ARUN DAYANANDAN

This week we’re talking about Mendel’s Laws and killer genes.

This week we’re talking about life history strategies, domestication of dogs, and animal development.

This week we’re talking about adaptive radiation and humans as a driver of speciation.

This week we’re talking about how we define a species and how it impacts conservation.

This week we’re talking about how life originated, artificial life forms, what’s worth conserving, and the possibility of life on other planets.

This week we’re talking about the history of evolutionary theory and the debate between natural selection and group selection.

This week we’re talking about natural selection, managing forest fires, and selection on humans.

This week we’re talking about decomposition and nutrient cycling, how we define “natural,” and impacts on biodiversity.

This week we’re talking about biological productivity, plagiarism in science, and the target audience of research.

This week we’re talking about organism adaptations to the environment, statistical significance, and making decisions in research.

This week we’re talking about what ecology is, the debate between pure and applied research in ecology, and the biases which exist in funding science.

Episode 1 of The Ecology Podcast, hosted by Arun Dayanandan, Charles Plaisir, and Kyle Grant. In this episode we talk about who we are, what got us interested in ecology, and where we hope to take the show.