Saturday, March 28, 2009

Garstang's Doggerel in the Context of Natural Selection: Telling the Impossible Stories (pdf)

This link is to the PowerPoint show (as pdf) of a symposium talk given in Lincoln, NE, on March 28, 2009. The symposium was a relatively large one dedicated to the celebration of Darwin's 200th birthday.

Garstang's Doggerel in the Context of Natural Selection: Telling the Impossible Stories (audio)

This link is to the audio of a symposium talk given in Lincoln, NE, on March 28, 2009. The symposium was a relatively large one dedicated to the celebration of Darwin's 200th birthday.

Monday, March 23, 2009

More Sandhill Crane music

A second audio file of crane music from 2001. This, and the other audio file, are the sound track of a small video I'm putting together for YouTube.

Crane Music Audio

Crane music recorded March 16, 2001, along a dirt road south of the Platte River between Wood River and Kearney, NE. Use your headphones.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

"What If" parasite population structure "game."

For those interested in the relationships between prevalence, mean abundance, and mean intensity in parasite populations, this link provides a "what if" spreadsheet and automatic calculations for use in teaching and in messing with your own data sets. Read the sheet named "Rules" first.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Three Really Stupid Ideas About Parasitism (*.wma)

This link is to the audio portion of the March 5, 2009, Parasitology Seminar entitled "Three Really Stupid Ideas About Parasitism" delivered in the Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska State Museum. - JJ

Three Really Stupid Ideas About Parasitism (*.pdf)

This link is to the *.pdf version of the PowerPoint show that went with the March 5, 2009, Parasitology Seminar. There is a separate link to the audio that goes with the *.pdf. - JJ