BioScience articles from November 2004

BioScience archives from November 2004

A new AIBS for the Age of Biology.(Editorial)
November 1, 2004... In these early years of the 21st century, scientific discovery and understanding are playing an important and growing role in meeting the challenges--environmental, human health, economic--facing societies everywhere. At the forefront are...

Evaluation of the efficacy of forest manipulations still needed.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2004... Schoennagel and colleagues (2004) provide an important contribution toward explaining how different fire regimes operate in western forests and the implications for forest management. We agree that this variability needs to be recognized in...

Global zoonotic disease surveillance: an emerging public health and biosecurity imperative.(Viewpoint)
November 1, 2004... The proliferation of disease pathogens that can infect humans, livestock, wildlife, and other animals increasingly threatens biodiversity and environmental security, and has collateral impacts on human health and international commerce....

The ghosts of endangered species past: recent lessons at the intersection of history and biology.(Viewpoint)
November 1, 2004... In the April 2004 issue of BioScience, Scott Norris described a recent conference held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, at which a diverse group of participants sought to evaluate the historical legacy of the now 30-year-old...

Fear of fish: the contaminant controversy.
November 1, 2004... Lab technician Chris McAllister is preparing a coho salmon, but not for any recipe I want to try. First, with gloved hands, she slices a slim, sharp knife close to skin and bone, filleting and skinning the 10-pound fish with care. Then she...

America's oldest science agency gets a facelift.(Washington Watch)
November 1, 2004... With an annual research budget of approximately $600 million (including $150 million for extramural research), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is one of the government's largest supporters of environmental research....

The genomic palimpsest: genomics in evolution and ecology.(Cover Story)
November 1, 2004... Genomics is the discipline that has grown up around the sequencing and analysis of complete genomes. It has typically emphasized questions that involve the biological function of individual organisms, and has been somewhat isolated from the...

Toward a dynamic metacommunity approach to marine reserve theory.
November 1, 2004... Coastal habitats have recently received much attention from policymakers, but marine reserve theory still needs to integrate across scales, from local dynamics of communities to biogeographic patterns of species distribution, recognizing...

The dynamic regime concept for ecosystem management and restoration.
November 1, 2004... Because the response of ecosystem patterns and processes to disturbance is rarely linear, the dynamic regime concept offers a more realistic construct than linear models for understanding ecosystems. Dynamic regimes, and shifts between them,...

Ratcheting down the coral reefs.(Forum)
November 1, 2004... Coral reefs are continuing to deteriorate around the world, despite millions of dollars' worth of government effort per year, the commitment of more than 450 nongovernmental organizations, and a long list of successful accomplishments....

The effects of postfire salvage logging on aquatic ecosystems in the American West.(Forum)
November 1, 2004... Recent changes in the forest policies, regulations, and laws affecting public lands encourage postfire salvage logging, an activity that all too often delays or prevents recovery. In contrast, the 10 recommendations proposed here can improve...

Near real-time assessment of student learning and understanding in biology courses.(Education)
November 1, 2004... Computer technologies have transformed biology research, but the application of instructional technology tools to better connect teaching with learning has proceeded at afar slower pace. Especially in large-enrollment classes where many...

Back to the drawing board.
November 1, 2004... Genetic and Cultural Evolution of Cooperation. Peter Hammerstein, ed. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003. 450 pp., illus. $45.00 (ISBN 0262083264 cloth). The question of how cooperation evolves is fundamentally a question of mathematical...

Lions, mice, and pandas: sleuthing the mammalian genome.
November 1, 2004... Tears of the Cheetah and Other Tales from the Genetic Frontier. Stephen J. O'Brien. St. Martin's Press, Thomas Dunne Books, New York, 2003.304 pp. $25.95 (ISBN 0312272863 cloth). Since the emergence of molecular biology, researchers have...

Design by nature.
November 1, 2004... Organisms and Artifacts: Design in Nature and Elsewhere. Tim Lewens. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004. 183 pp., illus. $32.00 (ISBN 0262122618 cloth). Biologists routinely deploy the language of intentional design in describing and...

New titles.
November 1, 2004... Apoptosis: The Life and Death of Cells. Christopher Potten and James Wilson. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2004. 224 pp. $39.99 (ISBN 052162579X paper). Cases in Human Parasitology. Judith S. Heelan. ASM Press, Washington, DC,...

New AIBS membership and dues structure for societies, institutions, academic units, corporations.(AIBS news)
November 1, 2004... As outlined in President Joel Cracraft's editorial on p. 979, the AIBS Board of Directors has established revised and expanded membership categories to facilitate the participation of the broader biological community in AIBS activities, and...

AIBS welcomes two new member societies.(AIBS news)
November 1, 2004... In October 2004, the AIBS Board of Directors welcomed The Wildlife Society (TWS) and the Society for Range Management (SRM) as member societies in AIBS. TWS, founded in 1937, is a scientific and educational association dedicated to...

AIBS participates in OTS symposium on fostering diversity in the sciences.(AIBS news)
November 1, 2004... Yasmeen Qadim'asil, diversity and outreach program assistant at AIBS, attended the Organization of Tropical Studies (OTS) symposium, "Fostering a Diverse Scientific Community: Developing Strategies for Identifying, Recruiting and Retaining...

Recent Articles Online at www.actionbioscience.org.(AIBS news)
November 1, 2004... Original article in English * "Designing Insects," by Thomas Miller, an entomologist and professor of entomology in the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of California-Riverside Spanish translations of previously posted...

Recent Public Policy Reports Online at www.aibs.org.(AIBS news)
November 1, 2004... Public Policy Report for 12 October 2004 * FY 2005 spending bills to be considered during lame duck session * Biologists visit Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to support the biological sciences * Biologists honor Rep. David Price...

Calendar of meetings.(Calendar)
November 1, 2004... November 3-5 Annual Meeting of the North American Lake Management Society, "Lakes: Habitat for Fish, Habitat for People," Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Web site: www.nalms. org/symposia/victoria 14-18 Society of Environmental...

How to prepare a manuscript for BioScience.(Information for Contributors)
November 1, 2004... THE BIOSCIENCE STAFF The editors of BioScience welcome original manuscripts written for a broad audience of professional biologists, biology teachers, advanced students, and policymakers. Overview articles summarize recent advances in...

Arctic Science news.(BioBriefs)
November 1, 2004... As scientists observe and document a unique, and rapidly changing, northern environment, one dynamic easily overlooked is the human dimension. How are community members affected? What are their values and needs? What might they contribute to...