I really don’t read blogs very often, but there are a few that I find worth visiting on a frequent basis.  Since this week is a whirlwind of activity for me (preparing to host a conference of 150 biologists next week) I thought I’d share one of those other blogs with you. 

In other words, I’m shirking my responsibility to write my own thoughts down this week.  Sorry about that.  On the other hand, I got to use the word “shirking” in a blog post.

The blog I suggest you take a look at is by Ian Lunt, a vegetation ecologist at Charles Sturt University in Albury, New South Wales, Australia.  Ian studies grasslands and grassy woodlands, and I find his work very interesting because the grasslands he’s working in are very much like those I work with – and also very different.  Since most of you who read my blog are not from Australia, I think you might find his site interesting for the same reasons.

His latest post happens to be a review of a great research paper about birds and habitat.  (Yes, my last blog post griped about how many bird habitat research papers there are these days, but this is a particularly good one).  If you scroll back past that post, you’ll find other posts that are more focused on plant communities and their response to management and climate. Very applied, and very interesting.

You can find his blog site here:

http://ianluntresearch.wordpress.com/

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As a special bonus, here’s a very nice blog post written by Adam Frank on National Public Radio’s 13.7 Cosmos and Culture blog.  Adam writes about why science is hard, and why that’s a good thing.  I think you’ll enjoy it.  Click here to read it.