Archive for the ‘New ideas’ Category
Data samples & data abstracts alongside Oikos papers
Posted by: oikoschris on August 11, 2012
Evolution 2012: facilitated networking
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on July 3, 2012
Upcoming group blog on Open Data
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on June 25, 2012
Yet more on the inclusive fitness – kin selection – group selection kerfuffle
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on June 25, 2012
Darwin’s Origin of Species: notes for your reading group (UPDATED)
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on June 21, 2012
Rapid evolution of evolutionary biology (and ecology): what’s changed since 2005
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on June 20, 2012
Take-home messages vs. the devil in the details
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on June 15, 2012
Great minds think alike (when they’re trying to fix peer review)
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on June 14, 2012
Intuition, education, and zombie ideas (UPDATED)
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on June 13, 2012
Ecology is mostly not like billiards (but lots of people think it is) (UPDATEDx3)
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on June 8, 2012
From the archives: why ‘small, fast’ community ecology matters even on ‘big, slow’ spatial and temporal scales
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on June 8, 2012
Is macroecology like astronomy?
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on June 7, 2012
Garbage in, garbage out: what if your Big Dataset is lousy data? (UPDATED)
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on June 6, 2012
Techniques aren’t powerful; scientists are
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on June 1, 2012
Simplifying a complex, overdetermined world
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on May 31, 2012
What makes for productive scientific debates?
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on May 23, 2012
On confusing specific examples and general principles
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on May 22, 2012
Must-read: on ordinary language vs. scientific understanding
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on May 17, 2012
Maybe we need even more stability concepts!
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on May 16, 2012
From the archives: bandwagons in ecology
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on May 15, 2012
An important but little known fact about compensatory dynamics
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on May 13, 2012
On the use and care of mathematical models
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on May 10, 2012
Crowdfunding science: the future?
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on May 2, 2012
Is ecology becoming too collaborative?
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on April 27, 2012
Is ‘synthesis ecology’ a distinct scientific discipline?
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on April 20, 2012
A key problem in interpreting observational data (UPDATEDx2)
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on April 18, 2012
Yes, IDH zombies are still worth worrying about (UPDATED)
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on April 16, 2012
Why shoot yourself in the foot?
Posted by: aycotack on April 16, 2012
From the archives: defending microcosm experiments
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on April 16, 2012
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Price equation
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on April 12, 2012
The paradigm of ‘paradigm shifts’ turns 50
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on April 12, 2012
Zombie ideas about disturbance: a dialogue (UPDATED)
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on April 10, 2012
Succeeding in academia: being good vs. being lucky
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on April 9, 2012
On science for science’s sake
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on April 5, 2012
From the archives: are some general ecological concepts TOO general?
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on March 30, 2012
Is the time right for NCEAS 2.0?
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on March 23, 2012
Trying to save a zombie idea (UPDATED)
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on March 22, 2012
Models of journal management
Posted by: oikoschris on March 19, 2012
Steve Jobs on the value of fundamental research
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on March 19, 2012
Cover letter power and job interviews
Posted by: oikoschris on March 18, 2012
The importance of society journals, affordable open access, and fast turnaround times.
Posted by: oikoschris on March 16, 2012
Why do fundamental research in a world with pressing applied problems? (UPDATED)
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on March 16, 2012
Ecologist interview: Colin Kremer
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on March 14, 2012
Why do experiments? (UPDATEDx2)
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on March 13, 2012
Why do mathematical modeling?
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on March 13, 2012
From the archives: Are there inherently complex ecological phenomena?
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on March 3, 2012
“Blind tastings” for scientific papers?
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on March 2, 2012
From the archives: all the reasons why coexisting species should be similar rather than different
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on March 1, 2012
More on changing your mind in science
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on February 26, 2012
Instrumental variables: the key to analyzing “natural experiments”?
Posted by: Jeremy Fox on February 22, 2012
