From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!BUHO.DPI.UDEC.CL!lsepulve From: lsepulve@BUHO.DPI.UDEC.CL (Leonardo Sepulveda N) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ETHOLOGY Date: 1 Aug 1995 17:37:47 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 74 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9508020232.AA28734@buho.dpi.udec.cl> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Second Annual Ethology Conference Concepcion, Chile August 3-5, 1995 OBJECTIVES: On August 3-4, 1994 the First Annual Ethology Conference was held in Santiago, Chile. It was attended by approximately 60 behavioural scientists. At that time, it was decided that the Second Annual Ethology Conference (II JET) should be held in Concepcion, Chile. The IIJET hopes to achieve the following objectives: 1. To bring together behavioural scientists, such as ethologists, psychologists, sociologists, etc. in order to share their experiences and research. 2. To determine which scientists are engaged in behavioural research, particularly in Chile. 3. To propose the formation of the Chilean Ethological Society. TOPICS 1. Animal behaviour 2. Sociobiological aspects of animals 3. Human ethology LANGUAGE The official language of the IIJET will be Spanish, although English is acceptable. DATE AND LOCATION IIJET will be held at the University of Concepcion, School of Natural Sciences and Oceanography in Concepcion.Chile from August 3-5, 1995 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE School of Natural Sciences Concepcion, Chile is a region that includes an extensive valdivian (?) forest with trails that are particularly suited to photography and observation of plants and animals indigenous to southern Chile. Registration fees are as follows: If no paper is to be presented: Professionals....$22.000 MN (US $55) Students...............$ 5.000 MN (Us $12) If a paper is to be presented: Professionals...$20.000 MN (US $50) Students Graduate.....$5.000 MN (US $12) Undergraduate $3.000 MN (US$10) Deadline to receive papers and registration fees is June 17,1995. Please send a certified check or money order payable to Maria E. Casanueva. You may registrate until Agost 3 at 10 O'Clock in the morning. Send the summary to IIJET's official address: Dr. Andres O. Angulo PRESIDENTE IIJET Box 2407, Concepcion, Chile, South America Telephone: 234985 extension 3059 FAX (56)-41-240280 E-mail: aangulo@halcon.dpi.udec.cl For further information, contact: Leonardo E. Sepulveda Coordinator, International Publicity E-mail: lsepulve@buho.dpi.udec.cl From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!cwi.nl!Thomas.Hantke From: Thomas.Hantke@cwi.nl Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Winter school on Population Dynamics Date: 2 Aug 1995 01:28:02 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 105 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9508020825.AA02097=thomas@kniptor.cwi.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net ____________________________________________________________________________ WINTER SCHOOL ON POPULATION DYNAMICS, 10-14 JANUARY, 1996 A winter school on Population Dynamics will take place in the conference centre Woudschoten in the Netherlands, from 10-14th January, 1996. The winter school is part of the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) priority program on "Nonlinear Systems" which has "Population Biology and Epidemiology" as one of its themes. Five experts have been invited to give each five tutorial/introductory lectures on different areas of population biology: * Bryan Grenfell (University of Cambridge): epidemiology * Andre de Roos (University of Amsterdam): structured populations * Karl Hadeler (University of Tuebingen): deterministic tools * Franjo Weissing (University of Groningen): population genetics * Valerie Isham (University College London): stochastic tools The aim is to give (beginning) PhD- students in population biology a good understanding of the way mathematics is applied to study problems in their field as well as a thorough background in relevant deterministic and stochastic mathematical techniques. The emphasis of this winter school is on teaching. Participants can introduce their interest and work in five-minute presentations that can serve as the starting point of further exchange and discussion. In order to facilitate the planning we ask prospective participants to fill in this form and return it as soon as possible (and in any case before 1 October, 1995) to Thomas Hantke (thomas@cwi.nl). Odo Diekmann Thomas Hantke Hans Heesterbeek (CWI and EEW) (NWO/CWI) (GLW-DLO) odo@cwi.nl thomas@cwi.nl heesterbeek@glw.agro.nl ____________________________________________________________________________ APPLICATION FORM NLS Winter School on Population Dynamics 10-14 January, 1996, Woudschoten I would like to participate in the winter school on population dynamics. name ________________________________________________ institution ________________________________________________ address ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ telephone number ________________________________________________ fax number ________________________________________________ email address ________________________________________________ description of my current work ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ [ ] I will give a 5-minute presentation Diet wishes [ ] vegetarian or: [ ] ____________ Arrival [ ] 10 January, 1996 noon or: [ ] ____________ Departure [ ] 14 January, 1996 noon or: [ ] ____________ The conference centre in Woudschoten can be reached by train (Driebergen-Zeist; 60 minutes from Schiphol Airport) and then group-taxi (15 minutes). PAYMENT (before 1 December, 1995) Dfl 500.- (which is approximately $ 310, 200 pound Sterling, DM 450) including all meals, lodging (double rooms) and lecture notes; not including travel costs. [ ] For Dutch participants only: payed to bank account 436053705 (ABN-AMRO, giro bank: 2391) by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, "NLS Winter school 1996" [ ] For non-Dutch participants: International money transfer (500.- Dutch Guilders) to bank account 436053705 (ABN-AMRO, P.O. Box 1294, NL-1000 BG Amsterdam) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, "NLS Winter school 1996" Send this form as soon as possible, but no later than 1 October, 1995, to: Thomas Hantke CWI Kruislaan 413 1098 SJ Amsterdam The Netherlands phone +31 - 20 - 592 42 29 fax +31 - 20 - 592 41 99 thomas@cwi.nl From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!info.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news.unb.ca!nbt.nbnet.nb.ca!news From: cigolott@nbnet.nb.ca (tom c.) Newsgroups: bionet.microbiology,bionet.population-bio,sci.bio.microbiology Subject: Re: Help! Salmonella in sewage sludge Date: 2 Aug 1995 02:44:14 GMT Organization: NB*Net Lines: 64 Message-ID: <3vmopu$18ej@darwin.nbnet.nb.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: edmund18.nbnet.nb.ca X-Newsreader: NeoLogic News for OS/2 [version: 4.1] Xref: biosci bionet.microbiology:2846 bionet.population-bio:1487 sci.bio.microbiology:1265 In message <3vgo4s$6h5$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> - Patrick Loewen <751 21.677@CompuServe.COM> writes: = =Hello, =My name is Patrick Loewen. I am living in Luxembourg, in a small town called Lintgen. I am a member of =our local environment commission. I need an advice on something that happened a month ago. =A neighboring sewage plant had her sludge bring out on several fields on top of a hill near Lintgen. This was =authorized by the environment administration, as analyses showed no metal or bacteriological contamination. =But several people in Lintgen worried about the quantity of sludge that was brought out. They protested at =the environment administration. This one did another analyse at the sewage plant 2 weeks later. This analyse =showed a Salmonella infection of the sludge. Was it already contaminated as it was brought out? No one =could give an answer. =Now, many people worry, because on the foot of this hill is a fountain where Lintgen gets its drinkeng water =from. The administration says that the sludge was not brought out in the water protection zones, but they =are small because of the agricultural activity on the hill. =My questions are: =Can Salmonella survive in the soil and contaminate the groundwater? =If not, is there any danger of bringing out Salmonella in this way? =Should we convince our municipality to prevent future sludge bring outs? = =You would really help me if you can give me answers. =Thank you = =Patrick Loewen =75121.677@compuserve.com Patrick; for a partial answer to the analysis question......unless they tested eachand every bit of sludge one cannot be 100 % sure that it would be salmonella free........the only thing that could be said absolutely is that there is no Sal. in the sample tested, and as the "sample" implies, it is a representation of of the rest of it......it would be highly uneconomical to test "all" the sludge. like the heavy metals that can be difused through out the material a real concentration (depending on the test) is only a representation. as to your 2nd ? - since salmonella does not produce spores(at least not yet) thurough drying and exposure to the elemets eg uv should get it all. I had read somewhere that this is somehow relevent to the concentration applied. Seems that the higher the conc. of sludge then the higher the probability that survival could occur 3rd ? - since it is water under the bridge (sludge on field :+) ), the thing to do now is to monitor the water at least weekly for a while...since the risk lowers with time, testing could be extended 4th ? - #3 should give you some indication of whether the spreeding proceedure is ok. If the experts know what they are doing, then there should be no problem, not the some don't....if they could not answer these "easy" questions then U will have to be the expert ! The other thing that could be checked for are the organics in the water...if stuff is getting through, it should show in the water chemistry first....having a control sample would help a lot. hope this helps a little regards from kunuk land tom c. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.belwue.de!News.Uni-Marburg.DE!news.th-darmstadt.de!news.uni-mainz.de!orville.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE!rabas000 From: Stefan Rabanus Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Khoisan-Speakers Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 14:10:56 +0200 Organization: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany Lines: 10 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: orville.zdv.uni-mainz.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi, Is anyone able and willing to send me some book or article-titles about biological and anthropological aspects of the population of Khoisan-Speakers in Africa? Thank you in advance, Stefan From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 01 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.microbiology,bionet.population-bio,sci.bio.microbiology Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!uknet!info!news From: P.R.Herron@Swansea.ac.uk (Paul Herron) Subject: Re: Help! Salmonella in sewage sludge X-Nntp-Posting-Host: bsherron.swan.ac.uk Message-ID: Sender: news@info.swan.ac.uk Organization: University of Wales Swansea X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.90.5 References: <3vgo4s$6h5$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 11:39:14 GMT Lines: 33 Xref: biosci bionet.microbiology:2850 bionet.population-bio:1490 sci.bio.microbiology:1269 In article <3vgo4s$6h5$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com>, Patrick Loewen <75121.677@CompuServe.COM> says: > >Hello, >My name is Patrick Loewen. I am living in Luxembourg, in a small town called Lintgen. I am a member of >our local environment commission. I need an advice on something that happened a month ago. >A neighboring sewage plant had her sludge bring out on several fields on top of a hill near Lintgen. This was >authorized by the environment administration, as analyses showed no metal or bacteriological contamination. >But several people in Lintgen worried about the quantity of sludge that was brought out. They protested at >the environment administration. This one did another analyse at the sewage plant 2 weeks later. This analyse >showed a Salmonella infection of the sludge. Was it already contaminated as it was brought out? No one >could give an answer. >Now, many people worry, because on the foot of this hill is a fountain where Lintgen gets its drinkeng water >from. The administration says that the sludge was not brought out in the water protection zones, but they >are small because of the agricultural activity on the hill. >My questions are: >Can Salmonella survive in the soil and contaminate the groundwater? >If not, is there any danger of bringing out Salmonella in this way? >Should we convince our municipality to prevent future sludge bring outs? > >You would really help me if you can give me answers. >Thank you > >Patrick Loewen >75121.677@compuserve.com > You could contact Liz Wellington at the University of Warwick in England and ask her. She's on holiday 'til mid August, but I'm sure she'd contact you shortly after that. Her research group have published many papers on Salmonella survival in soil so would certainly be able to answer your questions. E-mail: EG@dna.bio.warwick.ac.uk Good luck ! Paul From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 01 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!cwi.nl!news.cwi.nl!thomas From: thomas@cwi.nl (Thomas Hantke) Subject: Winter school on Population Dynamics Message-ID: Sender: news@cwi.nl (The Daily Dross) Nntp-Posting-Host: kniptor.cwi.nl Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 08:21:06 GMT Lines: 106 ____________________________________________________________________________ WINTER SCHOOL ON POPULATION DYNAMICS, 10-14 JANUARY, 1996 A winter school on Population Dynamics will take place in the conference centre Woudschoten in the Netherlands, from 10-14th January, 1996. The winter school is part of the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) priority program on "Nonlinear Systems" which has "Population Biology and Epidemiology" as one of its themes. Five experts have been invited to give each five tutorial/introductory lectures on different areas of population biology: * Bryan Grenfell (University of Cambridge): epidemiology * Andre de Roos (University of Amsterdam): structured populations * Karl Hadeler (University of Tuebingen): deterministic tools * Franjo Weissing (University of Groningen): population genetics * Valerie Isham (University College London): stochastic tools The aim is to give (beginning) PhD- students in population biology a good understanding of the way mathematics is applied to study problems in their field as well as a thorough background in relevant deterministic and stochastic mathematical techniques. The emphasis of this winter school is on teaching. Participants can introduce their interest and work in five-minute presentations that can serve as the starting point of further exchange and discussion. In order to facilitate the planning we ask prospective participants to fill in this form and return it as soon as possible (and in any case before 1 October, 1995) to Thomas Hantke (thomas@cwi.nl). Odo Diekmann Thomas Hantke Hans Heesterbeek (CWI and EEW) (NWO/CWI) (GLW-DLO) odo@cwi.nl thomas@cwi.nl heesterbeek@glw.agro.nl ____________________________________________________________________________ APPLICATION FORM NLS Winter School on Population Dynamics 10-14 January, 1996, Woudschoten I would like to participate in the winter school on population dynamics. name ________________________________________________ institution ________________________________________________ address ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ telephone number ________________________________________________ fax number ________________________________________________ email address ________________________________________________ description of my current work ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ [ ] I will give a 5-minute presentation Diet wishes [ ] vegetarian or: [ ] ____________ Arrival [ ] 10 January, 1996 noon or: [ ] ____________ Departure [ ] 14 January, 1996 noon or: [ ] ____________ The conference centre in Woudschoten can be reached by train (Driebergen-Zeist; 60 minutes from Schiphol Airport) and then group-taxi (15 minutes). PAYMENT (before 1 December, 1995) Dfl 500.- (which is approximately $ 310, 200 pound Sterling, DM 450) including all meals, lodging (double rooms) and lecture notes; not including travel costs. [ ] For Dutch participants only: payed to bank account 436053705 (ABN-AMRO, giro bank: 2391) by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, "NLS Winter school 1996" [ ] For non-Dutch participants: International money transfer (500.- Dutch Guilders) to bank account 436053705 (ABN-AMRO, P.O. Box 1294, NL-1000 BG Amsterdam) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, "NLS Winter school 1996" Send this form as soon as possible, but no later than 1 October, 1995, to: Thomas Hantke CWI Kruislaan 413 1098 SJ Amsterdam The Netherlands phone +31 - 20 - 592 42 29 fax +31 - 20 - 592 41 99 thomas@cwi.nl From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 02 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!biostrat.demon.co.uk!biosafe From: Biosafety Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: biosafety journal online Date: Thu, 03 Aug 95 10:21:48 GMT Organization: Bioline Publications Lines: 54 Message-ID: <807445308snz@biostrat.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: biosafe@biostrat.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: biostrat.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 Announcement - Biosafety Online Journal BioSafety is a new online-only, peer reviewed journal publishing papers and reviews about biological safety, its assessment and its control. It specialises in studies of release of genetically modified and wild type organisms into ecosystems, of monitoring of releases and of biosafety regulations. The papers which have appeared since Biosafety commenced publication in May 1995 have been : Editorial: Reasons for Creating BioSafety Containment aspects of couplings and connections for biotechnology plant Appraisal of the practical effectiveness of biosafety controls in biotechnology with special reference to safety cabinets Biotechnology decision making: public information and participation in the context of European directives 90/219/EEC and 90/220/EEC The regulation of biosafety in Brazil Regulation in biotechnology - recent developments and future prospects Biosafety performance of biotechnology equipment: consideration of Performance Criteria and of Equipment categorisation. Risk assessment of animal cell culture procedures. Publication is rapid. Papers are published individually and are online immediately after approval by referees; abstracts are freely available to all Internet users and copyright remains with the authors. Contributions are invited; notes for contributors and subscription information may be obtained from biosafe@biostrat.demon.co.uk or online from the WWW. The URL is http://www.ftpt.br/cgi-bin/bioline/by Brian Kirsop, Editor, Biosafety -- Biosafety From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Aug 06 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news.onramp.net!usenet From: photuris@onramp.net (Photuris) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: help save our water resources Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 21:28:55 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Lines: 158 Message-ID: <405p99$ppe@news.onramp.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: stemmons26.onramp.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.46 Path: news.onramp.net!usenet From: photuris@onramp.net Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: help save our water resources Date: Wed, 02 Aug 95 20:42:18 PDT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Lines: 138 Message-ID: <3voum3$f6o@news.onramp.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: stemmons42.onramp.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage I beg forgiveness if this is inappropriate for this newsgroup. Here is a chance for you to do something positive about our nation's water resources! Join the grassroots cooperators who have successfully fought to have the Corps of Engineers Aquatic Plant Control Program put back into the 1996 federal budget. The U.S. Senate has gotten the message that this program is essential to protect our nation's lakes, reservoirs, and rivers. Now, we must convince the House of Representatives. Your message will be heard if you ACT NOW! Make a difference in the future of our natural resources. ACTION ALERT Please write, call, or fax your support for continued funding of the Corps of Engineers Aquatic Plant Control Program (APCP) as soon as possible to the House and Senate members listed below. The APCP has been funded at $5 million by the Senate, but not funded by the House. The House and Senate will meet in the next few weeks to work out differences between their appropriations bills, and the APCP needs your support. Please mention these critical points when you contact members of Congress or their staffs: 1. You agree with the Senate that the Corps APCP funding must continue if the many weed-infested lakes, reservoirs, and rivers nationwide are to be kept from being choked by exotic aquatic weeds. 2. You believe that without this program, states will lose national coordination, and subsequently their battle to control aquatic weeds, resulting in ecological damage, water quality degradation, disruption of water resource usage (municipal, industrial, and recreational) , lower property values, lost revenue, and greater risk of flood damage. 3. You urge the House-Senate conferees to maintain the $5 million funding level established by the Senate Appropriations Committee, to undertake the highest priority activities. Please target your contacts to the following members: House Conferees Addresses: (Rayburn (RHOB), Cannon (CHOB), or Longworth (LHOB) House Office Buildings, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 20515 phone fax Representative address (area code 202) staff John Meyers (R-IN) 2372 RHOB 225-5805 -1649 Doug Waisltis Harold Rogers (R-KY) 2468 RHOB 225-4601 -0940 Kevin Fromer Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) 1221 LHOB 225-5802 -2356 David Cherington Frank Riggs (R-CA) 1714 LHOB 225-3311 -7710 Mark Davis R. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) 514 CHOB 225-5034 Ed Krenik Jim Bunn (R-OR) 1517 LHOB 225-5711 -2994 David Reinhart Tom Bevill (D-AL) 2302 RHOB 225-4876 -1504 Claudle Wear Vic Fazio (D-CA) 2113 RHOB 225-5716 -0354 Janice Morris e-mail: dcaucus@hr.house.gov Jim Chapman (D-TX) 2417 RHOB 225-3035 -7265 Jeanne Wolak Senate Conferees Addresses: Dickson (DSOB), Russell (RSOB), or Hait (HSOB) Senate Office Building, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510 Senator address phone fax staff (Area Code 202) Pete Domenici (R-NM) 328 HSOB 224-6621 -7371 Carol Maguire e-mail: senator_domenici@domenici.senate.gov Mark Hatfield (R-OR) 711 HSOB 224-3753 -0726 Dave Gwaitney Thad Cochran (R-MS) 326 RSOB 224-5054 -9450 Mitch Kugler Slade Gorton (R-WA) 730 HSOB 224-3441 -9393 Julie Kays e-mail: senator_gorton@gorton.senate.gov Mitch McConnell (R-KY) 353 RSOB 224-2541 -2499 Scott O'Malla Robert Bennett (R-VT) 427 DSOB 224-5444 Tim Stewart Conrad Burns (R-MT) 183 DSOB 224-2644 -8594 Tom Fulton e-mail: conrad_burns@burns.senate.gov Bennett Johnston (D-LA) 138 HSOB 224-5824 -2952 Kaylan Walker e-mail: senator@johnston.senate.gov Robert Byrd (D-WV) 311 HSOB 224-3954 -8070 Sue Masica Ernest Hollings (D-SC) 125 RSOB 224-6121 -4293 Lyle Helms e-mail: senator@hollings.senate.gov Harry Reid (D-NV) 324 HSOB 224-3542 -7327 Ray Martinez e-mail: senator_reid@reid.senate.gov Bob Kerrey (D-NE) 308 HSOB 224-6551 -7645 Marcy McPherson e-mail: bob@kerrey.senate.gov Patty Murray (D-WA) 111 RSOB 224-2621 -0238 Maria Marvin e-mail: senator_murray@murray.senate.gov Conferees will be chosen from these lists later this month (August): contacting any and all will help. Staff members listed are those responsible for Corps of Engineers budget appropriations, and advise members how to vote. If you wish to speak to someone regarding this issue, these are the points of contact. I am attempting to locate additional e-mail addresses for House and Senate members and their staffs to make contacting them easier for you. I will post what I can in the next day or so. If you require further information, please e-mail: photuris@onramp.net Thank you for your concern and efforts From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Aug 06 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!sunic!sunic.sunet.se!mn6.swip.net!seunet!news2.swip.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.gmi.edu!msunews!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!ob1.uws.edu.au!news From: Miroslav Belik Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Tagging small mammals Date: 7 Aug 1995 05:37:13 GMT Organization: UWS Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4048q9$2ng@ob1.uws.EDU.AU> NNTP-Posting-Host: attila-port1.uws.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Hello everyone I was just wondering if anyone knows of a good way of tagging smalls animals (mammals) between the sizes of 6 - 20 cm. Thanks in advance. -- ============================================================== http://metro.turnpike.net/M/metromb/index.html ============================================================== Miroslav Belik Email: M.Belik@UWS.EDU.AU UWS, Macarthur Phone: 018-028-708 or 61 2 823 9445 P.O. Box 555 FAX: 61 46 266683 Campbelltown, 2560 NSW Australia. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 08 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!ns1.faseb.org!darwin.sura.net!mother.usf.edu!news From: tabibzadeh@rics.moffitt.usf.edu (SIAMAK TABIBZADEH) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Frontiers in Bioscience, an electronic journal and virtual library Date: 9 Aug 1995 16:38:27 GMT Organization: Moffitt Cancer Center at USF Lines: 40 Message-ID: <40aoa3$rp6@mother.usf.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc3160.moffitt.usf.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.11 Frontiers in Bioscience, an electronic journal and virtual library An electronic journal and virtual library has been created in order to facilitate rapid dissemination of scientific data as well as to provide investigators with numerous online tools for use in their day-to-day research activities. The publication cost is minimized or completely eliminated. A section of the journal is dedicated to publishing manuscripts that contain real time events. Access to a large number of databases is quite easy from the journal. These include databases for analysis of scientific data, search strategies, dictionaries, atlases, tutorials, conferences, information on products of various manufacturers, links to online journals and many other valuable information. Access to the journal and these services is free. The staff members of the journal are in the process of creation of various databases. One such database on gene knockout is already online. The journal can be accessed at the following address on WWW: http://bayanet.com/bioscinece Although submission of data for publication in electronic platforms has just begun, this method of distribution of scientific information would certainly be the logical route of the future. The first volume of the journal to be published around Jan 1996 will contain excellent manuscripts. Please take a moment to examine the journal and consider to send manuscripts for publication in this new and novel forum. The address of the editorial office is as follows: Frontiers in Bioscience S Tabibzadeh, MD, Dept of Pathology University of South Florida 12901 Bruce B Downs Blvd Tampa, FL 33612 Tel: 813-979-7237 Fax: 813-979-3085 E-mail: tabibzadeh@rics.moffitt.usf.edu From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 09 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!ulowell.uml.edu!umassd.edu!news From: Robert Edgar Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: GLOBEC Scientific Secretary Post-Doctoral Postion Date: 10 Aug 1995 01:21:53 GMT Organization: The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Lines: 63 Message-ID: <40bmvh$eur@gatekeeper.umassd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 134.88.12.60 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-URL: news:bionet.population-bio ************************************************ POST-DOCTORAL POSITION ................................................ Scientific Secretary of GLOBEC International University of Massachusetts Dartmouth ................................................ This post-doctoral position requires the incumbent to serve as the Scientific Secretary of GLOBEC International (Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics). The Secretary will be expected to contribute to the preparation of the GLOBEC Science Plan; assemble material on the role of zooplankton and microzooplankton grazing; maintain contact with SCOR (Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research), IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission); ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea), PICES (Pacific International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) and IGBP (International Geophysical Biophysical Program) Secretariats; produce a quarterly newsletter; maintain contacts and communication among regional and national GLOBEC programs; and generate and maintain records of scientific correspondence of GLOBEC International. The initial appointment will be for one year, commencing in the Fall of 1995, with subsequent years reappointment contingent upon the recommendation of the Director, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Technology. The Scientific Secretary will hold an appointment as a Research Associate in the Department of Biology and the Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Technology. This postdoctoral position could lead to a tenure track position within the Department of Biology. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography or a related discipline. Post-doctoral experience is desirable. Salary and benefits for 12 months will be negotiable, depending upon experience. Candidates should submit a letter of application, a current curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of three (3) references to: GLOBEC Scientific Secretary Department of Biology University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300 USA Applications and inquiries may be submitted by conventional mail, fax (508-999-8196) or email (redgar@umassd.edu). Please identify fax and email communications with a "GLOBEC SS" tag. Review of applications will commence on September 8, 1995 and continue until the position is filled. <> From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Aug 10 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm!pendragon.jsc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mid.net!crcnis3.unl.edu!unlinfo.unl.edu!jkren From: jkren@unlinfo.unl.edu (josef kren) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Journals & Books Date: 11 Aug 1995 15:53:14 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lines: 32 Message-ID: <40fuda$pt9@crcnis3.unl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: unlinfo.unl.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I have the following for sale. Evolution, Vol 22 (1968) - Vol 48 (1994), complete Adaptive Behavior Vol 1 ( 1992), complete Evolutionary Ecology Vol 1 (1987), Nos 1-4 Vol 2 (1988), Nos 3,4 Vol 3 (1989), Nos 2,3,4 Vol 5 (1991), No 1 Ecology, Ecological Monographs, Bulletin...,1992 + 1993, complete From the Double Helix to the Human Genome: 40 years of molecular genetics ( in: Gene Vol. 135,No 1-2 ) Genetic Recombination, by Kucherlapati & Smith ( eds.),Amer. Soc. for Microbiology 1988 Mathematical Biology, by Murray, Springer-Verlag, 1989 Evolutionary Ecology, by Pianka ( 4th ed., Harper & Row, 1988 ) Please e-mail to: jkren@unlinfo.unl.edu Josef Kren University of Nebraska Lincoln From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Aug 11 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!night.primate.wisc.edu!ames!lll-winken.llnl.gov!taco.cc.ncsu.edu!esssaa!a From: a Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Tagging small mammals Date: 12 Aug 1995 05:29:07 GMT Organization: a Lines: 1 Distribution: world Message-ID: <40he73$c51@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> References: <4048q9$2ng@ob1.uws.EDU.AU> NNTP-Posting-Host: esssqg.stat.ncsu.edu From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Aug 12 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!omnifest.uwm.edu!omnifest.uwm.edu!not-for-mail From: cgoldman@omnifest.uwm.edu (Charles Goldman) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Monarchs Date: 13 Aug 1995 02:07:35 -0500 Organization: Omnifest Lines: 7 Distribution: na Message-ID: <40k8bn$7ef@omnifest.uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.70.58 I am writing from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There is a noticable lack of Monarch butterflies traveling through this year. Last year by this time, I had seen dozens. This year -three- anyone interested, or can suggest why, please contact me by email at cgoldman@omnifest.uwm.edu Thank you for your interest. CG From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 15 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!slip7-9.acs.ohio-state.edu!mkendall From: mkendall@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mike Kendall) Newsgroups: bionet.general,bionet.population-bio,sci.bio.ethology,rec.animals.wildlife Subject: Re: Where do these animals live? Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 03:54:37 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Lines: 52 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <40rcip$nhj@news.bt.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip7-9.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #1] Xref: biosci bionet.general:16540 bionet.population-bio:1502 sci.bio.ethology:1478 rec.animals.wildlife:5158 In article <40rcip$nhj@news.bt.net> Kevin Marks writes: >Path: magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!usenet >From: Kevin Marks >Newsgroups: bionet.general,bionet.population-bio,sci.bio.ethology,rec.animals.wildlife >Subject: Where do these animals live? >Date: 16 Aug 1995 00:02:33 GMT >Organization: MultiMedia Corporation >Lines: 22 >Distribution: world >Message-ID: <40rcip$nhj@news.bt.net> >NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.70.62.40 >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >X-Newsreader: Nuntius 2.0.2_PPC >X-XXDate: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 01:03:16 GMT >Xref: magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu bionet.general:16402 bionet.population-bio:1576 sci.bio.ethology:2286 rec.animals.wildlife:5342 >I'm trying to track down ranges for the following animals - preferably >with world-wide coverage. >Does anyone have any pointers to useful information on where they live? >So far I've drawn a blank on the textbooks avaialable at my local >University library. >Common Name Genus Species >golden hamster Mesocricetus auratus >gerbil Gerbillus campestris >African mole-rat Tachyoryctes splendens >guinea pig Cavia tschudii >paradise flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis >Oriental white-eye Zosterops palpebrosa >desert salamander Batrachoseps aridus >paradoxical frog Pseudis paradoxa >edible frog Rana esculenta >Seychelles tree frog Tachycnemis seychellensis >arapiam Arapaima gigas >carp Cyprinus carpio >reticulated toadfish Arothron reticularis >deep sea ugly fish Melanocetus jhonsonsii Kevin: Here are the ones I know: M. auratus... Asia Minor, through Israel to Iran. G. camp...dry, sandy areas from southern Africa into Asia Minor. T. splendens...eastern Africa. C. tschudi...South America (everywhere). Good luck with the rest. Mike (PS, no more home work for me) From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 15 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!usenet From: Kevin Marks Newsgroups: bionet.general,bionet.population-bio,sci.bio.ethology,rec.animals.wildlife Subject: Where do these animals live? Date: 16 Aug 1995 00:02:33 GMT Organization: MultiMedia Corporation Lines: 22 Distribution: world Message-ID: <40rcip$nhj@news.bt.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.70.62.40 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Nuntius 2.0.2_PPC X-XXDate: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 01:03:16 GMT Xref: biosci bionet.general:16537 bionet.population-bio:1501 sci.bio.ethology:1477 rec.animals.wildlife:5145 I'm trying to track down ranges for the following animals - preferably with world-wide coverage. Does anyone have any pointers to useful information on where they live? So far I've drawn a blank on the textbooks avaialable at my local University library. Common Name Genus Species golden hamster Mesocricetus auratus gerbil Gerbillus campestris African mole-rat Tachyoryctes splendens guinea pig Cavia tschudii paradise flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis Oriental white-eye Zosterops palpebrosa desert salamander Batrachoseps aridus paradoxical frog Pseudis paradoxa edible frog Rana esculenta Seychelles tree frog Tachycnemis seychellensis arapiam Arapaima gigas carp Cyprinus carpio reticulated toadfish Arothron reticularis deep sea ugly fish Melanocetus jhonsonsii From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 15 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!orion!slscott From: slscott@sfsu.edu (STACY LEAH SCOTT) Newsgroups: bionet.general,bionet.population-bio,sci.bio.ethology,rec.animals.wildlife Subject: Re: Where do these animals live? Followup-To: bionet.general,bionet.population-bio,sci.bio.ethology,rec.animals.wildlife Date: 16 Aug 1995 05:24:32 GMT Organization: San Francisco State University Lines: 19 Distribution: world Message-ID: <40rveg$g62@news.csus.edu> References: <40rcip$nhj@news.bt.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: slscott%@orion.sfsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: biosci bionet.general:16542 bionet.population-bio:1503 sci.bio.ethology:1480 rec.animals.wildlife:5172 Kevin Marks (Kevin@mmcorp.com) wrote: : I'm trying to track down ranges for the following animals - preferably : with world-wide coverage. : Common Name Genus Species : golden hamster Mesocricetus auratus I believe the domestic golden hamster is descended from one family of 13 discovered in Asia Minor in the 1930s. : guinea pig Cavia tschudii These are native to the Andes. : carp Cyprinus carpio These are Eurasian in origin -- probably evolved in Asia Minor, and then spread both east and west. They've been introduced around the world, however, in the domesticated form. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 15 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!gensva.athena.livjm.ac.uk!usenet From: R.P.Brown Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: POSTDOC in lizard ecophysiology available Date: 16 Aug 1995 11:54:10 GMT Organization: livjm.ac.uk Lines: 24 Message-ID: <40sm92$alf@gensva.athena.livjm.ac.uk> Reply-To: r.p.brown@livjm.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: neumann.cms.livjm.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ Project: Ecophysiology of Canary Island Lizards. A postdoctoral position is available to work on the above EC-funded project (EC Network, Human Capital and Mobility Programme) and will involve use of the Doubly-Labeled Water technique and respirometry to investigate ecophysiological responses to climatic variation in a terrestrial ectotherm. The post is available immediately for a period of up to 18 months. Only non-British nationals of European Community member states are eligible to apply. The research will be based at the Biological and Earth Sciences Department of Liverpool John Moores University, UK, and involve fieldwork in the Canary Islands. There may also be opportunities for travel to and collaboration with other EC laboratories participating in the Network. Further information can be obtained from: Dr. R. P. Brown, CMS, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK. Email r.p.brown@livjm.ac.uk. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 16 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!Norway.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: sethbh@aol.com (Seth BH) Newsgroups: bionet.general,bionet.population-bio,sci.bio.ethology,rec.animals.wildlife Subject: Re: Where do these animals live? Date: 16 Aug 1995 20:46:19 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 13 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <40u3gr$e8@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <40rcip$nhj@news.bt.net> Reply-To: sethbh@aol.com (Seth BH) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Xref: biosci bionet.general:16549 bionet.population-bio:1505 sci.bio.ethology:1485 rec.animals.wildlife:5212 1) The golden hamster is native to Syria. 2) The gerbil is native to mongolia 3) the african mole rat lives in East Africa (high elevations) 4) the paradise flycatches is found in almost all countries bordering the Indian Ocean All of this information (and the rest you need) may be found in the Larousse Encyclopedia of Animal Lifepublished by Hamlyn Publishers. Your library should definitely have a copy. Seth Boatright-Horowitz Dept. of Neuroscience Brown University From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 16 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!debinski From: debinski@iastate.edu (Diane M Debinski) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Fragmentation Studies Date: 17 Aug 1995 20:32:11 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA Lines: 35 Message-ID: <41090b$ln@news.iastate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pv7805.vincent.iastate.edu I am working on writing a review article on habitat fragmentation studies in which the landscape was experimentally manipulated SPECIFICALLY with the intent of testing hypotheses related to habitat fragmentation. This means that I am not interested in research conducted on landscapes that were fragmented for other reasons (e.g. logging, development, etc.). The focus here is primarily terrestrial, but aquatic examples would also be of interest. I am aware of experiments such as the Minimum Critical Ecosystem project in Manaus, Brazil, the LTREB project at the Kansas Ecological Reserve, the Wog Wog experiment in Australia, the Quinn and Robinson experiment in Davis, CA, and the U.S. Forest Service experiment in South Carolina. I would appreciate hearing about any similar research projects that may be in progress or in the literature. I would appreciate responses by email rather than via the newsgroup. Thanks for your interest. Diane Debinski Assistant Professor Dept. of Animal Ecology Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 515-294-2460 debinski@iastate.edu -- Diane M Debinski debinski@iastate.edu From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Aug 19 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!ames!waikato!comp.vuw.ac.nz!canterbury.ac.nz!MANUKA.lincoln.ac.nz!usenet From: Terry Brown Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Multi-species competition Date: 20 Aug 1995 21:46:56 GMT Organization: Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand Lines: 24 Message-ID: <418agg$6ka@MANUKA.lincoln.ac.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: tbrown.lincoln.ac.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; Linux 1.2.1 i486) X-URL: news:bionet.population-bio I have a problem arising from a simulation of microbial population dynamics I'm working on, although I think it would apply to any multi-species / multi-resource system. I was wondering if there are general solutions to N species competetion problems. I started off with a two species system with obligate aerobic bacteria and denitrifiers competing for disolved organic carbon, disolved organic nitrogen etc. That was fine until I realised nitrifiers needed to be treated separately, but by stretching my vector algerbra I was able to find a solution to the three-dimensional case, but now I've had to include a forth group (plant roots) and can no longer work out ammonia / nitrate / DOC / DON allocation between the competing groups. Any pointers to literature or other resources or outlines of possible solutions greatly appreciated, Thanks, Terry Brown -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terry Brown email: brown@lvlham.lincoln.ac.nz Lincoln Environmental http://tbrown.lvlham.lincoln.ac.nz/~tb Private Bag 3062 Hamilton Ph. 64 07 838 5901 W 64 07 855 9001 H New Zealand Fax 64 07 838 5372 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Aug 21 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!Norway.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.starnet.net!wupost!news.missouri.edu!news From: Zongmin Zhou Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Help! Introduction Biology??? Date: 22 Aug 1995 02:44:16 GMT Organization: University of Missouri-Columbia Lines: 17 Message-ID: <41bga0$11b5@news.missouri.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: chaff.agron.missouri.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:bionet.population-bio Hi net: It sounds like an elementary question. Does anyone know who were the first one classified the following species? Human (Homo sapiens) Dog (Canis familiaris) Cat (Felis catus) Cattle (Bos taurus) ? Sparrow (Passer domesticus) ? mouse (Mus musculus) and how to put those authorities after those species if you have to mention once or twice in your paper? Thanks. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Aug 21 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!AVA.BCC.ORST.EDU!cartergj From: cartergj@AVA.BCC.ORST.EDU (George_John Carter) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: population control Date: 22 Aug 1995 11:14:16 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 3 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I found a message through a gopher word search regarding human population control. Who sent it? From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 23 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Path: biosci!agate!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.gmi.edu!msunews!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!newsfeed.pitt.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!news.duke.edu!news-server.ncren.net!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!murdoch!darwin.clas.Virginia.EDU!mgk From: mgk@darwin.clas.Virginia.EDU (Mahlon G. Kelly) Subject: Re: Multi-species competition X-Nntp-Posting-Host: darwin.clas.virginia.edu Message-ID: Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: uva References: <418agg$6ka@MANUKA.lincoln.ac.nz> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 04:12:04 GMT Lines: 34 Terry Brown writes: > I have a problem arising from a simulation of microbial population dynamics I'm > working on, although I think it would apply to any multi-species / > multi-resource system. > > I was wondering if there are general solutions to N species competetion > problems. I started off with a two species system with obligate aerobic > bacteria and denitrifiers competing for disolved organic carbon, disolved > organic nitrogen etc. That was fine until I realised nitrifiers needed to be > treated separately, but by stretching my vector algerbra I was able to find a > solution to the three-dimensional case, but now I've had to include a forth > group (plant roots) and can no longer work out ammonia / nitrate / DOC / DON > allocation between the competing groups. > > Any pointers to literature or other resources or outlines of possible solutions > greatly appreciated, > > Thanks, Terry Brown > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Terry Brown email: brown@lvlham.lincoln.ac.nz > Lincoln Environmental http://tbrown.lvlham.lincoln.ac.nz/~tb > Private Bag 3062 Hamilton Ph. 64 07 838 5901 W 64 07 855 9001 H > New Zealand Fax 64 07 838 5372 > I don't have the references handy, but take a look for papers by Mays. He formulated the normal two species competition equations into an N species set. Several papers in the theoretical ecology literature. -- Associate Professor (Emeritus) University of Virginia mgk@darwin.clas.virginia.edu From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Aug 26 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!news.uoregon.edu!news.emf.net!overload.lbl.gov!agate!news.duke.edu!news-server.ncren.net!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!murdoch!darwin.clas.Virginia.EDU!mgk From: mgk@darwin.clas.Virginia.EDU (Mahlon G. Kelly) Subject: Re: Help! Introduction Biology??? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: darwin.clas.virginia.edu Message-ID: Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: uva References: <41bga0$11b5@news.missouri.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 17:28:07 GMT Lines: 28 Zongmin Zhou writes: > Hi net: > It sounds like an elementary question. Does anyone know who were the > first one classified the following species? > > Human (Homo sapiens) > Dog (Canis familiaris) > Cat (Felis catus) > Cattle (Bos taurus) ? > Sparrow (Passer domesticus) ? > mouse (Mus musculus) > > and how to put those authorities after those species if you have to > mention once or twice in your paper? > > Thanks. > > All were named by Linneaus. The proper citation would be: genus, capitalized, species not, both genus and species italicized or underlined, authority or citation, Linn. (abbreviated thus), not italicized or underlined. The authority needs only to be included in the first use in the paper. BTW, check the Felis catus. I believe that it is Felis domesticus. -- Associate Professor (Emeritus) University of Virginia mgk@darwin.clas.virginia.edu From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 29 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!usenet From: aduncan@heartlab.rri.uwo.ca (Anthony Duncan) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: human elemental composition Date: 30 Aug 1995 13:37:46 GMT Organization: The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. Canada Lines: 8 Message-ID: <421pja$o44@falcon.ccs.uwo.ca> Reply-To: aduncan@heartlab.rri.uwo.ca (Anthony Duncan) NNTP-Posting-Host: next.heart.rri.uwo.ca Can anyone indicate what is the elemental composition of an average human being. I assume the principal elements are Oxygen, Carbon, Nitrogen and Hydrogen and traces of mineral salt elements. But I do not know in what percents. I assume the highest would be O since we are made mainly of water (H2O). Would someone have numbers on that or be able to indicate where I could find them. Thank you. Anthony. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 29 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!IS.DAL.CA!pli From: pli@IS.DAL.CA (Ping Li) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Help: stigma type and pollen number Date: 30 Aug 1995 08:25:43 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 19 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hi, could you please help me if you have any information on 1. How to identify whether the type of a flower stigma is dry or wet? 2. How to measure the amount or number of pollen grains produced in one flower? Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance! -- Ping Li Department of Biology Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4J1 pli@is.dal.ca From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 30 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!swrinde!emory!hubcap.clemson.edu!hubcap.clemson.edu!pnsmith From: pnsmith@hubcap.clemson.edu (Phil Smith) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Fluorescent Powder and Fog Tiles Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 14:04:05 Organization: Clemson University Lines: 15 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: hubcap.clemson.edu Summary: Where Can These Items be Found Keywords: Fluorescent, Powder, Fog, Tile, Tracking, Research X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] I am searching for a source to obtain fluorescent powders which will be applied to small mammals for the purpose of tracking. Several studies have been done which utilized these powders. They are applied to the animal which is released. The powder falls off as the animal moves about. The trail of powder can be followed using a black light. Any information regarding sources, availability, costs, or handling instructions would be greatly appreciated. Additionally, I am looking for information on fog tiles for use in tracking. Thanks in advance, Phil Smith Clemson University From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 30 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunews!news From: Colin Dawson Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Fluorescent Powder and Fog Tiles Date: 31 Aug 1995 21:51:07 GMT Organization: University of Reading Lines: 12 Message-ID: <425asb$no1@susscsc1.rdg.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: samc13.reading.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) To: pnsmith@hubcap.clemson.edu X-URL: news:pnsmith.5.000E11D5@hubcap.clemson.edu I have used such powders several years ago. BASF was the manufacturer if I remember correctly but I am not sure who supplied them. They should be fairly easy to get and not too expensive. As for fog tiles I assume that your are refering to tracking tiles. I have also used these. Bassically they are a white tile (white lino tiles work fine) that have been painted using a solution of lamp black disolved in alcohol. Once the alcohol has evaporated any animal walking on the tile will leave tracks. Be careful though as they are extremely messy when dried out From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 30 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunews!news From: Colin Dawson Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Fluorescent Powder and Fog Tiles Date: 31 Aug 1995 21:51:44 GMT Organization: University of Reading Lines: 12 Message-ID: <425atg$no1@susscsc1.rdg.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: samc13.reading.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) To: pnsmith@hubcap.clemson.edu X-URL: news:pnsmith.5.000E11D5@hubcap.clemson.edu I have used such powders several years ago. BASF was the manufacturer if I remember correctly but I am not sure who supplied them. They should be fairly easy to get and not too expensive. As for fog tiles I assume that your are refering to tracking tiles. I have also used these. Bassically they are a white tile (white lino tiles work fine) that have been painted using a solution of lamp black disolved in alcohol. Once the alcohol has evaporated any animal walking on the tile will leave tracks. Be careful though as they are extremely messy when dried out From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 30 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunews!news From: Colin Dawson Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Fluorescent Powder and Fog Tiles Date: 31 Aug 1995 21:51:17 GMT Organization: University of Reading Lines: 12 Message-ID: <425asl$no1@susscsc1.rdg.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: samc13.reading.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) To: pnsmith@hubcap.clemson.edu X-URL: news:pnsmith.5.000E11D5@hubcap.clemson.edu I have used such powders several years ago. BASF was the manufacturer if I remember correctly but I am not sure who supplied them. They should be fairly easy to get and not too expensive. As for fog tiles I assume that your are refering to tracking tiles. I have also used these. Bassically they are a white tile (white lino tiles work fine) that have been painted using a solution of lamp black disolved in alcohol. Once the alcohol has evaporated any animal walking on the tile will leave tracks. Be careful though as they are extremely messy when dried out From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 30 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunews!news From: Colin Dawson Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Fluorescent Powder and Fog Tiles Date: 31 Aug 1995 21:52:55 GMT Organization: University of Reading Lines: 12 Message-ID: <425avn$no1@susscsc1.rdg.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: samc13.reading.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) To: pnsmith@hubcap.clemson.edu X-URL: news:pnsmith.5.000E11D5@hubcap.clemson.edu I have used such powders several years ago. BASF was the manufacturer if I remember correctly but I am not sure who supplied them. They should be fairly easy to get and not too expensive. As for fog tiles I assume that your are refering to tracking tiles. I have also used these. Bassically they are a white tile (white lino tiles work fine) that have been painted using a solution of lamp black disolved in alcohol. Once the alcohol has evaporated any animal walking on the tile will leave tracks. Be careful though as they are extremely messy when dried out From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 30 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunews!news From: Colin Dawson Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Fluorescent Powder and Fog Tiles Date: 31 Aug 1995 21:52:00 GMT Organization: University of Reading Lines: 12 Message-ID: <425au0$no1@susscsc1.rdg.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: samc13.reading.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) To: pnsmith@hubcap.clemson.edu X-URL: news:pnsmith.5.000E11D5@hubcap.clemson.edu I have used such powders several years ago. BASF was the manufacturer if I remember correctly but I am not sure who supplied them. They should be fairly easy to get and not too expensive. As for fog tiles I assume that your are refering to tracking tiles. I have also used these. Bassically they are a white tile (white lino tiles work fine) that have been painted using a solution of lamp black disolved in alcohol. Once the alcohol has evaporated any animal walking on the tile will leave tracks. Be careful though as they are extremely messy when dried out From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 30 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunews!news From: Colin Dawson Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Fluorescent Powder and Fog Tiles Date: 31 Aug 1995 21:51:53 GMT Organization: University of Reading Lines: 12 Message-ID: <425atp$no1@susscsc1.rdg.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: samc13.reading.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) To: pnsmith@hubcap.clemson.edu X-URL: news:pnsmith.5.000E11D5@hubcap.clemson.edu I have used such powders several years ago. BASF was the manufacturer if I remember correctly but I am not sure who supplied them. They should be fairly easy to get and not too expensive. As for fog tiles I assume that your are refering to tracking tiles. I have also used these. Bassically they are a white tile (white lino tiles work fine) that have been painted using a solution of lamp black disolved in alcohol. Once the alcohol has evaporated any animal walking on the tile will leave tracks. Be careful though as they are extremely messy when dried out From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 30 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunews!news From: Colin Dawson Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Fluorescent Powder and Fog Tiles Date: 31 Aug 1995 21:54:03 GMT Organization: University of Reading Lines: 12 Message-ID: <425b1r$no1@susscsc1.rdg.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: samc13.reading.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) To: pnsmith@hubcap.clemson.edu X-URL: news:pnsmith.5.000E11D5@hubcap.clemson.edu I have used such powders several years ago. BASF was the manufacturer if I remember correctly but I am not sure who supplied them. They should be fairly easy to get and not too expensive. As for fog tiles I assume that your are refering to tracking tiles. I have also used these. Bassically they are a white tile (white lino tiles work fine) that have been painted using a solution of lamp black disolved in alcohol. Once the alcohol has evaporated any animal walking on the tile will leave tracks. Be careful though as they are extremely messy when dried out From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 30 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunews!news From: Colin Dawson Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Fluorescent Powder and Fog Tiles Date: 31 Aug 1995 21:53:54 GMT Organization: University of Reading Lines: 12 Message-ID: <425b1i$no1@susscsc1.rdg.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: samc13.reading.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) To: pnsmith@hubcap.clemson.edu X-URL: news:pnsmith.5.000E11D5@hubcap.clemson.edu I have used such powders several years ago. BASF was the manufacturer if I remember correctly but I am not sure who supplied them. They should be fairly easy to get and not too expensive. As for fog tiles I assume that your are refering to tracking tiles. I have also used these. Bassically they are a white tile (white lino tiles work fine) that have been painted using a solution of lamp black disolved in alcohol. Once the alcohol has evaporated any animal walking on the tile will leave tracks. Be careful though as they are extremely messy when dried out From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 30 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunews!news From: Colin Dawson Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Fluorescent Powder and Fog Tiles Date: 31 Aug 1995 21:53:00 GMT Organization: University of Reading Lines: 12 Message-ID: <425avs$no1@susscsc1.rdg.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: samc13.reading.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) To: pnsmith@hubcap.clemson.edu X-URL: news:pnsmith.5.000E11D5@hubcap.clemson.edu I have used such powders several years ago. BASF was the manufacturer if I remember correctly but I am not sure who supplied them. They should be fairly easy to get and not too expensive. As for fog tiles I assume that your are refering to tracking tiles. I have also used these. Bassically they are a white tile (white lino tiles work fine) that have been painted using a solution of lamp black disolved in alcohol. Once the alcohol has evaporated any animal walking on the tile will leave tracks. Be careful though as they are extremely messy when dried out From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 30 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunews!news From: Colin Dawson Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Fluorescent Powder and Fog Tiles Date: 31 Aug 1995 21:54:22 GMT Organization: University of Reading Lines: 12 Message-ID: <425b2e$no1@susscsc1.rdg.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: samc13.reading.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) To: pnsmith@hubcap.clemson.edu X-URL: news:pnsmith.5.000E11D5@hubcap.clemson.edu I have used such powders several years ago. BASF was the manufacturer if I remember correctly but I am not sure who supplied them. They should be fairly easy to get and not too expensive. As for fog tiles I assume that your are refering to tracking tiles. I have also used these. Bassically they are a white tile (white lino tiles work fine) that have been painted using a solution of lamp black disolved in alcohol. Once the alcohol has evaporated any animal walking on the tile will leave tracks. Be careful though as they are extremely messy when dried out From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Aug 31 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: nitchski@aol.com (Nitchski) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Fluorescent Powder and Fog Tiles Date: 31 Aug 1995 21:16:05 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 3 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <425msl$rj1@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <425b2e$no1@susscsc1.rdg.ac.uk> Reply-To: nitchski@aol.com (Nitchski) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Colin- Your message has been received AND understood. :-^ ) From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Aug 31 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!IRRI.CGNET.COM!JPHAM From: JPHAM@IRRI.CGNET.COM ("Jean-Louis Pham, Genetic Resources Center, IRRI") Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Help: stigma type and pollen number Date: 31 Aug 1995 22:52:53 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 35 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01HURIOQ36GG0041Q0@irri.cgnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net > From: IN%"pli@is.dal.ca" 30-AUG-1995 23:32 > To: IN%"population-biology@net.bio.net" > CC: > Subj: Help: stigma type and pollen number > > Hi, could you please help me if you have any information on > 1. How to identify whether the type of a flower stigma is dry or wet? > 2. How to measure the amount or number of pollen grains produced in one > flower? > Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance! > > -- > Ping Li > Department of Biology > Dalhousie University > Halifax, Nova Scotia > Canada B3H 4J1 > > pli@is.dal.ca > For pollen production, see: David and Pham (1993) Rapid changes in pollen production in experimental outcrossing populations of wheat. J Evol Biol 6:659-676 Jean-Louis Pham ------------------------------------------------------------------ Genetic Resources Center Fax: (63-2) 891-1292 International Rice Research Institute (63-2) 817-8470 P.O. Box 933 (63-2) 761-2406 1099 Manila The Philippines E-mail: J.PHAM@CGNET.COM ------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Aug 31 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!berlocher1.life.uiuc.edu!user From: qms1.life.uiuc.edu (Stewart Berlocher) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Symposium on speciation Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 12:50:40 -0600 Organization: University of Illinois Lines: 297 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: berlocher1.life.uiuc.edu *** SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT ***** SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT *** >>> PLEASE FORWARD TO OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES <<< ENDLESS FORMS: SPECIES AND SPECIATION Symposium in Honor of Guy L. Bush Organizers: Daniel Howard and Stewart Berlocher On May 19-May 23, 1996, a symposium will be held at Asilomar, California to summarize our current understanding of speciation and to plot directions for future research. Since the last symposium on speciation in 1987, which resulted in the highly regarded "Speciation and its Consequences" (D. Otte and J. Endler, eds.), significant progress has been made in a number of areas, including genetic change at speciation, the molecular genetics of reproductive isolation, models of speciation, and speciation in the fossil record. Controversy over species concepts, ever simmering, is close to the boiling point at present. The symposium will honor Guy Bush on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his 1966 Museum of Comparative Zoology monograph on *Rhagoletis*; this watershed work established these fruit flies as a touchstone of debate about the possibility of sympatric speciation via ecological shifts. Bush has long been associated with challenging accepted ideas on speciation, and wrote a key review paper in 1975 that set the stage for modern speciation research. Although the symposium will honor Bush, its major purpose is to bring some of the world's leading researchers on speciation together in a gathering structured to encourage the free exchange of ideas and data. Expanded versions of talks by the 30 participants will be published in a symposium volume of the same title as the symposium. MAJOR AREAS TO BE COVERED: * Species Concepts * Geography, Ecology, and Population Structure * The Nature of Mate Recognition and Reproductive Isolation * The Genetics of Reproductive Isolation * Interactions Between Species and the Nature of Species Boundaries * The Ecology of Speciation and the Evolution of Novelty SPEAKERS Michael Arnold Mark MacNair James Patton Stewart Berlocher Jim Mallet Michael Ritchie Guy Bush Therese Markow Bill Rice Roger Butlin Marta Martinez Wells Louise Roth Jeff Feder Amy McCune Dolph Schluter Rosemary Grant Steph Menken Kerry Shaw Richard Harrison John Mercer Franco Spirito Daniel Howard Horacio Naviera Alan Templeton Paul Johnson Stephen Palumbi David Wake Haris Lessios Dorothy Pashley Jack Werren TALKS: *SPECIES CONCEPTS* KERRY SHAW The diversity of process and the evolution of natural groups ALAN TEMPLETON Geography, population structure, ecology, and gene trees. *GEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY, AND POPULATION STRUCTURE* STEWART H. BERLOCHER The biogeographic/phylogenetic evidence for sympatric speciation. PAUL JOHNSON Multi-locus models of sympatric speciation. JEFFREY L. FEDER Host race formation and sympatric speciation in the apple maggot fly: Fact or fiction? WILLIAM R. RICE The evolution of reproductive isolation without allopatry: the role of sexually antagonistic coevolution. STEPHANUS B. J. MENKEN Evolution of insect-plant associations: *Yponomeuta* as a case study. AMY MCCUNE The mire of speciating fishes in ancient lakes: Could speciation be sympatric? DOLPH SCHLUTER Ecological causes of speciation. M. R. MCNAIR The evolution of edaphic endemics. HARIS A. LESSIOS The first stages of speciation as seen in organisms separated by the Isthmus of Panama. DAVID B. WAKE Genetic interactions in a ring species: Rings within rings, and weak links. JAMES L. PATTON Ridges, rivers, and refuges: The timing and diversification of Amazonian Mammals. *THE NATURE OF MATE RECOGNITION AND REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION* THERESA ANN MARKOW Reproductive isolation in *Drosophila* : A case study from the Sonoran desert. MARTA L. MARTINEZ WELLS The role of mating signals in reproductive isolation among cryptic species of insects. STEPHEN R. PALUMBI Speciation and gamete recognition: Patterns of polymorphism of the gamete recognition protein bindin in sea urchins. DANIEL J. HOWARD The evolution of barriers to fertilization in terrestrial organisms. JOHN H. WERREN Symbiotic bacteria and speciation. *GENETICS OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION AND MATE RECOGNITION* HORACIO NAVIERA The genetics of hybrid male sterility in *Drosophila*. MICHAEL G. RITCHIE The evolutionary genetics of sexual signaling: Is there an equivalent of Haldane's Rule for premating isolation? DOROTHY PROWELL PASHLEY Linkage, sex, and speciation in Lepidoptera. FRANCO SPIRITO The role of chromosomal change in speciation. JAMES MALLET Mimicry and warning color at the boundary between microevolution and macroevolution. *INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SPECIES AND THE NATURE OF SPECIES BOUNDARIES* RICHARD G. HARRISON Molecular genetic markers and the study of speciation. MICHAEL L. ARNOLD Assortative mating and selection in a hybrid population of *Iris*. ROGER BUTLIN What do hybrid zones in general, and the *Chorthippus parallelus* zone in particular, tell us about speciation? B. ROSEMARY GRANT Hybridization and speciation in Darwin's Finches. *THE EVOLUTION OF NOVELTY* V. LOUISE ROTH and JOHN M. MERCER Bushy radiations and diversification in the Sciuridae. *CONCLUSION* GUY L. BUSH Historical perspective and conclusions. MEETING FORMAT AND SCHEDULE: In the style of Gordon Conferences, there will be no concurrent sessions, and much free time for discussion. Arrivals will be Sunday May 19 and departures will be Thursday May 23. During the three full days of the meeting (Monday May 20 through Wednesday May 22) talks are scheduled for morning and early afternoon, leaving late afternoons and evenings free. Each day immediately following the last afternoon session there will be a one hour discussion of the day's talks, with the speakers present. A banquet will conclude the meeting. POSTER SESSION In order to allow as many attendees as possible to participate and contribute ideas, space for 60 posters will be available in a room adjacent to the lecture room. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Background information will be available soon on the World Wide Web at http://www.life.uiuc.edu/berlocher/symposium/ REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Registration for the meeting will be handled by the organizers, while room and board at Asilomar will be handled directly by Asilomar. To obtain all registration information, please contact Daniel Howard at New Mexico State via email or conventional mail. We will return the meeting and Asilomar forms to you. ORGANIZERS Daniel Howard Department of Biology New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003 dahoward@nmsu.edu Stewart Berlocher Department of Entomology/320 Morril Hall University of Illinois 505 S. Goodwin Urbana, IL 61801 stewart_berlocher@qms1.life.uiuc.edu IMPORTANT NOTE *THE MEETING WILL LIMITED TO THE FIRST 200 REGISTRANTS* REGISTRATION DEADLINE: All registration must be completed by January 1, 1996 in order to make preparations with Asilomar. ACCOMMODATIONS AT ASILOMAR AND ELSEWHERE: Lodging at Asilomar is comparable in price with local accommodations (see below), is attractively located on the coastline, and is, of course, very convenient to the meeting and attendant discussion. However, participants need not stay at Asilomar to attend, and those traveling with spouses/families may want to investigate staying in nearby Monterey. MEETING COSTS: MEETING REGISTRATION - The cost of meeting registration is commensurate with that of meetings such as the Society for the Study of Evolution. Registration is $140, and $110 for students. (Finances will be handled by New Mexico State at Las Cruces. Funds will be used exclusively for expenses associated with the meeting, such as travel expenses for speakers and rental of audio-visual equipment. If money remains after meeting expenses have been covered, it will be refunded to participants). ACCOMMODATION AT ASILOMAR - Current prices for a 4 day meeting range between $477 and $249 per person, depending on accommodations and occupants/room. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS INCLUDES BOTH ROOM AND BOARD (food at Asilomar is reputedly quite good), FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE MEETING. Asilomar has set aside accommodations for 238 persons, so some spouses/ families can be accommodated at Asilomar. As with meeting registration, accommodations at Asilomar are on a "first come-first served" basis. \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \()/ \()/ \()/ \()/ \()/ --(**)-- --(**)-- --(**)-- --(**)-- --(**)-- /-\/-\ /-\/-\ /-\/-\ /-\/-\ /-\/-\ /\/||\/\ /\/||\/\ /\/||\/\ /\/||\/\ /\/||\/\ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / Digital *Rhagoletis pomonella*, the apple maggot fly