2011–2016

2016 212

December 2016

1. 30 DecFriday links: a rare retraction in ecology, and more
2. 23 DecFriday links: holiday caRd, Canadians vs. snow, and more
3. 19 DecBook review: The Theory of Ecological Communities by Mark Vellend
4. 16 DecWe just passed 1,000,000 unique visitors all time!
5. 16 DecFriday links: citing blog posts, holiday gift ideas for scientists, and more
6. 15 DecAvoid naked salesmanship: never use these words in your papers and grant proposals
7. 14 DecWhat are your favorite novels featuring scientists? (updated)
8. 13 DecIs basic vs applied research a single dimension?
9. 12 DecIs fundamental research a young ecologist’s game?
10. 9 DecFriday links: how to spot nothing, Aaron Ellison vs. Malcolm Gladwell, and more
11. 8 DecNominate yourself for UMich’s Early Career Scientists Symposium on phenotypic plasticity!
12. 7 DecThe teaching job that slipped through my fingers, and what I learned from that experience
13. 6 DecWhat are the key ecology concepts all Intro Bio students should learn?
14. 5 DecHelping grad students pursue non-academic careers: advice from Anne Krook
15. 2 DecOn finding errors in one’s published analyses
16. 2 DecFriday links: Freeman Dyson vs. community ecology, “white trash” in academia, and more

November 2016

1. 29 NovA bit of good news that most ecologists weren’t expecting: recent ecology hires are gender balanced (updated periodically)
2. 28 NovInbox insanity: A way to unsubscribe?
3. 25 NovFriday links: how to decide where to submit your next paper, Ilkka Hanski’s memoir, and more
4. 24 NovHappy American Thanksgiving from ecology!
5. 21 NovMore faculty hiring practices from economics that ecologists might (not) want to consider
6. 18 NovFriday links: admin vs. you, what makes for good exploratory research, and more
7. 16 NovSo, did you know that in some fields faculty are hired based on ONE paper?
8. 14 NovImperfect analogies: shortcuts to active learning
9. 11 NovFriday links: NSF proposal tips, WHEEEEE!!!, and more
10. 9 NovMore on the importance of saying yes
11. 9 NovThe importance of saying yes
12. 7 NovPoll: guess the gender balance of recently-hired North American ecologists (UPDATED; poll now closed)
13. 4 NovFriday links: The Cubs victory tweet prediction scam, and more (UPDATED)
14. 2 NovRecommendations of popular science books that scientists would enjoy? (UPDATEDx2)
15. 1 NovDon’t be afraid to disagree publicly with Dr. Famous; it won’t hurt your career (UPDATED)

October 2016

1. 31 OctHappy Halloween from ecology!
2. 28 OctFriday links: what REALLY scares scientists on Halloween, and more
3. 27 OctOur greatest hits
4. 26 OctTurn wifi off before giving a talk from your laptop!
5. 24 OctHow do you manage email?
6. 21 OctFriday links: how to give a chalk talk, the importance of role models, and more
7. 19 OctEvaluating science in retrospect vs. prospect
8. 18 OctSerial bullies: an academic failing and the need for crowd-sourced truthtelling
9. 17 OctAxios Review is working. And now it’s a non-profit. You should try it.
10. 14 OctFriday links: the Sixth Extinction (or not), and more
11. 12 OctMathematical constraints in ecology and evolution, part 3: why selection is risk-averse
12. 11 OctMathematical constraints in ecology and evolution, part 2: local species richness can’t exceed regional richness
13. 10 OctHappy Canadian Thanksgiving!
14. 8 OctNew postdoctoral program at #UMich
15. 7 OctFriday links: nominations open for the ASN Young Investigator Award, Tinder for preprints, and more
16. 6 OctRedacted ecology faculty search (UPDATED)
17. 5 OctMathematical constraints in ecology and evolution, part 1: species can’t all covary negatively (UPDATED)
18. 4 OctWhat papers should be considered for the 2017 George Mercer Award?
19. 3 OctGood enough

September 2016

1. 30 SepFriday links: when you stop believing your own results, and more
2. 28 SepThe Daphnia genus is really old. That’s really interesting for studying infectious diseases.
3. 26 SepDear journals: please list some keywords for your editors
4. 23 SepFriday links: blog comments = papers, SIR model vs. Beliebers, and more
5. 21 SepFun ways of deciding authorship order
6. 19 SepHas any popular approach for inferring process from pattern in ecology ever worked?
7. 16 SepFriday links: quit saying all scientists should do X, climate change comic, and more
8. 15 SepAsk us anything: investing in your scientific beliefs, and applied papers as corporate prospectuses
9. 14 SepThe loneliness of the career microcosmologist
10. 13 SepWhat’s the origin of the term “field work”? (UPDATE: comments now closed)
11. 12 SepPoll: have you ever cited a blog post during peer review?
12. 9 SepFriday links: NYTimes on reply all, parasitoids for the win (literally), and more
13. 8 SepBook review: How the Hippies Saved Physics
14. 8 SepAsk us anything: resources for designing field studies
15. 7 SepJeremy Fox seeking grad students for Fall 2017
16. 6 SepAsk us anything: how to keep up with the literature
17. 2 SepFriday links: Lego grad student, ESA awards, and more
18. 1 Sep2,000,000 page views!

August 2016

1. 31 AugAsk us anything: should ecologists try to be more like physicists?
2. 30 Aug“Double edged swords” make good research projects
3. 29 AugAsk us anything: how to network as a postdoc
4. 26 AugFriday links: statistics on ecological statistics, a very Linux birthday, and more
5. 25 AugFormatting a CV for a faculty job application
6. 24 AugA book is everything a tweet is not (but please tweet about my book)
7. 23 AugSample R code for yesterday’s 10 commandments post
8. 23 AugI’m speaking on science blogging at #SocialFish #AFS2016 today
9. 22 AugTen commandments for good data management
10. 19 AugFriday links: #realisticindianajones, the CIA vs. faculty meetings, and more
11. 18 AugEcology is f*cked. Or awesome. Whichever.
12. 17 AugZombie ideas in ecology: textbooks now teach the controversy on the IDH
13. 16 AugGuest post: Life as an anxious grad student
14. 15 Aug#ESA2016 open thread (UPDATEDx2)
15. 12 AugFriday links: Deborah Mayo vs. Burnham and Anderson, and more
16. 8 AugViews on authorship and author contribution statements: poll results, part 2
17. 5 AugFriday links: Choose Your Own…study organism, lab philosophies, and more
18. 4 AugAsk us anything: cover letters for ms submissions
19. 2 AugAsk us anything: what are the most common mistakes in grant proposals?

July 2016

1. 29 JulFriday links: peak researcher, DFO action film, and more
2. 28 JulViews on authorship and author contribution statements: poll results, part 1
3. 27 JulAsk us anything: reviewing papers for small journals
4. 26 JulWhere to drink in Ft. Lauderdale for the ESA meeting if you’re a beer geek
5. 25 JulWhere to eat and drink in Ft. Lauderdale for the ESA meeting
6. 22 JulE. C. Pielou, 1924-2016
7. 22 JulFriday links: how to do good research, results-free review, and more
8. 21 JulWho’s asked me to review recently, and how I’ve responded
9. 20 JulAsk us anything: taking a “starter” job
10. 19 JulWant to write a guest post for us on where to eat and drink at the ESA meeting? (UPDATED)
11. 18 JulAsk us anything: what’s an “early career” ecologist?
12. 15 JulFriday links: Is NSF biased against aquatic ecology?, Should we ban computers in class? and more
13. 13 JulLife as an anxious scientist
14. 12 JulWho says macroecology doesn’t have any processes? Thoughts on #BESMacro
15. 11 JulAsk us anything: how to be an ally
16. 8 JulFriday links: Most. Awkward. Department. Meeting. Ever. And more. (UPDATED)
17. 6 JulWhat makes for a good mock teaching demonstration?
18. 5 JulWhy do some bandwagons in ecology get rolling much faster than others?
19. 1 JulFriday links: consequences of stopping the tenure clock?, faculty trends, and more

June 2016

1. 30 JunOverview of NSERC Discovery Grant competition results (UPDATED)
2. 29 JunPoll: views on authorship and author contribution statements (UPDATED)
3. 28 JunWhat factors influence views on last authorship in ecology?
4. 27 JunLast and corresponding authorship practices in ecology: Part 1
5. 24 JunFriday links: academic urban legends, #SongsResubmitted, and more
6. 23 JunAsk us anything and we’ll answer! (UPDATED)
7. 22 JunHappy 4th birthday to us!
8. 21 JunImpact factors are means and therefore very noisy
9. 20 JunThe microcosm wars are long since over. The microcosmologists won.
10. 17 JunFriday links: Bob Paine passes away, and more
11. 15 JunI’m going to be speaking on blogging at a fisheries meeting. Tell me what to say!
12. 14 JunTaking a writing-intensive evolution course was transformative for me
13. 13 JunAt what career stage do scientists typically do their best work?
14. 10 JunFriday links: Am Nat humor, writing advice, and more (UPDATED)
15. 9 JunDoes ecology need more criticism of the literature? If so how?
16. 8 Jun#UMichEEB is doing a search for three new ecology faculty!
17. 7 JunSciencing with an infant, revisited
18. 6 JunA painless introduction to partitions in ecology and evolution
19. 3 JunFriday links: confessions of “wasteful” scientists, virus trading cards, and more
20. 2 JunAdvice to get you ready for your next conference (UPDATED)
21. 1 JunWhy don’t more ecologists use strong inference?

May 2016

1. 31 MayWhat sort of ecology papers get highly cited these days?
2. 27 MayFriday links: women-only faculty positions, chatbot TA, and more
3. 25 MayCompilation of stories on paths to ecology and evolution
4. 24 MayHow I got into ecology
5. 23 MayThe (r)evolution of ecology in the 1950s and ’60s (UPDATED)
6. 20 MayFriday links: what Altmetric scores really measure, and more
7. 19 MayI love that journals let reviewers see the other reviews
8. 18 MayWhy this blog seems so critical (or, “No, I don’t think all of ecology is wrong”)
9. 17 MayHow NOT to study the relative importance of different variables in ecology
10. 16 May“Page not found” errors, as explained by ecologists
11. 13 MayFriday links: Ilkka Hanski passes away, Ed Yong vs. David Attenborough, and more
12. 12 MayShould your paper anticipate potential criticisms?
13. 11 MayFavorite movie/tv scientist? Favorite movie/tv scientist line?
14. 9 MayWhat are the biggest understudied topics in ecology?
15. 6 MayFriday links: useful unrealistic theory, final papers vs. you, and more (UPDATED)
16. 4 MaySources of bias underlying ecological knowledge
17. 2 MayFlipping our big intro biostats class didn’t work (for me) (yet) (UPDATED)

April 2016

1. 29 AprFriday links: interpreting priors, catch-up days, cicada personals, and more (UPDATEDx2)
2. 27 AprWhy are some ecological ideas controversial? (UPDATED)
3. 25 AprBeing influential doesn’t compensate for being wrong
4. 25 AprGame of Ecology
5. 22 AprFriday links: down with grant deadlines, Boaty McBoatface redux, and more
6. 20 AprHow much do scientists lecture, and why? Poll results and commentary
7. 19 AprHow to write a good introduction section. And tell if yours is bad.
8. 18 AprWhat’s the best seminar you’ve ever seen?
9. 15 AprBonus Friday Link: 13th consecutive male Waterman Award winner
10. 15 AprFriday links: how to write, Bayesian umpires, and more
11. 14 AprWhat was the first seminar you attended?
12. 12 AprPoll: how much do you lecture, and why? (UPDATED)
13. 11 AprAuthor-suggested reviewers and their effects: data from Functional Ecology
14. 8 AprFriday links: doughnuts for science, why you work so hard, and more
15. 7 AprIs citizen science about science or outreach?
16. 6 AprPoll: what are your views on last and corresponding authorship in ecology?
17. 4 AprThe best thing you’ll read about ecology this week: Fretwell (1975) on Robert MacArthur
18. 1 AprFriday links: no one reads your preprints, Rbitrary standards, and more

March 2016

1. 30 MarWhy am I a scientist again? – The concept of a data present
2. 29 MarTenure track teaching faculty position in invertebrate biology at University of Calgary
3. 28 MarI skype therefore I am a scientist?
4. 25 MarFriday links: transparent peer review, sciencing while pregnant, and more
5. 23 MarMaking waves: can basic ecological research generate headlines? And does it matter?
6. 22 MarThe big mistake almost every scientific poster makes
7. 21 MarAre unstable ecological communities like $10 bills lying on the ground?
8. 18 MarFriday links: the fourth reviewer, abstracts as movie trailers, and more
9. 17 MarHappy St. Patrick’s Day from biology!
10. 16 MarA distribution of thoughts around a central tendency: the meaning and impact of stochasticity in ecology
11. 14 MarBrief book reviews: four novels featuring scientists (UPDATE)
12. 11 MarFriday links: Andrew Hendry’s shadow cv, Hope Jahren on sexual harrassment, and more
13. 10 MarScientists today don’t publish any more than they did in 1900
14. 9 MarWe flipped our huge intro biostats course. Here’s how we did it. (UPDATEDx2)
15. 7 MarHow to decide whether to attend conference X (UPDATED)
16. 4 MarFriday links: Uber for cheating, #2016MMM, and more (UPDATED)
17. 3 MarThe latest on diversity-productivity relationships: getting past a zombie idea
18. 2 MarWhy ecology is hard (and fun) – multicausality
19. 1 MarDiversifyEEB: Introducing a new resource for ecology and evolutionary biology

February 2016

1. 29 FebHappy Leap Day!
2. 29 FebWe aren’t scientists because of our method – we’re scientists because we count
3. 26 FebFriday links: Brian vs. pizza, and more
4. 24 FebThe 5 pivotal paragraphs in a paper
5. 22 FebWe flipped our huge intro biostats course. Here’s why.
6. 19 FebRichard Levins had the soul of a blogger
7. 19 FebFriday links: how to review grants, the BES vs. beef, and more (UPDATED)
8. 17 FebWhat is your all time favorite ecology book?
9. 15 FebWhy don’t we have good arguments in the comments any more?
10. 12 FebFriday Links: Valentine’s tips from nature, cake breaks embargo, and more (UPDATEDx2)
11. 10 FebThoughts on the ASN Young Investigator Awards (UPDATED)
12. 8 FebWhere do ideas come from, and what counts as “novel”?
13. 5 FebFriday Links: peer-reviewed zombie slaying, BAHFest, and more
14. 4 FebShould you care (much) if you make our Friday linkfest?
15. 2 FebChill out about Jingmai O’Connor’s criticism of bloggers (UPDATEDx2)
16. 2 FebLet’s identify all the zombie ideas in ecology!
17. 1 FebAxios Review continues to take off; you should try it

January 2016

1. 29 JanFriday links: #0papers, and more
2. 27 JanHow much time should you spend reading scholarly literature? (a poll)
3. 25 JanTrying to understand ecological data without mechanistic models is a waste of time
4. 23 JanAttend the NextProf Future Faculty workshop at UMich!
5. 22 JanFriday links: fitness vs. #365papers, and more (UPDATED)
6. 20 JanBiodiversity and pizza – an extended analogy leading to a call for a more multidimensional treatment of nature
7. 18 JanHaving an Organism of the Day was only sort of successful
8. 15 JanFriday links: Notwitter, citing blog posts, blogging vs. political science, and more (UPDATED)
9. 13 JanWhy do (some) ecologists have evolution envy?
10. 11 JanHow (not) to influence the direction of your field
11. 8 JanFriday links: a morality tale about p-hacking, field notes from the future, NSF 101, and more
12. 6 JanMusings of a very tired, still pregnant scientist
13. 4 JanA recap of my year in #365papers
14. 1 JanNew Year’s links: new ecology blog, and more

2015 242

December 2015

1. 31 DecDynamic Ecology year in review
2. 26 DecBoxing Day links
3. 22 DecWhy fit is more important than impact factor in choosing a journal to submit to
4. 21 DecIf a scientist falls in a forest where nobody can hear them, have they done science?
5. 20 DecAsk us anything: what’s a scientific hypothesis, anyway?
6. 18 Dec#ExplainScienceBadly (UPDATED)
7. 18 DecFriday links: holiday caRd, DEB numbers, does death advance science, and more
8. 17 DecWe’ll never get rid of salesmanship in science (and wouldn’t want to)
9. 16 DecZombie ideas in statistics: R^2 (?!)
10. 14 DecWhat’s the point of conference hashtags like #BES2015?
11. 14 DecHomemade beer nog!
12. 11 DecFriday links: an evolutionary biologist’s apology, plankton art, and more
13. 10 DecJust in time for the holidays: great popular science books about ecology and evolution
14. 9 DecTechniques aren’t powerful; scientists are
15. 7 DecAre you in touch with your university’s Dean of Students Office?
16. 4 DecFriday links: Stephen Heard vs. faculty job interviews, Robert Trivers bio and biopic, and more
17. 3 DecIt’s Mercer Award time! What’s the best ecology paper by a young author in 2014-15? (UPDATED)
18. 1 DecCitizen science and data quality (guest post)

November 2015

1. 30 NovReproduction is energetically costly
2. 27 NovFriday links: Mark McPeek vs. grade inflation, Endurance, #LOTRyourResearch, and more
3. 26 NovHappy Thanksgiving from evolution!
4. 25 NovCool pictures of scientists (UPDATED)
5. 24 NovHow intensively do you mentor undergrads working in your lab?
6. 23 NovAre some general ecological concepts TOO general?
7. 20 NovFriday links: Jabberwocky Ecology lives, and more
8. 19 NovPost-publication review: the culture clash continues
9. 18 NovGender and peer review at Functional Ecology (CORRECTED, UPDATED)
10. 16 NovWhat words mean different things in ecology vs in everyday speech?
11. 13 NovGreat moments in blogging, old wine in new bottles edition
12. 13 NovFriday links: beautiful arboretums, how zombie ideas survive, when to trust an R package, and more
13. 12 NovNo, microcosm studies in ecology are not guilty of “Volkswagon Syndrome” (or, why microcosms don’t need to be “realistic”)
14. 11 NovWhat makes for a great departmental seminar series? And how do you fix one that’s not great?
15. 9 NovShould you start a science blog? Ask yourself these questions.
16. 6 NovFriday links: lectures as active learning, what’s a postdoc, and more
17. 5 NovWhat’s a “small” effect, anyway, and when are they worth caring about?
18. 4 NovIs it a fixed or random effect?
19. 3 NovBest movies about scientists
20. 2 NovWe’re going to reformat the homepage; take the poll and tell us what you think!

October 2015

1. 31 OctHappy Halloween from Dynamic Ecology!
2. 30 OctFriday links: how to say no, living chalkboard, and more
3. 28 OctIt can be really hard to get into daycare
4. 28 OctEcology and evolution blogs from before there were blogs (UPDATED)
5. 26 OctWhat does modern pedagogy theory say about field classes?
6. 26 OctOnline supplements have ruined Nature and Science papers (UPDATED)
7. 23 OctFriday links: Oregon Trail vs. peer review, the Mr. T test, and more
8. 21 OctJeremy is traveling (UPDATED)
9. 20 OctPoll: can a thesis or dissertation comprise multiple unrelated projects?
10. 19 OctWhy I recommend doing your first interview on 2 days’ notice
11. 16 OctFriday links: reducing cheating, new ESA social media policy, and more (UPDATED with bonus link!)
12. 14 OctThe hardest part of academia? Moving.
13. 12 OctHappy Canadian Thanksgiving!
14. 12 OctAsk us anything: choosing functional traits
15. 9 OctFriday links: Brian and Meg vs. Jeremy, and more
16. 8 OctMusings on reading older literature (UPDATED)
17. 7 OctWant a Chesson lesson? Ask Jeremy anything (about modern coexistence theory)! (UPDATED)
18. 5 OctUp Goer Five: Can you describe your research using only the 1,000 most common words?
19. 2 OctFriday links: science on stage and screen, petri dish art, and more

September 2015

1. 30 SepStrategies (and reasons) for being more productive with fewer hours
2. 29 SepLimits to continental-scale species richness: thoughts on the debate
3. 28 SepAsk us anything: when to give up (on a research project, and an academic career) (UPDATED)
4. 25 SepFriday links: Bill Nye vs. Wayne Brady, Greek gods vs. salmon, and more (UPDATED)
5. 24 SepGuest post: many American universities use score sheets to rank faculty job applicants
6. 23 SepAsk us anything: absentee collaborators and prioritizing writing tasks
7. 22 SepUsing our posts as course material? Please tell us just so we know.
8. 21 SepAsk us anything: how do you celebrate good professional news?
9. 18 SepFriday links: against quit lit, ecologist fired, syllabus easter egg, and more (UPDATED)
10. 17 SepPost-publication review is still only for the scientific 1%, PubMed Commons edition
11. 16 SepAsk us anything: helping undergrads analyze their independent research projects
12. 14 SepIs my paper arguing for abandonment of the IDH having any impact? (or, is the IDH a ghost, not a zombie?) (UPDATED)
13. 11 SepFriday links: paleontology real and fake, the real “problem” with scientific publishing, and more
14. 10 SepAsk us anything: resources to teach yourself stats and mathematical modeling
15. 9 SepBook review: Lab Coats in Hollywood by David Kirby
16. 8 SepRereading Stearns and Huey’s “Some modest advice to graduate students”
17. 7 SepHappy Labor Day!
18. 4 SepFriday links: high enthusiasm + low R-squared = :-(, and more
19. 3 SepAsk us anything: do current trends in scientific publishing accelerate scientific progress, or create chaos?
20. 1 SepThe logistics of pumping at work and sending bottles to daycare (updated!)

August 2015

1. 31 AugAsk us anything: choosing between short-term and long-term impact, and what won’t we write about (updated!)
2. 28 AugFriday links: side projects > main projects, tuning your scientific bogosity detector, and more (UPDATED)
3. 27 AugHoisted from the comments: Mathew Leibold and I on variance partitioning in metacommunity ecology
4. 27 AugPlease don’t use Wiley’s ArticleShare service to spam strangers
5. 26 AugHere are the best posts you missed while you were in the field this summer
6. 24 AugHow do you define omnivory? And what do you teach about trophic levels?
7. 21 AugFriday links: drunk ecologists vs. lampposts, 2015 job wiki, and more
8. 19 AugWhat influences the realized niche?
9. 17 AugWhat can a journal Editor-in-Chief do to attract you to submit to the journal? a poll
10. 15 Aug#ESA100 impressions (UPDATED)
11. 12 AugEthan White wins #ESA100
12. 9 AugI’m changing the topic of my ESA talk; now it’ll be more interesting!
13. 8 AugTenure track position at UMich in ecology or evolutionary biology of fishes or birds
14. 7 AugWhere to drink in Baltimore for #ESA100 if you’re a beer geek (UPDATED)
15. 6 AugGuest post: where to eat and drink in Baltimore for #ESA100, part 2
16. 5 AugGuest post: where to eat in Baltimore for #ESA100, part 1
17. 4 Aug#ESA100 bingo cards!
18. 3 AugPoll results: which big ideas in ecology were successful, and which unsuccessful? (UPDATED)
19. 2 AugWide-ranging interview with Ben Bolker on statistics in ecology
20. 1 AugFYI: Jeremy’s traveling

July 2015

1. 31 JulFriday links: RIP Oikos Blog (?), Stephen Heard vs. an English department, and more
2. 29 JulPoll: which big ideas in ecology were successful, and which were not? And what’s “success”, anyway?
3. 27 JulAsk us anything, and we’ll answer!
4. 24 JulFriday links: Price = d’Alembert, the first null model war, and more (UPDATED)
5. 23 JulBook review: Theory and Reality: An Introduction to Philosophy of Science by Peter Godfrey-Smith (UPDATED)
6. 21 JulCan anyone help Jeremy specify an asymmetrical “distance” matrix for a partial redundancy analysis?
7. 20 JulDifferent types of hands-on projects in a natural history course
8. 17 JulFriday links: greatest syllabus ever, treemail, and more
9. 15 JulDo we need to teach our students about the scientists as well as the science?
10. 13 JulBig data doesn’t mean biggest possible data
11. 10 JulFriday Links: how to feel less guilty about time off, time associate profs spend on service, and more!
12. 9 JulBirthday reflections on blogging
13. 7 JulMake a spreadsheet with info on your lab undergrads!
14. 6 JulWhat are the top 5 “Grand Challenges” in biology?
15. 3 JulFriday links: Brian wins the linkfest forever. Also, academic whack-a-mole, and more.
16. 2 JulHow valuable are lab tours for getting undergraduates excited about STEM?
17. 1 JulSteering the trait bandwagon

June 2015

1. 30 JunWhat’s the biggest idea ecologists have ever permanently rejected?
2. 29 JunAnother attempt to stop or steer the phylogenetic community ecology bandwagon
3. 26 JunFriday links: Jeremy interviews Rich Lenski, pimp my snail, and more
4. 25 JunThe most common way to fish for statistical significance in ecology
5. 23 JunAdvice on writing reference letters (UPDATED)
6. 21 JunWhen is vagueness a virtue in science?
7. 19 JunFriday links: Meg read ALL the things and picked the best ones
8. 17 JunThe five roads to generality in ecology (UPDATED)
9. 16 Jun#EUMacro and macroecology reaching a self-conscious adolescence
10. 15 JunPoll: do our advice posts teach you stuff your adviser didn’t?
11. 14 Jun#awkwardblogsearchterms
12. 12 JunFriday links: conferences vs. high school, are research universities doomed, and more
13. 11 JunWriting questions as a study strategy
14. 10 JunChallenges of writing higher order thinking questions in ecology
15. 9 JunWe asked more of our Intro Bio students; they rose to the challenge
16. 8 JunApplicants sought for postdoc position in Jeremy Fox’s lab
17. 6 JunAnyone want to write a guest post on where to eat and drink in Baltimore for the ESA meeting? (UPDATE: we have volunteers now)
18. 5 JunFriday links: whatever happened to the population bomb, and more
19. 4 JunEvolution journals publish more (and different) theory papers than ecology journals
20. 3 JunPhilosophy of science 101 for ecologists: recommended readings (UPDATED)
21. 1 JunHonest signals in academia (or, why academics mostly can’t game the system and shouldn’t try)

May 2015

1. 29 MayFriday links: dating tips from scholarly papers, old school scientific fraud, and more (UPDATEDx2)
2. 28 MayMy first experience with GitHub for sharing data and code
3. 26 MayWriting a response to reviewer comments
4. 25 MayPoll: Should grant applicants be evaluated relative to how much funding they’ve received?
5. 22 MayFriday links: “new” Alan Turing paper, and more
6. 21 MayWhy AIC appeals to ecologist’s lowest instincts
7. 20 MayWhat ecology labs do you remember from when you were a student?
8. 18 MayAdvice for the summer conference season (UPDATED)
9. 15 MayFriday links: statistics vs. TED talk, #scimom, Jeremy vs. Nate Silver, and more
10. 14 MayIn a variable world, are averages just epiphenomena? (UPDATED)
11. 12 MayOld school literature searches and the fun of reading classic, non-English literature
12. 11 MayBeing “out” as a #scimom
13. 10 MayHappy Mother’s Day from biology!
14. 8 MayFriday links: the rush to declare the Anthropocene, microaggression on campus, and more
15. 7 MayComments on the 2015 NSERC Discovery Grant results (including my own)
16. 6 MayGuest post: setting up a lab data management system (UPDATED)
17. 5 MaySearching for time to think and read
18. 4 MayScientific papers, recut
19. 1 MayFriday links: origin of an evolutionary icon, Canada vs. basic research, and more (UPDATED)

April 2015

1. 30 AprWe asked, NSF answered: per-PI success rates at the NSF DEB (UPDATED)
2. 29 AprOn “stamp collecting” in ecology
3. 28 AprService: How much and what kinds?
4. 27 AprHow not to start your next ecology or evolution talk (UPDATED)
5. 24 AprFriday links: women and STEM awards, grant review is not a crapshoot, and more
6. 23 AprImportant information for lab undergrads
7. 22 AprEcologists disagree on whether co-authors should agree
8. 21 AprWhat’s the largest number of reviewers you’ve had on a single paper?
9. 20 AprDon’t introduce your paper by saying that many people have long been interested in the topic (UPATEDx2)
10. 17 AprFriday links: surviving science, the ultimate citation, why everything is broken, and more
11. 16 AprWhat if coauthors disagree about what their ms should say? (UPDATED)
12. 15 AprIs it really that important to prevent and correct one-off honest errors in scientific papers?
13. 14 AprMistakes happen in science
14. 13 AprFYI: rejected mss often get the same referees when resubmitted to a different journal
15. 10 AprFriday links: other people hate you (and that’s ok), R should be optional, RABBITS, and more
16. 9 AprPeter Abrams on ratio-dependent predation as a zombie idea
17. 7 AprCollecting, storing, analyzing, and publishing lab data
18. 6 AprWe need a simple app that would make blog posts more citable (UPDATED)
19. 3 AprFriday links: are regime shifts even a thing, rewilding English, minimal maps, and more (UPDATED)
20. 1 AprAcademics are humans with human emotions and problems
21. 1 AprNot an April Fool’s joke: PI success rates at NSF are not dropping (much) (CORRECTED and UPDATED)

March 2015

1. 31 MarThere is crying in science. That’s okay.
2. 30 MarA curmudgeon’s musings on modern pedagogy
3. 27 MarFriday links: scooped by a blog post, the real history of P-values, lab safety, and more
4. 26 MarHeads up: You will need a visa to travel to #Evol2015 in Brazil!
5. 25 MarEcologists think general ecology journals only want “realistic” theory. And they think that’s bad.
6. 24 MarCommunicating about lab finances
7. 23 MarKeeping track of lab finances
8. 20 MarFriday links: Andy Warhol on citations, and (a bit) more
9. 19 MarShould theory published in general ecology journals have to be “realistic”?
10. 18 MarSciencing with a newborn
11. 17 MarHappy St. Patrick’s Day from biology!
12. 16 MarRecent ecology & evolution papers I thought were really good
13. 13 MarFriday links: weak inference in ecology, the Ambiguous Pazuma, you vs. lunch, and more (UPDATED)
14. 12 MarOne million pageviews!
15. 12 MarDoes the “competitiveness” of academic science inhibit collaboration?
16. 10 MarBlogs are dying; long live (science) blogs (UPDATEDx3)
17. 9 MarIs it worse to admit a paper was rejected than to not acknowledge helpful anonymous reviews?
18. 6 MarFriday links: leaky pipeline leaking less, against exhaustion, slurpee waves, and more
19. 5 MarAxios Review is working; you should try it
20. 3 MarI have data, ESA, I promise!
21. 2 MarWhat is (or will be) your old school science cred?

February 2015

1. 27 FebFriday links: the culture of dish-doing, death to inferences, #hipsterscience, and more (UPDATED)
2. 26 FebThe secret recipe for successful working group meetings?
3. 25 FebHow do you make figures?
4. 24 FebHow often are ecologists mentioned in the news?
5. 23 FebWeird, and unwise, things to include on your cv (UPDATEDx2)
6. 20 FebFriday links: sharks and pythons and unicorns, oh my!
7. 19 FebHow do you learn new skills in R?
8. 18 FebThe biggest benefit of my switch to R? Reproducibility
9. 17 FebIn praise of slow science
10. 16 FebScience is hard: culturing problems edition
11. 15 FebFuture Faculty Workshop at UMich
12. 14 FebHappy Valentine’s Day from biology!
13. 13 FebFriday links: lego entomology, a blast from ecology’s past, France is bacon, and more
14. 12 FebIs the PEG model paper an indicator of changing authorship criteria?
15. 12 FebHappy Darwin Day!
16. 11 FebPlumbing advice for the leaky pipeline (guest post)
17. 10 FebReviewBox: stop picking on yourself – that’s our job!
18. 9 FebGraduate positions still available in Jeremy Fox’s lab for Fall 2015/Winter 2016
19. 6 FebFriday links: collaborating rivals, a good ending to a bad week, and more
20. 5 FebHow many terms should you have in your model before it becomes statistical machismo?
21. 4 FebEvaluating Teaching
22. 3 FebWhat ecology & evolution papers do you read again and again?
23. 2 FebBooks that all ecology grad students should read

January 2015

1. 31 JanSciencing during the first trimester
2. 30 JanFriday links: the one body problem, crowdsourced data analyses, and more
3. 29 JanWhich ecological and evolutionary theories are widely misunderstood even by experts?
4. 28 JanQuestions for Rich Lenski about his amazing Long Term Evolution Experiment (UPDATEDx4)
5. 27 JanWhy I’m hesitant to recommend flipping the classroom to pre-tenure faculty
6. 26 JanParental leave, beyond the numbers (guest post)
7. 23 JanFriday links: the compassionate classroom, universities as newspapers (and cockroaches), and more
8. 22 JanBook review: The Bet by Paul Sabin
9. 21 JanSuggest topics and participants for the debate at the 2016 ASN meeting in Asilomar! (UPDATED)
10. 20 JanDo gender and imposter syndrome influence where scientists submit their manuscripts?
11. 18 JanDoes the myth of the solo genius scientist contribute to imposter syndrome?
12. 16 JanFriday links: a Marine ecologist, macroecologist vs. macroecology, and more
13. 15 Jan#ESA100 meeting preview: lightning talks
14. 14 JanHoisted from the comments: on ecological ideas and their champions
15. 13 JanSticky notes as a teaching and lab meeting tool
16. 12 JanPostdoc parental leave policies, part 3 (guest post)
17. 10 JanDisease ecology & evolution postdoc available in the Duffy Lab!
18. 9 JanFriday links: great new ecology blog, a talk made of tweets, teaching tips galore, and more
19. 7 JanHow I plan to use my research leave
20. 6 JanOrganism of the Day: a way to feature organismal diversity and natural history in Intro Bio and Ecology courses
21. 5 JanPostdoc parental leave policies, part 2 (guest post)
22. 2 JanThe population (and ecosystem!) ecology of Pablo Escobar’s hippos
23. 2 JanFriday links: evolution card game, abuse of parsimony, and more

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December 2014

1. 29 DecYou asked Google, we’ll answer
2. 26 DecFriday links: Merry Christmas to us, and more
3. 22 Dec‘Twas the night before Christmas…
4. 19 DecFriday links: holiday caRd, best podcasts ever, American words vs. British ears, and more (UPDATEDx2)
5. 18 DecHoisted from the comments: what do ecologists have Big Data on, and what don’t they?
6. 17 DecEcologists who are awesome at things besides ecology
7. 15 DecUsing text matching software to detect and deter plagiarism
8. 13 DecBeer nog!
9. 12 DecFriday links: bucket models (literally), are psychologists psychic, and more
10. 11 DecPostdoc parental leave policies, part 1 (guest post)
11. 10 DecMusings on the the reward structure of science
12. 8 DecTips for relieving student anxiety about exams
13. 5 DecFriday links: #ESA100, the value of natural history collections, and more
14. 4 DecLate-semester thoughts on flipping the classroom
15. 3 Dec#ESA100 – big concepts and ideas in ecology for the last 100 years
16. 2 DecWhy are your statistical models more complex these days?
17. 1 DecWhat sort of papers win the Mercer Award?
18. 1 Dec#bakeyourstudyorganism

November 2014

1. 28 NovFriday links: biodiversity apps, blogs vs. Twitter, succession of grossness, and more
2. 27 NovHappy Thanksgiving from Dynamic Ecology!
3. 27 NovHappy Thanksgiving from evolution!
4. 26 NovHave you ever gone up the journal ladder following a rejection?
5. 25 NovReader survey results
6. 23 NovOn busyness and striving for balance
7. 21 NovFriday links: on live tweeting talks, measurement vs. theory, #myworstgrade, and more
8. 19 NovKeeping Perspective
9. 17 NovPlease complete the Dynamic Ecology reader survey! (UPDATEDx2)
10. 14 NovFriday links: female ESA award winners, #overlyhonestcitations, academic karma, and more (UPDATED)
11. 12 NovJeremy Fox seeking applicants for the Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship
12. 10 NovPostdoc leave policies (guest post)
13. 7 NovFriday links: everything old is new again, and more
14. 6 NovGuess the famous ecologist from the wordle! (UPDATED)
15. 4 NovAnybody out there teaching a successful intro biostats course? Tell us about it!
16. 3 NovA hypothesis about why some ecologists don’t like “pure theory”

October 2014

1. 31 OctFriday links: Hope Jahren’s blog turns 1, Tim Poisot wins the intertubes, and more
2. 29 OctMarquet et al. on theory in ecology
3. 27 OctNon-academic careers for ecologists: data science (guest post)
4. 24 OctFriday links: what significant results look like, optimal journal submission strategy, and more
5. 23 OctWhat if NSF preproposals WERE the proposals?
6. 22 OctElliot Sober on the present and future of philosophy of biology
7. 20 OctWhat math should ecologists teach
8. 17 OctFriday links: new p-hacking data, grant lotteries, things ecologists will never experience, and more
9. 14 OctHow to get a postdoc position (guest post)
10. 10 OctFriday links: dump the Canadian CCV, unreclaiming zoology, billion dollar grant, and more
11. 9 OctPoll results: what should ecologists learn less of?
12. 8 OctWhat should ecologists learn LESS of?
13. 6 OctShould journal editors be anonymous?
14. 3 OctThe little things, professorial edition
15. 3 OctFriday links: the cult of “too busy”, why research fails, a love letter to National Geographic, and more
16. 2 OctInterpreting ANOVA interactions and model selection: a summary of current practices and some recommendations
17. 1 OctUsing our posts as course material? Please tell us just so we know.

September 2014

1. 30 SepTenure track position at #UMichEEB in ecology or evolution of fishes or birds
2. 29 SepThey’re just not that into you: the no-excuses truth to understanding proposal reviews (guest post)
3. 27 SepWatch Jeremy’s talk on blogging at Utah State University
4. 26 SepFriday links: climate change (for women and the planet), yeast mail, grumpy frog, and more (UPDATED)
5. 25 SepDetection probability survey results
6. 24 SepWhat belongs in the appendices vs. the main text in scientific papers?
7. 22 SepTheory vs. models in ecology (UPDATED)
8. 19 SepFriday links: sexual assault, NSF preproposals, is lecturing ethical, and more
9. 17 SepDetection probabilities – back to the big picture … and a poll
10. 16 SepListen to Jeremy talk about ecology and blogging on Utah Public Radio Wed. 9 am Mountain Time (UPDATED)
11. 15 SepDetection probabilities, statistical machismo, and estimator theory
12. 12 SepFriday links: falsificationist vs. confirmationist science, transgendered scientists, lizard vs. iPhone, and more
13. 11 SepGraduate positions available in Jeremy Fox’s lab for Fall 2015
14. 10 SepTractable != easy
15. 8 SepWhere do you look for academic jobs in ecology?
16. 5 SepFriday links: is ecology’s explanatory power really declining that much, John Harte vs. Tony Ives, and more
17. 4 SepStart-of-the-year advice for everyone!
18. 2 SepWhat should editors do when referees disagree?

August 2014

1. 29 AugFriday links: Lego academics vs. admin, ESA vs. other summer conferences, greatest syllabus ever, a taxonomy of papers, and more
2. 28 AugDo you allow laptops in class?
3. 27 AugIs there any way to avoid having to write all-new assignments every term for the classes I teach?
4. 26 Aug25 years of ecology – what’s changed?
5. 25 AugBrief book reviews: The Science of the Struggle for Existence, Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection, and Why Do Lemmings Commit Suicide? (UPDATED)
6. 22 AugFriday links: text mining the ESA meeting, the rise and decline of the US (Forest Service), and more
7. 21 AugIs blogging with someone a conflict of interest?
8. 20 AugPoll: What should a community ecology class cover?
9. 19 AugNotes and impressions from the ESA meeting
10. 18 AugBook review: Experimental Evolution and the Nature of Biodiversity by Rees Kassen
11. 15 AugFriday links
12. 13 AugMeetup tonight will be in the Aquatic Ecology section booth in the poster hall
13. 13 AugReminder: Dynamic Ecology meetup today! (UPDATED)
14. 9 AugSemi-hiatus for the ESA meeting
15. 8 AugFriday links: highly significant increase in marginal significance, hidden female authors, the evolution of Groot, and more
16. 7 AugSelf-promotion in science: poll results and commentary
17. 6 AugFour rules for long distance collaborations
18. 5 AugGuest Post: Perfecting the Elevator Pitch
19. 4 AugPoll: What constitutes “self promotion” in science? (UPDATED)
20. 1 AugFriday links: breaking down NSF success rates, funding people not projects, and more

July 2014

1. 31 JulGuest post: where to eat and drink at #ESA2014
2. 30 Jul#ESA2014 bingo!
3. 29 JulPoll: how do you calculate sums of squares in an unbalanced ANOVA?
4. 28 JulUnusual uses of technology for ecological studies
5. 25 JulFriday links: zombie ideas in evolution and psychology, a world without statistics, and more
6. 24 JulSurvey: where do you prefer to publish your theory papers?
7. 24 JulUnread classics in ecology
8. 23 JulNeglected classics in ecology and evolution
9. 21 JulDon’t worry (too much) about whether you’ll get tenure, because you probably will
10. 18 JulFriday links: revisiting old papers, life after lab closure, and more (UPDATED)
11. 17 JulSexual harassment and rape in field sciences, part II
12. 16 JulPoll: How do you interpret two-way ANOVAs?
13. 15 JulBiology-themed potlucks
14. 14 JulNavigating the Tenure Track
15. 11 JulFriday links: visualizing sampling error, Ben Bolker vs. statistical machismo, why be wrong, and more
16. 10 JulFaculty position in ecology at University of Ottawa
17. 9 JulThe benefits of continuing to work in the lab as a PI
18. 8 JulHelp Jeremy crowdsource his Ignite talk for #ESA2014!
19. 7 JulDynamic Ecology meetup during Wed. poster session at #ESA2014!
20. 4 JulHappy Independence Day from evolution!
21. 3 JulA career as an environmental consultant (guest post)
22. 3 JulThursday links: bird papers > insect papers, the genealogy of theoretical ecology, and more (UPDATED)
23. 1 JulOn the differences between natural resource and biology departments

June 2014

1. 30 JunSteven Frank on how to explain biological patterns (UPDATED)
2. 27 JunFriday links: a botanical brainteaser, hippos as invasive species, tau > pi, 2>55, and more (UPDATED)
3. 27 JunHappy second birthday to us!
4. 25 JunIn praise of side projects
5. 24 JunResearch-themed baking
6. 23 JunScientific one hit wonders (or, what’s the scientific equivalent of “Tainted Love”?) (UPDATEDx2)
7. 20 JunFriday links: Darwin vs. naps, evolution bucket list, an admirable book burning, and more
8. 18 JunThe mid-grad school doldrums
9. 16 JunYou used to work on WHAT?!
10. 14 JunAdvice for the summer conference season
11. 13 JunFriday links: sea pigs, the challenge of reproducibility, and more
12. 11 JunHow to write a great journal article – act like a fiction author
13. 9 JunWhat are you reading this summer?
14. 7 JunDynamic Ecology GeoGuessr Challenge #2! (UPDATED)
15. 6 JunFriday links: Lego scientists, who cares who “believes” in evolution, and more
16. 4 JunGuest post: Is statistical software harmful?
17. 2 JunAre there Buddy Holly ideas? (or, has any line of ecological or evolutionary research ever been prematurely abandoned?) (UPDATE)

May 2014

1. 30 MayFriday links: does Gaad exist, stories behind classic ecology papers, evolution of chess, and more (UPDATEDx2)
2. 29 MayHow selective are you in choosing prospective graduate students?
3. 27 MayJeremy’s blogging FAQs (UPDATED)
4. 24 MayAssigned to speak on Friday morning at the ESA this year? We have a post on that… (UPDATED)
5. 23 MayFriday links: ogling science vs. loving it, reaching for the “stars”, boiling frog sci-fi, and more
6. 22 MayFrogs jump? researcher consensus on solutions for NSF declining accept rates
7. 21 MayWhat are the greatest ecology & evolution dissertations ever? (UPDATED)
8. 19 MayAre US researchers slowly boiled frogs? – or thinking out of the box about the future of NSF
9. 18 MayMeg has tenure!
10. 16 MayFriday links: valuing scientists vs. science, real stats vs. fake data, Pigliucci vs. Tyson, and more (UPDATED)
11. 13 MayIs the notion that species interactions are stronger and more specialized in the tropics a zombie idea? (guest post)
12. 12 MayThe fitness landscape of beer: Fisher’s geometrical model vs. IPA
13. 11 MayHappy Mother’s Day from biology!
14. 10 MayFollow up to my cautionary tale regarding using Wikipedia in the classroom
15. 9 MayFriday links: your sample size is too small, tips for the academic nomad, and more
16. 8 MayMy most embarrassing moments in academia
17. 7 MayWhat myths of academia need debunking?
18. 5 MayUsing Wikipedia in the classroom: a cautionary tale (Updatedx2)
19. 2 MayFriday links: top journals vs. thumbs, history of peer review, 40 years of Darwin’s finches, squnks, and more
20. 1 MayNeil deGrasse Tyson on stereotypes, societal expectations, and women and minorities in science

April 2014

1. 30 AprStereotype threat and ally work
2. 29 AprCountering stereotype threat
3. 28 AprStereotype threat: A summary of the problem
4. 26 AprAnnouncing the winner of the Dynamic Ecology GeoGuessr Challenge!
5. 25 AprJeremy Fox seeking applicants for University of Calgary postdoctoral fellowship competition
6. 25 AprFriday links: what’s flipped learning anyway?, bad null models, peer reviewers vs. lightbulbs, and more
7. 23 AprGuest post: A career as an ecologist at a governmental agency
8. 21 AprScientists have to present a united front, right?
9. 20 AprPlay the Dynamic Ecology GeoGuessr Challenge!
10. 18 Apr2-3 ecology grad student positions in Jeremy Fox’s lab
11. 18 AprFriday links: women in science x3, Peter Godfrey-Smith at 3 am, Dr. Zen on postpublication review, and more
12. 17 AprWhen a series of entirely reasonable decisions leads to biased outcomes: thoughts on the Waterman Award
13. 16 AprOur least-read posts
14. 14 AprIs requiring replication statistical machismo?
15. 11 AprFriday links: Stein’s paradox, non-significant is the new significant, and more
16. 10 AprPolicy relevant science: the unreasonable effectiveness of boundary objects
17. 9 AprThe importance of knowing and recognizing the limits of your knowledge
18. 8 AprHere are the slides from my talk on blogging
19. 7 AprWhat do you think is the biggest recent conceptual advance in ecology?
20. 4 AprFriday links: community assembly vs. Go, Hurlbert vs. neuroscientists, and more (UPDATED)
21. 3 AprJeremy’s upcoming talk on blogging will be live-tweeted by @FisheriesBlog, 1 pm EDT Apr. 7
22. 2 AprHere’s the poster for Jeremy’s upcoming talk on blogging
23. 2 AprHow, and why, to take a grad student sabbatical (guest post)
24. 1 AprScientific ethics discussions in labs

March 2014

1. 31 MarThe power of “checking all the boxes” in scientific research: the example of character displacement (UPDATED)
2. 28 MarFriday links: Anscombe’s quartet, lab lit, the accidental theorist, Darwin’s local, and more
3. 27 MarBook review: Community Ecology by Gary Mittelbach, and Community Ecology by Peter Morin
4. 26 MarPolicy relevant science – life on the boundary
5. 25 MarDo individual ecologists review in proportion to how much they submit? Here’s the data! (UPDATEDx4)
6. 24 MarMy path to ecology
7. 21 MarFriday links: animals jumping badly, the recency of publish-or-perish, mythologizing wolves, and more
8. 20 MarPost-publication review is here to stay–for the scientific 1%
9. 19 MarHave you ever abandoned a big line of research?
10. 18 MarVisiting scholar opportunities at Kellogg Biological Station
11. 17 MarHappy St. Patrick’s Day from biology!
12. 14 MarFriday links: PhD models, great Tony Ives interview, shameless self-promotion, and more (UPDATE: link added)
13. 13 MarWhat do you listen to in the lab?
14. 12 MarTell me again what “major revisions” are?
15. 11 MarIn praise of a novel risky prediction – Biosphere 2
16. 10 MarPre- vs. post-publication review and procedural justice
17. 7 MarFriday links: extinction cartoons, March Mammal Madness, and more (UPDATED)
18. 6 MarUsing Google Documents in Discussion-Based Courses
19. 5 MarQuestioning the value of biodiversity (UPDATEDx3)
20. 3 MarWhich pre-blog ecologists and evolutionary biologists would’ve made the best bloggers? (UPDATED)

February 2014

1. 28 FebFriday links: scientific publishing is unfixable, “Big Replication”, new ecology teaching videos, and more
2. 26 FebDo you have a lab philosophy?
3. 24 FebPost-publication “review”: signs of the times (UPDATE: link fixed)
4. 21 FebFriday links: how to make the most of grad student recruiting visits, Darwin doodles, and more
5. 20 FebBook review: The Silwood Circle
6. 18 FebDynamic Ecology live at Virginia Tech on April 7–help me write my talk!
7. 17 FebOn progress in ecology
8. 14 FebFriday links: predictions need explanations, scientific band names, and more
9. 13 FebElevator Pitches and Basic vs. Applied Research
10. 12 FebHow do you celebrate Darwin Day?
11. 10 FebBeating model selection bias by bootstrapping the model selection process (UPDATED)
12. 7 FebFriday links: confirmation bias confirmed, peak reading, diatom art, and more (UPDATEDx2)
13. 5 FebAre scientific books on their way out?
14. 4 FebYou do not need to work 80 hours a week to succeed in academia
15. 3 FebWhy is ecology so…?

January 2014

1. 31 JanFriday links: 7-year postdoc, every major’s terrible, citation Matthew Effect, KILL BLOGS WITH FIRE, and more (UPDATED)
2. 30 JanWhat’s the ideal size for an ecology lab group?
3. 29 JanPostdoc in quantitative ecology with Peter Adler at Utah State (UPDATED)
4. 28 JanStats vs. scouts, polls vs. pundits, and ecology vs. natural history
5. 27 JanMy Gender Gap: Is there value in calculating the gender ratio of coauthors?
6. 24 JanFriday links: petri dish art, no one reads your papers, the value of pseudonyms, and more
7. 23 JanWilliam Shockley on what makes a person who publishes a lot of papers (and the superstar researcher system)
8. 22 JanThere are ecology blogs, but no ecology blogosphere
9. 20 JanResolved: debates at scientific meetings are a good thing (interview) (UPDATEDx3)
10. 19 JanBob Holt wins the 2014 Per Brink Oikos Award
11. 17 JanFriday links: p-hacking=posterior hacking, #montypythonscience, forgotten co-authors (oops!), and more
12. 15 JanWhat to do at lab meetings?
13. 15 JanZombie ideas shout-out at the Am Nat meeting! (UPDATED)
14. 14 JanR isn’t just R anymore
15. 13 JanWhat’s the greatest ecology experiment in history?
16. 10 JanFriday links: the grand gender convergence, statistics vs. scotch, SO BUSY, and more (UPDATED)
17. 8 JanHoisted from the comments: are you still improving as an ecologist?
18. 7 JanWhat scientific questions do you get asked at parties? (guest post)
19. 6 JanTraining Students for Non-Academic Careers
20. 3 JanFriday links: snarky acknowledgments, top conservation papers, what tenure is for, and more (CORRECTED)
21. 2 JanFrom the archives: the story behind my favorite paper

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December 2013

1. 31 DecThanks to our commenters!
2. 27 DecFriday links: good cartoons of bad arguments, and more
3. 26 DecFrom the archives: what scientific claims have you changed your mind about?
4. 25 DecMerry Christmas from evolution!
5. 22 DecAsk us anything: how do you fix the entire academic research and funding system?
6. 21 DecAsk us anything: academic bullying in ecology
7. 20 DecFriday links: math with bad drawings, the rejection that wasn’t, holiday caRd, and more
8. 19 DecAsk us anything: what statistical techniques does every ecologist need to know?
9. 18 DecAsk us anything: the postdoc to PI transition
10. 17 DecAsk us anything: Is ecology “idea free”?
11. 16 DecAsk us anything: how do you critique the published literature without looking like a jerk? (UPDATED)
12. 14 DecAsk us anything: climate change science
13. 13 DecFriday links: you say you want a (publishing) revolution…or a baby…or another postdoc…(EDITED)
14. 12 DecHoisted from the comments: a philosophy of ecology bibliography (UPDATEDx2)
15. 12 DecAsk us anything: is ecological theory practical?
16. 10 DecRecipe: homemade beer nog!
17. 9 DecWhy ecologists might want to read more philosophy of science (UPDATED)
18. 6 DecI’m seeking postdoctoral fellowship applicants
19. 6 DecFriday links: Get Science Right, two-tier academia = drug gang, and more
20. 4 DecAdvice from the archives: how to choose a research project
21. 3 DecHoisted from the comments: Ben Bolker on “other people’s data”
22. 2 DecI’m joining the editorial board of Axios Review. Here’s why.

November 2013

1. 29 NovFriday links: a purposeful scientific life, zombie statistics, silly science acronyms, Tarantino vs. Plato, and more (UPDATED)
2. 28 NovHappy American Thanksgiving from evolution!
3. 27 NovWhittaker and Shreve Awards from ESA
4. 26 NovAsk us anything, and we’ll answer!
5. 25 NovDo we need a culture of Data Science in academia? (guest post)
6. 22 NovFriday links: Being Black, why science news doesn’t go viral, MOOC fail, and more
7. 20 NovEstablishing New Field Sites
8. 19 NovGender-blind faculty searches
9. 18 NovAre you resistant or resilient in the face of rejection?
10. 15 NovFriday links: the history of “Big Data” in ecology, inside an NSF panel, funny Fake Science, and more (UPDATEDx2)
11. 14 NovOur best posts now all in one place
12. 13 NovModelling cyclic populations: thoughts on the workshop
13. 13 NovWhat was the best ecology paper by a young author in 2011-12?
14. 12 NovPopulation cycles workshop: watch live videos of the talks! (UPDATED)
15. 11 NovThe Importance of Diverse Approaches in Ecological Research
16. 8 NovFriday links: an accidental scientific activist, unkillable birds, the stats of “marginally significant” stats, and more(UPDATEx2: links fixed)
17. 7 NovUseful links related to tenure track job searches in ecology (last update Oct 2019)
18. 7 NovThe one true route to good science is …
19. 6 NovImplicit Biases & Evaluating Job Candidates (updated)
20. 5 NovDoes scientific controversy help or hurt scientific careers?
21. 1 NovFriday links: the war on researcher degrees of freedom begins, accidental aRt, and more (UPDATED with new link!)

October 2013

1. 31 OctWhat, no candy?!
2. 31 OctBook review: Darwin Deleted by Peter J. Bowler
3. 29 OctSurvey results: how do you find papers to read when you can’t do a search?
4. 28 Oct“Illegal” Questions at Job Interviews
5. 25 OctCandidates sought for PIMS postdoc in mathematical ecology/evolution at University of Calgary
6. 25 OctFriday links: why your work will never make the textbooks, ELA only semi-saved, crab monster poetry, and more
7. 24 OctHow do you find papers to read when what you’re looking for can’t be searched for?
8. 22 OctMeasuring resource competition vs. measuring inflation
9. 21 OctTwo stage peer review of manuscripts: methods review prior to data collection, full review after (UPDATED x2!)
10. 18 OctFriday links: dance your statistics, ecological theory then and now, and more (link fixed, and UPDATEDx2)
11. 17 OctWhat metacommunity ecology can learn from population genetics (UPDATED)
12. 16 OctIn praise of exploratory statistics
13. 15 OctWomen Ecologists, Wikipedia, and Ada Lovelace Day (part 1) (Updated x2!)
14. 11 OctFriday links: the research conveyor belt, in (modest) praise of impact factor, and more
15. 10 OctOn the value of simple limiting cases: Lotka-Volterra models and trolley problems
16. 9 OctDynamic Ecology posts as course material (UPDATE: link fixed)
17. 8 OctVideos for teaching ecology (Updated periodically)
18. 7 OctWhat is the currency of equal division of parenting?
19. 4 Oct#wwbbd (UPDATED)
20. 4 OctFriday links: how to do great research, what would Ben Bolker do, and more
21. 3 OctLost causes in science
22. 2 OctAutocorrelation: friend or foe?
23. 1 OctDoes peer review ever increase “researcher degrees of freedom” and compromise statistical rigor?

September 2013

1. 27 SepMore Friday Links!: Women in science, identifying marine plankton, and more!
2. 27 SepFriday links: why do a Ph.D., and more
3. 26 SepWIWACS vs. zombie ideas
4. 24 SepDo ecologists ever confuse absolute and relative fitness?
5. 23 SepBlogs: do ecologists give a #&*%? (guest post)
6. 20 SepFriday links: in praise of “token” women, solving the two body problem, and more (UPDATE: link fixed)
7. 19 SepHow North American ecology faculty position search committees work
8. 18 SepFollow the money – what really matters when choosing a journal (UPDATED)
9. 17 SepHow do you teach controversial scientific ideas?
10. 13 SepFriday links: the Silwood story, advice for (and from) grad students, and more
11. 12 SepThe Gremlins That Mess Up Your Field Experiments
12. 11 SepThe merits of system-based research
13. 10 SepTen things to keep in mind as you analyze your data (plus a few more)
14. 9 SepMy elevator pitch
15. 6 SepFriday links: liberal arts ecologists, potato beetle bombs, good modelers “lie, cheat, and steal”, and more (UPDATED)
16. 5 SepWhat are simple models for? Two must-read views from economics
17. 5 SepFun with Google searches on “ecology”
18. 4 SepSuggest videos to use when teaching intro ecology!
19. 3 SepA thumbs up for the intermediate disturbance hypothesis (guest post)

August 2013

1. 30 AugAndrew Gelman on why he blogs, plus thoughts on independent blogs
2. 30 AugFriday links: significant excess of (barely) significant results, sympathy for the dean, and more
3. 28 AugIn Praise of Boring, Local Field Sites
4. 27 AugShould grad students be paid to finish promptly?
5. 26 AugHow I put together my ESA talk (includes my slides)
6. 23 AugFriday links: Rich Lenski is blogging (!), scientist goes rogue (!), shark-bear (?!), and more
7. 22 AugINTECOL 2013 Wednesday Thursday Wrapup – #INT13
8. 22 AugTimely talks
9. 21 AugIt doesn’t get any easier (guest post)
10. 20 AugINTECOL 2013 – Tuesday Recap #INT13
11. 20 AugZombie ideas in ecology: a comment on my paper critiquing the IDH, and my reply
12. 19 AugINTECOL 2013 – Monday recap
13. 19 AugWhy advanced machine learning methods badly overfit niche models – is this statistical machismo?
14. 16 AugZombie ideas in ecology: my TREE paper is a hit (UPDATED)
15. 16 AugFriday links: profs don’t retire, republishing open-access articles, and more (UPDATED)
16. 10 AugJeremy’s on vacation
17. 9 AugBonus Friday link: Deborah Mayo on Nate Silver
18. 9 AugFriday links: gaming article-level metrics, academic hipsters, and more (UPDATED)
19. 9 AugESA Thursday review: a few final thoughts
20. 8 AugESA Wednesday review: Ignite sessions
21. 6 AugESA Monday review: Tony Ives rocks (UPDATED)
22. 4 AugI’m looking for a graduate student (maybe two)
23. 2 AugFriday links: reproducibility, toddlers=urban naturalists, resigning your faculty position, and more
24. 2 AugWhere to eat and drink at the ESA meeting (guest post)
25. 1 AugESA 2013 preview: my talk won’t be as boring as the abstract sounds
26. 1 AugESA 2013 preview: here’s my itinerary

July 2013

1. 31 JulESA 2013 preview
2. 30 JulDo you spend your own money on your research?
3. 30 JulTraveling; comment moderation will be slow
4. 26 JulBonus Friday link: Darwin to be replaced on British 10 pound note
5. 26 JulFriday links: adverbs loom large in science writing (unsurprisingly), and more
6. 25 JulWhat once-controversial matters in ecology are now settled?
7. 24 JulI’m going to make some changes to how I blog
8. 23 JulAre deans committing the same error as hen breeders? (UPDATED)
9. 19 JulFriday links: Sears CEO vs. multi-level selection, noninformative priors = perpetual motion machines, scientific wills, a poetic paper, and more
10. 18 JulJohn Stuart Mill on the value of contrarianism
11. 17 JulThe downside of data sharing: more false results (UPDATEDx3)
12. 15 JulEcology needs a new textbook
13. 13 JulHelp Jeremy decide what posts to write next! (plus a preview of coming attractions) (UPDATED)
14. 12 JulFriday links: the need for replication, how artists and scientists present their work, and more (much more!)
15. 11 JulIn (tentative) praise of shopkeeper science (UPDATED)
16. 10 JulShreve Student Research Fund and Whittaker Travel Fellowship from ESA
17. 9 JulSystem Envy and Experiment Failures
18. 8 JulPoll: which scientific practices are ethical issues? (UPDATED)
19. 5 JulFriday links: synthesizing data on “synthesis” in ecology, new blog on women in science, and more (UPDATED)
20. 3 JulTeaching Evolution via Infectious Diseases: Smocovitis talk at #Evol2013
21. 2 JulClass activities for upper-level courses: blog posts, debates, critiques of media coverage, and more!
22. 1 JulOn wandering around alone at meetings

June 2013

1. 29 JunThis isn’t the blog you’re looking for
2. 28 JunApplications invited for Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (UPDATED)
3. 28 JunFriday links: excessive coauthorship, inspiring links about moms in science, and more
4. 27 JunHappy Birthday to us!
5. 27 JunDo you know what a type I functional response is? Are you sure? (UPDATED)
6. 26 JunThat was a great project–whatever happened with that? (CORRECTED)
7. 25 JunBook review: The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver
8. 24 JunA proposal for replicating published statistical analyses in ecology & evolution
9. 21 JunFriday links: NIH vs. NSF, the lunch problem faced by female faculty, tracking people at conferences, etc.
10. 21 JunNursing rooms at Evolution 2013! #Evol2013
11. 20 JunA Few Early Friday Links: Pseudonyms, Single Mom Postdocs, and #moreinvolved
12. 19 JunWhy saying you are a Bayesian is a low information statement
13. 18 JunWhy universities are great places to do policy relevant science
14. 15 JunBrief hiatus for Jeremy
15. 15 JunAngela Moles vs. zombie ideas about latitudinal gradients in herbivory and plant defense (UPDATED)
16. 14 JunFriday links: women in academia (then & now), cicada personal ads, and more
17. 13 JunAdvice: helping you prep for the big summer conferences
18. 13 JunWaiving Guest Registration Fees For New Parents (UPDATED!)
19. 12 JunMeghan Duffy named 2013 ESA Early Career Fellow!
20. 12 JunAdvice: finding a career in non-academic research (guest post)
21. 11 JunHurlbert’s Classic Pseudoreplication Paper & Using MythBusters to Teach Undergrads About Experimental Design
22. 10 JunWhich ecology journals are best at publishing papers that go on to become highly cited?
23. 10 JunAnd the most-cited ecology papers from the 70s, 80s, and 90s are… (UPDATEDx6)
24. 7 JunFriday links: Science Cafe at the ESA meeting, Peter Medawar > EO Wilson as a source of advice, and more (UPDATEDx2)
25. 6 JunHow do you train people in a world where standard practices are changing? (UPDATED)
26. 6 JunWhen, if ever, is it ok for a paper to gloss over or ignore criticisms of the authors’ approach? (UPDATED)
27. 4 JunZombie ideas: the bookends
28. 4 JunTraveling to Meetings While Breastfeeding (UPDATED!)
29. 3 JunMicrocosm experiments have unlimited potential for community and ecosystem ecology (guest post)

May 2013

1. 31 MayFriday links: pay an undergrad to critique your teaching, apps for field biologists, meiosis > John Rawls, and more
2. 30 MayProfessorship in environmental science/ecology
3. 30 MayCitizen science for creating large, usable ecology datasets (guest post)
4. 29 MayContest! Guess the most-cited ecology papers from the 70s, 80s, and 90s
5. 28 MayAre unstable communities like $10 bills lying on the ground?
6. 27 MayHere’s what it’s like when you easily handle all the tough questions after your seminar
7. 24 MayBonus Friday link: interesting way of surveying ecologists’ preferred statistical approaches
8. 24 MayBonus Friday link: the reproducibility of peer review
9. 24 MayFriday links: can you identify any ecosystem on sight, why papers get rejected, your state bird is lame, and more
10. 22 MayThe great escape: charting a career outside of academia (guest post)
11. 20 MayStuart Hurlbert rips Sokal & Rohlf and the state of biostatistical training (UPDATEDx2)
12. 17 MayFriday links: rejected classic papers, great interview with Peter Kareiva, crowdfunding=bake sale, and more
13. 16 MayZombie ideas are losing the war for the intertubes
14. 15 MayProject MOSAIC: tools for teaching mathematical modeling and statistics
15. 15 MayWho’s asked me to review recently, and how I’ve responded
16. 14 MayWhat it takes to do policy-relevant science
17. 13 May“Null” and “neutral” models are overrated
18. 10 MayFriday links: s**t students write, do big name scientists have too much money, and more
19. 9 MayBook review: The Pseudoscience Wars by Michael Gordin
20. 8 MayThe Little Things
21. 7 MayHoisted from the comments: name the most productive, and unproductive, ecology debates ever
22. 6 MayWe need more “short selling” of scientific ideas (UPDATED)
23. 4 MayCool science graphics! (UPDATED)
24. 3 MayFriday links: how ecological research has (and hasn’t) changed in the last 30 years, and more
25. 2 MayFalse models are useful BECAUSE they’re false
26. 1 MayUS National Academy of Sciences elects several ecologists and evolutionary biologists as new members (UPDATEDx2)
27. 1 MayMy UG students react to E. O. Wilson on math in biology

April 2013

1. 30 AprHoisted from the comments: Using Google Ngrams to document the decline of botany, zoology, and natural history
2. 29 AprThe implementation gap in conservation biology: is math contributing to the problem? (guest post)
3. 26 AprFriday links: gaming a game theory exam, “alpha females” in academia, and more
4. 24 AprThe ELA has been saved (?)
5. 24 AprZombie ideas in ecology: the local-regional richness relationship (UPDATED)
6. 23 AprEducation Components of CAREER Proposals (UPDATED!)
7. 22 AprHoisted from the comments: our best off-topic comment threads
8. 22 AprMajor screw-up in economics, and what it means for ecology (UPDATED)
9. 19 AprBonus Friday link: the issue with E. O. Wilson isn’t math, it’s collaboration
10. 19 AprFriday links: science funding and the “decline effect”, ecology in China, Finnish bus stations (yes, really), and more
11. 17 AprOn the tone and content of this blog (feedback encouraged)
12. 16 AprPrioritizing manuscripts, and having data go unpublished for lack of time
13. 13 AprSexual Harassment and Rape in Field Sciences
14. 12 AprFriday links: Canada’s greatest know it all (no, not Jeremy…), the research productivity of moms, HS teachers on EO Wilson, and more
15. 9 AprA calm and balanced case for math in biology (UPDATED)
16. 9 AprR. A. Fisher vs. E. O. Wilson on math in biology
17. 8 AprSelective journals vs. social networks: alternative ways of filtering the literature, or po-tay-to, po-tah-to?
18. 7 AprE. O. Wilson vs. math (UPDATEDx16 & corrected; no further updates)
19. 5 AprBonus Friday link: JBS Haldane tweets from beyond the grave
20. 5 AprFriday links: “Dear evolution” letters, gender and science, and more
21. 2 AprHow often do you travel?
22. 1 AprFrom the archives: Darwin in space, r/K selection is a zombie idea, and more

March 2013

1. 29 MarFriday links: transparency in research, and more
2. 28 MarSurviving your comprehensive exams
3. 27 MarShort hiatus
4. 25 MarAdvice: Why some academics SHOULDN’T blog (or use Twitter, or Facebook, or…)
5. 22 MarFriday linkfest: zombie ideas in higher education, do boring papers need full peer review, and more
6. 19 MarEcologists need to do a better job of prediction – Part IV – quantifying prediction quality
7. 18 MarWhat’s your best technical trick?
8. 15 MarBonus Friday link: a real use for fake data
9. 15 MarFriday links: a neutral model of scientific inquiry, and more (UPDATED)
10. 13 MarWhere’s Meg? (and REU opportunity)
11. 13 MarHow do you decide authorship order?
12. 11 MarAre there holes in ecological “research space”?
13. 8 MarBonus Friday link: another fable for our times
14. 8 MarFriday links: Big Data or Pig Data?
15. 7 MarPeers, mentors, role models, and heroes in science (UPDATED)
16. 6 MarSummer course on metacommunity ecology and evolution
17. 5 MarMore fun with Google Ngrams: the ups and downs of ecological ideas, societies, and journals
18. 5 MarFun with Google Ngrams: what’s the most popular subfield of ecology?
19. 4 MarMusings on the culture of ecology
20. 1 MarFriday links: you should be reading Small Pond Science, new results on MaxEnt, and more

February 2013

1. 27 FebAnswers to reader questions, part 3: what we’d say to Congress, tropical vs. temperate systems, and more
2. 25 FebCitation patterns of classic ecology papers: the most-cited classic is a zombie (UPDATEDx2)
3. 22 FebWhat’s Ecolog-L for and how can we make it better? (UPDATED)
4. 22 FebFriday links: conservation postdocs, can you trust Jared Diamond, and more
5. 22 FebWomen in Ecology and Ecolog Discussions (Updated!)
6. 21 FebOn academic ambivalence (UPDATEDx2)
7. 21 FebEcologists need to do a better job of prediction – Part III – mechanistic or phenomenological?
8. 20 FebAnswers to reader questions, part 2: our darkest moments, how we read, and more
9. 18 FebEcology “What if?”
10. 15 FebBonus Friday link: the greatest example of applied game theory EVER
11. 15 FebFriday links: new small-school ecology blog, job skills advice for grad students, #sciencepickuplines, Dawkins for Pope odds, and more
12. 13 FebCitation patterns of classic ecology papers: apparently, some are more classic than others
13. 11 FebAnswers to reader questions: part I
14. 8 FebFriday links: ambitious new ecology blog, and more
15. 6 FebAdvice: why should an academic read blogs?
16. 5 FebThoughts on Applying to Grad School (for prospective students and their mentors)
17. 4 FebOn collective action and “intimidation” in science
18. 1 FebFriday links: Bayesianism and frequentism synthesized, and more

January 2013

1. 30 JanWhy I Use Clickers, Part 2
2. 28 JanWhat introductory biostats textbook should I use?
3. 26 JanGuest post: survey on scholarly publishing in ecology and evolution
4. 25 JanFriday links: the internet is (mostly) in reruns this week
5. 24 JanAdvice: on choosing your own path in science
6. 24 JanAdvice: how to decide where to submit your paper (UPDATEDx3)
7. 22 JanThe study that almost made me quit grad school
8. 21 JanHere it is: ask us anything, and we’ll answer! (UPDATED)
9. 20 JanField guide to coauthors
10. 18 JanFriday links: the physiological ecology of horse-sized ducks, “Go home evolution, you are drunk”, and more
11. 16 JanThe road not taken – for me, and for ecology
12. 16 JanPoll: Interested in a Dynamic Ecology “Ask Us Anything”?
13. 14 JanGuest post: You should be doing “open science”–and we’ll help you!
14. 11 JanFriday links: do ecologists just reinvent the wheel, NSF grant stats, and more
15. 11 JanIs using detection probabilities a case of statistical machismo?
16. 10 Jan#overlyhonestmethods
17. 9 JanEcologists need to do a better job of prediction – part II – partly cloudy and a 20% chance of extinction (or the 6 P’s of good prediction)
18. 7 JanAre established ecology blogs beginning to fade away? (UPDATED)
19. 4 JanFriday links: Nature editor vs. blogger, how to teach what you don’t know, and more
20. 3 JanAdvice: how to review a manuscript for a journal (UPDATED)
21. 2 JanMy Treadmill Desk

2012 330

December 2012

1. 27 DecZombie ideas in ecology: inferring causation from correlation in a density-dependent world
2. 21 DecFriday links: what evolutionary biologists actually do, questions prospective grad students should ask, and more
3. 20 DecIs higher education about to go the way of the music industry? (UPDATED)
4. 19 DecAdvice: a compilation of all our advice posts, and a call for new advice topics (UPDATED)
5. 19 DecAdvice: how to suggest referees in your cover letter to the journal editor
6. 18 DecHoliday recipe: beer nog! #soundsbadtastesgood
7. 17 DecDynamic Ecology (and Oikos Blog) year in review
8. 17 DecZombie ideas about disturbance, and the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise (UPDATED)
9. 16 DecAnd then there were three
10. 14 DecFriday links: carnival of advice, bias against novel grants, life of an NSF program officer, FEAR THE PELICAN, and more (UPDATED)
11. 13 DecApplicants sought for postdoc in Fox lab
12. 12 DecEcological success stories
13. 10 DecEcological forecasting: why I’m a hypocrite and you may be one too
14. 7 DecFriday links: weirdest foraging experiment ever, beer and stats, abuse of parental leave, and more
15. 5 DecThis isn’t the site you’re looking for
16. 3 DecWant to bet?

November 2012

1. 30 NovFriday links: sexism at Nature, quantitative methods workshop, canine teaching assistants, and more (UPDATED)
2. 30 NovSuggestions wanted for 2013 ESA opening plenary speaker (UPDATEDx2)
3. 29 NovQuestions about extinction cascades
4. 28 NovWhy, and how, to do statistics (it’s probably not why and how you think)
5. 27 NovEcologists need to do a better job of prediction – part I – the insidious evils of ANOVA (UPDATED)
6. 26 NovAdvice: Want a scientific career? Get your bachelor’s at a liberal arts college.
7. 25 NovHow random are referee decisions? (UPDATEDx2)
8. 23 NovFriday links: grant writing advice, skill vs. luck, and more
9. 21 NovDo we need a registry, or disclosure requirements, for ecological experiments?
10. 20 NovBiggest day ever for Dynamic Ecology!
11. 19 NovDo bird papers have the best figures?
12. 16 NovFriday links: will blogging change ecological communication, how to write a journal article, and more
13. 15 NovKnowing what you know now: what career advice would you give your former self?
14. 14 NovSome well-known tricks for clear writing
15. 13 NovEcology jobs site
16. 12 NovReader feedback: what audience are we aiming for?
17. 12 NovReader survey results
18. 11 NovBlogger publishes paper under blogging pseudonym
19. 11 NovWho writes the most stylish scientific papers?
20. 9 NovFriday links: what to do when a journal calls you “Miss”, pointless altmetrics, and more (UPDATED)
21. 7 NovDynamic Ecology reader survey
22. 7 NovTraditional statistical ideas remain relevant in the world of “Big Data”
23. 6 NovHow to reject a paper without knowing what you’re talking about
24. 5 NovWhy I Use Clickers, Part 1
25. 5 NovWill blogging change how ecologists communicate? In economics, it already has.
26. 2 NovTony Ives wins the 2012 MacArthur award from the ESA
27. 2 NovFriday links: citation inequality, gender inequality, and more

October 2012

1. 31 OctWhat do you wish you’d learned as a student, but didn’t?
2. 31 OctHappy Halloween from Dynamic Ecology!
3. 30 OctWe’ll never get rid of “salesmanship” in science (and wouldn’t want to)
4. 28 OctCharles Darwin for Congress!
5. 27 OctPoll: should Dynamic Ecology do a live online forum/chat?
6. 26 OctFriday links: is it better for your paper to get rejected before being published, and more
7. 25 OctScaling up is hard to do: a response
8. 24 OctNo, I don’t need to propose an alternative approach in order to criticize yours
9. 24 OctThe problem with shortcuts, illustrated
10. 23 OctHas any “shortcut” method in ecology ever worked?
11. 23 OctNew M.Sc. program in ecology at University of Zurich
12. 23 OctLive, free online interactive chat with the world’s best molecular ecologists, Oct. 24 (UPDATEDx2)
13. 20 OctAdvice: good reasons for choosing a research project (plus some bad ones) (UPDATED)
14. 19 OctAnother attempt to stop or steer the phylogenetic community ecology bandwagon
15. 19 OctAre people getting emails about new posts? (UPDATE: seems to be working)
16. 19 OctFriday links: the audacity of grad school, protist humor, job search advice, and more
17. 18 OctApologies for technical glitch (UPDATE: fixed)
18. 18 OctEcologists should quit making things hard for themselves and focus more on model systems
19. 16 OctThe Paper That Ecology Rejected That Later Won the Mercer Award
20. 15 OctScaling up is hard to do
21. 12 OctThe ESA meeting should have debates
22. 12 OctFriday links: online education, will blogging hurt your career, and more
23. 11 OctExisting data, and easy-to-collect data, cannot answer many of our questions (UPDATED)
24. 11 OctIn praise of pre-publication peer review (because post-publication review is hopeless) (UPDATED)
25. 9 OctCan the phylogenetic community ecology bandwagon be stopped or steered? A case study of contrarian ecology
26. 5 OctFriday links: how to review grant proposals and more
27. 4 OctDo ecologists have schools of thought?
28. 3 OctDynamic Ecology group blogging update (UPDATED)
29. 2 OctAtypical suppliers of valuable research equipment – or, the purchases that drive your department accountants crazy (UPDATED!)
30. 1 OctExperiments so crazy they just might work (UPDATED)

September 2012

1. 30 SepBook review: Petchey and Beckerman’s Getting Started with R
2. 28 SepFriday links: advice on how to do good science, and then talk about it (UPDATED)
3. 27 SepBeing influential doesn’t compensate for being wrong (UPDATED)
4. 26 SepNew kind of talks at the 2013 ESA meeting
5. 26 SepShould journals offer a “no revisions” option to authors?
6. 24 SepWhy OLS estimator is an unbiased estimator for GLS
7. 22 SepWhy I love a good argument (and what makes an argument good)
8. 21 SepFriday links
9. 20 SepNew Lab Startup — Personnel (or, Who to Hire and When to Hire Them)
10. 18 SepWhy the peer-review process is so slow
11. 18 SepRecruiting peer reviewers: the personal touch
12. 17 SepQuestions and resources about structural equation models
13. 14 SepFriday links
14. 14 SepTwo ecology faculty positions at Case Western Reserve University
15. 13 SepZombie ideas in ecology: my TREE paper is now online
16. 13 SepWhy I use twitter
17. 11 SepStatistical machismo?
18. 10 SepBayesian statistics, done properly, actually is frequentist
19. 7 SepFriday links
20. 6 SepHow to make your graduate student seminar series better training
21. 5 SepDoes ecology have a role in sustainability science?
22. 4 SepChris’s Introduction
23. 4 SepWhy Brian is blogging
24. 4 SepDynamic Meg?*
25. 4 SepDynamic Ecology is becoming a group blog!
26. 1 SepOur sidebar is now more useful

August 2012

1. 31 AugWhat would be the best adaptation to have? The worst? The lamest?
2. 30 AugWhy do our “null” models “nullify” some effects and not others?
3. 29 AugWhat evolutionary biology looks like to an economist
4. 28 AugPostdoc in adaptive management of foot and mouth disease at Penn State
5. 28 AugWhy do we publicly criticize bad papers, but not bad talks?
6. 28 AugAdvice: postdoc stories of trying for a career in academia
7. 27 AugElinor Ostrom was turtlely right
8. 27 AugThe complete works of Peter Abrams
9. 26 AugThere’s a horror film based on the Price equation
10. 26 AugAdvice: using Google Scholar to keep up with the literature
11. 24 AugHow disturbance and environmental fluctuations actually affect coexistence: part 4 (UPDATED)
12. 22 AugHow disturbance and environmental fluctuations actually affect coexistence: part 3 (UPDATED)
13. 22 AugPeter Abrams: suggested readings
14. 20 AugPeter Abrams: an appreciation
15. 20 AugGood intuition vs. bad intuition
16. 18 AugHow disturbance and environmental fluctuations actually affect coexistence: part 2
17. 17 AugIn praise of showmanship in scientific presentations (CORRECTED)
18. 15 AugFighting zombies the old school way
19. 13 AugPostdoctoral fellowship in ecology, evolution, or behavior
20. 13 AugPostdoctoral fellowships in conservation research
21. 11 AugDerivation of the continuous time Price equation
22. 11 AugThe future of the Ecosphere journal
23. 11 AugESA 2012: Friday highlights
24. 10 AugESA 2012: Thursday highlights
25. 9 AugESA 2012: more talk recommendations (and bingo!)
26. 9 AugWelcome to new readers who heard about this blog from Jarrett Byrnes!
27. 9 AugFYI: I don’t really tweet
28. 9 AugESA 2012: Wednesday highlights
29. 8 AugHow to fix the ESA meeting half day: the people have spoken
30. 8 AugESA 2012: Tuesday highlights
31. 7 AugGreat moments in getting old
32. 7 AugESA 2012: other people’s Monday notes
33. 7 AugESA 2012: Monday notes
34. 6 AugBlogging the ESA: surprisingly difficult
35. 4 AugWhy the ESA meeting ends with a half day on Friday, and the alternatives (UPDATED)
36. 4 AugESA 2012 bingo!
37. 3 AugAdvice: students shouldn’t bother with “student friendly” conferences (UPDATED)
38. 3 AugAnd the most cited ecology paper published in the last 10 years is…(UPDATEDx2)
39. 2 AugESA 2012 preview: talks to see on Thursday
40. 2 AugESA 2012 preview: talks to see on Wednesday
41. 2 AugESA 2012 preview: talks to see on Tuesday (UPDATED)
42. 2 AugESA 2012 preview: talks to see on Monday (UPDATED)
43. 2 AugCarnival of Evolution #50
44. 1 AugOn optimal search
45. 1 AugESA 2012 preview: all the good talks are on Friday

July 2012

1. 31 JulNCEAS lives! And issues a new call for working group proposals!
2. 30 JulNon-zombie ideas in ecology: how disturbance and environmental fluctuations ACTUALLY affect coexistence (part 1)
3. 29 JulSorry for technical difficulties (UPDATEDx2)
4. 28 JulContest! Guess the most cited ecology paper published in the last ten years
5. 27 JulMy rejected Princeton Monographs proposal, or what makes a good scientific book?
6. 26 Jul2013: Canadian year of mathematical ecology and epidemiology
7. 26 JulEvolutionary theory talk Mad Lib
8. 26 JulTwo Ph.D. positions in ecology, adaptation, and environmental change
9. 25 JulMy new open access paper: Should we expect species’ traits to predict their abundances? (UPDATEDx2)
10. 23 JulGraduate student opening in the Fox lab
11. 21 JulAdvice: how to blog
12. 20 JulShould ecologists do blinded data analyses?
13. 19 JulReadership of papers vs. blog posts
14. 19 JulESA journals and Ecology Letters will not publish papers with preprints (UPDATEDx2–ESA policy has changed)
15. 18 JulOn equations, citations, and mathematical understanding (UPDATEDx2)
16. 17 JulAre feedback loops ubiquitous in ecology and evolution?
17. 17 JulOld Oikos Blog posts are archived here
18. 16 JulCharles Elton on A. J. Lotka
19. 16 JulCitation concentration, filtering, incentives, and green beards
20. 16 Jul#WHATSHOULDWECALLGRADSCHOOL
21. 15 JulTwo faculty positions in ecological/evolutionary theory at University of Minnesota
22. 14 JulThe spatial ecology of gang warfare
23. 12 JulOn “exapting” your own scientific gear
24. 12 JulDynamic Ecology off to flying start!
25. 11 JulDynamic Ecology Twitter feed
26. 10 JulMy shadow CV (updated occasionally)
27. 10 JulRejected names for this blog
28. 9 JulThe fox and the hedgehog

June 2012

1. 22 JunWhy I left the Oikos blog
2. 21 JunDarwin's Origin of Species: notes for your reading group
3. 20 JunRapid evolution of evolutionary biology (and ecology): what's changed since 2005
4. 15 JunTake-home messages vs. the devil in the details
5. 14 JunGreat minds think alike (when they're trying to fix peer review)
6. 13 JunIntuition, education, and zombie ideas (UPDATED)
7. 13 JunBlogging and tweeting the ESA meeting
8. 13 JunElinor Ostrom, 1933-2012
9. 12 JunAdvice: where to eat and drink at Evolution 2012
10. 12 JunHow to attend big conferences: have a focus
11. 11 JunAgainst live-tweeting talks (UPDATEDx2)
12. 10 JunFighty crab: the meme that keeps on giving
13. 10 JunFighty crab vs. zombies
14. 9 JunAdvice: free e-book of presentation tips from Zen Faulkes
15. 8 JunEcology is mostly not like billiards (but lots of people think it is) (UPDATEDx3)
16. 8 JunFrom the archives: why 'small, fast' community ecology matters even on 'big, slow' spatial and temporal scales
17. 7 JunPollination ecology humor
18. 7 JunIs macroecology like astronomy?
19. 7 JunCarnival of Evolution #48
20. 6 JunAdvice: on the perils of "established" methods
21. 6 JunGarbage in, garbage out: what if your Big Dataset is lousy data? (UPDATED)
22. 5 JunAdvice from the archives: preparing to present at, and attend, the big summer conferences
23. 4 JunCool forthcoming Oikos papers
24. 1 JunTechniques aren't powerful; scientists are
25. 1 JunEngaging with crackpots at scientific meetings
26. 1 JunRobert McIntosh, long-ago zombie slayer
27. 1 JunAdvice: how to collaborate

May 2012

1. 31 MaySimplifying a complex, overdetermined world
2. 29 MayHere's what happens when you don't understand math
3. 29 MayAdvice for thesis writers
4. 26 MayI'm busy
5. 23 MayWhat makes for productive scientific debates?
6. 23 MayEffort underway to save the ELA
7. 22 MayOn confusing specific examples and general principles
8. 22 MayMy blogging is starting to have real-world impact
9. 18 MayCanadian Government axes funding for the Experimental Lakes Area (UPDATED)
10. 17 MayMust-read: on ordinary language vs. scientific understanding
11. 16 MayPostdoc in theoretical/experimental community dynamics
12. 16 MayMaybe we need even more stability concepts!
13. 16 MayAdvice: 20 different stability concepts
14. 15 MayFrom the archives: bandwagons in ecology
15. 14 MayCrowdfunding crowdfunding
16. 13 MayAn important but little known fact about compensatory dynamics
17. 11 MayTurn your study system into a funny meme! (UPDATED)
18. 10 MayOn the use and care of mathematical models
19. 10 MayWikipedia on ecological microcosms
20. 10 May"I want to be the [famous non-scientist] of science"
21. 8 MayThree postdocs in quantitative plankton community ecology
22. 7 MayProvocative new Oikos paper: should we reallocate funding away from the ecological 1%? (UPDATED)
23. 6 MayFavorite popular science books about ecology?
24. 4 MayCool new Oikos papers
25. 4 MayRobert Sokal, 1926-2012
26. 2 MayAdvice: on choosing among different indices of the "same" thing
27. 2 MayVideo: a snarky take on the kin selection debate
28. 2 MayCrowdfunding science: the future?
29. 1 MayOikos blog used as course material
30. 1 MayCarnival of Evolution #47

April 2012

1. 30 AprAdvice for grad students: overcoming the feeling that you're an imposter (UPDATED)
2. 27 AprIs ecology becoming too collaborative?
3. 23 AprHuman instructors > computers
4. 22 AprFavorite ecology and evolution quotes? (UPDATED)
5. 20 AprIs 'synthesis ecology' a distinct scientific discipline?
6. 18 AprA key problem in interpreting observational data (UPDATEDx2)
7. 18 AprWhat's the worst you've ever been mis-cited?
8. 16 AprYes, IDH zombies are still worth worrying about (UPDATED)
9. 16 AprHardest (or weirdest) question you were asked during your candidacy exam?
10. 16 AprFrom the archives: defending microcosm experiments
11. 13 AprCharles Darwin is going to be in an animated pirate movie
12. 12 AprEverything you ever wanted to know about the Price equation
13. 12 AprThe paradigm of 'paradigm shifts' turns 50
14. 10 AprZombie ideas about disturbance: a dialogue (UPDATED)
15. 9 AprAdvice: why network at conferences?
16. 9 AprSucceeding in academia: being good vs. being lucky
17. 9 AprFrom the archives: weak reasons for choosing a research project
18. 5 AprOn science for science's sake
19. 4 AprAdvice: how to network at conferences (UPDATED)
20. 4 AprCarnival of Evolution #46
21. 2 AprFrom the archives: how I almost quit science

March 2012

1. 30 MarApparently the Canadian government doesn't read the Oikos blog
2. 30 MarFrom the archives: are some general ecological concepts TOO general?
3. 27 MarWhat's your favorite ecology textbook? (UPDATED)
4. 26 MarOikos blog: have we won the internet yet?
5. 26 MarCool new statistical method not so cool after all?
6. 23 MarIs the time right for NCEAS 2.0?
7. 23 MarThe end of NCEAS (UPDATED)
8. 22 MarTrying to save a zombie idea (UPDATED)
9. 19 MarSteve Jobs on the value of fundamental research
10. 16 MarWhy do fundamental research in a world with pressing applied problems? (UPDATED)
11. 15 MarThe nine kinds of peer reviewers
12. 15 MarAdvice: the 'snake fight' portion of your thesis defense
13. 14 MarEcologist interview: Colin Kremer
14. 14 MarFrom the archives: What's your best paper?
15. 13 MarWhy do experiments? (UPDATEDx2)
16. 13 MarWhy do mathematical modeling?
17. 12 MarA note on comment moderation
18. 9 MarWhere do Oikos blog readers come from?
19. 6 MarCarnival of Evolution #45
20. 6 MarWhat were you, or what were you going to be, before you became an ecologist?
21. 5 MarPoll: have you ever eaten your study organism? (UPDATED)
22. 5 MarCraziest thing you've ever done for science?
23. 4 MarFrom the archives: the story of my first publication
24. 3 MarFrom the archives: Are there inherently complex ecological phenomena?
25. 2 Mar"Blind tastings" for scientific papers?
26. 2 MarFrom the archives: why my papers are like fine wine
27. 1 MarApologies for technical glitch
28. 1 MarFrom the archives: all the reasons why coexisting species should be similar rather than different

February 2012

1. 28 FebDave Vasseur and I are seeking a postdoc applicant (UPDATED – now filled)
2. 26 FebMore on changing your mind in science
3. 24 FebCrowdfunding long-form science journalism (UPDATED)
4. 23 FebModeling challenge: explain sheep cyclones
5. 22 FebInstrumental variables: the key to analyzing "natural experiments"?
6. 20 FebBiggest week ever for the Oikos blog
7. 17 FebAnother upcoming course on models in ecology
8. 17 FebMust-read blog on the art of modeling
9. 16 FebModels in ecology course to be offered
10. 16 FebWhat does R-squared mean?
11. 16 FebMathematics and ecology survey
12. 16 FebMust-read paper: how to make ANY statistical test come out "significant"
13. 16 FebShould supervisors let student authors make mistakes? And should reviewers care?
14. 15 FebThe bright side of a zombie (ideas) apocalypse
15. 14 FebWant to cite the Oikos Blog? Here's how! (UPDATED)
16. 12 FebAdvice: how to choose a PhD program (UPDATED)
17. 11 FebCollege vs. graduate school
18. 11 FebHerding professor cats
19. 7 FebDrilling down vs. scaling up
20. 6 FebAdvice: how to win the Buell and Braun awards at the ESA Annual Meeting
21. 3 FebPostdoc in plant population ecology
22. 3 FebHow international trade almost wiped out the North American bison
23. 3 FebTenure-track position in theoretical/computational ecology
24. 2 FebEcologist interview: Juliana Mulroy
25. 2 FebCarnival of Evolution #44
26. 2 FebAdvice: how to give a good presentation
27. 2 FebCool new Oikos papers (UPDATED)
28. 1 FebDeborah Mayo's blog has moved

January 2012

1. 31 JanGetting over Robert MacArthur (UPDATEDx3)
2. 31 JanOn seeing the big picture
3. 30 JanStatisticians, meet ecologists
4. 29 JanThe last word on US vs. Canadian funding systems
5. 27 JanCrowdsourcing papers on species' traits as predictors of their abundances
6. 26 JanAnother legacy of NCEAS: devalued introverts?
7. 24 JanZombie ideas in ecology: "neutral" = "dispersal limitation"
8. 23 JanZombie ideas in ecology: "neutral" = "stochastic"
9. 23 JanAnother peer review reform: Peerage of Science (UPDATED)
10. 22 JanWhat if science journals "bid" on manuscripts?
11. 19 JanSh*t scientists say
12. 17 JanMore on good lecturing
13. 14 JanThe scientific impact of a nation of beavers
14. 13 JanHow do you read? How much do you read?
15. 12 JanAdvice: choose the right tool for the job
16. 7 JanAre even the best lectures bad?
17. 5 JanAdvice: how to succeed in academia
18. 5 JanAdvice: how to write a successful NSF preliminary proposal
19. 4 JanCreationism humor
20. 4 JanPoll: new ideas for the Oikos Blog (and the journal) (UPDATED)
21. 4 JanScience songs
22. 4 JanCarnival of Evolution #43 now up
23. 4 JanOikos blog: looking back, and looking ahead
24. 1 JanWhy are some ecological ideas controversial?

2011 165

December 2011

1. 28 DecWhy (un)teaching ecology is hard
2. 20 DecAll I want for Christmas
3. 20 DecNeutral drift: this means War!
4. 20 DecA gift for the evolutionary biologist who has everything
5. 20 DecNeRd race!
6. 20 DecPeer reviewers are not like fine wine
7. 19 DecMeRry ChRistmas
8. 17 DecStatistical humor
9. 17 DecAdvice: primer on alternative methods of model selection
10. 16 DecA statistical question and answer site for pros
11. 16 DecCool new method for detecting associations between variables in large datasets (UPDATEDx2)
12. 12 DecAdvice: what to wear to an academic job interview (UPDATED)
13. 12 DecDarwin in space, or spurious correlation exemplified
14. 7 DecModeling contests: putting your math where their money is
15. 7 DecAdvice: a "field guide" to bad questions, and bad questioners
16. 7 DecBiostatistical pickup lines (?!)
17. 7 DecOn getting scooped in ecology
18. 7 DecAdvice: how to do meta-analysis in ecology vs. medicine
19. 6 DecCarnival of Evolution #42 now available
20. 2 DecFood chain rewiring taken to absurd lengths

November 2011

1. 28 NovMore examples of humorous and satirical scientific papers (UPDATED)
2. 26 NovAdvice: choosing a research topic of lasting value
3. 25 NovThat's not really what we're aiming for
4. 24 NovAdvice: how to interview for a faculty position
5. 22 NovAdvice: on protecting grad students from their own optimism
6. 22 NovSpecies pools and the fallacy of composition (UPDATED)
7. 19 NovCan we select okra to taste like creme brulee?
8. 17 NovA subtler, funnier "Spandrels"
9. 15 NovFree idea for a provocative review paper: comparing 'selection' in evolution vs. ecology
10. 11 NovIs Hutchinson's zombie idea about coexistence not a zombie after all?! (UPDATED)
11. 10 NovMust read: what doing science feels like
12. 10 NovMust reads: theoreticians explain themselves to empiricists
13. 9 NovCrowdsourcing: Looking for eloquent statements of 'what it means to be a theorist'
14. 8 NovA blog about scientific blogging
15. 8 NovOn rhetoric in scientific writing
16. 7 NovModel-based humor
17. 7 NovBiggest week ever for the Oikos blog
18. 4 NovMore ecology humor by non-ecologists
19. 3 NovIs scientific misconduct especially rare in ecology and evolution?
20. 3 NovWhere are the wholehearted defenders of the IDH zombies?
21. 1 NovCarnival of Evolution #41 now up

October 2011

1. 29 OctAnother ecology & evolution blog you should be reading
2. 29 OctRecommendations for new readers arriving from Evolving Thoughts
3. 28 OctThe evolutionary equivalent of the Oikos blog
4. 28 OctOn changing your mind in science
5. 24 OctPoll: do you still believe in the IDH zombie? (UPDATED)
6. 21 OctZombie ideas in ecology: the unimodal diversity-productivity relationship
7. 20 OctThoughts on NutNet
8. 18 OctNew evolution blog
9. 18 OctZombie ideas in ecology: the t-shirt
10. 14 OctMore resources on Bayesian vs. frequentist statistics
11. 12 OctEcological and evolutionary movies
12. 11 OctFrequentist vs. Bayesian statistics: resources to help you choose (UPDATED)
13. 6 OctI am seeking more postdoc applicants (from certain countries)
14. 6 OctWikipedia: zombie slayer (UPDATED)
15. 6 OctInteresting recent and forthcoming Oikos papers
16. 5 OctMathematics vs. natural history
17. 1 OctGonzo ideas in ecology?!

September 2011

1. 30 SepI am seeking postdoc applicants
2. 29 SepEcology humor by non-ecologists
3. 29 SepPapers with funny titles are less cited
4. 28 SepMore reasons (and various ways) to fund people, not projects
5. 27 SepWhy I don't care what the biggest question in ecology is
6. 27 SepWhat's the funniest scientific talk you've ever heard?
7. 26 SepNow THAT'S the way to stop a bandwagon!
8. 26 SepEcologist interview: Jeremy Fox
9. 22 SepSally Otto: genius
10. 22 SepEcologist interview: Alan Hastings and Carl Boettiger
11. 22 SepEcologist jokes
12. 19 SepZombie ideas: the motivational poster
13. 17 SepQuestions about "Big Data" in ecology
14. 16 SepAdvice: weak studies of short-term dynamics
15. 14 SepWhy trust physical scientists? Social scientists? Ecologists?
16. 14 SepOikos blog highlights
17. 14 SepBandwagons in ecology
18. 12 SepYes, the IDH is a zombie: response to Karl Cottenie
19. 12 SepInterview: ecologist Jean Burns
20. 7 SepAnother legacy of NCEAS: overly-nice ecologists?
21. 3 SepCarnival of Evolution
22. 3 SepOikos article blogged
23. 2 SepInductive vs. deductive research
24. 1 SepHow hard do you work?
25. 1 SepA picture (and caption) is worth a thousand words
26. 1 SepThe University of Calgary: now with fewer zombies!

August 2011

1. 31 AugInterview with Steve Ellner
2. 29 AugVideo interviews: Jeremy Fox on the Oikos blog and the ESA meeting
3. 26 AugWhy "The Spandrels of San Marco" isn't a good paper
4. 24 AugIn which I try to get readers to do my job for me
5. 23 AugInterview with former Oikos editor and author Nick Gotelli
6. 18 AugChanges to NSF submission process: another reason to move to Canada?
7. 17 AugEcology interviews
8. 16 AugOn answering tough questions
9. 14 AugOn asking tough questions
10. 12 AugBlogging the ESA: Friday highlights
11. 12 AugThe ESA meeting should have Science Cafes
12. 12 AugBlogging the ESA: Thursday highlights
13. 11 AugThe ESA meeting should have public lectures (UPDATED)
14. 11 AugBlogging the ESA: Wednesday highlights
15. 10 AugHow different levels of scientists appear to other scientists
16. 10 AugBlogging the ESA: Tuesday highlights
17. 9 AugBlogging the ESA: Sunday and Monday highlights
18. 7 AugBlogging the ESA: Talks to see on Friday
19. 7 AugBlogging the ESA: Talks to see on Thursday
20. 7 AugA statistical overview of the ESA meeting
21. 7 AugBlogging the ESA: Talks to see on Wednesday
22. 6 AugBlogging the ESA: Talks to see on Tuesday
23. 4 AugBlogging the ESA: Talks to see on Monday

July 2011

1. 29 JulOikos: ecology ends here
2. 29 JulFantasy ecology dinner
3. 29 JulUK parliamentary report on peer review published
4. 28 JulTweeting the ESA meeting
5. 27 JulAdvice: Things I learned from Peter Morin
6. 26 JulAdvice: coming up with an original research topic
7. 26 JulMore on bridging divides in ecology
8. 26 JulAn empirical divide in ecology?
9. 26 JulShould I blog (or tweet?!) about the ESA Annual Meeting?
10. 25 JulFree idea for an Oikos Forum paper: untapped potential in biological market models
11. 21 JulThis is why I'm not a field ecologist
12. 19 JulAdvice: how I almost quit science
13. 18 JulShould we classify mechanisms by their causes or their effects?
14. 11 JulHow to win the Braun Award for best student poster at the ESA Annual Meeting
15. 9 JulNon-zombie ideas in ecology: Gause's The Struggle for Existence
16. 9 JulWhat's your best paper?

June 2011

1. 29 JunZombie ideas in ecology: r and K selection
2. 28 Jun37 ways choice of words can mislead scientists (UPDATED)
3. 28 JunBut we don't FEEL old…
4. 28 JunEvidence that granting agencies should fund people, not projects
5. 24 JunFree idea for a provocative review paper
6. 23 JunWhy do theoreticians and empiricists often talk past one another?
7. 21 JunWhat publications have most influenced you as an ecologist?
8. 17 JunZombie ideas in ecology
9. 16 JunDr. Seuss: community ecologist
10. 14 JunBob Holt has an old-school 'blog'
11. 10 JunObjections to microcosms in ecology, and their answers
12. 8 JunAdvice: tips for talks and stats
13. 7 JunOikos blog post used as course material
14. 7 JunMy first publication: revisiting an Oikos non-classic
15. 3 JunAdvice: weak reasons for choosing a research project
16. 1 JunWhy ecologists should refight the 'null model wars' (UPDATED)

May 2011

1. 27 MayNovel perspectives on MaxEnt (UPDATEDx2)
2. 24 MayThere are questions you shouldn't ask…
3. 24 MayIgnorance is bliss (sometimes)
4. 21 MayAre there any reliable predictors of talk quality?
5. 20 MayIt's the end of NCEAS as we know it (and I feel fine)
6. 20 MayWhoops
7. 19 MayEarly reviews of the Oikos blog (UPDATED)
8. 19 MayWhen should species' traits predict species' abundances?
9. 17 MayAn ecological anthropic principle?
10. 16 MayShould granting agencies fund projects or people?
11. 15 MayThe best sentences a scientist gets to say
12. 15 MayWhy my papers are like fine wine
13. 14 MayUK parliamentary inquiry on peer review
14. 12 MayAre some general ecological concepts TOO general?: revisiting an Oikos classic
15. 10 MayA visual metaphor for the Price Equation (UPDATED)
16. 3 MayWhy macroecology needs 'microecology': revisiting an Oikos classic
17. 2 MayWhy doesn't community ecology erase the signal of historical biogeography? (UPDATED)

April 2011

1. 28 Apr'Beauty' is not (necessarily) truth
2. 28 AprAre there inherently complex ecological phenomena?
3. 27 AprWhy expect trade-offs in ecology and evolution? (UPDATED)
4. 26 AprThe art of hand waving
5. 26 AprContrarian ecology and why we need it
6. 22 AprAn Oikos editor, and a former editor, are fixing the peer review system
7. 22 AprTwo good reasons to publish in Oikos, which you might not be aware of
8. 21 Apr'Synthesizing ecology': revisiting an Oikos classic

March 2011

1. 20 MarFox quick biography (and some thoughts on the past and future of Oikos)