic clan?" "Why are
we here?"
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR 97223
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, n
n (a self-proclaimed agnostic) puts it: "Science and
religion are the two most powerful forces of society. Together they can
save creation."
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.ED
the more specific disciplines and perspectives into a cohesive
and interrelating whole by providing insights on how natural things work
together.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On
wild probably occurred this
morning due to someone's inability to feed their stock or sell them to a meat
processor.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.ED
tions about pre-fire-exclusion stand
characteristics, management practices, and causes for increased juniper
recruitment. It will informs us that cow pies have little or no effect
juniper seeds spread by birds, not cattle.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
y many years ago and I thought
I'd never see them flowing again."
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Wayne Tyson
Sent: Monday, 12 September, 2011 13:08
T
wrong when it tends otherwise." We need to evaluate and
manage invaders with that axiom as our beacon.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
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From: Manuel Spínola [mailto:mspinol...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, 11 September, 2011 04:54
To: Warren W. Aney
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] a non I
that ecosystem. An introduced organism that did not evolve
with that ecosystem should at least be evaluated for its potential modifying
effects on that ecosystem.
Am I being too simplistic?
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of
A couple of regional examples, Melissa: Reed canarygrass in wetlands and
Armenian (Himalayan) blackberry in oak savannas.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On
araphrasing Aldo Leopold
***
Here's the definition I like best (so far):
"To maintain forever the current integrity, stability and productivity of
renewable resource systems including soils, waters, forests, wildlands and
the atmosphere; and to deplete nonrenewable resources only at the ra
urbed areas as much
as possible.
If you want, I can email you an idea sheet produced for youth outdoor
explorations (it was prepared for area church youth groups, so it does have
an Oregon emphasis and a religious component).
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
9403 SW 74th Ave
Tigard, OR 97223
is the natural agent maintaining
certain conditions, lack of wildfire just allows another natural succession
to occur. In the cases described management such as cutting, thinning and
controlled burns may be necessary to maintain or produce desired and
"healthier" conditions.
as adverse.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Patton
Sent: Wednesday, 06 July, 2011 17:40
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re
ol (e.g., tansy
ragwort), and there are numerous cases where lack of control efforts will
seriously deplete natural system diversity and value (both ecological and
economic). All of the species I've listed above, and many more, are worth
controlling or eliminating, and not all of this eff
And here's a similar attack by Mark Ludwig, fellow with online progressive
Truthout news:
http://www.truth-out.org/pesticides-and-politics-americas-eco-war/1307539754
Ludwig claims invasive control is inspired and promoted by the likes of
Monsanto.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
-Ori
nvasive on most lists. Some of its spread has
been due to cultivation use.
So to me, the definition of an invasive is a species whose presence and
spread reduces natural ecosystem qualities such as diversity, productivity,
stability and resilience.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecolo
e
specific information.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
9403 SW 74th Ave
Tigard, OR 97223
(503) 539-1009
(503) 246-2605 fax
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Jonathan Brown
Sent: Thursday, 28 Apri
I don't know if this is still the case with universities, but when I
received my MA it was considered a slightly higher degree than an MS because
it meant I had met the foreign language requirements for a PhD.
Warren W. Aney
MA, Biometrics
Oregon State Unversity, 1973
-Original Me
also read about it at this site:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/08/hungry-bears-in-yellowstone-coming-i
nto-conflict-with-people.php
I'm interested in seeing what others have to say about this.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR 97223
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offer (and don't be
upset or refuse to be interviewed).
It's your duty to provide an expert's information to the public, and it's
the interviewer's duty to do this objectively and accurately. Most of the
time this works.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
9403 SW 7
There's an excellent book on this topic published by the Union of Concerned
Scientists:
Hayes, Richard and Daniel Grossman. 2006. A scientist's guide to talking
with the media. Rutgers Univ. Press.
(And I must claim bias because they quote me 3 times.)
Warren W. Aney
Senio
As a field ecologist, I perhaps oversimplify. Anyway, here's my
simple-minded answer: Natural History is basically describing nature
through observation. Ecology is the scientific study of the relationships
of organisms to each other and their environments.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wil
if we took no action and this proved to be wrong.
I know, this is rhetoric and not science, but I have frequently had to deal
with decision making in the face of scientific uncertainty and this is the
approach I finally learned to apply or recommend.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard
someone had told me that early in my career.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
9403 SW 74th Ave
Tigard, OR 97223
(503) 539-1009
(503) 246-2605 fax
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of malcolm
It seems to refer to a somewhat arcane use of the word "covert" to mean what
we generally call cover. But it can be a little more specific since it can
mean a hiding place for wildlife, as in a rabbit covert.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR 97223
(503) 539-1009
ation
discussion futile.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Wayne Tyson [mailto:landr...@cox.net]
Sent: Friday, 28 January, 2011 20:14
To: Warren W. Aney; ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Conservation or just gardening?
Ecolog
nd do overlap sometimes.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Wayne Tyson
Sent: Thursday, 27 January, 2011 17:54
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Su
help us take that step.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR
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From: Wayne Tyson [mailto:landr...@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, 19 January, 2011 17:05
To: Warren W. Aney; ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Conservation or just gardening?
Well, yes. But I would
services.
Of course these modifiers would tend to be site dependent and I'm sure
others can come up with better examples. And how about employing principles
of adaptive management to make sure our efforts are both effective and
informative?
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigar
esent state.
"Conservation" can be anything from its popular definition of "wise use" to
the strict non-interventionist "let nature take its course" (which may
require centuries to achieve any sort of balanced state, if it ever does).
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecolo
and structural diversity so it is not as
ecologically productive, stable or resilient as it could be because of this
lack of biodiversity.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
9403 SW 74th Ave
Tigard, OR 97223
(503) 539-1009
(503) 246-2605 fax
-Original Message-
From: Ecological
ligious conservatism -- we find no conflict between our faith and our
scientific understanding. We just see them as two perspectives that broaden
and enrich our appreciation of reality.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, new
th objective rigor
instead of labeling other scientists with snobby scorn. Both of our sciences
are evolving, just as species evolve. And will taxonomic science be able to
catch the moment when one species evolves into another, or is that process
just too fuzzy?
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlif
and trees to see the animal life, while ecologists look at everything to see
how it all interacts.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR 97223
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of Wayne
dland preserved through fire prevention and some
invasive management of invasives.
Do we want a slightly more human-managed condition? E.g., oak savannahs
maintained by periodic controlled burns, conifer removals and intensive
invasive species removals.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Me
pplications of fuzzy logic
would need to start out with objectivity as a prime guiding principle. Yes,
subjectivity is always present, but science needs to recognize this and take
measures to minimize its influence.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Societ
o tell) vs. science
(recording the story the subject is telling).
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of Cara Lin Bridgman
Sent: Friday, 24 September, 201
I doubt the authenticity of that Benjamin Franklin quote, since the word
bacteria (bacterium) was not coined until 1838 and Franklin died in 1790.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
(and a fan of good wine and beer)
9403 SW 74th Ave
Tigard, OR 97223
(503) 539-1009
(503) 246-2605 fax
ot; -- the latter seems to emphasize management for the taking of
rather than management for the conservation of. Mr. Hamazaki's anecdote is
a good fisheries management example.)
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
9403 SW 74th Ave
Tigard, OR 97223
(503) 539-1009
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associate my bad breath (or CO2) with a potential predator. Has anybody else
noticed this? I haven't tried this with mosquitoes, but it probably would
have the opposite effect -- they would associate CO2 with a breathing source
of blood.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Me
gical system or ecosystem." (Odum, Fundamentals
of Ecology, 1953)
That definition would cover an ant-colonized crack in my driveway, the urban
system I live in, and the pristine (almost) wilderness that contains my
footprints.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
9403 SW 74th Ave
nd conduct research that provides answers that carry
out this service goal.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
9403 SW 74th Ave
Tigard, OR 97223
(503) 539-1009
(503) 246-2605 fax
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ecolo...@listserv.u
There's an old saying, and it's probably already been brought up, that
science is about answering the questions of what, where, when and how.
Religion tries to address the question of why.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
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From: Ecological Society of America: gr
As Andrew Yost said:
"Why does energy and matter organize itself through time to ask questions
like why does energy and matter organize itself to ask?"
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
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From: Micah Moore [mailto:mmoore1...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, 20 May,
religion interface and
interconnect?
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of James Crants
Sent: Wednesday, 19 May, 2010 07:37
To: ECOLOG-L
How about: Science is trying to discover the world as it is, religion is
trying to develop a world as it should become.
Warren W. Aney
(503) 246-8613
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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of William
The word "species" is based on the word "specere" -- to see. So I guess if
we see that ET is a distinct sort of living thing, it is a species. So now
do we need to define "living"?
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
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From: Ecologi
"Landscaping" is an "applied pursuit." "Landscape ecology" is an applied or
descriptive science. Or is that an oversimplification?
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
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From: Ecological Society of America: gr
if I work to restore and preserve 1,000 acres
of natural wetland and its adjacent and affected ecosystems.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of Wayne Tyson
Sent: Sat
" which produces a "landscape"). So the meaning of
"landscape" was expanded to include natural areas which are already
nature-"shaped."
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants
t, several decades of
practical field experience including aquatic habitat management, and some
knowledge of Siberian environmental management.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
9403 SW 74th Ave
Tigard, OR 97223
(503) 539-1009
(503) 246-2605 fax
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From: Ecological
ge of natural values
including all native species, watershed stability, water quality (including
water temperatures), control of invasives, and soil stability.
I'm sure others will come up with more sophisticated academic definitions.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message
d not
been vetted by those with actual field experience in restoration and
management.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR 97223
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of Wayne Tyson
Sent: Wedn
A botanist may correct me, but my understanding is hyphenation is used to
indicate the common name is not a true species, e.g., Douglas-fir is not a
true fir.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR
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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
d
as you've probably noted, MSWord spellcheck keeps nagging you to use the
"up" style.
You can also mix styles, e.g., write about Atlantic salmon in the Penobscot
River. That's part of the frustration (or beauty) of writing -- it's an art
and not a science.
Warren W.
]
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 11:48 AM
To: Warren W. Aney; ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Population control
There is a third problem which is at least equal to consumption and
population as a cause of environmental degradation - inequitable access to
economic opportunity
ined by numbers but rather by resource consumption.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of William Silvert
Sent: Saturday, 26 September, 2009 13:28
To: ECOLOG-L@L
er for
running, a complex digestive system is better for processing a wide variety
of plant materials, a better sense of smell and hearing, more efficiently
spaced estrus cycles, etc.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of Am
t demonstrated
impeccable science.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of ta...@southwestern.edu
Sent: Monday, 07 September, 2009 17:37
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.E
I recently pulled off the shelf my old copy of Game Management by Aldo
Leopold (1933). I am surprised by how much this book anticipates present
day concerns such as biodiversity, sustainability, and ecosystems
management.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
9403 SW 74th Ave
Tigard, OR
That is an oversimplification, I know, but in my experience over the years
this evaluation process has matured from a simple, species-based approach to
a more rigorous and effective ecosystems-based approach.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecologic
uot;
This is part of the sample of sustainability definitions that I've collected
over the last few years (pasted below). I would be interested in hearing of
other definitions, particularly any that are substantially different or
better from an ecological perspective.
Warren W. Aney
er supports the organisms or provides the services we are
interested in, e.g., drainage, pollution and invasives turn our more complex
and productive wetland ecosystem into a relatively simple and non-productive
gutter ecosystem.
Am I being too simplistic?
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Me
Doesn't your question depend somewhat on what "ecosystem" and "collapse"
means to you?
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu]on Behalf Of Wayne Tyson
Sent: Thur
This survey sure offers a number of frustratingly incomplete multiple
choices. At least it gets you to thinking about some of your perspectives
on education and sustainable development from an international (and
religious) perspective.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
9403 SW 74th Ave
ure" and is it or should it be an
achievable objective?
10. Will nature left alone do better than nature managed by humans? How is
"better" defined in this case?
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America
ven some well-intention alterations (e.g., introducing Russian
olive and multiflora rose to improve North American wildlife habitat) but I
think we're slowly learning how to do a better job than even nature can do.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
he nation's lowest degree of urban sprawl in
proportion to population size. And yes, there are challenges in trying to
maintain my neighborhood's natural values such as trees, green spaces, and
stream corridors in the face of increased suburban density.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Orego
ience
without advocating a particular action or decision. However, in many or
most cases the best available science so obviously indicates what must be
done that I don't have to advocate -- the science does it for me -- and the
climate change/energy use issue is a prime example of this.
Warr
oping countries.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of Wayne Tyson
Sent: Tuesday, 03 March, 2009 20:48
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] CL
I seriously question the title of this survey: "Should scientists
participate in civil disobedience?" The title does not reflect the essence
of the survey, or vice versa.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society
ed before we no
longer consider it "natural."
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu]on Behalf Of Wayne Tyson
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 15:26
To:
Tom asks "...what better word than 'belief' do we have to describe a
person's world-view?" Well, my world view tends to be based on knowledge,
not belief, and I believe many other scientists share this perspective.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oreg
ies in both the
simplicity and efficiency of its form as well as in the vital role it plays
as a detritivore -- and in the way it complacently reacts to my presence and
handling. It has a right to co-exist with me and these kids. And yes, I do
get slime on my fingers, but it can be rubbed off.
Warren
e research contract.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David M. Lawrence
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 19:57
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re:
ceive your reactions, suggestions and criticisms (I know you're all good
at the latter). Does this seem to have merit? Is anyone aware of similar
attempts along this line by others?
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR 97223
(503) 246-8613 phone
(504) 539-1009 mobile
(503) 246-2605 fax
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that changes of land use might somehow result in some form of compensation
that will serve to perpetuate these values. That could be the real
mouse-stomping elephant in the room.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
spreadsheet with formulas. Meanwhile, I'd be pleased to
receive your reactions, suggestions and criticisms (I know you're all good
at the latter). Does this seem to have merit? Is anyone aware of similar
attempts along this line by others?
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard,
-made, a created
(or restored) wetland is not really an artificial landscape if that's your
reference point. Perhaps we need to tighter terminology.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR 97223
-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
ot; = wolf = vulpe
= lobo).
And can you come up with other possible examples?
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, Oregon
teady-state policy -- The Wildlife Society, for example -- that this is a
widely recognized and credibly supported position. And we need to make sure
that ESA takes the lead on this and does not fall in behind those who have
chosen to produce unclear and weak statements.
Warren W. Aney
Senio
statistical procedure. Too many people collect their data first, then
search for a statistical procedure that will fit their data.
The best time to seek the advice of a statistician is before you design your
study, not after you've collected your data.
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
T
we can come up with many examples
of this.
See this U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service website for a pretty
good discussion of alien/invasive/noxious species definitions:
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/WLI/wris1.htm
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR 97223
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to pontificate to ecologists on how the term "ecology" has
been degraded, e.g., "we have to take care of the ecology" and "the threat
of eco-terrorists."
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Oregon
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From: Wayne Tyson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunda
7;s why they sent this out for our look
see. Okay, they did send it out late on Friday when we're all cranky after
not getting everything done this week that we intended to. But let's take
another look at it after we've had a good night's sleep.
Warren W. Aney
Tigard, Orego
No, we are dedicated to living exponentially as if there are no limits. So
the greatest shortcoming of the human race is failure to understand the
asymptote (and its implied consequences for exponential growth).
Warren W. Aney
Senior Wildlife Ecologist
Tigard, OR
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