[ECOLOG-L] OTS Announces winners of the 9th Annual Student Paper Award
Organization for Tropical Studies Announces winners of the 9th Annual Student Paper Award This year's winner is Benton N. Taylor from Columbia University for his paper "Nitrogen-fixing trees inhibit growth of regenerating Costa Rican rainforests" published in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, a collaboration with his advisor, Duncan N. L. Menge, and with Robin L. Chazdon of the University of Connecticut. Ben's study focused on the growth and survival rates of nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing trees during forest regeneration, using annual census data gathered by Chazdon since 1987on plots at La Selva, an OTS research station in Costa Rica. Nitrogen-fixing trees were thought to be advantageous to the growth of neighboring trees due to the increased availability of nitrogen in soils around them. In contrast to expectation, Ben's analysis showed that non-fixing trees with more nitrogen-fixing neighbors grew slower than when they have fewer N-fixing neighbors, demonstrating that these trees actually inhibited rainforest recovery at their study sites. Two students received Honorary Mention. One is Natalie S. Christian from Indiana University for her paper "Exposure to the leaf litter microbiome of healthy adults protects seedlings from pathogen damage," published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Studying the tropical cacao tree at the Smithsonian Institution's Barro Colorado Island facility, Natalie demonstrated that exposure to leaf litter from healthy adult cacao trees significantly enhanced pathogen resistance in conspecific seedlings. This effect was attributable to the transmitted endophyte community, which enriched the seedling microbiome with component microbial species that enhanced host pathogen resistance. The work was co-authored with her advisor, Keith Clay, and two Smithsonian staff scientists. Natalie is an alum of the OTS course Tropical Biology: An Ecological Approach. The other Honorary Mention goes to Hannah Frank from Stanford University for her paper "Phylogeny, Traits, and Biodiversity of a Neotropical Bat Assemblage: Close Relatives Show Similar Responses to Local Deforestation." published in the American Naturalist. Working in the dry season at Las Cruses Biology Station, another OTS facility, she and her coworkers were able to catch over 5000 bats of 42 species over a five year period. Comparing forest reserves, forest fragments, and coffee plantations at a very fine vegetation scale, closely related bat species show similar responses to habitat changes. The paper was co-authored with her mentor, Elizabeth A. Hadley, and Gretchen C. Daily, who nominated her for this award. The Committee was Kimberly G. Smith, Chair, University of Arkansas; Erin Kuprewicz, University of Connecticut; Elisabeth Arevalo, Providence College; and Luke Browne, the winner of last year's competition and now at University of California, Los Angeles. The Committee would like to thank all the students that submitted packets for consideration. "This year we once again received a great group of nominations" said Smith. ******** Kimberly G. Smith Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-6359 fax: 479-575-4010 Email: kgsm...@uark.edu<mailto:kgsm...@uark.edu>
[ECOLOG-L] 2017 OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award - 1 December 2017 - Reminder
2017 OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award (http://ots.cr/images/newsimages/2017StudentPaperAward.pdf) The Organization for Tropical Studies is pleased to announce the ninth annual OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award. We invite nominations for a $500 cash prize for excellence in research via an outstanding publication in tropical biology written by a student. Eligibility and Nomination At the time of the nomination deadline, the paper must be published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and reporting on work completed within the tropics. To be eligible: 1. The nominee must have been a student (undergraduate or graduate) when the research was completed, and, 2. Satisfy at least one of the following three criteria: * nominee is an alum of an OTS course * work was completed at an OTS research station (La Selva, Las Cruces, Palo Verde) * nominee is (was) a student at an OTS member institution 3. The nominee must still be in school or be within 2 years of having completed a degree In addition, the nominee must be the first author and the paper must be published no more than 36 months before the award deadline. Self-nominations or nominations by research advisors or colleagues are invited. Selection Criteria Applications will be reviewed by an Awards Committee formed by a subcommittee of the OTS Assembly of Delegates and previous winners. Papers will be judged upon the paper's contribution to the field including originality, study design, and potential impact on the field of study. Nomination packets should consist of a single pdf document and include: 1. A nomination letter briefly describing the paper and outlining the qualification criteria from the list above 2. A copy of the paper 3. A brief letter from an advisor, colleague or scientist in a relevant field of study describing the impact of the paper on the field 4. A C.V. from the nominee Submitting Applications: Send nomination packet electronically as a pdf to the Chair of the Awards Committee, Dr. Kimberly G. Smith, University of Arkansas. If you have questions, please email Dr. Smith at kgsm...@uark.edu. Application Deadline: December 1, 2017
[ECOLOG-L] 2017 OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award - 1 December 2017
2017 OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award http://ots.cr/images/newsimages/2017StudentPaperAward.pdf The Organization for Tropical Studies is pleased to announce the ninth annual OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award. We invite nominations for a $500 cash prize for excellence in research via an outstanding publication in tropical biology written by a student. Eligibility and Nomination At the time of the nomination deadline, the paper must be published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and reporting on work completed within the tropics. To be eligible: 1. The nominee must have been a student (undergraduate or graduate) when the research was completed, and, 2. Satisfy at least one of the following three criteria: * nominee is an alum of an OTS course * work was completed at an OTS research station (La Selva, Las Cruces, Palo Verde) * nominee is (was) a student at an OTS member institution (Institutional members may be found here: http://ots.ac.cr) 3. The nominee must still be in school or be within 2 years of having completed a degree In addition, the nominee must be the first author and the paper must be published no more than 36 months before the award deadline. Self-nominations or nominations by research advisors or colleagues are invited. Selection Criteria Applications will be reviewed by an Awards Committee formed by a subcommittee of the OTS Assembly of Delegates and previous winners. Papers will be judged upon the paper's contribution to the field including originality, study design, and potential impact on the field of study. Nomination packets should consist of a single pdf document and include: 1. A nomination letter briefly describing the paper and outlining the qualification criteria from the list above 2. A copy of the paper 3. A brief letter from an advisor, colleague or scientist in a relevant field of study describing the impact of the paper on the field 4. A C.V. from the nominee Submitting Applications: Send nomination packet electronically as a pdf to the Chair of the Awards Committee, Dr. Kimberly G. Smith, University of Arkansas. If you have questions, please email Dr. Smith at kgsm...@uark.edu. Application Deadline: December 1, 2017
[ECOLOG-L] Organization for Tropical Studies 8th Annual Student Paper Award
Organization for Tropical Studies Announces winners of the 8th Annual Student Paper Award This year's winner is Luke Browne from Tulane University for his paper "Frequency-dependent selection for rare genotypes promotes genetic diversity of a tropical palm" published in Ecology Letters, a collaboration with his advisor, Jordan Karubian. Luke's study employed a 5-year field-based experiment with seedlings of a tropical palm in northwest Ecuador to show that the rarity of an individual's genotype is a powerful determinant of survival probability, and hence an overlooked driver of non-random seedling recruitment in tropical forests. Luke is an alum of the Organization for Tropical Studies' Tropical Ecology course. Two papers received Honorary Mention. One is Kaitlin Baudier from Drexel University for her paper "Microhabitat and body size effects on heat tolerance: implications for responses to climate change (army ants: Formicidae, Ecitoninae)" published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study is the first to demonstrate that soil microhabitat use is a strong selective force on species thermal tolerance. Her advisor is Sean O'Donnell, who has had a long association with OTS. Kaitlin is also an alum of an OTS course, Neotropical Social Insects, and her research was funded in-part by an award from the OTS Tyson Research Fellowship program. The other Honorary Mention goes to Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela for her paper "Incorporating explicit geospatial data shows more species at risk of extinction than the current Red List" published in Science Advances. In her paper, she showed that many more species of birds found in 6 biodiversity hotspots throughout the tropics should be listed as threatened based on their suitable range. She provided guidelines for the improvement of risk assessment that makes use of the best available geospatial data and tools. Natalia conducted this research while a doctoral student at Duke University, working with Stuart Pimm. She is also an alum of the OTS Tropical Ecology course and currently is Post-doctoral Researcher at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. The Committee was Kimberly G. Smith, Chair, University of Arkansas; Erin Kuprewicz, University of Connecticut; Kyle Harms, Louisiana State University; and Alejandro Rico Guevara, the winner of last year's competition and now at University of California, Berkeley. The Committee would like to thank all the students that submitted packets for consideration. "This year we received a wonderful group of nominations" said Smith. "Choosing the winner this year was a very difficult task given the high quality of the nominations we received." Kimberly G. Smith Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-6359 fax: 479-575-4010 Email: kgsm...@uark.edu<mailto:kgsm...@uark.edu>
[ECOLOG-L] 8th Annual OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award - reminder: deadline 2 December
The Organization for Tropical Studies is pleased to announce the 8th Annual OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award. We invite nominations for a $500 cash prize for excellence in research via an outstanding publication in tropical biology written by a student. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2016. ELIGIBILITY AND NOMINATION: At the time of the nomination deadline, the paper must be published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and reporting work completed within the tropics. To be eligible: 1) the author must have been a student (undergraduate or graduate) when the research was completed, and, 2) satisfy at least one of the following three criteria: a. nominee is an alum of an OTS course b. work was completed at an OTS research station (La Selva, Las Cruces, Palo Verde) c. nominee is (was) a student at an OTS member institution (Institutional members may be found here: http://ots.ac.cr) 3) the author must still be in school or within 2 years of having completed a degree. In addition, the nominee must be the first author and the paper must be published no more than 36 months before the award deadline. Self-nominations or nominations by research advisors or colleagues are invited. SELECTION CRITERIA Applications will be reviewed by an Awards Committee formed by a subcommittee of the OTS Assembly of Delegates. Papers will be judged upon the papers contribution to the field including originality, study design and potential impact on the field of study. Nomination packets should consist of a single pdf document and include: 1) a nomination letter briefly describing the paper and outlining the qualification criteria from the list above 2) a copy of the paper 3) a brief letter from an advisor, colleague or scientist in a relevant field of study describing the impact of the paper on the field. 4) a C.V from the nominee SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS: Send nomination packet electronically as a pdf to the Chair of the Awards Committee, Dr. Kimberly G. Smith, University of Arkansas, at kgsm...@uark.edu. If you have questions, please email Dr. Smith. Kimberly G. Smith Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-6359 fax: 479-575-4010 Email: kgsm...@uark.edu
[ECOLOG-L] 8th Annual OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award
The Organization for Tropical Studies is pleased to announce the 8th Annual OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award. We invite nominations for a $500 cash prize for excellence in research via an outstanding publication in tropical biology written by a student. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2016. ELIGIBILITY AND NOMINATION: At the time of the nomination deadline, the paper must be published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and reporting work completed within the tropics. To be eligible: 1) the author must have been a student (undergraduate or graduate) when the research was completed, and, 2) satisfy at least one of the following three criteria: a. nominee is an alum of an OTS course b. work was completed at an OTS research station (La Selva, Las Cruces, Palo Verde) c. nominee is (was) a student at an OTS member institution (Institutional members may be found here: http://ots.ac.cr) 3) the author must still be in school or within 2 years of having completed a degree. In addition, the nominee must be the first author and the paper must be published no more than 36 months before the award deadline. Self-nominations or nominations by research advisors or colleagues are invited. SELECTION CRITERIA Applications will be reviewed by an Awards Committee formed by a subcommittee of the OTS Assembly of Delegates. Papers will be judged upon the papers contribution to the field including originality, study design and potential impact on the field of study. Nomination packets should consist of a single pdf document and include: 1) a nomination letter briefly describing the paper and outlining the qualification criteria from the list above 2) a copy of the paper 3) a brief letter from an advisor, colleague or scientist in a relevant field of study describing the impact of the paper on the field. 4) a C.V from the nominee SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS: Send nomination packet electronically as a pdf to the Chair of the Awards Committee, Dr. Kimberly G. Smith, University of Arkansas, at kgsm...@uark.edu<mailto:kgsm...@uark.edu>. If you have questions, please email Dr. Smith. Kimberly G. Smith Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-6359 fax: 479-575-4010 Email: kgsm...@uark.edu<mailto:kgsm...@uark.edu>
[ECOLOG-L] Organization for Tropical Studies announces winners of the 7th Annual Student Paper Award
This year's winner is Alejandro Rico-Guevara from the University of Connecticut for his paper "Bills as daggers? A test for sexually dimorphic weapons in a lekking hummingbird" published in Behavioral Ecology, a close collaboration with Marcelo Araya-Salas, a graduate student at New Mexico State University. He conducted this research while working with Margaret Rubega. This revolutionary work demonstrates that Long-billed Hermit males use their bills as weapons in territorial defenses and offers a new explanation for sexual dimorphism in bills of hummingbirds. This 4 year study combined behavioral observations in the field with territory mapping, mark-recapture, ontogenetic changes, detailed morphological analysis, and performance experiments. Fieldwork was carried out at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica, which is operated by the Organization for Tropical Studies. Runner-up is María-José Endara from the University of Utah for her paper "Divergent evolution in antiherbivore defenses within species complexes at a single Amazonian site" published in Journal of Ecology. She was co-advised by Phyllis Coley and Thomas Kursar and is an alum of 2 OTS courses. Her research addressed a challenging and important question examining how insect herbivores may drive the maintenance and origin of tropical tree diversity. She conducted several years of fieldwork in a remote site in the Amazon, and coupled fieldwork with lab work, including UPLC-mass spectrometry analyses of secondary metabolites and sequencing DNA of herbivores to reconstruct a phylogeny. Three papers received Honorable Mention. Timothy (Trevor) Caughlin from the University of Florida for his paper "Loss of animal seed dispersal increases extinction risk in a tropical tree species due to pervasive negative density dependence across life stages" published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. He worked with Douglas Levey, who is now at the National Science Foundation. Luke Owen Frishkoff from Stanford University for his paper "Loss of avian phylogenetic diversity in Neotropical agricultural systems" published in Science, while working with Gretchen C. Daily. Alison Ravenscraft also from Stanford University for her paper "Nutrient acquisition across a dietary shift: Fruit feeding butterflies crave amino acids, nectivores seek salt" published in Oecologia. She conducted her research with co-advisors Carol Boggs, now at the University of South Carolina, and Kabir Peay. The Committee was Kimberly G. Smith, Chair, University of Arkansas; Elisabeth Arevalo, Providence College; Erin Kuprewicz, National Museum of Natural History; and Kyle Harms, Louisiana State University. The Committee would like to thank all the students that submitted packets for consideration. "This year we received the most nominations and the best nominations" said Smith. "Choosing the winner this year was a difficult task given the quality of the nominations." Kimberly G. Smith Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-6359 fax: 479-575-4010 Email: kgsm...@uark.edu
[ECOLOG-L] 6th annual OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award - deadline 4 December
Please circulate to eligible candidates! The OTS Membership Committee is pleased to announce the sixth annual OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award. We invite nominations for a $500 cash prize for excellence in research via an outstanding publication in tropical biology written by a student. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015. ELIGIBILITY AND NOMINATION: At the time of the nomination deadline, the paper must be published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and reporting work completed within the tropics. To be eligible: 1) the author must have been a student (undergraduate or graduate) when the research was completed, and, 2) satisfy at least one of the following three criteria: a. nominee is an alum of an OTS course b. work was completed at an OTS research station (La Selva, Las Cruces, Palo Verde) c. nominee is (was) a student at an OTS member institution (Institutional members may be found here: http://ots.ac.cr) 3) the author must still be in school or within 2 years of having completed a degree. In addition, the nominee must be the first author and the paper must be published no more than 36 months before the award deadline. Self-nominations or nominations by research advisors or colleagues are invited. SELECTION CRITERIA Applications will be reviewed by an Awards Committee formed by a subcommittee of the OTS Assembly of Delegates. Papers will be judged upon the papers contribution to the field including originality, study design and potential impact on the field of study. Nomination packets should consist of a single pdf document and include: 1) a nomination letter briefly describing the paper and outlining the qualification criteria from the list above 2) a copy of the paper 3) a brief letter from an advisor, colleague or scientist in a relevant field of study describing the impact of the paper on the field. 4) a C.V from the nominee SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS: Send nomination packet electronically as a pdf to the Chair of the Awards Committee, Dr. Kimberly G. Smith, University of Arkansas, at kgsm...@uark.edu<mailto:kgsm...@uark.edu>. If you have questions, please email Dr. Smith. Kimberly G. Smith Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-6359 fax: 479-575-4010 Email: kgsm...@uark.edu<mailto:kgsm...@uark.edu>
[ECOLOG-L] 6th annual OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award
The OTS Membership Committee is pleased to announce the sixth annual OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award. We invite nominations for a $500 cash prize for excellence in research via an outstanding publication in tropical biology written by a student. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015. ELIGIBILITY AND NOMINATION: At the time of the nomination deadline, the paper must be published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and reporting work completed within the tropics. To be eligible: 1) the author must have been a student (undergraduate or graduate) when the research was completed, and, 2) satisfy at least one of the following three criteria: a. nominee is an alum of an OTS course b. work was completed at an OTS research station (La Selva, Las Cruces, Palo Verde) c. nominee is (was) a student at an OTS member institution (Institutional members may be found here: http://ots.ac.cr) 3) the author must still be in school or within 2 years of having completed a degree. In addition, the nominee must be the first author and the paper must be published no more than 36 months before the award deadline. Self-nominations or nominations by research advisors or colleagues are invited. SELECTION CRITERIA Applications will be reviewed by an Awards Committee formed by a subcommittee of the OTS Assembly of Delegates. Papers will be judged upon the papers contribution to the field including originality, study design and potential impact on the field of study. Nomination packets should consist of a single pdf document and include: 1) a nomination letter briefly describing the paper and outlining the qualification criteria from the list above 2) a copy of the paper 3) a brief letter from an advisor, colleague or scientist in a relevant field of study describing the impact of the paper on the field. 4) a C.V from the nominee SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS: Send nomination packet electronically as a pdf to the Chair of the Awards Committee, Dr. Kimberly G. Smith, University of Arkansas, at kgsm...@uark.edu. If you have questions, please email Dr. Smith. Kimberly G. Smith Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-6359 fax: 479-575-4010 Email: kgsm...@uark.edu
[ECOLOG-L] Organization for Tropical Stuties Student paper award - 2014
The winner of the 2014 OTS Student Paper Award is Susan Whitehead for the paper Chemical ecology of fruit defense: synergistic and antagonistic interactions among amides from Piper published in the journal Functional Ecology. Susan is an alum of the 2008 Tropical Biology course and all of her research was conducted at La Selva Biological Station. This research was part of her doctoral work at the University of Colorado under the direction of Deane Bowers. Susan is currently a Post-doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Entomology at Cornell University. Honorable mention goes to Camilla Crifò for her paper Variations in angiosperm leaf vein density have implications for interpreting life form in the fossil record published in the journal Geology. Camilla is an alum of the 2014 Tropical Plant Systematics course. This was her Master's research at Miami University (Ohio) under the direction of Ellen D. Currano. Camilla is now a doctoral student at the University of Washington. The Awards Committee was Kimberly G. Smith (Chair), University of Arkansas; Erin K. Kuprewicz, Smithsonian Institution; Kyle E. Harms, Louisiana State University; and the 2013 award winner Samantha R. Weintraub, University of Utah. Look for the announcement for the 2015 competition this fall. Best, Kim Kimberly G. Smith University Professor of Biological Sciences Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-6359 fax: 479-575-4010 Email: kgsm...@uark.edumailto:kgsm...@uark.edu
[ECOLOG-L] 2014 OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award - 3 December 2014
2014 OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award The Organization for Tropical Studies is pleased to announce the sixth annual OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award. We invite nominations for a $500 cash prize for excellence in research via an outstanding publication in tropical biology written by a student. Eligibility and Nomination At the time of the nomination deadline, the paper must be published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and reporting on work completed within the tropics. To be eligible: 1. The nominee must have been a student (undergraduate or graduate) when the research was completed, and, 2. Satisfy at least one of the following three criteria: * nominee is an alum of an OTS course * work was completed at an OTS research station (La Selva, Las Cruces, Palo Verde) * nominee is (was) a student at an OTS member institution (Institutional members may be found here: http://ots.ac.cr) 3. The nominee must still be in school or be within 2 years of having completed a degree In addition, the nominee must be the first author and the paper must be published no more than 36 months before the award deadline. Self-nominations or nominations by research advisors or colleagues are invited. Selection Criteria Applications will be reviewed by an Awards Committee formed by a subcommittee of the OTS Assembly of Delegates and previous winners. Papers will be judged upon the papers contribution to the field including originality, study design, and potential impact on the field of study. Nomination packets should consist of a single pdf document and include: 1. A nomination letter briefly describing the paper and outlining the qualification criteria from the list above 2. A copy of the paper 3. A brief letter from an advisor, colleague or scientist in a relevant field of study describing the impact of the paper on the field (optional) 4. A C.V. from the nominee Submitting Applications: Send nomination packet electronically as a pdf to the Chair of the Awards Committee, Dr. Kimberly G. Smith, University of Arkansas. If you have questions, please email Dr. Smith at kgsm...@uark.edu. Application Deadline: December 3, 2014
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Loss of field courses, continued
I am following this thread with some amusement... I am in Belize with 20 undergraduates on a natural history course... next week, 45 students from University of Arkansas will travel to Dangriga Belize for your 7th summer of service/learning for 3 weeks As others have mentioned, if you feel seriously about field experiences, it is up to you to provide those experiences for your students... I find it is very rewarding and a life changing experience for many students Saludos, Kim Kimberly G. Smith University Professor of Biology Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA phone 479-575-6359 fax 479-575-4010 email kgsm...@uark.edu From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] on behalf of Andrés Santana [andres.sant...@ots.ac.cr] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 5:20 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Loss of field courses, continued We at OTS share this concern. We truly believe that field courses and field research present students with some of the best opportunities to do research and understand nature. I know firsthand that spending a semester out in field stations taking courses and doing research is a life changing experience. I was fortunate enough to be chosen to participate in a field semester with and OTS program. OTS specializes in field courses and we welcome any faculty member that wants to teach a course at any one of our field stations. We are constantly working on and thinking of new field course topics in ecology and evolution that will prove beneficial to students (undergrad and grad) in their professional and academic careers. We would be glad to hear your input and work with any of you setting up courses to teach your students or students from any university. Best, Andrés Santana Graduate Education Department Organization for Tropical Studies San Pedro, Costa Rica. 676-2050 (506) 2524-0607 ext. 1511 Skype: andres.santana_otscro www.ots.ac.cr twitter: @ots_tropicaledu -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Malcolm McCallum Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 01:08 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Loss of field courses, continued Bruce Bury's article... Bury, B. 2006. Natural history, field ecology, conservation biology, and wildlife management: Time to connect the dots. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 1:56-61. http://www.herpconbio.org/volume_1/issue_1/Bury_2006.pdf On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 10:19 AM, David Inouye ino...@umd.edu wrote: Paul Dayton asked me to post this: Dear Colleagues, I have enjoyed reading your laments about the loss of field courses and of course have strong opinions about this because it really is also the loss of respect for nature herself. We can't really understand nature without experiencing it and students can't experience it hiding behind computers in cloistered ivory towers. Harry Greene and I have written about this: The importance of Natural Sciences to Conservation, 2003. American Naturalist (162) and Organisms in Nature as a central focus in biology 2005, TREE (20) and Ian Billick and Mary Price have a wonderful book: The Ecology of Place I urge you to buy and read it. But the most important challenge I offer those of you who care enough to comment is to offer a field course yourself. Try it; it takes a little time but even if you don't know that much, your students will help teach it for you and soon you will be considered a legendary naturalist. Don't just complain, offer a field course yourself. It will evolve and you will learn a lot and have a lot of fun as well. Finally, ESA has a Natural History Section in need of your support and enthusiasm as it I think Nature is disappearing within ESA just as it did in the Amer. Soc. of Naturalists. Once students lose track of nature and become professors with no understanding or experience themselves, it is hard to recover the sense of wonder nature can induce in our science. Paul Dayton pday...@ucsd.edu -- Malcolm L. McCallum, PHD, REP Department of Environmental Studies University of Illinois at Springfield Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology “Nothing is more priceless and worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share as Americans.” -President Richard Nixon upon signing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 into law. Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive - Allan Nation 1880's: There's lots of good fish in the sea W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Why is the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H?
In that paper, Shannon calls it H as it is like a measure of entropy in Boltzmann's H theorem... Kimberly G. Smith University Professor of Biology Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA phone 479-575-6359 fax 479-575-4010 email kgsm...@uark.edu From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] on behalf of Resetarits, William [william.resetar...@ttu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:37 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Why is the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H? The Shannon Index is derived from the paper below. It was originally developed as a measure of the information content of a signal. I had a pdf I would post, but the file is corrupted. Shannon, C. E. (1948) A mathematical theory of communication. The Bell System Technical Journal, 27, 379423 and 623656. William J. Resetarits, Jr. Professor Department of Biological Sciences Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas 79409-3131 Phone: (806) 742-2710, ext.300 Fax (806) 742-2963 http://www.festivalofecology.org/100-influential-papers http://www.unifr.ch/biol/ecology/sayingseco.html On 3/26/14 10:22 AM, Jorge A. Santiago-Blay blayjo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Ecolog-L: Does anyone know why the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H? Is the answer related to the first letter of the last name of Hulbert (citation below)? Hulbert, S. H. 1971. The nonconcept of species diversity: a critique and alternative parameters. Ecology 52:577-585. If you now the answer, just shoot me an email (blayjo...@gmail.com). Gratefully, Jorge Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD blaypublishers.com http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/ http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.html
[ECOLOG-L] 2013 OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award
Contact me if you have any questions Kimberly G. Smith University Professor of Biological Sciences Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-6359 fax: 479-575-4010 Email: kgsm...@uark.edu 2013 OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award The Organization for Tropical Studies is pleased to announce the fifth annual OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award. We invite nominations for a $500 cash prize for excellence in research via an outstanding publication in tropical biology written by a student. Eligibility and Nomination At the time of the nomination deadline, the paper must be published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and reporting work completed within the tropics. To be eligible: 1. The author must have been a student (undergraduate or graduate) when the research was completed, and, 2. Satisfy at least one of the following three criteria: * nominee is an alum of an OTS course * work was completed at an OTS research station (La Selva, Las Cruces, Palo Verde) * nominee is (was) a student at an OTS member institution (Institutional members may be found here: http://ots.ac.cr) 3. The author must be within two years of completing a Ph.D. In addition, the nominee must be the first author and the paper must be published no more than 36 months before the award deadline. Self-nominations or nominations by research advisors or colleagues are invited. Selection Criteria Applications will be reviewed by an Awards Committee formed by a subcommittee of the OTS Assembly of Delegates. Papers will be judged upon the papers contribution to the field including originality, study design and potential impact on the field of study. Nomination packets should consist of a single pdf document and include: 1. A nomination letter briefly describing the paper and outlining the qualification criteria from the list above 2. A copy of the paper 3. A brief letter from an advisor, colleague or scientist in a relevant field of study describing the impact of the paper on the field (optional, but strongly suggested). 4. A C.V from the nominee Submitting Applications: Send nomination packet electronically as a pdf to the Chair of the Awards Committee, Dr. Kimberly G. Smith, University of Arkansas. If you have questions, please email Dr. Smith at kgsm...@uark.edumailto:kgsm...@uark.edu. Application Deadline: December 2, 2013.
[ECOLOG-L] Reminder: OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award
The deadline is the 19th of October Kimberly G. Smith University Professor of Biological Sciences Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-6359 fax: 479-575-4010 Email: kgsm...@uark.edu The Organization for Tropical Studies is pleased to announce the 4th annual OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award. We invite nominations for a $500 cash prize for excellence in research via an outstanding publication in tropical biology written by a student. More information can be found at: http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102322445913-615/OTS+Student+Paper+Award+2012-2.pdf Nomination packets should be send electronically to me as a pdf. Contact me if you have any questions. Kimberly G. Smith University Professor of Biological Sciences Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-6359 fax: 479-575-4010 Email: kgsm...@uark.edumailto:kgsm...@uark.edu
[ECOLOG-L] OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award
The Organization for Tropical Studies is pleased to announce the 4th annual OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award. We invite nominations for a $500 cash prize for excellence in research via an outstanding publication in tropical biology written by a student. More information can be found at: http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102322445913-615/OTS+Student+Paper+Award+2012-2.pdf Nomination packets should be send electronically to me as a pdf. Contact me if you have any questions. Kimberly G. Smith University Professor of Biological Sciences Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-6359 fax: 479-575-4010 Email: kgsm...@uark.edu
