…pressures on forest land subsided as well. Substituting oil for oats reduced demand for cropland, as internal combustion replaced horses pulling plows and buggies and lessened the need for land…
…States in 1900. In 1997 about 2.3 million succumbed. While the population of Americans more than tripled, deaths in America increased only 1.7 times because the death rate halved (Figure…
…long? CONCLUSION We have causes for insecurity. We may be stupefied, subdued, aged, underemployed, and ashamed. Under these conditions we will not reproduce ourselves or our culture, and then I…
…improved monitoring and feedback. Improved information gathering on the effectiveness of various treatments dispensed by local providers, as well as the relative costs of those treatments, marks an important step…
…of its completion was 2.2 days, and the saturation was 50 square centimeters. These same data can be normalized, that is, plotted against 100% of the expected outcome, in a…
…day Marseilles), Julius Caesar was short of wood and ordered his soldiers to fell a sacred grove. The soldiers trembled at the idea of wounding the annointed oaks and refused.…
…of Life: www.eol.org Barcode of Life Database: www.barcodinglife.org Consortium for the Barcode of Life: barcoding.si.edu Barcoding marine species: www.marinebarcoding.org FishBol: www.fishbol.org Barcoding blog: https://phe.rockefeller.edu/barcode/blog Ten Reasons for Barcoding Life: https://phe.rockefeller.edu/barcode/docs/TenReasonsBarcoding.pdf “Barcode of Life” Scientific American, October 2008: https://phe.rockefeller.edu/docs/BarcodeScientificAmerican.2008.10.pdf…
…a normalized logistic to be plotted as a straight line (often known as the Fisher-Pry Transform): If FP is plotted on a logarithmic scale, the S-shaped logistic is rendered linear and the period…
…would have been sprinkled on a lawn or pumped on a crop. Some adaptations, like carrying an umbrella, need finally be implemented only when the front nears As hinted, adaptation…
…continental United States. Wood first fired trains. The demand on forests for fuel and ties cleared vast acreages and caused fears of timber famine, even in the United States. 26 Trains could…