In search of vizcachas
Versión en español aquí – “Are there any wild rabbits or hares in South America”? Nothing came to my mind so: – “Mmm, I think not” – “So what is it there instead?” The first thing I thought about: – “Vizcachas!”
My top 5 favorite papers
Versión en español aquí As the title says, this is a totally subjective list of my favorite papers. I’m of course biased in terms of subjects and authors because of my own field of study and interests. But how does a paper get into my list of favorites? The requirements are: How much they motivated…
The Johnson-Neyman technique and an R script to apply it
Versión en español aquí When starting to write this post I wanted to give a small introduction to the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), because this post is in part based on that analysis. However, it might be better for you to review it by yourself if you need to. As for any other statistical method…
Field Notes From The Past (14): Dangerous Sampling
On the first night we camped in the Ghor el Feifeh, and from the 17th to the 26th inclusive we were detained at the Ghor es Safieh while waiting for means of transport from Jerusalem. This enforced delay in so unique a locality was to me a most fortunate circumstance. Previous visitors do not appear to have…
Exploring the morphological space of Tropidurines with interactive plots
Versión en español aquí To directly explore the tropidurinae morphospace I created go here After reading the newest paper by Pianka et al (2017), which basically summarizes ecological data collected for lizards across entire lifetimes of field work (Pianka’s and Vitt’s, specifically) I got inspired by the interactive way they showed (in the supplemental materials)…
My story so far
Versión en español aquí Many times people relate me with lizards. When they see a picture, a video, or even if they see one face to face, dead or alive, they ask me for the species ID. The truth is that I know almost nothing about lizards that is not in an evolutionary context. I…
Rapid Evolution, Rapid Extinction and the Influence of Man
Versión en español aquí A popular myth relates “evolution” with strictly long time periods, thousands or millions of years. This is understandable given that the most popular examples (dinosaurs – birds, Australopithecus – Homo sapiens) are those in which big changes needed a lot of time to “transform” a living being into a totally different…
Field Notes From The Past (13): Fishes of the Bahamas
…the fishes of the Bahamas are not only useful for food, but also as an attraction to the many visitors to the Islands. Their beauty in life, as they swim to and from among the sea fans and corals, is indescribable, and one never tires looking through the water bucket with glass bottom, or better…
