Citation metrics are widely used as a surrogate measure of scientific merit; however, these indices may be sensitive to factors and influences unrelated to merit. We examined citation rates for 5883 articles in relation to number of authors, first author’s primary language, and gender. Citation rates were unrelated to primary language and gender but increased with author number. These findings ...

This paper describes the procedure we have used to generate semiautomatically a course on Ecology for the high-school level, using an extension of the Volterra equations to describe the interaction between different species levels. The simulations used in the course have been written in our own special-purpose object-oriented continuous simulation language (OOCSMP). Our compiler for this langua...

This paper describes the procedure we have used to generate semiautomatically a course on Ecology for the high-school level, using an extension of the Volterra equations to describe the interaction between different species levels. The simulations used in the course have been written in our own special-purpose object-oriented continuous simulation language (OOCSMP) and also in Modelica. Our com...

Good poetry is that contains intrinsic elements in it. The more fulfilled these elements, the meaningful content it will be. Ecolinguistics one of studies linguistics connects ecosystems with language part human life (ecology). Literature this poetry-making activity, students are expected to be able improve their abilities field which tells them connection between and study program they taking,...

1 Plant-Soil Interactions, Agroscope, Institute for Sustainability Sciences, Zürich, Switzerland, 2 Department of Environmental System Sciences, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, 3 Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland, 4 Landscape Ecology Group, Department of Environmental System Sciences, Institute of...

He received his B.Sc. degree in Biology (1990) from Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, Canada, also M.Sc. in Botany (1993) from Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Canada and Ph.D. in Plant Ecology (1996) from Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, England.Dr. Fraser's expertise is in grassland and wetland ecosystems, with a focus o...

Evolutionary ecological frameworks can give us new insights into the emergence of human adaptations such as language and cultural learning. There now exist several well-speciŽed models of the social and ecological conditions in which the human capacity for language came under strong positive selection pressure. We critically review them, and ask how we can test them using archaeological evidenc...

Issues in Ecology is designed to report, in language understandable by non-scientists, the consensus of a panel of scientific experts on issues relevant to the environment. Issues in Ecology was initially supported by the Pew Scholars in Conservation Biology program and is currently supported by the Ecological Society of America. It is published at irregular intervals, as reports are completed....