[ECOLOG-L] bill to eliminare pub service forgiveness for grad students.

2017-12-05 Thread Malcolm McCallum
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/363175-gop-bill-would-eliminate-student-loan-forgiveness-for-those-who-enter

[ECOLOG-L] aquaculture/aquaponics/water quality research scientist

2017-12-11 Thread Malcolm McCallum
We just advertised a vacancy for a research scientist in cooperative research and extension at Langston University (Oklahoma) who works in some area of aquaculture, aquaponics and water quality. This has a short deadline...Jan 18. https://okstate.csod.com/ats/careersite/JobDetails.aspx?site=10&id

[ECOLOG-L] bioarxiv (questions about)

2018-06-03 Thread Malcolm McCallum
Hi, Do many of you use bioarxiv? I recently became familiar with it, and in searching literature, I noticed many papers deposited in it have citations in excess of 100. It brought me to wondering about the role of a preprint server, and read about 30-40 different commentaries and research articles

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Those rare success stories...

2018-07-09 Thread Malcolm McCallum
What do you mean by SUCCESS? Getting a job with a B.S.? Getting a job with an M.S.? Getting a job with a Ph.D.? Getting into graduate school? Getting a postdoc, temp. asst. prof, or tenure stream position? getting a non-tenure track teaching or research position? Getting a technical job? Getting i

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Bubble production as a way to calculate photosynthetic rate

2012-05-02 Thread malcolm McCallum
ht in a sodium bicarb solution. The plants are always placed in a bicarb solution, not pure water. Malcolm McCallum Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry School of Biological Sciences University of Missouri Kansas City On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Jorge A. Santiago-Blay wrote: >

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Cemeteries as habitat

2012-05-03 Thread malcolm McCallum
In Illinois we used to go to old abandoned cemeteries to look for prairie plants. These "family cemeteries" were rather common and were seldom larger than a typical backyard. But they often had many rare prairie plants that managed to tweak out an existence there. I have forgotten when or where,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sarewitz on Systematic Error

2012-05-16 Thread malcolm McCallum
Hard to believe they let this statement make it into publication... "A biased scientific result is no different from a useless one. Neither can be turned into a real-world application." Especially after just a few lines earlier they state... "Bias is an inescapable element of research, especiall

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Non-Majors Biology

2012-05-26 Thread malcolm McCallum
A non-majors biology course is intended to provide an overview of the entire field. A majors biology course is intended to prepare majors for courses they will later take. Therefore, you want to make sure you touch on the major issues in biology, but don't get too hung up on technicalities and spec

Re: [ECOLOG-L] : Animal Created Disturbances

2012-05-27 Thread malcolm McCallum
look up feral hogs. Malcolm On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Michael J. Chips wrote: > I'm currently examining how vertebrates can cause disturbances that alter > biodiversity within forests. For example, the redistribution of leaf litter > and soil disturbances sometimes caused by large herbivo

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Non-Majors Biology

2012-05-27 Thread malcolm McCallum
The problem with biology education today is that there are: 1) no standards for what the major is 2) no accreditation governing what a department should comprise Europe now has accreditation for the discipline and if the US does not follow suit you can watch rapidly as we not only fall behind in b

[ECOLOG-L] degree accreditation in biology

2012-05-28 Thread malcolm McCallum
Its coming soon. Here is the European version. http://www.societyofbiology.org/education/hei/accreditation -- Malcolm L. McCallum Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry School of Biological Sciences University of Missouri at Kansas City Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and

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

2012-05-30 Thread malcolm McCallum
There is no reason that accreditation must define exactly what the courses offered must be. It could easily just define what is necessary for specific tracts within biology. ESA could even do the ecology/organismal tract, then SETAC do the Environmental studies/env science tract, and so on. Accred

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Calculating relative growth rate with mortality

2012-06-05 Thread malcolm McCallum
You analyze the data including all data points. Then, you examine the influential outliers. If the influential outliers are influential due to a known bias that was external to the conditions in the experiment, you can remove them. You may need to change your statistical test due to changes in your

Re: [ECOLOG-L] iButton temperature/humidity logger

2012-06-08 Thread malcolm McCallum
It seems to me that you could just take two ibutton temp sensors, place one in a wet sleeve and one dry. The difference in temp recording would be the relative humidity. Malcolm On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Emily Atkinson wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone used an iButton temperature/humidity logger

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Re : [ECOLOG-L] Career Advice?

2012-06-12 Thread malcolm McCallum
Just a point all of us might consider. If you have a PHD and find that you can't get a job, maybe its time to run for office and do something about it! There are not enough environmentally minded folks in congress, mostly we have self-minded people. Malcolm On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 5:57 AM, Adrie

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

2012-06-18 Thread malcolm McCallum
why not collect the nymphs and then raise 'em up. Dragonfly nymphs can be raised individually in cups and then fed crickets fairly easily. Changing the water daily is worst part. You could also raise them in a communal aquarium, but canibalism could be a problem! On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:07 AM,

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

2012-07-03 Thread malcolm McCallum
The biggest problem with the deniers is that we waste much energy and resources trying to argue with them. Maybe this is simply the wrong strategy. Whenever someone starts spouting off nonsense, blow them off. ridicule it for what it is, nonsense. Ignore the false logic, or again blow it off. Re

[ECOLOG-L] NASA site with science of climate change

2012-07-03 Thread malcolm McCallum
This is for people who want to learn something other than the pundits spouting off. http://climate.nasa.gov/ On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Ruhl, Nathan wrote: > When I first saw the title of this posting, I was immediately drawn to the > word 'confronting'... and not in a positive way. I do n

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

2012-07-03 Thread malcolm McCallum
I did not say to ignore them, I said not to argue with their nonsense. there is a gulf between those two different approaches. malcolm On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Corbin, Jeffrey D. wrote: > John - you and I are each thinking of different 'consumers' of the data - in > your case managers, e

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

2012-07-03 Thread malcolm McCallum
society has never been trusting of scientists. However, the same could be said of business with identical survey mechanisms. So what. This isn't about a bunch of hocus pocus and its not about baseless opinions. ITs about the facts that exist. Period. As for track records of academics, virtually a

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

2012-07-05 Thread malcolm McCallum
s don't want to go there! If it >> isn't CFCs, they will blame us for sure, because we are supposed to know >> for sure in their eyes in such situations. We are the scapegoat if they >> (we) are wrong). >> >> I suppose I am a "denier" because I rejec

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate change - EOS Forum

2012-07-05 Thread malcolm McCallum
Its hard to interpret all that. Its amazing how any one of us can make a mistake, or a bad judgementbut it would be nice if once in a while each of us actually listened to others more knowledgeable than we are, and recognize that our judgement may be again flawed. No admissions necessary. :)

[ECOLOG-L] hiring ornithologist at Arkansas State University

2012-07-06 Thread malcolm McCallum
This would be a fantastic opportunity for an ornithologist! If I was an ornithologist, I'ld jump at it. You are right near the ozarks and the ouachitas, lots of USFS lands, and a faculty that seems to get along better than many! https://jobs.astate.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Teaching Intro Bio Without a Lab

2012-07-14 Thread malcolm McCallum
You could use physioex, ecobeaker, I believe there are some freeware things online. Remember that lab activities need not be simple activities as in a traditional lab. You can have them read chapters on their own and discuss them, it can even be a book exclusive of their text...REMEMBER THAT YOU I

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Mark-recapture with cockroaches?

2012-07-15 Thread malcolm McCallum
Be careful! Your admin may not appreciate this!!! Are you tenured? I am serious Anyway, use nail polish on their thorax or on their wing. If you want to use multiple samples, just use different colors for recaptures. I was doing it with sow bugs. Worked fine. Malcolm On Sun, Jul 15, 2012

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Mark-recapture with cockroaches?

2012-07-16 Thread malcolm McCallum
don't forget that the basic assumption that the dorm or the room is a closed population is probably COMPLETELY false, so pick your model accordingly! On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 8:03 AM, JASON M. HILL wrote: > Hello, > I would consider a removal model instead. Unless you have a small population > of

Re: [ECOLOG-L] How to chose a Master's Thesis in Biology

2012-07-19 Thread malcolm McCallum
Malcolm's rule for MS Thesis topic. #1. It must be doable within two academic years (if a field project that would be two summer sessions. #2. It should be a specific question that the results will be publishable unless something REALLY unforseen happens. #3. You should work with an organism th

[ECOLOG-L] HCB covered by Campus Technology Magazine

2012-08-17 Thread malcolm McCallum
Herpetological Conservation and Biology was covered by Campus Technology Magazine. The article is generally about journal publishing, but they call out HCB and the HCB's website was used as the eye-catcher for the magazine article! You can find the article (they will require you to sign up for a f

[ECOLOG-L] Science, Nature, PNAS or other?

2012-09-30 Thread malcolm McCallum
I know the rankings, but which would you rather publish a paper in? Just curious what folks think. -- Malcolm L. McCallum Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology "If the government is covering up the existence of aliens, then they are doing a better job of it than they do at any

Re: [ECOLOG-L] correlation v. causation

2012-10-08 Thread malcolm McCallum
See the book Correlation as Causation. Malcolm On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Shelly Thomas wrote: > Dear Colleagues,The gen ed program and science departments at my university > are having a conversation this week about correlation v. causation. Already > I am finding serious differences (ev

Re: [ECOLOG-L] correlation v. causation

2012-10-12 Thread malcolm McCallum
The whole point of a correlation is that you don't really know what is going one with two or more variables, but you think there might be a relationship of some kind. That is why we say correlation doesn't indicate causation. A regression does indicate causation because we name a determinant variab

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: CABI Student Research - Usage of Scientific Information

2012-10-17 Thread malcolm McCallum
this came to my email and I thought others might be interested in providing info. -- Forwarded message -- From: c...@accucoms.com via surveymonkey.com Date: Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:03 AM Subject: CABI Student Research - Usage of Scientific Information To: malcolm.mccal...@herpconb

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

2012-10-19 Thread malcolm McCallum
the 2010 unemployment rate for PHDs was 2.5%. Considering that its well into the 70%s (or so I'm told) in humanities, this is pretty darn good. However, not all PHDs are in permanent, tenure-track or jobs related to their training. But, this is true in an discipline and at any education level. M

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

2012-10-20 Thread malcolm McCallum
; dead-end technician positions. I would be interested in knowing this under- > employment rate for (EEB) PhD's, and it's relativeness to other > professions. I think this would be a more relevant number than the > unemployment rate per se. > > > On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:11:02 -0

Re: [ECOLOG-L] grad school advice

2012-10-20 Thread malcolm McCallum
Thought I'ld chime in about non-teaching faculty responsibilites. In my last job I sat down and recorded all the committee work I was involved in. I discovered after a month that I spent 12 hrs in the classroom, another 10 hours in office hours, and I was in meetings with committees or filling out

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

2012-10-22 Thread malcolm McCallum
I don't think you should be pessimistic. I think you need to be realistic. Here is what you need coming out: 1) Teaching experience as the lead instructor (especially things like A&P) 2) Publications before graduation (Even small and minor ones are important, don't be fooled) 3) Successful grant

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

2012-10-22 Thread malcolm McCallum
I got a private email from someone who wishes to remain anonymous, but I am posting some of their comments with some possible help for those trying to make it through. > 1. grad students are used as grunt labour, we are teaching assistants. One > class I was a teaching assistant form began with T

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

2012-10-23 Thread malcolm McCallum
I personally do not consider it an opportunity as you put it. I consider it a necessity or requirement you just better do. I have sat on a ton of search committees, and I guarantee you that teaching experience will trump none in every case except maybe a research doctoral school. I'm not sure if

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

2012-10-23 Thread malcolm McCallum
tunists, thus > causing a lot of the problems we have been discussing. > > > > > On 10/23/2012 12:01 AM, malcolm McCallum wrote: >> >> I personally do not consider it an opportunity as you put it. >> I consider it a necessity or requirement you just better do. >

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

2012-11-04 Thread malcolm McCallum
s and lakes are just another kidn of wetland ultimately. You might also check the National Wetland Inventory classification system for guidelines there. These suggestions are not the limit, just starting points where you may find the stuff you are looking for. Malcolm McCallum On Sat, Nov 3, 2

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

2012-11-04 Thread malcolm McCallum
The outcomes of what Nolan refers to are published in the ASTM Standard Methods. These will be under effluent testing, 48 hr, 24 hr, etc acute and chronic tox assays using daphnae, chironomids, etc. There are other effluent testing protocols for testing impairment, most are standard methods under

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Careers in Conservation: Crossing the Barren Waste

2012-11-05 Thread malcolm McCallum
k out. If you are sitting around feeling sorry for yourself and your situation, you will probably be the only one thinking about you and your situation. Academia, government, or start up a private consultancy, you can win your own game. Maybe, this story will give you some ideas. Malcolm McCallu

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Suggestions needed -ANOVA

2012-11-14 Thread malcolm McCallum
Before and after are repeated measures issues if using an ANOVA or T-test. Are the data continuous or categories? If continuous you can use a regression. If categories then use ANOVA/T-Test. The bottom line is that we do not know enough about the nature of the data and the area to advise you in

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecology and Equations Re: [ECOLOG-L] New blog post- the use of complex equations decreases the chance that a paper will be cited

2012-11-18 Thread malcolm McCallum
Ecology is not reduced to mathematics. It is described using mathematics. That is the nature of models. The fact that it is complex does not mean their is no mathematical basis. It just means that the mathematics are very complex. Further, dissecting the mathematical complexities in extereme detail

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Community level effects of habitat fragmentation

2012-12-01 Thread malcolm McCallum
Theory of Island Biogeography, E.O WIlson. On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 7:39 PM, David N. M. Mbora wrote: > Dear Friends, > I am looking for compelling papers on the community level > effects of habitat fragmentation. I am > especially interested in papers that focus on species interactions and > ec

Re: [ECOLOG-L] OPEN PEER REVIEW

2012-12-18 Thread malcolm McCallum
Regarding peer review, I believe that it really does not matter what kind of peer or editorial review is used in a journal. What matters is that whatever system is used provides a fair assessment, appropriate degree of rigor, careful selection of reviewrs/editors, and sufficient degree of thoroughn

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Environmental Biology and subordinate disciplines Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fwd: DEB Communications and Program Information Update

2012-12-24 Thread malcolm McCallum
s face. We are, however, very focused in an area that is interdisicplinary, so it is not always clear to people who lack that training what in the world we are doing! :) Maybe a little more than you asked for, but there it is. Malcolm McCallum Ph.D. Environmental Sciences. On Mon, Dec 24,

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: gender bias of scientists

2012-12-26 Thread malcolm McCallum
Hi, I came across this recent article on gender bias in science ( http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/09/14/1211286109.full.pdf). Its not a perfect article, for example, suggesting that analyzing responses by faculty at 3 private and 3 public top-rated research schools can be extrapolated to th

[ECOLOG-L] fake journals on google scholar

2013-01-28 Thread malcolm McCallum
"So" I'm doing a Google Scholar search on bird evolution from Theropods and viola, up come all these articles that declare nonsese logic about avian evolution. The journals? Acts and Facts. Creation.com Journal of Creation. Creation.com You need to know in case your students come to you with

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

2013-01-30 Thread malcolm McCallum
research which will open your eyes to other options you may not have considered. Without it, its going to be pretty difficult to defend your understanding of the research process. Not impossible, but difficult. Malcolm McCallum On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Sean wrote: > Having graduated with

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

2013-02-02 Thread malcolm McCallum
This is going to depend upon the emphasis you place in the class. For example, are you emphasizing the theory or the practice, or equal energy to both? Also, how much supplemental reading is involved? I personally think sometimes we worry too much about the textbook itself and not enough about the

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Suggestions wanted: world's weirdest plants

2011-08-16 Thread malcolm McCallum
Seriously, the Indian Pipeno chlorophyll! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_uniflora On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:10 AM, malcolm McCallum wrote: > here is a very weird plant > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffid > picture:   > http://www.google.com/imgres?q=day+of+th

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open peer review journal for Ecology

2011-08-16 Thread malcolm McCallum
GO to http://www.doaj.org they have a list of many open access journals. Malcolm On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:30 PM, kevina vulinec wrote: > For tropical ecology: > http://www.tropicalconservationscience.org/ > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Zewei Song wrote: > >> Hi, Ecologgers >> >> I was wo

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Job Announcement: US Forest Service Ecologist

2011-08-19 Thread malcolm McCallum
My personal experience with USOPM and applications: I have applied for many positions with the Feds since 2003. I have reached the interview stage 6-10 times. During that time I was offered two positions. One I turned down because I could not justify to myself leaving my courses half-way through t

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ethics of spousal hires (was Re: [ECOLOG-L] Job Announcement: US Forest Service Ecologist)

2011-08-20 Thread malcolm McCallum
I'm not sure if everyone is aware, but there is also what is called a shared position. Basically, the school hires the married pair and they "share" the opening. They each share teach responsibilities (and the salary) and both must make tenure or neither does. It is virtually impossible to "know

[ECOLOG-L] Medawar: Advice to a Young Scientist

2011-08-20 Thread malcolm McCallum
I have found this publication to be very useful during my academic career. It was written by a Nobelaureate. I'm not sure how much of it is good advice in all situations, but at least it gives you something to think about. here is a link to it on Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=BEh

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ethics of spousal hires (was Re: [ECOLOG-L] Job Announcement: US Forest Service Ecologist)

2011-08-21 Thread malcolm McCallum
Unfortunately, there climate of universities is rapidly shifting to this viewpoint that they "make money." However, this focus on the internal exchange of money between a student and the institution, or a grantor and the grantee, ignores the obvious externalities that higher education provides to

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Is academic publishing a racket?

2011-09-04 Thread malcolm McCallum
Open access is a completely different issue from the "publishing racket." In fact, running an open access journal online is so much cheaper than a traditional journal its funny. However, the posting fees for many of these outlets amount to 1000s of dollars. Where is the money going? The reduced the

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Is academic publishing a racket? Yes

2011-09-06 Thread malcolm McCallum
ON a related thread. Lawrence 2007. The mismeasurement of science. Current Biology http://www.labri.fr/perso/gimbert/lawrence-current-biology-2007.pdf Excerpt: Answer from the hero in Leo Szilard’s 1948 story “The Mark Gable Foundation” when asked by a wealthy entrepreneur who believes that scien

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Is academic publishing a racket?

2011-09-06 Thread malcolm McCallum
Having run an open access herpetology journal for 6 years that has no page charges, no upload fees, is run entirely by volunteers, and is rapidly rising in stature with coverage by Journal Citation Reports and having many articles been widely covered by the media, I find the excessive fees asinine.

[ECOLOG-L] scissor tail fly catchers

2011-09-08 Thread malcolm McCallum
we normally have literally 30-60 Scissor Tail Flycatchers around on our property during the summer in NE Texas (Texarkana, Bowie Co.). This year we have none. Has anyone else noticed a disappearance (or resurgence) in this species this year? -- Malcolm L. McCallum Oceania University of Medicin

Re: [ECOLOG-L] free sources for citation data

2011-09-08 Thread malcolm McCallum
Harzing's Publish or Perish has been using this database for a long time now. Last I checked they had not opened up the Google version yet. On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:42 PM, David Inouye wrote: > Some information from an article in 4 August 2011 Nature, "Computing giants > launch free science met

Re: [ECOLOG-L] a non Ivory Tower view of invasive species

2011-09-12 Thread malcolm McCallum
What is NATURAL? In environmental science no one talks about NATURAL. You have impaired, unimpaired, and degrees of impairment because that has a meaning. Natural is too nebulous and subjective. Malcolm McCallum On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Eric North wrote: > This is a troubling thr

Re: [ECOLOG-L] a non Ivory Tower view of invasive species

2011-09-13 Thread malcolm McCallum
ct: Re: [ECOLOG-L] a non Ivory Tower view of invasive species >> From: malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org >> To: xcs...@hotmail.com >> CC: ECOLOG-L@listserv.umd.edu >> >> What is NATURAL? >> >> In environmental science no one talks about NATURAL. >> You have imp

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: [NHCOLL-L:5688] Status of the University of Memphis Collection of Mammals

2011-10-13 Thread malcolm McCallum
-- Forwarded message -- From: Revelez, Marcia A. Date: Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 4:30 PM Subject: [NHCOLL-L:5688] Status of the University of Memphis Collection of Mammals To: "nhcol...@lists.yale.edu" Integration of the University of Memphis Collection of Mammals into the Collection

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Methods for population estimates in amphibians

2011-10-24 Thread malcolm McCallum
literature on amphibians and reptiles. Also, to some degree insect methods may be useful. Malcolm McCallum Department Molecular Biology and Biochemistry University of Missouri Kansas City Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Eric Flores wrote

Re: [ECOLOG-L] UC-Berkeley and other ‘public Iv ie s’ in fiscal peril

2011-12-28 Thread malcolm McCallum
Its all pretty obvious. Federal government establishes federally funded financial aid to help those in need. State governments cut funding to universities, so universities are forced to raise tuition and get more of their finances from the federal financial aid programs. Lets say a ficticious sta

Re: [ECOLOG-L] need advice on training

2012-01-03 Thread malcolm McCallum
earch. The basics can be learned with a tutor in about half an hour. The power of GIS, however, takes a lot longer to master. I have taught undergrad/grad courses in GIS many times, and have used it quite a bit. Malcolm McCallum On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Christi Yoder wrote: > Hi ever

Re: [ECOLOG-L] need advice on training

2012-01-04 Thread malcolm McCallum
Cheers! > > -- > Aaron T. Dossey, Ph.D. > Biochemistry and Molecular Biology > Founder/Owner: All Things Bugs > Capitalizing on Low-Crawling Fruit from Insect-Based Innovation > http://www.allthingsbugs.com/Curriculum_Vitae.pdf > https://www.facebook.com/Allthingsbugs > 1-352-281-3643

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Is there a referee crisis in ecology?

2012-01-07 Thread malcolm McCallum
Recent joint editorial from all herp societies published in Herpetological Conservation and Biology. The "peer" in Peer Review. http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_6/Issue_3/Joint_editorial_2011.pdf On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Chris Lortie wrote: > Dear Ecologgers, > > Thank you so much for you

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open Access References Re: [ECOLOG-L] NYT OP-ED piece about public access to research publications

2012-01-12 Thread malcolm McCallum
Commercial journals and prestigious journals are not inclusive of one another. Commercial journals use a number of strategies to inflate their initial impact ratings. These strategies are not available to most non-commercial outlets. For example, most societies publish 1-2 journals. Most commerci

Re: [ECOLOG-L] academic publishers and politics

2012-01-21 Thread malcolm McCallum
For people who are interested in the politics of publishing and citation metrics, the following are really worth reading...technically, we should all be following this stuff. Although scientists in general are pretty smart, a huge bunch of us tends to ignore the continual political under-cutting of

Re: [ECOLOG-L] current news stories for use in ecology lectures

2012-01-31 Thread malcolm McCallum
le as biased conservative, biased liberal, or relatively unbiased. This can be a pretty nifty way to get people talking. I like to get an article online from an MSNBC, Fox News, and then a very very strait unbiased article (often from BBC or one of the science news outlets). Fun Fun FUn Malcolm McCallum

Re: [ECOLOG-L] online resource guide for environmental science degree programs

2012-02-22 Thread malcolm McCallum
Chris is on the ball. Although an environmental scientist and and ecologist overlap in their education, and can and often do similar things, they are not equivalents. An environmental scientist will be steeped in ecology, but also policy and economics. This person will be trained to address thing

[ECOLOG-L] changes in environmental literacy

2012-02-26 Thread malcolm McCallum
I am trying to find papers on three issues: 1) has the average environmental literacy (in the US or abroad) increased, declined, or remained stable over the last few decades. 2) does environmental literacy level influence engagement and/or interest in environment issues. (I am also interested in

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

2012-03-14 Thread malcolm McCallum
Traditionally/historically you selected a journal based on the subject matter of your study combined with the geographical relevance it held. For example, if I did a study on the reproductive ecology of wombats from St. Clair Co, IL, I would have several options. 1) if the paper had wide ranging i

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

2012-03-15 Thread malcolm McCallum
This is true, but its so hard to keep up with all the emails. I just open google scholar and do a quick search on key topics every so often each month. This catches me up when I can access the articles. Malcolm On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: > One way to get the serendipit

[ECOLOG-L] elms and dutch elm disease question

2012-03-28 Thread malcolm McCallum
Hi, I recently moved to KC MO where we live on to some farm acreage about 45 mi SE of KC. on our property are a number of large old elm trees. I am ASSUMING they are american elms. The thing that is surprising to me is that they are so large. I remember when I was a kid in the 1970s dutch elm disea

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

2012-04-08 Thread malcolm McCallum
Simone, I am not criticizing or anything, but I would not bring an 3 mo old infant into a situation like this. There are just so many things that can happen and you are so far from any medical help. I know a lot of people do it but I would strongly advise against it. Not only is it a much higher r

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

2012-04-09 Thread malcolm McCallum
Unsolicited? This was a post to a public forum on which the poster has requested advice on what equipment she/he should consider for his/her infant. Is this a female? I know men and women with this first name so I am not sure. But, apparently some of you either know or have concluded such. Anyo

Re: [ECOLOG-L] ESA/NEPA training

2012-04-25 Thread malcolm McCallum
Back in the 90's I took a semester long course on Environmental Impact Assessment, which is essentially NEPA. The section 7 stuff is just part of the process. Frankly, if you purchased an EIA book and looked in the govt pubs at a few of the DEIS, and EISs you would probably learn pretty quickly wh

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Another question about scientific writing in ecology

2017-02-22 Thread Malcolm McCallum
Sure, there is nothing wrong with this. some journals encourage it to reduce text in the discussion. malcolm On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Manuel Spínola wrote: > Dear list members, > > Is appropriate for an original research paper to include a table with > other research findings in the Re

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Question about authorship

2017-02-24 Thread Malcolm McCallum
Remember,.. these are "more what you'd call guidelines than actual rules." Guidelines are composed of decisions trees intended to help a person make an appropriate decision or action. They may encourage a person to move in one direction or another, but do not mandate such movement. Rules mandat

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Must Read Article on so called "Open Access Journals" Also known as Predatory journals

2017-03-28 Thread Malcolm McCallum
This is a serious problem in academic publishing. In fact, some universities trying to pose themselves as productive actually encourage faculty to publish in these outlets. Well, I should say I know of at least one Dean who promoted it for faculty. However, it is also important to know that these

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are page charges related to Impact Factor?

2017-04-11 Thread Malcolm McCallum
In general, journals that charge to access articles TEND to have lower impact factors than those that are open access when comparing apples to apples. Since many journals that are not open access do not charge for publication, there could be some kind of correlation here. But it is probably spuri

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are page charges related to Impact Factor?

2017-04-13 Thread Malcolm McCallum
This won't really work because there are hundreds of non-predatory journals that have no impact factor. Further, impact factor is confounded by a multitude of issues central to why so many have been rejecting it. It is already a fact that impact factor is a better predictor of whether a paper will

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Managing Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Other Significant Decisions: DOI > $100 K

2017-04-23 Thread Malcolm McCallum
This is simple to deal with. award no grant of over $100,000. IF a program requires $300,000, then write the grant into three $100,000 grants in which each pays for 1/3 of the project. IF some item is involved that is over $100K, then break it up into components. $100,000 building? Ok, $90,000 fo

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: #perchgate - Would you have spotted the fraud?

2017-05-01 Thread Malcolm McCallum
Check this out.. -- Forwarded message -- From: Irene Zweimüller Date: Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 2:56 PM Subject: #perchgate - Would you have spotted the fraud? To: fish-...@segate.sunet.se <> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> > REPLIES WILL BE SENT

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Editor bias in peer review

2017-05-22 Thread Malcolm McCallum
The editor of most journals is the gatekeeper. Therefore, inquiry with the editor or a member of the editorial staff as to if your paper is appropriate is very important, especially when submitting to journals like Ecology, PNAS, etc. With PNAS, discussion with an academy member is probably suffic

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Nature view on weakness of current publishing trends and the impact on reviewing

2017-05-24 Thread Malcolm McCallum
the increasingly multidisciplinary nature of many areas of biology are causing this. interdisciplinary studies were always supposed to be done by multidisciplinary groups of individuals each doing their part in the grander project. with the increasing numbers of people who are trained in multidis

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Scientists urged not to publish locations of endangered species

2017-06-14 Thread Malcolm McCallum
The journal Herpetological Conservation and Biology has, since its inception, provided for authors to upload location data in a locked file. This file can only be accessed by people with a legit reason for downloading it, and permission must be obtained from the authors or if deceases, the editor o

[ECOLOG-L] Limbaugh belittles extinction crisis

2017-07-17 Thread Malcolm McCallum
Please draw your attention to this morning's declaration by Rush Limbaugh that we are not in a biodiversity crisis. The transcript is posted at: https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/07/13/rush-247-morning-update-mass- extinction/ Limbaugh uses this opportunity to claim only a handful of scient

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Limbaugh belittles extinction crisis

2017-07-20 Thread Malcolm McCallum
Conservative and Liberal political commentary are largely brainwashing America. When a good solution to anything is developed it is essential to consider the concerns and desires of all involved. When people believe that republicans wear golden halos and democrats are scum, or that republicans ar

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: [SANET-MG] Iowa Lawmakers Push to Dismantle Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture - DTN Progressive Farmer

2017-09-19 Thread Malcolm McCallum
I felt this is probably of interest to some on Ecolog. -- Forwarded message -- From: Lawrence London Date: Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 8:26 PM Subject: [SANET-MG] Iowa Lawmakers Push to Dismantle Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture - DTN Progressive Farmer To: permaculture , sanet

Re: [ECOLOG-L] basic statistics textbooks

2017-09-19 Thread Malcolm McCallum
Electronic Statistics Textbook (free online since 1995): http://www.statsoft.com/Textbook Online resource: http://stattrek.com/ On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Gregory Zimmerman wrote: > I use Gotelli and Ellison because it has the broadest coverage (classical, > maximum likelihood, re-rando

[ECOLOG-L] fisheries/aquaculture classroom software

2017-10-09 Thread Malcolm McCallum
Hi, can anyone recommend any educational software that targets fisheries management and or aquaculture production. I am teaching fisheries and would like to do some simulation stuff. I do have some research software from NOAA that I will incorporate. Any ideas welcome. Thanks in advance and sor

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A question re: Holling's disk equation

2017-11-06 Thread Malcolm McCallum
You are dealing with objects that have essentially the same handling time in reality. I used the disc equation in my MS thesis. As it turned out there were a number of prey antipredator behaviors that led to differences in swallowing time. Your differences are undoubtedly due to differences amon

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

2013-11-19 Thread malcolm McCallum
Well, first they disbanded political science research, and now they are trying to do the first steps to slowing science. The person at NSF who approves funding must justify such. why? that way the congress can go after that person, exert pressure on the scientific process, and turn it into a pol

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

2013-11-20 Thread malcolm McCallum
But, hmmm... . Do European institutions excel relative to the U.S. in > scientific progress? Many of them do have funded institutions, with funded > laboratories within them. > > David McNeely > > malcolm McCallum wrote: >> Well, first they disbanded political science re

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Mongabay Prize for Environmental Reporting

2013-11-20 Thread malcolm McCallum
Congratulations!!! A phenomenal accomplishment for an admirable career thus far. keep up the good work! For those who have not read Wendee's work, you should. She does an outstanding job of environmental reporting. Malcolm On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Wendee Nicole wrote: > I thought you all

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