Posts tagged “Ecology”
ESA Meeting
I spent last week at the Ecological Society of America meeting in Albuquerque. ESA meetings are huge, and Albuquerque was not quite prepared – at least one bar ran out of beer. Albuquerque was not the prettiest city, but I loved that there were murals everywhere. Unfortunately, I only got one picture. There were […]
What do you know?
LL Cool Joe started an interesting meme a couple weeks ago and Leo tagged me. The rules: 1. You’ve got to post a link from the person who tagged you. 2. List 8 things that you know about on your chosen subject. You get to choose the subject. 3. You don’t have to tag anyone […]
My first ESA meeting!
This summer, I went to the Ecological Society of America’s annual meeting in Milwaukee. After spending most of my summer at KBS near the small town of Hickory Corners, it was nice to be in a city for a few days. The conference was great. I learned a lot of ecology, met tons of cool […]
Vacation’s over
I lived at the Kellogg Biological Station for most of this summer. It’s wonderful to be home, but living on a lake wasn’t all bad.
Fieldwork
I took a course this summer that required quite a bit of fieldwork. Toward the end of the class, we split into small groups and planned our own projects. My group wanted to ask about forest succession. We went on an exploratory jaunt through the Michigan State University’s Experimental Forest the first day of the […]
How big an influence is ELME having on me?
Recently added to my amazon wishlist: Matrix Population Models Elements of Mathematical Ecology Mathematical Models in Biology Time Series: A Biostatistical Introduction Ecological Niches: Linking Classical and Contemporary Approaches
All around the mulberry bush…
Just outside of my classroom here at KBS is a large mulberry bush. The mulberries are just beginning to ripen. I had a small, but very tasty, handful today. I’ve never really eaten anything made with mulberries before. I was thinking they’d be good with pancakes. Any suggestions?