Mesocosm transplant across env gradients -what are your thoughts?

Simulating change in ecological systems can take many forms. We are interested in making generalisations about ecological response to change, including climate and land-use intensity. We aere...

06 July 2017 9,982 3 View

Wherein the world do you think land-use change having the greatest impact on ecological communities and on human societies?

Land-use change is exerting pressure across the globe, but where are the tipping points? We ought to focus our research there... but where, and what issues are most important to you?

03 April 2016 3,723 12 View

What do you think are the most pressing ecological questions for the next five years?

what are the big knowledge gaps and most pressing questions? Let's get a discussion going!

02 March 2016 218 10 View

Are you working in alpine snowbeds? If so, I'm interested in what you do, and I'm looking for collaborative study opportunities. interested?

Hi, I'm working in European snowbed systems, and I'm interested in potential collaborative studies looking at the status of SOM in contrasting snowbeds and other alpine microhabitats. If you have...

02 March 2016 8,403 0 View

Is taking an ecosyetm-services perspective beneficial for the sustainability of ecological systems, or a pseudo-economic price tag?

This is a general question, to which I hope to stimulate some discussion. For me, we tread a fine line, and it is important that, whilst highlighting the manifold benefits we gain from ecological...

31 December 2014 6,771 2 View

Freeze-thaw impacts on soil phosphorus: possible collaboration for multi-site comparison?

I've been doing some work on how freeze-thaw events cause pulse losses of phosphorus from soils, and am currently writing a short paper on this. I would like to see if anybody is interested in...

31 December 2013 7,536 43 View

Does drought have the potential to cause a drop in pH in mineral soils?

I have some data which I will submit shortly as part of a publication in which I tentatively attribute the accumulation of un-decomposed organic matter to a drop in pH, possibly due to the...

07 August 2013 7,562 19 View

Soil freeze-thaw and phosphorus - do you have data , publications or input?

I am currently writing a review paper on the effects of freezing and freeze-thaw processes on soil phosphorus. The literature is relatively sparse (when compared to C and N) on this and I am keen...

07 August 2013 9,490 3 View

Tooth extraction and subsequent dental implant placement in Sprague-Dawley rats induce differential changes in anterior digastric myofibre size and ?

01 March 2021 7,254 3 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

The Shannon's index is inversely proportional to Simpson's index (1-D)?

I'm having a problem with my bloxplot with Shannon's and Simpson's indexs. The value of Shannon for my Community 1 indicating higher diversity (in relation of the Community 2), but have lower...

26 February 2021 3,033 9 View

Is this the write procedure for acid digestion of soil for heavy metal analysis using AAS?

How to do acid digestion of soil sample with 3:1 aquaregia in an open vessel?

23 February 2021 3,053 7 View

Are there packages (R or Python) for simple models (bucket?) to assess soil water content?

Hi everyone. I am researching droguht effects on soil water drought. I am looking for already implemented functions in R or Python to estimate soil water content from precipitation,...

21 February 2021 2,084 1 View

Which type of loading is to be used in dynamic analysis of Machien foundation?

Hello Everyone, Hope you all are doing well. I'm trying to simulate a machine foundation in ABAQUS with a geo-cell reinforced soil bed. Im totally confused to which type of loading would be...

21 February 2021 4,388 3 View

How to calculate the Atomic Polar Tensor using DFT ?

Dear friends, I am a beginner at DFT calculation. I have done a structure optimization using DFT- B3LYP/6-31G*, Nevertheless, I don't know How to calculate the Atomic Polar Tensor (APT) in...

17 February 2021 9,082 3 View

Any recommendations for methods to analyze elephant space-use (using GPS) and correlating this with changes in NDVI?

For my Masters I am looking into elephant space-use and its effect on vegetation change. I have elephant GPS collar data and was going to use Google Earth Engine to obtain NDVI values. I would...

16 February 2021 7,097 3 View

How to consider effects of rapid warm adaptation in modeling of ecological impacts of warming?

I would highly appreciate it if my fellow ecologists (biologists) provide their opinion on the thoughts below [esp., shortly tell us which path may be more effective, if they know another way, if...

15 February 2021 3,642 6 View

What is the correct common name for Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris?

There are two extant species of Hydrochoerus: Hydrochoerus isthmius, the lesser or Panamanian capybara, and the genotype species H. hydrochaeris. The latter is the more common species of capybara,...

11 February 2021 3,494 14 View