He was a quirky one, Earnst Haeckel. He did great work in science. He promoted Darwin’s work in Germany, named thousands of species, and inspired an art movement; but he also came up with some no-so-great thoughts, such as different languages evolved among different species of humans. Yes, you read that right. Haeckel was aContinue reading “ Earnst Haeckel, the guy who coined “Ecology””
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Open Access, Metadata, and Creative Commons
We are lucky that as York University students we have access to science papers, because most journals that publish these papers charge a subscription fee, which seems counter productive, as scientific research and findings should be easily available and free to access. Open access aims to do just that. Open access allows free access toContinue reading “Open Access, Metadata, and Creative Commons “
Individual Actions
I was listening to Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s StarTalk Podcast https://www.startalkradio.net/show/cosmic-queries-climate-solutions-with-katharine-hayhoe-phd/ on my way to work one morning, and what the guest on the show said struck a chord with me. The guest, Katharine Hayhoe, said that even if all individuals made substantial changes to their lifestyles to reduce their carbon footprints, that wouldn’t tackle evenContinue reading “Individual Actions”
Explain the difference between peer-reviewed primary, secondary and tertiary literature and give a specific example of each kind that relates to applied plant ecology. Your examples should be specific documents.
Peer-reviewed primary literature: Original documents with first-hand information or empirical research study that was conducted by the author is called Peer-reviewed primary literature. Data from experiments is primary literature. For example, Hypotheses, research questions, tests, and methods. Biodiversity an introduction by Kevin J. Gaston, John I. Spicer is a good example of primary literature. Link:https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=0Bjp2o5CVnQC&oi=fnd&pg=PT6&dq=biodiversity&ots=Y1_a3RdjNz&sig=NrLgfGITO9-aQB81pgmZnlpdDGc&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=biodiversity&f=falseContinue reading “Explain the difference between peer-reviewed primary, secondary and tertiary literature and give a specific example of each kind that relates to applied plant ecology. Your examples should be specific documents.”
Welcome to the #BIOL4095 blog
Hello, it’s Professor Dawn Bazely here. Welcome to the Applied Plant Ecology website where each BIOL4095 student will post your five blog articles of 250-500 words. Below you can see a photo of the grass Festuca rubra or red fescue by my friend, famous Canadian photographer, Andre Gallant. I have done research on this grassContinue reading “Welcome to the #BIOL4095 blog”
Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2020 