Tag Archives: publications

Pixels versus pages

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

After 17 years in the same office I was moved just before Christmas into a new office one floor up in my building. My initial annoyance at having to deal with moving soon gave way to the realization that I … Continue reading →

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Many ways forward: towards a Biota of Canada

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

In my last post I looked back at the history of an idea — documenting the biota of Canada. If we are going to embark on such an undertaking, a logical first step is to figure out how to get there, … Continue reading →

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Two new papers: insects in harsh places

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Two new papers on insect ecology from the Lyman group appeared this week: one in print, and one new paper in press. Amélie Grégoire Taillefer’s new paper in Restoration Ecology (see Grégoire Taillefer & Wheeler 2013 in Publications) is a … Continue reading →

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Flies meet World: 2012′s new species

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

I received my end-of-the-year summary for this blog from WordPress last week. Lots of numbers and stats. Yup. I’d be more excited if such things really mattered that much. Instead, let’s talk about some more interesting and relevant numbers from … Continue reading →

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Looking back and looking forward

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

It was another busy year in the Lyman lab. As in any active lab, students come and go every year. Chris Borkent defended his Ph.D. on the systematics of some mycetophilid fungus gnats this year, and is off in Sacramento, … Continue reading →

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Taxonomy: sexy and we know it

Posted on November 23, 2012 by

Here in the lab we do both taxonomy and ecology. The balance between the two shifts back and forth depending on projects and time of year and the like; in the last couple of weeks, things have definitely swung towards … Continue reading →

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The printed word. Why I love books

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

I write a blog (two, actually), I post my lectures on my course web site, I publish papers in on-line journals and send PDF reprints to colleagues, I read published papers on the web, I communicate with collaborators through Skype … Continue reading →

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New paper, new species

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

The second issue of a three-part series of The Canadian Entomologist celebrating the editors of the Manual of Nearctic Diptera has just been published. Our Curator, Stéphanie Boucher, has a paper in the issue in which she revises the Nearctic … Continue reading →

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Thinking about history

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

It’s the end of another year – a time for looking back as well as looking forward. It’s been a year of change in the Lyman Museum and a good year. The insect collection continues to grow so fast that … Continue reading →

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a new paper on some new neighbours

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

We’ve just described some new species. That’s not news – thousands of new species are described every year by taxonomists from around the world. What is a little more interesting in this case is that these particular new species are … Continue reading →

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