Does anyone knows how can we avoid pseudoreplication in a community ecology study?

Any minimum distance for each plot/ treatment?

06 July 2014 6,858 11 View

Does anyone know a good (user friendly + reasonable cost) ecological software for advanced community ecology analysis?

06 July 2014 895 16 View

Why do ants bury their food?

Does anyone know why and can anyone give me any references? Pheidole megacephala (Big Headed ant) ants buried a 4kg carcass.

04 May 2014 7,352 8 View

Anybody knows what ant species it this?

It has been found in a tropical rain forest floor of Malaysia. First picture is major.

04 May 2014 8,346 5 View

Sutter electrode holder leaking after applying positive pressure. How to fix?

I am using a Sutter electrode holder for my patch clamp experiments, but I'm having trouble keeping positive pressure inside my electrode due to a leak out of the back of the holder. I have added...

02 March 2021 5,829 1 View

Can one use just 250 micron sieve & still get a good number of mycorrhizal spores from the soil?

In a situation where one cannot get the appropriate & separate levels of sieve for mycorrhizal survey work, can just one level of sieve give good results & spore counts?

13 February 2021 3,760 2 View

Is an Algal Microbial Fuel Cell a good research topic?

What do you think about studying the electricity production in an Algal Microbial Fuel Cell? Namely at the anode there is for example a solution with bacteria which degradate organic matter into...

27 January 2021 5,681 5 View

What is the best way and technique for serial dilution of bactria to get accurate number of colony ?

Hello I am infecting cells with bacteria in a well and then I am doing serial dilution of this well 1 in 10 and culture the two last dilution on MHA agar I have difficulty in getting accurate...

26 January 2021 9,256 5 View

Helicoverpa armigera eggs are not hatching in lab condition, why?

Dear RG friends, I am providing a complete H. armigera diet for larvae and maintaining the eggs in the growth chamber as well as in-room conditions. But since three months, eggs laid from the...

21 January 2021 5,546 32 View

Can any one suggest the name of Litchi insect/predator?

Is it a type of Ambush bug or what? Thanks

14 January 2021 9,381 3 View

Why wont my microbial fuel cell generate any current?

I have constructed a 2 chamber MFC for my senior research assignment and it has yet to produce any voltage. I used nafion as a PEM membrane and used graphite brushes as the electrodes. I have the...

11 January 2021 5,553 4 View

Micro CT of fiber reinforced composite - phase identification?

Hi, I have a fiber reinforced polymer matrix composite and I am analyzing it by micro CT but I am unable to reconstruct the fiber phase of the composite. how can I find a solution for this?...

07 January 2021 5,680 1 View

Which is the most recent and updated classification of Class: Insecta?

Based on the many publications from several decades, we came across many classifications of Insects. Among them which one is more updated and approved classification that can be used for research,...

05 January 2021 3,668 9 View

How can we say a species of insects got extinct?

02 January 2021 4,232 10 View