Long Live the PLF!

Last updated on 27 Sep 2023 1 min read random-thoughts

In 1997, the now respectable Emilio Bruna, Tag Engstrom, and James Umbanhowar kidnapped a platypus belonging to Michael Turelli, Charles Langley, and John Gillespie in response to the threat of it becoming the symbol of the UC Davis Population Biology Graduate Group. Below is the correspondence that followed.

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THE MANIFESTO

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LANGLEY RESPONDS

langley

SHARON LAWLER CHIMES IN

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THE PLF DOUBLES DOWN

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IT ENDS BADLY FOR THE PDF

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cpb uc-davis
Professor & Distinguished Teaching Scholar

My research & teaching interests include Tropical ecology and conservation, plant population ecology, plant-animal interactions, scientometrics and bibliometrics, science & science policy in Latin America matter.