Behavioral Ecology Blog

There is a pretty cool paper in a recent issue of PRSOL by Hutchings, et.al.
Genetically resistant sheep avoid parasites to a greater extent than do susceptible sheep

ABSTRACT:Livestock breeding programmes have created resistant (R) and susceptible (S) sheep that differ in their ability to control parasites through their immune function but potentially also their grazing behaviour [...]

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This sign has remained for more than 30 years in my home town.. No word on the number of cars crushed…

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Thanks to Hsien, I stumbled across this article in The Bulletin, a Philadelphia, PA newspaper… Basically it covers the military’s attempts at identifying otherwise unidentifiable remains of soldiers killed in action. They say:
While DNA has been used to identify the remains of POWs for years, until now, the DOD had to rely on the annual [...]

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Everyone knows they didn’t walk, God carried them there, DUH!
From Mike

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Does one exist? I’d be willing to travel a good distance for a salteña and a cold Paceña..
Hell, I’d even take a Peruvian or Chilean Restaurant.

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One of our favorite things to do on weekends is go to the beach, and as much as possible, we try to find new beaches every time we go out… This weekend, we drove down to Monterey, mainly to go to the Aquarium, but then to travel up Route 1 to visit a few beaches… [...]

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Water conservation is a big issue, given both the current drought afflicting the Southwest US, and more generally, given global climate change. While numerous methods have been prescribed by experts to control our use (abuse) of this valuable resource, many of them are limited in their application. For instance, irrigation of lawns applies [...]

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In case you can’t read it: This is a graph of the number of insurgent attacks (in Iraq) over timeJust imagine what it would have been like without the “surge”

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Seen on the freeway- apparently the message is not reaching some…And my motto…More

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Is anybody using this? Can you send me a protocol? macmanes #at# gmail -dot- com. ScienceDaily says it’s “quicker and cheaper“.

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