From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Feb 01 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.funet.fi!news.csc.fi!usenet From: Timo Turpeinen Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: is there a problem w/ population? Date: 2 Feb 1996 11:31:43 GMT Organization: Agricultural Research Centre, Finland Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4essmv$bvl@ankka.csc.fi> References: <30fa2bb2.3af0@uky.campus.mci.net> <30ffdf6d.6c05@uky.campus.mci.net> <4dpig8$fa1@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <4e5lvr$2vd0@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mttkp2.mtt.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: ZUCP44A@prodigy.com ZUCP44A@prodigy.com (Theodore Oberman) wrote: >Whether or not the ideal world has humans utilizing 100 percent of the >available resources is another question entirely. No, probably no one >wants to live in that type of world, but that doesn't change the fact >that overpopulation should, for the foreseeable future, be relegated to >the realm of science fiction, not science. > >Theodore Oberman > > From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Feb 01 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.funet.fi!news.csc.fi!usenet From: Timo Turpeinen Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: is there a problem w/ population? Date: 2 Feb 1996 11:33:17 GMT Organization: Agricultural Research Centre, Finland Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4esspt$bvl@ankka.csc.fi> References: <30fa2bb2.3af0@uky.campus.mci.net> <30ffdf6d.6c05@uky.campus.mci.net> <4dpig8$fa1@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <4e5lvr$2vd0@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mttkp2.mtt.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: pirjo.tanhuanpaa@mtt.fi ZUCP44A@prodigy.com (Theodore Oberman) wrote: >Whether or not the ideal world has humans utilizing 100 percent of the >available resources is another question entirely. No, probably no one >wants to live in that type of world, but that doesn't change the fact >that overpopulation should, for the foreseeable future, be relegated to >the realm of science fiction, not science. > >Theodore Oberman > > From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Feb 02 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!chi-news.cic.net!news.nd.edu!news From: tim Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Malthus Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 19:55:11 -0500 Organization: University of Notre Dame Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3112B26F.41C67EA6@nitrogen.helios.nd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hydrogen.helios.nd.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b6a (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) I have a question. Malthus said that population grows geometrically. Malthus said that food production does not grow geometrically. Has food production grown geometrically. My anthropology professor asked me if food production has grown exponentially, and i told him, "yah." And the guy shot me down. hard. He told me how we're not making any great strides in the amt of food we can grow in the Midwest US. I think his focus is way too narrow. Look at all the major companies like Sara Lee and McDonald's churning out food today. Look at the new biotechnology products that are coming out. The amount of food seems to be keeping up with the population. If this is so, and the pop is growing exponentially, then isn't the food production growing exponentially as well? From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Feb 03 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.kth.se!news From: Mike Noreen Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Malthus Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 17:42:40 -0800 Organization: MolSyst Lab, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Lines: 26 Message-ID: <31156090.14F4@nrm.se> References: <3112B26F.41C67EA6@nitrogen.helios.nd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp_3.nordm.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b6b (Win16; I) tim wrote: > I think his focus is way too narrow. Look at all the major companies > like Sara Lee and McDonald's churning out food today. Look at the new > biotechnology products that are coming out. The amount of food seems to > be keeping up with the population. If this is so, and the pop is > growing exponentially, then isn't the food production growing > exponentially as well? Food production grows linearly, population logarithmically. In the end, the log growth will outstrip any linear growth. As others have pointed out, if projected a couple of hundred years into the future, the human race will form solid layers around the globe, growing outwards with the speed of light... We'll never get to that, of course, since food and environment will limit growth long before then. Also, the increase in food has to a large degree come about by opening new foodsources - we today eat many things which was not considered food just 50 years ago, particularly wrt seafood. Typical examples would be algae and deep sea fish (and immature fish). However, there is no more land to till, no more untapped food resources in the sea - all further growth must come from making existing food production more efficient. Increasing efficiency is generally accomplished by the use of insecticides, genetic manipulation and machinery - something which is difficult in the developing countries, and increasingly impopular in the developed countries due to environmental concern. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Feb 03 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news1.transpac.net!news2.transpac.net!news.tripnet.se!news From: mats@tripnet.se (Mats Liljedahl) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: is there a problem w/ population? Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 12:51:15 GMT Organization: Tripnet AB (modem +46 31 831683) Lines: 24 Message-ID: <31135a17.10626889@news.tripnet.se> References: <30FA2BB2.3AF0@uky.campus.mci.net> <30FFDF6D.6C05@uky.campus.mci.net> <3104A57F.82B@nrm.se> <4e51fa$4l7@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI> NNTP-Posting-Host: trip205.tripnet.se X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 Carl J R Johansson wrote: >My country >(Finland) is one of the most equal in the world and a couple of years >ago we had zero population growth (I think it was actually declining). > >If women have their career to worry about they don't have much spare >time for many kids, but if they are supposed to handle the household >they can use as many helping hands as possible. > >The situation in Islamic countries is of course still pretty bad, and >the repression there is not even decreed by the religion, it's only an >ancient Arabic custom. It is all too easy to blame other countries. Take a look at the high level of unemployment in Finland. I live in Sweden not so far away. The population here has increased rapidly the last decade. The welfare state has meanwhile largely disappeared. The reason is politics. We have had EU's largest immigration, per capita. We also have had a one year maternity leave with full pay. Mats Liljedahl From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Feb 03 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!nntp.teleport.com!not-for-mail From: larryc@teleport.com (Larry Caldwell) Newsgroups: alt.misc,alt.org.earth-first,alt.org.food-not-bombs,alt.org.sierra-club,bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: is there a problem w/ population? Date: 3 Feb 1996 16:24:08 -0800 Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <30FA2BB2.3AF0@uky.campus.mci.net> <30FFDF6D.6C05@uky.campus.mci.net> <4e0ft2$mdl@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI> NNTP-Posting-Host: julie.teleport.com In article <4e0ft2$mdl@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI>, cjjohans@cc.Helsinki.FI (Carl J R Johansson) wrote: > According to my information only the U.S., Argentina and Australia & New > Zeeland are net exporters of food today, the rest of the world is a net > importer if one treats Europe and Asia as single units (with big overall food > deficits). You forgot Canada. Western Europe exports 6 million metric tons of wheat a year, too. This is out of a worldwide international trade of about 400 million metric tons a year. The total USA production is about 700 to 750 million metric tons a year. Any surplus that doesn't find a market ends up as animal feed. World supplies right now are adequate for 50 days, which is considered a crisis condition. Approximately 3 billion people have their diet supplemented by imported grains. If there is a short crop in 1996, 10% of these people could experience famine conditions, up from only about 50 million this year. Projections are for a much larger harvest, since wheat prices are up and so is acreage. A lot of people have their fingers crossed. For the Malthusians among you, plague becomes a real problem after the population is weakened by starvation. You don't need exotic diseases, influenza has a good shot at killing you if you haven't had a balanced diet in 6 months. -- Larry From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Feb 04 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!peer-news.britain.eu.net!newsfeed.ed.ac.uk!nerc-keyworth!sm157.nerc-oban.ac.uk!bbur From: bbur@wpo.nerc.ac.uk (Bill Burnett) Newsgroups: alt.misc,alt.org.earth-first,alt.org.food-not-bombs,alt.org.sierra-club,bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: is there a problem w/ population? Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 15:34:24 Organization: Natural Environment Reseach Council Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <4efuj5$kvg@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI> <4ejit7$9n1@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI> NNTP-Posting-Host: sm157.nerc-oban.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] (Carl J R Johansson) writes: >LWinn (lwinn@aol.com) wrote: >: >>One scenario could be that the excess population won't be content with >: >>starving to death, they might try to take food and land from others by >: >>means of war. >: Sounds nasty, CJ. What arrangement do you prefer? >Well, I don't think a nuclear power like the U.S. should have much to >worry about. This is interesting... are you suggesting the US would actually use nuclear weapons to prevent an invasion by starving masses from elsewhere? An interesting strategy given that if you're going to nuke a piece of land you may just as well let the other guy have it... > I was more considering China, the government there will >stop at nothing to stay in power and famine has toppled many rulers >before them. So they might take "Lebensraum" (roughly "living space") >from their neighbours to sustain their population like Nazi Germany >claimed it was doing. >I would probably prefer some kind of natural cause curbing the growth >until higher global standards of living reduce it permanently. AIDS >would be relatively harmless compared to war, and it only affects those >who practise loose relationships (but still are quite likely to get kids >at least in Third World Countries). It can possible also be a deterrent. Oh yes, and while we're being so politically uncorrect let's not worry about those genetically inferior haemophiliacs, or drug addicts, or surgeons, or dentists. And lets argue for the complete iradication of any society who doesn't conform to your personal concept of morality. Yes, AIDS is great, it only kills the bad people. NOT. Get real. Education is the key, not hoping for some nice natural population reducing solution so we in the first world can go on sitting in our nice houses watching our TV's with enough to eat and not feel guilty any more. >Carl Johansson >http://www.helsinki.fi/~cjjohans/ Bill ---------------------------------------------------- Bill Burnett - bbur@wpo.nerc.ac.uk Scottish Association for Marine Science P.O. Box 3, Oban, Argyll PA34 4AD, UK From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Feb 05 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.funet.fi!news.helsinki.fi!kruuna!cjjohans From: cjjohans@cc.Helsinki.FI (Carl J R Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.misc,alt.org.earth-first,alt.org.food-not-bombs,alt.org.sierra-club,bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: is there a problem w/ population? Followup-To: alt.misc,alt.org.earth-first,alt.org.food-not-bombs,alt.org.sierra-club,bionet.population-bio Date: 6 Feb 1996 16:19:29 GMT Organization: University of Helsinki Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4f7v2h$lj2@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kruuna.helsinki.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Larry Caldwell (larryc@teleport.com) wrote: : In article <4e0ft2$mdl@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI>, : cjjohans@cc.Helsinki.FI (Carl J R Johansson) wrote: : > According to my information only the U.S., Argentina and Australia & New : > Zeeland are net exporters of food today, the rest of the world is a net : > importer if one treats Europe and Asia as single units (with big overall food : > deficits). : You forgot Canada. Probably true. Western Europe exports 6 million metric tons of wheat : a year, too. This is out of a worldwide international trade of about : 400 million metric tons a year. I was talking about geographical Europe (including European Russia). This export is heavely subsidized, even to such an extent that some food has to be thrown away (pig food etc, they normally eat low-quality crops). The reasons are political as self-sufficiency is seen as important. But it would not be very viable in a recession situation when there would be little money to spend on it. cj From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Feb 06 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!psgrain!uct.ac.za!uctvms.uct.ac.za!trauco From: trauco@uctvms.uct.ac.za (Rene A. Navarro) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: WADERS-L: a new listserver Date: 7 Feb 96 15:58:02 +0200 Organization: University of Cape Town Lines: 52 Message-ID: <1996Feb7.155802@uctvms.uct.ac.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: uctvms.uct.ac.za ------===== WELCOME TO WADERS-L ======------- The Avian Demography Unit at the Deparment of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, has recently launched a new list server dedicated to waders. What we call Waders (or shorebirds) are members of the family Charadriidae. They are not "wading birds", a term used to refer to long- legged herons, egrets, ibises and storks. MEMBERSHIP of Waders-l is open to all, it is not restricted in any way, professionals and amateurs are welcome to join the discussion group. Our aim is to provide the 'waderologists' community with a way of exchanging information and to keep in contact on a worldwide basis. Examples of its (potential) use are requests for and offers of information, ideas, data and collected material, advertising employment, bursary, fellowship and volunteer opportunities, notices of meetings, availability of written materials (e.g. expedition reports, books, proceedings, reprints), etc. To subscribe to the list send a message to LISTSERVER@UCT.AC.ZA and in the body of the message put the following command subscribe waders-l your name -- address & research interest Once you have been added to the list waders-l you will get a welcoming message with additional information. For any queries please contact the managers of the list: Rene Navarro (trauco@maths.uct.ac.za) or Les Underhill (lgu@maths.uct.ac.za). Rene Navarro Avian Demography Unit Department of Statistical Sciences University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa Local email: maths/trauco Internet: TRAUCO@MATHS.UCT.AC.ZA From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Feb 06 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!torn!govonca3!flurid From: flurid@gov.on.ca (Dave Fluri) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Five Questions Date: 7 Feb 1996 16:38:22 GMT Organization: Government of Ontario Lines: 61 Message-ID: <4fakhu$mh2@govonca3.gov.on.ca> References: <4ehm8r$8sh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 96.01.29, LWinn wrote: LW> Is biological equilibrium feasible? LW> I pose four questions. LW> First, if living systems are contained in a territorial sense, can they LW> survive indefinitely? Well, that depends on what you mean by "living systems," "contained," and "indefinitely," doesn't it? For all of my examples to follow, I'll propose a hypothetical kettle lake without permanent surface water inflow or outflow as a "living system". Such a lake can support a "living system" within a "contained territory" "indefinitely". The community may change over time, but it will always contain life. Even after some millenia when the lake finally becomes a marsh it will still contain life. I really don't understand the question, I guess... LW> Second, how is the species distribution in isolated biomes affected LW> affected by containment? Again, maybe I'm dense, or something, but the answer to this question seems obvious. The species distribution is determined _at_ containment and constrained _by_ containment. After all, isn't this what we mean when we use the word "containment"? For example, if certain fish species colonised a lake during the last glacial retreat, we're stuck with it, aren't we? We may lose some of those species over time, but we're unlikely to gain any through natural processes. LW> Third, how are the life spans and age distributions in selected species LW> affected by containment? Since you haven't really defined what you mean by "containment", let alone "selected species", this question is impossible to answer! LW> Finally, how is the response of the contained system to external LW> disturbances, like the sudden introduction or elimination of a predator, LW> different from the response of a community that is free to expand? That would depend on the community. Some communities are very diverse and may be more effectively "buffered" against disturbances. I think this is, however, unrelated to containment. If we accept, for the moment, that all living system operate within constraints, then containment becomes just one of a possible set of constraints. After all, if we want to think of the entire planet as an ecosystem, it's still "territorially constrained", no? LW> Who cares? (Okay that's five.) LW> It's just a preoccupation of mine, but I believe the answers to questions LW> like that bear on the viability of ideas like "sustainable development" in LW> the human community. That's a mighty big agenda! I sincerely wish you every success in your cogitations. Perhaps if you supplied more information, especially definitions about your terms, others could help in your endeavour... -- | Dave Fluri | "Sereno y desprendido, me dejara North Bay, Ontario, Canada | el aguila, pasar a la libertad." | -Carlos Castaneda | From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Feb 07 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!news-server.ncren.net!peeper.lmc.edu!spears From: spears@bobcat.lmc.edu (Gene Spears) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Malthus Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 23:15:04 Organization: Lees-McRae College Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <3112B26F.41C67EA6@nitrogen.helios.nd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: peeper.lmc.edu In article <3112B26F.41C67EA6@nitrogen.helios.nd.edu> tim writes: >From: tim >Subject: Malthus >Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 19:55:11 -0500 >Malthus said that population grows geometrically. >Malthus said that food production does not grow geometrically. >Has food production grown geometrically. >I think his focus is way too narrow. Look at all the major companies >like Sara Lee and McDonald's churning out food today. Look at the new >biotechnology products that are coming out. The amount of food seems to >be keeping up with the population. If this is so, and the pop is >growing exponentially, then isn't the food production growing >exponentially as well? For a very good, up-to date summary of food production, check out he new State of the World, 1996, chapter 3 (water will probably be the limiting factor in new food production). Also check out the Nov/Dec Worldwatch journal, the cover story is "Facing Food Scarcity". A nice analysis of recent trends in food production. Regarding Malthus & his "On Population". He wasn't projecting into the future. He said that human population is constrained by food supply under most conditions (when Europeans colonized the New World in the 18th century, a lot of those food constraints disappeared & American populations grew very rapidly). He was a clergyman as well as a mathematician, and was trying to explain why a part of humanity would always be impoverished and miserable - a direct assault on the prevailing utopian beliefs among many of the intelligensia at that time. Malthus would argue (and I'd have to agree), that if the human population has been growing geometrically, then so has the food supply. To a certain extent, one follows the other. That's not to say Malthus was wrong. There are lots of ways to grow geometrically, by a factor of 1.1, 2, 3, ad infinitum. Malthus woud argue that whatever the human population growth rate actually is, it is less than it would be under conditions of unlimited food supply. Hence, always some "misery" and "vice" (which, to him, included birth control). P.S. - just because the food supply has been growing geometrically in the past, that doesn't tell us anything about the future. Check out the articles for some sobering statistics. gene spears@bobcat.lmc.edu From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Feb 08 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!newshost.nmt.edu!baervan.nmt.edu!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!lynx.unm.edu!bubba.NMSU.Edu!usenet From: astrand@trillium.nmsu.edu (Allan Strand) Newsgroups: bionet.plants,bionet.population-bio,sci.bio.botany,sci.bio.ecology Subject: seed mass heritabilities in grasses Date: 06 Feb 1996 10:38:00 -0700 Organization: Biology, New Mexico State University Lines: 26 Sender: astrand@trillium.nmsu.edu Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: trillium.nmsu.edu X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 Xref: biosci bionet.plants:10244 bionet.population-bio:1819 sci.bio.botany:1376 sci.bio.ecology:16717 Hi All, I'm looking for estimates of the heritability (preferably broad and narrow sense) of seed mass in members of the the following grass genera: Calamagrostis, Phleum, Alopecurus, Cinna, Lamarkia, Deschampsia, Anthoxanthum, Lygeum, Elymus, Stipa, Brachypodium, Melica, Tragus, Tricholaena, Phyllostachys, Arundinaria, Dendrocalamus, Zizinia, and Andropogon. I realize that these data probably do not exist for the majority (perhaps all) of these taxa. I'm just at a point where my library search is stalled, and I thought I'd query net-knowledge. I'd appreciate direct sources or any suggestions on where to look for this kind of information. Thanks, Allan Allan E. Strand Internet: astrand@evolution.nmsu.edu Department of Biology New Mexico State University Phone: (505) 646-1150 Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003 FAX: (505) 646-5665 -- Allan E. Strand Internet: astrand@evolution.nmsu.edu Department of Biology New Mexico State University Phone: (505) 646-1150 Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003 FAX: (505) 646-5665 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Feb 08 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: esonderg@aol.com (ESonderg) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Malthus Date: 8 Feb 1996 21:49:42 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 25 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4feco6$cl@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <31156090.14F4@nrm.se> Reply-To: esonderg@aol.com (ESonderg) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Mike Noreen wrote: > the increase in food has to a large degree come about by opening new foodsources - we today eat many things which was not considered food just 50 years ago, particularly wrt seafood. > However, there is no more land to till, no more untapped food resources in the sea > All further growth must come from making existing food production more efficient. Increasing efficiency is generally accomplished by the use of insecticides, genetic manipulation and machinery - something which is difficult in the developing countries, and increasingly impopular in the developed countries due to environmental concern. While we work to curb the earth's logarithmic growth, there are other ways to make our food supply grow faster than linearly. The easiest way to accomplish is to use the land to grow non-animal crops. It takes less than 1/20th the land to support one pure vegetarian than it does to support a meat eater. This can easily be done without harming the environment. A good read on this subject is John Robbins' "Diet For a New America." Remember where most of the precious rainforests are going...for cattle to graze so we (not me) can eat our Big Macs. So, those of you serious about the population issue should think about what you eat. Because our food choices have a tremendous impact. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Feb 09 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!night.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: rcaughlan@aol.com (RCAUGHLAN) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Malthus Date: 10 Feb 1996 03:31:22 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4fhl4q$42q@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4feco6$cl@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: rcaughlan@aol.com (RCAUGHLAN) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com With regard to "food keeping up" keep this in perspective. Every day 35,000 people (27,000 of them children) already starve to death. That's the equivalent of l00 jumbo jets crashing every day. Some people will say there is no problem. Tell that to the 27,000 kids who will die tomorrow. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Feb 09 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.tamu.edu!news.utdallas.edu!news.starnet.net!wupost!news.tulane.edu!darwin.sura.net!rouge.usl.edu!news From: Martha Lanclos Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: white fronted, snow, Canada geese Date: 31 Jan 1996 19:10:56 GMT Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4eoes0$9jn@rouge.usl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dino2.usl.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Request e-mail correspondence with anyone familiar with, working with, above populations, migratory routes, resting stages, especially Mississippi Valley and Central Flyways. Thank you. Martha Lanclos University of Southwestern Louisiana From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Feb 10 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: BIOSCI miniFAQ, ver. 14-DEC-95 Date: 11 Feb 1996 02:00:27 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 199 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199602111000.CAA22101@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net (LAST REVISION: 14-DEC-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net/. Contents: -------- 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. -------------------------------------------------------- As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net. One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured properly to send e-mail. Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS index in addition to the master index for the entire set. The main BIOSCI home page also has access to the BIO-JOURNALS Table of Contents database WAIS index and the BIOSCI user address database described in another item further below. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- BIOSCI is a set of parallel USENET newsgroups (the "bionet" groups), mailing lists, and a hypermail archive at URL http://www.bio.net/. The same postings are distributed on all media (except for a small number of mailing-list-only groups at net.bio.net). Unfortunately it is becoming a despicable practice on the Internet (by a few people out to make a fast buck) to do automated mass postings to thousands of newsgroups and mailing lists. These attempts to grab free advertising are refered to as "spams" in the usual, somewhat boneheaded, net terminology. USENET is more susceptible to this practice, and many spams originate on the USENET groups and then are passed on to the mailing lists. However, spammers also get lists of mailing addresses and hit these too, so neither medium is immune. What should you do personally if you get junk mail? --------------------------------------------------- Just delete it and move on without reading it further. Filing a protest is becoming increasingly useless because spammers are often disguising the addresses where the messages are sent from. Unless you really understand Internet mail systems, your attempt at protest by sending replies to the message will often end up being sent to the address of an innocent person that the spammer is victimizing. What can BIOSCI/bionet do to protect its newsgroups? ---------------------------------------------------- The only solution currently available is to moderate the newsgroup. If this newsgroup is already moderated, then you are in good shape. Moderation protects the USENET distribution from about 95% of the spams that are being sent to date and protects the mailing lists completely. Moderation means, however, that someone has to take the time to review each message before it goes out. We have set up software here that simply allows the moderator to forward to an address at net.bio.net messages that (s)he wishes to have distributed. This takes no more time than that needed to read the message and pass it on, say about 1 min. per message. Most newsgroups currently have a discussion leader who is responsible for their newsgroup. The discussions leaders and their e-mail addresses are listed in the BIOSCI Information Sheet which is available on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. If a newsgroup is being hit with too many junk postings, please contact the discussion leader for that group and see if there is interest in moderating the group. Please do not assume that by simply posting a complaint to the newsgroup itself, anyone on the BIOSCI staff will act on your complaint. With close to 100 newsgroups to run, the BIOSCI staff has to rely on the discussion leaders of each newsgroup to report problems directly to us at biosci-help@net.bio.net. We will moderate any of our newsgroups if the discussion leader tells us that the readership of the group wishes to do so and if a moderator is willing to do the work. For most BIOSCI/bionet groups, this entails only a few minutes of work each day. Moderating a newsgroup will resolve probably 95% of the junk postings on the USENET distribution. Unfortunately there are easy ways for determined spammers to override the moderation mechanism on USENET, but we can protect our e-mail subscribers from unwanted postings if the newsgroup is moderated. You can also access our newsgroups over the WWW at URL http://www.bio.net. While this Web interface will not stop spammers from trying to post to the groups, this will give you yet another way, besides using USENET news, to keep the junk out of your personal mail files. For those of you with local USENET news systems, the Web interface will also give you faster access to new newsgroups and recent postings. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: The BIOSCI management does NOT act on subscription/unsubscription requests that are posted improperly to the newsgroups and mailing lists. People who do this only bother everyone on the lists to no avail. Please be sure to follow the proper procedures below. Gory details are in the BIOSCI Information sheets on the Web at http://www.bio.net. Below we give an example utilizing the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list at both of our two BIOSCI sites: Users in the Americas and Pacific Rim countries who use the BIOSCI ------------------------------------------------------------------ node at computer net.bio.net: ---------------------------- A) Determine the "listname" which is the <=8 character mail address ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ for the group. These can be found in the BIOSCI Info. Sheet. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS group the mailing address is methods@net.bio.net. The listname is the portion of the address to the left of the @ sign, i.e., "methods". The listname is used with the "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" commands illustrated below. B) Mail all commands in the body of a mail message addressed to biosci-server@net.bio.net. Do NOT send commands to the newsgroup posting addresses! Leave the Subject: line blank, any text on it will be ignored. C) In the body of your message put one or more of the following commands with an "end" command on the last line, e.g., subscribe methods unsubscribe methods end Do NOT put your e-mail address or other text on these lines. The server only allows you to cancel your subscription if the address on your mail header matches the address on our mailing list. Please ask for help at biosci-help@net.bio.net if your address has changed, e.g., if you know you are on the list but the server tells you that you are not a member. Users in Europe, Africa, and Central Asia who use the BIOSCI node at -------------------------------------------------------------------- computer daresbury.ac.uk (also known as dl.ac.uk): ------------------------------------------------- To subscribe and unsubscribe to/from the BIOSCI lists, you need to specify the full USENET newsgroup name with "bionet-news." prepended. The USENET newsgroup names are listed in the BIOSCI Information sheet on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list the USENET newsgroup name is bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts, thus the appropriate commands are sub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts unsub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts These commands are included in a message addressed to mxt@dl.ac.uk, NOT to the newsgroup mailing addresses. As usual, include the text in the body of the message as text on the Subject: line is ignored. To unsubscribe from all the lists at the UK node, use unsub bionet-news Please note that if the address in the list is different than the one in your mail message header, you will not be able to unsubscribe by this method. If you have problems, please mail biosci@daresbury.ac.uk. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. ----------------------------------------------------------- Please take this opportunity to add your name, address, and research interest information to the BIOSCI User Address Database if you have not already done so. You can fill out the address form directly through our Web page at URL http://www.bio.net/adrform.html. The address database is reindexed nightly for WWW access (the URL is http://www.bio.net/). If you are not directly on the Internet but can reach it by e-mail, please use our waismail server to access the user directory. waismail use is described above. You can also request a user address form by e-mail from biosci-help@net.bio.net. Please check your database entry from time-to-time to see if your address information is still up-to-date. Because of our limited personnel resources, we ask that you resubmit a *complete* form to revise your entry; we only replace complete entries and do not have resources to edit old forms. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Feb 10 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news1.transpac.net!news2.transpac.net!news.tripnet.se!news From: mats@tripnet.se (Mats Liljedahl) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Address to Worldwatch? Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 15:27:48 GMT Organization: Tripnet AB (modem +46 31 831683) Lines: 5 Message-ID: <311e0ad1.1885300@news.tripnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: trip214.tripnet.se X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/16.182 Does anyone know the email address to the Worldwatch institute or it's director Lester Brown? Do they have any home page? Mats Liljedahl mats@tripnet.se From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Feb 10 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!lehua.ilhawaii.net!usenet From: Jay Hanson Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Malthus Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 06:52:03 +0000 Organization: http://csf.Colorado.EDU/authors/hanson/index.html Lines: 12 Message-ID: <311D9213.D51@ilhawaii.net> References: <3112B26F.41C67EA6@nitrogen.helios.nd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm53.ilhawaii.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b6a (Win16; I) Gene Spears wrote: -> -> P.S. - just because the food supply has been growing geometrically in the -> past, that doesn't tell us anything about the future. Check out the -> articles for some sobering statistics. I have a lot of data on this subject in a file called SystemsCRASH. It is archived at csf.Colorado.EDU (gopher or ftp). Or I will email it to anyone who asks. Or check out my home page at: http://csf.Colorado.EDU/authors/hanson/index.html From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Feb 13 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!CS.CUHK.HK!iconip From: iconip@CS.CUHK.HK (ICONIP96) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: ICONIP'96 EXTENSION OF PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE Date: 14 Feb 1996 05:28:59 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 323 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199602141013.SAA00808@cs.cuhk.hk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net ====================================================================== We apologize should you receive multiple copies of this CFP from different sources. ====================================================================== ************************************************ ICONIP'96 EXTENSION OF PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE ************************************************ 1996 International Conference on Neural Information Processing The Annual Conference of the Asian Pacific Neural Network Assembly ICONIP'96, September 24 - 27, 1996 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Wan Chai, Hong Kong In cooperation with IEEE / NNC --IEEE Neural Networks Council INNS - International Neural Network Society ENNS - European Neural Network Society JNNS - Japanese Neural Network Society CNNC - China Neural Networks Council ====================================================================== In consideration of many requests from Europe, USA as well as Asia Pacific region for a possible extension of paper submission deadline for ICONIP'96, the ICONIP'96 Organizing Committee has decided to extend the paper submission deadline. ----- The Extended Paper Submission Deadline : March 10, 1996 ---- The goal of ICONIP'96 is to provide a forum for researchers and engineers from academia and industry to meet and to exchange ideas on the latest developments in neural information processing. The conference also further serves to stimulate local and regional interests in neural information processing and its potential applications to industries indigenous to this region. The conference consists of two tracks. One is SCIENTIFIC TRACK for the latest results on Theories, Technologies, Methods, Architectures and Algorithms in neural information processing. The other is APPLICATION TRACK for various neural network applications in any engineering/technical field and any business/service sector. There will be a one-day tutorial on the neural networks for capital markets which reflects Hong Kong's local interests on financial services. In addition, there will be several invited lectures in the main conference. Hong Kong is one of the most dynamic cities in the world with world-class facilities, easy accessibility, exciting entertainment, and high levels of service and professionalism. Come to Hong Kong! Visit this Eastern Pearl in this historical period before Hong Kong's return to China in 1997. ********************* CONFERENCE'S SCHEDULE ********************* Submission of paper (extended) March 10, 1996 Notification of acceptance May 1, 1996 Tutorial on Financial Engineering Sept. 24, 1996 Conference Sept. 25-27, 1996 *** *** *** The Conference Proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag. *** *** *** Registration forms, detailed tutorial information, invited talks and other related information will be available on the WWW site in due course. ********************************** Tutorials On Financial Engineering ********************************** 1. Professor John Moody, Oregon Graduate Institute, USA "Time Series Modeling: Classical and Nonlinear Approaches" 2. Professor Halbert White, University California, San Diego, USA "Option Pricing In Modern Finance Theory and the Relevance Of Artificial Neural Networks" 3. Professor A-P. N. 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The address for paper submissions, registration and information inquiries: ICONIP'96 Secretariat Department of Computer Science and Engineering The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong Fax (852) 2603-5024 E-mail: iconip96@cs.cuhk.hk http://www.cs.cuhk.hk/iconip96 ***************************** CONFERENCE'S REGISTRATION FEE ***************************** On & Before July 1, 1996, Member HKD $2,800 On & Before July 1, 1996, Non-Member HKD $3,200 Late & On-Site, Member HKD $3,200 Late & On-Site, Non-Member HKD $3,600 Student Registration Fee HKD $1,000 ====================================================================== General Co-Chairs ================= Omar Wing, CUHK Shun-ichi Amari, Tokyo U. Advisory Committee ================== International ------------- Yaser Abu-Mostafa, Caltech Michael Arbib, U. Southern Cal. Leo Breiman, UC Berkeley Jack Cowan, U. Chicago Rolf Eckmiller, U. Bonn Jerome Friedman, Stanford U. Stephen Grossberg, Boston U. Robert Hecht-Nielsen, HNC Geoffrey Hinton, U. Toronto Anil Jain, Michigan State U. Teuvo Kohonen, Helsinki U. of Tech. Sun-Yuan Kung, Princeton U. Robert Marks, II, U. Washington Thomas Poggio, MIT Harold Szu, US Naval SWC John Taylor, King's College London David Touretzky, CMU C. v. d. Malsburg, Ruhr-U. Bochum David Willshaw, Edinburgh U. Lofti Zadeh, UC Berkeley Asia-Pacific Region ------------------- Marcelo H. Ang Jr, NUS, Singapore Sung-Yang Bang, POSTECH, Pohang Hsin-Chia Fu, NCTU., Hsinchu Toshio Fukuda, Nagoya U., Nagoya Kunihiko Fukushima, Osaka U., Osaka Zhenya He, Southeastern U., Nanjing Marwan Jabri, U. Sydney, Sydney Nikola Kasabov, U. Otago, Dunedin Yousou Wu, Tsinghua U., Beijing Organizing Committee ==================== L.W. Chan (Co-Chair), CUHK K.S. Leung (Co-Chair), CUHK D.Y. Yeung (Finance), HKUST C.K. Ng (Publication), CityUHK A. Wu (Publication), CityUHK B.T. Low (Publicity), CUHK M.W. Mak (Local Arr.), HKPU C.S. Tong (Local Arr.), HKBU T. Lee (Registration), CUHK K.P. Chan (Tutorial), HKU H.T. Tsui (Industry Liaison), CUHK I. King (Secretary), CUHK Program Committee ================= Co-Chairs --------- Lei Xu, CUHK Michael Jordan, MIT Erkki Oja, Helsinki U. of Tech. Mitsuo Kawato, ATR Members ------- Yoshua Bengio, U. Montreal Jim Bezdek, U. West Florida Chris Bishop, Aston U. Leon Bottou, Neuristique Gail Carpenter, Boston U. Laiwan Chan, CUHK Huishen Chi, Peking U. Peter Dayan, MIT Kenji Doya, ATR Scott Fahlman, CMU Francoise Fogelman, SLIGOS Lee Giles, NEC Research Inst. Michael Hasselmo, Harvard U. Kurt Hornik, Technical U. Wien Yu Hen Hu, U. Wisconsin - Madison Jeng-Neng Hwang, U. Washington Nathan Intrator, Tel-Aviv U. Larry Jackel, AT&T Bell Lab Adam Kowalczyk, Telecom Australia Soo-Young Lee, KAIST Todd Leen, Oregon Grad. Inst. Cheng-Yuan Liou, National Taiwan U. David MacKay, Cavendish Lab Eric Mjolsness, UC San Diego John Moody, Oregon Grad. Inst. Nelson Morgan, ICSI Steven Nowlan, Synaptics Michael Perrone, IBM Watson Lab Ting-Chuen Pong, HKUST Paul Refenes, London Business School David Sanchez, U. Miami Hava Siegelmann, Technion Ah Chung Tsoi, U. Queensland Benjamin Wah, U. Illinois Andreas Weigend, Colorado U. Ronald Williams, Northeastern U. John Wyatt, MIT Alan Yuille, Harvard U. Richard Zemel, CMU Jacek Zurada, U. Louisville From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Feb 20 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UNCWIL.EDU!gellerj From: gellerj@UNCWIL.EDU (Jonathan B. Geller) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Molecular ecology postdoc position Date: 21 Feb 1996 10:51:03 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 47 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Postdoctoral Position in Molecular Ecology Microsatellite Variation in Vermillion Snapper in the South Atlantic Bight A two year postdoctoral position is available at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, beginning immediately. The successful candidate will isolate microsatellite loci from the Vermillion snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens), a commercially important fish on the southeastern coast of the U.S., and quantify allelic variation in these loci in populations from the Gulf of Mexico to North Carolina. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to develop an independent project according to his/her individual interests and abilities. Requirements: Ph.D. or equivalent in population genetics, fisheries ecology, molecular systematics, or related disciplines. Proficiency with population genetic theory and/or with molecular biological techniques, including cloning, library screening, PCR, and DNA sequencing is desired. Salary: $24,000/year, with fringe benefits. Application deadline: open until filled. To initiate application, send CV, related reprints, and names and addresses of 3 references to: Dr. Jonathan B. Geller Department of Biological Sciences University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, NC 28403. Initial contact by e-mail (GELLERJ@UNCWIL.EDU) or phone (910 395-3357) is encouraged. UNCW is an equal opportunity employer. Jonathan Geller Department of Biological Sciences University of North Carolina at Wilmington 601 S. College Rd. Wilmington, NC 28403 (910) 395-3357 Office/Lab (910) 350- 4066 Fax From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Feb 22 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!news.uwa.edu.au!usenet From: Dr Kingsley Dixon Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: PhD Scolarship (Fauna Restoration) Date: 23 Feb 1996 14:03:06 GMT Organization: The University of Western Australia Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4gkheq$si0@styx.uwa.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: kpbg20.botany.uwa.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.12(Macintosh; I; PPC) X-URL: news:bionet.population-bio PhD Scolarship in Urban Bushland Management (Fauna Restoration). Stipend $20 000 per annum. Kings Park and Botanic Garden, located in Perth, Western Australia, proposes to offer through industry support, an ad hoc PhD scholarship to undertake research into biology and restoration of fauna on the Mt Eliza escarpment. The project will focus on the endemic land snail and two spider species but will also consider the full spectrum of fauna impacted by the restoration programme. The studentship offers the opportunity to work in a multi-disciplinary research team focused on urban bushland management. The student would be positioned in the research laboratory in Kings Park with supervision by senior research staff from Kings Park and the Zoology Department, University of Western Australia. Application stating qualifications (at least Honours level degree or equivalent in a relevant scientific discipline) should be made to Kings Park and Botanic Garden, West Perth 6005. Enquiries can be directed to Dr Stephen Hopper, Tel. 61-9-480 3605 or Dr Kingsley Dixon, Tel 61-9-480 3637, (or email as above). From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Feb 25 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!CC.OWU.EDU!OOKOMAR From: OOKOMAR@CC.OWU.EDU (OLIVER KOMAR) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Announcing a new society for Mesoamerican biology Date: 26 Feb 1996 15:04:07 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 100 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01I1OF7QZGW2000WN3@CC.OWU.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net ANNOUNCING A NEW SOCIETY... ************************************************************************** SOCIEDAD MESOAMERICANA PARA LA BIOLOGIA Y LA CONSERVACION U.S. Contact: Oliver Komar Department of Zoology Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware OH 43015 Telephone: 614-369-0175 email: ookomar@cc.owu.edu 21 February 1996 For immediate release **************************************************************** PLEASE POST ANNOUNCING.... The Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation was formed on 14 January 1996, at Lake Yojoa, Honduras, by a group of biologists from five countries and numerous branches of the biological sciences. The new society will serve biologists and conservationists throughout Central America and southern Mexico, by publishing a news bulletin MESOAMERICANA, and by sponsoring annual congresses in Mesoamerica. The official name is "Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biologi'a y la Conservacio'n. Persons interested in the society, as members or potential officers, are invited to become founding members, subscribe to the bulletin, and attend the first general meeting of the membership in Tegucigalpa in June 1996. Institutions are also invited to help found the society, the first ever of its kind in Mesoamerica. A QUARTERLY BULLETIN... Members will receive the quarterly "Mesoamericana," which will include news in Spanish and English of current projects, meetings, and literature, as well as biographical sketches on founding members, and short, non-technical articles of general use to biologists working in Mesoamerica. The Society initially intends to publish technical articles in proceedings of annual symposia or congresses. The first issue of Mesoamericana will be published in June 1996. For more information about the bulletin, contact its editor, Carlos Rene' Rami'rez Sosa, 4a. Avenida Sur #1, Apopa, San Salvador, El Salvador (Tel: (503) 336-0152; email: crrlc@cunyvm.cuny.edu). HOW TO JOIN... The cost of basic membership is $20 for 1996 (includes 3 issues of Mesoamericana). One can become a founding member for $50. Institutions can become founders for $200, which includes a subscription to the bulletin. Founding members and founding institutions will be acknowledged in the bulletin. Founding memberships will be available only through the end of 1996. Donations larger than $200 are welcome, and donors will be recognized in print as benefactors. Membership fees or other donations may be sent to Oliver Komar, Department of Zoology, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware OH 43015 (Telephone (614) 369-0175; email ookomar@cc.owu.edu). Checks should be made out to "Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation" or "Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biologia y la Conservacion." Mesoamerican residents have lower membership costs, and can contact directly one of the acting secretaries, Silvia C. Chalukia'n, at Departmento de Recursos Naturales y Conservacio'n Biolo'gica, Escuela Agri'cola Panamericana, Apartado 93, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Telephone (504) 76-6140; fax (504) 76-6234; email eapdrn@ns.hondunet.net or eaphpcs@ns.hondunet.net). NEXT MEETING IN TEGUCIGALPA... All members are encouraged to attend the first meeting at the Universidad Nacional Auto'noma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, tentatively planned for 21-22 June 1996, at which the Society's membership will approve its statutes and elect a board of officers and trustees. The meeting includes a one-day symposium on Mesoamerican biology, with invited papers and an open poster session. Anyone interested in attending the meeting and symposium may contact the society's acting president Gerardo Borjas. Licenciado Borjas is the local organizing committee chair and scientific program chair for the June meeting. He may be reached at Apartado 30-357, Tonconti'n, Tegucigalpa M.D.C., Honduras (telephone/fax (504) 33-9576). Information on local lodging arrangements and registration also will be available from Oliver Komar at the address given below. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT Oliver Komar Department of Zoology Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware OH 43015 Telephone (614) 369-0175 Email ookomar@cc.owu.edu * * * * * From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Feb 26 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csulb.edu!drivel.ics.uci.edu!news.service.uci.edu!xenopus.biochem.uci.edu!user From: resteele@uci.edu (Rob Steele) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: koala population size Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 10:11:24 -0800 Organization: Dept. of Biological Chemistry, UC Irvine Lines: 15 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: xenopus.biochem.uci.edu My girlfriend's daughter is doing a report for school on the koala as an endangered species. She is having trouble tracking down information on the current number of koala's remaining in the wild. Does anyone have this number handy? Replies to my e-mail address would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Rob Steele Department of Biological Chemistry University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92717-1700 Office Phone: 714-824-7341 Lab Phone: 714-824-4343 Fax: 714-824-2688 E-mail: resteele@uci.edu From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Feb 27 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.mindlink.net!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!megill From: megill@zoology.ubc.ca (William Megill) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Course in grey whale research techniques Date: 28 Feb 1996 05:20:40 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4h0on8$ju3@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: light.zoology.ubc.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] The Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation is a registered Canadian charitable organisation, offering seven-day courses in marine mammal research techniques. Courses are open to the general public - no previous experience necessary. Research is focused this year on the feeding behaviour, movements, and abundance of grey whales, Pacific white-sided dolphins, killer whales and humpback whales, off Cape Caution, BC, Canada. Courses are taught from a 40' sailboat, sea-kayaks, and from shore. Participants are incorporated directly into the research team for the duration of the course, and have the opportunity to learn techniques first- hand from working biologists. In addition to the field research techniques, the course also includes instruction and hands-on experience in sailing or sea-kayaking. Course cost includes tuition, all meals, return transportation from Port Hardy to the base camp, and tent accomodation. Cost: $1400 (CAD) $1075 (USD) (Student prices available some dates) (call/email for information about kayaking) Dates: Sailing: June 30 - July 6, 6-12, 14-20, 20-26, 28-August 3 August 3-9, 11-17, 17-23, 25-31, 31 - September 6. Kayaking: June 30 - July 7, 7-14, 14-21, 21-28, 28-August 4 August 4-11, 11-18, 18-25, 25-September 1, 1-7. For more information, contact: Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation c/o Adventure Spirit Travel Company 1843 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6J 2E7 1-800-667-7799 (N America) (604) 736-5188 (elsewhere) email: rdavis@direct.ca world-wide web: http://www.bcu.ubc.ca/~megill/cerf From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Feb 27 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!megill From: megill@zoology.ubc.ca (William Megill) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Funding for pop genetics & ecotoxicology Date: 28 Feb 1996 05:46:18 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4h0q7a$ju3@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: light.zoology.ubc.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi ! Anybody got any ideas on where to find funding for either genetics or ecotoxicology studies ? We're a small non-profit research group working on grey whales off the coast of BC. We're looking to get a genetics and ecotoxicology project off the ground this year. The idea is to analyse biopsy samples from the whales for mt-DNA et al, sex, lipid content, and toxins, as parts of a more general pop- ulation study of this species recently removed from the endangered species list. Any ideas/pointers gladly appreciated ! Cheers ! William PS. Answers directly to me please - my newsreader and I don't get along very well. :-) _____________________________________________________________________________ William Megill tel: (604) 730 0579 Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation email: megill@zoology.ubc.ca 207-2173 W 6th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6K 1V5 world-wide web: http://www.bcu.ubc.ca/~megill/cerf From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Feb 28 22:00:00 1996 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news1.digital.com!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!news!cln.etc.bc.ca!drubin From: drubin@cln.etc.bc.ca (Dan Rubin) Subject: populATION X-Nntp-Posting-Host: cln.etc.bc.ca Message-ID: <1996Feb29.212959.5573@news.etc.bc.ca> Originator: drubin@cln Sender: news@news.etc.bc.ca (System Administration) Reply-To: drubin@cln.etc.bc.ca (Dan Rubin) Organization: The Education Technology Centre of British Columbia. (Canada) Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 21:29:59 GMT Lines: 6 DOESN'T IT SEEM AT LEAST A LITTLE STRANGE THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF BIOLOGY FOR OUR EXISTENCE ON THIS PLANET AT THIS TIME (the explosion of the human population and the resulting destruction of living systems in all parts of the world) DOESN'T HAVE A SINGLE POST!? From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Feb 29 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!infobiogen.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!news.nstn.ca!coranto.ucs.mun.ca!plato.ucs.mun.ca!sclancy From: Sean Clancy Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: populATION Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 16:07:54 -0330 Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <1996Feb29.212959.5573@news.etc.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: plato.ucs.mun.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: sclancy@plato.ucs.mun.ca In-Reply-To: <1996Feb29.212959.5573@news.etc.bc.ca> On Thu, 29 Feb 1996, Dan Rubin wrote: > > > DOESN'T IT SEEM AT LEAST A LITTLE STRANGE THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT > ASPECT OF BIOLOGY FOR OUR EXISTENCE ON THIS PLANET AT THIS TIME (the > explosion of the human population and the resulting destruction of living > systems in all parts of the world) DOESN'T HAVE A SINGLE POST!? > > As a practising ecologist it is not the most important biological issue, therefore desires no seperate post! A little interesting peice of information for all you tree huggers out there who feel the loss of life on earth is wrong; In order to have life and adaptation, there must be death!!!!!! We all forget that death is how we came into being!