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Hi- For the few of you who may not have gotten this in its original form- MME
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 19:31:59 EST
From: Jeff Alger <JALGER%KSUVM.BITNET@uwavm.u.washington.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <biodiv-l@ftpt.br>
Subject: biodiversity cocitation study help request

I'm conducting research into the structural patterns of biodiversity
literature. This research will help to map authors in intellectual space
using multidimensional scaling coupled with a clustering program. The
following list of authors (separated into clusters) was generated using
Science Citation Index. What I need now is for experts (that's where you
people come in) in the field of biodiversity to help me with labels
indicating subject emphasis of the individual authors and of the clusters.
Please assign a subject label to each of the authors and also to the broader
clusters (this label should encompass all the authors if possible). Any
additional feedback or comments would also be appreciated. Your comments and
labels will be used to validate (or not) the results of this study. Please
send all responses to me at: jalger@ksuvm.ksu.edu.
Here's the list (clusters are separated by a blank line):
 
Janzen-DH
Ehrlich-PR
Wilson-EO
Scott-JM
Vitousek-PM
 
Terborgh-J
Soule-ME
Frankel-OH
Harris-LD
Wilcove-DS
 
Myers-N
McNeely-JA
Noss-RF
 
Erwin-TL
Pimm-SL
May-RM
Peters-RL
 
MacArthur-RH
Gilpin-ME
Diamond-JM
Simberloff-D
Lande-R
 
Reid-WV
 
That's all. There should be 6 clusters and a total of 23 authors.
Thanks in advance for your help and expertise.
 
Jeff Alger
Life Sciences Librarian
Kansas State University
jalger@ksuvm.ksu.edu

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