[ECOLOG-L] English for ecologists

As a non-native English speaker I use to have problems when writing for journals: my ideas flow very well, still the style and spelling are broaken. Spanish is my mother language, I'm post-doc ecologist. Is any English native speaker interested in improving his(her) written Spanish in exchange?

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Bullfighting, machismo and sexual selection

always heard this, but wonder if it is in fact true. Just because its written in a children's book (Ferdinand) doesn't exactly mean it holds a lot of water! :) Thanks for the feedback! On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 4:01 AM, edgardo garrido edgard...@hotmail.comwrote: As sports, bullfigting

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Bullfighting, machismo and sexual selection

As sports, bullfigting, hunting and other ways of killing species other than humans have been machismo demonstrations in the Mediterranean. It has been common not only in Spain but also in Southern France. Ancient romans were the ones giving this sense of sport to killing animals in front of

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are humans part of nature?

One of the goals of Ecology is to study the relationship between living beings and their environment and humans fit fully to this. To my understanding, the idea that humans are someting appart is an european idea (my apologies to europeans, nothing personal). Ancient greeks classified living

Re: [ECOLOG-L] ANOVA - too many treatments

Dear Mathaeus, Thank you VERY much for putting a concrete example on the table concerning a controversial paper with two replicates that was accepted and peer published!! According to my position, your work can be scientific if it is testable, religious if it is not and artistic if it comes out

Re: [ECOLOG-L] real versus fake peer-reviewed journals

I think the best way to help students to get criteria to decide when a journal or article is non scientific (or even fake) is to give them a solid (but please amenable!) background of the basis of Phylosophy of Science and the difference between Science, Arts and Religion before sending them to

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Phd vs EdD, being smart is more important

Independently of your title (PhD, EdD, or just Mr and Mrs), you may demonstrate two things in the life: (1) That you are a good researcher, able to move the borders of your discipline forward by means of publishing in peer journals. And also (2) that you are good for TEACHING, otherwise you die

Re: [ECOLOG-L] GLOBAL PRECIP DATA FROM LAT. + LONG.

Once I was also looking for data and then Finland's Matti Tukiainen helped me: http://www.gaisma.com publishes data on not-easy to find places like small villages in Africa and other continents. His data are based on NASA information (Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science data center). He

[ECOLOG-L] URGENT: TWO HERBARIA ENDANGERED

that you share such a love. The closure is planned for early june. Time runs... Yours, Edgardo Garrido-Pérez _ Explore the seven wonders of the world http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+worldmkt=en-USform=QBRE

Re: [ECOLOG-L] spring and summer jobs/internships for foreign students

students (if such an understandable fear is present). Don`t worry folks, it is just a matter of helping others to decide for what positions to apply or not. Many greetings!! Edgardo Garrido-Pérez Goettingen University (Germany) Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán (Mexico) Date: Tue, 1 Apr

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open access versus traditional publication models

that will challenge impact factor as a criterion to define how good a journal is. Ciao Brother!! Edgardo --- Edgardo Garrido-Pérez Goettingen University (Germany) Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán (Mexico) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:42:48 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject