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Category: Doing Science
Introducing “Ecology Stories”
Wisdom begins with the proper naming of things. In this episode of Ecology Stories—written as a resource for science classes—@damotmot and I present an illustrated intro to taxonomy.
Read MoreThe Ten Principles of Ecology
I have been teaching a course called “Principles of Ecology” at OU since 1996. It was a traditional two one-hour lecture, one three-hour lab for most of those years. In 2013, I decided to flip the course, converting the lectures…
Read MoreA short essay on Koechner’s Criterion and its relationship to success in Grad School
Where I coin Koechner’s Criterion and run with it
Read MoreWhat journal gets the first peek at your manuscript? Results from a year of ruminating.
The manuscript’s done. Now what?
Read MoreHow to schedule a committee meeting
How to get your committee in one room, and in a reasonably good mood.In short, be early; be concise; be considerate; be professional. Bonus: you will earn the reputation for being just that.
Read MoreOn the salutary effect of the Kudos Email
If you like someone’s work, don’t just cite them, write them!
Read MoreOn writing a strong NSF pre-proposal
Its been 4 years since NSF DEB began to require pre-proposals. What makes a strong one?
Read MoreCanopy and understory microclimates – how are the ants handling them?
The author, Jelena Bujan, in the canopy of Pseudobombax septenatum, a deciduous tree with smooth green bark. Jelena is completing her third field season on Barro Colorado Island, in Panama. In tropical forests, is frequently assumed that canopies are “deserts”…
Read MorePolitics 101 for Academics
Politics is the art of the possible. Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made. I’ve known both quotes for a while, but as I just now looked them up, I discovered they have the…
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