Dr. Martyn M. Caldwell
Rangeland Resources Department and the Ecology Center
Utah State University
Logan, Utah 84322-5230 USA
Telephone 801-797-2557 / FAX 801-797-3796
E-mail: mmc@cc.usu.edu
News group location & scope
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This newsgroup is moderated, i.e., all postings are forwarded to a moderator/editor and are reviewed prior to distribution. The newsgroup charter and detailed instructions and information on how to search the newsgroup archives are given below.
Description Newsgroup name on USENET Newsgroup moderation address Alias for moderator Mailing list name E-mail posting addresses | Address bionet.ecology.physiology ecophys-moderator@net.bio.net bionet-ecology-physiology@net.bio.net ecophysiology ecophys@net.bio.net ecophys@daresbury.ac.uk |
Physiological ecology currently has its own section comprising nearly 1,000 members within the Ecological Society of America . Current research and teaching interests of ecophysiologists range from molecular through ecosystem approaches and include all aspects of nutrient and carbon cycles, cell and whole-organism metabolism, life history, evolution, and various modeling endeavors. Environmental physiology is a component of many other related societies, including those in biometeorology, agriculture, and forestry, all of whom benefit from and communicate with this group. It is anticipated that the newsgroup will focus on topics such as:
Methodologies and instrumentation for ecophysiology Instructional approaches and teaching environmental physiology Announcements of meetings and job openings Discussion of ways to increase awareness and opportunities of those interested in ecophysiologyThis newsgroup will be moderated to ensure that discussion will remain useful to the professional ecophysiologist. This group will be moderated by the head of the Physiological Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of America , or his/her designee. The current head Martyn Caldwell, would serve as the initial moderator.
Discussion of controversial issues within ecophysiology (and the expression and justification of contested viewpoints) is encouraged. Posts will be rejected that do not contribute to the discussion, e.g. "flames", posts without any scientific merit, or posts that do not contribute any new material. If a submission is rejected, the moderator will inform the poster of the reason for the rejection.
Physiological ecology and related subdisciplines are rapidly growing emphasis in ecology with a need to rapidly exchange technical information and to post queries for solving technical issues related to field and laboratory studies. Existing newsgroups are too broad to effectively serve the needs of this ecological subdiscipline.
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How to look at archives of the list
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Archives for ECOPHYSIOLOGY/bionet.ecology.physiology are available on the World Wide Web. Other resources are also available on BIOSCI, a set of electronic commication forums used by biological scientists wordwide.
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