Interesting Blogs
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Dynamic Ecology - This blog founded by Jeremy Fox has regular contributions Brian McGill and Megan Duffy, and other guest bloggers. The blogs contain ideas, opinions, commentaries and advice relevant for ecologists. Often funny, sometime serious, but always insightful!
Jeff Ollerton's Biodiversity Blog - Jeff Ollerton's ideas and opinions relating to the very broad concept of biodiversity Journal of Ecology Blog - The official blog of the Journal of Ecology, British Ecological Society Rationally Speaking - Archived blog on Science and Philosophy that was maintained by Masimo Pigliucci. Reflections on papers past - Interviews by Hari Sridhar with authors of milestone papers in Ecology and Evolution. Including Bruce Menge, Stuart Pimm, Stephen Stearns, Peter and Rosemary Grant, NIcholas Gotelli, Shahid Naeem.........and many more! Scientist sees squirrel -"Seldom original, often wrong, occasionally interesting". Stephen Heard's blog on academic issues, including: science writing and communication, statistics, teaching and education. Small Pond Science - This site run by Terry McGlynn as the Editor-In-Chief, and Amy Parachnowitsch and Catherine Scott as Contributing Editors. The content here is primarily about how scientists research, teach and mentor in all kinds of academic institutions, including teaching-centered universities. Thomas' plant-related blog - Bits and pieces of science, often about plants and ecology |
Resources, tools, and otherwise useful sites!
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Angiosperm Phylogeny Group - Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017
Climate data guide - Climate data sets and resources - NCAR Guide to better Science - British Ecological Society Handbook for Biological Statistics - John MacDonald's online textbook Mongabay, India - Conservation and environmental news - now with a dedicated India office. Physiological Ecology Sections (ESA) - Equipment sources, protocols, writing resources, funding sources, and lots of other useful resources! Prometheus Wiki - Protocols in Ecology and Plant Physiology Science Friday - award winning science coverage and some of the most original content online, covering everything from octopus camouflage to cooking on Mars. Hosted by veteran NPR science correspondent Ira Flatow, the podcast is brain fun, for curious people. A science classic. Smithsonian Tropical Institute, Panama The Plant List - A comprehensive working list of all plants |
Miscellany
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The 100 most important (?) papers in Ecology
Gender and geographic bias in Ecology - discussion related to the '100 papers in Ecology' in Small Pond Science A History of the Ecological Science - Frank N. Egerton LEMoN, India - Long term Ecosystem Monitoring Network - India SeasonWatch - An India-wide Citizen Science program that studies the changing seasons by monitoring the seasonal cycles of flowering, fruiting and leaf-flush of common trees. A year in the life of earth's CO2 - a mesmerizing visual - An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe Flower's of India - A useful resource for plants in India - photographs, descriptions, distributions, etc. The P-value - under scrutiny. Big names in statistics want to shake up much-maligned P value India Biodiversity Portal - information on biodiversity in India BNHS - the Bombay Natural History Society - a pan-India wildlife research organization, has been promoting the cause of nature conservation for the past 133 years, since 1883. Plant Ecology and Eco-Physiology Workshop, India
A first of its kind in India!! 6-day workshop focused on plant ecophysiology and forest monitoring techniques, will be held on 17–22 September 2018 in Sirsi, Karnataka. JULY 31st is the last day to apply! For more details, application and registration visit: Green Humor - Created by Rohan Chakravarty, Green Humour is a series of cartoons, comics and illustrations on wild animals, wildlife and nature conservation, environment, sustainability and all things green. Rohan was recently recognized for his efforts by being awarded a top conservation award from WWF.
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Collaborators and partners in crime
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Hema Somanathan
IISER Trivandrum Jayashree Ratnam NCBS Bangalore Mahesh Sanakran NCBS Bangalore Sreejith Ashtamoorthy Kerela Forest Research Institute, Peechi Sumanta Bagchi CES, IISc Bangalore Ullasa Kodandaramaiah IISER Trivandrum UK-India consortium David Galbraith, University of Leeds Deepak Barua, IISER, Pune, Emanuel Gloor, University of Leeds Indu K Murthy, IISc Jayashree Ratnam, NCBS Mahesh Sankaran, NCBS Oliver Phillip, University of Leeds Vasu Deva R, Sirsi Forestry college |
Institutes, departments, colleagues in related fields
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ATREE - Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment is a global non-profit organisation which generates interdisciplinary knowledge to inform policy and practice towards conservation and sustainability.
CES - the Centre for Ecological Sciences in the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore was founded in 1983 with the support of the Ministry of Environment and Forests offers exciting opportunities for research in a variety of areas in ecology. FERAL - Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning, a non-profit trust founded in 1997, addresses issues on resource management, conservation, environment and health at the grassroots and the policy level. NCF - The Nature Conservation Foundation focuses on conservation of India’s unique wildlife heritage, and have established programs in a range of wildlife habitats, from coral reefs and tropical rainforests to the high mountains of the Himalaya. Robin Vijayan, IISER Tirupati - Research in the Indian ‘sky island’ Shola forest ecosystem. Subhash Rajpurohit, Ahmedabad University - ecological- and evolutionary-physiology, focusing on mechanisms fundamental to the understanding of ecological patterns and processes, survival in and adaptation to a changing world. Vinita Gowda, IISER Bhopal - Research on evolutionary ecology of plants including reproductive biology; coevolution; speciation; and biogeography with an emphasis on molecular phylogenetics approaches. |
Other non-academic odds and ends
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Car Talk - Past episodes of the award winning radio show hosted by Click and Clack - the Tappert Brothers.
MC Escher - the offical website Photo.net - some of my photographs Dpreview - website about digital cameras and photography, established in November 1998. The absolute last word for all things related to digital photography. The Hornbill festival, Nagaland - December 2018. Fermented bamboo shoots and bhoot jolokia, food, traditional naga music and dances, headhunters, and a rock shows! Majuli - The largest riverine island in the world. This unique island on the Brahmaputra in Assam is famous for it traditional mask making. A short video describes the mask making process. Also see the National Geographic feature on Majuli |
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