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Experience is a Teacher (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia is an online data source. It is where most people can edit and provide information on any topic and most of it all, it is free for all to use and add information. Many times I and other scholars have been told that Wikipedia is an unreliable source for credible information, especially when thisContinue reading “Experience is a Teacher (Wikipedia)”

Social Media Communication Should be Used in Science

Dawn Bazely, my applied ecology professor is an advocate for the use of social media platform for her students. At first I didn’t understand its importance and felt that it was just more extra work but after much experience and knowledge about it, i can say it is of importance to science work. Firstly, socialContinue reading “Social Media Communication Should be Used in Science”

Raymond Lindeman

Raymond Lindeman graduated from the university of Minnesota with a research centered on ecosystem science . His thesis provided new developments and knowledge on how nutrients and energy go through ecosystems through photosynthesis and the food chain. He believed that the understanding of ecological succession in lakes over long periods of time depended on theContinue reading “Raymond Lindeman”

Ecological Footprint (The Revelation)

A few weeks ago, as a class, we received a guest lecture about ecological footprint given by Chaya Kapoor. This sparked my interest on the topic and I decided to conduct further research myself. I came across a journal by Wackernagel and Rees. It explains what ecological footprints for beginners e.g. non-scientists, describes as aContinue reading “Ecological Footprint (The Revelation)”

A Mass Extinction Might be Closer than we Imagined

After watching the documentary titled ” Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction” I discovered how much humans are impacting the loss of biodiversity in certain plant and animal species. The documentary mentions that half of Earth’s population and diversity of plants and animals are rapidly declining. Species are becoming extinct as the rate ofContinue reading “A Mass Extinction Might be Closer than we Imagined”

The Effect of Plant Development on Arthropod Communities and the Impacts of Species Removal

Trees can develop to maturation and senescence. Maturation of trees is irreversible while senescence is reversible whether through asexual reproduction or other growth factors. Insects can respond to these developmental changes of plants, which can affect their community structure. For example, in the article by Whitman and Waltz, it was said that cotton woods canContinue reading “The Effect of Plant Development on Arthropod Communities and the Impacts of Species Removal”