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Do we sign our peer reviews? Mostly, no.
Update, 24 November 2014: There’s been a renewed interest in this post, so now is as good a time as any to note that, in addition to this survey, I also posted written responses from folks who choose to sign … Continue reading
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Crowd-sourcing natural history
What I think of as my first “real” science job was a year I spent in Pittsburgh, interning for the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. One of my most enjoyable duties was assisting a WPC ecologist on systematic surveys of plant diversity … Continue reading
Posted in citizen science, community, methods
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How prevalent are non-overlapping generations?
Recently, the question of how prevalent in nature are truly non-overlapping generations has piqued my interest. There are many methodologies which make the assumption that generations are non-overlapping. Or in other cases, it is a simplification we may make to … Continue reading
Scientific computing doesn't have to hurt
Amy Brown handles communication and scheduling for Software Carpentry. The post title alludes to the goals of Software Carpentry, a volunteer organization whose members teach basic software skills to researchers in science, engineering, and medicine. It’s a great organization, and … Continue reading
What we're reading: Well, actually, we were all at this conference …
As you may have noticed. But I did take a lot of nice photos, anyway. More thoughts on Evolution 2013 forthcoming. It was a great meeting!
Social networks, and networking, at conferences
Cross-posted from Denim and Tweed: Just in time for the Evolution 2013 meeting, Nature has a nice article by Roberta Kwok on how to use social networks and mobile apps at scientific conferences. Oh, and there’s a brief appearence by … Continue reading
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Tagged Evolution 2013, social media, Twitter
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CSEE Kelowna
For those of you who find yourselves in Kelowna, British Columbia this week, you are hopefully enjoying yourself at the annual Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) meeting!
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This June, in Snowbird …
I just finished my registration for Evolution 2013, the joint annual meeting of theAmerican Society of Naturalists, Society of Systematic Biologists, and the Society for the Study of Evolution. This year it’ll run from the 21st to the 26th of June, at the … Continue reading
The end of Primer Notes, the start of Genomic Resources Notes
Molecular Ecology Notes published its first issue back in March 2001 – an issue containing a brief editorial, four technical notes, and 35 primer notes. The latter, brief papers describing new primer pairs useful for studying natural populations, have been … Continue reading