So, when you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up? Was the answer always "ecologist"? I doubt it, unless one of your parents was an ecologist. So, if not an ecologist, what did you want to be? I wanted to be a paleontologist, until I found out that "...
You're encouraged to explain your answer in the comments. [polldaddy poll=6009038] UPDATE: Who'd have thought that almost half of you study delicious species? Lobster? Rainbow trout? Carrots? It's as if you chose your PhD supervisors on an empty stomach. And hardly any...
So, just to keep y'all entertained as I continue cranking away on other tasks: what's the craziest (or oddest, or most grueling, or etc.) thing you've ever done for science? Answer in the comments. I write a lot about theory on this blog. This post is really for all...
Revisiting my old humorous post on why my papers are like fine wine got me thinking about wine tastings. Wine tastings are often done blind so that the tasters aren't biased by knowing what they're drinking. As psychologists have shown time and again, if people think...
An old humorous post , which actually has a semi-serious point to do with the use of citation metrics to evaluate scientific papers and authors. If you believe in bandwagons , then you should believe that sometimes being well-cited is a bad thing (because it just...
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23 February 2012
The Art of Modelling poses a question to mathematically-inclined readers: can you build a model of individual movement that explains sheep cyclones ? Even if you're not a modeller, you should click through to find out what a sheep cyclone is.
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15 February 2012
One of my favorite comics asks whether we shouldn't just let the zombies win .
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14 February 2012
My fellow editor Mark Vellend just emailed me with the fruits of his research on how to formally cite blog posts. While standards are still evolving and many ecology journals have no official policy, you can find guidance here and here . (UPDATE: second link fixed) The...
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11 February 2012
Here . The diagram on the left is true. The diagram on the right isn't, but it often feels like it is.
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11 February 2012
I can't possibly comment on how true this is. HT Denim and Tweed .
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