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The Zoologist's Credo, or What Can We Learn from Our Own Animal Nature? Column for Kompyuterra #111
In my columns I have had occasion to mention TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) — an American-born system of conferences, or perhaps quasi-scientific festivals. I learned that beyond the American TED’s …
Kravchenko (2013) Ecological Sustainability of Population Systems ... (Abstract)
On June 19, the defense of the candidate dissertation of M. A. Kravchenko took place in Dnipropetrovsk. Here we present an extended translation of her author's abstract into Russian and …
Noosphere: rational forecast, scientistic vision, or hackneyed chant of science charlatans? Column for Kompyuterra #112
The evolution of the Universe has led to the fact that in us it has acquired the ability for self-knowledge. The Universe arrived at this state by passing through numerous …
From the chaos of observations to dynamic typology: a discussion using the example of green frog population systems. Column for Kompyuterra #113
Do not «prop up» your judgments with references to the will of the Creator. Let us ourselves, by the powers of our reason, observe, experiment, model, make forecasts, and choose …
Photo Report on an Event That Happened a Week Ago...
Without pomp, in the company of three friends, somewhat greater certainty was achieved in the relationship between M.K. and D.Sh. For this, we had to break away from field practice …
Population explosion of the Afro-Asian introduced species Pistia stratiotes on the Siversky Donets
I had to witness firsthand what a population explosion looks like. On June 28, I caught a single specimen of a plant in the Siversky Donets River, near the V.N. …
Vinogradova et al. (2013) Study of Fluctuating Asymmetry in European Perch
Article based on fieldwork from the 2012 summer practice by Vinogradova K. P., Sakun Yu. V., Belousova K. M., Goncharov G. L., Shabanov D. A. Study of fluctuating asymmetry of …
What can be judged by measuring fluctuating asymmetry?
Measuring fluctuating asymmetry — an intriguing method designed to get to the most intimate mechanisms of development. Alas, it does not always work. Often reality turns out to be «disobedient» …
How will biology and other worldview-significant sciences be studied in such a school of the future, which is worth dreaming about? Column for Kompyuterra #115
Project justification (probably slightly or not so slightly utopian): creation of the distance learning complex "Humanity and Biosphere. Sustainable Future", intended to significantly improve the efficiency of school education
Meleshko, Kravchenko (2012) Study of green frogs of the Iskov pond
Meleshko O.V., Kravchenko M.O. Investigation of the population system state of green frogs (Pelophylax esculentus complex) of the Iskyi pond of Zmiivskyi district of Kharkiv region // Visnyk Prykarpatskoho natsionalnoho …
Shabanov (2012) The Hybridogenetic Complex of Water Frogs as a Model for Studying Multilevel Selection
Shabanov D.A. The hybridogenetic complex of water frogs as a model for studying multilevel selection // Bulletin of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. Series - Biology. - Ivano-Frankivsk: Publishing …
Bondareva et al. (2012) Cytogenetic characteristics of erythrocytes of green frogs
Bondareva A. A., Bibik Yu. S., Samilo S. M., Shabanov D. A. Cytogenetic characteristics of erythrocytes of green frogs from the Siversky Donets diversity centre of the Pelophylax esculentus complex …