[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc positions, Aarhus University, Denmark

[Brody Sandel]

Two postdocs in plant and mammal macroecology and phyloinformatics at Aarhus
University

I: 2-yr postdoc on “Macroecology of mammal functional diversity”.
(https://ssl1.peoplexs.com/Peoplexs22/CandidatesPortalNoLogin/Vacancy.cfm?PortalID=1407&VacatureID=588811&BedrijfID=0&Vacancy=2-yr%20postdoc%20on%20%E2%80%9CMacroecology%20of%20mammal%20functional%20diversity%E2%80%9D#top)

II: 1-yr postdoc on “Paleoclimatic effects on the evolutionary dynamics of
forest tree lineages”.
(https://ssl1.peoplexs.com/Peoplexs22/CandidatesPortalNoLogin/Vacancy.cfm?PortalID=1407&VacatureID=588792&BedrijfID=0&Vacancy=1-yr%20postdoc%20on%20%E2%80%9CPaleoclimatic%20effects%20on%20the%20evolutionary%20dynamics%20of%20forest%20tree%20lineages%E2%80%9D#top)

For further information on the positions, see:
http://www.au.dk/en/job/nat/academicpositions/

General information for internationals coming to AU:
http://ias.au.dk/international-academic-staff-ias/

[ECOLOG-L] AGU session B022. Dynamics of Global Forests under a Changing Climate

[Kristina Anderson-Teixeira]

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite submissions to the session "B022. Dynamics of Global
Forests under a Changing Climate" at the AGU Fall Meeting (9-13 December
2013; ). 

Description: Forests are an influential component of the global carbon cycle
and play an important role in Earth’s climate system. Climate change is
altering forest dynamics, driving biogeochemical and biophysical feedbacks
to the climate system. This session will focus on impacts of climate change
on forests globally and consequent climate feedbacks. In particular, it will
address both the mechanisms through which altered atmospheric CO2 and
climate are likely to impact forest dynamics—including physiological
responses, community dynamics, and biogeochemical cycling—and the
implications of forest-climate feedbacks that could buffer or accelerate change.

We expect that this will be a very interesting session, and hope that you'll
be able to participate.  The deadline for abstract submission is August 6, 2013.

Sincerely,

Kristina Anderson-Teixeira 

Sean McMahon

Matteo Detto

(conveners)



Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira 
Forest Ecologist, Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatory-Center for Tropical Forest
Science &
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
1500 Remount Rd.; Front Royal, VA 22630 USA
1-540-635-6546

[ECOLOG-L] 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management

[Angie Reid]

67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management
From Dusty Trails to Waning Wetlands
February 8-13, 2014 - Orlando, FL

Find the most up to date information about the conference on our website 
starting July 3 http://rangelands.org/orlando2014/.  In addition to 
conference details we have several links on our conference page where you 
can buy discounted attraction tickets as well as coupons for local 
restaurants and airport shuttle rides.

Hotel registration at the Caribe Royal is now open at 
https://resweb.passkey.com/go/srm2014.  All rooms are suites and are 
available at the 2014 government per diem rate.  For more information on 
this great facility go to http://www.cariberoyale.com/ or read Planning 
Committee Co-Chair Angie Reid’s article on the hotel 
http://www.rangelands.org/events/AnnualMeeting/The%20Government%20Per%20Diem
%20Hotel%20of%20Your%20Dreams.pdf.

Online registration opens August 1, 2013 so start planning your trip and get 
your hotel room early!

Announcing the first ever SRM Gala featuring The Bellamy Brothers!  The 
Bellamy Brothers, Florida locals, have been making country music since the 
1960’s and have released more than 50 albums.  The SRM Gala will replace the 
Taste of Florida.  Instead of exhibiting the wonderful food you will 
undoubtedly be enjoying all week long, we would like to dazzle you with the 
best of Florida music!  Join us Wednesday evening for this private concert 
and dance in the glass pavilion of the Caribe Royal!

The Plenary Session will kick off the meeting with noted speakers Dr. Reed 
Noss, author of Forgotten Grasslands of the South and Professor of Biology 
at University of Central Florida, discussing the history of grasslands in 
the south and orienting our largely western-based membership to the regional 
rangelands.  Dr. Thad Box, Former Dean of Utah State University’s College of 
Natural Resources and regular contributor to Rangelands and Utah Public 
Radio will discuss the history of drought, how his experiences have changed 
the way he thinks, and how drought has shaped the Society.  Finally, Dr. 
Donald Wilhite, Professor of Applied Climate Science at University of 
Nebraska-Lincoln and the Founding Director of the National Drought 
Mitigation Center, will discuss the way forward in how we deal with and 
manage for drought on our rangelands.

In addition to all of our regular technical sessions, this year’s meeting 
will feature the following Special Sessions:
 
•Healing the Land and Building Soil Health
•Producer's Forum: Soil Health Matters
•Environmental Impacts of Feral Swine
•Ecological Site Workshop Series
•Having a Say: Creation of SRM Advocacy Papers
•Adaptive Toolbox for Medusahead Control
•Adaptive Management in Rangelands: Getting to Work
•Kentucky Bluegrass Dynamics in the Northern Great Plains
•The Problems with Junipers In the Great Plains and Central U.S.
•Integrating Social and Economic Indicators for Sustainable Rangeland 
Management
•SRM Native American Range Forum – Basic Rangeland and Livestock Management
•Rangeland Technology and Equipment Council (RTEC) Workshop: Strategies and, 
Treatments to Maintain or Restore Longleaf Pine Forests
•Conservation and Stewardship Tools in Action: A Canadian and U.S. 
Perspective on Lessons Learned and Challenges to Overcome
•Technical Service Provider Workshop (TSP):  Prescribed Grazing Conservation 
Activity Plans - Monitoring Plan Development
•Tropical Rangelands of the World:  Challenges and Opportunities in a 
Globalized Society and A Changing Environment
•Unsettled Futures for Subsistence Pastoralism:  Adapting Livestock 
Practices in the Face of Changing Climate and Land Use

[ECOLOG-L] Fall 2013 AGU Session GC053 Incorporating Microbial Mechanisms into Scalable Ecosystem Models

[Megan Steinweg]

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to bring our AGU session to your attention. The description is
listed below, please feel free to distribute it to anyone who is interested
in this topic. The abstract submission is now open, and will close August
6, 2013.



Session: GC053 “Incorporating Microbial Mechanisms into Scalable Ecosystem
Models”

Section: Global Environmental Change

Co-sponsors: Biogeosciences, Atmospheric Sciences



Microbial-mediated ecosystem models offer exciting opportunities to improve
modeling at a range of scales, by describing the decomposition of soil
organic matter and transformation of nutrients driven by microbial-enzymes
and mediated by pore-scale processes. Microbes are likely to acclimate to
new environmental conditions, such as higher temperatures and changes in
precipitation frequency and intensity. Our session will bring
experimentalists and modelers together to identify current pathways and
barriers to incorporating microbial mechanisms into Earth System Models
(ESMs), and to discuss forward directions for scaling microbially-mediated
processes observed in lab and field scales to ESMs under global change
scenarios.



Conveners:

1. Melanie Mayes, Oak Ridge National Lab, maye...@ornl.gov

2. Gangsheng Wang, Oak Ridge National Lab wa...@ornl.gov

3. Sindhu Jagadamma, Oak Ridge National Lab, jagadam...@ornl.gov

4. J. Megan Steinweg, Oak Ridge National Lab, steinwe...@ornl.gov

Abstracts can be submitted at: https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/account/


Thanks,
Meg Steinweg


-- 
J. Megan Steinweg, PhD
Microbial Ecologist
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
megstein...@gmail.com


**

[ECOLOG-L] AGU Fall 2013 Session: GC017. Adaptation of Smallholder Farmers to Climate Variability in the Tropics

[Pinki Mondal]

Dear colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit abstracts to the following session in 
Global Environmental Change at AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, 9-13 
December 2013.

GC017. Adaptation of Smallholder Farmers to Climate Variability in the 
Tropics

Description: 

Climate change is predicted to negatively impact agricultural productivity 
across most of the tropics, where smallholder agriculture is the main 
livelihood for the majority of rural populations. Current models may over-
estimate the impact of climate on agricultural production, however, given 
that farmers may adapt cropping practices, they are better suited to novel 
changes in climate. We invite submissions that examine observations of 
climate and agricultural management at local, regional, and national scales, 
so that we can identify if there are any commonalities in factors that 
enhance the ability of farmers to adapt and reduce their vulnerability to 
changing climates.

Conveners:

Meha Jain, Columbia University, mj2...@columbia.edu 
Pinki Mondal, Columbia University, pm2...@columbia.edu 
Ruth DeFries, Columbia University, rd2...@columbia.edu 
Gillian Galford, University of Vermont, gillian.galf...@uvm.edu 

Deadline: 

All abstract submissions must be received by 6 August 2013.

URL: 

https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/scientific-program/session-
search/sessions/gc017-adaptation-of-smallholder-farmers-to-climate-
variability-in-the-tropics-2/

We look forward to hearing from you, please contact us if you have any 
questions.

Best,
Meha Jain, Pinki Mondal, Ruth DeFries, Gillian Galford

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: Assistant Forester 4493

[Chris Erickson]

The job listed below has recently been posted. Please use the contact info
in the announcement.



Chris Erickson
Kansas Forest Service
Landscape Forester
2272 Rd. 250
Reading, KS 66868




The Kansas Forest Service currently has an open position as Assistant
Forester Conservation. Please forward the attached position announcement
for recruitment purposes. Our assistant forester position is posted on the
Office of Affirmative Action website
http://www.k-state.edu/affact/opportunities/unclass.html#unclassified and
Rusty is in the process of updating the Kansas Forest Service website with
the position announcement. Thank you and have a great day.

Cathy


Cathy Sandoval - Office Manager


 *Assistant Conservation Forester, Kansas Forest Service, Kansas State
University *

*4493 *

The Kansas Forest Service is currently recruiting to fill an *Assistant
Conservation Forester *position located at the State Office in Manhattan,
KS.

The incumbent responsibilities are to 1). promote conservation tree
plantings through broadcast, social, and printed media, exhibits, tours,
and field days, 2). work with related agencies to encourage and facilitate
their involvement in the conservation tree planting program, 3). serve as
the principle Conservation Trees order taking agent and provide leadership
for others involved with order taking. This function includes inputting
orders into the SAPS computer program, running credit cards through a First
Data credit card machine, balancing accounts on a daily basis, and
monitoring unpaid invoices, 4). serve as the principle for relaying
shipping orders to the Shipping Department and provide leadership for
others involved with relaying shipping orders to the Shipping Department in
a timely manner, 5). assist Conservation Forester order, receive and
inventory all supplies for tree sales so there is no interruption in daily
operations, 6). prepare annual report, and, 7). serve as back-up for the
greenhouse, shade house and shipping operations.

*Minimum Qualifications*: Bachelor’s degree in forestry or closely related
field, such as Natural Resource Management or Ornamental Horticulture.
Ability to work effectively with others, both individually and in a team
setting; organize work priorities and carry them to completion under
limited supervision; and effectively communicate both orally and in
writing. Computer skills such as database and word processing. Willingness
to travel within state and out-of-state. Valid driver’s license. A
background check is required.

*Salary: *Range 32,000-35,000. Salary is commensurate with education and
experience.

Application procedures: Qualified applicants must submit: (a) letter of
application; (b) current resume; (c) unofficial academic transcripts; and
(d) the name, address and phone number of three professional
references to *Cathy
Sandoval, Office Manager, Kansas Forest Service, 2610 Claflin Road,
Manhattan, KS 66502. *Review of applications begins July 8, 2013 and
continues until the position is filled. Interested candidates may call
(785) 532-3300 for more information or view the Kansas Forest Service web
site at www.kansasforests.org.

Kansas State University is an equal opportunity employer. KSU actively
seeks diversity among its employees.

[ECOLOG-L] Job for Recent Graduate: Spatial Data & Modeling

[Susan Yee]

The Gulf Ecology Division of the National Health and Environmental Effects 
Research Laboratory (NHEERL), Office of Research and Development (ORD) at 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking an individual 
who is at least 18 years of age and who has completed atleast a Bachelor’s 
degree in biology, ecology, mathematics, statistics, computer sciences or 
related field of study.  The student contractor who is selected by EPA 
will receive hands-on Laboratory experience and shall provide technical 
support services with EPA scientists under the Sustainable and Healthy 
Communities Research Program (SHCRP) Puerto Rico Sustainable Communities 
project.  The student or recent graduate will support research efforts 
directed at developing information to be integrated into decision support 
tools, including geospatial data layers, ecosystem service production 
functions, dynamic models for spatially-explicit scenario analyses, and 
metrics of human well-being.

 

The details pertaining to this announcement, including application 
instructions, are available at 
http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/lasc/RFQDC1300075/index.htm.  Please pass this 
information on to any students or recent graduates who might be interested 
in the announcement.  The deadline for submitting offers for RFQ-DC-13-
00075 is 4:30 PM ET on July 16.  

[ECOLOG-L] voucher tags

[Bruno Ghersi Chavez]

Dear ecologers:
I'm planning to start trapping small mammals in the peruvian amazon and I'm
looking for voucher tags to use when placing the vouchers in Formalin.
can anybody recomend me a webpage or source to get this? last time I bought
ones they desintegrated.

thanks a lot

Bruno Ghersi
NAMRU-6
Lima, Peru

Re: [ECOLOG-L] voucher tags

[Heather Spaulding]

Hi Bruno,

BioQuip in California sells Resistall label paper, which they claim is safe
to use with formalin.  I haven't tried it in formalin, but I've used it in
alcohol after laser-printing labels, and it seems to hold up well.  They
also sell Pigma Micron pens that withstand alcohol  (you may be able to
find the same pens cheaper at an art supply store).  They do ship
internationally.

http://www.bioquip.com/search/DispProduct.asp?pid=1223RA


Good luck!

Heather


On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Bruno Ghersi Chavez
wrote:

> Dear ecologers:
> I'm planning to start trapping small mammals in the peruvian amazon and I'm
> looking for voucher tags to use when placing the vouchers in Formalin.
> can anybody recomend me a webpage or source to get this? last time I bought
> ones they desintegrated.
>
> thanks a lot
>
> Bruno Ghersi
> NAMRU-6
> Lima, Peru
>

Re: [ECOLOG-L] voucher tags

[Don Dean]

I've had some success with REVLAR papers of varying thickness from RELYCO.
The paper holds up well in the Amazon and should do OK in formalin, but I
don't know if the preservative will dissolve the ink you use.

Good luck!

Don Dean
projectamazonastree.org




On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Bruno Ghersi Chavez
wrote:

> Dear ecologers:
> I'm planning to start trapping small mammals in the peruvian amazon and I'm
> looking for voucher tags to use when placing the vouchers in Formalin.
> can anybody recomend me a webpage or source to get this? last time I bought
> ones they desintegrated.
>
> thanks a lot
>
> Bruno Ghersi
> NAMRU-6
> Lima, Peru
>

[ECOLOG-L] Juneau wildlife or conservation stories?

[Wendee Nicole]

I just booked a flight to Juneau in September, and wanted to see if anyone
knew of any wildlife, conservation or ecology related stories in the area
that I could look into and maybe write aboutŠ please email me! Something
related to a current study, or a "controversy" happening, or just anything
interesting and cool ­ let me know!

Wendee

Wendee Nicole, M.S. Wildlife Ecology  ~ Freelance Writer * Photographer *
Bohemian

Web: [ http://www.wendeenicole.com ]
Blog: [ http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com ]
Twitter: twitter.com/bohemianone
Email: wendeenic...@nasw.org

Online Magazine Writing Class starts July 20, 2013 - Ask me!

[ECOLOG-L] Groundwater Wetlands Study Group - Report

[Tom Baugh]

June 2013 has been busy for the Ground Water Wetlands Study Group. The 
image for the month from Patagonia generated some discussion.  The image 
for July will be of a study of seeps by University of South Carolina, 
Columbia researcher and Study Group member Dan Tullock. Over the past 
month, we also hosted a discussion of tablets and apps possibly suitable 
for wetland work and Study Group member Rob Andress, owner of the 
ecological planning, design, and restoration firm Gradient, LLC in Utah, 
USA has developed a table of this information for Study Group member use.  
We are also pleased that Katharine Hollister, co-founder of EKOsystems 
Services which does biodiversity surveys, will be reviewing about a dozen 
journals each month for articles of possible interest to Study Group 
members. To join the Study Group contact Tom Baugh at 
springmounta...@att.net.

[ECOLOG-L] nominations for Lotka and Volterra awards at this year's ESA meeting

[Bruce Kendall]

Dear Attendees of the 2013 ESA Annual Meeting:
 
The Theoretical Ecology Section of the ESA is proud to announce the fourteenth 
annual Alfred J. Lotka prize for the best poster and Vito Volterra prize for 
the best talk given by students during the ESA annual meeting. The award is 
open to undergraduate and graduate students who, as sole or first author, 
present a talk or poster at the 2013 ESA annual meeting on original research in 
theoretical ecology.  All suitable approaches that yield theoretical insight to 
ecological phenomena will be considered.  Prizes will be awarded on the basis 
of merit, originality, and clarity of presentation.
 
To be considered for either the Lotka award or the Volterra award, students (or 
their advisors) should notify me by 15 July 2013, providing the following 
information:
 
Applicant's name:
Co-authors:
Title:
Talk or Poster:
Session:
Time/Date/Place of presentation/poster:
 
Please provide this information by email to kend...@bren.ucsb.edu, and include 
'Lotka-Volterra Award' in the subject line.
 
Please forward this announcement to any students who you know are giving talks 
or presenting posters on any aspect of theoretical ecology at this year's ESA 
meeting.
 
Looking forward to seeing you in Minneapolis!
 
Bruce Kendall
Vice-Chair, Theoretical Ecology Section of the ESA

--
Bruce Kendall
Professor
Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131
Tel: +1 (805) 893-7539
kend...@bren.ucsb.edu

During Spring 2013 I am available for Bren meetings on Tuesdays 
and Fridays, and on Thursday afternoons.