By Auriel Fournier, Mathematics and Statistics Editor Auriel Fournier with the first Sora of the 2014 field season. (Photo credit: Auriel Fournier) Ecology often comes down to counting something and using those counts to answer a question. We count birds, we count offspring, we count individuals with diseases, and we count the parasites […]
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What do scientists do in the summer? Fieldwork!
by Alex Bond Biology & Life Sciences subject editor August is a time for slowing down: it’s the last month before the kids go back to school, the last month before universities kick into the fall semester, and the last chance for a quick vacation or trip to the cottage. It’s also when many scientists […]