Interesting article from James Rebank – We need to change the way we see and think about farming.
Trees aren’t living as long as they used to and this threatens their role in capturing carbon
Resilient, conservation facing forestry?
If you want to know how to move an entomology course on line, Steve Heard shares his with us all – fantastic and innovative – a great example to us all
I recently posted a somewhat tongue in cheek spoof paper blogpost about seasonal views of my blog – turns out that someone has done this for real!
Did you know that many entomologists are afraid of spiders?
Biodiversity is not just in the Amazon – equally endangered and just as biodiverse – Scotland’s coastal gem, but climate change could wipe it all out L
How playing dead can save your life – great post from Ray Cannon on thanotosis
Most of us when we hear the name Darwin automatically think of Charles, but his grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, was also a naturalist and in his day, just as famous. I am pleased, that thanks to the free service offered by the Biodiversity Heritage Library, to give yoy the chance to read his book, published in 1800, Phytologia or The Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening, in which he attempts to dispel plant blindness, a thing even then and puts forward the idea of biological control using parasitic wasps.
If you like orchids or even if you are not a huge fan this might appeal to you.
Hi Simon, when I click on the ‘entomologists afraid of spiders’ link, I get the following message: Your session has timed out. Please go back to the article page and click the PDF link again.
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I’ve refreshed the link but don’t know why it didn’t work the first time
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Hi Simon, it still seems to be out. Maybe the access is time limited? Either way, just wanted to let you know.
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Ok,third time lucky 🙂
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Part of the reason for seasonality of blog views will be the deliberate seasonality of post timing to generate the most views. I certainly do that, quite often holding a post over until the next year to catch people’s interest at the beginning of some plant or insect’s visible season.
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Aha! I now see that is exactly what the American Scientist article is talking about. I hadn’t had time to read it before my previous comment.
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