Resources

Texts about ecology

These are some texts that I and folks in the lab have found to be useful readings regarding the philosophy and general approach in ecology.

• Wherefore and Whither the Naturalist - Doug Futuyma’s Presidential Address to the American Naturalist society.

• Dialectics and Reductionism in Ecology. Also reprinted in “The Dialectical Biologist”, a physical copy of which is available in Gaurav’s office.

• On Theory in Ecology

• The strategy of model building in population biology

• Integrating the underlying structure of stochasticity into community ecology

• An Empiricist’s Guide to Using Ecological Theory

• Not Just a Theory—The Utility of Mathematical Models in Evolutionary Biology

• An Effective Mutualism? The Role of Theoretical Studies in Ecology and Evolution

Papers/Essays about the process of science

• Cultural amnesia in the ecological sciences

• CLEAR Lab Book

• Nature collection on Scientific Rigor and Reproducibility

Health and wellbeing

• We need to talk about mental health

General advice on academia

Writing advice

• Air and Light and Time and Space by Helen Sword

Computing

• A Beginner’s Guide to Conducting Reproducible Research

• The Zen of Python