I have information for the observers that have surveyed locations in a given habitat, and of course the species they saw and the locations they conducted the surveys at. I am interpreting the observer as a species and their abundance... Continue Reading →
So, really, I just wrote a function in R to apply the jaccard similarity function to all possible pairs in a series of columns from a data frame and spit out the result in a matrix. I am pretty happy... Continue Reading →
I did not know this man from adam, but I knew that he was the father of one of the kids there and that he would be somewhere on campus when I got to high school. And now, he had free license to rough me up if I stepped out of line.
Essential to my understanding of science is that everything happens somewhere. and things that do not happen also "don't happen somewhere". What that means is that knowing where a bird (or whatever your organism is) is may be as important... Continue Reading →
The chicken saw the perfect kernel of corn. It was so perfect, she could not eat it. It was impeckable. Sent from my iPad
If you have not yet seen Tony White's Birder's Guide to the Bahamas, one of the most valuable things I find that he did was his presence absence chart. You can use his chart to find out which Bahamian islands... Continue Reading →
I remember the first time I thought about asking Alma to marry me. I was looking at her laughing while talking to her mom, sister and brother on the phone. She did it every day and still does almost every... Continue Reading →
A Facebook friend recently posted: Mixing your seed interferes with the diversity of nature! Ok. Basic rejection of the sentiments in this post. Starting with the definitions. Mixing of seed. I and most of the respondents on the original post... Continue Reading →
Inside every inside dog is an outside dog waiting to get out. Inside every outside dog is an inside dog waiting to get in. Sent from my iPad
Science and Perspective 