Cool things to do in Minneapolis
A few months ago, when I was checking out flights for ESA, I googled ‘ Cool things to do in Minneapolis’. The search results were sobering: all I got was ‘Things to do in Minneapolis’. I was worried.
Interview with Joshua Rapp – Sex allocation, pollen limitation and masting in a pine species
Joshua Rapp et al. have a paper out in the journal (Early View) titled Sex allocation, pollen limitation and masting in whitebark pine. Read their paper here, and a press release here. We caught up with Joshua recently to chat about his research.
Looking forward to #ESA2013
Since I am very excited about all things data management, data analysis, reproducible research, etc. I was excited to see that Carly Strasser already organized a list of talks and workshops around those areas, see here. In addition, I’m looking forward to a number of talks, sessions, and workshops (in no particular order): Evaluating a…
ESA 2013 – more Associate Editor suggestions
ESA expects roughly 3400 to attend their 98th annual meeting in Minneapolis Aug. 4-9. In addition to the 129 traditional contributed oral sessions and 70 contributed poster Sessions, there will be 24 symposia, 34 organized oral sessions, 4 organized poster sessions, 53 workshops, 19 special sessions, 15 field trips and 17 Ignite sessions. The Ignite…
Planning the unplannable? My ESA 2013
When Andrea Baier asked me whether I could write a blog post about my plans for the ESA this year, I initially thought ‘Oh no, another thing for my to-do list’. But then, the skies opened, angels started to sing, and it hit me with full strength – this would be my opportunity to, for…
Interview with Jörg Albrecht
Jörg Albrecht et al. have a paper out in the journal (vol 101, issue 4, pp. 662-70) titled Logging and forest edges reduce redundancy in plant–frugivore networks in an old-growth European forest. Read their paper here. We caught up with Jörg recently to chat about his research.
The countdown to ESA 2013
Over the next few days we will be posting a number of ESA-related posts written by some of Journal of Ecology’s Associate Editors in a countdown to the conference. Glad to be back! I am pleased to say that my attendance at the annual meetings of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) closely rivals that…
Breaking with tradition: Why I will miss ESA this year and what I will miss
I always attend the Ecological Society of America’s Annual Meeting. The last ESA I missed was the 1992 Hawaii meeting (“the meeting without graduate students”) because I was in the middle of moving from Florida to Illinois with a pregnant wife (“you are not leaving for Hawaii right now!”). I’ve not moved jobs since then…
IAVS 2013 Tartu, Estonia
From 26 – 30 June 2013 the 56th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science is taking place in Tartu, Estonia. A number of members of the Journal of Ecology Editorial Board are speaking at the meeting. Please find summaries of talks by four of our Associate Editors below. Ray Callaway Positive interactions…
Interview with Verena Cordlandwehr – Do database trait values predict measurements in the field?
Verena Cordlandwehr et al. have a paper out in the journal (vol 101, issue 3, pp. 662-70) titled Do plant traits retrieved from a database accurately predict on-site measurements? Read their paper here. We caught up with Verena recently to chat about her research. Note: Apologies in advance for the relatively poor sound quality – I will work in…
