Old news, I know – but back in June Jarrett Byrnes, of i’m a chordata! urochordata!, did a great piece of research blogging on one of our earliest papers, Do not log-transform count data. It’s well worth reading, if you haven’t already! Edit: Fixed the link! Continue reading Methods blogging
How time flies! Methods in Ecology and Evolution published its very first online extra one year ago today. In recognition of this, we’ve put together the following infographic which draws on the various web extras we’ve done since then. Words are sized according to their relative frequency in the Methods RSS feed, containing blog posts, videos and podcasts. Click to enlarge! Continue reading Visualising MEE online
One of the big motivating factors in setting up Methods in Ecology and Evolution was the recognition that there are lots of ways to present research (without losing sight of the importance of peer review, rigour, and quality assurance). However in terms of uptake and usage, the problem with the conventional paper is that it is not necessarily tailored to conveying research in a quick … Continue reading More than the printed page
For like someone like myself, interested and enthused by ecological models, this INTECOL meeting has been incredibly pleasing. The number of talks about models, and particularly the application of models to real-world applied problems, has been genuinely impressive. Here I just want to highlight a few of the key themes from the modelling sessions at INTECOL. Adaptive management (basically and iterative approach using the lessons … Continue reading INTECOL09 – a ‘model’ meeting
As I have just been involved with setting up a new journal with Wiley-Blackwell and the BES, I was asked to contribute to a planning session for Austral Ecology considering the question, “what will journals look like in 10 years?” Here are some of my thoughts that I contributed. First, we should be clear that if we look back 10 years, journals have changed a … Continue reading INTECOL 2009 – What will journals look like in 10 years?
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