Lab protocols and coding resources

Protocols and manuals

Pace weather data loggers. User guides. Software for windows; others available. Standard Lab Setup.
Percival incubators: Intellus controller and Weathereze software
iButton. Guide to installing software.Guide to using software.
Grasshopper rearing protocol
Butterfly rearing protocol
UW Biology Fed Ex account # for sending insects, etc.: 297951823. Include the budget number that should be charged. If you ship with dry ice, you should take this brief safety training and use a shipping label. This is the address for shipping with Fed Ex: University of Washington; Department of Biology, 3747 West Stevens Way NE, LSB, Rm B147A Seattle, WA 98195-1800

Coding resources

Server access

WinSCP is an open source FTP client.
PuTTY is an open source SSH client.

Figure creation

Inkscape is an open source vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator. Useful for assembling graphs produced in R or GIS into panel figures.

Analysis

Have an image of a phylogenetic tree and wish you had a date file? Try TreeSnatcher.
Data Thief extracts data from published figures and there are other tools.
Estimate elevation from coordinates.
Make images of LaTeX equations here.
Use Netcdf files in R
Downscale monthly climate data:climpact