Oliphas' weekly paper

Once per week, a paper from the fields of ecology, conservation, behavior, and the like, will be posted here as a suggested reading. The objective is to create a tertulia atmosphere where people can find, comment and suggest attractive scientific articles.

Monday, February 20, 2006

elephant hair to identify migrant crop raiders


Cerling TE, Wittemyer G, Rasmussen HB, Vollrath F, Cerling CE, Robinson TJ, Douglas-Hamilton I. 2006. Stable isotopes in elephant hair document migration patterns and diet changes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103(2):371-3.

Image: Absolute Africa, acrylic on canvas by Marcie Ziv

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Conservation and governance


Smith, R.J. et al. 2003. Governance and the loss of Biodiversity. Nature 426, 67-70.

Image: Africa, oil and acrylic on canvas by Helen Lurye

Sunday, February 12, 2006

masculine female baboons?

One more suggestion by Tsuji Yamato:

Packer, C. et al. 1995. Reproductive constraints on aggressive competition in female baboons. Nature 373, 60-63.

Image: Baboon, oil on canvas by Noel Hodnett