There is an interesting article over at PloS One about recent changes in open space around cities in the US. The major result of the paper was that per capita land consumption is declining almost everywhere (indicating higher density as cities grow), but it is declining faster in areas with "reform" minded zoning and where there is greater spending on conservation efforts.
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Open Space Loss and Land Inequality in United States' Cities, 1990–2000
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Hunting corrals
I'm headed to Micronesia this May to collect corrals for a large-scale connectivity analysis. I'm collaborating with Misha Matz our marine genetics guy. I'll visit Guam, Majuro and Kosrae.
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Kathrine (Kate) D. Behrman
Section of Integrative Biology University of Texas at Austin 512-471-5051 kbehrman@mail.utexas.edu Advisers: Tim Keitt and Mark KirkpatrickEducation:
BS University of California Santa Barbara, Mathematics, 2005.
BA University of California, Santa Barbara, Biology, 2005.
Santa Fe Institute, Complex Systems Summer School, 2009.
Seriously funny
I was rolling on the floor at this one (caution: some colorful language):