What do you think about "The first metric for peer reviewers"?

09 October 2016 9,327 1 View

How it may happen, that many zoological journals significantly decreased their IF in 2015 (according JCR)?

Several journals fall from the Q1 or Q2 positions. I just wonder, if this should mean, that zoology as a science is no longer actual?

06 July 2016 1,880 4 View

What are countries, which still use pellet count (Benneth or McCain method) for the surveying of moose, red deer and roe deer populations?

If you are aware of this method, then how do you deal with fallow deer? If this method was used, but not anymore, what other methods for ungulate survey are used in your country? Are...

05 June 2014 2,715 15 View

Models of wildlife cameras for secret use?

I need cameras for wildlife recording which can be hidden in places where there is very high likelihood of them being stolen. They should be small and with long lasting batteries, no flash, just...

11 December 2013 5,445 16 View

Who should be among co-authors of the scientific paper? TOPIC CLOSED

There are many possible co-authors: one person helped you with statistics, another one - with GIS analysis, third one secured grant money, fourth one - logistical support. Are all these persons...

09 October 2013 9,550 97 View

What factors can be named as extremal to mammals, in C and CE Europe?

Possible list include fires, floods, mowing, roadkills, clearcuts. Climate change in this context is not extreme factor, but maybe urbanization and human-induced habitat change are? Extreme means...

09 October 2013 9,603 0 View

Do you think using snap-traps (killing mouse traps) should be fobidden in small mammal research?

I myself see advantages and disadvantages of live-trapping. In many countries there is no regulation as for killing traps for small mammals (up to rat size). So, I am curious, what do others think?

06 July 2013 2,939 34 View

Does anybody have a collection of crania/mandibles of Water shrew (Neomys fodiens) or Neomy anomalus?

We are looking for a dataset (and co-authorship).

04 May 2013 4,789 2 View

Chlorinated organic formation in odor control scrubbers using hypochlorite?

I'm involved in a study of odor control technologies for municipal wastewater treatment plant. One of the control options involves a chemical 2-stage (acid/alkaline) packed bed scrubber. The...

03 March 2021 3,661 2 View

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02 March 2021 324 2 View

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

Ester cleavage conditions?

Hi all, I need to cleave the ester in Ethyl 2-amino-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate to make the carboxylic acid and retrieve the product from solution to use in downstream applications of linking to...

01 March 2021 8,766 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

What is the value of Conference Review Paper?

How much value does a review paper carry in a higher study aspirant student's profile which is presented in a Peer Reviewed Scopus Indexed conference?

27 February 2021 2,068 3 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

Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

Hi everyone, Illumina provides a list of primers to amplify with high taxonomic coverage the ITS1 region for further fungal sequencing, but I cannot find the exact amount necessary of each...

25 February 2021 6,969 3 View

How can we theoretically calculate Elemental analysis(percentage) of atoms in covalent organic framework?

For example in one research article the Elemental analysis values of COF-TpPa-1 ( Triformylphloroglucinol (Tp) (63 mg, 0.3 mmol), Paraphenylenediamine (Pa-1) (48 mg, 0.45 mmol) are as follows...

24 February 2021 1,265 6 View

How do you mesh a thin solid in Fluent?

Hello, I have used the shell function on SpaceClaim to create thin solids for the model I am studying. These are contained within an enclosure for my study. I chose this approach as it avoids the...

24 February 2021 8,856 3 View