Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship

[Ed Laurent]

Please consider the credibility of the science. I was very disappointed
just last week because I was included as a co-author on a manuscript that
did not go through a credible review process. I reported the issue to the
editor after first asking the PI's what the heck was going on. I then asked
them to resubmit after moving my name to the acknowledgements.

My interest is credible science. If that results in manuscripts submitted
to scientific journals, then great. That said, I'm very lucky (on purpose)
that my job is not graded on the quantity of journal articles with my name
on them.

Here's the theory I use:

If Review = Credible
 Then Article = Credible
 Else Article <> Credible
End If;

Sincerely,
Ed Laurent, PhD
Member of the National Roster of Environmental Conflict Resolution
Professionals <https://www.udall.gov/OurPrograms/Institute/Roster.aspx>


On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Malcolm McCallum <
malcolm.mccallum.ta...@gmail.com> wrote:

> In all my life, I have met dozens if not dozens of dozens of people who
> were left off papers and felt they belonged on the manuscript.  In every
> case the situation caused problems.
>
> In all my life, I have NEVER, NOT ONE SINGLE TIME EVER, met someone who
> got irate because they were included as an author on a manuscript, period.
> In fact, I cannot recall a single time that someone held a grudge or was
> upset because they were included on a paper.   It is well understood that a
> manuscript's authorship is distributed in regard to effort, but it is also
> distributed according to responsiblity.  Anyone thing the 200th author on
> the Human Genome Project is remembered or targeted anymore than the 199th
> author?  I doubt most people will see those names beyond the first author,
> maybe the last.
>
> When a paper goes to press, easily 90% of the responsiblity is born by the
> lead author.  I get the distinct feeling there is nothing political or
> otherwise warranting concern about protecting anyone in this case.
>
> I personally feel that most people are over-whelmingly selfish/stingy with
> distribution of effort, and most guidelines are simply provided by people
> who are more concerned about other people's activity than there own.
> Further, they put way to much weight on being 10th author on a 20 author
> manuscript.
>
> IF more people concerned themselves with publishing their own papers,
> producing their own results, and actually contributing to science, then
> this entire issue would be mute.
>
> Do what you think is fair.
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 11:19 PM, Jeff Houlahan  wrote:
>
>> Hi Gary and all, this one's an interesting one.  Your position is one I
>> have a lot of sympathy for - it's generous and gives credit where it's
>> due.  What makes this tricky is that it also gives responsibility that
>> somebody might not want to accept.  I know it's unlikely and not that
>> common but there may be instances where somebody would prefer not to have
>> their name on a paper where they've done enough work to warrant
>> authorship.  If my name showed up on a paper without me ever being aware
>> that it had been submitted I would be a little bothered.  If I read the
>> paper and didn't agree with the interpretation I would be very unhappy.
>> That said, the idea of not giving credit to somebody who deserves it just
>> seems wrong.  This is a rock and a hard place. Best, Jeff Houlahan
>> --
>> *From:* Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news <
>> ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> on behalf of Gary Grossman <
>> gdgross...@gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* August 20, 2016 12:04 PM
>> *To:* ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
>> *Subject:* Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship
>>
>> Querido Jorge, this is a murky area of co-authorship except for one
>> point. Coauthorship is *earned* and should not be taken away because of
>> some other circumstance outside of the project responsibilities. Given that
>> the second student completed the work while they were at your institution,
>> the simple solution, given that they did indeed earn coauthorship, is to
>> put them on the paper with your institutional address. If you're worried
>> about someone contacting them then just asterisk their name and in the
>> footnote put "current address unknown". !Eso!  g2
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Jorge A. Santiago-Blay <
>> blayjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Query on authorship
>>>
>>> Dear Colleagues:
>>>
>>> I am writing a small paper resulting from research done with two
>>> undergraduates many years ag

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Looking for help from amphibian and reptile experts!

[Ed Laurent]

Hi Jen,

We're doing something very similar in the southeast and have several herp
forums already established. We also now have a tool to clone a "species
working group" template with a Drive document requesting information needs
for the candidate assessment process and links to several spreadsheets,
projects, and other content types that can be edited as appendices with
structured information. We've been slowly making announcements to determine
which forums result in the greatest return. ECOLOG-L was up next, so please
see below. Also, please feel free to contact me about starting and
administering groups if you think this process will be useful to your
objectives. I'm definitely interested in talking about your approach too.

-Ed

*Participation Requested: At-risk Species Forums*


Many species were recently petitioned to be federally listed as Threatened
or Endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, and it is likely that
many more species will be in the near future. To assist the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS) in determining whether the petitions are
warranted, the Wildlife Diversity Committee of the Southeastern Association
of Fish and Wildlife Agencies has established a Southeast At-Risk Species
(SEARS) Program. One component of this innovative program is the
“crowdsourcing” of knowledge and data about petitioned species.


We are establishing groups for each petitioned and candidate species on the
Griffin Groups collaboration platform (https://griffingroups.com). In each
group, a editable document contains descriptions of the species’ life
history and status, links to editable tables describing threats and
actions, a registry of research and monitoring projects, means to link or
recommend data collection protocols, as well as editable descriptions of
data repositories that contain historical observations. These crowdsourced
products, with their citations, will then be used by the USFWS for
assessing the petitions. The results will also be used for capacity and
needs assessments, evaluation of the crowdsourcing process, and determining
additional ways to improve the efficiency and comprehensiveness of the
candidate species assessment process.


To learn more about the SEARS program, visit the SEARS Data Coordination
group:
https://griffingroups.com/groups/profile/200347/sears-data-coordination


More species groups will be added over time. The list is maintained here:
https://griffingroups.com/relatedgroups/owner/200347


We seek your participation in consolidating information about these
petitioned species. Each group can serve as a nexus of communications, and
an archive of links to research and reports, survey methods and data, and
other information. If relevant forums or tools already exist, then they can
be bookmarked in the appropriate group to increase awareness and access.
Assisting with these information needs could be a part of class projects,
an efficient way to consolidate background information for new research, a
means to provide expert opinions, etc.


Subject matter experts are especially encouraged to join these groups to
collaborate on the species’ conservation. This process could include
sharing and recommending sampling protocols, sharing updates about research
and monitoring projects, integrating data repositories, discussing species'
taxonomies, developing management and monitoring plans, managing projects,
etc.


To join one or more of the species groups:

   1.

   Register as a member of Griffin Groups:
   https://griffingroups.com/register
   2.

   Validate your registration by clicking the link in the automated email
   (check your spam folder if you do not receive this email within a few
   minutes)
   3.

   Log into Griffin Groups: https://griffingroups.com/login
   4.

   Explore the list of species groups:
   https://griffingroups.com/relatedgroups/owner/200347
   5.

   Click on a group name and then the “Join group” or “Request membership”
   button under its title.


A welcome message is sent after joining any of the species groups. That
email contains instructions about Griffin Groups’ collaboration tools and
suggestions for their use.


Thank you for your participation,

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Wildlife Diversity
Committee

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Wildlife Management Institute

Connecting Conservation


For questions, please contact:

Dr. Ed Laurent - Connecting Conservation: edlaurent@connectingconservation


Additional contacts for SEARS program questions:

Becky Gwynn - VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries:
becky.gw...@dgif.virginia.gov

Mike Harris - US Fish and Wildlife Service: michael_har...@fws.gov

Dr. Jon Gassett - Wildlife Management Institute: jgass...@wildlifemgt.org





On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Williams, Jennifer 
wrote:

> The Excel file linked here
> <http://parcplace.org/Herp_Species_Petitioned_for_Listing-one_list.xlsx> 
> conta

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Request for recommended resources on R (for undergraduate course)

[Ed Laurent]

I consolidated links and descriptions to R resources for Ecology and
Conservation Science purposes from this thread and several before it here:
https://griffingroups.com/groups/profile/304740/r-project-for-statistical-computing


Feel free to join and add more! For more info about collaborating with
Griffin Groups see: https://griffingroups.com/groups/profile/531/how-to

-Ed

-- 
Edward J. Laurent, PhD 
Executive Director
Connecting Conservation 

Lead Administrator and Designer
Griffin Groups  

Member of the National Roster of Environmental Conflict Resolution
Professionals 


On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Christopher Stieha  wrote:

> Hi,
> We wrote an introduction to programming using R (and also one using
> MATLAB):
>
> http://www.codee.org/library/projects/the-field-guide-to-programming-a-tutorial-for-learning-programming-and-population-models
>
> It uses population growth to teach programming concepts, like why and how
> to use arrays and for loops.  We have successfully used the document as a
> primer of R in undergraduate statistics courses and as the framework in
> teaching ecology students.  You can download pdfs that are ready to use and
> doc files so that you can copy-paste what you need.
> -Chris Stieha
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Mary Beth Kolozsvary <
> mkolozsv...@siena.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Eco-loggers,
>>
>> We are offering a new undergraduate course, designed to introduce students
>> to using R for scientific data analysis. This 2-credit course will have
>> students from a variety of science majors, so we would like to pull
>> examples
>> from different fields. These will be undergraduate students, many of which
>> will have no prior experience in programming.
>>
>> I am looking for any advice on resources to pull from, potential
>> textbooks,
>> websites, datasets, sample exercises, etc. We would like the students to
>> have as much hands-on experience as possible. We'd like to avoid
>> reinventing
>> the wheel, so I appreciate any advice or suggestions … thanks!
>>
>> Mary Beth
>>
>> --
>> Mary Beth Kolozsvary, Ph.D.
>> Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences
>> Siena College
>> 515 Loudon Road
>> Loudonville, New York 12211
>> Phone: 518-782-6968
>> Email: mkolozsv...@siena.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

[ECOLOG-L] Avian Knowledge Network (AKN) website update

[Ed Laurent]

Dear colleagues,

The Avian Knowledge Network (AKN) is excited to announce the launch of
its newly updated website: http://avianknowledge.net and requests your
participation in joining us in this unique and very successful
endeavor to conserve birds.

The AKN grew out of a series of discussions more than a decade ago,
which in 2006 resulted in a grant awarded by the National Science
Foundation (NSF) to fund the network’s foundational infrastructure.
>From that small beginning, the AKN has grown far beyond our
expectations to become the primary source of bird monitoring data in
the Western Hemisphere. One component of the AKN, eBird, is the most
successful avian citizen science project in the planet and includes
hundreds of millions of records. Other components (called AKN regional
and thematic nodes), such as the California Avian Data Center, the
Rocky Mountain Avian Data Center, and the Midwest (U.S.) Avian Data
Center, host over 20 million records from several hundred research
projects, including point count, banding, nest success, area search,
and distance sampling data. An Eastern (U.S.) Avian Data Center is
nearing launch, and will cover an area from the Caribbean islands to
the state of Maine and west to Texas. Some nodes, such as Nature
Counts, have extended their capacity to capture monitoring data from
other taxa.

In the beginning, the AKN focused on gathering and describing critical
datasets for archival and research. More recently, the AKN has
included an emphasis on the role of nodes as collaborative
science-based systems where data, spatially-explicit research
products, and web-based technologies are integrated into tools that
provide information to natural resource management decision-makers.
Combined, we are striving to implement existing and new science-based
data standards, provide recommendations for best monitoring practices,
and encourage innovation and use of data management, visualization,
analysis, and decision support tools. True to our name and commitment
to collaboration, transparency, and efficiency, we share data, lessons
learned, and development costs of tools across AKN nodes.

We eagerly invite you to visit http://avianknowledge.net to learn more
about the AKN, explore some of the nodes and tools, and consider
participating in the AKN.

Best,
The AKN coordinating team

_

Edward J. Laurent, PhD
Executive Director
Connecting Conservation
http://connectingconservation.org

[ECOLOG-L] Help Improve the Threats and Actions Classifications

[Ed Laurent]

The CMP-CCNet Classifications Working Group invites public comment on the
taxonomy of conservation threats and actions. This taxonomy for
conservation projects is like the Linnaean nomenclature for species: a
hierarchical naming system so projects that work on similar topics can use
a common language to communicate and learn from each other.

The IUCN-CMP Unified Classification of Threats and Actions is intended to
break down communication barriers for conservation. Published in 2008, the
Classification has been used in tens of thousands of species assessments,
thousands of project descriptions and site evaluations, and by donors to
analyze grant portfolios. This taxonomy is not static, however, and some
classes work better than others. The Classifications Working Group, formed
May 2013 at the CMP-CCNet Rally, now invites you and interested colleagues
to help improve the taxonomy of conservation threats and actions by
proposing modifications and participating in discussions on changes and
related topics.

For example,
- Should disease be considered a separate category of threat?
- How should threats to cultural heritage be incorporated into the
taxonomy, if at all?
- Should the taxonomy distinguish between actions that act directly from
actions that enable other actions?
- Should the classifications, which now only exist in English, be
translated into other languages? Which ones?

To participate in revising the Threats and Actions:

1) Register for Griffin Groups:
https://griffingroups.com/register/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ecolog&utm_source=cmpupdate

2) Log in: https://griffingroups.com/login

3) Click the "Request membership" button on the IUCN-CMP Threats & Actions
Taxonomy Update group page:
https://griffingroups.com/groups/profile/31875/iucn-cmp-threats-actions-taxonomy-update

4)  Shortly after you have done this, a group administrator will accept
your request. You can then click the link for the Threat or Action you
would like to revise and add a comment to suggest edits, splits, merges,
and changes to the terms, definitions, and/or expositions.

Thank you for your interest in this community initiative and please
distribute widely to colleagues. The review comment period goes through
February 2014. Don't delay and comment today!

Sincerely,

The CMP-CCNet Classifications Working Group


_
Edward J. Laurent, PhD
Executive Director
Connecting Conservation
http://connectingconservation.org

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open Source versus Paywalls IRONY Re: [ECOLOG-L] clarification on prothonotary article request

[Ed Laurent]

The full thread was clipped, so I'm not sure if anyone else has
suggested this, but SORA provides search and free access to many bird
journal articles:

http://sora.unm.edu/

-Ed

Edward J. Laurent, PhD
Executive Director
Connecting Conservation
http://connectingconservation.org
Lead Administrator and Designer
https://griffingroups.com



On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 9:59 AM, David L. McNeely  wrote:
> R.K., Google Scholar can be searched free by anyone with internet access.  My 
> search just now, using prothonotary warbler as the search term, yielded a 
> very long list of publications.  Some of them concern nesting and 
> reproductive biology of the Prothonotary Warbler.  The abstracts and in some 
> cases citations can be viewed by selecting the article.  For some, even full 
> text is accessible in that way.
>
> Your local library can obtain some reports by interlibrary loan.  There may 
> be a small fee for photocopying, and if the library orders numerous reports 
> from a given journal, it will be notified that it is required by copyright 
> law to subscribe for future access to the same journal via interlibrary loan. 
>  But few public libraries (except very large ones) are going to be ordering 
> many reports via interlibrary loan from _The Wilson Bulletin_ for example.
>
> Good luck with your search for information.
>
> So far as Wayne's comments concerning access to published material, and the 
> role of the internet age in bringing about restricted access, he is correct 
> of course.  As for myself, though I am much less active now than in the past, 
> having retired, I will provide a reprint or a photocopy of any article I've 
> authored to anyone who requests it.  SASE is appreciated.  And of course, 
> some authors, where they can given copyright restrictions, have their 
> publications accessible via pdf.
>
> Academic organizations, like ESA, do have to recoup expenses, and in general 
> are not profitable.  For profit presses like Elsevier, which publishes 
> several ecology journals, are another matter.
>
> My wife is a university library director.  She struggles to maintain both 
> journal and database subscriptions, due to draconian budget difficulties 
> partly caused by a government that is determined to strangle public and 
> higher education in this state.  And I have had to cut back my subscriptions 
> to journals like those published by ESA as costs have escalated for those.
>
> David McNeely
>
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "R K" 
>> To: 
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:46 AM
>> Subject: [ECOLOG-L] clarification on prothonotary article request
>>
>>
>> I appreciate the responses I've received already, but most of them have
>> involved the Cornell BNA, which unfortunately is locked behind a paywall.
>>
>> To clarify, I would appreciate citations for recent references involving
>> prothonotary ecology and behavior. I don't have database access and can't
>> search directly for references, but I can work with citations if someone is
>> kind enough to provide them.
>>
>>
>>
>> -
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[ECOLOG-L] A Field Guide to Web Technology

[Ed Laurent]

Southeast Partners in Flight is pleased to announce the launch of a new
field guide to web technologies for bird conservation. The guide is targeted
at manager and administrator alike and provides simple, one-page summaries
of a variety of general web tools (e.g., blogs, news feeds) as well as
specific web-based applications (e.g., Facebook, eBird). Each summary
provides a short overview of each technology, highlights of its strengths
and weaknesses, examples of how each technology is being used in bird
conservation, and links to sites with more detailed information. Users can
download the entire guide or individual summaries as PDFs at:
http://webtechguide.sepif.org/


Edward J. Laurent, PhD
American Bird Conservancy 

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Question: Networking tools in Ecology

[Ed Laurent]

Freebase.com is a social database in alpha development that has a lot of
potential as a networking tool in Ecology. I recently gave a presentation on
the use of Freebase.com as a tool for bird conservation. It is available
here: http://sepif.org/content/view/39/1/

-Ed

Edward J. Laurent, Ph.D. 

American Bird Conservancy 



On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:36 AM, malcolm McCallum <
malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org> wrote:
> I put the journal Herpetological Conservation and Biology on Twitter
> so that announcements could be distributed to folks who might choose
> to follow it.  I post when an article makes it in the news, and when
> we release the next issue.  A friend of mine in our marketing
> department uses it to keep records of where he is for records
> purposes.  I do this on Google Calandar.
>
> the Google documents are great for collaborative writing.  Their is a
> simple spreadsheet, word processor.  allows you to access your
> documents from anywhere.  I have students use this for collaborative
> projects and then I can check up on what they are doing in midstream
> at anytime!
>
> Malcolm
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:17 AM, William Silvert 
wrote:
>> Every newspaper and magazine seems to carry stories about wonderful new
>> networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter, and I am increasingly
curious
>> to know whether these play any significant role in science and in ecology
in
>> particular. The ESA has had a Facebook page for over a year, I wonder how
>> useful that has been.
>>
>> There are of course serendipitous benefits likely whenever you meet new
>> people - I encountered someone who shares my interest in the use of fuzzy
>> logic to model red tides because I saw her dance video on Facebook - and
>> there are some useful videos of plankton and other wildlife on display,
but
>> I have not seen any substantial net community developing on these
networking
>> sites, and the few groups that I know of are pretty inactive.
>>
>> Why anybody would want to twitter baffles me, although I read one account
of
>> a scientist who had a question during a review committee meeting and got
the
>> answer by sending out a tweet - also a physician who diagnosed an
unfamiliar
>> disease by tweeting the symptoms. I suppose that a team of birdwatchers
>> might have fun with it, but does twitter have any serious uses in
ecology?
>>
>> If the uses are limited, I wouldn't be surprised. But if it is proving
>> useful, it might be worth spreading the word.
>>
>> Bill Silvert
>>
>
>
>
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Doctoral Research Asst - NCSU - Advancing GAP

[Ed Laurent]

Doctoral Research Assistantship
Advancing GAP Data and Applications
North Carolina State University, Department of Zoology
Contacts: Dr. Ed Laurent ([EMAIL PROTECTED]),
  Dr. Jaime A. Collazo ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

The Biodiversity and Spatial Information Center
http://www.basic.ncsu.edu at North Carolina State University seeks a
creative and driven doctoral student to support the enhancement of Gap
Analysis Program data (http://gapanalysis.nbii.gov/) for greater
accuracy and information content.

Description
The successful applicant will work under the direction of Drs. Jaime
Collazo and Ed Laurent, in collaboration with the Eastern GAP research
team, to evaluate and validate new approaches for mapping wildlife
habitat suitability and population potentials. A description of
current activities can be seen at
http://www.basic.ncsu.edu/segap/AvianModel.html. We seek a student who
can use this foundation to hone experimental, modeling and GIS skills
within the context of partner conservation objectives.

Starting date
It is desired that the successful applicant begins coursework in
Spring of 2007 (January) because a special course on Hierarchical
Species-habitat Analysis will be offered. However, exceptional
candidates will also be considered for Summer or Fall 2007.

Qualifications
1.  Eligible for graduate study in the Departments of Zoology or
Forestry at North Carolina State University prior to starting. See
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/zoology/stuinfo.html or
http://www.cnr.ncsu.edu/for/courses/graduate.html for more
information.
2.  GIS or remote sensing experience and a valid driver's license are 
required.
3.  Field experience, especially with birds, in the Southeastern United
States is desired.
4.  Excellent verbal and written communication skills to facilitate a
collaborative research environment. The successful candidate will need
to seek input from members of federal and state agencies (e.g., USGS,
USFWS, NC Wildlife Resources Commission) as well as private partners
(e.g., NatureServe, Audubon, land trusts, timber companies).
5.  Preference will be given to applicants with coursework or
experience in habitat modeling, population modeling, and/or the use of
GIS for natural resource applications.

Benefits
The 12-month stipend level is $19,000/year with the potential for up
to 5% annual increases. The position includes a tuition waiver and
health care benefits. The student will have access to strong
behavioral and statistical interdisciplinary programs associated with
the Department of Zoology as well as interdepartmental GIS and remote
sensing partnerships at North Carolina State University (e.g.,
forestry, soil science, and Center for Earth Observation). A graduate
minor in remote sensing is also available
(http://www.gis.ncsu.edu/gis/curric/gm_ersia.htm).

If interested, please email a CV (including GRE scores), unofficial
transcripts, statement of research interests and experience, and names
and contact information for three references to Dr. Jaime A. Collazo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or Ed Laurent [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note:
Statements of interest and experience will be evaluated for relevance
and communication skills.

Post Doc - NCSU - Conservation Planning

[Ed Laurent]

Post Doctoral Research – Conservation Planning
Advancing GAP Data and Applications
North Carolina State University, Department of Zoology
Contacts: Alexa McKerrow [EMAIL PROTECTED],
  Dr. Jaime A. Collazo [EMAIL PROTECTED]

The Biodiversity and Spatial Information Center
http://www.basic.ncsu.edu at North Carolina State University seeks an
exceptional postdoctoral associate to help integrate Eastern Gap
Analysis Project data with ongoing conservation planning activities.
The Eastern Gap Analysis Project (http://gap.analysis.nbii.gov/) is a
USGS-BRD funded project to develop region-wide datasets including
detailed vegetative cover and predictions of vertebrate species
distributions for use in analyzing biodiversity patterns and
protection status.

Description
The successful applicant will work with Dr. Jaime Collazo and the
Eastern GAP research team to develop methods for assessing the
conservation status of plant communities and terrestrial vertebrate
species. In addition this person will be responsible for working with
partner agencies to identify methods for integrating GAP data with a
variety of conservation planning efforts, including but not limited to
state Wildlife Action Plans, USFWS Habitat Conservation Plans,
eco-regional and watershed planning efforts. The study area includes
the Southeastern U.S., including a nine-state area from Virginia and
Kentucky south to Mississippi and Florida.

Qualifications
1.  Ph.D. in a natural resource field.
2.  Experience in conservation planning.
3.  Use of Geographic Information Systems software in natural resource
applications.
4.  Working knowledge of the ecology of the southeastern United States.
5.  Excellent verbal and written communication skills to facilitate a
collaborative research environment. The successful candidate will need
to seek input from members of federal and state agencies (e.g., USGS,
USFWS, NC Wildlife Resources Commission) as well as private partners
(e.g., NatureServe, Audubon, land trusts, timber companies).

Benefits
The salary starts at $37,800 with the potential for a 5% annual
increase. This is a one-year time- limited appointment with potential
for extension based on the scope of the applicant's interests and
contingent on funding.  The full benefits including health care,
leave, and access to a variety of campus resources are described
completely in the Benefits Handbook
(http://www7.acs.ncsu.edu/benefits/pdf/Post-Doc_Benefits_Booklet.pdf).
 The job announcement will soon be available on the official NCSU jobs
website (https://jobs.ncsu.edu)

If interested, please email a CV, unofficial transcripts, statement of
research interests and experience, and names and contact information
for three references to Alexa McKerrow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or
Dr. Jaime Collazo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).

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Zoology, via telephone at 919-515-2741 or via e-mail at
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