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

Is it a real or fake conference(s), look at https://www.waset.org/ ?

04 May 2015 6,021 1 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

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

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

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 magnitude of yearly rhizopdeposition in tropical forests?

Hi all, I am trying to find reference values on annual soil rhizodeposition rates for different kinds of forests, with a particular interest for tropical rainforests. Do we have an idea of the...

26 January 2021 4,278 4 View

Can you recommend a good book on analytical chemistry for non-chemists?

Dear colleagues, I am asking for you recommendation: I need a book on analytical chemistry in environmental sciences. As a non-chemist (a biologist) I have some basic chemistry knowledge but not...

25 January 2021 8,486 8 View

Why are my Maxent SDM projections coming up almost entirely blue?

Hello Maxent Community, I have been generating SDM models and projections in Maxent. I have had some success with one set of variables (some Hydroshed variables mixed with World CLIM variables);...

19 January 2021 3,994 7 View

How deep into the sediment do marine/riverine oligochaetes live?

I am working with intertidal muddy sediments. In one of my sites the sediment was extremely muddy (high % of silt), oxic layer was shallow, and there were a lot of oligochaetes. I would like to...

14 January 2021 7,269 4 View

How to make open-top chambers?

Hi, I wonder if someone would share experience with building open-top chambers for surface heating of soil. My main question is what material can be used to build them? I found researchers using...

05 January 2021 5,396 6 View

R package for multivariate dispersion as a measure of beta diversity?

Hello, everyone: I've been reading some old and new papers on how to compute beta diversity using incidence or abundance data from several assemblages/communities. For my data, I am interested...

03 January 2021 9,293 1 View