BioScience articles from January 2002

BioScience archives from January 2002

The New AIBS. (Editorial).
January 1, 2002... If you are like me, you may wonder, what does AIBS really do? Although I have been a long-term member of AIBS, subscriber to BioScience, and generally aware of meetings organized by AIBS over the years, this question came into especially sharp...

Letters.
January 1, 2002... STEPS NEEDED TO PREVENT ILL-CONSIDERED GMO RELEASES I strongly support Greenstone's (2001) comments deploring the lawless destruction of genetically engineered trees at Oregon State University. A fire started by similarly motivated persons...

Smithsonian Science Commission gets Under Way. (Washington Watch).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The Smithsonian Institution's new Science Commission began in September what many hope will be a deliberate and fruitful consideration of how this large and prestigious museum complex should organize, evaluate, and strengthen its research...

Teaching Science through Research. (Eye on Education).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Alan Berkowitz recognized he had an opportunity to develop an innovative education program when he became the Institute for Ecosystem Studies' first head of education in 1985. His plan was to infuse scientific inquiry in ecology into education...

Creatures of Culture? Making the case for Cultural Systems in Whales and Dolphins. (Features).
January 1, 2002... On a typical summer day, the waters of Johnstone Strait, in British Columbia, are abuzz with the clicks, whistles, and pulsed calls of killer whales. These animals--the summer residents of the inland waterways off northern Vancouver Island--are...

Fishing for Answers to Questions about the Aging Process. (Features).
January 1, 2002... Swimming as deep as 600 meters below the ocean's surface, long-lived rockfish (genus Sebastes) may possess unusual answers to questions about aging. At least that's what motivates an informal international collaboration of researchers who are...

Lidar Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Studies. (Articles).
January 1, 2002... LIDAR, AN EMERGING REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY THAT DIRECTLY MEASURES THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLANT CANOPIES, CAN ACCURATELY ESTIMATE VEGETATION STRUCTURAL ATTRIBUTES AND SHOULD BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO FOREST, LAND-SCAPE, AND...

Human Natures, Nature Conservation, and Environmental Ethics. (Articles).
January 1, 2002... CULTURAL EVOLUTION IS REQUIRED, IN BOTH THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, TO IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY THE NOW INADEQUATE RESPONSE OF SOCIETY TO THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT There is little dispute within the knowledgeable scientific...

Putting the Lake back together: Reintegrating Benthic Pathways into Lake Food Web Models. (Articles).
January 1, 2002... LAKE ECOLOGISTS TEND TO FOCUS THEIR RESEARCH ON PELAGIC ENERGY PATHWAYS, BUT, FROM ALGAE TO FISH, BENTHIC ORGANISMS FORM AN INTEGRAL PART OF LAKE FOOD WEBS Lakes are often used as model ecosystems because they have clearly defined...

A Global survey of Tropical Biological field stations. (Articles).(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... TROPICAL BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATIONS PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION; THEY ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROTECT GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS Biological field stations (BFSs) are typically remote sites that...

A Population-Dynamics approach to assess the Threat of Plant Pathogens as Biological Weapons against annual crops. (Articles).
January 1, 2002... USING A COUPLED DIFFERENTIAL-EQUATION MODEL, WE SHOW THE CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR LONG-TERM PERSISTENCE OF A PLANT DISEASE AFTER A PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM IS INTRODUCED INTO A SUSCEPTIBLE ANNUAL CROP In recent years there has been...

May you live in Interesting Times: Using Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Programs to Cope with Change in the Life Sciences. (Articles).
January 1, 2002... MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMS PROVIDE LIFE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT A WAY TO FOSTER THE INNOVATION NEEDED TO COPE WITH RAPID CHANGE IN BIOLOGY A university departmental chair is often asked what might be...

The nearly invisible voice of organismal biology in public policy. (Forum).
January 1, 2002... This is one of the few pieces have written that does not focus on the evolution, the systematics, the fascinating complexity of the biological world. I am stepping out of my usual arena because I feel it is important that we develop a new sense...

How to Lose your political virginity while keeping your Scientific Credibility. (Forum).
January 1, 2002... Many biologists and other scientists shy away from the political process. The reasons for this lack of involvement include unfamiliarity with the legislative and other political processes, concerns that their science will somehow be...

Wading in the Water: Women Aquatic Biologists Coping with Clothing, 1877-1945. (Biology in History).
January 1, 2002... Aquatic biologists who study freshwater and marine habitats often wade in the water in the course of their work. Today we think nothing of this. But for women working in aquatic environments from the 1870s into the 20th century, wading...

AIBS Addresses Bioterrorism and Homeland Security Issues. (AIBS News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The AIBS Board of Directors and staff have launched new initiatives in response to the recent bioterrorism attacks in the United States and the challenges that the post-September 11 war climate presents to the scientific community. Initiatives...

Registration now open for the 2002 AIBS Annual Meeting, "Evolution: Understanding Life on Earth". (AIBS News).
January 1, 2002... Attendees at the 2002 AIBS annual meeting, "Evolution: Understanding Life on Earth," will have the opportunity to share the latest developments in evolution research, education, and applications to today's world. The meeting will be held 22-24...

AIBS Contributes to September 11 Science and Engineering Scholarship Fund. (AIBS News).
January 1, 2002... AIBS has joined more than 30 technical and scientific societies representing more than a million members in contributing to the Science and Engineering Scholarship Fund. Donations to the fund will support the science and engineering education...