[ECOLOG-L] Primate Behavior papers in CURRENT ZOOLOGY

[jiazy]

Dear Colleagues,

We are glad to announce one special column about Primate Behavior is being 
published in CURRENT ZOOLOGY, interested scientists please browse uncorrected 
proofs of these papers at:

http://www.currentzoology.org/issuedetail.asp?volume=56&number=2&issue_id=495 

It is the journal's long-term policy to publish SPECIAL COLUMNs about hotspot 
studies, and you are welcome to send your proposal for the columns to me at 
ji...@ioz.ac.cn.


Volume 56, Issue 2
Special Column: Primate Behavior 
 Female waist-to-hip ratio, body mass index and sexual attractiveness in China  
( PDF[160 KB] ) 
 B.J. DIXSON, Baoguo LI, A.F. DIXSON 
   
 Blood is not always thicker than water: The limited effect of kin selection on 
human kinship in the traditional Chinese family  ( PDF[189 KB] ) 
 Lixing Sun 
   
 First evidence of prey capture and meat eating by wild Yunnan snub-nosed 
monkeys in Yunnan, China  ( PDF ) 
 Baoping REN, Dayong LI, Zhijin LIU, Baoguo LI, Fuwen WEI, Ming LI 
   
 Postconflict behavior among female Rhinopithecus roxellana within one-male 
units in the Qinling Mountains, China  ( PDF ) 
 Jian ZHANG, Dapeng ZHAO, Baoguo LI 
   
 The foraging behavior of Japanese macaques Macaca fuscata in a forested 
enclosure: Effects of nutrient composition, energy and its seasonal variation 
on the consumption of natural plant foods  ( PDF[389 KB] ) 
 M. Firoj JAMAN, Michael A. HUFFMAN, Hiroyuki TAKEMOTO 
   
 Early development of peer dominance relationships in a captive group of 
Japanese macaques Macaca fuscata  ( PDF[160 KB] ) 
 RIZALDI, Kunio WATANABE 
   
 Handedness found in a wild group of moor monkeys in the Karaenta Nature 
Reserve, South Sulawesi, Indonesia  ( PDF[767 KB] ) 
 Kunio WATANABE 
   
 Male mate choice in Tibetan macaques Macaca thibetana at Mt. Huangshan, China  
( PDF[250 KB] ) 
 Min ZHANG, Jinhua LI, Yong ZHU, Xi WANG, Su WANG 
   
Regular papers 
 Vigilance behavior of pyrenean chamois Rupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaica: Effect 
of sex and position in the herd  ( PDF[163 KB] ) 
 Antoni DALMAU, Alfred FERRET,Xavier MANTECA 
   
 Comparative studies on storage cells in tardigrades during starvation and 
anhydrobiosis  ( PDF[150 KB] ) 
 Andy REUNER, Steffen HENGHERR, Franz Brümmer, Ralph O. SCHILL 
   
 Lamprey buccal gland secretory protein-2 (BGSP-2) inhibits human T lymphocyte 
proliferation  ( PDF[268 KB] ) 
 Jing SUN, Shuiyan YU, Zhuang XUE, Cenjie LIU, Yu WU, Xin LIU, Qingwei LI 
   
 Zonal Distribution and Population Biology of Ilyoplax frater (Brachyura: 
Ocypodoidea: Dotillidae) in a Coastal Mudflat of Pakistan  ( PDF[154 KB] ) 
 Noor Us SAHER, Naureen Aziz QURESHI 
   
 Lead-phase and red-stripe color morphs of red-backed salamanders Plethodon 
cinereus differ in hematological stress indices: A consequence of differential 
predation pressure?  ( PDF[181 KB] ) 
 Andrew K. DAVIS, Joseph R. MILANOVICH 
   


2010-02-27
jiazy

 Zhi-Yun JIA,Ph.D.
Executive Editor   
Current Zoology
http://www.currentzoology.org/ 
Institute of Zoology   
The Chinese Academy of Sciences 
Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China  



CURRENT ZOOLOGY is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed international journal that 
publishes reviews, research articles, and short communications in all aspects 
of Zoology, including significant new findings of fundamental and general 
interest. Submissions in the research fields of ecology, behavioral biology, 
biogeography, conservation biology, evolutionary biology and genomics are 
especially welcome. In particular, CURRENT ZOOLOGY seeks to publish research 
that explores the interface between zoological disciplines, and is truly 
integrative by illuminating the greater picture.

 
 

[ECOLOG-L] lepidopteran course

[Dawn Wilson]

We are happy to announce the 2010 Lepidoptern Course to be held at the
Southwestern Research Station (SWRS) located in the Chricihahua Mountains of
SE Arizona.  The focus of the lep course is to train graduate students,
post-docs, faculty, and serious citizen-scientists in the classification and
identification of adult lepidoptera and their larvae.

 

Topics to be covered include an extensive introduction into adult and larval
morphology with a focus on taxonomically-important traits, extensive field
work on both adults and larvae, collecting and curatoral techniques,
genitalic dissection and preparation, larval classification, use (and abuse)
of DNA bar coding, and general issues in lepidoptera systematics, ecology,
and evolution.

 

THE LOCATION:

 

With its extensive series of Sky-Island mountain ranges, SE Arizona has the
highest lepidoptera diversity in the US. With low desert scrub, oak and
mixed oak-pine woodland, lush riparian, juniper, Douglas fir, and mountain
meadow habitats all within a 40 minute drive from the research station, the
SWRS is an ideal location from which to sample this diversity (of both
habitats and species).

 

INSTRUCTORS:

Jim Brock (Tucson, Arizona)

John Brown (USDA, Smithsonian)

P. D. Hulce (SW Research Station)

Jim Miller (American Museum of Natural History) Ray Nagle (University of
Arizona) Chris Schmidt (Canadian National Collection) Bruce Walsh
(University of Arizona) Ian Watkinison (Arizona Western College/Northern
Arizona University)

 

COURSE DETAILS:

Dates:  7 - 14 August 2010

Cost:  $900 for students, $1000 for non-students

Application form on course website.  Due by 7 June 2010

Course website:  www.lepcourse.org

 

For logistics or information about the SWRS you can contact:  

THE LEPIDOPTERAN COURSE
Attention: P.D. Hulce 
Southwestern Research Station

P.O. Box 16553

Portal, Arizona 85632

dhu...@amnh.org; 520-558-2396

http://research.amnh.org/swrs/butterflycourse.htm

 

 

 

Dawn S. Wilson

Director, Southwestern Research Station

P.O. Box 16553

Portal, Arizona 85632

Ph: 520-558-2396

Fax: 520-558-2018

Email: dwil...@amnh.org

web: http:research.amnh.org/swrs/

 

 

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology Habitat Niche Organism interactions

[Wayne Tyson]

Ricklefs' 2nd ed., as I recall, used a diagrammatic approach to 
tolerance/requirements ranges for habitats and species that has been of great 
help to me in many ways. Has this concept been built upon since then, and if 
so, how/where can I best update myself? 

If it has been discarded, can anyone tell me why?  

WT

[ECOLOG-L] Instructor Feedback on Invasion Ecology text

[Julie Lockwood]

Hello Ecolog-ers -- My coauthors and I are embarking on a revision of our
textbook, Invasion Ecology, and are looking to find professors/instructors
who have taught from the book.  We would like to get your feedback on the
book's strengths and weaknesses and so forth.  To accomplish this I am
soliciting names and e-mail addresses from folks that have taught from the
book, and then we will follow up with you by sending a questionnaire.  No
need to respond in detail to this message; I just need your name and contact
information.  

Many thanks!

Julie Lockwood

[ECOLOG-L] Faculty Job at the University of Arizona

[Alison Macalady]

Forests in the Earth System
University of Arizona/Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research/Institute of the
Environment, USA

The University of Arizona seeks to fill a faculty position in areas related
to forests in the Earth System who will contribute to the vigorous
interdisciplinary environmental programs on our campus. The successful
candidate will likely be appointed at the Associate Professor level,
although appointment at Assistant Professor may be possible for a more
junior candidate with a very strong record of scholarly publication. We seek
a quantitative scientist whose research addresses the interactions of
climate, wildfire, forest growth and carbon dynamics, or a subset of these
topics. The successful candidate will bring strong modeling and
spatiotemporal analysis skills to complement existing strengths at UA in
fire sciences, dendrochronology, paleoclimatology, the carbon cycle, remote
sensing and tree and forest growth. They will demonstrate a record of
exceptional research that complements and advances UA’s strengths in
environmental change science. We are especially interested in individuals
whose research utilizes dendrochronology in novel and effective combination
with other tools and methods to address basic or applied questions on these
topics, particularly the scaling of understanding from landscape to global
spatial scales.

The University of Arizona is home to one of the largest and broadest
concentrations of earth system research and education in the US, with
world-class programs in fields including hydrology, paleoclimatology,
ecosystem science, earth sciences, arid lands, environmental engineering and
climate applications. This position is part of a new Environmental
Initiative (http://www.environment.arizona.edu/) that will bring more than
15 new faculty to the UA campus in the next 1-2 years. This new faculty
member will be based in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
(http://www.ltrr.arizona.edu/) within the new School of Earth and
Environmental Sciences (www.sees.arizona.edu/) with potential joint
appointments in affiliated departments throughout campus.

Candidates should submit curriculum vitae, list of publications, statements
of research and teaching interests, and contact information for three
referees, following the instructions at https://www.uacareertrack.com for
job # 44727. A Ph.D. in an appropriate field of environmental science is
required. Other questions may be directed to Dr. Connie Woodhouse, Chair of
the Search Committee (conni...@email.arizona.edu). As an equal opportunity
and affirmative action employer, the University of Arizona recognizes the
power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals
with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds M/W/D/V. The position
will remain open until filled, but review of applications (and requests for
letters of reference) will begin March 10, 2010, with interviews anticipated
before May.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fwd: Any hints for growing periphyton inside in flow-through tank?

[Mikeskose]

Aloha Romi,

I grew periphyton mats outdoors in oligotrophic surface seawater on  
ceramic tiles here, and I remember two most important adjustments...I  
had to shade them from the sun, as the Hawaiian sun was too bright,  
but you shouldn't have to worry about that indoors, but more important  
to you, however, would be that we had to add agitation to the water to  
get good growth.  Adding pumps within our growing trays to increase  
the flow rates across the tiles was our key...doing this evenly across  
all the tiles was the challenge!

Good luck,
m

Michael J Navatta
Owner/Operator

SKOSE
PO Box 4154
Kailua Kona,HI 96740
808-430-9330

On Feb 25, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Romi Burks   
wrote:


Apologies for cross posting but I am not sure I saw this come  
through and

any
help would be welcome.
Thanks!

-- Forwarded message --
From: Romi Burks 
Date: Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:12 AM
Subject: Any hints for growing periphyton inside in flow-through tank?
To: ECOLOG-L@listserv.umd.edu
Cc: Megan Rice 


Hello,

I would love any advice regarding how one might get some really nice
periphyton mats
to grow inside the laboratory in a flow-through, laminar-flow,  
heated tank.

It does
not sound like it should be too hard...but alas, nothing works as  
expected

when one
needs it to do so.

One catch is that we would like to do so without adding too many  
nutrients

so
that we can later establish more mats with a low and high N level.   
The

overall
objective of a future experiment involves feeding this periphtyon to
hatchling apple (~1 mm)
snails (*Pomacea insularum*) in a preference test against a vascular
emergent
macrophyte (wild taro).  Up until now, we have been using basic  
nutrient

diffusing
substrates (i.e. upside-down flower pots) to keep the algae going in  
our

tank.

However, we have recently experienced some difficulty getting this  
green

algae to colonize the
surfaces we want ---other nutrient diffusing substrate for example ---
versus having
reasonably successful growth on the walls of the tank.  We originally
inoculated our tank
with tiles that we colonized in a local stream.   The algae did  
reasonably

well
on our first set of substrates but not consistent enough to create a  
real

"mat" or "biofilm."

I am reasonably sure that the predominant algae is *Klebsormidium
*(formerly *Hormidium*).  Nice, filamentous green algae that doesn't  
seem

to come to an end.  Broad, C-shaped chloroplasts that resemble green
planaria inside the cell but do not circle cell or occupy more than  
1/2.
The tank is on a slow flow-through regiment with lights and we keep  
the

temperature between 70 and 75 degrees...similar to the partially
ground-water
stream from which we originally retrieved our tiles.

Any suggestions are welcome.
Do plastic strips work better?  If so, can you alter nutrient levels  
using

them?

If you wish to ask any specific questions, feel free to contact me  
off-post

(bur...@southwestern.edu).  Appreciate your time and expertise.
Thanks!!
Romi Burks


--
Romi L. Burks, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Co-chair, Animal Behavior Program
BEN Scholar 2008-2010 (http://www.biosciednet.org/portal/index.php)

Mailing Address:
Southwestern University
1001 East University Avenue
Georgetown, TX 78626

Contact info:
Office Phone: 512-863-1280
Lab Phone: 512-863-1640
FAX: 512-863-1696
email: bur...@southwestern.edu
Website: http://people.southwestern.edu/~burksr/




--
Romi L. Burks, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Co-chair, Animal Behavior Program
BEN Scholar 2008-2010 (http://www.biosciednet.org/portal/index.php)

Mailing Address:
Southwestern University
1001 East University Avenue
Georgetown, TX 78626

Contact info:
Office Phone: 512-863-1280
Lab Phone: 512-863-1640
FAX: 512-863-1696
email: bur...@southwestern.edu
Website: http://people.southwestern.edu/~burksr/

[ECOLOG-L] Ecotone: Can birds affect tree growth?

[Katie Kline]

Growing conditions, such as water and nutrient supply, are the major 
determinates of tree growth, but insectivorous birds can also play an important 
role, say scientists in a study published in the January issue of 
Ecology. Under the right conditions, birds contribute to whole tree growth by 
preying on herbaceous arthropods, such as leafhoppers, caterpillars and 
grasshopper.

While it may be conventional wisdom that birds help tree growth by controlling 
insect infestations, previous research showed this relationship to be much more 
dynamic and complex than it appears on the surface.  For example, conditions, 
such as the plant and insects' natural defenses against predators, can dampen 
the effects of top-down predators like birds.

Continue reading at 
http://www.esa.org/esablog/research/can-birds-affect-tree-growth/.

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate position: Serpentine tolerance in Cenococcum geophilum

[Ludo Muller]

We are looking for candidates that want to apply for an FCT (Portuguese 
Foundation for Science 
and Technology) doctoral fellowship to join us at the Centre for Functional 
Ecology 
(http://ecology.uc.pt) of the Department of Life Sciences of the University of 
Coimbra (Portugal).
The successful candidate will be expected to develop his/her research within 
the framework of the 
CENECOGEN project (a collaboration between Ludo Muller at the Department of 
Botany of the Free 
University of Berlin (Germany) and Susana Gonçalves at the Department of Life 
Sciences of the 
University of Coimbra), which will apply next-generation sequencing technology 
to study the 
genetic basis of the local adaptation to serpentine soil of the ectomycorrhizal 
ascomycete 
Cenococcum geophilum.
Candidates should have a background in biology, with a good knowledge of 
evolutionary genetics 
and ecology, and an interest in fungal biology. Experience with basic molecular 
biology techniques 
and computer literacy is highly desirable. The doctoral fellowship is open for 
all nationalities, 
starts at 980 euros per month (tax-free) and is renewable for up to four years. 
A call for 
fellowship applications will open in May 2010, with deadlines for submission in 
June and 
September. Earliest starting date will be October 1st, 2010.
Interested candidates should send a covering letter describing their research 
interests, a CV and 
the contact information for three professional referees to Ludo Muller 
(ludo.mul...@fu-berlin.de) 
or Susana Gonçalves (scgon...@ci.uc.pt) before April 30, 2010. Informal 
inquiries are welcome.
---
Dr. Ludo A.H. Muller
Freie Universität Berlin
Institut für Biologie - Botanik
Altensteinstraße 6
14195 Berlin
Germany
Tel. +49 (0)30 838 56539
Fax +49 (0)30 838 55434
E-mail: ludo.mul...@fu-berlin.de

[ECOLOG-L] Hilton Pond 02/15/10 (Costa Rica Portfolio)

[Bill Hilton Jr. (RESEARCH)]

Really big hummingbirds, treetop monkeys, colorful flowers and fruits, lizards 
and snakes, and even a unusual Costa Rican election strategy. All this (and 
more) makes up Part Two of the report on our 2010 Operation RubyThroat 
hummingbird banding expedition to Guanacaste Province CR. To view our latest 
photo essay about all these tropical wonders, please visit the 15-21 February 
2010 installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond" at 
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek100215.html . (NOTE: There are LOTS of 
images--46 to be exact--so the page may take a while to load!)

While on-site, don't forget to scroll down to see what birds we banded or 
recaptured this week closer to home--you may be as amazed as we were by the age 
of one returning Chipping Sparrow--and to read some miscellaneous nature notes.

Happy (Tropical) Nature Watching!

BILL

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RESEARCH PROGRAM
c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA
(803) 684-5852

Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net):
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org 
"Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org

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