Behavioral Ecology Blog

There is an exquisitely interesting paper in this edition of The American Naturalist (Sex in the Morning or in the Evening? Females Adjust Daily Mating Patterns to the Intensity of Sexual Harassment ), providing yet another layer of complexity on the issue of sexual conflict. Basically, the authors Løvlie and TommasoPizzari studied [...]

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BREAKING NEWS: Presidential contender John McCain to participate in Washington D.C. event!!
Well I’m not quite sure I’ll be participating in this event, mostly because of the extreme pain that seems to be associated with this type of activity, but for those of you that are so inclined, June 10th is the official day… if [...]

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As many of you know, my 1st career was in nursing- specifically, I am an ER nurse by training/interest. I have over 7 years experience there, so I feel qualified to make statements like to one’s I’ll make below.. I was led to this truly shockingly believable story by John Wilkins, over at his blog [...]

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What is the SREL?

Founded in 1951 by Odum- the founder of modern ecology
Situated on the Savannah River Site- the site of a gov’t operated nuclear reactor and weapons manufacture site.
Stated goals include the study of the long term effects of radiation.
From work there- >3,000 publications.
Undergraduate students from more [...]

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ID’er, young earth creationist, or credible scientists???
Anyway, Jim has been busy spamming the Mammal-L and Ecolog-L listservs for the past few weeks… Here is one of his posts.

Have you seen this? A peer reviewed journal for young earth creationism! Please tell me that someone out there is preparing some stiff opposition to this. [...]

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.. Not to mention one of the most prolific receivers in Michigan History.. He has been in the NFL 2 years now, and is giving large amounts of money back to the community.. This is WAY more than can be said for the majority of pro-bowlers and long time pro’s…
Last year, $500,000 to Michigan for [...]

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Just a pretty picture. This animal- Neotoma lepida, was caught in the Santa Ana Mts at 1900ft elevation. Near Upper San Juan campground on May 9th, 2007.

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So another week (or 2) has passed… I have been to several locations- some pretty cool. I am however, sad to report to that the mice continue to be illusive. Every place I go, there are mice, but not very many. The probability that I fond a population of breeding mice decreases with time..
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So as many of you know, I have been having significant problems this spring with the mice. Basically, my dissertation depends on my being able to find breeding mice. This has been difficult… I work in the Sonoran Desert in Southern California, specifically Riverside county. Now California is in the middle [...]

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