the striped mouse

FSM-Times

Our aim is not only to conduct high quality science, but also to inform the public about our results. This is because we think it is fascinating and exciting to study the socio-ecology of small mammals and we want to share this fascination with you. This is the reason why we launched our own popular science email newsletter in October 2004. This newsletter is called the FSM-TIMES. FSM stands for the initials of our most important study species, the four striped mouse. The FSM-TIMES has two aims:

To provide information about our work at the Succulent Karoo Research Station and the research on small mammals. We aim to provide you with entertaining scientific information, that would beenjoyed by everyone interested in nature, and not only (but also) by scientists.
To obtain funding for smaller scientific projects from donations of the FSM-TIMES subscribers.

The FSM-TIMES is sent out four times a year as an email-attachment (pdf), in January, April, July and October. If you are interested in subscribing to the FSM-TIMES, please send an email to: info@stripedmouse.com. Please write into the subject “FSM-TIMES subscription”. No more text is needed.

The FSM-TIMES is free of charge. However, we would welcome and appreciate a small donation of R 80 (10 Euro, 15 US dollars) a year to the research station. However, the main aim of the FSM-TIMES is to present interesting and fascinating research news from Namaqualand. I hope that we managed to achieve this in our previous issues which you can download here:

FSM-TIMES issue 15 (April-June 2008)

FSM-TIMES issue 14 (January-March 2008)

FSM-TIMES issue 13 (October-December 2007)

FSM-TIMES issue 12 (July-September 2007)
FSM-TIMES issue 11 (April-June 2007)
FSM-TIMES issue 10 (Januaryr-March 2007)
FSM-TIMES issue 9 (October-December 2006)
FSM-TIMES issue 8 (July-September 2006)
FSM-TIMES issue 7 (April-June 2006)
FSM-TIMES issue 6 (January-March 2006)
FSM-TIMES issue 5 (October -December 2005)
FSM-TIMES issue 4 (July - September 2005)
FSM-TIMES issue 3 (April– June 2005)
FSM-TIMES issue 2 (January – March 2005)
FSM-TIMES issue 1 (October – December 2004)