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Mike Kaspari
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I’m a college professor immersed in #teaching and #ecology. I visit lots of ecosystems, combine observations and simple experiments, and look for generalities. I #garden, #cook, play #music and #read to round things out.
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Did they. change “puppy” to “dog” or visa versa? Seen both posted.

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And when you reduce the numbers of herbivores and detritivores, you kick the chair out from under the ecosystem’s predators, which have double the decline rates of their prey globally. @Filipiak 2/2 #InsectDecline#NutrientDilution

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I have never seen a snapping turtle’s mug that looked…Buddha. Like expecting Hannibal Lecter to flash his pearly whites and give you a big thumbs up.

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Cool, important result. What criteria makes it context dependent at this point, and not simply a different result from a different study?

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At least Dr. Wheeler had a sense of humor about it.

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At all? You could tell us why, and why you are an authority.

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Contrast aquatic and terrestrial to get another view about the power of gravity on biomass allocation.

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Their. I was *pretty* excited when I typed this.

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I wonder what that graph would look like if it was metabolically active tissue? IOW, do plants dominate because they, like many organizations, are mostly deadwood?

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Given how invested the Beatles were in covers of that era’s girl groups, it would be great to ask McCartney about that song. If for no other reason, I bet no one has asked him about it before, and he’s been asked about *everything*.

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Mike Kaspari
@mikekaspari.bsky.social
I’m a college professor immersed in #teaching and #ecology. I visit lots of ecosystems, combine observations and simple experiments, and look for generalities. I #garden, #cook, play #music and #read to round things out.
123 followers176 following173 posts