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Chris_McMartin
at Wed Feb 9 19:22:18 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Chris_McMartin ]
Alex Pyron's a prodigy...a PhD and still in his early 20s. I don't have the paper in front of me, but as I recall, his "erroneous species" Rodda crows about was really just limiting the data set to the specific subspecies of Python molurus present in Florida, which is the more tropical of the subspecies extant in its home range.
It sounds like Rodda is scrambling to show HIS data is "more correct." He correctly asserts that factoring in more variables into a model limits the range, because the real world has more variables than the "maximum recommended" 10 he suggests using.
The vibe I get is that he's working to make the data fit his narrative/agenda, bringing out the "no natural predators" wild card, etc. ----- Chris McMartin
www.mcmartinville.com
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