From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Jul 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!boulder!csn!ub!galileo.cc.rochester.edu!newstand.syr.edu!sudial-111.syr.edu!wfporter From: wfporter@syr.edu (William Porter) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Population Biology of Deer Date: Fri, 1 Jul 1994 22:00:21 UNDEFINED Organization: SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry Lines: 5 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: sudial-111.syr.edu Summary: Conference on deer biology & policy re: management in urban areas - Tufts University July 28,29 Keywords: Population, deer, X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #1] A conference to explore policy issues re: control of deer populations in urban areas and parks will be held at Tufts University on July 28 & 29. Sponsors are College of Veterinary Medicine and Program for Public Policy. Papers to be presented include population biology, social behavior, management alternatives including use of contraception and culling. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Jul 03 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!ieunet!tcdcs!news.tcd.ie!gen24.gen.tcd.ie!user From: dmachugh@vax1.tcd.ie (David MacHugh) Subject: Heterozygosity and Genetic Distance Message-ID: Followup-To: bionet.population-bio Sender: usenet@news.tcd.ie (TCD News System ) Organization: Genetics Dept. Trinity College, Dublin 2. IRELAND Date: Mon, 4 Jul 1994 11:24:50 GMT Lines: 28 Just a short query, Does anyone know of any theoretical studies concerning the relationship between expected heterozygosity in a hybrid population and the genetic distance (Nei's Ds, Da etc.) between the two parental populations? Is there a method to estimate expected heterozygosity or gene diversity in a crossbred population given a knowledge of the genetic distance between the two progenitor populations? I am thinking in particular about these parameters as estimated using data from microsatellites. Thanks in advance. David. -- ********************************************************************* * (__) David MacHugh, E-mail: dmachugh@mail.tcd.ie * * (@*) Bovine Genetics, Phone: (353)-1-7021088 * * /-------\u' Genetics Department, Fax: (353)-1-6798558 * * / | || Trinity College, * * ||----|| Dublin 2. * * ^^ ^^ Ireland. * ********************************************************************* From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Jul 04 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!IPV85.UNIPV.IT!BIOSCIPA From: BIOSCIPA@IPV85.UNIPV.IT Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: looking for Mars and Venus Date: 5 Jul 1994 06:10:13 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 6 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01HECLU8U54Y8WWOSD@ICIL64.CILEA.IT> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net We are looking for a Macintosh font type including the symbols of male and female (Mars & Venus). Please send a message if you know where and how to find it (possibly freeware or at least shareware). Thank you from the Department of Biochemistry, University of Pavia, Italy From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Jul 05 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!IPV85.UNIPV.IT!BIOSCIPA From: BIOSCIPA@IPV85.UNIPV.IT Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: found Mars and Venus Date: 6 Jul 1994 06:24:39 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 6 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01HEE2UWPQMA8WWRD3@ICIL64.CILEA.IT> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Thanks to Lopez-Valencia for his help in our search for Mars & Venus. The correct name of the FTP site where to find the fonts containing the symbols of male and female is: hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au Happy fonting also to dr Cohen from Glasgow Giampaolo & Claudio Dep. Biochemistry, Pavia, Italy From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Jul 10 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!ieunet!tcdcs!news.tcd.ie!gen24.gen.tcd.ie!user From: dmachugh@vax1.tcd.ie (David MacHugh) Subject: N. Saitou - NJ-ALIGN Message-ID: Followup-To: bionet.population-bio Sender: usenet@news.tcd.ie (TCD News System ) Organization: Genetics Dept. Trinity College, Dublin 2. IRELAND Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 19:55:13 GMT Lines: 24 Does anyone out there know of a reference for a computer program written by N. Saitou around 1987 called NJ-ALIGN for constructing neighbor-joining phylogenetic trees. Has it appeared in CABIOS etc. I can't seem to be able to pick it up in a literature search. Thanks in advance.. David. -- ********************************************************************* * (__) David MacHugh, E-mail: dmachugh@mail.tcd.ie * * (@*) Bovine Genetics, Phone: (353)-1-7021088 * * /-------\u' Genetics Department, Fax: (353)-1-6798558 * * / | || Trinity College, * * ||----|| Dublin 2. * * ^^ ^^ Ireland. * ********************************************************************* From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Jul 11 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!uunet!news.unr.edu!hoelzer.biology.unr.edu!user From: hoelzer@unr.edu (Dr. Guy Hoelzer) Subject: Microsatellite primers for lagomorphs? Message-ID: Followup-To: bionet.population-bio Sender: usenet@news.unr.edu (USENET News Administration) Organization: Biology Department Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 16:56:10 GMT Lines: 14 A colleage of mine, Mary Peacock, is seeking information on primers that amplify Simple-Sequence-Repeats in lagomorphs. She is working specifically on pikas, but it would certainly be worth trying primers developed for rabbits. Please contact me directly by e-mail if you have any relevant information. ****************************************************************************** Guy Hoelzer hoelzer@unr.edu Dept. of Biology University of Nevada Reno Reno, NV 89557 ****************************************************************************** From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Jul 14 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!CWSVAN.dots.doe.ca!HARDINGL From: HARDINGL@CWSVAN.dots.doe.ca (Lee Harding) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Report Announcement Date: 15 Jul 1994 15:48:12 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 78 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199407152232.AA19842@cidsv08.cid.aes.doe.CA> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Author: Lee Harding Date: 15-Jul-1994 Posted-date: 15-Jul-1994 Subject: Report Announcement ENVIRONMENT CANADA RELEASES REPORT ON BIODIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA The federal Department of Environment released, in April, 1994, a report titled, "Biodiversity in British Columbia: Our Changing Environment." Consisting of 425 pages in 30 chapters, the report is a collaboration of some 170 of British Columbia's top specialists in various fields of biodiversity. It begins by establishing a philosophical context on the importance of conserving systems by Dr. J. Stan Rowe, Professor Emeritus, University of Saskatoon, now living in New Denver, B.C., and ends with a discussion of the ethics of land use by Mr. Robert F. Harrington, winner of the 1991 award from the Premier of British Columbia for Environmental Educator of the Year. In between are chapters on classification of rarity and determination of conservation status; chapters on rare and endangered species of all taxa in the province for which inventories are available; a chapter on exotic species in freshwater, terrestrial and marine environments; detailed examinations of existing and potential threats to B.C.s forest, grassland, marine and urban ecosystems; chapters on the possible effects of climate change and tropical deforestaton on the ecosystems of British Columbia; and chapters on protected area programs in the province. A final chapter synthesizes conclusions and recommendations of the preceding chapters. The purpose of the report is to scope the issue of biodiversity in the context of the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity and the development of Canadian and British Columbia strategies on biodiversity. It provides a reference for people working to conserve biodiversity, and an analysis of the challenges facing conservation of biodiversity in this province. The intended audiences are scientists, environmental and resource managers, and the educated/interested public. The report may be ordered from University of British Columbia Press. Send $29.95 plus $4.00 for shipping to: UBC Press, University of British Columbia, 6344 Memorial Road, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z2. For Canadian orders add 7% GST on total order, including shipping. UBC Press's GST registration number is R108161779. For orders from outside Canada, prices are in U.S. dollars. Orders may be telephoned to (604) 822-5959 or FAXed to 1-800-668-0821. Extended summaries are available from Environment Canada in French and English. For more information: Lee Harding Head, Ecosystem Health Canadian Wildlife Service P.O. Box 340 Delta, British Columbia Canada V4K 3Y3 Phone: (604) 946-8546 FAX: (604) 946-7022 EMail: hardingl@cwsvan.dots.doe.ca To Distribution List: "jam@hg.iucn.ch"@AESUX1@MRGATE, "bin21@ftpt.br"@AESUX1@MRGATE, "huh.harvard.edu"@AESUX1@MRGATE, "vifa@freenet.victoria.bc.ca"@AESUX1@MRGATE, "conservation_ecology@carleton.ca"@AESUX1@MRGATE, "internet_support@unixmail.rtpnc.epa.gov"@AESUX1@MRGATE, "allenc@ucmpl.berkeley.edu"@AESUX1@MRGATE, "gturnbul@cln.etc.bc.ca"@AESUX1@MRGATE, "bioforum@net.bio.net"@AESUX1@MRGATE, "bionews@net.bio.net"@AESUX1@MRGATE, "grasses@net.bio.net"@AESUX1@MRGATE, "plantbio@net.bio.net"@AESUX1@MRGATE, "pop-bio@net.bio.net"@AESUX1@MRGATE, "biocan@net.bio.net"@AESUX1@MRGATE From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Jul 17 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!CWSVAN.dots.doe.ca!HARDINGL From: HARDINGL@CWSVAN.dots.doe.ca (Lee Harding) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Biodiversity in British Columbia Date: 18 Jul 1994 09:34:58 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 66 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199407181634.AA12411@cidsv08.cid.aes.doe.CA> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The report announcement sent last week contained a typo. Please replace it with the attached. Thanks. Lee Harding Author: Lee Harding Date: 15-Jul-1994 Posted-date: 18-Jul-1994 Subject: Report Announcement ENVIRONMENT CANADA RELEASES REPORT ON BIODIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA The federal Department of Environment released, in April, 1994, a report titled, "Biodiversity in British Columbia: Our Changing Environment." Consisting of 425 pages in 30 chapters, the report is a collaboration of some 170 of British Columbia's top specialists in various fields of biodiversity. It begins by establishing a philosophical context on the importance of conserving systems by Dr. J. Stan Rowe, Professor Emeritus, University of Saskatchewam, now living in New Denver, B.C., and ends with a discussion of the ethics of land use by Mr. Robert F. Harrington, winner of the 1991 award from the Premier of British Columbia for Environmental Educator of the Year. In between are chapters on classification of rarity and determination of conservation status; chapters on rare and endangered species of all taxa in the province for which inventories are available; a chapter on exotic species in freshwater, terrestrial and marine environments; detailed examinations of existing and potential threats to B.C.s forest, grassland, marine and urban ecosystems; chapters on the possible effects of climate change and tropical deforestaton on the ecosystems of British Columbia; and chapters on protected area programs in the province. A final chapter synthesizes conclusions and recommendations of the preceding chapters. The purpose of the report is to scope the issue of biodiversity in the context of the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity and the development of Canadian and British Columbia strategies on biodiversity. It provides a reference for people working to conserve biodiversity, and an analysis of the challenges facing conservation of biodiversity in this province. The intended audiences are scientists, environmental and resource managers, and the educated/interested public. The report may be ordered from University of British Columbia Press. Send $29.95 plus $4.00 for shipping to: UBC Press, University of British Columbia, 6344 Memorial Road, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z2. For Canadian orders add 7% GST on total order, including shipping. UBC Press's GST registration number is R108161779. For orders from outside Canada, prices are in U.S. dollars. Orders may be telephoned to (604) 822-5959 or FAXed to 1-800-668-0821. Extended summaries are available from Environment Canada in French and English. For more information: Lee Harding Head, Ecosystem Health Canadian Wildlife Service P.O. Box 340 Delta, British Columbia Canada V4K 3Y3 Phone: (604) 946-8546 FAX: (604) 946-7022 EMail: hardingl@cwsvan.dots.doe.ca From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Jul 17 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!uunet!news.unr.edu!hoelzer.biology.unr.edu!user From: hoelzer@unr.edu (Guy Hoelzer) Subject: M. Peterka and G.B. Hartl Addresses? Message-ID: Followup-To: bionet.population-bio Sender: usenet@news.unr.edu (USENET News Administration) Organization: Biology Department Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 21:13:40 GMT Lines: 12 I am looking for e-mail addresses for Michaela Peterka and G. B. Hartl. They are at the Unitersitat Wien in Vienna, Austria. Please send me a message at my e-mail address. Thanks. ****************************************************************************** Guy Hoelzer hoelzer@unr.edu Dept. of Biology University of Nevada Reno Reno, NV 89557 ****************************************************************************** From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Jul 18 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!daresbury!not-for-mail From: mcmullin@eeng.dcu.ie (Barry McMullin) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Alife PhD Studentship Available Date: 19 Jul 1994 15:05:56 +0100 Lines: 47 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <30gmk4$4vk@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: pop-bio@dl.ac.uk, mcmullin@eeng.dcu.ie *** The Expert Associates PhD Studentship in ALife *** (Please circulate/post as appropriate.) Applications are invited for a funded studentship to pursue postgraduate research leading to a PhD with the Autonomous Systems Group in Dublin City University. The studentship provides a (very!) modest subsistence allowance, and also covers the University fees *at the level applicable to nationals of an EU member state*. The fee level for non-EU nationals is substantially higher, and is *not* covered by the studentship; for this reason it is unlikely that this studentship will be of interest to a non-EU national. Sorry! The research topic will be identified by agreement with the successful candidate, but will be in the general area of CA and related models of biological autonomy in the sense of Varela et al., and the general problems of realising a spontaneous growth of adaptive complexity, by Darwinian processes, in computational media. Candidates should be interested and motivated by the fundamental problems of synthesising artificial systems of comparable complexity to real biological organisms. In your primary degree you should have already demonstrated *excellence* in a cognate scientific discipline, such as Engineering, Computer Science, or Biological Science. This studentship has been made possible by the generous and enlightened financial support of Expert Associates Limited. Enquiries, including a brief CV, should be directed to me (preferably by e-mail) in the first instance; more detailed and formal application information will then be provided. Regards, Barry McMullin. -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | Barry McMullin, Autonomous Systems Group, | McMullin@EENG.DCU.IE | | School of Electronic Engineering, | Voice: +353-1-704-5432 | | Dublin City University, Dublin 9, IRELAND. | FAX: +353-1-704-5508 | ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Jul 19 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!COGS.SUSX.AC.UK!inmanh From: inmanh@COGS.SUSX.AC.UK (Inman Harvey) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: SAB94 Conference reminder Date: 20 Jul 1994 02:06:24 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 14 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Last minute reminder for those contemplating attending SAB94, Third Intl. Conf. on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior "From Animals to Animats", in Brighton, U.K., Aug 8--12 1994. Full program can be obtained on World Wide Web from: http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/lab/adapt/sab_program.html or by anonymous ftp from ftp.cogs.susx.ac.uk in directory: pub/sab94 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Jul 19 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!doc.ic.ac.uk!daresbury!not-for-mail From: gwhite@picea.CNR.ColoState.EDU (Gary White) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Workshop Date: 20 Jul 1994 23:09:47 +0100 Lines: 27 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <30k7bb$809@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: pop-bio@dl.ac.uk -------------------------------------------- WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT: DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF DISTANCE SAMPLING SURVEYS. An international workshop on line and point transect sampling September 26-30, 1994 at the University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland. This workshop is based on the recent book Buckland, S. T., D. R. Anderson, K. P. Burnham, and J. L. Laake. 1993. Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations. Chapman & Hall, London. 446pp. Much emphsis will be placed on how to use program DISTANCE to do data analysis of distance sampling data. Instructors include Buckland, Anderson, and Burnham. Printed information can be mailed to interested persons, send an e-mail request to Burnham kenb@lamar.colostate.edu or to Buckland steve@dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Jul 20 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!festival!leeds.ac.uk!news From: pabvjlf@gps.leeds.ac.uk (V J L Fourcassie) Subject: Postdoc position in Community Ecology - UK Message-ID: Sender: news@leeds.ac.uk Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 14:58:31 GMT Lines: 41 ########################################################################## POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN COMMUNITY ECOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS A post doctoral research position in Drosophila population ecology will shortly become available in the Drosophila Population Biology Unit, Biology Department, University of Leeds, UK. The position will begin in September (although there is some flexibility) and is for 1 (one) year. The researcher will work within an existing European Community Human and Capital Mobility Network involving Universities in Greece, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands as well as Leeds, and conduct field and laboratory experiments designed to investigate the relative importance of mechanisms that promote species coexistence and diversity. Because the post is funded under the EC-HCM program all candidates must be nationals of any EC member state except the United Kingdom. Because the post is for only 12 months we are particularly interested in candidates who are already familiar with Drosophila and with their culture. Potential candidates should contact me as soon as possible and I will provide them with further details. Dr Andrew Davis. Drosophila, Pure & Applied Biology, The University, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS2 9JT UK Tel: +44 532 332854 Fax: +44 532 332909 Email: pab6awd@uk.ac.leeds.novell.west-01 ############################################################################# -- o---------------------------------------------------------------------o | Vincent FOURCASSIE PABVJLF@GPS.LEEDS.AC.UK | | | | University of LEEDS Department of Pure & Applied Biology | | ENGLAND Drosophila Population Unit | o---------------------------------------------------------------------o From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Jul 22 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!overload.lbl.gov!ames!purdue!lerc.nasa.gov!kira.cc.uakron.edu!malgudi.oar.net!ucbeh!rogstad From: rogstad@ucbeh.san.uc.edu Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: EPA POSTDOC: PLANT POPULATION GENETICS Message-ID: <1994Jul23.171848.1351@ucbeh> Date: 23 Jul 94 17:18:48 EST Distribution: world Organization: University of Cincinnati Lines: 34 POSTDOCTORAL POSITION: PLANT MOLECULAR POPULATION GENETICIST Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education Research Fellowship tenable at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, and sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory - Cincinnati. The position is available immediately and is funded for two years, although application for extension will be expected. The research involves all or part of the following: * Investigations, utilizing DNA variation, of effects of anthropogenic disturbance on population genetics of selected plant species. * Learning, and developing further, methods to investigate genetic diversity of selected plant species. This may involve the use of microsatellite, minisatellite, RFLPS, or RAPD analyses. * Working with statistical analyses to optimize methods for data analysis. * Collecting and analyzing DNA variation of field samples from impacted and control field sites. QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree by the time of appointment. Individuals with extensive experience in molecular population genetics including field botany skills, plant DNA extraction, RFLP Southern hybridization techniques, PCR methodology, and data analysis will be preferred. APPLICATION: The procedure for application for this position has been changed from that given in prior announcements. As announced in Science (15 July 1994; Vol. 265: 434), request application materials from: Postgraduate Research Programs/EMSL; Science Engineering Division; Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education; P.O. Box 117; Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117; PHONE: (615) 576-3456. If you have already applied for this position from announcements prior to the Science advertisement, your application is still under consideration. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Jul 22 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: kristoff (David Kristofferson) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: UNSUBSCRIBING, BIOSCI ARCHIVES, ADDRESS DATABASE & BIOSCI FAQ Date: 23 Jul 1994 02:00:13 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 322 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199407230900.CAA03146@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Four important items follow: How to cancel e-mail subscriptions to BIOSCI newsgroups, BIOSCI archive searching, the BIOSCI FAQ, and the BIOSCI User Address Directory form. If you have not yet listed yourself in our BIOSCI user directory, please take a few minutes to complete and return the form below. If your personal information has changed since you listed yourself, please send us a complete new updated form. We can not make manual revisions to existing entries. 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Thanks again for your cooperation! --------------- please cut here and return portion below --------------- New information or Update to old record (enter N or U): date (DD-MM-YY): first name: middle initial: family name: job title: e-mail address: e-mail network: phone number: FAX number: institution: address1: address2: address3: city: state/province: country: postal code: research interest: research interest: comment: comment: comment: comment: comment: From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Jul 23 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Population energy usage on global temperature From: tagg.maiwald@cld9.com (Tagg Maiwald) Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!nuchat!cld9!tagg.maiwald Distribution: world Message-ID: <7.205.1692@cld9.com> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 94 21:05:00 -0600 Organization: C-9 Communications (InterNet Gate) Lines: 14 Howdy. Observation: release/ conversion of energy primarily results in (1) motion or (2) heat. Theory: the rate of global human population increase is related on a near-linear ratio to the rate of global human energy consumption; thus, some number of humans on Earth will use sufficient energy to raise global temperature above that of "human comfort." Assertion: probably, global human population will never reach the critical number necessary to use the necessary amount of energy for the theory above; however, it is an interesting question to guesstimate what that number would be. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Jul 23 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Human population usage of land From: tagg.maiwald@cld9.com (Tagg Maiwald) Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!news.uh.edu!nuchat!cld9!tagg.maiwald Distribution: world Message-ID: <7.206.1692@cld9.com> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 94 21:13:00 -0600 Organization: C-9 Communications (InterNet Gate) Lines: 9 Okay, I'm alone here! Got a question, though! Land mass above the water line occupies approx. 25% of the world surface area. About 80% of these land masses are accessible to human ground vehicles. Where can someone (I) find out -- or, if you know the answers... -- how much of the accessible land do we use? roughly, what is the average population density of the land used for inhabitation? TANX. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Jul 24 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU!moody From: moody@OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: human energy Date: 25 Jul 1994 03:49:04 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 24 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <00981F12.3D3E86C0.11@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Ohio University Electronic Communication Date: 25-Jul-1994 06:49am EST To: Remote Addressee ( _MX%"pop-bio@net.bio.net" ) From: Scott Moody Dept: Biological Sciences MOODY Tel No: 614-593-2360 Subject: human energy Tagg inquires in two messages about energy expenditures, heat generation, and land use. Many of the statistics which he is asking about can be found in an excellent textbook "living in the Environment" by G. Tyler Miller, Jr. I must also remind Mr. Tagg and others that an initial explanation or question to be tested is NOT a THEORY but a HYPOTHESIS. Go to the dictionary and learn the difference. From the Levi Seth Perrin Institute of Critical Thinking. Received: 25-Jul-1994 06:52am From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Jul 25 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!uunet!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: wymermd@aol.com (Wymermd) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Population and Land Date: 26 Jul 1994 00:26:06 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 30 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <31238u$see@search01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com >>Regarding the question about the relation between geographic area and population: This may not be the answer you need, but i would like to suggest a relationship you may not have thought of. The limitations on the ratio of humans to square miles is a function of the productivity of the humans occupying that land. A square mile in many areas on the east coast of the US sustains much greater populations than the most population dense areas of say India or Bangladesh. The difference is modern plumbing, sewer systems, food distribution, trash disposal, and a plethora of other essential services, private and public, that ensure against the death and disease that limits the ratio of humans to square miles in areas without these utilities and conveniences. These utilities and conveniences do not come cheaply nor do they accomplish their own preventive maintenance. The inhabitants must be PRODUCTIVE ENOUGH THAT THEY HAVE SURPLUS INCOME TO GIVE IN TAXES FOR GOVERNMENTS TO MAINTAIN UTILITIES OR TO USE FOR DIRECTLY PURCHASING THESE SERVICES FROM OTHER SOURCES. Therefore, a totally agrarian society, especially one using primitive methods of production, cannot possibly sustain modern utilities or what we would regard as essential services the lack of which we might find appalling or primitive. The above is part of a 4000 word essay I wrote after a visit to Bangladesh with the US Navy. Our amphibious task force was diverted there after leaving the Persian Gulf to help with the disaster following the cyclone that struck Bangladesh. The essay analyses the politics and economics of poverty in undeveloped nations. I am a physician currently on active duty in the USN. Anyone interested in reading or publishing the essay can contact me: Wymermd@aol.com or write me at 730 Gilbert Rd., Winter Park Fl. 32793-4833. (Robert A. Wymer) From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Jul 28 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!UTSPH.SPH.UTH.TMC.EDU!gsbs1032 From: gsbs1032@UTSPH.SPH.UTH.TMC.EDU Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Request for assistance from Novosibirsk University Date: 29 Jul 1994 07:16:53 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 41 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <0098224B.5D3A47F2.17@utsph.sph.uth.tmc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net To whom it may be concern. Dear Colleguaes. At present molecular genetic approaches play major role in fundamental research been devoted elucidation of structure and functions of cells as well as in biomedical research and in different branches of biotechnology. In view of this fact the Department of Genetics and Cytology of the Novosibirsk State University plans to establish the Division of Molecular Genetics and Gene-Engineering which should accelerate the training of high-skilled specialist in this area. The Division will increased its proportion of resources allotted for basic science training and participance of student in research work. It will be also responsible for stimulating, establishing and coordinating research and educational projects that cross traditional school boundaries. The Novosibirsk State University is the leading institution of higher learning in Siberia. The Department of Genetics and Cytology was formed at the Novosibirsk State University in 1969. From its beginning the Department collected experience in education and training of specialist in different areas of genetics which are known in Russia and abroad. There are a number of active work research scientists involved in educational process in the Department. However in view of hard financial situation in russian education and science at present it extremely difficult to create necessary material basis for the Department. Because the University appeal to whom it may be concern with inquiry of help. Such help may be molecular biology equipment, reagents, financial aid and so on. We would be glad to hear any ideas and proposal for cooperation in genetic education. Thank. Hope hear from you. Sincerely yours, V.N.Vragov, Rector, Academician, Professor. L.V.Vysotskja, Prof. Dept.Genet.Cytol.. Contact persona: Kochetov A. , Inst Cytol Genet , Lavrentjeva 10, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia fax. 7-3832-356558, E-mail: rivkin@CGI.nsk.su --------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Jul 28 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!uunet!news.delphi.com!janissary From: janissary@delphi.com (John Ennis) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Population and Land Date: 29 Jul 1994 22:49:12 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation Lines: 8 Message-ID: <9407291848591.DLITE.janissary@delphi.com> References: <31238u$see@search01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1f.delphi.com X-To: John Ennis Sir: I would be interested in a copy of your essay. If possible, could you send it to me E-mail John Ennis Janissary@Delphi.com From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Jul 30 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!CORNELL.EDU!lyy1 From: lyy1@CORNELL.EDU (Lev Yampolsky) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Please, subscribe Date: 31 Jul 1994 11:56:29 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 14 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199407311856.OAA18092@postoffice3.mail.cornell.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I am trying to renew my subscription for POPULATION-BIOLOGY B.B. at my new address. I'm not sure about the address and of whether the subscription is handled by a human or by a program. Please, subscribe me for POPULATION-BIOLOGY@net.bio.net bulletin board. SUBSCRIBE POPULATION-BIOLOGY Lev Yampolsky Thanks in advance ////////////// Lev Yampolsky Section of Ecology and Systematics Cornell University Ithaca NY 14853-2701