[ECOLOG-L] Job: microbiology, Willamette University

2010-08-20 Thread David Inouye
Attached and pasted below is the info about an upcoming review deadline (15 Sept 2010) for applicant files for our tenure track-position at Willamette University. As indicated below, the person's focus relative to microbiology is open in this search provided s/he meets the eligibility criter

[ECOLOG-L] CSU Faculty Opening: Plant Community Ecologist

2010-08-20 Thread Martin,Patrick
GLOBAL CHANGE ECOLOGIST - PLANT COMMUNITY ECOLOGY ASSOCIATE/FULL PROFESSOR COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY POSITION: Colorado State University is recruiting a Global Change Ecologist with empirical research expertise in Plant Community Ecology at the rank of Associate/Full Professor (with tenure). Outs

[ECOLOG-L] Faculty Position in Applied Terrestrial Conservation Ecology

2010-08-20 Thread Andrew Cooper
Faculty Position in APPLIED TERRESTRIAL CONSERVATION ECOLOGY The School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) is a dynamic graduate school in which both social and natural scientists apply multi-disciplinary approaches to researc

[ECOLOG-L] Available Position - Gulf of Mexico Director of Bird Conservation

2010-08-20 Thread CECIL, John
Apologies for duplicate postings. NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY POSITION OPENING Available Position: Gulf of Mexico Director of Bird Conservation Location: TBD, possibly Moss Point, MS, or Baton Rouge, LA Purpose of the Position: The Gulf of Mexico Director of Bird Conservation will work as part o

[ECOLOG-L] New Position Announcement: PISCO Policy Program Coordinator

2010-08-20 Thread Kristen Milligan
Professional Faculty, PISCO Policy Program Coordinator, (Department of Zoology), Oregon State University. Position is a full time, 12-month fixed term position. Salary is commensurate with education and experience. Required qualifications include a strong scientific background, in the areas of ec

[ECOLOG-L] Ph. D. positions

2010-08-20 Thread Jeff Houlahan
Could you please post for the positions described below. Thanks. Jeff Houlahan GRADUATE POSITIONS AVAILABLE As a collaborating group of academic and government scientists, we are seeking 5 Ph. D. students to work as a part of a multidisciplinary team conducting manipulative experiments d

Re: [ECOLOG-L] ecosystem based fisheries management

2010-08-20 Thread ling huang
Hi Kellner et al.(2010) from UC Davis, Davis CA has a recent (Jul 2010) article that may be of interest to you and others. Optimizing for multiple species and multiple values: tradeoffs inherent in ecosystem-based fisheries management J. B. Kellner, J. N. Sanchirico, A.Hastings & P.J. Mumby (

[ECOLOG-L] Open position in TWS: GIS Analyst in Boise, ID

2010-08-20 Thread Christine Soliva
The Wilderness Society seeks a GIS Analyst to join our Center for Landscape Analysis. This is an exceptional opportunity for a conservation science professional to apply his or her spatial analysis expertise to land conservation and management challenges and to work in the nexus between science

[ECOLOG-L] New san joachim SRM nitrogen

2010-08-20 Thread Sean Berthrong
Hello all, Our lab recently bought a new vial of the San Joachim standard soil reference material from NIST to use as a quality control check for total soil carbon and nitrogen. The original soil standard (SRM 2709) is no longer available, and the new one (SRM 2709a) is certified for neither tot

[ECOLOG-L] Job: Director of Research and Conservation Opening, Denver Botanic Gardens

2010-08-20 Thread David Inouye
Director of Research and Conservation Opening Denver Botanic Gardens (1007 York St., Denver, CO 80206) Job Summary: This position will be filled by a strong and energetic leader who will help team evolve into the next phase of regional and national import in the documentation and preservation

[ECOLOG-L] Position for Professor of Aquatic Ecosystems, UNESCO-IHE

2010-08-20 Thread Gretchen Gettel
The UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education offers post-graduate education and PhD research programmes in Delft, The Netherlands, and carries out research and capacity building projects all over the world. The mission of UNESCO-IHE is to contribute to the education and training of professionals an

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Bullfighting, machismo and sexual selection

2010-08-20 Thread malcolm McCallum
Is it true that if the bull fights "nobely" that the crowd will cheer and the bull gets rewarded by a life in the pasture??? I have always heard this, but wonder if it is in fact true. Just because its written in a children's book (Ferdinand) doesn't exactly mean it holds a lot of water! :) Than

[ECOLOG-L] MS or PhD position--Pollinators

2010-08-20 Thread James Martin
M.S. or Ph. D. Research Assistantship Managing Native Warm Season Grass Plantings for Pollinators and Biomass This is a multi-disciplinary project to evaluate the effects of managing native grass plantings for biofuel and feed on pollinators in the Southeast. Collaborators include faculty fr

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Bullfighting

2010-08-20 Thread malcolm McCallum
Very well said :) By the way, i was not intending to say anything positive or negative about bullfighting in itself, but rather asking that people think about how different cultures can be! :) Clearly, David got it! :) On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:29 PM, David Duffy wrote: > I hadn't wanted t

[ECOLOG-L] University of Technology Sydney ( UTS )Australia PhD Research Scholarships - Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster (C3)

2010-08-20 Thread Marea Martlew
2011 PhD Research Scholarships, University of Technology Sydney - Climate Change The Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster (C3) is a Key UTS Research Strength, bringing together expert plant physiologists, ecologists, biological and physical modellers and remote sensing specialist

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology and Culture Re: [ECOLOG-L] Bullfighting

2010-08-20 Thread Wayne Tyson
Ecolog: Humans aren't perfect, and thinking they are is their greatest defect. However, if we are to lay claim as the most intelligent of species, we will have to strive toward improvement in our understanding of reality rather than simply accept "old ways" out of romanticism, cultural relativ

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Bullfighting, machismo and sexual selection

2010-08-20 Thread edgardo garrido
As "sports", bullfigting, hunting and other ways of killing species other than humans have been machismo demonstrations in the Mediterranean. It has been common not only in Spain but also in Southern France. Ancient romans were the ones giving this sense of "sport" to killing animals in front of

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystem-based fisheries management

2010-08-20 Thread Jennifer Rhemann
Ecosystem-based management, as in the case of CCAMLR in the Southern Ocean, can do a great deal towards fostering sustainability of fish stocks, however there are enormous challenges to implementation. One is the difficulty of getting comprehensive adherence to the management policies & practice