drupaladmin
22 November 2011
I've written about how lucky I was to get the academic position I currently hold, and how I was prepared to quit science if I hadn't gotten it. I've suggested that current grad students hoping to go on in academia follow my example: recognize that the odds of success...
drupaladmin
8 November 2011
Scientific papers are infamous for being dry and technical. There are good reasons for that. A scientific paper is supposed to convince the reader of its conclusions on the objective basis of the evidence it presents. What matters, or what is supposed to matter, is...
drupaladmin
11 October 2011
There are two dominant approaches to statistics. Here, I explain why you need to choose one or the other, and link to resources to help you make your choice. Most ecologists use the frequentist approach. This approach focuses on P(D|H), the probability of the data,...
drupaladmin
16 September 2011
In the comments on a previous post, I got into a discussion about the reasons why one might study short-term (i.e. transient) dynamics as opposed to long-term (i.e. asymptotic) dynamics. For instance, one might study a system's short-term response to a single...
drupaladmin
12 September 2011
Now up at Sarcozona .
drupaladmin
2 September 2011
Students especially should read this post over at Worthwhile Canadian Initiative on inductive vs. deductive approaches to research. It touches on a range of issues, like whether we should seek simplicity or embrace complexity in our models, whether simple models are...
drupaladmin
16 August 2011
A complement to the previous post . What do you do if you're asked a tough question? The best response to a tough question is to answer it. No dodging, no spin, no bulls**t--just answer the question. There really is no substitute for having thought long and hard about...
drupaladmin
14 August 2011
A previous post on this blog asked why ecologists can't all just get along. Contrarian that I am, I want to ask whether we get along too well. That is, do we ask each other enough tough questions? I've been thinking about posting on this for a while. I finally decided...
9 am, room 10B: Hurtado et al. on the interplay of disease-host and predator-prey dynamics. Related to talks by Spencer Hall and Meghan Duffy earlier in the conference. 9:50 am, room 12B: Kremer et al. on adaptation of plankton to thermally varying environments. Colin...
Ok, writing paragraph-length previews for the highlighted talks is taking too long. So I'm keeping this short and sweet. 8:30 am, Ballroom B: Vasseur et al. on coexistence via neighbor-dependent selection. Dave's super-smart, and he gives a great talk. He'll be...
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