Author Archives: Judith Lock

SEEN 3.5 species of the week

This week I thought we would spend a little time on one particular species, the Tazmanian devil, and in particular I thought I’d include some links on its facial tumour disease, the only transmissible tumour. There is a nice review here on the disease and conservation implications because the incidence of the disease is leading […]

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SEEN 3.5 app/blog of the week

2nd years, there are a few statistic apps available: #Cruncher powerOne SL Statistics I would be very interested in feedback and comments about any and all of these.

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SEEN 3.5 Southampton news

Species Hack is coming soon! It will be the opportunity for you to work with ECS students on prototype apps for field work. We are still ironing out the details but it will be on Saturday 1st February and will include free food! Places will be limited and on a first come first served basis. More […]

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Dear all, Quite a little flurry of links since the last edition, thank you and keep sending them in! One more edition before the Christmas holiday… Judith Sent in by PhD student Pete Boyd (thank you Pete) – do bird papers have the best figures?http://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/do-bird-papers-have-the-best-figures/   Lyndsey de Valmency thought you might all be interested […]

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SEEN 3.4 species of the week

Museum beetles http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=–AT2j3YCu8

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SEEN 3.4 Southampton news

Species Hack We will be holding a hackday on Saturday 2nd February, in collaboration with students from ECS. The idea is to come up with apps which could be used in the field, in particular on the first year field course. As well as all the extra skills you will gain from being involved in the […]

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SEEN 3.4 app/blog of the week

Nature plus bug forum – a NHM forum to help you identify insectshttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/community/identification/bug-forum/?fromGateway=true

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SEEN 3.4 Careers

PGCE applications (sorry for the late notice) Career destinations will be running 2 events related to teaching applications. These would be useful for anyone considering teaching as a career, particularly 3rd years. Routes into Teaching – Tuesday 20th November 14:00-15:00, Building 34, Room 3001. Interested in going into teaching? Want to find out more before you apply? Let us […]

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Dear all, It’s been very quiet since the last edition. Remember to send in links to anything that you find interesting whilst literature searching. You could also send in species of the week suggestions. Looking forward to hearing from you , Judith I attended SpotOn London last week, hosted by Nature Publishing Group. The idea is to […]

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SEEN 3.3 species of the week

Bewick Swan http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit/slimbridge/diaries/bewicks-swan-diary/  

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